Another borderline position

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Another borderline position

Post by Nordlandia »

May qualify for engine testing. White is better but it's not certain that the advantage is enough for winning.

[d]rn2k2r/4qppp/p2pp3/1pp5/8/1N1P2P1/PPP2P1P/RNBQ1bK1 w kq - 0 12

Analysis by Stockfish 060419 64 BMI2:

12.Qxf1 0-0 13.Be3 Nc6 14.Nc3 h6 15.f4 Qd7 16.Nd2 Nd4 17.Rc1 Nf5 18.Qf3 Rfc8 19.Nce4 Qe7 20.g4 Nxe3 21.Qxe3 a5 22.c4 d5 23.Nf2 Qd7 24.Nf3 Qb7 25.Qe2 a4 26.a3 bxc4 27.dxc4 d4 28.Nd3
White is better: +/- (0.95) Depth: 32/47 00:01:07 915MN
(Nordlandia,09.04.2019)

Recent engine game:

[pgn][Event "?"] [Site "https://lichess.org/jO4nmkPo"] [Date "2019.04.09"] [Round "?"] [White "komodo-12.3-64bit-bmi2"] [Black "Houdini 6"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [Variant "From Position"] [TimeControl "4500+30"] [ECO "?"] [Opening "?"] [Termination "Unknown"] [FEN "rn2k2r/4qppp/p2pp3/1pp5/8/1N1P2P1/PPP2P1P/RNBQ1bK1 w kq - 0 12"] [SetUp "1"] [Annotator "lichess.org"] 12. Qxf1 O-O 13. f4 Nd7 14. Be3 Rae8 15. a3 f5 16. Nc3 Nf6 17. Qf3 Qd7 18. Bf2 h6 19. Re1 Rf7 20. Nd2 g5 21. h3 Rg7 22. Kh2 Rg6 23. Nd1 Kh7 24. Ne3 Reg8 25. Ndf1 Qa7 26. Ng2 Qd7 27. Kg1 a5 28. Be3 R8g7 29. Bd2 b4 30. a4 Nd5 31. b3 Qf7 32. fxg5 hxg5 33. Nfe3 Ne7 34. Nc4 e5 35. g4 f4 36. Re2 Rh6 37. Ne1 Kg8 38. Rh2 Nd5 39. Qg2 Qe6 40. Nf3 Rhg6 41. Qf1 Qe8 42. Re2 Re6 43. Nxa5 Nb6 44. c3 bxc3 45. Bxc3 Nd5 46. Bd2 Nb6 47. Nc4 Nxc4 48. bxc4 Qxa4 49. Bc3 Ree7 50. Rf2 Qb3 51. Qc1 Qb8 52. Qe1 Ra7 53. Qe4 Ra3 54. Rb2 Qa8 55. Nd2 Qxe4 56. Nxe4 Ra6 57. Kg2 Rg6 58. Kf3 Kh7 59. Rb7+ Kg8 60. h4 gxh4 61. g5 h3 62. Rb2 Kf7 63. Rh2 Rb6 64. Rxh3 Rb1 65. Ba5 Ke6 66. Bc7 Re1 67. Bxd6 Re3+ 68. Kg4 Rxh3 69. Kxh3 Kf5 70. Bxc5 Rg8 71. Bb6 Rh8+ 72. Kg2 Ke6 73. c5 Rc8 74. Kf3 Kd5 { White wins. } 1-0[/pgn]

Lichess analysis - https://lichess.org/jO4nmkPo#22