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Sau Ming Chau vs Craig van Tilbury
Calvia Olympiad (2004), Calvia ESP, rd 3, Oct-17
Queen's Gambit Declined: Exchange. Positional Variation (D35)  ·  1-0

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White to move.
ANALYSIS [x]
Notes by Stockfish 11 (minimum 6s/ply)better is 2.e3 Nf6 3.Nf3 e6 4.Nbd2 b6 5.Bb5+ c6 6.Bd3 c5 = +0.45 (35 ply)= -0.08 (35 ply)better is 7.Qc2 O-O 8.a3 h6 9.Bf4 Bd6 10.Bxd6 Qxd6 11.Bd3 b6 = +0.47 (36 ply)= -0.03 (35 ply) after 7...O-O 8.Bf4 Re8 9.h3 Bd6 10.Nge2 b6 11.O-O Ba6 better is 8...h6 9.Bh4 O-O 10.Nge2 Re8 11.O-O Nh5 12.Bxe7 Qxe7 = 0.00 (36 ply) ⩲ +0.65 (27 ply)better is 12...a6 13.Na4 Bf5 14.Nc5 Bxd3 15.Qxd3 Ra7 16.Ne5 Nf5 = +0.13 (30 ply)better is 13.b5 Nd7 14.Bxe7 Qxe7 15.O-O O-O 16.Rfe1 Bxd3 17.Qxd3 ⩲ +0.69 (30 ply)= 0.00 (33 ply) 15...axb4 16.axb4 Ne4 17.Bxe7 Qxe7 18.Bxe4 Bxe4 19.Qb3 = 0.00 (35 ply) ⩲ +1.49 (35 ply) after 16.Nxd7 Bxd7 17.Bxe7 Qxe7 18.Nb6 Ra7 19.Qc5 Qxc5 20.bxc5 better is 21.Bxf5 Nxf5 22.g3 Re8 23.h4 Nh6 24.Rab1 Ng4 25.Na4 Re7 ⩲ +1.42 (36 ply) ⩲ +0.84 (36 ply)better is 22.h4 Re8 23.g3 f6 24.Rfd1 Kf7 25.Kg2 Be4+ 26.Bf3 Bxf3+ ⩲ +1.26 (28 ply) ⩲ +0.64 (28 ply) 27...a4 28.Kg2 Ng5 29.Rab1 Kg7 30.Rb4 Ne4 31.Rc1 Nf6 ⩲ +0.92 (38 ply) 28.a4 Ng5 29.Rh1 Ne4+ 30.Kf3 Ra6 31.Ke2 Nc3+ 32.Kd3 Ne4 ± +2.05 (38 ply) 28...a4 29.f4 Ra5 30.Kf3 Nc7 31.g5 Rb5 32.Nd7 Rb3 33.Rae1 ⩲ +0.69 (37 ply)better is 29.g5 Ne6 30.f4 Nf8 31.Kf2 a4 32.Rh6 Ra6 33.Rah1 Ra5 ± +1.78 (41 ply) ⩲ +1.27 (45 ply) 30...Nc7 31.Nb6 Na8 32.Nxa8 Raxa8 33.g5 Ra6 34.Rah1 b5 ⩲ +1.40 (39 ply)+- +7.10 (35 ply)better is 33.f3 g5 34.Rhb2 f6 35.Kf2 Rh8 36.Rb3 Kg6 37.Ke2 Rh2+ +- +6.56 (35 ply)+- +2.77 (36 ply) 35.Kf2 Rbe8 36.Nxb6 Rxe3 37.Rb3 R3e4 38.Kg3 Rxd4 39.g5 ± +2.50 (25 ply) ± +1.53 (23 ply) 36...Rbe8 37.R6b3 R3e4 38.Rf3 Rxd4 39.Nc5 Rd2+ 40.Kg3 ± +2.31 (35 ply)+- +3.76 (35 ply) after 37.Rxb6 Re4 38.Kf3 Rxd4 39.Nc5 Rc4 40.Rxc6 Rc3+ 41.Ke2 43.g5 d3 44.Ke3 Rd4 45.Nc4 d2 46.Nxd2 Rxa4 47.Ne4 Kf8 +- +7.47 (38 ply); 43...Rxb6 44.Ke4 g5 45.fxg5 Rd6 46.Rxd4 Rxd4+ 47.Kxd4 = 0.00 (60 ply)1-0

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