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[Event "Lagrave-Anand analysis"]
[Site "Chesspub forum"]
[Date "2018.04.04"]
[Round "?"]
[White "7.Qf3"]
[Black "Taimanov line with 8...Ne5"]
[Result "*"]
[EventDate "2018.04.04"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Be3 Qc7 7.Qf3 Nf6 8.O-O-O Ne5 9.Qg3 b5 10.a3 Bb7 11.Bxb5 Rc8 12.Ba4 Nxe4 13.Nxe4 Bxe4 14.Bf4 Qc4 15.Bxe5 Qxa4 16.Rd2 Bg6 17.Bd6 
    ( 17.h4 Bb4 18.Re2 f6 19.h5 fxe5 20.hxg6 exd4 21.Rxh7 Rg8 22.Qf3 Kd8 23.axb4 Qa1+ 24.Kd2 Qxb2 25.Qb3 Qxb3 26.cxb3 Rb8 {Black is better.} )
    ( 17.Kb1 Qa5 18.Nf3 f6 19.Bd6 Bxd6 20.Qxd6 Qc7 21.Rc1 a5 {Black is at least equal.} )
17...Qc4 
    ( 17...h5 18.Bxf8 Kxf8 19.Qd6+ Kg8 20.Qb4 Qxb4 21.axb4 {White is slightly more comfortable.} )
18.Bxf8 
    ( 18.Re1 h5 19.Bxf8 Kxf8 20.Re3 Kg8 21.Rc3 Qf1+ 22.Rd1 Rxc3 23.Qb8+ Kh7 24.Qxh8+ Kxh8 25.Rxf1 Rc5 {Black is OK.} )
18...Kxf8 19.Qd6+ Kg8 20.Kb1 h6!? 
    ( 20...h5 21.f4 Rc5 22.b3 
        ( 22.f5!? )
    22...Qc3 23.Rhd1 Rd5!? 24.Qb4 Qc7 25.f5! Bxf5 26.Nxf5 Rxf5 27.Qd6 Qxd6?! 28.Rxd6 Rf2 29.Rxd7 Rh6 
        ( 29...Rxg2? 30.Rd8+ Kh7 31.Rxh8+ Kxh8 32.c4 {White is a long way ahead in the race.} )
    30.R7d2 Rxd2 31.Rxd2 {White should have chances to create something with his 3v1 majority. Black probably less so.} )
21.f4 Be4 
    ( 21...Kh7 22.g4 Be4 23.Re1 Bd5 24.b3 Rb8 25.Ka2 Qc3 26.Red1 Rhc8 {Might not be so bad since black has actually manage to activate his pieces. The problem is they are not doing many things that are especially threatening.} )
22.Re1 
    ( 22.Qxd7 Rb8 23.Qd6 Kh7 24.Qe5 Qc3 25.Qxe4+ f5 26.Nb3 Qxd2 27.Nxd2 fxe4 {Counting pawns one might think white has chances for advantage but I think black's rooks will become good enough to hold some kind of balance.} )
22...Bd5 23.b3 Qc3 24.Ree2 Kh7 25.Ka2 {White definitely manages to keep his pieces more active than their counterparts on the black side and at the very least in practical play this is worth something.} *