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Viesturs Meijers vs Dragan Kosic
Turin Olympiad (2006), Turin ITA, rd 9, May-30
French Defense: Exchange Variation (C01)  ·  0-1

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White to move.
ANALYSIS [x]
Notes by Stockfish 11 (minimum 30s/ply)better is 4...Nf6 5.Bd3 Bd6 6.O-O O-O 7.Re1 Be6 8.Nc3 c6 = -0.15 (34 ply)better is 5.c4 c6 6.c5 Bc7 7.Nc3 h6 8.Bd3 Qe7+ 9.Qe2 Qxe2+ ⩲ +0.54 (35 ply)better is 5...Nf6 6.O-O O-O 7.Re1 Nc6 8.c3 h6 9.Na3 a6 10.Nc2 = -0.20 (35 ply)= +0.44 (37 ply)better is 7.c3 Bf5 8.Bxf5 Nxf5 9.Re1+ Nfe7 10.b3 O-O 11.Qd3 Qd7 = +0.46 (38 ply)= -0.13 (40 ply)better is 8.c3 Qd7 9.Re1 O-O 10.Nbd2 Rae8 11.Nf1 Bf5 12.b3 Nd8 = +0.37 (40 ply)better is 8...Nf5 9.c3 O-O 10.Nbd2 Nh4 11.Be2 Nxf3+ 12.Bxf3 Bxf3 = -0.23 (42 ply)better is 9.h3 Bh5 10.b4 a6 11.Nbd2 f5 12.Nb3 O-O 13.c4 Ng6 = +0.38 (38 ply)= -0.37 (38 ply)better is 10...f6 11.h3 Bh5 12.b4 O-O 13.b5 axb5 14.Nxb5 Na5 15.Rb1 = -0.40 (38 ply)= +0.32 (38 ply)better is 19.Nc5 Bxc5 20.dxc5 d4 21.Bd2 Nxc5 22.Qg3 Kh7 23.Bb4 b6 = +0.48 (38 ply)= -0.24 (38 ply) 23.Nd3 Ng7 24.Qf3 f5 25.Bd2 Rxe2 26.Qxe2 f4 27.Qg4 h5 = 0.00 (48 ply) ⩱ -1.36 (41 ply)better is 24.Qd3 Re4 25.hxg5 hxg5 26.Bd2 f5 27.Qc3 Qf6 28.Re3 Rxd4 ⩱ -1.09 (41 ply) ∓ -1.73 (44 ply) 26...Rfe8 27.f3 g4 28.fxg4 Qc8 29.Kf1 Qxg4 30.Qxg4 Rxg4 ∓ -1.73 (44 ply) 27.Nd3 g4 28.Qh1 Qe8 29.Kf1 Qg6 30.Qh4 Qh5 31.Qxh5 Nxh5 = -0.36 (41 ply)-+ -4.55 (47 ply) 30.Qxg3 Rg4 31.Qg2 Re8 32.Nd3 Ree4 33.Ne5 Rxg2+ 34.Rxg2 -+ -4.56 (46 ply)-+ -15.27 (35 ply) after 30...f4 31.Bd2 Qh4 32.Rg2 Rf6 33.Be1 Rh6 34.Bxg3 Qh1+ -+ mate-in-13 after 37...dxe4 38.Qg3 Rxg3 39.Rxg3+ Kh7 40.d5 f4 41.Rg4; 38.Qxg2+ Qxg2+ 39.Kxg2 fxe4 40.Nd1 Rf3 41.Nf2 Rxa3 -+ -147.92 (52 ply)0-1

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Kibitzer's Corner
Oct-30-15
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  fredthebear: 29...Bxg3 is a nice shot, as the White queen cannot re-take, else 30...Rg4 would pin Her Majesty to her king. Then Black really pours on the gasoline. A nice finish making use of the open g- and h-files.

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