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Samuel Reshevsky vs Robert Byrne
Wertheim Memorial (1951), New York, NY USA, rd 10, Jun-15
Dutch Defense: Stonewall. General Variation (A92)  ·  1-0

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White to move.
ANALYSIS [x]
Notes by Stockfish 9 v010218 (minimum 6s/ply)8...b6 was played in Gorelov vs Gulko, 1985 (0-1) 9...b6 10.Ndf3 Ne4 11.a3 Ba6 12.b4 Bf6 13.Be3 Nd7 = +0.24 (29 ply)better is 10.Ndf3 Qe8 11.Bf4 Nbd7 12.Nd3 dxc4 13.Qxc4 Nb6 14.Qc2 ⩲ +1.07 (26 ply) 10...Ng4 11.Ndf3 Nxe5 12.Nxe5 Nd7 13.Be3 g5 14.f4 g4 = +0.46 (24 ply)better is 11.Ndf3 Ng4 12.Nd3 Na6 13.a3 dxc4 14.Qxc4 Nc7 15.Qc2 a4 ⩲ +1.31 (18 ply) ⩲ +0.64 (19 ply) after 11...Na6 12.Ndf3 c5 13.dxc5 Nxc5 14.Bf4 Nfe4 15.h4 Bf6 12...b5 13.Nf3 Ne4 14.Bb2 a4 15.h4 Bb7 16.cxb5 cxb5 = +0.47 (19 ply)better is 13.Nf3 Ne4 14.c5 g4 15.Nfe5 Nxe5 16.Nxe5 Bf6 17.f3 Ng5 ⩲ +1.25 (21 ply)better is 13...g4 14.b4 axb4 15.axb4 Ne4 16.c5 Ng5 17.Nb3 Bf6 ⩲ +0.66 (21 ply) ⩲ +1.18 (21 ply)better is 18.Bf3 Qh6 19.Bg2 Qh5 20.Rd1 Be7 21.c5 Nxe5 22.Nxe5 Rf8 ⩲ +1.21 (20 ply) ⩲ +0.65 (18 ply) after 18...Nxe5 19.dxe5 Rh6 20.h3 Be7 21.Rd1 axb4 22.axb4 f4 19...Nxe5 20.Nxe5 Rf8 21.b5 f4 22.g4 Qh6 23.Rb3 Nf6 ⩲ +0.82 (22 ply) 20.h4 Nxe5 21.Nxe5 Bxe5 22.dxe5 Rg6 23.Bf3 g4 24.Bg2 Rg7 ± +1.73 (22 ply) ⩲ +0.82 (20 ply)better is 21.Nxe5 f4 22.gxf4 gxf4 23.Bxf4 Bxe5 24.Bxh6 Bxd4 ⩲ +1.36 (21 ply) ⩲ +0.65 (22 ply) after 21...Be7 22.Be3 f4 23.g4 Qe8 24.Bb6 Rh4 25.Ra1 Rxa1 24...Qh6 25.Rg1 fxg3+ 26.fxg3 Rg7 27.Bxe4 dxe4 28.Nf2 ⩲ +1.35 (23 ply)+- +2.86 (25 ply) 38...Qd8 39.Nxb7 Qc8 40.Rxb8 Qxb8 41.Nd6 Bf8 42.Ra6 h4 +- +4.19 (24 ply)+- +7.92 (29 ply)44...Qg7 45.Qxg7+ Rxg7 46.Bxg7 Bf7 47.Bb2 Bg8 48.Rxg8 +- mate-in-121-0

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Kibitzer's Corner
Jul-04-13  RookFile: Reshevsky takes dark square dominance to a whole new level.
May-19-15  zydeco: Pretty brutal. Black seems to be doing ok out of the opening, then his attacking plan stalls, and his pieces are in each other's way on the kingside. White threatens 24.f3 trapping the knight, so black is pretty much forced into 23....f4.

If 24....Qh6 25.gxf4 g4 white just retreats with 26.Bg2 and he's defending everything.

Jun-16-24
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  GrahamClayton: Position after 35...Rb8:


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Byrne is in a bind, with no prospects for counterplay, while Reshevsky controls the a & f files. With five moves to the time control, Reshevsky marks time with 36. Kg2, allowing him more thinking time for the next four moves. The king move is safer than a committal pawn move like 36. e3 or 36. e4.

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