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Alexander Alekhine vs Jose Vilardebo Picurena
Alekhine simul, 30b Barcelona (1928) (exhibition), Barcelona ESP, Jan-24
Queen's Gambit Declined: Manhattan Variation (D51)  ·  0-1

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ANALYSIS [x]
Notes by Stockfish 11 (minimum 6s/ply) 7...O-O 8.Rc1 c6 9.Nf3 h6 10.Bh4 Be7 11.Qc2 Re8 12.O-O = +0.12 (34 ply) 8.Nf3 h6 9.Bh4 O-O 10.O-O Bd6 11.Qc2 Re8 12.Rae1 g5 ⩲ +1.00 (20 ply)= +0.11 (31 ply)better is 9...h6 10.Bh4 Re8 11.O-O Qe7 12.h3 Bd6 13.Bg3 Bxg3 = +0.07 (31 ply) 10.O-O h6 11.Bh4 Nh5 12.Bxe7 Qxe7 13.Nb1 Ndf6 14.h3 Ne4 ⩲ +0.65 (29 ply) 10...h6 11.h4 Re8 12.O-O-O Nb6 13.Bf4 Bd6 14.Bxd6 Qxd6 ⩱ -0.60 (33 ply) 11.Nf5 Bf8 12.O-O h6 13.Bf4 Nb6 14.h3 Nc4 15.Rfe1 a5 = +0.39 (33 ply)= -0.43 (29 ply) after 11...a5 12.Nf5 Bf8 13.g4 a4 14.h4 a3 15.b3 Nb8 16.f3 h6 12...h6 13.Bf4 Bf8 14.h4 Nb6 15.Bg5 Be7 16.Nf5 hxg5 ⩱ -0.95 (29 ply)better is 13.Rhe1 h6 14.Bf4 Nf8 15.e4 dxe4 16.Ngxe4 Be6 17.Nxf6+ = 0.00 (32 ply)= -0.50 (32 ply) 14.f3 Qb6 15.Bf5 g6 16.e4 dxe4 17.Bxd7 Nxd7 18.Bxe7 Rxe7 = 0.00 (33 ply) ⩱ -1.02 (32 ply) 15.f3 a4 16.Nf4 b4 17.Qf2 Qb6 18.Qg3 Kh8 19.Rc1 a3 20.b3 = -0.39 (29 ply) 15...Qb6 16.e4 c5 17.e5 c4 18.Be2 Ne4 19.Be3 a4 20.a3 h6 ⩱ -1.43 (31 ply)= -0.12 (33 ply) 17...a4 18.h4 b4 19.h5 b3 20.Qc3 Ng4 21.Rdf1 Ba6 22.Bxa6 = -0.49 (32 ply) 18.h4 Ne4 19.Nxe4 dxe4 20.Bxe4 Qe7 21.Bd3 c5 22.Qxc5 Qe6 +- +2.99 (32 ply) ∓ -1.58 (37 ply) 19.Bxe4 Nxe4 20.Nxe4 Qh4 21.Nd6 Qxh6 22.Nxb7 Nc4 23.Nc5 ∓ -1.58 (35 ply)-+ -5.35 (31 ply) 31.Rc1 Rc4 32.g3 a4 33.a3 b4 34.axb4 Rxb4 35.Bd2 Rb3 -+ -3.55 (37 ply)-+ -7.64 (32 ply)44.Kc1 Qc4+ 45.Kb1 Qxd4 46.Rc7 Qxf2 47.Rc1 f3 48.b3 Qe2 -+ -147.92 (35 ply)0-1

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Jan-09-22  Whitehat1963: Capablanca, the sitting world champion lost to a young Botvinnik in a simul playing this line three years earlier. Here, Alekhine, also the sitting world champion loses in a simul using the same line.

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