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John Owen vs Amos Burn
Burn - Owen m (1875), Liverpool ENG, rd 18, Nov-??
Van't Kruijs Opening: General (A00)  ·  1-0

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ANALYSIS [x]
Notes by Stockfish 9 v010218 (minimum 6s/ply)2.c4 was played in Chigorin vs Schiffers, 1878 (1-0)2...e5 was played in Nimzowitsch vs V Soultanbeieff, 1930 (0-1) 3...Nf6 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.c4 O-O 6.Be2 d5 7.cxd5 Qxd5 = -0.20 (24 ply) 4.c4 Bg7 5.d4 cxd4 6.exd4 f5 7.Nf3 d6 8.Be2 e6 ⩲ +1.03 (21 ply)better is 4...e5 5.e4 Ne7 6.Bc4 Nbc6 7.Nc3 a6 8.a4 Na5 9.Qe2 = +0.17 (24 ply)better is 5.d4 f5 6.c4 cxd4 7.exd4 Nf6 8.Bd3 O-O 9.O-O d5 ⩲ +0.70 (21 ply) 5...e5 6.d4 cxd4 7.exd4 e4 8.Nfd2 f5 9.c5 d6 10.cxd6 = +0.07 (22 ply) ⩲ +0.85 (23 ply) after 6.d4 cxd4 7.Nxd4 Nf7 8.h4 d6 9.h5 e5 10.Nc2 Be6 better is 7.d4 cxd4 8.exd4 d6 9.d5 Ne5 10.Nd4 Nf5 11.Nxf5 Bxf5 ⩲ +0.90 (24 ply)better is 7...d6 8.d4 f5 9.Nc3 cxd4 10.exd4 O-O 11.d5 Ne5 = +0.15 (25 ply)better is 8.d4 f5 9.Neg5 O-O 10.Qd2 Ng4 11.d5 Nce5 12.Nxe5 Bxe5 ⩲ +0.67 (22 ply)= 0.00 (23 ply) after 8...O-O 9.d4 cxd4 10.exd4 d5 11.Bd3 Bb7 12.O-O Nb4 9.d4 cxd4 10.exd4 O-O 11.d5 Ne5 12.Be2 e6 13.O-O exd5 = +0.44 (24 ply)better is 9...e5 10.d4 exd4 11.exd4 cxd4 12.Be2 f5 13.O-O O-O ⩱ -0.68 (22 ply)= -0.06 (22 ply) after 10.d4 f5 11.Rb1 cxd4 12.exd4 O-O 13.Bd3 Na5 14.O-O Bxf3 10...e5 11.Ne4 O-O 12.Nc3 f5 13.d3 Qd8 14.Nd5 d6 15.O-O = -0.31 (22 ply) 11.h4 e5 12.h5 f5 13.Nh4 Nhf7 14.Qc2 Qd6 15.b4 Qe6 ⩲ +0.55 (21 ply) 11...e5 12.O-O O-O 13.Ne4 Ne6 14.Nc3 Nf5 15.d3 Ne7 16.d4 = -0.32 (24 ply) ⩲ +0.93 (22 ply) 14...e6 15.Bxh7 f5 16.Bxg7 Rxh7 17.Bc3 O-O-O 18.a4 a5 ⩲ +0.64 (23 ply) ⩲ +1.44 (25 ply) 16.Ngf5 Bf8 17.Nxh6 Bxh6 18.Bf5 e6 19.Bxf6 Rf8 20.Bg6+ ⩲ +1.23 (25 ply)= +0.41 (22 ply) 18.f4 gxf3 19.gxf3 d5 20.cxd5 Rxd5 21.Bc4 Rd7 22.f4 Re8 = +0.41 (23 ply) 18...Kb8 19.Kb1 Rhf8 20.Rd1 