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Lothar Schmid vs Berthold Koch
2nd Correspondence World Championship (1956) (correspondence), Jan-01
Spanish Game: Closed Variations. Chigorin Defense (C97)  ·  1-0

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White to move.
ANALYSIS [x]
Notes by Stockfish 11 (minimum 6s/ply)better is 11...Nd7 12.a4 Bb7 13.d5 Qc7 14.b4 Nc4 15.Nbd2 cxb4 = +0.16 (36 ply) ⩲ +0.79 (36 ply)better is 12...cxd4 13.cxd4 Nc6 14.a3 exd4 15.Nb3 d3 16.Bxd3 Re8 = +0.12 (36 ply) ⩲ +0.84 (25 ply)better is 14.b3 Nb6 15.Ne3 c4 16.Qe2 Be6 17.Ba3 Rfe8 18.Rab1 Bf8 ⩲ +0.67 (31 ply)= 0.00 (35 ply)better is 15...a5 16.a4 cxd4 17.cxd4 Rfc8 18.Rc1 bxa4 19.dxe5 dxe5 = +0.13 (33 ply)better is 16.d5 Bd7 17.a4 Rfc8 18.Ra2 c4 19.Qe2 Rab8 20.axb5 axb5 ⩲ +0.71 (34 ply)= +0.21 (32 ply) after 16...cxd4 17.cxd4 Rac8 18.Rc1 Rfe8 19.Nb3 Qb8 20.d5 Bd7 17.Rc1 Bb7 18.Qg4 a5 19.Qg3 Bf6 20.d5 Ba6 21.a4 bxa4 ⩲ +0.64 (30 ply)better is 17...exd4 18.cxd4 Bh4 19.Re2 Rae8 20.d5 Bb7 21.g4 g6 = -0.14 (34 ply)= +0.43 (32 ply)better is 20.Nf1 Rac8 21.Rc1 Bf6 22.Ng3 Bxd4+ 23.Qxd4 g6 24.Red1 ⩲ +0.88 (23 ply)= +0.14 (22 ply) 21...Bh4 22.Bxg7 Bxe1 23.Qg4 f5 24.exf5 Nc5 25.Be5+ Kf8 = 0.00 (30 ply) ⩲ +0.77 (32 ply) 24.Qg5 Ba8 25.Rcd1 Rc4 26.a3 Bd8 27.Kh2 Bb7 28.Bd3 Rxd4 ⩲ +1.07 (32 ply) 24...Ba8 25.Rcd1 Bd8 26.Kh2 g6 27.Qh4 Nd7 28.Qf2 Bf6 = +0.23 (33 ply) ⩲ +1.49 (31 ply) 25...Bb7 26.Rf1 Rxc1 27.Nxc1 Qd8 28.fxg6 fxg6 29.a3 Nh5 ⩲ +1.00 (32 ply) 26.Rf1 Rxc1 27.Nxc1 Qd8 28.fxg6 fxg6 29.a3 Nh5 30.Ba2+ ± +1.87 (32 ply) 26...Qc7 27.Nd2 Nd7 28.Qf2 Ne5 29.a3 Bg5 30.Nf1 Qe7 ⩲ +0.70 (30 ply)+- +5.31 (34 ply) 28...h5 29.Qf3 Rf8 30.Bxe4 dxe4 31.Qe3 Kh7 32.Rf1 Rc2 +- +3.26 (24 ply)+- +6.66 (24 ply)35...Kd8 36.Bxg6 Rc7 37.Bxe8 Bxe8 38.Qe6 Qb4 39.Bb6 Bc5+ +- mate-in-131-0

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