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Hans Niemann vs Anish Giri
Niemann - Giri (Classical) (2024), Utrecht NED, rd 3, Aug-09
Sicilian Defense: Najdorf Variation (B90)  ·  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 better is 6...g6 7.f3 Bg7 8.Be3 O-O 9.Qd2 Nc6 10.Nxc6 bxc6 = -0.12 (32 ply) ⩲ +0.55 (31 ply)better is 8.h3 O-O 9.O-O Be6 10.f4 exf4 11.Nxf4 Nbd7 12.Be3 Rc8 = +0.32 (28 ply)better is 8...O-O 9.a3 Be6 10.f4 exf4 11.Nxf4 Nc6 12.Be3 Ne5 = -0.21 (31 ply)= +0.47 (31 ply) after 9.Be3 Nc6 10.Qe1 O-O 11.Rd1 Ng4 12.Bd2 Nb4 13.h3 Nf6 better is 10...exf4 11.Nxf4 Nbd7 12.Be3 Ne5 13.a5 Re8 14.Bd4 h6 = 0.00 (37 ply) ⩲ +0.55 (30 ply)better is 12...h6 13.f5 Bc4 14.Qd2 Rfc8 15.a5 Bxd3 16.cxd3 Nc5 = 0.00 (32 ply) ⩲ +0.52 (25 ply) 13...exf4 14.Nxf4 Ne5 15.Bd4 Qd8 16.Qe1 Nfd7 17.Ncd5 Re8 = 0.00 (34 ply) 14.f5 Bc4 15.Bxc4 Qxc4 16.Ra4 Qc6 17.h3 Bd8 18.b3 b5 ⩲ +0.91 (37 ply) 14...exf4 15.Nxf4 Ne5 16.Qe1 Qd7 17.Qg3 Kh8 18.Nce2 Qc7 = 0.00 (37 ply) 15.f5 Bc4 16.Bxc4 Qxc4 17.Ra4 Qc6 18.Ng3 Ra8 19.Kh2 Bd8 ⩲ +0.84 (34 ply)= 0.00 (33 ply) after 15...Qd8 16.Qf2 Bf8 17.Qf3 Be7 23...Kh8 24.Rf3 Bg5 25.Re1 Bh4 26.Ref1 Nxe4 27.Nf4 Qe7 = +0.16 (35 ply) ⩲ +1.45 (32 ply) 26.Kh2 Qe6 27.g3 Qd7 28.Nb6 Nxd3 29.cxd3 Rc2+ 30.R1f2 ⩲ +1.15 (32 ply)= +0.34 (34 ply) 27.Rgf3 Qe5 28.Rf5 Qg3 29.R1f3 Nxd3 30.Rxd3 Qh4 31.Kh2 ⩲ +1.01 (33 ply) 27...Nxd3 28.cxd3 f5 29.exf5 Qe5 30.Qxe5 dxe5 31.Rxg5 = 0.00 (39 ply) ± +1.81 (40 ply) 34...Nc5 35.Re1 Qe5 36.b4 Na4 37.Qa7 Nc3 38.Bxb7 Rf7 ± +1.55 (36 ply)+- +2.52 (35 ply) 35...Nxd5 36.Qxd5 Kg7 37.c3 Qc7 38.Rd1 Re8 39.Qxd6 Qxa5 ± +2.23 (32 ply)+- +4.46 (31 ply)62...Nc7 63.e7+ Kd7 64.e8=Q+ Nxe8 65.a8=Q Ke7 66.Qa5 Ke6 +- mate-in-171-0

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Aug-10-24  EvanTheTerrible: 43. Qb7 and the pawns are just too much for black to handle.

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