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William Pollock vs J E Vernon
Match Bath - Bristol (1883), Bath ENG, Jun-07
Italian Game: Two Knights Defense (C55)  ·  1/2-1/2

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ANALYSIS [x]
Notes by Stockfish 11 (minimum 6s/ply)better is 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.d3 Ne7 5.O-O c6 6.Ba4 Ng6 7.c3 Be7 ⩲ +0.51 (37 ply)= 0.00 (44 ply)better is 4.d3 Bc5 5.c3 a5 6.O-O d6 7.a4 O-O 8.Bg5 h6 9.Bh4 = +0.35 (30 ply)better is 4...Bc5 5.O-O O-O 6.c3 d6 7.h3 a6 8.d3 h6 9.a4 Bd7 = -0.33 (30 ply)better is 5.O-O O-O 6.d3 h6 7.a4 Re8 8.Nc3 Bf8 9.Bb3 Nb4 = +0.32 (29 ply) 5...d5 6.dxe5 Nxe4 7.O-O Nxf2 8.Bb3 Ne4 9.Rd1 Bc5+ = -0.21 (35 ply) ⩲ +0.61 (31 ply)better is 7.Bd3 c6 8.c4 cxd5 9.cxd5 Na6 10.Nc3 Nc5 11.Bc2 Qb6 ⩲ +0.74 (29 ply)= 0.00 (31 ply) 8.a4 O-O 9.a5 c6 10.O-O cxd5 11.Nxd5 Nxd5 12.Bxd5 Nf6 ⩲ +0.61 (31 ply)better is 8...Nf8 9.O-O-O a6 10.a3 Ng6 11.Bb3 O-O 12.Ne1 b5 13.f3 = -0.18 (30 ply)= +0.46 (33 ply) after 9.Bb5+ Nbd7 10.a4 a6 11.Bc4 Nf8 12.O-O Ng6 13.h3 O-O 9...Nbd7 10.O-O O-O 11.Be3 Ng4 12.Bc1 Nc5 13.Bc4 Nf6 = 0.00 (33 ply) 10.a4 a5 11.h3 O-O 12.g4 Rc8 13.Be3 c6 14.g5 Nh5 15.dxc6 ⩲ +1.14 (30 ply)better is 10...c6 11.dxc6 Bxc6 12.Nc3 O-O 13.Bg5 Nbd7 14.Rd1 a5 = 0.00 (33 ply) 11.c4 Bg4 12.Ne3 Bh5 13.Nf5 O-O 14.Bc2 Bg4 15.Nxe7+ Qxe7 ⩲ +0.69 (33 ply)= -0.17 (31 ply) after 11...O-O 12.h3 Ba4 13.O-O c6 14.Bxa4 Nxa4 15.dxc6 bxc6 12...cxd5 13.cxd5 Na4 14.Bxa4 Bxa4 15.O-O O-O 16.h3 Bd7 = 0.00 (34 ply) 13.h3 O-O 14.Nc3 h6 15.Bc2 Nh7 16.Be3 Qe8 17.O-O Qd8 ⩲ +1.35 (30 ply) 13...g6 14.Re1 O-O 15.h3 Nh5 16.Nc3 f5 17.Bh6 Ng7 18.Rab1 = +0.40 (31 ply) 14.h3 g6 15.Bc2 Nh5 16.Re1 a4 17.Qf1 f5 18.Nc3 Nf6 19.Qe2 ⩲ +1.16 (34 ply)= +0.27 (31 ply) 15.a4 g6 16.Bc2 Ng7 17.Nc3 f5 18.b3 Bg5 19.exf5 Bxd2 ⩲ +1.14 (30 ply) 15...exf4 16.Bxf4 Bg5 17.Bg3 Bh4 18.Qf2 Bxg3 19.Qxg3 Qe7 = 0.00 (39 ply) ⩲ +1.38 (33 ply)better is 17.Nf3 Bxd2 18.Nxd2 Nf6 19.Bc2 Ba4 20.b3 Bd7 21.Ne3 h6 ± +1.66 (35 ply) 17...a4 18.Bc2 Rb8 19.Rb1 Na8 20.b4 axb3 21.Rxb3 Ba4 ⩲ +0.91 (34 ply) ± +2.34 (33 ply) 18...Ba4 19.Bxa4 Nxa4 20.g4 Qh4 21.Ng2 Qh3 22.g5 f6 23.g6 ± +1.76 (32 ply)better is 19.f6 Bc8 20.Bg5 a4 21.Ba2 Nd7 22.Nc2 Qc7 23.Ne3 h6 +- +3.85 (33 ply) 19...gxf5 20.exf5 Qh4 21.Bxf8 Kxf8 22.Nf3 Qf4 23.Nd2 ± +2.44 (34 ply)+- +4.83 (33 ply) 21.Qf2 Bg4 22.h3 Be2 23.Qxe2 Ng3 24.Qf3 Nxf1 25.Qxf1 Nd7 +- +5.57 (35 ply) 21...Qxf8 22.Bd1 Qd8 23.Qf2 Nf4 24.Rc1 Qxf6 25.Nd3 a4 ± +1.62 (36 ply) 22.Qf2 Kg8 23.Nd3 g5 24.g3 Bg4 25.Bd1 Bxd1 26.Raxd1 Nd7 +- +3.41 (34 ply) ± +1.53 (33 ply)better is 23.Rc1 Kg7 24.Bd1 a4 25.h3 h5 26.Nf3 Nh7 27.Be2 Nc8 ± +1.85 (35 ply) 23...Kg8 24.Rac1 Kg7 25.Bd1 Ng4 26.Qe1 Nc8 27.Nd2 Nh6 ⩲ +1.19 (33 ply) 24.Qc3 Kg8 25.Rae1 a4 26.Bc2 Nf6 27.Bd1 h6 28.Nd2 Nh7 ± +2.03 (33 ply) ⩲ +1.14 (27 ply) 26...f6 27.Ne6+ Bxe6 28.dxe6 a4 29.Bc2 Qe7 30.Rd1 Rd8 ± +1.83 (35 ply)+- +2.61 (32 ply) 29.Qa5 Bc8 30.Qxb6 axb3 31.Rf6 Nf5 32.R6xf5 gxf5 33.exf5 +- +3.22 (34 ply); 29...f6 30.Rf3 Bg4 31.Ne6+ Bxe6 32.dxe6 Qxe6 33.b3 Nd7 = +0.47 (34 ply)1/2-1/2

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