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Anish Giri vs Dmitry Jakovenko
Shenzhen Masters (2019), Shenzhen CHN, rd 10, Apr-27
Catalan Opening: Closed Variation (E06)  ·  1-0

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ANALYSIS [x]
Notes by Stockfish 9 v010218 (minimum 6s/ply)10.Ne3 was played in Gelfand vs Adams, 2013 (1-0)better is 19...Ra8 20.a4 bxa4 21.Ra3 c5 22.Nxc5 Bc6 23.N3xa4 Ra5 = +0.12 (23 ply) ⩲ +0.64 (25 ply)better is 42.Na4 Nd7 43.Nc3 Nc5 44.Nb5+ Kd7 45.Nd4 Kd6 46.Nd3 Ne4 ⩲ +1.30 (29 ply) ⩲ +0.80 (30 ply)better is 65.h4 Bh5 66.Na4+ Kc6 67.Ne5+ Kb5 68.Kb2 Nf7 69.Nc3+ Kc5 ± +1.77 (32 ply) ⩲ +1.05 (31 ply) after 65...Kc6 66.h4 Kb6 67.Kc2 h5 68.Kd2 Kc6 69.b4 Nc4+ 70.Ke2 73...Be4+ 74.Nd3 Kc6 75.Nc3 Bg2 76.Ne5+ Kc5 77.Na4+ Kb5 ⩲ +1.03 (33 ply)better is 74.Kd3 h5 75.Kd4 Nf6 76.Nd3 Kc6 77.Nc3 Kd6 78.b4 Ng4 ± +1.99 (32 ply) ⩲ +1.44 (32 ply)better is 75.Nf7 h5 76.Ng5 Bd5 77.Ne2 Nf6 78.Kc3 Kd6 79.b4 Bc6 ± +1.57 (32 ply) ⩲ +1.05 (33 ply)better is 76.Ne5 Kc5 77.Na4+ Kd6 78.b4 Bf1 79.Nc3 Nf6 80.Kd2 Kc7 ⩲ +1.48 (33 ply) ⩲ +0.92 (33 ply)better is 79.Nf7+ Ke7 80.Ng5 Bg2 81.Ke2 Nd7 82.e4 fxe4 83.Ngxe4 ⩲ +1.47 (27 ply)better is 79...Nd7 80.Nb5+ Kd5 81.Nd4 Bh3 82.Nb2 Nb6 83.b5 Bf1 ⩲ +0.90 (29 ply)better is 80.Nc5 Nh7 81.Nb5+ Ke7 82.Nd3 Nf6 83.Nd4 Ne4+ 84.Ke1 Nf6 ⩲ +1.43 (29 ply) 80...Bf1 81.b6 Nd7 82.Na4 Bxd3 83.Kxd3 Kc6 84.Kd4 Kb5 ⩲ +0.70 (27 ply) 81.Ne2 Bf3 82.Ng3 Nh2 83.b6 Kc6 84.b7 Kc7 85.Nc5 Bd5 ± +1.61 (27 ply) 81...Be4 82.Nc3 Bxd3 83.Kxd3 Kc5 84.e4 Nf6 85.Ke3 Kc4 ⩲ +0.71 (24 ply) ± +1.84 (24 ply) after 82.Ne5 Bf1 83.b6 Ba6 84.Kc3 Nd5+ 85.Kd4 Nb4 86.Nf7+ Ke7 82...Bf1 83.Nab2 Kd5 84.b6 Bxd3 85.Nxd3 Ne4+ 86.Kb4 Kc6 ± +1.54 (30 ply) ± +2.49 (26 ply) after 83.Kb4 Bf1 84.Ne5 Nf6 85.Nb6 Ne4 86.Nbc4+ Kc7 87.Nf7 97...Nf3 98.Kxe4 Nxh4 99.b7+ Kc7 100.f5 Kb8 101.f6 Ng6 +- +132.70 (35 ply)1-0

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Kibitzer's Corner
Apr-29-21  Whitehat1963: Jakovenko gets outmaneuvered in a long endgame. That certainly doesn’t happen every day.
Apr-29-21
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  perfidious: Excellent manoeuvring game by Giri.
Apr-30-21  Atking: To see Ne5 will be stronger than LSB in long term right at the opening shows a deep positional sense.

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