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Nikita Vitiugov vs Andrei Volokitin
London Chess Classic (2023), London ENG, rd 1, Dec-01
Zukertort Opening: Nimzo-Larsen Variation (A04)  ·  1/2-1/2

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White to move.
ANALYSIS [x]
Notes by Stockfish 11 (minimum 6s/ply)better is 1...e6 2.d4 d5 3.c4 Nf6 4.Nc3 a6 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Bg5 = +0.10 (29 ply) 2.d4 d5 3.c4 e6 4.Nc3 c5 5.cxd5 cxd4 6.Qxd4 exd5 ⩲ +0.60 (34 ply)better is 2...d5 3.Bb2 Bg4 4.e3 e6 5.Be2 h6 6.O-O Bd6 7.c4 c6 = -0.20 (30 ply) 3.d4 Bg7 4.Bb2 O-O 5.e3 d5 6.Nbd2 e6 7.c4 b6 8.b4 ⩲ +0.51 (31 ply)= -0.32 (32 ply)better is 4...d6 5.Bg2 e5 6.O-O O-O 7.d3 Re8 8.c4 Nbd7 9.Nc3 = -0.27 (32 ply)= +0.47 (30 ply) 5...e6 6.Bg2 b6 7.O-O Bb7 8.d4 O-O 9.Nc3 d5 10.dxc5 = 0.00 (29 ply) ⩲ +0.88 (30 ply)better is 8.d3 Rb8 9.e3 O-O 10.Nc3 a6 11.Nd5 b5 12.Nd2 Ne7 13.a4 ⩲ +0.57 (30 ply)= 0.00 (35 ply) after 8...h6 9.d3 O-O 10.Nd2 Be6 11.Nde4 Nh5 12.Nd5 f5 9...Rb8 10.Nd2 a6 11.Nd5 Ne7 12.a4 Be6 13.Nxe7+ Qxe7 = -0.13 (30 ply)better is 10.Qd2 f5 11.e3 Bd7 12.Ne1 Nf6 13.Nc2 Qa5 14.a3 Rae8 ⩲ +0.69 (28 ply) 10...f5 11.Nd2 Be6 12.Rb1 Rb8 13.Nd5 Qd7 14.e3 Nc7 15.Qe2 = 0.00 (29 ply) 11.Nd2 Bg4 12.Qb1 Be6 13.e3 f5 14.Qc2 Nf6 15.Rae1 Bf7 ⩲ +0.93 (28 ply)= -0.27 (31 ply)better is 14.Rb1 b6 15.Ned5 Nxd5 16.Nxd5 Ne7 17.Nxe7+ Qxe7 18.Qd2 = +0.36 (29 ply)= -0.16 (31 ply) 15...h5 16.Qd2 h4 17.Bc3 h3 18.Be4 Kh7 19.e3 b5 20.b4 f5 = -0.17 (31 ply) ⩲ +0.75 (32 ply) 20.bxc5 dxc5 21.Ra7 b4 22.Bb2 Qd6 23.Qa1 Be6 24.Ra6 Rb6 ⩲ +1.00 (32 ply)= +0.13 (40 ply) 22...cxd3 23.Qxd3 Rbc8 24.Bb4 Rfd8 25.Bd5 Qe8 26.Bxd6 = +0.12 (38 ply) 23.Bh3 f5 24.dxe4 Rf7 25.exf5 gxf5 26.Bg2 Qe5 27.Ra6 Bc8 ⩲ +1.50 (34 ply)= 0.00 (39 ply)44...Qxe6 45.Qc7 Qf6 46.Kg1 Qf3 47.Qd8 Qf5 48.Qd1 Qf3 = 0.00 (56 ply)1/2-1/2

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