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Llewellyn Bentley Lancaster vs George H Foster
New South Wales Championship (1901), Sydney, rd 5, Jul-22
Queen's Gambit Accepted: Normal Variation (D21)  ·  1/2-1/2

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White to move.
ANALYSIS [x]
Notes by Stockfish 9 v010218 (minimum 6s/ply)better is 3...e6 4.e3 Nd7 5.Bxc4 Ngf6 6.O-O a6 7.a4 c5 8.Nc3 = 0.00 (36 ply)4.e3 was played in M Sinclair vs W Kaspar, 1999 (1-0) 4...Nf6 5.e3 e6 6.Bxc4 Nc6 7.O-O Bb4 8.h3 h6 9.Qe2 = +0.32 (24 ply) ⩲ +1.27 (24 ply)better is 6...Nf6 7.O-O Be7 8.Qe2 O-O 9.Rd1 Nc6 10.h3 Bh5 11.g4 ⩲ +0.85 (22 ply) ⩲ +1.50 (22 ply) 7...Bd6 8.Re1 Ne7 9.Nh4 O-O 10.Bg5 Qc7 11.e5 Bb4 ⩲ +1.12 (22 ply) 8.d5 Nxe4 9.dxe6 Qxd1 10.Rxd1 Nxc3 11.bxc3 Be7 12.Be3 ± +1.88 (24 ply) ⩲ +0.57 (25 ply) after 8...Nbd7 9.Bf4 Be7 10.Qe2 O-O 11.Rfd1 h6 12.h3 Nh5 better is 12.Rc1 Rac8 13.Rfd1 Rfe8 14.h3 c5 15.Qe2 c4 16.Bc2 h6 ⩲ +0.65 (23 ply) 12...e5 13.Nd5 Nxd5 14.exd5 Bxd3 15.Rxd3 e4 16.Re3 Bd8 = 0.00 (27 ply) ⩲ +1.19 (30 ply) 15.Bxe7 Rxe7 16.Ne4 c5 17.Rc1 Nb4 18.Qb3 Nc6 19.dxc5 Rd8 ⩲ +1.22 (28 ply)= +0.45 (29 ply)better is 22...g5 23.h3 Kg8 24.Ra3 a6 25.Rb3 Ra8 26.a4 Rc8 27.Rb6 = 0.00 (36 ply)better is 23.h4 a5 24.Rb3 Kg8 25.g3 a4 26.Ra3 Rh7 27.Kg2 Rh5 28.Rh1 ⩲ +0.56 (32 ply)= +0.04 (32 ply) after 23...g5 24.h3 Kg8 25.b4 a6 26.Rb3 Re8 27.Re1 Rf8 28.Qd3 better is 27...Ra6 28.Rb1 Qd7 29.Qe2 Rh7 30.Rh1 Qd8 31.Qd2 Qe7 = +0.08 (35 ply)better is 28.Ng5 Nxg5 29.Qxg5 Qe6 30.Qd2 Rh5 31.Qb4 Qd7 32.Qd6 Qf5 ⩲ +0.64 (30 ply) 28...Ra6 29.Ra1 Rh5 30.b4 axb3 31.Rxb3 Qd7 32.Qd1 Rh8 = 0.00 (31 ply) ⩲ +0.93 (26 ply) after 29.Ng1 Kg8 30.f4 Qd8 31.Nf3 Qe7 32.g4 Nc7 33.Re3 Re8 better is 30...Kg8 31.Nc2 Qe6 32.Ne3 f6 33.Rf1 Rh5 34.Qd1 fxe5 ⩲ +0.84 (25 ply)better is 31.Nc2 Kd8 32.Rf3 f5 33.Rc3 Ne6 34.Ne1 Ra6 35.Nd3 Ke8 ⩲ +1.36 (27 ply) ⩲ +0.77 (26 ply)better is 49...Qb7 50.Ne5 Ne6 51.Nxc6 h4 52.Qa3 hxg3 53.Kxg3 Ng5 = 0.00 (37 ply) ⩲ +0.56 (37 ply)54.Qc6+ Qd7 55.Qa8+ Qd8 56.Qa4+ Qd7 57.Qb3 Ne6 58.Ne5 = +0.20 (29 ply)1/2-1/2

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Jul-25-21  optimal play: 8.Bd3 is understandable in lieu of the threat to the e4 pawn, but more ambitious is 8.d5 Nxe4 9.dxe6 Qxd1 10.Rxd1 fxe6 11.Nxe4 Bxe4 12.Nd4 Bd5 13.Nxe6 Bxe6 14.Re1 Kd7 15.Rxe6 ±


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After 21...Rh8 black’s king is in an odd position, somewhat exposed on the h-file, but by 30...Ke8 he has effectively undone his castling!?

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