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Luke McShane vs Vladimir Hamitevici
Chennai Olympiad (2022), Chennai IND, rd 11, Aug-09
Pirc Defense: General (B07)  ·  0-1

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ANALYSIS [x]
0-1

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Kibitzer's Corner
Aug-11-22  Saniyat24: The Hamitevici bomb explosion...!
Aug-11-22  Saniyat24: Luke Mcshane needed to play 41.Qh2 instead of 41.Rf1...!
Aug-11-22  whiteshark: The critical game of this last round match Moldova vs England.


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White to move

1) +2.88 (36 ply) 34.Rdd1 g5 35.Qg3 h6 36.Ra1 Nd5 37.Qg4 Rf6 38.a5 Kg7 39.a6 Qa7 40.Ra5 Rd8 41.Kh2 Rxa6 42.Rxa6 Qxa6 43.Rxe5 Qf6 44.Qxd4 Qf4+ 45.Qxf4 gxf4 46.Re4 Rc8 47.Rd4 Ne3 48.Rxf4 Nxc2 49.Kg3 Rd8 50.Ne5 Rd2 51.Rf7+ Kg8 52.Rb7 Ne3 53.Ng4 Rxg2+ 54.Kf4 Nxg4 55.hxg4 Kf8 56.Kf5 Rh2 57.Rxb4

2) +2.69 (36 ply) 34.a5 Kg7 35.Qf2 Re7 36.Rdd1 Nd5 37.a6 Qa7 38.Ra1 Re6 39.Qd2 Rxa6 40.Rxa6 Qxa6 41.Nxe5 Qb6 42.Ng4 Ne3 43.Nxe3 dxe3 44.Qxe3 Qxe3+ 45.Rxe3 Rc5 46.Re4 Rxc2 47.Rxb4 Rc7 48.Kh2 Kf6 49.Rb5 Ke6 50.Kg3 Kd6 51.Kf4 Kc6 52.Rb4 Rf7+ 53.Kg5 Kd5 54.f4 Kc6 55.Rc4+ Kd6 56.b4 Rb7

3) +2.68 (36 ply) 34.Kh2 g5 35.Qg3 h5 36.a5 Re6 37.h4 g4 38.a6 Re7 39.a7 Rxa7 40.Rxe5 Rxe5 41.Qxe5 Qxe5+ 42.Nxe5 gxf3 43.gxf3 Nd5 44.Nc6 Rg7 45.Nxd4 Ne3 46.Kh3 Rd7 47.Re2 Rxd4 48.Rxe3 Rd2 49.Re8+ Kg7 50.Rc8 Kf6 51.Rc5 Kg7 52.Kg3 Kg6 53.Rc4 Kf7 54.Kf4 Ke7 55.Kf5 Rd5+ 56.Ke4

6.0 minute analysis by Stockfish 11 v064

That's why Moldova unexpectedly became 6th and England only 14th.

Aug-12-22  au contraire: C’était un tournoi très surprenant. L’Inde, pays hôte, avait deux équipes qui terminaient devant les États-Unis d’Amérique et l’Europe.

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