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Stockfish 17.1 - analyzes the game of grandmasters: Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime – Duda, Jan-Krzysztof


Another game from the series "Stockfish analyzes the grandmasters' game".
Today's game was played in Superbet Chess Classic Romania. White was played by Frenchman Maxime Vachier-Lagrave and black by Polish grandmaster Jan-Krzysztof Duda. How does the game look in the tactical analysis made by the Stockfish chess engine?



A game that I liked (ChessBase 16)
[Event "Superbet Chess Classic Romania"] [Site "Bucharest, Romania"] [Date "2025.05.16"] [Round "9.3"] [White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"] [Black "Duda, Jan-Krzysztof"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C78"] [WhiteElo "2723"] [BlackElo "2739"] [Annotator "Tactical Analysis 6.4 (20s)"] [PlyCount "87"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] {[%evp 17,87,48,42,49,43,47,71,36,33,36,39,32,32,10,20,7,8,8,9,5,10,8,3,6,25,14,16,14,15,18,93,101,114,115,96,0,23,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,27,24,300,311,477,419,661,656,657,634,687,672,644,621,950,974,29993,29994,29994,29995,29995,29996]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 {[%cal Bf8c5,Bc5b6,Bb6a7][%mdl 32]} 7. c3 d6 8. d4 Bb6 9. a4 {[%cal Ba2a4,Ba4a5][%mdl 32]} Rb8 {[#]} 10. a5 $1 Ba7 (10... Bxa5 $2 11. dxe5 (11. d5 Ne7 $18) 11... dxe5 12. Qxd8+ Kxd8 13. Bd5 (13. Bxf7 Bb6 $16) 13... Nxd5 14. exd5 $18) 11. h3 {Repels Bg4} Bb7 12. Re1 {White is better.} O-O 13. Be3 exd4 (13... Nxe4 14. d5 $16) 14. cxd4 {Hoping for d5.} Nb4 (14... Nxe4 $2 15. d5 $18) 15. Nc3 Bxe4 (15... Nxe4 16. Nxe4 Bxe4 17. Bd2 Bxf3 18. Qxf3 $16) 16. Nxe4 Nxe4 17. Rc1 Rc8 18. Bc2 d5 19. Bb1 Qd6 20. g3 Nc6 21. Bf4 Qf6 {[%cal Rc6d4]} 22. Bxe4 dxe4 23. Rxe4 {aiming for Qd3.} Qf5 {[%eval 93,33] [%wdl 415,585,0] [#]} (23... Nxa5 $11 {[%eval 18,32] [%wdl 16,981,3] keeps the balance.} 24. Rxc7 (24. Bxc7 Nc6 $11) 24... Rxc7 25. Bxc7 Nc4) 24. Ne5 $1 $16 Nxe5 (24... Qxe4 $6 25. Nxc6 Bb8 26. d5 $14) (24... Bxd4 25. Nxc6) 25. Rxe5 Qxh3 {Black is weak on the dark squares} 26. Re7 {[%eval 0,35] [%wdl 4,992,4]} (26. d5 $16 {[%eval 96,28] [%wdl 449,551,0]}) 26... h6 27. d5 g5 28. Be5 {[%cal Od1f3] Active counter play!} Rce8 29. d6 {The board is on fire.} (29. Rcxc7 Bb8 30. Bf6 (30. Rxe8 $2 Rxe8 31. Bd6 Bxc7 $19) 30... Bxc7 31. Rxc7 Re4 $17) 29... cxd6 30. Rxa7 dxe5 (30... Rxe5 31. Rxa6 b4 32. Qxd6 $14) 31. Rxa6 {Strongly threatening Rcc6.} e4 {...e3 is the strong threat.} 32. Qf1 {[%mdl 64] Deflection} Qg4 33. Rxh6 e3 34. Qd3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is pushing.} (34. Qxb5 $2 exf2+ 35. Kxf2 Qd4+ (35... Re6 $2 36. Rxe6 fxe6+ 37. Kg2 $19) 36. Kf1 Re6 37. Qxg5+ Rg6 38. Rxg6+ fxg6+ 39. Kg2 Rf2+ 40. Kh3 Qd7+ 41. Qg4 (41. g4 $2 Qd3+) 41... Rh2+ 42. Kxh2 Qxg4 $19) 34... Re4 $2 {[%eval 300,26] [%wdl 1000,0,0][%mdl 8192] [#] Loses the game.} (34... Qe4 $11 {[%eval 24,33] [%wdl 12,987,1] and Black is okay.} 35. Qxe3 (35. Qxb5 $2 exf2+ 36. Kh2 Re5 $19) 35... Qxe3 36. fxe3 Rxe3) 35. Kg2 $1 $18 (35. fxe3 Qxg3+ 36. Kh1 Qf3+ (36... Qxe3 37. Qxe3 Rxe3 38. Rc5 $11) 37. Kh2 Qf2+ (37... Rxe3 38. Qh7#) (37... Qxe3 38. Qxe3 Rxe3 39. Rc5 $11) (37... Rh4+ 38. Rxh4 Qf2+ 39. Kh1 $11) 38. Kh1 Qf3+ (38... Qxe3 39. Qxe3 Rxe3 40. Rc5 $11) 39. Kh2 Qf2+ (39... Rxe3 40. Qh7#) (39... Qxe3 40. Qxe3 Rxe3 41. Rc5 $11) (39... Rh4+ 40. Rxh4 Qf2+ 41. Kh1 $11) 40. Kh1 Qxe3 41. Qxe3 Rxe3 $11) (35. Qxb5 $2 exf2+ (35... Re6 36. Rxe6 fxe6 37. Qd3 $16) 36. Kxf2 Rfe8 $19) 35... exf2 {[%eval 477,26] [%wdl 1000,0,0] [#]} (35... Qf5 {[%eval 311,26] [%wdl 1000,0,0] was called for.}) 36. Rch1 $1 (36. Qc3 Rd4 $16) 36... f1=Q+ {[%eval 661,25] [%wdl 1000,0,0]} ({Stronger than} 36... b4 37. a6 (37. Kxf2 Qf5+ 38. Kg2 Qe5 $18) (37. Rh8+ Kg7 $18) 37... f1=R 38. Kxf1 (38. Qxf1 $2 Re2+ $19) (38. Rh8+ Kg7 $18) 38... Qf5+ 39. Kg2 $18) (36... Qe2 $142 {[%eval 419,31] [%wdl 1000,0,0]} 37. Rh8+ Kg7 38. R8h7+ Kg8 39. Rh8+ Kg7 40. R8h7+ Kg8 41. Qxe2 Rxe2) 37. Kxf1 ({Weaker is} 37. Rxf1 Qe2+ 38. Qxe2 Rxe2+ 39. Rf2 Re5 $16) 37... Qf5+ 38. Kg2 Qe5 {[%cal Og5g4] [#] Prevents Rh8+.} 39. Rh8+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} Kg7 40. Rxf8 Qxb2+ 41. Kf3 {White wants to mate with Rg8+.} Rd4 {[#]} 42. Rxf7+ $3 {[%mdl 512] White mates.} Kxf7 43. Qf5+ Ke7 44. Qe5+ {Weighted Error Value: White=0.06 (flawless) /Black=0.50. Loses game: --- Black=1 Mistake: White=1 Black=3 Inaccurate: White=1 Black=1 OK: White=14 Black=11 Best: White=1 Black=4 Strong: White=3 ---} 1-0

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