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Anish Giri vs Fabiano Caruana
Superbet Romania Chess Classic (2024), Bucharest ROU, rd 9, Jul-05
Catalan Opening: Closed Variation (E01)  ·  1-0

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Jul-05-24  cormier: depth=47 | Stockfish 16
+0.36 12. cxd5 exd5 13. Nc4 Ne4 14. Nxd6 cxd6 15. Re1 Rac8 16. Bc1
Jul-09-24
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  PawnSac: < 20.Qd1 > was a clever intermezzo "best move". What surprised us was Fabi's response ..Qxb2?!
[ ..Rfd8 was best, in fact perfectly = 0.00 ]

oops, at 50/60- it just jumped to -0.02.

Jul-10-24
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  PawnSac: < 22...Rbd8 >

Stockfish evals ..Rfd8 as slightly better. ..Rbd8 allows the clever rook lift Ra2 hits the Q with tempo, after which Fabi, being a pawn down, offers a queen trade.

<27..Ne4 > Stockfish preferred ..Nb3, presumably to grab some back rank squares and prevent the rook doubling. But even after..

<28.Rfc1 > White's position seems ideal, with a clear and comfortable advantage, mainly the C file and extra pawn. black's eval is about -0.60 , not too terribly bad, considering black is down a pawn. Difficult but not lost, but it IS a pawn. Black has to work for a draw with best play.

<28...Rf7 > ..Rb8 was better. After ..Rf7 black's eval drops another half pawn.

< 29.Ne1! > best move +1.21 @ 46/66+

Jul-10-24
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  PawnSac: <29...Re7 > Stockfish preferred ..Nd2 (heading for b3?)


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The SF line goes..
51/63 -1.12 29. ... Nd2 30.a4 Rd6 31.e3 Bd8 32.Bf3 Rfd7 33.Kg2 Ba5 34.Be2 Kf6 35.h3 Bb6 36.Bb5 Rd8 37.Rc6 Ne4 38.Bd3 Ng5 39.Be2 Ne4 40.Nd3 Rxc6 41.Rxc6+ Rd6 42.Rc2 Ba5 43.g4 Nc3 44.Kf3 Kg5 45.gxf5 gxf5 46.Rc1 Kf6 47.h4 Rd8 48.Nf4 Rd2 49.Bd3 Ke5 50.Bb5 Kf6 51.Rg1 Bc7 52.Nh5+ Ke5 53.Rg8 a5 54.Nf4 Nxb5 55.axb5 Kd6 56.Rh8 Bb6 57.Rxh7 a4

but a good number of those moves are difficult to find, or difficult to wrap your head around. Not so easy for humans.

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