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Alireza Firouzja vs Fabiano Caruana
Superbet Romania Chess Classic (2024), Bucharest ROU, rd 1, Jun-26
Indian Game: General (A45)  ·  0-1

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ANALYSIS [x]
Notes by Stockfish 11 (minimum 30s/ply)better is 3.e3 Bb7 4.c4 e6 5.Nc3 Be7 6.Qc2 O-O 7.Rd1 Nh5 ⩲ +0.70 (36 ply)better is 3...e6 4.a3 Be7 5.Nc3 d5 6.cxd5 Nxd5 7.Nxd5 exd5 = 0.00 (31 ply) ⩲ +0.62 (37 ply) 4...e6 5.a3 Nh5 6.Bc1 Nf6 = 0.00 (40 ply) ⩲ +0.87 (36 ply) after 5.d5 e5 6.Bc1 Nbd7 7.e4 c6 8.Bd3 Nc5 9.dxc6 Bxc6 better is 5...e6 6.d5 g6 7.e4 Bg7 8.Be2 O-O 9.O-O Re8 10.Re1 = +0.46 (36 ply) 6.Qc2 Nh5 7.Bg5 h6 8.Bd2 Bg7 9.d5 a5 10.e4 Na6 11.Be2 ⩲ +1.09 (37 ply)better is 6...e5 7.Bd2 Nbd7 8.Qc2 c6 9.e4 Bg7 10.Be3 Rc8 11.Be2 = +0.16 (37 ply) ⩲ +0.78 (36 ply)better is 8.Be2 Nbd7 9.O-O Nc5 10.Qc2 a5 11.Rad1 e5 12.Bg5 h6 ⩲ +0.75 (35 ply) 8...a6 9.O-O c6 10.a4 Nbd7 11.Re1 Re8 12.Qd2 Rc8 = +0.22 (35 ply)better is 9.Bg5 h6 10.Be3 Nbd7 11.O-O c6 12.Re1 Nc5 13.Bc2 Rc8 ⩲ +1.09 (36 ply)better is 9...Nh5 10.Bg5 Qc8 11.Be3 a5 12.Bc2 Na6 13.O-O Nb4 = +0.41 (38 ply) ⩲ +0.93 (38 ply) after 10.O-O Nh5 11.h3 Nf4 12.Bc2 c6 13.g3 Nh5 14.Kg2 cxd5 better is 10...c6 11.O-O Na6 12.Re1 Qb8 13.Bc2 cxd5 14.cxd5 Bc8 ⩲ +0.52 (36 ply) 11.O-O c6 12.Re1 Qb8 13.h3 Rd8 14.Bc2 Nc7 15.Be3 b5 16.b3 ⩲ +1.13 (39 ply) 11...c6 12.O-O Nc7 13.b3 b5 14.h3 Qd7 15.Re1 Rfb8 16.Bd3 = +0.17 (37 ply) ⩲ +1.19 (37 ply) after 12.O-O Bc8 13.Ba4 Rb8 14.Re1 Bd7 15.b3 Nc7 16.Qe2 Nh5 better is 14.O-O Ba6 15.Qe2 Nh5 16.Rfb1 Nf4 17.Qf1 Bc8 18.h3 Bd7 ⩲ +1.18 (39 ply)better is 14...Ba6 15.Bd3 Qe8 16.Qd2 b5 17.b3 Kh7 18.O-O b4 19.Ne2 ⩲ +0.59 (37 ply) ⩲ +1.10 (36 ply) after 15.O-O Nh5 16.Ba4 Ba6 17.Nd2 Rb8 18.Rb1 Bc8 19.Re1 Nf4 better is 15...h5 16.Qe2 Rb8 17.O-O Nh7 18.Nd2 Ng5 19.Kh2 Qe7 ⩲ +1.17 (37 ply) ± +1.78 (37 ply)better is 16...Qe8 17.a4 Na6 18.O-O-O Nb4 19.Kb1 Rh8 20.Rdg1 Kg8 ⩲ +1.34 (36 ply) ± +1.96 (40 ply) after 17.a4 Rh8 18.O-O-O Kg8 19.Rdg1 Na6 20.Bd1 Nb4 21.Nh2 Qf8 17...Nh5 18.gxh6 Bf6 19.a4 Na6 20.O-O-O Nb4 21.Rdg1 Nxc2 ± +1.65 (45 ply) 18.Nxg5+ Kg8 19.a4 Nh5 20.O-O-O Bd7 21.Rdg1 Ne8 22.Bd1 +- +2.60 (36 ply)= 0.00 (39 ply) 20.Nh2 Bh5 21.Bd1 Bxd1 22.Qxd1 Qd7 23.Bxf6 Bxf6 24.Ng4 ⩲ +0.80 (38 ply)= 0.00 (41 ply) after 20...b4 21.axb4 axb4 22.Nb5 Nxb5 23.cxb5 Rh8 24.Nh2 Bxd1 30.Nb5 Nxb5 31.cxb5 f4 32.Qg2 Kf7 33.Qh1 Rxb5 34.Ra8 Kg6 = 0.00 (52 ply) ⩱ -1.49 (44 ply) 32.f3 Qc8 33.Kf2 Ne8 34.Qh3 f5 35.Ra7 fxe4 36.fxe4 Nf6 ⩱ -1.18 (44 ply) ∓ -2.00 (45 ply) after 32...f5 33.f3 Qg6 34.Ra7 Ne8 35.Qg2 Qxg2+ 36.Kxg2 fxe4 34.f3 Qd7 35.b3 Nc7 36.Qh5 Ne8 37.Be1 Kf8 38.Ne2 f5 ∓ -1.57 (43 ply)-+ -3.33 (54 ply) 38.Ke2 Nf6 39.Be1 g3 40.Kf1 Nh7 41.Ne2 Nf8 42.Kg2 Ng6 -+ -2.67 (52 ply)-+ -6.92 (48 ply)60.Nc1 b3 61.Nxb3 Nxb3 62.Kf3 Bd4 63.Ke4 Na5 64.d6+ Ke6 -+ mate-in-210-1

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Kibitzer's Corner
Jun-26-24
Premium Chessgames Member
  MissScarlett: Who the !@#$ does Fabi think he is!?
Jun-26-24  sudoplatov: Checking with Stockfish, it seems that Ali lost the thread somewhere around move 18. Ng5+ seems a bit better (a Pawnsworth). Stockfish never chooses my idea of Ba4 and swapping the Bad Bishop for the supposed Good Bishop. White drifts from having a Space advantage to Black's having the Spatial advantage an an extra Pawn. It was enough to overcome the now White's Good Bishop vs Black's Bad Bishop.
Jun-28-24  Voice without Words: Why did bro sacrifice his bishop? Weird calculation
Jun-28-24
Premium Chessgames Member
  perfidious: A more prosaic method loses to ....Nd2, when the resultant ending is easily won for Black, as the b-pawn cannot be stopped.

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