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Arjun Erigaisi vs Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa
Meltwater Champions Chess Tour Finals (2022) (rapid), chess24.com INT, rd 7, Nov-20
Van Geet (Dunst) Opening: Napoleon Attack (A00)  ·  1-0

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ANALYSIS [x]
Notes by Stockfish 11 (minimum 30s/ply) 1...d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.Bf4 e6 4.Nb5 Na6 5.e3 Be7 6.Nf3 = -0.42 (38 ply) ⩲ +0.58 (38 ply)better is 3.e4 Nf6 4.Bb5 Bc5 5.O-O d6 6.d4 exd4 7.Nxd4 Bd7 ⩲ +0.52 (36 ply)= 0.00 (44 ply) 6...Bb4 7.Qf3 Ne5 8.Qf4 Bxc3+ 9.bxc3 d6 10.Bb5+ c6 = +0.28 (35 ply) 7.Bxf6 Qxf6 8.Nd5 Qd8 9.Nb5 Bb6 10.a4 d6 11.b4 a6 ⩲ +1.08 (45 ply) 7...Nxd4 8.exd4 Be7 9.Bd3 O-O 10.O-O d5 11.Re1 c6 = 0.00 (44 ply) ⩲ +0.83 (43 ply) 10...Kh8 11.Qg3 Qd6 12.Bxf6 Qxf6 13.Nxd5 Qd6 14.O-O-O = +0.40 (34 ply) ⩲ +1.30 (40 ply) 13...Ng6 14.Ng4 d4 15.exd4 Re8+ 16.Be2 Ne4 17.Nxe4 Rxe4 = +0.37 (40 ply) ± +1.58 (43 ply) 16.Bc4 Qf5 17.Qxf5 Bxf5 18.Bg3 Bxg3 19.fxg3 Rad8 20.Nf2 ± +1.77 (42 ply) ⩲ +0.95 (42 ply) 17...Qf5 18.Qxf5 Bxf5 19.Bc3 Be6 20.O-O-O a5 21.a3 f5 ⩲ +0.92 (40 ply)+- mate-in-10; 18...Kh8 19.Nxf7+ Kg8 20.Nh6+ Kh8 21.Nf5+ Kg8 22.Qxg6 +- mate-in-91-0

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Nov-21-22  Andrew Chapman: 17.. Qa4 is a strange blunder. White is still only +1 if Qf5. Why depart voluntarily into Siberia?
Nov-21-22
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  keypusher: <Andrew Chapman: 17.. Qa4 is a strange blunder. White is still only +1 if Qf5. Why depart voluntarily into Siberia?>

He probably wanted to get his queen off the diagonal so he could play ...Bxg4. He must have missed White's 18th move.

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