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J A Franssen vs Gert Timmerman
NED-chT3 I-122 corr7677 (1976) (correspondence), Netherlands
Bird Opening: From Gambit. Mestel Variation (A02)  ·  0-1

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White to move.
ANALYSIS [x]
Notes by Stockfish 9 v010218 (minimum 6s/ply)6.Bg5 was played in Bird vs Zukertort, 1886 (1-0)6...O-O was played in Lasker vs R L Sze, 1911 (0-1) 9.c3 Nd7 10.Qxb7 O-O 11.Qc6 Bc7 12.e4 cxd4 13.b4 Nde5 = +0.04 (21 ply) ⩱ -1.08 (20 ply) 10.d5 Bd7 11.c3 b5 12.Qd3 h6 13.Bh4 Re8 14.e4 c4 15.Qd4 ⩱ -0.87 (19 ply) ∓ -2.03 (22 ply) after 10...Nd7 11.c3 cxd4 12.Nxd4 Qh5 13.g3 Nc5 14.Qf3 Bd5 12.h3 Nh6 13.d5 Bf5 14.Qc4 b5 15.b4 Qb6 16.Qb3 c4 17.Qb2 ∓ -2.10 (22 ply)-+ -4.46 (24 ply)16.Qe4 Bf5 17.Qxe3 Bxe3 18.Nc4 Qb5 19.Nxe3 Rxe3 20.Bf2 -+ -8.67 (21 ply)0-1

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Mar-17-08  YoungEd: Looks like White's queen maneuvering lost him too much time. He's all tied up at the end; Rc1 is the only way to avoid the knight fork, but then he just loses his Q-side pawns and still has a lousy position.
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  fredthebear: Black is fully developed. White is coming apart at the seams.

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