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Borislav Ivkov vs Coenraad Zuidema
Amsterdam IBM (1968), Amsterdam NED, rd 1, Jul-16
English Opening: King's English. Two Knights' Variation Smyslov System (A22)  ·  1-0

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White to move.
ANALYSIS [x]
Notes by Stockfish 9 v010218 (minimum 6s/ply)6.e4 was played in Korchnoi vs H Ree, 1968 (1-0)better is 8...d6 9.a3 Ba5 10.b4 Bb6 11.e4 Bg4 12.h3 Bh5 13.g4 Bg6 = -0.16 (26 ply)= +0.47 (26 ply)better is 11...b5 12.h3 Bh5 13.dxc6 bxc4 14.Qa4 Qc8 15.Qxc4 Nxc6 = +0.13 (26 ply) ⩲ +0.67 (27 ply)better is 13...Qb6 14.a3 a5 15.Bf1 Bd7 16.b4 axb4 17.axb4 Rxa1 = +0.14 (26 ply) ⩲ +0.71 (29 ply)better is 14...Bd7 15.Qb3 Ra7 16.a4 Qc8 17.axb5 Bxh3 18.Bxh3 Qxh3 ⩲ +0.53 (27 ply) ⩲ +1.04 (29 ply) 16...Be7 17.b4 Nb6 18.a4 Nc4 19.Be3 Nxe3 20.Qxe3 Nd7 ⩲ +1.04 (27 ply) ± +1.83 (27 ply) 19...Qb6 20.Qe2 Ne8 21.Rb1 Be7 22.Rxa6 Rxa6 23.Qxa6 Qxa6 ± +1.61 (25 ply) ± +2.46 (27 ply) 20...Rc7 21.b5 Nfd7 22.Rea1 Rca7 23.Be3 Nc5 24.Bxc5 dxc5 ± +1.92 (27 ply)+- +3.00 (28 ply)23...Rc8 24.Ra1 Qb6 25.Qe2 Ra8 26.Kg2 h5 27.Ra2 h4 +- +3.22 (28 ply)1-0

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