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Leonid Stein vs Evgeni Vasiukov
USSR Championship (1965), Tallinn URS, rd 8, Dec-03
English Opening: King's English Variation. Closed System Full Symmetry (A26)  ·  1-0

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White to move.
ANALYSIS [x]
Notes by Stockfish 9 v010218 (minimum 6s/ply) 10.Nxf4 Ng4 11.Ncd5 Ne7 12.h3 Nxd5 13.Nxd5 Ne5 14.Nf4 = +0.31 (21 ply) 10...Nh5 11.Bd2 Bg4 12.h3 Bd7 13.d4 a6 14.Rb1 Qc8 15.Kh2 ⩱ -0.79 (20 ply)= +0.07 (22 ply)better is 14.exf5 gxf5 15.Be3 Qd7 16.Qb3 Rab8 17.Rfe1 b5 18.Nxb5 = +0.28 (20 ply)= -0.42 (21 ply) after 14...Nd4 15.Ne3 Qd7 16.Kh2 h5 17.exf5 h4 18.Nh5 Bxf5 better is 17.Nxf6+ Bxf6 18.Bc3 Rf8 19.Qd2 Rae8 20.Rae1 b6 21.b4 c5 = +0.14 (23 ply) 17...h5 18.Be1 Bf7 19.Bc3 h4 20.Ne2 Nxe2 21.Qxe2 fxe4 = -0.45 (21 ply) ⩲ +0.59 (21 ply)better is 19...Nc5 20.Rae1 h6 21.exf5 Bxf5 22.b4 Nce6 23.Nexf5 = +0.42 (21 ply) ⩲ +0.97 (22 ply)better is 23.exf5 Bxf5 24.Nexf5 gxf5 25.Bd5 Qg6 26.Rg1 Rxe1 ⩲ +1.12 (23 ply)= +0.37 (24 ply)better is 24.Rxe2 Bxc3 25.Qxc3+ Nf6 26.Bf3 fxe4 27.dxe4 Qg7 28.Qa1 ⩲ +0.65 (23 ply)= 0.00 (27 ply)better is 27...fxe4 28.dxe4 Bf7 29.Ng4 Nh5 30.f5 b5 31.cxb5 axb5 = 0.00 (27 ply) ⩲ +0.51 (27 ply) after 28.exf5 b5 29.fxg6 hxg6 30.Nd5 Rxe2 31.Rxe2 Nxd5 32.Bxd5 30...Kf8 31.Kg3 b5 32.Bf1 Ke7 33.h4 Rec8 34.Rh2 Rg8 = 0.00 (23 ply) ⩲ +1.50 (28 ply) 32.h4 Rf8 33.Kg3 h6 34.gxh6+ Kxh6 35.Rf2 Rg8+ 36.Kh2 Re7 ⩲ +1.37 (29 ply)= +0.08 (27 ply) 40...b5 41.h4 c4 42.bxc4 bxc4 43.d6+ Kf7 44.Rxh7+ Ke6 = 0.00 (33 ply) 41.h4 Rg8 42.d6+ Kd7 43.Bxh7 Rf8 44.Be4 b5 45.Kg3 c4 ⩲ +1.18 (27 ply) 41...Kf6 42.Rh5 Rg8 43.h4 Rg4 44.Rh6+ Kg7 45.Rh7+ Kf6 = 0.00 (34 ply) ⩲ +1.28 (26 ply) 45...b5 46.Rc6 Bg4+ 47.Ke3 Bh5 48.Rh6 Rg3+ 49.Kf2 Rg4 ⩲ +1.30 (23 ply)+- +3.10 (26 ply) 49...Rf8 50.Rg7 b5 51.Ke3 Rh8 52.Rg6+ Kf7 53.Rc6 c4 +- +3.91 (27 ply)+- +8.67 (28 ply)51...Rh4 52.h7 Rh3+ 53.Kd2 Rh2+ 54.Kd3 Bg4 55.Rg8 Be2+ +- +8.70 (27 ply)1-0

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