d5 21.exd5 f5 22.Bxg7 Qxg7 = -0.39 (23 ply) 19.h6 Bxh6 20.Bxf6 Rhf8 21.Qc3 Rg8 22.Re1 Rde8 23.Bc2 d6 ⩲ +0.57 (24 ply) ⩱ -0.98 (26 ply)better is 20.Ng3 Kb8 21.Kb1 Ngf7 22.Rd1 Bh6 23.Bf1 Bg5 24.d3 Rhe8 ⩱ -0.56 (24 ply) ⩱ -1.21 (25 ply) after 20...Kb8 21.Bxe5 Qxe5 22.Qc3 Qd6 23.Bc2 Rhg8 24.Qe3 Nf7 21.Bxe5 Qxe5 22.Qb1 gxf3 23.gxf3 Nf7 24.f4 Qc7 25.e5 ⩱ -0.77 (23 ply)better is 21...gxf3 22.gxf3 Qd6 23.Bxe5 fxe5 24.Rfg1 Bf6 25.Nc3 ∓ -1.72 (25 ply) 22.exf5 Nxd3+ 23.Qxd3 Bxb2+ 24.Kxb2 d5 25.cxd5 Rxd5 ⩱ -1.08 (25 ply) ∓ -2.49 (25 ply) 29...Rxd3 30.Kxd3 Rd8+ 31.Ke2 Qxc3 32.Qc1 Qe5+ 33.Kf2 -+ -5.62 (27 ply) ⩱ -1.00 (27 ply)better is 31...e5 32.Ka3 Qc7 33.f6 Kb8 34.Rhg1 Ka7 35.Nf5 Bxf3 ⩱ -0.78 (23 ply)= -0.22 (25 ply) after 32.Nxf3 Bxf3 33.Be2 Qb7 34.Bxf3 Qxf3 35.fxe6 Qe2+ 36.Ka3 32...Qc7 33.Qc2 Ne5 34.Rhe1 Kb8 35.Nf5 Rde8 36.e7 Bc8 = -0.46 (24 ply) ± +2.00 (27 ply) 34.Nxf3 Bxf3 35.Rdg1 Rxg1 36.Rxg1 Rxe7 37.Qf1 Qc6 38.Rg3 ± +2.29 (26 ply)= 0.00 (30 ply) 36.Kc1 Qa5 37.Nd6+ Kc7 38.Nxb7 Kxb7 39.Qb3 Qa1+ 40.Bb1 = 0.00 (31 ply)-+ -5.02 (32 ply) 37...Qa5 38.Bc2 Rxc2+ 39.Qxc2 Qa1+ 40.Qb1 Qxc3+ 41.Qc2 -+ -5.11 (32 ply) ⩲ +1.12 (29 ply) 42...Rf2 43.Bxb7 Rxf5 44.Rd8 Nd3+ 45.Kb1 Rxe7 46.Bc6 b5 ⩲ +1.12 (27 ply) ± +2.36 (28 ply) 43...Nc6 44.Rd7+ Kb8 45.Re1 Rg5 46.Nd6 Rxe7 47.Rdxe7 ± +1.87 (27 ply)+- +4.16 (25 ply) after 44.Re1 Rgg8 45.Rd7+ Kb8 46.Re6 Kc8 47.Ra7 Kb8 48.Rxa6 better is 45.Rhd1 Kc8 46.Ra7 Kb8 47.Rdd7 Rg1+ 48.Kd2 Rg5 49.Rab7+ +- +4.67 (27 ply) ± +2.06 (26 ply) 46...Nxh6 47.Rd8+ Kc7 48.R1d7+ Kc6 49.Rd6+ Kc7 50.Rxh6 ± +2.16 (27 ply)+- +6.37 (25 ply)1-0

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Jul-14-04  Whitehat1963: I thought white was doomed.
Dec-20-04  buscher07: Well he managed to save that game nicely. :)
Jul-03-08  robinpark98: The Van't Kruijis Opening (1. e3) is terrible! I thought white was going to hell but no!

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