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Charles Barasch vs Alfred Charles Ludwig
49th US Open (1948), Baltimore, MD USA, rd 2, Jul-06
French Defense: General (C00)  ·  0-1

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ANALYSIS [x]
Notes by Stockfish 11 (minimum 6s/ply)better is 3.exd5 exd5 4.d4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Be6 6.cxd5 Nxd5 7.Nf3 = 0.00 (35 ply) 3...c5 4.cxd5 exd5 5.d4 Nc6 6.Nf3 cxd4 7.Nbd2 Bc5 ⩱ -0.63 (24 ply) 4.d3 c5 5.Nd2 Nd7 6.f4 Nh6 7.Ne4 Be7 8.Nf3 O-O 9.g3 = +0.13 (19 ply) 4...Nh6 5.Nf3 a5 6.a3 Na6 7.d3 Nc5 8.Nbd2 Bd7 9.Ng5 ⩱ -1.07 (22 ply)= +0.34 (24 ply) after 5.g3 Nh6 6.Bg2 Be7 7.d3 Qa5+ 8.Nd2 Nf5 9.Kf2 Ne3 better is 6.g3 Nh6 7.Bg2 Nf5 8.O-O h5 9.d3 Bd7 10.Re1 Bc6 = +0.22 (26 ply)better is 6...Nc6 7.g3 Nh6 8.Qe2 Qa5+ 9.Kf2 Qc7 10.Bh3 O-O = -0.32 (24 ply) 7.g3 Nf5 8.Qe2 Qa5+ 9.Bd2 Qb6 10.b3 Bd7 11.Bh3 O-O = +0.30 (19 ply)better is 7...Nc6 8.O-O b6 9.Nbd2 Bb7 10.Ne4 O-O 11.Ne1 Nf5 ⩱ -0.75 (21 ply)better is 8.Nbd2 Nc6 9.O-O Qc7 10.Qe1 Nb4 11.Qd1 = 0.00 (30 ply) 8...O-O 9.O-O Nc6 10.Nd2 Nb4 11.Ne4 Bc6 12.Bf3 Nf5 ⩱ -0.71 (21 ply)better is 9.O-O O-O 10.Nc2 a6 11.Nd2 Nf5 12.Bf3 Qc7 13.Bxc6 Nxc6 = +0.26 (29 ply) 9...O-O 10.O-O a6 11.b4 Nd7 12.bxc5 Bxc5 13.Ng5 b5 = -0.46 (25 ply)= +0.30 (26 ply) 11.Nd2 Nb8 12.g4 Qd7 13.Bf3 f5 14.exf6 gxf6 15.Qe2 f5 ⩲ +0.75 (26 ply) 11...b5 12.cxb5 Bxb5 13.Bd2 Bc6 14.b4 Nxb4 15.Nxb4 cxb4 ⩱ -1.02 (18 ply) 12.a4 Qe8 13.b3 f6 14.Bd2 b6 15.exf6 Bxf6 16.Qg3 Nf5 = +0.45 (30 ply) 12...Ba4 13.Bd1 cxb4 14.h3 Bxc2 15.Bxc2 b5 16.g4 bxc4 ⩱ -0.84 (20 ply) 13.b5 Bb7 14.a4 a6 15.Bd2 Ra7 16.Qg3 Qd7 17.Qh3 Rfa8 = +0.50 (25 ply) ⩱ -0.79 (32 ply)better is 14.Bd1 Bxc2 15.Bxc2 cxb4 16.Bxb4 Bxb4 17.Qxb4 Nf5 18.Qa3 = -0.05 (31 ply) ⩱ -0.72 (31 ply) 16.Bc1 cxb4 17.g4 Ne3 18.Bxe3 dxe3 19.d4 f6 20.Bd3 fxe5 = -0.19 (31 ply) 16...Na6 17.b5 Nb8 18.Nd2 a6 19.Rb3 Ne3 20.Rf3 axb5 ⩱ -0.96 (29 ply)= -0.10 (26 ply) 17...Na6 18.b5 Nb8 19.Rb3 a6 20.Bf1 axb5 21.cxb5 g5 ⩱ -1.09 (32 ply) 18.bxc5 Bxc5 19.Bb4 Ng4 20.Rf1 Ne3 = 0.00 (22 ply)-+ -2.80 (32 ply)better is 25...Qe7 26.g3 bxc5 27.Kg2 Rb4 28.Bf3 Qc7 29.h4 a5 30.Kh2 -+ -3.53 (26 ply) ∓ -1.89 (31 ply) 28...Rc8 29.Qa3 Qd8 30.Qa6 Rcb8 31.g3 Qe7 32.Bb3 Rb2 -+ -2.53 (33 ply) ⩱ -1.35 (31 ply) after 29.h3 Rc8 30.Qa3 Qc7 31.exf6 gxf6 32.Qa6 Re8 33.Qa3 Kg7 36...Rb8 37.Kf2 Rc2+ 38.Kf3 Rbb2 39.Ke4 Rxg2 40.h4 Rge2+ ∓ -1.97 (33 ply)= -0.41 (30 ply) 38.Kf2 Kd6 39.Kf3 Ke5 40.g4 a5 41.h4 h6 42.Re1+ Kd5 ⩱ -0.81 (31 ply) ∓ -2.03 (30 ply) 40.Kf3 Kxf5 41.g4+ Ke5 42.h4 a5 43.Re2+ Kd5 44.Rd2 a4 ∓ -1.96 (31 ply)-+ -3.34 (30 ply)44.Rb7 Kxg4 45.Rxg7+ Kxf5 46.Rd7 Rc2+ 47.Kf3 Rxa2 -+ -5.01 (29 ply)0-1

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