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Robert Brien vs Franciscus Janssens
Brien - Janssens (1854), London
Sicilian Defense: Bowdler Attack (B20)  ·  1-0

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White to move.
ANALYSIS [x]
Notes by Stockfish 11 (minimum 6s/ply) 2.Nf3 e6 3.c3 d5 4.exd5 exd5 5.Bb5+ Nc6 6.O-O Nf6 ⩲ +0.53 (35 ply)= -0.34 (32 ply) 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Qe2 d5 5.exd5 Nxd5 6.Nc3 Be7 7.d4 cxd4 = +0.27 (31 ply) ⩱ -0.53 (34 ply)better is 6.Nf3 Qc7 7.O-O Nc6 8.Ne2 Bd6 9.Re1 Nge7 10.Ng3 O-O = -0.12 (31 ply) ⩱ -0.74 (31 ply) 7...Bd6 8.Qh3 Nge7 9.O-O O-O 10.Bg5 f6 11.Bh4 Kh8 ⩱ -0.77 (28 ply)= +0.46 (30 ply) 8...Ng6 9.h4 h5 10.Bg5 Qb8 11.Qxb8+ Rxb8 12.f3 Rc8 = -0.38 (33 ply) ⩲ +0.81 (33 ply) 9...d6 10.h4 Qc7 11.Be3 h6 12.O-O-O Nf6 13.f3 g6 14.Rd2 = +0.41 (31 ply)better is 10.Bg5 Bc6 11.O-O-O Qb8 12.Bf4 Qb7 13.Nd5 Bxd5 14.cxd5 ⩲ +1.27 (32 ply) 10...h5 11.O-O-O Ng6 12.Bd6 Bxd6 13.Rxd6 Bc6 14.f4 O-O ⩲ +0.76 (23 ply) ± +1.57 (25 ply)better is 13.hxg3 Rb8 14.Ba5 Rc8 15.f3 Ne5 16.b3 Nc6 17.Bb6 h5 ⩲ +1.43 (34 ply) ⩲ +0.80 (31 ply) after 13...h5 14.h3 Nf4 15.Kf1 Bd6 16.f3 Be5 17.Nge2 Nxe2 14.Nh5 f5 15.Rd1 Ne5 16.b3 g6 17.Nf4 fxe4 18.O-O Bg7 ⩲ +1.28 (30 ply)= +0.16 (32 ply) after 14...h5 15.h3 d6 16.Rd1 Rc8 17.Rd2 Ne5 18.b3 Nd7 19.O-O 15...h5 16.Nge2 d6 17.f3 Rc8 18.h3 g5 19.O-O-O Nd7 20.Rd3 = +0.25 (30 ply) 16.Bc7 d6 17.O-O-O f4 18.Nge2 Kd7 19.Bb6 Ke7 20.Nxf4 g5 ± +2.00 (31 ply) 16...h5 17.exf5 h4 18.Nge4 h3 19.g4 Nxf3+ 20.Ke2 Ne5 ⩲ +1.20 (32 ply) ± +2.15 (33 ply)better is 18.h4 g4 19.Rf1 d6 20.Nxf4 Ke7 21.Nfe2 gxf3 22.gxf3 Nd7 ± +2.01 (33 ply) 18...h6 19.h4 Rg8 20.hxg5 hxg5 21.Kb1 Rc8 22.Nc1 Kf7 ⩲ +1.40 (35 ply) 19.h4 g4 20.Kb2 gxf3 21.gxf3 Nxf3 22.Nxf4 Bg7 23.Bxc5 ± +2.16 (37 ply) ⩲ +1.13 (34 ply) after 19...Rg8 20.Rd2 d6 21.Rhd1 Nf7 22.Kb1 h5 23.Nc1 Ke7 25...Bg7 26.Ka3 Nxd3 27.Rxd3 Be5 28.Ne2 Rg2 29.Re3 Rf8 ⩲ +1.22 (33 ply)+- +4.72 (32 ply)better is 29.N3a4 Bxa4 30.Nxa4 Rc6 31.b7 Ba7 32.Rh2 Rd6 33.Rxd6 +- +3.73 (25 ply)+- +2.51 (29 ply) 30...Ba5 31.Ra1 Bxc3+ 32.Kxc3 Ra8 33.Kb2 Rgc8 34.Nb4 ± +2.47 (38 ply)+- +5.03 (30 ply)+- mate-in-54 after 48...Kd750...Kc8 51.b7+ Kd8 52.Rxh7 Rb1+ 53.Kc5 Ke8 54.c7 Rb5+ +- mate-in-61-0

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