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Laszlo Szabo vs Nicolaas Cortlever
Amsterdam/Hilversum (1939), Hilversum NED, rd 3, May-10
Spanish Game: Open. Malkin Variation (C83)  ·  1-0

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White to move.
ANALYSIS [x]
Notes by Stockfish 11 (minimum 6s/ply)better is 4...Be7 5.O-O Nf6 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 O-O 9.h3 = +0.03 (37 ply) ⩲ +0.73 (37 ply) 11.Bc2 f5 12.Nb3 Qd7 13.Qe1 f4 14.Nfd4 Nxd4 15.Nxd4 Ng5 ⩲ +0.78 (34 ply)= 0.00 (38 ply)better is 15...f6 16.exf6 Bxf6 17.Bd4 Rae8 18.Qd2 Be7 19.Rae1 Bd6 = +0.24 (27 ply) 16.f4 Bf5 17.Rad1 Qd7 18.h3 Be4 19.Qf2 f6 20.exf6 Bxf6 ⩲ +0.94 (31 ply)= 0.00 (32 ply)better is 17.Rd2 Qc4 18.Qe1 Qe4 19.f4 f6 20.exf6 Bxf6 21.Qf2 Re8 ⩲ +0.63 (24 ply)= 0.00 (30 ply)better is 18...Bg5 19.Be3 = +0.20 (28 ply) ⩲ +0.81 (25 ply) 20.Qf2 h5 21.Rd2 a4 22.Re1 Rab8 23.Red1 c6 24.Re2 Re8 ⩲ +0.67 (30 ply)= -0.13 (43 ply) 26...Rxa5 27.Nxa5 Rxc3 28.Nb3 Bxb3 29.axb3 Kf8 30.Ra7 = 0.00 (43 ply) ± +2.24 (37 ply)better is 28...h5 29.Kh1 Rdd2 30.Rg1 h4 31.h3 Rd7 32.b4 Kf8 33.Ra1 ± +1.75 (36 ply) ± +2.46 (28 ply) 32.b4 Kg6 33.b5 Re2 34.Ra1 Kf5 35.Ra4 Rxe5 36.g4+ Kf6 +- +2.53 (36 ply) 32...Rd3 33.Rxc7 Rxf3 34.Rc1 Re2 35.Rc5 Kg6 36.b4 Rff2 ± +1.63 (36 ply)+- +3.65 (33 ply) after 33.Kg3 Kg6 34.h4 gxh4+ 35.Kxh4 Kf5 36.Re1 Ke6 37.Rc6+ 38...Kf5 39.Rc6 Rxe5 40.Ra1 f6 41.Raa6 Rf7 42.Ra7 Ree7 +- +2.82 (27 ply)+- +4.19 (27 ply)better is 40.Rxe5 Rxe5 41.Ra7 Re2 42.Rxc7 Rb2 43.Rc5 f5 44.b5 Kf6 +- +5.84 (31 ply)+- +2.73 (28 ply)44...Re8 45.Rxg5 c6 46.Rc5 Re6 47.Kf4 Kg6 48.Re5 Rd6 +- +6.26 (34 ply)1-0

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Aug-18-05  Autoreparaturwerkbau: 21.Qb6 seemed strong, but Szabo had other plans.

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