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Boris Gelfand vs Christopher Lutz
Dortmund Candidates (2002), Dortmund GER, rd 3, Jul-08
Catalan Opening: Closed Variation (E06)  ·  1-0

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White to move.
ANALYSIS [x]
Notes by Stockfish 9 v010218 (minimum 6s/ply)14.a3 was played in Ivanchuk vs Gelfand, 2004 (1-0) 17...N5b6 18.Rc1 Bd5 19.e3 g5 20.Ne1 Qh5 21.Bxb6 Nxb6 = +0.15 (20 ply) ⩲ +1.40 (26 ply)better is 21.Rc1 Bd6 22.Ne4 Rf8 23.Rfe1 N5b6 24.Bxb6 Nxb6 25.Ne5 ⩲ +1.15 (24 ply) ⩲ +0.63 (24 ply) after 21...N5b6 22.Nfd2 Bd5 23.Rc1 h5 24.h4 Bf6 25.Nxf6+ gxf6 better is 23.Nxd6 cxd6 24.Ng5 Re8 25.Bh3 Nf8 26.f4 Bc6 27.Kh2 Nf6 ⩲ +1.22 (24 ply)= +0.48 (25 ply)better is 25...Nf6 26.Ngxe6 Bxg2 27.Kxg2 Rc8 28.Nxa6 Nfd5 29.Nac5 = +0.12 (25 ply) ⩲ +0.64 (23 ply)better is 26...Nf6 27.Bxb6 cxb6 28.Nb7 Be7 29.Nxe6 Rb8 30.Nxg7 = +0.39 (25 ply) ⩲ +1.10 (25 ply) 31...Nb8 32.Re6 h5 33.Nb7 Bf8 34.Bb6 Nd7 35.Bc5 Nf6 ⩲ +0.82 (26 ply)+- +2.52 (28 ply) 35...Bxf2 36.Rxd7 Bxc5 37.Bc3 Bf8 38.Bd4 Be7 39.Rxe7 ± +2.32 (24 ply)+- +3.28 (28 ply)37...h5 38.Bb6 Nd2 39.Re7 Nc4 40.Bc7 Kf8 41.Rf7+ Ke8 +- +3.50 (25 ply)1-0

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Jan-02-20
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  plang: I don't understand the appeal of 11..Nbd7!? which allows White to set up a powerful queenside bind. 17 Rac1 had been played in the draw Andersson-Lutz Pamplona 1998; 17 Rae1 was new. 17..Qh5 looks more logical as the endgame that resulted after the exchange of queens favored White due to Black's many weaknesses. Black was lost after 31..Rxd4?; White's advantage would have been relatively small after 31..Nb8 32 Re8+..Bf8 33 Rc5..Rd6. Gelfand's concluding play starting with 32 Red1! was quite clever.
Jul-10-24  2drchess: If 31...Nb8, Raetsky & Chetverik in "The Catalan" suggest 32.Re6! Rxd4? 33.Re8+ Bf8 34.Rxf8+ and white wins a piece.

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