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Ilia Kan vs A Kots
Moscow (1931), Moscow URS
Italian Game: Evans Gambit. Accepted (C51)  ·  1-0

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ANALYSIS [x]
Notes by Stockfish 11 (minimum 6s/ply)better is 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.d3 Ne7 5.O-O c6 6.Ba4 Ng6 7.c3 Be7 ⩲ +0.51 (37 ply)= 0.00 (44 ply) after 3...Nf6 4.d3 Bc5 5.O-O d6 6.c3 O-O 7.Re1 Bb6 8.Nbd2 4.c3 Nf6 5.d3 a5 6.O-O d6 7.h3 O-O 8.Re1 Be6 9.Bb5 = +0.34 (33 ply)= -0.48 (37 ply) 5...Ba5 6.d4 d6 7.O-O Nf6 8.dxe5 dxe5 9.Qxd8+ Nxd8 ⩱ -0.83 (33 ply)= +0.23 (35 ply)better is 7.O-O Bb6 8.cxd4 Na5 9.Bd3 Ne7 10.Nc3 O-O 11.d5 d6 = +0.25 (29 ply)= -0.27 (36 ply)better is 8.Nbd2 Nf6 9.d5 Na5 10.O-O Nxc4 11.Nxc4 Nxe4 12.Bb2 = +0.15 (37 ply) 8...Na5 9.Be2 d5 10.Qa4+ Nc6 11.Ne5 Rb8 12.Qb3 Be6 = -0.36 (32 ply) 9.a3 Ba5 10.Bb2 Nd8 11.Qa4 b6 12.d5 Nf6 13.e5 Ne4 14.Qc2 ⩲ +1.33 (30 ply) 9...d6 10.Bg5 f6 11.exf6 gxf6 12.Be3 Bd7 13.Nbd2 O-O-O ⩱ -0.95 (33 ply) ± +2.02 (32 ply) 11.Ra2 Kf8 12.exf6 Qxf6 13.Nbd2 d5 14.Bxd5 Nge7 15.Bb3 ± +1.65 (32 ply) 11...Qf8 12.Nc3 Bb6 13.Ra2 Nxd4 14.Nxd4 Bxd4 15.Re2 Kd8 = 0.00 (33 ply) ± +2.01 (34 ply) 13.Ne5 Nxd4 14.Qd5 c6 15.Bf7+ Kf8 16.Qxd4 Bc7 17.Bf4 ± +2.07 (36 ply)= 0.00 (42 ply) 17...dxc6 18.Be7+ Ke8 19.Bf6+ Kf8 = 0.00 (45 ply) ⩲ +1.22 (33 ply) 18...c6 19.d5 Qd2 20.Re3 d6 21.Qa4 Bxc3 22.Qf4+ Bf6 ⩲ +0.62 (34 ply)+- +4.09 (33 ply)+- mate-in-12 after 29...Qxf5 30.gxf5 Rh7 31.Qe6+ Rhf7 32.Qxh6 Rh730...Kg7 31.Qg6+ Kf8 32.Re8# +- mate-in-21-0

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Kibitzer's Corner
Aug-26-15  zanzibar: This is an amazing version of the Evans Gambit.

I'd like to nominate it as a GotD. Certainly shouldn't be too hard to come up with a good pun.

There must be something better than <Kots Kan't>!

Aug-26-15  zanzibar: After Black's 15...Qf5:


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Finding the right moves here, reminds me of threading the needle.

Which side of the board would you rather have?

Aug-26-15  dusk: Or something like "I Gamble Kots I Kan"
May sound forced tho
Aug-26-15  dusk: And why did black not play a zwischenzug at 17th move, capturing the g pawn?
Aug-26-15
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  perfidious: It is possible that Kots did not wish to open more lines for his opponent.
Aug-27-15
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  offramp: Kots Cribs.
Aug-28-15  zanzibar: Kots Kansternation
Dec-22-15
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  perfidious: The black player in this game is clearly a misattribution, as Kots was born only in 1933; but I have no idea who might have felt The Wrath of Kan instead.
Dec-23-20
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  jessicafischerqueen:

<perfidious> This player appears to be <A. Kots>, according to rusbase.

Jan-01-23  Messiah: Congrats everyone for the terrible puns.

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