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Henry Robert Steel vs Vasyl Ivanchuk
World Cup (2011), Khanty-Mansiysk RUS, rd 1, Aug-29
Scotch Game: Romanishin Variation (C45)  ·  0-1

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ANALYSIS [x]
Notes by Stockfish 11 (minimum 6s/ply) 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.d3 Ne7 5.O-O c6 6.Ba4 Ng6 7.c3 Be7 ⩲ +0.51 (37 ply)= -0.25 (33 ply)better is 5...Bb6 6.a4 a6 7.Nc3 Nf6 8.Bd3 O-O 9.O-O h6 10.Nd5 = -0.11 (32 ply) ⩲ +0.64 (32 ply)better is 6...Bf8 7.Bd3 d6 8.O-O g6 9.f4 Bg7 10.N1d2 Nf6 11.Nf3 = +0.16 (30 ply)better is 7.f4 a5 8.a4 Nf6 9.Bd3 d5 10.e5 Ne4 11.O-O Nc5 12.Nxc5 ⩲ +0.90 (23 ply)= +0.23 (27 ply) 8.Bc4 Nf6 9.N1d2 O-O 10.O-O Re8 11.h3 Bf8 12.Re1 Ne5 ⩲ +0.67 (30 ply) 8...Bd7 9.Nd4 Bg5 10.Bg3 Qf6 11.Nxc6 Bxc6 12.Qe2 Ne7 = -0.20 (29 ply)better is 9.Bd2 Ne5 10.Be2 Bxd2+ 11.N1xd2 Nf6 12.f4 Ng6 13.g3 O-O ⩲ +0.76 (32 ply) 9...h5 10.h4 Bh6 11.N1d2 Nf6 12.O-O O-O 13.Re1 Ne5 = +0.07 (31 ply) ⩲ +0.89 (31 ply)better is 12.O-O Nh6 13.c4 O-O 14.Nc3 f5 15.Rae1 fxe4 16.Nxe4 c6 ⩲ +0.72 (31 ply)= 0.00 (30 ply) 13.Nd4 O-O 14.O-O Bd7 15.h3 c5 16.Nc2 Bc6 17.Ne3 Re8 ⩲ +0.61 (28 ply)better is 13...b6 14.Nd4 Bb7 15.O-O g6 16.a4 a5 17.e5 Nh5 18.Qb5+ = -0.43 (29 ply)= +0.08 (32 ply) after 14.Qf3 Nd7 15.O-O-O b6 16.e5 Rb8 17.Nd4 Bb7 18.Nc6 Qe8 better is 14...c5 15.Qf3 a5 16.e5 dxe5 17.fxe5 Nd7 18.Ne4 a4 = -0.29 (30 ply)better is 15.Nd4 Nd7 16.Qf3 Nc5 17.Bf2 Re8 18.Nf5 b6 19.Bd4 Bxf5 = +0.31 (29 ply)= -0.26 (33 ply) 17.Nc1 a4 18.g4 a3 19.b3 Bd7 20.Ne2 Bc6 21.Ng3 Re8 22.g5 = +0.45 (31 ply) ⩱ -0.78 (32 ply) 19...h6 20.Rhg1 Bc6 21.g5 hxg5 22.Rxg5 Nxe4 23.Rxg7+ ⩱ -1.04 (30 ply)= 0.00 (32 ply) 21...a3 22.b3 f6 23.Qh3 Ne5 24.Nd3 Nxd3 25.Qxd3 d5 ⩱ -0.77 (31 ply) 22.Qg3 Bf8 23.Rhe1 Qa5 24.a3 Qb5 25.Qd3 Qxd3+ 26.Nxd3 b5 = 0.00 (32 ply) 22...Ne5 23.Qh3 b5 24.Nd3 Nc4 25.f6 Bf8 26.a3 Nxd2+ ⩱ -1.12 (31 ply) 23.exd5 Ne5 24.Qc2 Qxd5 25.c4 Qd7 26.Ne4 Qc8 27.Nf6+ = 0.00 (38 ply) ⩱ -1.47 (33 ply) 26.axb3 dxe4 27.Rge1 Bf8 28.Nxe4 Qa5 29.Na2 Nc5 30.b4 ⩱ -1.25 (34 ply) ∓ -2.48 (32 ply)better is 27.Nxe4 Bf8 28.Ned2 Rc8 29.Ka1 Nb6 30.Nc4 Bd5 31.Nxb6 ∓ -1.84 (32 ply)-+ -2.57 (33 ply) 33.Bd6 Ne6 34.Bg3 Rc4 35.Qd3 Bb5 36.Qd2 Ba4 37.Ka1 Nc5 ∓ -2.29 (30 ply)-+ -4.62 (35 ply) after 33...Rc4 34.Qd2 Na4 35.Rc1 b5 36.Ka1 b4 37.Qe2 Qxe2 38.Bf4 b6 39.Rc1 Rxc1+ 40.Bxc1 Bd6 41.Bxa3 Bg3 42.Nd1 h5 -+ -3.68 (33 ply)-+ -8.00 (35 ply) 47.Rd2 h5 48.gxh6 Kh7 49.Kb2 g5 50.Nh3 Rb4+ 51.Kc3 Kxh6 -+ -3.50 (23 ply)-+ -6.51 (30 ply) after 47...Rf5 48.Kb2 Rxg5 49.Rd7 Rf5 50.Kc3 h5 51.Rxb7 h4 53.Kb4 Kc7 54.Kc3 Kd6 55.Kc4 b6 56.Kc3 Kd5 57.Kd3 b5 -+ -12.30 (34 ply)0-1

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Aug-29-11  wordfunph: Steel-Ivanchuk pic from the official site..

http://chess.ugrasport.com/?p=1369

Aug-31-11  Ulhumbrus: 10...Nxd3+ gains the bishop pair.
Sep-01-11  Beautiful.LMS: <Ulhumbrus: 10...Nxd3+ gains the bishop pair.>

Sure, but I don't understand what point you're trying to make.

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