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Viktor Korchnoi vs Boris Spassky
Unzicker's 80th Birthday (2005), Mainz GER, rd 2, Aug-09
Queen's Gambit Accepted: Central Variation. Alekhine System (D20)  ·  1-0

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White to move.
ANALYSIS [x]
Notes by Stockfish 9 v010218 (minimum 6s/ply)better is 11...Qd7 12.Re1 h6 13.Be3 O-O-O 14.Nd2 Kb8 15.Nb3 Nf5 = +0.17 (21 ply) 12.Bxf5 exf5 13.Qd3 Qd7 14.Bg5 Bxf3 15.Qxf3 h6 16.Be3 c6 ⩲ +0.92 (24 ply)= 0.00 (25 ply)better is 18.Kh2 a4 19.Rh1 Nxe3 20.fxe3 Bxf3 21.gxf3 h5 22.Be4 c6 = +0.40 (24 ply)= -0.19 (25 ply)better is 22...Qd5 23.Qxd5 exd5 24.g4 h5 25.gxh5 Rxh5 26.f4 a4 = -0.12 (25 ply) 23.Rd1 Qb6 24.Rb3 Qc7 25.Qe3 a4 26.Rd3 Bg5 27.f4 Bd8 ⩲ +0.51 (24 ply)better is 23...Qc7 24.a4 h5 25.Rd1 Rhf8 26.Rb3 Rab8 27.Rf3 Rbd8 = -0.25 (23 ply)= +0.26 (23 ply) after 24.Qe3 a4 25.Rd1 Ra6 26.Rc2 Bg5 27.Qe2 Be7 28.Rd3 Qd5 better is 25...a4 26.Rf3 Rad8 27.b4 axb3 28.Rxb3 Rd5 29.a4 b5 = -0.09 (25 ply)= +0.43 (23 ply)better is 27...Qc7 28.Qf4 Rhf8 29.Na4 Qd7 30.Nb6 Qc7 = 0.00 (30 ply) 28.Ra4 f6 29.Qe2 Rhf8 30.Kh2 Rf7 31.Qe1 Qb8 32.f3 Qc7 ⩲ +0.56 (23 ply) 28...Bb4 29.axb4 Qxb6 30.Rd3 Rd7 31.bxa5 Qxb2 32.Qb4 ⩱ -0.65 (26 ply) ⩲ +0.84 (29 ply) 35...h4 36.Rd2 b4 37.Rh3 Rh8 38.Qc2 Qb7 39.Qd3 Qb8 40.Rf3 ⩲ +0.59 (24 ply) ± +1.62 (25 ply) 38...Rh8 39.e7 Re8 40.Rxh4 Rxe7 41.Rxe7+ Bxe7 42.Rh3 b4 ± +2.02 (25 ply)+- +3.80 (25 ply)better is 40.Qc2 Be7 41.gxh4 Rh8 42.h5 Rh6 43.Rf3 Qb6 44.Qf5 b4 +- +3.99 (25 ply) ± +1.86 (25 ply) 44...Qe4 45.Qxe4 dxe4 46.b4 axb4 47.axb4 Rf4 48.Rg3 Rf6 ± +2.05 (27 ply)+- +7.70 (23 ply)49.Qh7# +- mate-in-11-0

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Kibitzer's Corner
Aug-11-05  stijn: This is a new kind of chess: dinosaurchess.
Aug-11-05
Premium Chessgames Member
  WannaBe: Spassky's king is in the wrong place, if he intended to push them pawns down a-b-c-d file. Then again, I can be totally wrong... Who am I to doubt Boris. :)
Aug-11-05  OneBadDog: On Golden Chessboard.
Aug-12-05  Ulhumbrus: 15..0-0 may be better than disturbing the king side pawns by ...h6

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