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Bernard Boyle vs Thomas Lane
European Union Championship (2005), Cork IRL, rd 9, Mar-30
Formation: Queen Pawn Game: London System (D02)  ·  1-0

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ANALYSIS [x]
Notes by Stockfish 11 (minimum 7s/ply)better is 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 e6 4.Nc3 c6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 = +0.45 (32 ply)= -0.08 (35 ply) 6...Bd6 7.Bg3 O-O 8.Bb5 Be7 9.dxc5 Bxc5 10.O-O Qb6 = -0.38 (31 ply) 7.h3 Be7 8.Bd3 c4 9.Bc2 b5 10.e4 O-O 11.O-O a5 12.e5 ⩲ +0.87 (31 ply) 7...Qb6 8.Rb1 Nh5 9.Bg3 Nxg3 10.hxg3 Be7 11.Qe2 h6 = -0.39 (30 ply) 8.O-O Nh5 9.Bg5 Be7 10.Bxe7 Qxe7 11.Ne5 Nxe5 12.dxe5 ⩲ +0.92 (33 ply) 8...Nh5 9.Be5 cxd4 10.Bxd4 Bd6 11.O-O Qe7 12.Re1 f5 = -0.28 (31 ply) ⩲ +0.80 (31 ply) 9...O-O 10.O-O Nxe5 11.dxe5 Ne8 12.Bc2 Qb6 13.Qe2 g6 = +0.25 (31 ply) ⩲ +1.13 (32 ply)better is 10...Qb6 11.b4 O-O 12.O-O Rfc8 13.Qe2 Qd8 14.Rfc1 Be8 ⩲ +0.54 (32 ply)better is 11.O-O Ne8 12.Qc2 h6 13.Ndf3 Nd6 14.Qe2 Nxe5 15.Nxe5 Be8 ⩲ +1.29 (31 ply) 11...Ne8 12.O-O Rc8 13.Qh3 f5 14.Nxc6 Rxc6 15.Nf3 Nd6 ⩲ +0.68 (32 ply) 12.Qh3 Rc8 13.O-O g6 14.Ndf3 Nh5 15.Bh6 Bf8 16.Bd2 f5 ± +1.66 (33 ply) 12...Nxe5 13.dxe5 Ne4 14.Nxe4 dxe4 15.Bxe4 Qc7 16.O-O ⩲ +0.77 (34 ply) ± +1.90 (33 ply) 13...Nxe5 14.Bxe5 Bc6 15.h5 g5 16.h6 Rc8 17.Bc2 Ne4 ⩲ +1.26 (33 ply)+- +6.32 (36 ply)+- mate-in-2 after 19...Kf8 20.Qh8+ Bxh81-0

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Kibitzer's Corner
Nov-16-16  BOBMITCHNZ: Clearly, Black's mind was on other things. The mounting attack on his King was completely ignored. Black might at least have captured the knight on e5 on his 16th move. As it was White had an easy walk to mate. The London looks innocuous but it isn't.
Nov-07-22
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  fredthebear: Similar to the Stonewall Attack. Black just sat there and shuffled his pieces.

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