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Yannick Pelletier vs Thierry Le Hay
French Team Championship (2018), Brest FRA, rd 4, May-29
Dutch Defense: Leningrad Variation (A86)  ·  1-0

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ANALYSIS [x]
Notes by Stockfish 11 (minimum 6s/ply) 1...d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 dxc4 5.e4 c5 6.dxc5 = -0.06 (37 ply)better is 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 g6 4.b3 Bg7 5.Bb2 d6 6.h4 c6 7.c4 ⩲ +0.75 (35 ply)= +0.17 (37 ply)better is 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.Nh3 O-O 6.O-O d6 7.b3 Nc6 8.Bb2 e5 ⩲ +0.86 (29 ply)= +0.24 (30 ply) 5.Bg2 d6 6.Nc3 e6 7.O-O O-O 8.Be3 Ne4 9.Qc2 Nxc3 ⩲ +0.90 (28 ply) 5...O-O 6.Bg2 Nc6 7.a3 d6 8.d5 Ne5 9.Nxe5 dxe5 = -0.13 (30 ply) ⩲ +0.73 (29 ply) 7...a5 8.b5 cxb5 9.cxb5 a4 10.O-O O-O 11.d5 Qb6 12.Na3 = 0.00 (30 ply) ⩲ +0.97 (29 ply) after 8.Qb3 Nc7 9.Nc3 d5 10.c5 a5 11.b5 cxb5 12.Nxb5 a4 10...Nc7 11.a4 h6 12.e3 Bd7 13.Qb3 Rc8 14.Ne1 Be6 15.Qc2 ⩲ +0.52 (32 ply) ± +1.76 (33 ply)better is 13...Be6 14.Qc1 Bxc4 15.Qxc4+ Qf7 16.Qxf7+ Rxf7 17.h3 ⩲ +1.40 (33 ply) 14.Qc1 Be6 15.h3 Nh6 16.Nd6 Nf7 17.bxc5 Bd5 18.Rb1 Rab8 ± +1.90 (33 ply)= +0.30 (32 ply) 16...Ne4 17.Ba3 c5 18.Qc2 Nf7 19.Nfd2 Nxd2 20.Nxd2 Qxe5 ⩲ +0.72 (33 ply)better is 17.Ba3 Rfd8 18.Qc2 Nf7 19.e3 Bf8 20.Rab1 Bd5 21.Nd4 Bxg2 ± +1.57 (31 ply) 17...f4 18.Nd6 b6 19.Nd4 Bd5 20.Nxc6 Bxc6 21.Bxc6 Rad8 ⩲ +0.82 (30 ply) ± +2.32 (31 ply) 18...Be4 19.Qa2 Nf7 20.Rfd1 b6 21.a5 Bd5 22.Nd4 Bxe5 ± +1.75 (31 ply)better is 19.Nd4 Bxg2 20.Kxg2 b6 21.f4 Rfe8 22.Nb3 Rad8 23.Rad1 +- +3.26 (32 ply) ± +2.14 (30 ply) after 19...Rfd8 20.Nd3 b6 21.f4 Qe6 22.Nxc5 bxc5 23.Rac1 Rab8 20...Rfd8 21.Rc1 Qc7 22.Bxc5 bxc5 23.Ne3 Bf8 24.Nd3 Rac8 ± +2.25 (31 ply)+- +3.23 (32 ply)31...Nxc4 32.Qxc4+ Kh8 33.exd8=R Rxd8 34.Qf7 Qb8 35.Rc1 +- +9.77 (31 ply)1-0

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Jan-29-23  Messiah: 15...Nxc5 is dubious, I would recommend 15...Nf7.

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