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Hans Niemann vs Josiah Stearman
ch-USA Cadet (2019), San Jose CA USA, rd 1, Jun-19
Nimzowitsch-Larsen Attack: General (A06)  ·  0-1

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White to move.
ANALYSIS [x]
Notes by Stockfish 11 (minimum 6s/ply)better is 2.d4 Bf5 3.c4 e6 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.e3 Nc6 6.Be2 dxc4 = +0.38 (28 ply)= -0.17 (28 ply)better is 3...Nf6 4.c4 e6 5.Nh4 Be4 6.e3 h6 7.Nc3 Bh7 8.d4 = -0.05 (30 ply)better is 4.d3 e6 5.Nbd2 Ngf6 6.g3 Bg6 7.Nh4 Bh5 8.h3 Bc5 ⩲ +0.65 (33 ply)better is 4...e5 5.Bg2 Bd6 6.d3 Be6 7.O-O Ngf6 8.Nbd2 O-O = -0.06 (31 ply)better is 5.d3 Bg6 6.Nbd2 e6 7.Bg2 Bc5 8.O-O O-O 9.Qe1 a5 ⩲ +0.63 (32 ply)better is 5...e6 6.d3 h6 7.O-O Bc5 8.Qe1 Bg6 9.Nbd2 O-O 10.e4 = 0.00 (31 ply) ⩲ +0.55 (32 ply)better is 6...e6 7.Nbd2 Bc5 8.O-O O-O 9.Qe1 c6 10.e4 Bg6 11.Nh4 = 0.00 (33 ply) ⩲ +0.71 (31 ply) after 7.O-O Bg6 8.Nbd2 e6 9.e4 dxe4 10.dxe4 Bxe4 11.Nxe4 9.a3 Be7 10.e4 O-O 11.Qe2 Qc7 12.e5 Ne8 13.a4 a5 14.Rfd1 = +0.49 (31 ply) 9...Be7 10.e4 O-O 11.a4 a5 12.Qe2 Qb6 13.h3 Bb4 14.e5 = -0.30 (31 ply)= +0.48 (30 ply)better is 12.a4 Nc7 13.Nf1 a5 14.d4 Be7 15.Qd2 Na6 16.Ne3 Nb4 = +0.33 (30 ply)= -0.38 (33 ply) after 12...b5 13.a4 b4 14.N3d2 Be7 15.f4 Rc8 16.Ne3 Nb8 17.Qe2 better is 13.a4 Nc7 14.Ne3 b5 15.axb5 cxb5 16.c3 Be7 17.Re2 a4 = 0.00 (31 ply) ⩱ -0.61 (34 ply)better is 14.Bc3 Nc7 15.b4 Nb5 16.Bd2 Bb6 17.Rc1 Bg6 18.h3 Nd4 = -0.17 (33 ply) ⩱ -0.87 (35 ply) 15.d4 Be7 16.c4 Nc7 17.Rec1 Rfb8 18.Ne1 axb3 19.c5 Qb5 = 0.00 (32 ply) ∓ -2.06 (34 ply)better is 16.Nxh6+ gxh6 17.Bc3 Qg4 18.Qxh6 Bb6 19.Kh1 Bg6 20.h3 ∓ -1.65 (26 ply) ∓ -2.19 (30 ply) 23...Nxc3 24.Nxd4 Rfd8 25.Re1 Nxa2 26.Ne2 Nb4 27.Ne3 g5 -+ -2.97 (36 ply) 24.b4 Ra4 25.b5 c5 26.Ne3 Nxf4 27.Kf1 Nd5 28.Rb3 N7b6 ∓ -1.56 (33 ply) ∓ -2.48 (35 ply) 25.Re1 f6 26.exf6 Rxf6 27.Ng4 Rf7 28.Nd4 Bf5 29.b4 Raf8 ∓ -1.76 (27 ply) 25...f6 26.exf6 Rxf6 27.Ng4 Rg6 28.Nh4 Rg5 29.Nf3 Rb5 -+ -2.81 (32 ply) 26.Kh2 Nbd5 27.Rb3 Ra4 28.Rdb1 f6 29.Nxd5 exd5 30.Rxc3 ⩱ -1.08 (32 ply)-+ -2.97 (36 ply) after 26...Rfd8 27.Nb3 Na4 28.Kh2 Nxg2 29.Kxg2 Nb2 30.Re1 Ra4 27.Kf1 Nbd5 28.Bxd5 exd5 29.Ng2 Nxh3 30.Rb3 Re8 31.Re1 ∓ -2.47 (31 ply)-+ -4.84 (32 ply)41.Rxa1 bxa1=Q 42.Rxa1 Nxa1 43.h4 Bc4 44.Kf3 Nc2 45.Ke4 -+ -12.88 (29 ply)0-1

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Kibitzer's Corner
Nov-07-22
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  fredthebear: 27.Nb3? White is backed up and dropping pawns.

36...Rxc2 seems logical, but White is already toast if Black doesn't slip on the banana peel.

With such a busy corner, a host of possible moves were available.

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