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Nigel Short vs Dale R Haessel
Edmonton International (2012), Edmonton - Canada, rd 4, Jun-29
Queen Pawn Game: Torre Attack. Gruenfeld Variation Main Line (D03)  ·  1-0

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White to move.
ANALYSIS [x]
Notes by Stockfish 11 (minimum 7s/ply)8.a4 was played in S Agdestein vs V Gandrud, 2017 (1-0)better is 9...h6 10.Bf4 g5 11.Bg3 Nh5 12.Be5 f6 13.Bg3 Nxg3 = -0.04 (36 ply)better is 10.Bb5 Ba6 11.Bxa6 Rxa6 12.h3 Ra8 13.Bf4 Rc8 14.Qe2 e6 ⩲ +0.53 (34 ply) 10...h6 11.Bh4 g5 12.Bg3 Nh5 13.Nf1 Nxg3 14.Nxg3 e6 15.h3 = 0.00 (36 ply) ⩲ +0.87 (33 ply)better is 14...e6 15.Bb3 Qe7 16.h3 Red8 17.Rc1 cxd4 18.cxd4 Qb4 ⩲ +0.82 (35 ply) ⩲ +1.34 (36 ply) 16...Bg7 17.Ne4 Qc7 18.Nfd2 Bf8 19.Qf3 Kg7 20.Rad1 Bb7 ⩲ +0.81 (37 ply) ± +1.99 (34 ply) 17...Rf8 18.Nd6 Rc6 19.Nb5 Kg7 20.h3 Rc8 21.Qe2 Bg5 ± +1.63 (36 ply)+- +3.93 (38 ply)better is 20.Qd2 Kg7 21.Rad1 Nc5 22.Qe3 Qc7 23.Qd4+ f6 24.Nfg5 Kh8 +- +3.93 (38 ply) ± +2.15 (43 ply) 22...Qxe5 23.Nxe5 Bxc5 24.Nxg6 Rfe8 25.Rxe8+ Rxe8 26.Nf4 ± +1.95 (40 ply)+- +7.82 (36 ply); 23...Bxf2+ 24.Kxf2 Bc4 25.Bxc4 Qxc4 26.Ne5 Qe6 27.Qxe6 +- +7.90 (34 ply)1-0

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Jun-30-12  goodevans: 23...Qc6 24.Be6!
Jun-30-12  Marmot PFL: Black felt the pressure of playing a GM and succumbed rather quickly. 9...a5 looks suspicious, leaving a hole on b5, and 11...Ba6? just drops a pawn.
Jul-01-12  YetiBlitz: Short won that one without any hassle at all.

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