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Vladimir Petrov vs Teodors Bergs
1st Reiner Cafe t (1928), Riga LAT, rd 3, Nov-11
Nimzo-Indian Defense: Three Knights Variation (E21)  ·  1-0

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White to move.
ANALYSIS [x]
Notes by Stockfish 11 (minimum 15s/ply)better is 2.Nf3 e6 3.Nbd2 d5 4.b3 Bd6 5.e3 O-O 6.Bb2 Nbd7 = +0.30 (42 ply)= -0.27 (36 ply)better is 3...d5 4.Nc3 c6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.Bd3 dxc4 = -0.13 (42 ply)= +0.47 (38 ply) after 4.Bd2 Be7 5.Nc3 d5 6.Qc2 O-O 7.Bf4 dxc4 8.e3 Nd5 better is 4...b6 5.Qc2 Bb7 6.e3 c5 7.dxc5 bxc5 8.a3 Ba5 9.Be2 = +0.07 (32 ply) ⩲ +0.65 (37 ply)better is 5...Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 f5 7.Nd2 Nxd2 8.Bxd2 O-O 9.e4 d6 = +0.15 (35 ply) ⩲ +0.74 (32 ply)better is 6...c6 7.Bd3 f5 8.O-O Nd7 9.Ne2 O-O 10.b3 Qf6 11.h4 = +0.30 (32 ply) ⩲ +1.00 (36 ply)better is 8.Bd2 Nxd2 9.Nxd2 c6 10.O-O Nd7 11.a3 Be7 12.Rac1 Nf6 ⩲ +0.96 (35 ply) 8...c6 9.Ne2 Qe7 10.a3 Bd6 11.b4 Nd7 12.Bb2 Qf6 13.h4 = +0.24 (35 ply) ⩲ +1.49 (36 ply)better is 9...Nc6 10.cxd5 exd5 11.Ba3 Rf6 12.c4 Be6 13.Rab1 Rb8 ⩲ +1.20 (36 ply) ± +1.79 (39 ply) after 10.cxd5 exd5 11.c4 c6 12.a4 Rf7 13.Qb3 Ndf6 14.Ne5 Rc7 better is 13...Rb8 14.Rb2 Be6 15.Rfb1 b6 16.c5 Ng4 17.Qc1 Ra8 ⩲ +1.39 (34 ply)better is 14.cxd5 cxd5 15.h3 Re6 16.Ne5 Nd7 17.Rfc1 Nxe5 18.dxe5 ± +2.04 (36 ply) 14...Ng4 15.Nf3 a6 16.cxd5 cxd5 17.h3 Nh6 18.Ne5 Nf7 ⩲ +1.40 (37 ply)+- +2.74 (37 ply) after 15.cxd5 Nxd5 16.Bxe4 fxe4 17.f3 Be6 18.Rxb7 Nxe3 19.Qd2 21...Rad8 22.Be5 Re7 23.Rfb1 Rxb7 24.Rxb7 Rd7 25.Rb8+ +- +2.67 (38 ply)+- +4.73 (39 ply) after 22.Be5 Rad8 23.Rc1 Nxa2 24.Rcb1 Rd7 25.Rxd7 Bxd7 26.Bc4+ +- mate-in-7 after 24...Bf7 25.Bxf7+ Kh8 26.Bxe8 Nc1 27.Rcc7 Ne2+ 27...a6 28.Be5 a5 29.Rg7+ Kf8 30.Rxh7 Nb4 31.Kf1 Re6 +- +3.63 (35 ply)+- +6.43 (41 ply); 28...Rf8 29.f3 a6 30.Ba5 Rf7 31.Rb1 Rd7 32.Ra1 Rxd5 +- +5.93 (35 ply)1-0

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