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Leonid Yudasin vs Lev Psakhis
USSR Championship (1981), Frunze KGZ, rd 1, Nov-??
Spanish Game: Closed. Bogoljubow Variation (C91)  ·  0-1

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White to move.
ANALYSIS [x]
Notes by Stockfish 9 v010218 (minimum 6s/ply) 16...Qc7 17.Bg5 Rae8 18.Kh1 c4 19.Bxf6 Bxf6 20.Nd5 Qd6 = -0.44 (20 ply) ⩲ +0.57 (23 ply)better is 17...Ng6 18.Bg3 Nh5 19.e5 Nxg3 20.hxg3 Re8 21.Be4 Rb8 = -0.12 (21 ply)= +0.40 (20 ply)better is 19.Ne3 Bxf3 20.gxf3 Ba5 21.Nf5 Ng6 22.Bd2 Bxd2 23.Qxd2 ⩲ +0.63 (19 ply)better is 19...Bxf3 20.gxf3 Nc4 21.Qc3 Re8 22.a3 Nde5 23.Kg2 a5 = +0.10 (21 ply) 20.Nxe5 Nxe5 21.f3 Nc4 22.Qc1 Bd7 23.e5 Bf5 24.Bxf5 Qxf5 ⩲ +0.84 (22 ply) 20...Nc4 21.Qb3 Ndb6 22.Bd3 Bxf3 23.gxf3 Ne5 24.Bb1 c4 = -0.23 (23 ply) 21.Nxe5 Nxe5 22.Rc1 Nc4 23.Qg3 Qg4 24.Qb3 Bg6 25.f3 Qc8 ⩲ +0.90 (21 ply) 21...Nxf3 22.gxf3 Nb6 23.Nxb6 Qh3 24.Bd1 Bxb6 25.Bg3 Qe6 ⩱ -1.25 (26 ply)= 0.00 (21 ply)better is 23...Ne6 24.axb5 Nxf4 25.Nxf4 Bxf3 26.Qxf3 Ba5 27.Red1 = -0.06 (23 ply) 24.Qd3 Ne6 25.axb5 c4 26.Qe3 axb5 27.Bd6 Qd7 28.Rcd1 Qa7 = +0.48 (22 ply) 24...Ne6 25.Nd2 Nc6 26.Bd6 Ba5 27.Qe3 Nb4 28.Nxb4 Bxb4 = -0.30 (21 ply) 25.Qxc5 Ne6 26.Qe3 Bxf3 27.gxf3 Nxf4 28.Qxf4 Nd4 29.Bd1 ⩲ +1.26 (26 ply)= -0.44 (21 ply) 26...Nxf4 27.Qxf4 Bg6 28.Nf3 Ba5 29.Red1 Qe6 30.e5 Nxe5 = -0.37 (21 ply)better is 27.Be5 Ne2 28.Rxe2 Bxe2 29.f3 Kh8 30.Qf2 Bc4 31.Nxc4 = +0.39 (21 ply)= -0.34 (22 ply) 30.f4 Qb8 31.Nxc4 Nb3 32.axb5 axb5 33.Ne5 Nxc1 34.Rxc1 = +0.06 (24 ply) ∓ -2.07 (23 ply) 31.Nxc4 Qb8 32.f3 Qxg3 33.hxg3 Rb8 34.Kh2 Nb3 35.Rc3 Nc5 ∓ -1.56 (24 ply) ∓ -2.32 (22 ply) 32.Qc3 Qb7 33.Nc7 Bxc7 34.Rxc7 Qb6 35.a5 Qd4 36.Kg1 Qxc3 ∓ -2.11 (21 ply)-+ -3.48 (25 ply)38.Qc3 Qxf2 39.Rf1 Qxh4+ 40.Qh3 Qxh3+ 41.gxh3 Nxe4 -+ -9.07 (24 ply)0-1

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Kibitzer's Corner
Oct-01-22  tessathedog: What a cunning trap set by Psakhis with 29...c4! And then Yudasin falls for it hook, line and sinker, missing 31...Nf5! A good example of Szabo's remark "I became a much better player when I learnt to look one ply further".

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