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Christiaan Messemaker vs Jan Frederik Heemskerk
DCA Congress 18th (1890), The Hague NED
Spanish Game: Open. Open Variation (C80)  ·  0-1

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ANALYSIS [x]
Notes by Stockfish 11 (minimum 6s/ply)better is 6.d4 b5 7.Bb3 d5 8.dxe5 Be6 9.Nbd2 Nc5 10.c3 Nxb3 = +0.38 (38 ply)= -0.37 (35 ply) 7.Bxc6 dxc6 8.Nxe5 Ne6 9.d4 Bd6 10.c3 O-O 11.Na3 Re8 = +0.27 (37 ply) ⩱ -0.77 (35 ply)better is 9.Bb3 Nxb3 10.axb3 d5 11.Qf3 Be6 12.Re1 Qd7 13.d4 O-O-O = -0.32 (33 ply) ⩱ -0.95 (35 ply)better is 11.Re1 d5 12.d4 Bd6 13.Nd2 c6 14.Qc2 Bg4 15.Nf1 Bh5 16.f3 = -0.50 (35 ply) 11...Bd6 12.Re3 b5 13.Qd1 Bb7 14.Nd2 Qh4 15.h3 Qf4 16.Nf1 ⩱ -1.25 (37 ply)= -0.35 (33 ply)better is 13.Be3 b5 14.Qc2 d6 15.Nd2 Bb7 16.h3 h6 17.Qd3 Qd7 18.f3 = -0.10 (33 ply) ⩱ -0.73 (32 ply)better is 17.b3 h6 18.c4 a5 19.a4 Bf6 20.Ne4 Bf5 21.Nxf6+ Qxf6 = 0.00 (36 ply)better is 17...Be7 18.Qd2 c6 19.h3 Qd7 20.b3 Re8 21.c4 d5 22.Nc5 ⩱ -0.53 (32 ply) 18.Qxe3 h6 19.b3 a5 20.c4 a4 21.Rd1 axb3 22.axb3 d5 = 0.00 (38 ply) ⩱ -0.77 (32 ply) after 18...Qe7 19.Nd2 f6 20.Qe2 Bf7 21.Re1 Qd7 22.b3 Re8 23.Qf3 19.Nd2 Qe7 20.c4 Be4 21.Rc1 Re8 22.b4 h6 23.Rc3 Bg6 24.c5 = -0.33 (33 ply) ⩱ -1.27 (37 ply) 21...Qe7 22.Nf1 Qe6 23.a3 h6 24.h3 g5 25.Qf2 f5 26.Kh2 f4 ⩱ -1.27 (35 ply) 22.a3 h5 23.h3 Re6 24.Kh2 b5 25.Rg1 a5 26.Qh4 Rxe3 = -0.30 (34 ply) ∓ -2.08 (36 ply) 27...h6 28.Re2 Be4 29.Kh2 b5 30.Qf4 Qc5 31.Rf2 Bg6 32.Rd2 ∓ -2.24 (37 ply) 28.Rd1 Be4 29.Ne2 Qc7 30.b4 Qc2 31.Rxd6 Qxa2 32.Rd7 Rd5 ⩱ -1.14 (35 ply)-+ -4.60 (37 ply)33.Qxg3 fxg3+ 34.Kxg3 Kf7 35.h4 Ke6 36.Rg1 Qc3 37.b4 -+ -8.91 (30 ply)0-1

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