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Magnus Carlsen vs Teimour Radjabov
Match of the Hopes (2007) (rapid), Porto Vecchio FRA, rd 2, May-18
Sicilian Defense: Lasker-Pelikan. Sveshnikov Variation Chelyabinsk Variation (B33)  ·  1-0

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White to move.
ANALYSIS [x]
Notes by Stockfish 9 v010218 (minimum 6s/ply)11.f3 was played in J Bielczyk vs Zlatan Gunev, 1976 (1-0) 11...O-O 12.cxb5 Nd4 13.Bd3 axb5 14.O-O Bd7 15.Be3 b4 = -0.10 (22 ply) ⩲ +0.68 (23 ply)better is 15.Ne3 Qa7 16.Qd2 Nh5 17.Nd5 Be6 18.Bf2 Nd4 19.Bxd4 exd4 ⩲ +0.57 (26 ply)= 0.00 (22 ply)better is 17...Rdc8 18.Ne3 Qa7 19.Bf2 Qb7 20.Nd5 Nd7 21.Qd2 Nc5 = +0.09 (24 ply) ⩲ +0.70 (26 ply)better is 24...f6 25.Nd5 Nfxd5 26.cxd5 Bd7 27.h4 Rdc8 28.Bc4 Bb5 = +0.44 (21 ply) ⩲ +0.96 (24 ply) after 25.Nd5 Nfxd5 26.exd5 Bf5 27.h4 f6 28.g3 Rh8 29.h5 Bd7 better is 27...Bf5 28.Qe3 h5 29.Qb6 Qa8 30.g3 Ng6 31.Kg1 Ne7 32.Qe3 = +0.42 (25 ply) ⩲ +0.95 (21 ply) after 28.g3 Ng6 29.Kg2 Ne7 30.Bd3 Rh8 31.h4 gxh4 32.gxh4 Bg6 better is 29...Qc8 30.Qc6 Qb8 31.c5 dxc5 32.d6 Ne6 33.Bc4 Rc8 = +0.27 (23 ply) ⩲ +0.91 (26 ply) 30...Be8 31.Qxd7+ Bxd7 32.c5 dxc5 33.Rxc5 Rdc8 34.Rxc8 = +0.40 (24 ply) 31.g3 Rdc8 32.Qb6 Rcb8 33.Qe3 Ng6 34.c5 Qd7 35.c6 Qc7 ⩲ +1.21 (24 ply)= 0.00 (27 ply) after 31...Nxd5 32.Rxd5 Rac8 33.cxd6 Qe6 34.Rdd1 Rxc6 35.Rxc6 37...Rb1 38.Qxa5 Rb2+ 39.Kg1 Rb1 40.Qc5 h5 41.h3 h4 = 0.00 (31 ply) ⩲ +1.13 (26 ply) 40...Nd5 41.Qc5 Ra1 42.b4 g4 43.fxg4 Rb1 44.b5 e4 45.b6 ⩲ +0.90 (26 ply)+- +3.37 (26 ply) 42...Rb2 43.b4 Rb1+ 44.Kf2 Rb2+ 45.Kg3 h5 46.b5 h4+ ± +2.11 (23 ply)+- +3.57 (24 ply)+- mate-in-3857...Rh7 58.Qxf6# +- mate-in-11-0

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Kibitzer's Corner
May-21-07  Wolfgang01: Radjabov thought, if Magnus plays till mate I can make it at last till the move before mate. Or he thought with resigning nobody ever won a game!!
Jan-07-08  nolanryan: On move 11, I think black has an interesting pawn sac with 11. .. 0-0. My idea is to jump into d4, and to follow with a quick d5.
Nov-14-10  splatty: Seems like Radjabov just played out of annoyance with himself at the end.
Dec-30-12  taobert: Game would have taken on a completely different complexion had black prevented Qb6, maybe Rdb8 if black had thought g3-Bh3-Bf5 plan would be bad for white- since black will have time to play f5 himself, then requires white to play g4!? to open position- who can tell what would have happened.

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