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Richard Taylor vs David Ansell
8th Asian Seniors 65 Championships (2017), Auckland NZL, rd 9, Oct-15
Philidor Defense: Nimzowitsch Variation (C41)  ·  1-0

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White to move.
ANALYSIS [x]
Notes by Stockfish 11 (minimum 6s/ply) 4...Nbd7 5.Be2 Be7 6.O-O O-O 7.a4 Re8 8.d5 c6 9.Be3 = 0.00 (31 ply) ⩲ +1.44 (37 ply) 7...Nc6 8.O-O Nd4 9.Qg3 Qe7 10.Bg5 Qc5 11.Qd3 Be7 ⩲ +0.88 (31 ply)better is 8.Bd5 Qb6 9.O-O c6 10.Bc4 Nbd7 11.Ne2 Nc5 12.Ng3 Qc7 ± +1.75 (29 ply) ⩲ +1.03 (34 ply)better is 9.O-O Bxc3 10.bxc3 Qxe4 11.Qxe4 Nxe4 12.Re1 Nc5 ⩲ +1.30 (34 ply) 9...O-O 10.a3 Bxc3 11.Bxc3 Qd6 12.Rd1 Qe7 13.O-O c5 ⩲ +0.55 (33 ply) ± +2.00 (32 ply) 10...Qc5 11.g4 O-O-O 12.Be3 Qa5 13.Nd5 Nxd5 14.Rxd5 Qa6 ± +1.61 (33 ply)+- +9.04 (32 ply) after 11.Bh6 Nxb3+ 12.axb3 Qb6 13.Bxg7 Rg8 14.Bxf6 Bxc3 25...Ne6 26.Qd2 Nf4 27.Qh2 Rd8 28.b4 Be7 29.Qg3 Bd6 +- +3.99 (31 ply)+- +11.06 (25 ply) after 26.Qd2 Kf7 27.exf5 Ke7 28.b4 Nd7 29.Qd3 h6 30.f6+ Nxf6 +- mate-in-12 after 31...Kh8 32.Qxe6 Bf8 33.Qxe5 Rf6 34.Qxc7 b5 35.Ra135...c6 36.f5 Nc7 37.Qxf6 gxf6 38.g7 c5 39.bxc5 Nb5 +- mate-in-121-0

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