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Leonid Stein vs Ratmir Kholmov
USSR Championship (1963), Leningrad URS, rd 17, Dec-22
Nimzo-Indian Defense: Normal Variation. Gligoric System Exchange at c4 (E54)  ·  1-0

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ANALYSIS [x]
Notes by Stockfish 9 v010218 (minimum 6s/ply)10.exd4 was played in Szabo vs Filip, 1958 (1-0)11.bxc3 was played in M Ragger vs E Djurhuus, 2015 (1-0)13.Bb2 was played in Ivkov vs P Ostojic, 1972 (1-0)better is 25...Ke8 26.Bd6 Kd8 27.Bc4 Ne8 28.Bb4 Nc7 29.g3 Ne5 ⩲ +0.68 (27 ply)better is 26.Bd6 Ne8 27.Nc4 Kf6 28.Ba3 f4+ 29.Kf2 e5 30.g3 g4 ⩲ +1.37 (23 ply) ⩲ +0.87 (24 ply)better is 36...Nd6 37.Bd3 Kg7 38.Kf4 Nd7 39.Bb2+ Kf7 40.h4 Nc5 ⩲ +1.28 (29 ply) ± +1.79 (29 ply) after 37.Kf3 N4d6 38.Bd3 Kg7 39.Bb2+ Kg8 40.Bd4 Nc7 41.Bxb6 38...Kg7 39.Bf4 Nc8 40.h4 Ned6 41.Be5+ Kf8 42.Kf3 Nf7 ⩲ +1.50 (30 ply)+- +2.61 (30 ply)better is 41.Bf4 Nd5 42.Bd6 Nb3 43.h5 Nc5 44.Bb1 Ne3+ 45.Kf3 Nc4 ± +2.07 (25 ply)+- +2.88 (24 ply)53...Kf7 54.Bg6+ Ke7 55.h8=Q Ne6+ 56.Kf5 b2 57.Qf6+ Kd6 +- mate-in-121-0

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Sep-26-04  Knight13: 53. h7 was good. I would've thought 52... hxg7?
Feb-28-18  zydeco: The decisive game in this tournament. Stein takes the lead from Kholmov (and afterwards wins the playoff).

The endgame looks completely drawn. 27....fxe4 may be the culprit, giving Stein two bishops against two knights.

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