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Larry Christiansen vs Valdis Saulespurens
American op (1996), Los Angeles, CA USA, rd 7, Dec-01
English Opening: King's English Variation. Kramnik-Shirov Counter (A21)  ·  1-0

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Aug-10-04  percyblakeney: Admit it, User Profile: Eatman, you didn't win this one?! :-)
Aug-10-04  misguidedaggression: Yeah, I mean 37.Kh2 mates next move. Time pressure must have been horrible to miss that.
Oct-23-04  Eatman: No I did not win this one. :)
Chessgames please correct it to a win for Christiansen. In my defense, I did not enter this game into database. :P This definitely falls into the category of games where I get beat up by the GM. Actually, after the game Larry said that I played pretty decently, the big mistake was Bf5 as it turns out. Probably Bg4 was better.
Dec-12-05
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  OhioChessFan: Bf5 does give White the extra tempo to double the Rooks on the f file.
Jul-04-18  whiteshark: <Eatman: Actually, after the game Larry said that I played pretty decently, the big mistake was Bf5 as it turns out. Probably Bg4 was better.>


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Black to move

SF kinda diasagrees:

1) +0.97 (31 ply) 20...Rb8 21.Rf2 Rf8 22.Qd4 Qxd4 23.exd4 Ne8 24.Nxe4 cxd5 25.cxd5 f5 26.Nd2 Bd7 27.Bd3 Rc8 28.Rxc8 Bxc8 29.Nc4 b6 30.a4 Bd7 31.b5 Kg7 32.Re2 Rf7 33.Kf2 Kf8 34.Ke1 Re7 35.Kd2 Rxe2+ 36.Kxe2 Ke7 37.Kf3 Nf6 38.Ne3 g4+ 39.Kf2

2) +1.01 (31 ply) <20...Bf5> 21.dxc6 bxc6 22.b5 Rac8 23.Qd4 Kg7 24.Qxa7 cxb5 25.Nxb5 Bg6 26.Qd4 Qxd4 27.exd4 Rc6 28.Ra1 Ra8 29.a4 Ra5 30.g4 Rca6 31.Nc3 Rb6 32.Rab1 Rxb1 33.Rxb1 e3 34.Rb5 Ra7 35.Rb6 Ne4 36.Nd5 Rxa4

3) +0.94 (30 ply) 20...Rf8 21.dxc6 bxc6 22.b5 cxb5 23.Nxb5 Rb8 24.a4 Bd7 25.Rfd1 Ne8 26.Qd4 Qxd4 27.Rxd4 Be6 28.a5 f5 29.Nxd6 Rb3 30.Nxe8 Rxe8 31.Kf2 Rb2 32.c5 Rc8 33.c6 Rc7 34.Rd6 Kf7 35.Ke1 Ke7 36.Rd4 Bb3 37.Rc5 Ke6

whereas after <20...Bg4?>

1) <+3.12 (31 ply) 21.Bxg4> Nxg4 22.h3 Nf6 23.g4 a5 24.Rf5 Qe7 25.bxa5 Nd7 26.Ne2 Qd8 27.Ng3 Qxa5 28.Qxa5 Rxa5 29.dxc6 Nc5 30.Rd1 bxc6 31.Rxd6 Rea8 32.Rxh6 Nd3 33.Rxa5 Rxa5 34.Rxc6 Rxa2 35.Nxe4 Re2 36.Rd6 Ne5 37.c5 Rc2 38.Rd2 Rxd2 39.Nxd2

2) +2.89 (30 ply) 21.dxc6 bxc6 22.Bxg4 Nxg4 23.h3 Nf6 24.g4 Rac8 25.Rf5 Qe6 26.Rcf1 Nh7 27.Rxf7 Rf8 28.Rxf8+ Rxf8 29.Rxf8+ Kxf8 30.Qd4 Nf6 31.Ne2 Qe7 32.Ng3 Qe5 33.Qxe5 dxe5 34.Kf2 Nd7 35.Nxe4 Ke7 36.c5 Nf6 37.Kf3 Nd5 38.a3 Kf7 39.Nd6+ Ke6 40.Nf5

6.0 minute analysis by Stockfish 9 v010218

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