whiteshark: < Balmo: I'm surely missing something but what happens after 15.Nxc5? < gambler: for example: 15. Nxc5 Qh4 16. h3 d6 and black should be winning back the piece with a better position >>
 click for larger view Black to move 1) -0.33 (32 ply) 15...Qh4 16.h3 d6 17.Ne6 Rexe6 18.Bd3 Re8 19.Qf2 Qf6 20.Kh2 Bf5 21.Qc2 Bxd3 22.Qxd3 Qe6 23.Bd2 Qe4 24.Qxe4 Rxe4 25.b4 a4 26.Rac1 f5 27.Kg3 Ne7 28.Kf2 d5 29.c5 d4 30.Rfe1 Nd5 31.exd4 Rxd4 32.Be3 Rd3 33.Red1 Rxe3 34.Rxd5 2) -0.27 (32 ply) 15...d6 16.Ne6 Qh4 17.h3 Rexe6 18.Bd3 Re8 19.Qf2 Qf6 20.Kh2 Bf5 21.Qc2 Bxd3 22.Qxd3 Qe6 23.Bd2 Qe4 24.Qd5 Rhe6 25.Rac1 Ne7 26.Qxa5 Nf5 27.Qd5 c6 28.Qxe4 Rxe4 29.Rfd1 Nxe3 30.Bxe3 Rxe3 31.Rc3 Re2 32.Rxd6 Rxb2 33.Rd7 3) +2.23 (31 ply) 15...d5 16.g3 Qe7 17.Nd3 Bf5 18.Bf3 Be4 19.Bd2 Rd8 20.c5 d4 21.Qc4 Bxf3+ 22.Rxf3 Qe4 23.Ne1 Re6 24.Kg1 dxe3 25.Qxe4 exd2 26.Qb1 Rxe1+ 27.Qxe1 dxe1=Q+ 28.Rxe1 f6 29.Rb3 Nd4 30.Rxb7 Nf3+ 31.Kf2 Nxe1 32.Kxe1 Rd3 33.Rxc7 = = = = = = = = = = = =
<15.Nxc5 Qh4 16.h3 d6>
 click for larger view White to move 1) =0.00 (32 ply) 17.Ne6 Bxe6 18.f5 Bd7 19.Bd2 Nd4 20.exd4 Rxe2 21.Rae1 Qxh3+ 22.gxh3 Rxh3+ 23.Kg1 Rg3+ 24.Kh1 Rh3+ 2) -0.19 (31 ply) 17.f5 dxc5 18.Bd2 b6 19.Rad1 Qe7 20.b3 Rd6 21.Bf3 Ne5 22.Bd5 a4 23.bxa4 Ba6 24.f6 gxf6 25.Rf4 c6 26.Bf3 Red8 27.Bc3 Nxf3 28.Rxd6 Qxd6 29.gxf3 Qd1+ 30.Qxd1 Rxd1+ 31.Kg2 Rd3 32.Bxf6 Bc8 33.Kf2 Be6 34.Rh4 Rxa3 3) -0.51 (31 ply) 17.Kg1 dxc5 18.Bf3 Qg3 19.Qf2 Rxh3 20.Qxg3 Rxg3 21.Bh5 Bg4 22.Kf2 Rxg2+ 23.Kxg2 Bxh5 24.Bd2 Be2 25.Rfc1 b6 26.Kf2 Bd3 27.Bc3 f6 28.Rd1 Bxc4 29.Rd7 Re7 30.Rxe7 Nxe7 31.e4 Bb3 32.Rh1 h6 33.f5 Kf7 34.Ke3 Nc6 35.Rh3 c4 36.Rg3 Bc2 all 6.0 minute analysis by Stockfish 9 v010218
<and black gets the piece back with an equal position> fixed it 4 u |