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Hamilton McMillan vs Geoff Chandler
Edinburgh Premier (2006), SCO, rd 4, Apr-02
Pirc Defense: Classical Variation. Two Knights System (B08)  ·  0-1
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ANALYSIS [x]
Notes by Stockfish 11 (minimum 6s/ply)better is 1...c5 2.c3 e6 3.d4 d5 4.exd5 exd5 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.Be2 = +0.08 (35 ply) ⩲ +0.75 (36 ply)better is 4.Be3 c6 5.h3 Bg7 6.f4 O-O 7.Nf3 Nbd7 8.g4 b5 9.e5 ⩲ +0.72 (36 ply)= +0.07 (34 ply)better is 5.Be2 O-O 6.O-O e5 7.dxe5 dxe5 8.Qxd8 Rxd8 9.Bg5 = +0.48 (36 ply)= -0.08 (32 ply)better is 6.h3 a6 7.a4 e6 8.Bd3 b6 9.O-O Bb7 10.Re1 Nbd7 11.Bg5 ⩲ +0.61 (29 ply) 6...Nbd7 7.Be2 c5 8.O-O Ng4 9.Bg5 h6 10.Bh4 Ngf6 = +0.10 (28 ply) 7.a4 Nbd7 8.Be2 Ng4 9.Bf4 e5 10.dxe5 Ngxe5 11.Qxd6 ⩲ +0.92 (30 ply) ⩱ -0.65 (30 ply) 8.e5 dxe5 9.dxe5 Qxd2+ 10.Bxd2 Ng4 11.Re1 Nxf2 12.Rg1 = +0.42 (30 ply) ⩱ -0.56 (30 ply) 9...Ng4 10.h4 h5 11.Qxb4 Qc7 12.Qa3 Nd7 13.Rhf1 Nxe3 = -0.50 (28 ply) ⩲ +0.67 (29 ply) after 10.Kb1 Qa5 11.h4 h5 12.e5 Nd5 13.Nc1 dxe5 14.Nb3 Qb6 12.e5 dxe5 13.dxe5 Nd5 14.Kb1 Nd7 15.Ned4 Nxe3 16.Qxe3 ⩲ +0.60 (34 ply) 12...Nbd7 13.Nf4 Rfc8 14.h5 c5 15.hxg6 hxg6 16.Nxg6 fxg6 = -0.34 (34 ply) 13.e5 Nd5 14.Rhg1 Na6 15.Nc1 Rad8 16.g4 hxg4 17.Rxg4 ⩲ +1.25 (32 ply)= 0.00 (33 ply) 14.f3 Rfc8 15.g4 c5 16.g5 Ne8 17.f4 cxd4 18.Bxd4 e5 = +0.36 (33 ply) ⩱ -0.77 (33 ply) after 14...Qb5 15.Qxb5 cxb5 16.Rhe1 Ng4 17.Bg1 d5 18.f5 Bh6 15.Rhf1 Qb5 16.Qxb5 cxb5 17.Bg1 a5 18.c3 Nb6 19.Rc1 bxc3 = -0.46 (25 ply) 15...Nb6 16.Ne4 Rad8 17.Nf2 Nxe3 18.Qxe3 dxe5 19.fxe5 c5 ∓ -1.51 (29 ply) 16.dxe5 Rfd8 17.Qe4 Rab8 18.Nd4 Nxe3 19.Qxe3 Qb6 20.N2b3 = -0.05 (31 ply) ⩱ -1.17 (31 ply) after 16...Qb5 17.Nxe5 Ndf6 18.c4 bxc3 19.Nxc3 Qb7 20.Ne4 e6 17...Rfd8 18.Qe4 Nb6 19.Bc5 Na4 20.Be3 c5 21.Rhf1 Nb6 ⩱ -1.37 (32 ply) 18.Bc5 Na4 19.Be3 Nb6 = 0.00 (43 ply)-+ -2.77 (36 ply)better is 19...Nxf4 20.Nxf4 Qxe5 21.Nc4 Qxf4 22.Bc5 Bf6 23.Rhf1 -+ -3.05 (34 ply) ∓ -1.89 (36 ply) 20...c5 21.Nb3 Nxe5 22.fxe5 Qxe5 23.Nbd4 Qf6 24.c4 bxc3 ∓ -2.48 (33 ply) ⩱ -1.20 (34 ply) 21...Nxf4 22.Qxf4 Bh6 23.Qg3 Rxd2 24.Rxd2 Bxd2 25.e6 ∓ -1.61 (34 ply)better is 22.Nb3 a5 23.c4 bxc3 24.Nxc3 Rbb8 25.g3 Qb7 26.Rhe1 = 0.00 (34 ply) 22...a5 23.Nd4 Rbb8 24.Rhe1 e6 25.Bd6 Rxd6 26.Nxd6 a4 ⩱ -0.55 (32 ply) ⩲ +1.42 (35 ply) 25...e6 26.Rd3 Bf8 27.Na4 Qa5 28.b3 Qc7 29.Rc1 Be7 30.g3 ⩲ +1.19 (36 ply)+- +3.31 (35 ply) 27...Bh6 28.g3 Bf8 29.Qe2 Kg7 30.e6 f5 31.Nd7 fxe4 +- +2.77 (29 ply)better is 28.g4 Bxe5 29.fxe5 Nxe5 30.Qf1 Nxg4 31.Ng5 Rf8 32.Qg1 +- +4.54 (36 ply) 28...Bxe5 29.fxe5 Nxe5 30.Qf1 Nxd3 31.Rxd3 Re8 32.Nd4 +- +2.86 (30 ply)+- +7.67 (34 ply) 31.Rxc3 bxc3 32.b3 Qxc6 33.Nf6+ Qxf6 34.exf6 Nd2+ +- +6.83 (35 ply)= 0.00 (57 ply) 32.Ka1 Nxc2+ 33.Kb1 Na3+ 34.Ka1 = 0.00 (59 ply) ⩱ -0.90 (40 ply) 36...Qd2 37.Na5 c2 38.Nb3 Qd1+ 39.Kb2 Qb1+ 40.Kc3 c1=Q+ ⩱ -0.81 (37 ply) 37.Nxe7 Qd2 38.f5 Qe1+ 39.Rb1 Qxe5 40.Nxg6 Qe8 41.Qxh5+ +- +21.61 (38 ply) 37...Qd2 38.Rb1 c2 39.Qb3 c1=Q 40.Rxc1 Qxc1+ 41.Qb1 Qxc6 -+ -23.86 (37 ply) 38.f5 Qc1+ 39.Rb1 Qf4 40.fxg6+ Kh6 41.Nxe7 Qxf3 42.gxf3 +- +7.23 (36 ply)= 0.00 (45 ply) 39.Qe4 Bxe5 40.Qxe5 Qd1+ 41.Rb1 c2 42.Qxe7+ Kg8 43.Qe6+ = 0.00 (46 ply)-+ -24.26 (40 ply)45.Re8 Qb6+ 46.Kc4 Qc6+ 47.Kd4 Qxe8 48.Kd5 Qd7+ 49.Kc5 -+ mate-in-180-1

