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Rashid Nezhmetdinov vs Stefan Szabo
Bucharest (1954), Bucharest ROU, rd 10, Mar-12
Spanish Game: Morphy Defense. Modern Steinitz Defense (C75)  ·  1-0

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White to move.
ANALYSIS [x]
Notes by Stockfish 9 v010218 (minimum 6s/ply)better is 10.h3 Bf8 11.Bc2 a5 12.a3 h6 13.b3 b5 14.Nf1 Qb8 15.Ng3 ⩲ +0.54 (29 ply)better is 10...exd4 11.cxd4 Bg4 12.Qc2 Na5 13.Bd5 c5 14.b3 Nxd5 = -0.02 (22 ply) ⩲ +0.67 (23 ply) after 11.h3 a5 12.Nf1 a4 13.Bc2 exd4 14.cxd4 Nb4 15.Bb1 c5 better is 13...b5 14.b3 c5 15.d5 c4 16.b4 Nb7 17.a4 a5 18.axb5 axb4 = +0.30 (23 ply) 14.h3 Nh7 15.b3 exd4 16.cxd4 Nc6 17.a3 d5 18.e5 Ng5 ⩲ +1.03 (22 ply)better is 14...Bg4 15.Ne2 exd4 16.cxd4 Bg7 17.h3 Bxe2 18.Rxe2 Nd7 = +0.17 (20 ply) ⩲ +0.74 (28 ply)better is 17...Nc4 18.a4 Nb6 19.a5 Nc4 20.b4 Nh7 21.Bd3 Rc8 22.Qe2 = +0.48 (22 ply)better is 18.b3 h4 19.Nf1 f5 20.N1h2 f4 21.Bd2 Bg7 22.Qe2 Ng5 ⩲ +1.08 (23 ply)better is 18...Nc4 19.a4 Nb6 20.a5 Nc4 21.b4 Bg7 22.Ng3 Rc8 23.Bd3 = +0.33 (24 ply) ⩲ +1.07 (21 ply) after 19.cxb4 cxb4 20.a3 bxa3 21.Rxa3 Nf6 22.Bd3 Bb5 23.Bg5 20...Bh6 21.Qe2 Ng5 22.Nxg5 Bxg5 23.c4 Qc7 24.Bd2 f6 = +0.47 (22 ply)better is 21.c4 Bh6 22.Qe2 Qc7 23.Bd2 Ng5 24.Nxg5 Bxg5 25.Qd3 f6 ⩲ +1.27 (25 ply)better is 21...Bh6 22.c4 Bf4 23.Bd2 Ng5 24.Bc3 Qc7 25.Qe2 Red8 ⩲ +0.75 (22 ply) ⩲ +1.29 (24 ply) after 22.Bd2 Bh6 23.Qe2 Qc7 24.Bxa6 Reb8 25.Bd3 Rb2 26.c4 Ng5 better is 23.Bc2 Bd7 24.Nb3 Rb8 25.Bd2 Nb7 26.a4 Qh4 27.Nc4 Ng5 ⩲ +1.29 (25 ply) ⩲ +0.54 (26 ply) after 23...Rb8 24.a4 Bxc4 25.Nxc4 Nxc4 26.Bxc4 Qa5 27.Qd3 Rb6 better is 25...Qc7 26.a4 Bxc4 27.Bxc4 Qa5 28.Qe2 Rb2 29.Qd3 Reb8 = +0.40 (25 ply) ⩲ +0.98 (22 ply)better is 29...Bg7 30.Reb1 Reb8 31.Rxb2 Rxb2 32.a4 Rb8 33.g3 Ra8 ⩲ +0.54 (26 ply) ⩲ +1.05 (25 ply) after 30.Reb1 Rb6 31.Rxb6 Qxb6 32.Rb1 Qa7 33.a4 Rb8 34.a5 Qc7 32...Qd8 33.fxe5 Nd7 34.Bf4 Nxe5 35.Bxe5 dxe5 36.Rf1 Bd6 ⩲ +0.69 (27 ply)+- +2.64 (24 ply) 39...Kg8 40.Bd5 Rd7 41.Rb7 Qd8 42.Bxf7+ Kf8 43.Rxd7 Qxd7 +- +3.49 (28 ply)better is 40.Bd5 Qd8 41.Rb7 Qe8 42.Ra7 Bh6 43.Ra8 Qxa8 44.Bxa8 +- +8.21 (31 ply)+- +3.29 (28 ply)44...c4 45.Qh5 Bh6 46.Bxf7+ Kh8 47.Bd5 Qd6 48.Ra7 Rf8 +- +6.75 (26 ply)1-0

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