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Mikhail Botvinnik vs Stuart Conquest
Clock simul, 8b (1981) (exhibition), London ENG, Apr-08
Neo-Grünfeld Defense: Delayed Exchange Variation (D74)  ·  0-1

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White to move.
ANALYSIS [x]
Notes by Stockfish 11 (minimum 6s/ply)better is 1...e6 2.d4 d5 3.c4 Nf6 4.Nc3 a6 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Bg5 = +0.10 (29 ply)better is 2.d4 d5 3.c4 e6 4.Nc3 c5 5.cxd5 cxd4 6.Qxd4 exd5 ⩲ +0.60 (34 ply) 2...e6 3.d4 d5 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bf4 Bd6 6.Bxd6 Qxd6 = -0.13 (35 ply) 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.h4 c5 6.h5 Nc6 7.hxg6 fxg6 ⩲ +0.68 (36 ply)= -0.10 (32 ply)better is 10...Nc6 11.Bg5 h6 12.Bd2 Be6 13.Qe2 Bg4 14.h3 Nd4 15.Qe4 = +0.05 (30 ply)better is 11.Qd4 Ndb4 12.Qh4 Nc2 13.Bg5 Re8 14.Nc3 Nxa1 15.Rxa1 ⩲ +0.71 (30 ply)= 0.00 (34 ply) 16...Rad8 17.Bh3 h5 18.Bxe6 fxe6 19.Qe4 Nc3 20.Qe3 Nd1 = 0.00 (36 ply) 17.Re1 Nb4 18.Bd2 Nc2 19.exf6 Nxe1 20.Rxe1 Bxf6 21.Qe4 ⩲ +0.94 (32 ply)= +0.17 (33 ply)better is 18.Rac1 Rad8 19.Nd4 Nxd4 20.Bxd4 Bxc4 21.Rxc4 Bxe5 ⩲ +0.67 (32 ply) 18...Rad8 19.Nd4 Nxd4 20.Bxd4 f4 21.Bc5 Rf5 22.Re1 Rh5 = 0.00 (38 ply) ± +2.08 (34 ply) 20...Kh7 21.Ne3 Nxe3 22.Rxc6 Qd8 23.Rxa6 Nxg2 24.Rc1 ± +1.68 (31 ply) ± +2.47 (34 ply) 21...e6 22.Nd6 Qb8 23.Bxd5 cxd5 24.Qe3 Rd7 25.Bd4 f4 ± +2.11 (35 ply) 22.Na5 e6 23.Nxc6 Rde8 24.Be4 h5 25.Ba3 Rf7 26.Qd4 Qb6 +- +3.34 (35 ply) 22...Qc8 23.Re1 Qg4 24.f3 Qh3 25.g4 Ne3 26.Re2 Rd7 = 0.00 (31 ply) 23.Re1 Kh8 24.Rac1 Bxc4 25.bxc4 Nb6 26.Qxc6 Qxc6 27.Bxc6 ± +2.29 (33 ply) 23...f3 24.Rd2 Qc8 25.Kh1 Qe6 26.Rad1 Bxc4 27.bxc4 Qh3 ⩲ +1.10 (32 ply) ± +2.01 (33 ply) 25.Rd2 f3 26.Qa5 Qc8 27.Red1 Bxc4 28.bxc4 Nb6 29.Rxd8 ± +1.98 (33 ply)= 0.00 (44 ply) 26.Bc1 Qh3 27.Bxf3 Rxf3 28.Nxc6 Nf4 29.Bxf4 gxf4 30.Nxd8 = 0.00 (39 ply)-+ -7.15 (36 ply) 28...Rf4 29.Qc2 Bxc4 30.h3 Rxe4 31.Qxe4 Bd5 32.Qg4 Qxg4 -+ -8.14 (36 ply) ⩱ -1.23 (33 ply) 29...Qd7 30.Qc5 Kh8 31.Rc1 e6 32.Bc3 h5 33.Ba5 Rb8 34.Qd6 ⩱ -1.31 (31 ply)= 0.00 (44 ply) 33.b4 Qh5 34.h4 Rf3 35.Nxg4 Qxg4 36.Bxf3 Qxb4 37.Bc1 Qc3 = +0.14 (36 ply)-+ -8.34 (36 ply); 34.Bf3 Rd2 35.Ne3 Rxe2 36.Bxe2 Rd2 37.Bg4 Qxg4 38.Nxg4 -+ -8.08 (37 ply)0-1

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Kibitzer's Corner
Oct-13-15  thegoodanarchist: In 1981 S. Conquest earned the FM title, so he was already getting strong.
Jul-30-20  jerseybob: 21..f4!, the raging f-pawn, something Botvinnik had used in a number of his own games. If I had white here, I might just grit my teeth and play 21.f4?!

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