This Minic win versus Ethereal was unexpected so I looked at it deeper.
It seems both engine agree that the position is quite highly in favor of white here. SF even scores it +2.5 !
Of course, if many games are played and/or I let both side play this as white, this will be fine.
But I wonder if this last a5 move shall really be "in book" ?
Any recommendation for another a long book file by the way ?
https://lichess.org/0Cua8qFG#23
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[Event "My Tournament"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2020.03.30"]
[Round "7"]
[White "minic_dev"]
[Black "Ethereal"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B47"]
[GameDuration "00:01:29"]
[GameEndTime "2020-03-30T16:54:24.537 CEST"]
[GameStartTime "2020-03-30T16:52:54.840 CEST"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[PlyCount "151"]
[TimeControl "30+0.3"]
[Variation "Taimanov (Bastrikov) Variation"]
1. e4 {book} c5 {book} 2. Nf3 {book} e6 {book} 3. d4 {book} cxd4 {book}
4. Nxd4 {book} Nc6 {book} 5. Nc3 {book} Qc7 {book} 6. Be2 {book} a6 {book}
7. O-O {book} Nf6 {book} 8. Be3 {book} Bb4 {book} 9. Nxc6 {book} bxc6 {book}
10. Qd3 {book} O-O {book} 11. f4 {book} Bxc3 {book} 12. bxc3 {book} a5 {book}
13. e5 {+1.46/19 1.1s} Nd5 {-1.51/21 1.6s} 14. Bc5 {+1.66/20 1.6s}
Re8 {-1.56/20 0.78s} 15. Qd4 {+1.67/22 1.6s} Ne7 {-1.61/20 0.72s}
16. Rfd1 {+1.70/18 1.1s} Qd8 {-1.49/20 2.0s} 17. Rab1 {+1.97/18 1.5s}
f6 {-1.70/19 0.99s} 18. a4 {+1.83/15 1.4s} fxe5 {-1.34/19 1.8s}
19. fxe5 {+1.86/18 1.2s} Nf5 {-2.07/21 1.8s} 20. Qg4 {+1.73/19 1.1s}
Qh4 {-1.53/21 0.75s} 21. Qxh4 {+1.82/22 0.91s} Nxh4 {-1.41/20 0.67s}
22. Bh5 {+1.66/21 1.2s} g6 {-1.56/20 0.73s} 23. Be2 {+1.78/19 1.2s}
Nf5 {-1.73/22 1.2s} 24. Bd3 {+2.01/17 0.69s} Kg7 {-1.52/20 1.3s}
25. Rb6 {+2.02/19 0.62s} Nh6 {-1.62/22 1.6s} 26. Re1 {+1.90/20 0.68s}
Nf7 {-1.68/19 0.74s} 27. h3 {+1.96/19 0.83s} h5 {-1.79/19 0.86s}
28. g3 {+2.42/17 1.00s} Kh7 {-1.90/19 0.86s} 29. Kh2 {+2.50/17 0.82s}
Rg8 {-2.04/20 2.0s} 30. Bd4 {+2.33/20 0.95s} Rg7 {-2.05/22 2.0s}
31. Rf1 {+2.53/19 0.92s} Nh6 {-1.99/20 0.66s} 32. Kg2 {+2.26/18 0.88s}
Nf5 {-1.99/20 0.69s} 33. Bc5 {+2.34/20 0.53s} Nh6 {-2.10/21 0.47s}
34. Be3 {+2.28/21 0.83s} Nf7 {-1.98/21 0.71s} 35. Bd4 {+2.25/20 0.47s}
Ng5 {-1.99/21 2.1s} 36. g4 {+2.37/17 0.49s} h4 {-2.27/20 0.72s}
37. Rf6 {+2.57/18 0.46s} Nf7 {-2.24/22 0.66s} 38. Bxg6+ {+2.94/19 0.74s}
Rxg6 {-2.12/21 0.44s} 39. Rxf7+ {+2.94/21 0.49s} Kg8 {-1.94/20 0.58s}
40. Rf4 {+2.97/21 0.73s} Rg5 {-2.05/20 0.80s} 41. Re4 {+3.08/24 0.47s}
Rg7 {-2.29/21 0.42s} 42. Bf2 {+3.09/22 0.60s} Rh7 {-2.21/20 0.69s}
43. c4 {+3.07/20 0.68s} Ba6 {-2.13/19 0.60s} 44. c5 {+3.04/20 0.40s}
Kg7 {-2.38/19 0.52s} 45. Be1 {+2.89/20 0.48s} Kg6 {-2.56/19 0.59s}
46. Rf4 {+3.17/19 0.45s} Kg7 {-2.47/20 0.47s} 47. Kf2 {+2.92/20 0.45s}
Kg8 {-2.33/19 0.43s} 48. Kg1 {+2.88/20 0.57s} Be2 {-2.14/19 0.50s}
49. Rb2 {+3.01/18 0.36s} Rf7 {-2.16/20 1.0s} 50. Rxf7 {+3.26/18 0.60s}
Kxf7 {-2.13/21 0.51s} 51. Rb7 {+2.80/21 0.58s} Kg6 {-2.01/18 0.34s}
52. Rxd7 {+3.35/20 0.43s} Bf3 {-2.07/19 0.37s} 53. Bxh4 {+3.91/18 0.48s}
Rh8 {-1.83/19 0.52s} 54. Bf6 {+4.43/20 0.55s} Rh7 {-2.84/22 0.44s}
55. Rxh7 {+5.35/27 0.32s} Kxh7 {-2.69/25 0.28s} 56. Kh2 {+5.71/31 0.45s}
Bd1 {-4.57/22 0.89s} 57. c3 {+5.51/32 0.30s} Kg6 {-7.69/24 1.4s}
58. Bd8 {+5.14/31 0.30s} Be2 {-9.68/24 1.2s} 59. Kg3 {+5.52/31 0.30s}
Kg7 {-13.07/23 0.98s} 60. Bxa5 {+6.51/28 0.30s} Bd1 {-16.14/23 1.5s}
61. Bd8 {+13.65/31 1.5s} Kf8 {-7.06/21 0.30s} 62. a5 {+15.49/21 0.45s}
Be2 {-11.27/18 0.30s} 63. h4 {+18.91/23 1.6s} Ke8 {-17.30/19 0.30s}
64. Bf6 {+19.07/21 0.37s} Kf8 {-19.37/19 0.30s} 65. h5 {+20.60/19 0.24s}
Kf7 {-20.82/18 0.30s} 66. g5 {+27.02/19 0.38s} Ke8 {-22.90/17 0.30s}
67. g6 {+66.31/20 0.37s} Bd3 {-30.93/17 0.30s} 68. a6 {+M17/24 0.20s}
Bxa6 {-M16/34 0.30s} 69. h6 {+M15/25 0.23s} Kd7 {-M14/39 0.19s}
70. h7 {+M13/27 0.26s} Kc8 {-M12/43 0.21s} 71. h8=Q+ {+M11/28 0.24s}
Kb7 {-M10/49 0.28s} 72. g7 {+M9/31 0.21s} Bd3 {-M8/51 0.17s}
73. g8=Q {+M7/36 0.22s} Ka6 {-M6/64 0.30s} 74. Qb8 {+M5/55 0.22s}
Ka5 {-M4/105 0.19s} 75. Qb6+ {+M3/121 0.028s} Ka4 {-M2/81 0.19s}
76. Qb4# {+M1/121 0.003s, White mates} 1-0