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Vasyl Ivanchuk vs Walter Arencibia Rodriguez
Capablanca Memorial (Elite) (2005), Havana CUB, rd 12, May-17
Queen's Gambit Declined: Chigorin Defense. Modern Gambit (D06)  ·  1-0

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White to move.
ANALYSIS [x]
Notes by Stockfish 9 v010218 (minimum 6s/ply)better is 8.Bxc4 Nxc3 9.bxc3 Nxe4 10.O-O Nxg5 11.Nxg5 Qd6 12.Ne4 ⩲ +0.63 (20 ply)= 0.00 (21 ply) after 8...Qd7 9.Qxc4 Nxc3 10.bxc3 e6 11.Bxf6 gxf6 12.Be2 Rg8 better is 11...b5 12.Qd4 e6 13.Bd3 c5 14.Qe3 exd5 15.exd5+ Qe7 = +0.09 (22 ply) ⩲ +0.71 (25 ply) 14...Bb5 15.d6 Qxe2+ 16.Qxe2+ Bxe2 17.Kxe2 Ne4 18.Rhe1 ⩲ +0.59 (23 ply) ± +2.23 (25 ply)better is 16.d6 Qxd4 17.Nxd4 Nd5 18.Ba5 Bxd6 19.Bf3 Be6 20.Rd1 Be5 +- +2.57 (26 ply) ± +1.83 (26 ply) 21...Kxe7 22.Rfd1 Be6 23.Bb7 Rce8 24.Nc6+ Kf8 25.Nd4 Rb8 = +0.12 (22 ply) 22.Bb7 Kxe7 23.Bxc8 Rxc8 24.Nc6+ Kf6 25.Nb4 a5 26.Nc6 a4 ± +1.64 (24 ply) 22...Nd5 23.Nd4 Nxc3 24.Rfe1 Kxe7 25.Re3 Nxa2 26.Nxe6 = -0.08 (24 ply) 23.Rad1 Bxc6 24.Bxc6+ Kxe7 25.Rd7+ Kf6 26.Bb7 Ne6 +- +2.65 (27 ply) 23...Ne6 24.Nb4 Kxe7 25.Rac1 Rhd8 26.Nxa6 Kf8 27.Bb7 Rc4 = +0.28 (26 ply) 24.Rad1 Ne6 25.Ne5 Nc5 26.Nxd7 Nxd7 27.Bb7 Rc7 28.Bxa6 +- +3.48 (28 ply) ⩲ +1.42 (26 ply) 25.Rad1 Rh6 26.Re3 Rbb6 27.Red3 Be6 28.Bc6+ Kxe7 29.Rd7+ ⩲ +1.43 (23 ply); 25...Rh6 26.Bxd7+ Kxd7 27.Rad1+ Ke8 28.f4 Ra8 29.Re5 Rb6 = -0.08 (29 ply)1-0

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Kibitzer's Corner
Jun-09-05  hongisto24: what a smackdown
Dec-12-09  jontsef: I don't get this, what happens after Rh6?
It looks like Bxd7+ is forced otherwise Black plays Re6. After Bxd7+ Kxd7 Rad1+ Ke8. Black seems to be OK, how can white make progress? also Black can regroup with Ra8 and Rh6-b6-b7, trapping the knight or forcing White to play Rd8 and give up the pawn.

Am I missing something really obvious?

Dec-12-09  Aspirador: <jontsef> It seems like Black really missed 25...Rh6. Computers confirm that Black can play on (even though he is a bit worse in the line you gave above).
Mar-10-10  jontsef: I found out what was wrong. White actually played 21.0-0-0 and 23.Rhe1 when it is indeed hopeless for Black in the final position because White has both his rooks on the d and e files.

How do we fix the game notation?

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