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Samuel Reshevsky vs Weaver Adams
United States Championship (1940), New York, rd 12, May-12
Spanish Game: Closed Variations. Chigorin Defense (C97)  ·  1-0

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ANALYSIS [x]
Notes by Stockfish 9 v010218 (minimum 6s/ply)12...b4 was played in B Dekic vs A van Weersel, 2012 (0-1)13.Nbd2 was played in Z von Balla vs Hromadka, 1912 (1-0)better is 14.Nbd2 Rfc8 15.Bd3 cxd4 16.cxd4 h6 17.Nb3 Nc4 18.Rxa8 = +0.25 (21 ply)= -0.36 (22 ply)better is 18.Bg5 Rd8 19.Qc1 Nc5 20.Ne3 Be6 21.Qb1 g6 22.Bh4 Nd3 = +0.02 (24 ply) ⩱ -0.65 (22 ply) 21.Bg5 Rxe1+ 22.Qxe1 Ne8 23.Qd1 f6 24.Be3 Nd6 25.Nd2 Nf7 = -0.25 (25 ply) ⩱ -1.05 (24 ply)better is 26.Qe3 Nfd7 27.Nf5 h6 28.g5 h5 29.N3h4 Qd8 30.g6 Qf6 = -0.22 (23 ply) ⩱ -0.72 (25 ply)better is 28...Kf8 29.Qd6+ Qxd6 30.Nxd6 f6 31.h4 Nf4 32.gxf6 gxf6 ⩱ -0.72 (28 ply)= -0.10 (29 ply) after 29.Ne7+ Kf8 30.Nxc6 Qxc6 31.Nxe5 Nxh3+ 32.Kg2 Nxe5 better is 32...Kf8 33.Nxe8 Nh3+ 34.Kg2 Qxe8 35.Qd6+ Qe7 36.Qb8+ = 0.00 (32 ply) ⩲ +0.65 (29 ply)better is 34...h6 35.Qxe8+ Qxe8 36.Nxe8 hxg5 37.hxg5 Na4 38.Nd6 = +0.42 (29 ply) ⩲ +1.09 (29 ply)better is 36...Kg8 37.Qxf4 g6 38.Qd6 Qc8 39.Ke1 Ne6 40.Qe5 Qd7 ⩲ +0.75 (28 ply) ⩲ +1.39 (27 ply) after 37.Qxf4 Qd8 38.Qe5 Qb6 39.h5 Ne6 40.h6 gxh6 41.gxh6 Ke7 better is 38...Kg8 39.Qd6 Ne6 40.Kg2 Nf8 41.e5 Qa8+ 42.f3 Qa7 ⩲ +1.04 (26 ply) ± +1.74 (28 ply) 43...g6 44.Qf6+ Kf8 45.Qh8+ Ke7 46.Qe5 Kf8 47.f4 Kg8 ⩲ +1.30 (25 ply) ± +2.11 (26 ply)62...a3 63.Kxa3 Kc4 64.Kb2 Kc5 65.Kb3 Kb5 66.c4+ Ka5 +- +132.78 (55 ply)1-0

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Kibitzer's Corner
Mar-19-17
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  Jonathan Sarfati: A deft touch at the end with 62. h5, since 62.Kxa4 allows Kc4 and now White must play for a draw (head to f1 quickly). Reshevsky must have foreseen this when he went into the P endgame with 58.Bxa4.

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