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[Event "7.Qf3 d6 Taimanov analysis"]
[Site "Chesspublishing.com forum"]
[Date "2017.01.01"]
[Round "?"]
[White "8.Nxc6"]
[Black "12...e5"]
[Result "*"]
[EventDate "2017.01.01"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 Qc7 7.Qf3 d6 8.Nxc6 bxc6 9.Qg3 Nf6 10.Be2 Be7 11.h4 Rb8 12.O-O-O e5 
    ( 12...O-O?! 13.h5 Ne8 14.h6 g6 15.Kb1 {(+/ = ) Looks slightly better for white.} )
13.Kb1 
    ( 13.h5 Be6 14.f3 h6 15.Kb1 Kf8 16.b3 a5 17.Bc1 Kg8 18.Bb2 Rb4!? 
        ( 18...Nd7 19.f4 exf4 {White now at least has a couple of interesting tactical options based on the g7 weakness.} )
        ( 18...Kh7 19.Bd3 Rhg8 20.Nd5!? Bxd5 21.exd5+ Kh8 22.f4 e4 23.Bc4 {Should be better for white.} )
    19.f4 a4 20.fxe5 {With a real struggle.} )
    ( 13.b3?! Be6 14.Kb2 d5 15.Kb1 h6 { Black should be OK.} )
13...Be6 14.Bc1!? Qa5 
    ( 14...O-O 15.h5 Ne8 16.h6 g6 17.Rhf1 f5 18.Qh3 d5 19.exd5 cxd5 20.Nxd5 Bxd5 21.Rxd5 Nf6 22.Rdd1 {(+/ = ) Should be good for white in the long run.} )
    ( 14...d5 15.f4 d4 16.f5 Bxf5 17.Rxd4 Be6 18.h5 O-O 19.Ra4 {(+/ = ) Black lacks dynamism.} )
    ( 14...h5 15.b3 g6 
        ( 15...c5 16.Bb2 c4 17.Nd5 Bxd5 18.exd5 Ne4 19.Qe3 c3 20.Ba1 f5 21.Bd3 O-O 22.Bxe4 fxe4 23.Bxc3 Rbc8 24.Rh3 {(+/ = )} )
        ( 15...a5 16.Qxg7 Rg8 17.Qh6 Rg6 18.Qe3 Rxg2 19.f4 {(+/ = )} )
        ( 15...d5 16.f4 {(+/ - )} )
    16.Ba3 a5 17.f4 Bg4 18.Bf3 {(+/ = ) With mild pressure.} )
15.b3 c5 16.Bb2 
    ( 16.Bg5 c4 17.Bxf6 Bxf6 18.Nd5 Qa4 19.Nc7+ Ke7 20.Nxe6 fxe6 21.Qe3 Rhc8 22.Ka1 cxb3 23.cxb3 Qb4 {(=)} )
    ( 16.Bd2 Qa3 )
16...c4 17.Nd5 
    ( 17.Qe3!? O-O 18.g4 cxb3 19.axb3 Bxb3!? 20.cxb3 Rxb3 21.Bc4 Rb4 22.Nd5 Rxc4 23.Nxe7+ Kh8 24.f3 Rb8 25.Rc1 Rxb2+ 26.Kxb2 Rb4+ 27.Kc2 h5! 28.Nf5 
        ( 28.g5 Nxe4 29.fxe4 Qa4+ 30.Kd2 Rd4+ 31.Ke2 Rxe4 32.Rhf1 Rxe3+ 33.Kxe3 Qd4+ 34.Ke2 Qg4+ 35.Kd2 Qd4+ 36.Ke2 Qg4+ 37.Kd2 Qd4+ 38.Ke2 {(=) Draw by perpetual.} )
    28...hxg4 29.Qg5 Ne8 30.Qh5+ Kg8 31.Ne7+ Kf8 32.Nf5 Kg8 33.Ne7+ Kf8 34.Nf5 Kg8 {(=) Draw by perpetual.} )
17...Bxd5 18.exd5 cxb3 19.axb3 O-O 20.f4 Ne4 21.Qe3 f5 22.fxe5 dxe5 23.Bf3 
    ( 23.d6!? Bxd6 24.Bf3 Ba3!? 25.Bxe4 fxe4 26.Qxe4 Bxb2 27.Qc4+ Rf7 28.Kxb2 Qb5 29.Qc3 {(=) to (+/ = )} )
23...Bc5 24.Qe2 Nc3+ 25.Bxc3 Qxc3 26.Rd3 Qb4 27.Qxe5 Bd6 28.Qc3 a5 29.Qxb4 axb4 30.Re1 {(+/ = ) to (=) The advantage white has seems marginal.} *