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Abram Khasin vs Leonid Stein
USSR Championship (1965), Tallinn URS, rd 17, Dec-20
Sicilian Defense: Scheveningen. Classical Variation (B84)  ·  0-1

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White to move.
ANALYSIS [x]
Notes by Stockfish 9 v010218 (minimum 6s/ply)8...Qc7 was played in P Michel vs Stahlberg, 1947 (0-1)better is 11.Be3 Na5 12.Nde2 e5 13.Bf2 b5 14.b3 Bd7 15.Bh4 Bc6 = +0.29 (20 ply)= -0.29 (23 ply) after 11...h6 12.Nxc6 bxc6 13.h4 Nh7 14.g5 hxg5 15.fxg5 d5 16.Bg2 Qd8 17.a4 Nc4 18.axb5 Nxe3 19.Qxe3 Bxg5 20.Qg3 = -0.10 (21 ply) ⩱ -1.02 (24 ply) 23.h3 Rf8 24.Ne2 Ng6 25.Nd4 Qe7 26.Rg1 Nh4 27.Nf3 Nxg2 ⩱ -0.72 (24 ply) ∓ -1.58 (22 ply)better is 24.Qh3 Ng4 25.exf5 Bxg2+ 26.Qxg2 Bxc3 27.bxc3 Nxh2 ⩱ -1.35 (21 ply) 24...b4 25.Nd5 exd5 26.exf5 d4 27.Bxb7 Qxb7+ 28.Qe4 Qf7 ∓ -1.96 (21 ply) 25.Re2 Bd4 26.Qh6 Nxb2 27.Nd1 Qc4 28.Qd2 Na4 29.Qd3 Qxd3 ⩱ -0.53 (23 ply) 25...Bd4 26.Rf3 Be5 27.Rg3 Bxg3 28.hxg3 f4 29.Qxf4 Qg7 ∓ -1.52 (24 ply)= +0.10 (27 ply)better is 26...Qf7 27.exf5 exf5 28.Nf4 Be5 29.Rg1 Qg7 30.Ne6 Qg6 = 0.00 (26 ply) 27.Nf4 Ne5 28.exf5 exf5 29.Bxb7 Qxb7+ 30.Rg2 Qf7 31.Qh5 ⩲ +0.71 (27 ply) 27...Bc3 28.Ree2 Bd4 29.exf5 Bxf2 30.Qf6+ Qg7 31.Qxg7+ ⩱ -1.14 (27 ply)= 0.00 (28 ply) 30.Qg5 Qf7 31.Qh4 Bb6 32.Ng5 Qe7 33.Bxb7 Qxb7+ 34.Ne4 = 0.00 (28 ply) ⩱ -1.50 (30 ply) 33...Be3 34.h3 Qxb7 35.Rxe3 Nxe3 36.Qxe3 d4+ 37.Qe4 ∓ -1.65 (29 ply) 34.Rg2 Qa8 35.Re5 Qd8 36.Rxd5 Qf6 37.Qxf6+ Bxf6 38.Rxg8+ ⩱ -0.53 (30 ply)-+ -2.92 (27 ply) 35.Qe4 Qd7 36.h4 Bf6 37.Rxg8+ Kxg8 38.Rf2 Ne3 39.Rf3 Kg7 ∓ -2.47 (25 ply)-+ -3.54 (28 ply) 36.Qe4 Qxe4 37.Rxe4 Nd2 38.Re6 Be3 39.h4 Nf3 40.Rg4 Ne1 -+ -2.73 (26 ply)-+ mate-in-438.Kh3 Qf3+ 39.Rg3 Qxg3# -+ mate-in-20-1

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Kibitzer's Corner
Oct-22-18
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  fredthebear: This game is well-documented in books. The open g-file ratchets up the pressure. Black is a hair’s breadth away from being mated but he finds the answer.

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