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Jun-15-14
Premium Chessgames Member		  Sally Simpson: A nice last round 'let's get down and boogie' game.

I liked this bit. Black to play.


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Knight sac, Knight sac, Rook sac, Queen check and mate.

He took both Knights but not the Rook so the Mona Liasa is still unpainted.

I then switched into ultra cheapo mode, fluked a win and scored £50.00.

I do recall my opponent saying this was one the most exciting games of chess he had every taken part in.

I replied, I'm afraid all my games tend to go this way.

Feb-13-20
Premium Chessgames Member		  keypusher: After 30....Nc3+, White had 31.Rxc3 bxc3 32.b3 refuting the combination (32....Qxc6 33.Nf6+; 32....Rb6 33.Nxe7+ Kf8 34.Nc8 threatening Rd8+; 32....Qa3 33.Qxc3.). Pretty hard to see all that.

Quite a few ups and downs after that, understandably. 36....f6 allows 37.Nxe7, winning. But after 37.Rb7, 37....Qd2 at once leaves White without a good answer to ...c2. I'd never spot that for either side, though. Instead Black quite sensibly tries to open the diagonal for his bishop, but White could have answered 37....fxe5 with 38.f5 since 38....gxf5 loses immediately to 39.Qxh5+.

I can see why White wanted to play 39.Qd3. Instead 39.Qe4 Bxe5 40.Qxe5 Qd1+ 41.Rb1 c2 leads to a perpetual.

Wonderful game, the kind of game that makes people fall in love with chess. Shame either one of you had to lose. Glad your opponent was a good sport.

Feb-13-20
Premium Chessgames Member		  Sally Simpson: ***

Hi K.P.

"Quite a few up's and downs..."

The Sunday night 5th round of a weekender is always like that. Great fun.

Yes the final comment from my opponent iced the cake...and it's true a lot of my games swing about like that.

'Fall in love with chess.'

I'm 99% sure this game went a long way to winning me over. Look what chess pieces do - wow! (I wanna do that!)

H E Atkins vs H Jacobs, 1915

This game game and Morphy at the Opera were the first two games I committed to memory...(somehow the Evergreen and the Immortal never quite did it for me - these two did.)...these days apart from a bucket load of opening traps it's all I can recall.

These wee miniatures to deep wonderful studies. It is amazing what joy a chequered board and 32 pieces of felted plastic can bring and what you can create on it.

(Cue the Tarrasch quote about feeling sorry for those who do not know Chess.)

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