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Alexander Grischuk vs Evgeny Najer
Chigorin Memorial (1999), St. Petersburg RUS, rd 8, Nov-09
French Defense: Advance Variation. Paulsen Attack (C02)  ·  1-0

ANALYSIS [x]

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Apr-24-25  King.Arthur.Brazil: The king sees this line: 29. Nxg5 Rxg5 30. Nxf4 Qf7 31. Rh3+ Kg8 32. Rh6 Bc8 33. Qh3 Qg7 34. Bxe7 (a) 34... Qxe7 35. Rh8+ Kf7 36. Qh7+ Rg7 37. Qh5+ Rg6 38. Qxg6# (b) 34... Rg4 35. Bf6 Qd7 36. Rh8+ Kf7 37. Qh7+ and mate near. (c) 32... Bxa3 33. Nxe6 Be7 34. Qh3 Bf6 35. Nxg5 Bxg5 36. Rh8+ Kg7 37. Qh7# (d) 32... Bxa3 33. Nxe6 Bf8 34. Nxg5 Qe7 35. Rg6+ Bg7 36. Qxd5+ Kh8 37. Ne6 Qf7 38. Rxg7 Qh5 39. Qd8+ and mate next.
Apr-24-25  Walter Glattke: 29.Nxg5 Rxg5 30.Rh3+ Kg7 31.Nxf4 Bf7 32.e6 Bg8 33.Qxd5 Bxa3 34.Qe5+ Qf6 35.Qxb8 Be7 36,Qxb6 Bd8 37. Qc6 and c-pawn overroll or 37.-Qxd4!? 38.Qb7+ Kf8 40.Rd3 Qb6 41.e7+ Kf7 42.exd8N++ resign nice blitz, hope, it is correct.
Apr-24-25  mel gibson: I got the first ply right but it was only a guess so I can't claim it.

Stockfish 17 declines the Knight:

29. Nxg5

(29. Nxg5 (1.Nxg5 f3 2.Nxf3 Bxa3 3.Nf4 Bg8 4.Qxa3 Nd7 5.Qxf8 Nxf8 6.Rc6 Rb7 7.Nh4 Bh7 8.f3 Kg7 9.Kf2 Kg8 10.Ke3 Kf7 11.g3 Kg8 12.Nxd5 f4+ 13.gxf4 Bb1 14.f5 Ba2 ) +7.74/39 370)

score for White +7.74 depth 39.

if I force SF to accept the Knight:

29. Nxg5 Rxg5
30. Nxf4

(30. Nxf4 (1.Nxf4 Qg7 2.Rc7 Nd7 3.Qh3+ Qh7 4.Qxh7+ Kxh7 5.Nxe6 Bxa3 6.Nxg5+ Kg6 7.Nf3 Nf8 8.Rb7 Ne6 9.Kf1 Bb2 10.Rxb6 Kf7 11.Rd6 Ke7 12.Rxd5 Ba3 13.b6 Nd8 14.Rxa5 Nc6 ) +9.24/41 358)

score for White +9.24 depth 41.

When Black resigns SF says mate in 12

31. Rc7 Rg7

(1. ... Rg7 2.Bxe7 Qxe7 3.Qh3+ Bh7 4.Rxe7 Rxe7 5.Qh4 Rg7 6.e6 Na6 7.bxa6 Rc7 8.e7 Kg7 9.e8Q Rc1+ 10.Kh2 Rh1+ 11.Kxh1 Bg8 12.Qg6+ Kf8 13.Qd8+) -M12/63 45

White wins _ mate in 12.

Apr-24-25  vajeer: Found Nxg5. After that SF comes up with 29...f3 defense. Here 30. Nxf3 is the best but white can also continue with 30. Nxe6. Play may continue as 30... Rxg2+ 31. Kf1 Qh6 32. Ng1 Qh1 33. Rxf3 Qxg1+ 34. Ke2 Bh4 35. Qe3 Kg8 36. Qf4 Rg4 37. Qxf5 Re4+ 38. Re3 Rxe3+ 39. Kxe3 Nd7


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White is two pawns up and has connected d & f passed pawns. Just a matter of exchanging the queens for an easy end game. Score by engine is +5.89

Apr-24-25
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  scormus: Didn't get all of this one.What I thought was difficult is the number of choices for both players. It was obviously difficult for B to find the best defence.

I picked the first 4 text plies, even if it wasn't all best play. I thought about 31 Rc7 (1-0) as well, but wasn't sure. Turns out it was stronger than I thought.

Apr-24-25  Walter Glattke: Refined! 29.Nxg5 f3 30.Nxe6 Rxg7+ 31.Kf1 Qh6 32.Ng3 Rxg3 33.Rxf3 Rxf3 34.Qh1+ Ke2 35.Qxf3+ 36.Qxf3 Rxf3 37.Kxf3 Nxa3 one piece b) 32.Rxf3 Qh1+ 33. Ng1 Rxg1+ 34.Ke2 Re1+ 35.Kd2 Bh4 36.Bd6 Bxf2 37.Rh+ Kg8 38.Bxb8 Bh4 39.Re3 Qf2+ that's enough for today. For better moves ask the metal brain, please.
Apr-24-25
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  scormus: Seems that 30 ... Bg8?! was the move that turned a losing position into a lost one. According to SF16, 31 Rh3+, the other candidate in my mind, was also winning, but not as decisively as the text. Maybe not so as to provoke immediate resignation.

SF gives 30 ... Qg7 as the best way for B to stay in the game, but 31 Rc7 then pins the DSB. So 30 ... Bg8 was understandable. It covers h7 in case of 31 Rh3+, and avoids the pin on the DSB after 31 Rc7

Apr-24-25
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Apr-24-25  Cellist: I failed to see the correct continuation to 29. Nxg5, although of course I considered this move. I thought the straight-forward 29. Rc7 was winning (it is, +5); even 29. Bxe7 gives White a strong advantage (+3).

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