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Boris Ratner vs Mikhail Botvinnik
USSR Championship (1945), Moscow URS, rd 10, Jun-??
Gruenfeld Defense: Exchange. Spassky Variation (D87)  ·  0-1

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White to move.
ANALYSIS [x]
Notes by Stockfish 9 v010218 (minimum 6s/ply)better is 9...Nc6 10.Be3 e6 11.Bb5 Qc7 12.Qc2 b6 13.dxc5 Na5 = 0.00 (28 ply)10.Be3 was played in Tolush vs Kotov, 1948 (1-0)= +0.26 (21 ply) after 10...b6 11.Bg5 Bb7 12.f3 h6 13.Bh4 Rc8 14.Qd3 g5 15.Bf2 better is 11.Qb3 Nb6 12.Bb5 Bd7 13.a5 Bxb5 14.Qxb5 Nd7 15.Be3 e6 ⩲ +0.67 (19 ply)= 0.00 (20 ply)better is 14.Nf4 Bb7 15.Nd5 Bxd5 16.exd5 Rfe8 17.Rc1 Qd6 18.Bc4 = +0.23 (22 ply)= -0.37 (20 ply) 18.Bxf6 Nxf6 19.exf5 gxf5 20.d6 Rxd6 21.Ng3 Nd7 22.f3 ⩱ -0.58 (24 ply) ∓ -1.69 (23 ply) 23.Bb1 Nd3 24.Qa2 Nxe1 25.Bxf5 Nxg2 26.Kxg2 Bc8 27.Be4 ∓ -2.07 (22 ply)-+ -3.34 (21 ply) 25...Rf5 26.Nxf4 Kxg7 27.Ne6+ Nxe6 28.dxe6 Qxe6 29.Bb1 -+ -4.47 (23 ply)-+ -2.66 (21 ply) 33.Qxe5 Bxe5 34.Bf5 Kf6 35.Bxd7 Nxd7 36.d6 Bxc3 37.Re7 -+ -3.42 (23 ply)-+ -6.55 (22 ply)39.Qf3 Ne2+ 40.Qxe2 Rxe2 41.Bxe2 Ke7 42.Kf1 Kd6 43.Ke1 -+ -7.83 (22 ply)0-1

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Apr-27-07  popski: Yea, yea, BotWINnik wasn't very pleasant to play...
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