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George Thomas vs Andre Lilienthal
Hastings (1934/35), Hastings ENG, rd 8, Jan-04
French Defense: Exchange Variation (C01)  ·  1-0

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ANALYSIS [x]
Notes by Stockfish 9 v010218 (minimum 6s/ply)better is 8.O-O Qd7 9.h3 O-O-O 10.Na3 h5 11.Nb5 Bxg3 12.fxg3 a6 = +0.26 (19 ply)= -0.27 (21 ply)better is 9...h5 10.Nh4 Bg4 11.f3 Be6 12.Qc2 Bxg3+ 13.hxg3 O-O-O = -0.43 (23 ply) 10.Ng5 Bg4 11.f3 Bf5 12.Nxf5 Nxf5 13.O-O Kb8 14.f4 g6 = +0.18 (22 ply)better is 10...f6 11.Qe2 Rde8 12.O-O Bf7 13.Be3 Bg6 14.Rfe1 Kb8 ⩱ -0.92 (21 ply)better is 11.h4 f6 12.Ne2 Bf7 13.Bf4 Qg4 14.Bxd6 Rxd6 15.O-O g5 = -0.24 (21 ply) ⩱ -0.74 (23 ply)better is 19.Bd2 Kb8 20.Rde1 Nf5 21.Qf3 Qh7 22.Re6 Qg6 23.Rhe1 Rd7 = +0.36 (19 ply)= -0.25 (26 ply) 28...Nd6 29.Re1 Rxe1+ 30.Bxe1 Nf5 31.Bf2 b5 32.Kc2 c6 ⩱ -0.54 (30 ply) ± +1.82 (29 ply) 30...Rxg2 31.Bxd2 Rxg3 32.Rxh5 Rxf3 33.Rh8+ Kd7 34.Rg8 ± +1.94 (29 ply)+- +3.13 (26 ply)40...Rg2 41.Rh5 Rg7 42.Kc2 Rf7 43.Ra5 a6 44.Rc5+ Kb6 +- +4.68 (25 ply)1-0

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Kibitzer's Corner
Jul-11-06  percyblakeney: With 28. ... Nd2+ Lilienthal loses his knight and the game.
Apr-21-09
Premium Chessgames Member
  Phony Benoni: 28...Nd2+ is indeed bad, but the tournament situation explains a lot. This was the penultimate round, and Lilienthal trailed Thomas, the tournament leader, by a full point. A win was absolutely necessary, and he simply overreached.
Apr-21-09  Marmot PFL: This line is the reason Bob Ciaffone won't play the French.
Jun-29-09
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  Jonathan Sarfati: That also explains why GAT played the boring exchange, and had a somewhat worse position before Black blundered (the ♘ was better than the ♗ and his ♖ was more active too).

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