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Jorge Szmetan vs Gustavo Del Castillo
Buenos Aires GP (1990), rd 3
Sicilian Defense: Najdorf. Polugayevsky Variation (B96)  ·  1-0

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White to move.
ANALYSIS [x]
Notes by Stockfish 11 (minimum 6s/ply)better is 3.c3 Nf6 4.Bb5+ Bd7 5.Bd3 Nc6 6.Bc2 e5 7.O-O Be7 = +0.45 (33 ply)= -0.15 (36 ply) after 3...Nf6 4.Bb5+ Nbd7 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bxd7+ Nxd7 7.O-O b5 6.h3 e5 7.Nde2 h6 8.Be3 Be6 9.g4 d5 10.exd5 Nxd5 = +0.35 (36 ply)= -0.44 (44 ply) 7...h6 8.Bh4 Qb6 9.a3 Be7 10.Bf2 Qc7 11.Qf3 Nbd7 = -0.30 (35 ply) 8.e5 dxe5 9.fxe5 Qc7 10.exf6 Qe5+ 11.Be2 Qxg5 12.O-O ⩲ +0.57 (32 ply)= -0.50 (30 ply) after 8...Nbd7 9.f5 e5 10.Nc6 Qb6 11.Nb4 Bb7 12.Qe2 Be7 13.a3 9...Bd7 10.c3 bxc3 11.Nxc3 Qb6 12.Nb3 Nc6 13.Qe2 Be7 ⩱ -0.74 (31 ply) 10.c3 bxc3 11.O-O Be7 12.Qb3 Ra7 13.f5 e5 14.Be3 Nbd7 = +0.26 (32 ply) ⩱ -0.54 (34 ply) 11...Qd5 12.Nf3 Nfd7 13.O-O Nc6 14.c4 Qa5 15.Be4 Rc8 = -0.29 (30 ply) ⩲ +0.81 (34 ply) 12...Nc6 13.Nxe6 fxe6 14.exf6 Qxg5 15.Qxe6+ Kd8 16.Rd1 ⩲ +0.60 (35 ply)+- +3.16 (33 ply) after 13.O-O Nc6 14.Nxe6 Ndxe5 15.Nxf8 Rxf8 16.b3 Nd4 17.Qe3 13...h6 14.Bh4 g5 15.Nxf8 Nxf8 16.e6 Nxe6 17.Bc4 b3+ ± +2.40 (32 ply)better is 14.O-O Ndxe5 15.Nxf8 Rxf8 16.b3 Nd4 17.Qe3 Ne6 18.Rae1 +- +3.38 (33 ply) ± +2.06 (34 ply)better is 15.Bf5 fxe6 16.Bxe6 Be7 17.Bxe7 Kxe7 18.Rd5 Qc7 19.Bd7 +- +2.98 (36 ply) ± +2.03 (35 ply) 19...Nd4 20.Qxe5 Qxe5 21.Rxe5 Kd6 22.Rh5 Nxe6 23.Rd1+ ± +2.28 (25 ply) 20.Bd7 Bc8 21.Bxc6 Rxd5 22.Bxd5 Kd6 23.Nd3 Kxd5 24.Nxb4+ +- +3.22 (35 ply) ± +1.69 (33 ply) 23...Bb5 24.Qh5 Bxd3 25.Rxe5+ Kf6 26.Qg5+ Kf7 27.cxd3 ± +1.85 (36 ply)+- +4.48 (35 ply)+- mate-in-18 after 49.c6 Bg6 50.c7 Kb7 51.Kd7 Kb6 52.c8=Q Bf5+ 53.Kd852...Be6 53.g8=Q Bxg8 54.Kxg8 Kc6 55.Kf7 Kd5 56.Kf6 Kc6 +- mate-in-161-0

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Jan-03-23  Messiah: It seems Black forgot to prepare the variation. 12...Nfd7?? throws away the entire game. 12...Nc6 was perfectly playable.

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