Stelios Halkias vs Tamir Nabaty (2019)

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Stelios Halkias vs Tamir Nabaty
European Team Championship (2019), Batumi GEO, rd 6, Oct-30
Catalan Opening: Open Defense (E04) · 1-0

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Oct-31-19		whiteshark: <The Big Greek> aka IM Georgios Souleidis has analysed this game https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fxA... (~ 15 mins, in German) He points out that the natural loo♔ <13...Rb8> was only the second best move over <13...Rc8> to protect/cover ♙c6 a second time: click for larger view Black to move 1) =0.00 (31 ply) <13...Rc8> 14.Be4 a5 15.Bc2 Bb5 16.Bd3 Bc6 17.Be4 Bd7 2) +0.84 (31 ply) 13...Rb8 14.Rxa4 Bxa4 15.Qxa4+ Kf8 16.Rd1 Qc8 17.Be3 g6 18.Bh6+ Kg8 19.Qxa7 Bf8 20.Bg5 h6 21.Bf6 Bg7 22.Rd8+ Qxd8 23.Bxd8 Rxd8 24.f4 Bf8 25.Qxc7 Kg7 26.Kf2 Ba3 27.Bb7 Rde8 28.c4 Re7 29.Qc6 Rb8 30.Ba6 Ra7 31.h4 Be7 32.Bb5 h5 33.e3 Ra3 3) +0.85 (31 ply) 13...a5 14.Bxa8 Qxa8 15.Rxa4 Bxa4 16.Qxa4+ c6 17.Ba3 Bxa3 18.Qxa3 Qb8 19.Qxa5 O-O 20.Rd1 Qb2 21.Rd8 g6 22.Rxf8+ Kxf8 23.Qb4+ Qxb4 24.cxb4 Ke7 25.f3 Kd7 26.Kf2 Kc7 27.Ke3 Kb6 28.Kd4 Kb5 29.Kc3 g5 30.e3 h5 31.f4 g4 32.e4 c5 33.bxc5 Kxc5 34.Kd3 Kc6 35.Ke3 Kd7 = = = After <13...Rc8>: click for larger view White to move 1) +0.53 (29 ply) 14.Be3 c5 15.c4 h5 16.Rb1 h4 17.Qd3 Rc7 18.Ra1 Kf8 19.Rfb1 g6 20.Bd2 Be8 21.Qxd8 Bxd8 22.Rb8 Rd7 23.Be3 Bc7 24.Bxc5+ Kg7 25.Rxe8 Rxe8 26.Bc6 Red8 27.Bxd7 Rxd7 28.f4 hxg3 29.hxg3 Bb6 30.Bxb6 axb6 31.Rxa4 Rd2 32.e3 2) +0.47 (29 ply) 14.Qd4 c5 15.Qg4 Kf8 16.Rd1 h5 17.Qe4 Qe8 18.h4 Rb8 19.Bg5 Bxg5 20.hxg5 Kg8 21.Qd3 Bb5 22.c4 Bc6 23.Bxc6 Qxc6 24.Qd7 Qxd7 25.Rxd7 Rb4 26.Rxa7 h4 27.Kg2 Rxc4 28.Ra8+ Kh7 29.R8xa4 h3+ 30.Kh2 3) +0.40 (29 ply) 14.Be4 O-O 15.Qd3 h6 16.Qc4 c5 17.Bc2 Bc6 18.Bxa4 Qd5 19.Qxd5 Bxd5 20.Be3 a6 21.f3 Rb8 22.Kf2 f6 23.Rfc1 Bc4 24.exf6 Bxf6 25.Bxc5 Rfd8 26.Rc2 a5 27.f4 Kf7 28.Bd4 Rxd4 29.cxd4 Bxd4+ 30.e3 Bxa1 31.Rxc4 All 6.0 minute analysis by Stockfish 9 v010218

Nov-01-19		erimiro1: Beautiful impressive game by white. 2 powerful bishops dance among the helpless black pieces, especially the poor queen.

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