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Jan Timman vs Veselin Topalov
Sarajevo (1999), Sarajevo BIH, rd 1, May-17
Slav Defense: Two Knights Attack (D15)  ·  0-1

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ANALYSIS [x]
Notes by Stockfish 9 v010218 (minimum 6s/ply)better is 18.Bf4 e5 19.Bg5 b4 20.Na4 Be7 21.Ne3 O-O 22.Nf5 Rfe8 ⩲ +0.53 (25 ply)= 0.00 (26 ply) after 18...Ne5 19.Qd4 Nc6 20.Qd3 Ne5better is 24.Qd2 Bxe3 25.Bxe3 Qe6 26.Nd5 Nxd5 27.Qxd5 Qxd5 28.Rxd5 ⩲ +0.61 (23 ply)= +0.10 (27 ply) after 24...Qxe4 25.Qxe4 Nxe4 26.Rxd7 Rbc8 27.Bf4 g5 28.Bc7 better is 29...f5 30.Rdd1 Rfe8 31.Rd5 Re7 32.Rd8+ Rxd8 33.Bxd8 Rd7 = +0.10 (25 ply) ⩲ +0.65 (26 ply)better is 32.Kg2 Ra1 33.Rd8 Rxd8 34.Bxd8 Kf7 35.g4 Rd1 36.Ba5 Nd6 ⩲ +0.57 (27 ply)= 0.00 (31 ply) 36.Kh3 Rf2 37.g4 fxg4+ 38.Kxg4 h5+ 39.Kh3 Rxe2 40.Bg3 h4 = 0.00 (30 ply)-+ -4.99 (24 ply)38.b4 Rf2 39.Rd8 Rxd8 40.Bxd8 Rxe2 41.b5 Rxh2+ 42.Kg6 -+ -4.56 (23 ply)0-1

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