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Frank Marshall vs Siegbert Tarrasch
Monte Carlo (1903), Monte Carlo MNC, rd 21, Mar-10
Tarrasch Defense: General (D32)  ·  0-1

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ANALYSIS [x]
Notes by Stockfish 9 v010218 (minimum 6s/ply)better is 4...Bxc5 5.cxd5 Nf6 6.dxe6 Qxd1+ 7.Nxd1 Bxe6 8.Be3 = -0.03 (20 ply)better is 5.cxd5 Bxc5 6.dxe6 Qxd1+ 7.Nxd1 Bxe6 8.Nf3 Nc6 = +0.49 (25 ply)= -0.18 (24 ply) after 5...d4 6.Ne4 Nc6 7.Nf3 Be7 8.Bxf6 gxf6 9.e3 Qa5+ better is 6...O-O 7.Nf3 Nc6 8.a3 Be7 9.cxd5 exd5 10.Be2 h6 = -0.18 (23 ply)= +0.37 (24 ply) 8.Qd2 h6 9.Bh4 e5 10.Bd3 Bxc3 11.Qxc3 Qe7 12.Ne2 O-O = +0.46 (22 ply)= -0.46 (23 ply)better is 11.Nd4 O-O 12.Nb5 Nc5 13.Be3 b6 14.Be2 Bb7 15.O-O Bc6 = -0.10 (27 ply) ⩱ -0.60 (26 ply)better is 16.Ke2 Ke7 17.Rc1 h6 18.Bxf6+ gxf6 19.f4 Nxd3 20.Kxd3 = -0.27 (25 ply) ⩱ -0.96 (26 ply) 24.f3 Nd5 25.g4 Nfe7 26.Rc1 Ng6 27.Kf2 Ndf4 28.Rd1 Rc8 ⩱ -0.72 (26 ply) ∓ -1.83 (28 ply)better is 25.Bc4 Ng4 26.h3 Nxf2 27.Bb4 Rd1+ 28.Rxd1 Nxd1 29.Bb3 ⩱ -1.40 (27 ply) 25...Ra2 26.Bb4 Nd4 27.Bd1 Rxa4 28.Bxa4 Ne2+ 29.Kf1 Nxc1 ∓ -2.14 (27 ply) ⩱ -0.94 (32 ply) after 26.Rd1 Rxd1+ 27.Bxd1 Ne4 28.Bc2 Nc5 29.Bxc5 bxc5 30.Bxf5 27.Rd1 Rxd1+ 28.Bxd1 Nd5 29.Ba3 Nc3 30.Bc2 Nd4 31.Bb2 e5 ⩱ -0.91 (29 ply) 27...Rxa4 28.Rd1+ Ke7 29.Kf1 Nd6 30.Bc6 Nfe8 31.Rd3 f6 ∓ -1.84 (29 ply) ⩱ -0.60 (27 ply) after 28.Kf1 Nd4 29.Ba8 Nb3 30.Re1 Rd3 31.Be5 Ke7 32.Bc6 Rd8 better is 29.Bxd7 Ne2+ 30.Kf1 Nxc1 31.Bc6 Na2 32.Be5 Nb4 33.Bf3 ⩱ -0.67 (32 ply) ⩱ -1.18 (34 ply)better is 36.Kf2 Kg7 37.Kg3 Kg6 38.Rd4 Rc7 39.a5 bxa5 40.Ra4 Rc5 ⩱ -0.75 (33 ply) ⩱ -1.34 (31 ply)better is 40.f4 Ra2 41.Kg3 h4+ 42.Kxh4 Rxg2 43.Rd7 Rxh2+ 44.Kg4 ⩱ -0.86 (28 ply) ⩱ -1.49 (35 ply) 43.Re4 Rc1 44.Kg3 Kg6 45.Kf2 Rc5 46.Rg4+ Kh5 47.Ke3 Rc3+ ⩱ -1.09 (31 ply) ∓ -2.03 (31 ply) 44.Rc7 Rxa4 45.Rxf7 Kg6 46.Re7 Kf6 47.Rh7 Ra3 48.Kg2 Kg5 ∓ -1.96 (31 ply)-+ -2.88 (33 ply) after 44...f6 45.Ke3 Ra3+ 46.Kf2 Ra2+ 47.Kg1 Kg6 48.Kh1 Kh5 47.Ke2 f6 48.Kf2 Ra2+ 49.Kg1 Kg5 50.Kh1 Kh4 51.Rc8 Rxa4 -+ -2.95 (34 ply)-+ -5.42 (29 ply) after 47...Ra2+ 48.Ke1 Kh5 49.Rc8 Kxh4 50.Rg8 Rxa4 51.Ke2 Ra2+ 56.Rf6 Rxb5 57.Kc4 Ke4 58.Re6+ Kf5 59.Rh6 f3 60.Kd3 Rb3+ -+ -9.25 (27 ply)0-1

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Kibitzer's Corner
Oct-26-10  WhoKeres: Tarrasch's active play helped him convert the full point. In his prime he was a great attacking and combinational player, due largely to his active style.
May-07-14  estrick: Tarrasch demonstrates that Marshall's two bishops are not better than his two knights plus one pawn.

Then he demonstrates very nice rook + pawns endgame technique beginning on move 31.

Feb-12-19  zydeco: 15.Bd2 is probably more prudent.

It's very hard to win this endgame as black and Tarrasch's technique is impressive. 28....Nd4! is an important shot.

40.g4 is probably the losing move. White tries to create an outside passed pawn but it just turns out to be a weakness.

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