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Emmanuel Schiffers vs Semyon Alapin
5th DSB Congress, Frankfurt (1887), Frankfurt am Main GER, rd 15, Jul-28
French Defense: Classical. Tarrasch Variation (C14)  ·  1/2-1/2

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White to move.
ANALYSIS [x]
Notes by Stockfish 11 (minimum 6s/ply) 4...Bb4 5.e5 h6 6.Bd2 Bxc3 7.Bxc3 Ne4 8.Bb4 c5 = -0.17 (33 ply) ⩲ +0.65 (40 ply) 7.Qd2 a6 8.f4 c5 9.Nf3 b5 10.h4 Nc6 11.h5 Nxd4 12.Nxd4 = +0.37 (35 ply) 7...Qb4 8.Ne2 c5 9.a3 Qb6 10.dxc5 Nxc5 11.b4 Nxd3+ = -0.45 (34 ply)better is 8.Qg4 O-O 9.f4 c5 10.Nf3 f5 11.exf6 Rxf6 12.Qh4 h6 ⩲ +0.81 (33 ply)better is 8...Qb4+ 9.c3 Qxb2 10.a4 c5 11.Nf3 Nc6 12.O-O h6 13.a5 = +0.14 (25 ply) ⩲ +0.84 (25 ply)better is 10.Qd2 O-O 11.f4 cxd4 12.cxd4 Qb4 13.Nf3 Qxd2+ 14.Nxd2 ⩲ +0.82 (26 ply)= +0.23 (32 ply)better is 11...Nxf6 12.O-O e5 13.Nxe5 Nxe5 14.dxe5 Qxe5 15.Qd2 O-O = +0.40 (32 ply) 12.Bc2 cxd4 13.cxd4 O-O 14.O-O Nb6 15.b3 Bd7 16.Qd2 Nc8 ⩲ +0.98 (32 ply)better is 12...e5 13.Nxe5 Ndxe5 14.dxe5 Nxe5 15.f4 Ng4 16.Qd2 Qd6 = +0.21 (34 ply) 13.Bc2 cxd4 14.cxd4 Qh6 15.Re1 Nb6 16.Qc1 Qxc1 17.Nxc1 ⩲ +0.87 (32 ply)= -0.07 (37 ply) 16.Bc2 Be6 17.b4 cxb4 18.cxb4 Bf7 19.Rad1 Rad8 20.Qd4 = +0.07 (24 ply) ⩱ -0.79 (27 ply)better is 21...Re7 22.Rxe7 Qxe7 23.f6 gxf6 24.Nh5 Rd6 25.Qg3+ Kh8 ⩱ -0.52 (22 ply)= 0.00 (41 ply)27.Rxd4 Rc5 28.h3 Rc2 29.Rb4 b5 30.a4 bxa4 31.Rxa4 Rxb2 = 0.00 (46 ply)1/2-1/2

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