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Herman Steiner vs Samuel Reshevsky
Syracuse (1934), Syracuse, NY USA, rd 2, Aug-14
French Defense: Classical. Burn Variation Morozevich Line (C11)  ·  0-1

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White to move.
ANALYSIS [x]
Notes by Stockfish 9 v010218 (minimum 6s/ply)better is 8.Bc4 = +0.37 (27 ply)= -0.36 (24 ply)better is 12.Nb3 Qc7 13.Bg2 O-O 14.Nbd4 f5 15.c3 a6 16.O-O Bf6 = +0.12 (24 ply)= -0.43 (24 ply) after 12...Qc7 13.Bg2 Nc6 14.Kb1 Rd8 15.Nc4 O-O 16.Ne3 f5 17.c3 better is 14.Nc4 Qh5 15.Rhe1 Kb8 16.Ne3 Nc5 17.Nd4 Qxe2 18.Rxe2 f5 = +0.11 (25 ply)= -0.47 (24 ply) after 14...Qh5 15.Nc3 Bb4 16.Nd4 Qxe2 17.Bxb7+ Kxb7 18.Ncxe2 better is 15...f5 16.Ned2 Qa4 17.Ne1 Nc5 18.Bxb7+ Kxb7 19.Nef3 Bf6 = -0.40 (24 ply) 16.Nxe5 Qxe5 17.f4 Qc7 18.a3 Kb8 19.Rhe1 Rxd1+ 20.Rxd1 = +0.32 (25 ply) ⩱ -0.65 (25 ply)better is 23.h4 Bh6 24.g4 f6 25.Be2 Bxe2 26.Rxe2 Bf4 27.exf6 Rxf6 = -0.27 (26 ply) ⩱ -0.82 (26 ply)better is 24.h4 Bh6 25.g4 Bf4 26.Rh3 Rg8 27.a3 h6 28.Be2 Kb7 ⩱ -0.64 (25 ply) ⩱ -1.14 (25 ply) after 24...Bh6 25.b3 Rfd8 26.h4 Rg8 27.Rhg1 Rg7 28.Nd3 Rf2 better is 25.h4 Bh6 26.Bf3 f5 27.Bxh5 Bb7 28.Nb3 Rg2 29.Rhg1 f4 ⩱ -1.05 (25 ply) ∓ -1.77 (25 ply) after 25...Bb7 26.Bxb7+ Kxb7 27.h4 Bh6 28.a4 Rc8 29.Rhf1 Rc7 27.a3 e2 28.Bf3 Bb7 29.Bxh5 Bxh1 30.Rxh1 Rg8 31.Re1 Rxg3 ∓ -1.78 (26 ply)-+ -4.44 (29 ply) after 27...Rd4 28.Bf3 R4xd3 29.cxd3 Bxd3+ 30.Ka1 Rf2 31.Rc1+ 32.a3 Rd8 33.Nf4 Rd1+ 34.Kb2 Bd4+ 35.c3 Bxe5 36.b4 Bxf4 -+ -3.68 (27 ply)-+ -10.25 (26 ply) after 32...R4xd3 33.cxd3 hxg4 34.Rhf1 exf1=Q 35.Rxf1 g3 -+ mate-in-10 after 36...R4xd3 37.Ka3 Bc1+ 38.Ka4 Rxh3 39.h7 g1=Q; 37.Nxe1 g1=Q 38.Rxe3 Qxe3 39.h7 Qxe5 40.h8=Q Qxh8 41.a4 -+ mate-in-100-1

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Mar-19-16  suenteus po 147: Reshevsky's rook on d2 is the winner here. It took me two minutes, but finally saw that 28.Rf2 loses to 28...Rd1+ 29.Rxd1 exd1=Q+ 30.Nc1 Qxc1#

Also, the finish is 37.Nxe1 g1=Q with mate in a few moves.

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