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David Bronstein vs Alexander Kotov
Amsterdam IBM (1968), Amsterdam NED, rd 7, Jul-23
Caro-Kann Defense: Classical Variation. Main lines (B18)  ·  1-0

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Dec-18-11  Everett: Bronstein often went in for sacking a minor for a couple of pawns. Here with 26.Nxc6 he gets even more, and proceeds to march them down the board.
Dec-19-11  rilkefan: Stockfish thinks ...f5 was pretty much losing compared to Nf6. But it greatly prefers 30.Ba5 (which I actually thought was the natural move) as after 30.Rx Rx 31.Qxe6 it thinks ...fxg4 32.Qxg4 Ng5 (its main line at a depth of 29, 3 Gnodes) is only half a pawn worse for black, whereas the former move (with Rd3->b3+ coming, and maybe d5 [because if ed the white queen comes to c6 with check and picks up the e8 rook if the e7 rook defends the king], or gxfxe) evaluates at well over +2 for white in the lines I looked at (i.e., +2.7 at 28 plies, 3 Gnodes, and the branches seem even worse).
Dec-19-11  Everett: <rilkefan> thanks for sharing the analysis. One line goes <30.Ba5 Rce7 <..Rb7 31.c6> 31.Rd3 Qf7 <..Rc8 32.Rxe6> 32.d5> and White is breaking through.

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