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Jaime Fernandez vs John Curdo
Stillwater OCF Winter (2005), Stillwater, OK USA, rd 1, Feb-19
Spanish Game: Morphy Defense. Modern Steinitz Defense Siesta Variation (C74)  ·  0-1

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ANALYSIS [x]
Notes by Stockfish 11 (minimum 30s/ply)better is 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.c3 Nf6 5.d3 Bb6 6.Bg5 d6 7.O-O h6 8.Bh4 ⩲ +0.57 (43 ply)= 0.00 (41 ply) after 3...Nf6 4.d3 Bc5 5.Bxc6 dxc6 6.O-O Bd6 7.c3 Be6 better is 4...Be7 5.O-O Nf6 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 O-O 9.h3 = +0.03 (37 ply) ⩲ +0.61 (43 ply) 7.O-O Bd3 8.Re1 Be7 9.Re3 e4 10.Na3 Nf6 11.Ne1 O-O ⩲ +0.82 (45 ply)= 0.00 (43 ply)better is 8.Ng5 Be7 9.O-O b5 10.Bc2 d5 11.Nh3 Qd7 12.f3 Bxh3 = +0.43 (39 ply)= -0.08 (34 ply) 9.Qxf3 Bxb1 10.dxc6 b5 11.Bb3 Bg6 12.O-O Qf6 13.Re1+ = 0.00 (46 ply) 9...Qe7+ 10.Kf1 fxg2+ 11.Kxg2 O-O-O 12.cxb7+ Kb8 13.Re1 ⩱ -0.86 (39 ply) 10.Qxf3 Bxb1 11.Bb3 Bg6 12.O-O Qf6 13.Re1+ Be7 14.Qg4 = 0.00 (46 ply) 10...Bxc2 11.Qxc2 fxg2 12.Rg1 g6 13.Qe2+ Kf7 14.Be3 Bg7 ⩱ -1.43 (41 ply) 11.Be3 Bxc2 12.Qxc2 fxg2 13.Rg1 g6 14.Nd2 Bh6 15.O-O-O ⩱ -0.67 (41 ply)-+ -5.91 (37 ply); 12.Qxe2+ fxe2+ 13.Kxe2 Bxc2 14.Re1 Kf7 15.b3 Be7 16.Be3 -+ -5.76 (40 ply)0-1

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May-10-21  sea7kenp: If 12 Qxe2 fxe2+ 13 Kxe2, Black wins a Bishop with 13 ... Bxc2. Not a good way for White to enter an Endgame.
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  perfidious: An old Curdo favourite; I played 5.Bxc6+ and took all John's fun away at least thrice in the 1980s, spoilsport that I am.

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