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Peter Romanovsky vs Veniamin Sozin
Leningrad National tournament (1934), Leningrad (URS), May-??
Spanish Game: Morphy Defense. Modern Steinitz Defense (C74)  ·  1-0

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ANALYSIS [x]
Notes by Stockfish 11 (minimum 6s/ply)better is 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.c3 Nf6 5.d3 Bb6 6.Bg5 d6 7.O-O h6 8.Bh4 ⩲ +0.57 (43 ply)= 0.00 (41 ply) after 3...Nf6 4.d3 Bc5 5.Bxc6 dxc6 6.O-O Bd6 7.c3 Be6 4...Be7 5.O-O Nf6 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 O-O 9.h3 = +0.03 (37 ply) ⩲ +0.81 (35 ply)better is 5...Nf6 6.d3 h6 7.Nbd2 Bd7 8.Nf1 g5 9.h3 Rg8 10.Ne3 = +0.13 (31 ply) ⩲ +0.74 (31 ply)better is 7...Qf6 8.Qg3 Qg6 9.d3 Nf6 10.Be3 Qxg3 11.fxg3 d5 ⩲ +0.51 (23 ply) ⩲ +1.03 (32 ply)better is 9.O-O Ne7 10.Nd2 Qd7 11.Qd1 d5 12.Nf3 dxe4 13.dxe4 Qxd1 ⩲ +0.99 (31 ply)better is 9...Nf6 10.O-O O-O 11.Re1 Qe7 12.Bc2 Nd8 13.Qd1 Ne6 = +0.33 (29 ply)better is 10.O-O Qd7 11.Re1 h6 12.b4 O-O 13.Bb3 Kh7 14.a4 Nd8 ⩲ +1.07 (30 ply) ⩲ +0.53 (30 ply) after 10...Rf8 11.Qe2 Qd7 12.Nf3 h6 13.O-O f5 14.Bc2 g5 15.a4 better is 11...h6 12.h4 Kh8 13.g4 Nb8 14.h5 g5 15.Nf1 Nd7 16.Be3 b6 ⩲ +0.54 (31 ply) ⩲ +1.28 (31 ply) 13...h6 14.b4 Nb7 15.Nf1 a5 16.h5 g5 17.Bxg5 axb4 18.cxb4 ⩲ +0.68 (32 ply)+- +2.96 (35 ply) 14...h6 15.hxg6 Nxg6 16.Nc4 Nxc4 17.Bxc4 Qf6 18.Qxf6 ± +2.38 (27 ply)+- +3.95 (26 ply) 15...Nb3 16.Bxb3 axb3 17.Qh3 h6 18.Nf3 Nxg6 19.Bxh6 Re8 +- +4.26 (36 ply)+- +10.06 (36 ply)better is 19.Ne3 Ne7 20.Nc4 Nec6 21.Rh3 Nb3 22.Bxb3 Rxb3 23.Rf3 g5 +- +5.31 (29 ply)+- +3.07 (31 ply) 23...Na5 24.Rxa4 Nxc4 25.Rxc4 Rxb2 26.O-O Kd7 27.Rc1 Rg8 +- +3.58 (36 ply)better is 24.Bh6 Kf6 25.Rh3 Nd8 26.Rf3+ Ke7 27.Bc1 Rb8 28.Bg5+ Kd7 +- +7.07 (34 ply); 24...Na5 25.Rxa4 Nxc4 26.Rxc4 c5 27.d4 exd4 28.cxd4 Rb4 +- +3.06 (38 ply)1-0

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