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Bent Larsen vs Ortvin Sarapu
Sousse Interzonal (1967), Sousse TUN, rd 7, Oct-24
Tarrasch Defense: Classical Variation (D34)  ·  1-0

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White to move.
ANALYSIS [x]
Notes by Stockfish 9 v010218 (minimum 6s/ply)11.Rc1 was played in Carlsen vs G M Todorovic, 2006 (1-0)better is 14.h3 Nf6 15.g4 Bd6 16.Bxd6 Qxd6 17.e3 Rfd8 18.a3 Qc7 = +0.50 (20 ply)= -0.12 (19 ply) after 14...Nf6 15.a3 Re8 16.e3 Nh5 17.Be5 Nxe5 18.Nxe5 Nf6 better is 15...Nf6 16.a3 Rfe8 17.h4 Qd8 18.Rd2 Bb6 19.Rfd1 Ne7 = 0.00 (21 ply) ⩲ +0.55 (24 ply)better is 22...Nc5 23.Bg3 b6 24.Rd2 a5 25.Rfd1 f6 26.e4 dxe4 = +0.04 (22 ply) ⩲ +0.75 (22 ply)better is 23...Bd7 24.f4 Qe6 25.Qd3 Bc6 26.Qd4 h5 27.Bxf6 Qxf6 = +0.41 (23 ply) ⩲ +1.12 (24 ply)better is 27.Bc3 Nd7 28.f4 Nb6 29.f5 Bd7 30.Bf1 Na4 31.Rxd5 Bc6 ⩲ +1.32 (25 ply) ⩲ +0.59 (26 ply) 37...h5 38.f5 Bd7 39.Rd1 Rc8 40.Bc2 Rc5 41.Rd4 Ke8 42.Rd2 ⩲ +0.88 (24 ply) ± +2.17 (26 ply) after 38.h5 Re8 39.Bd4 Bd7 40.Rc1 Rc8 41.Rxc8 Bxc8 42.g6+ Kf8 better is 38...Rc8 39.a4 Bd7 40.h5 Rc7 41.Bd3 Bc8 42.Ra1 Ke6 ± +1.85 (22 ply) 39.Bd3 Re8 40.a4 g6 41.b4 Bc8 42.Ra1 Re7 43.a5 bxa5 ± +2.48 (25 ply) ⩲ +0.99 (36 ply) 45.a5 a6 46.Ba4 b5 47.Bd1 Nh2+ 48.Kg2 Ng4 49.Kg3 Ke6 ⩲ +1.28 (43 ply) 45...Nxe3+ 46.Bxe3 d4+ 47.Kf2 dxe3+ 48.Kxe3 Ke7 49.Kd4 = +0.18 (47 ply) ⩲ +1.19 (34 ply) after 46.Kf3 Kd8 47.Be2 Kc7 48.b5 Bc8 49.Bd1 Bd7 50.Bb3 Kd6 48...Kd6 49.Be2 Bc8 50.b5 Be6 51.Bf1 Bd7 52.Bh3 Be6 ⩲ +1.17 (42 ply)better is 49.b5 Ke7 50.a5 bxa5 51.Bxa7 Ba8 52.Ba4 Ke6 53.Bd4 Kd6 +- +2.86 (42 ply) ± +1.81 (41 ply) 52...Kd8 53.Bb6+ Ke7 54.Bd4 Kf7 55.Kf3 Nh2+ 56.Kf2 Ng4+ ⩲ +1.36 (36 ply)+- +4.05 (37 ply)+- mate-in-10 after 81...Kg8 82.Bxe4 fxe4 83.a7 Kf7 84.a8=Q Nxf4+83...Kg8 84.a8=Q+ Kf7 85.Qb7+ Ke6 86.Qc6+ Ke7 87.Bf6+ +- mate-in-81-0

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Kibitzer's Corner
Mar-07-11  ozmikey: Some interesting things happen in this ending. At first I wondered why 62...Bd3 was played, but of course White has a classic extended pawn break on the agenda: 62...Bb3 (or ...Ba2) 63. e4! fxe4 64. f5 (threatening mate!) exf5 65. g6+ and queens. I think the e4 break might have been playable even on move 65.

And then an amusing finish, where both sides will be threatening mate in one but it will be White's move!

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