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Stockfish 17.1 analyzed the game of two top grandmasters: Parham Maghsoodloo - Anish Giri . The game was played today, May 22, 2025 in the Sharjah Masters 2025 tournament. A game that I liked (ChessBase 16) [Event "Round 6: Maghsoodloo, Parham - Giri, An"] [Site "?"] [Date "2025.05.22"] [Round "6.2"] [White "Maghsoodloo, Parham"] [Black "Giri, Anish"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D30"] [WhiteElo "2706"] [BlackElo "2738"] [Annotator "Tactical Analysis 6.4 (25s)"] [PlyCount "70"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] {[%evp 13,70,13,21,17,23,12,25,8,13,0,2,-9,-6,-11,-3,-12,0,0,0,0,0,-8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,6,15,12,-95,-80,-91,-93,-129,-29,-30,-27,-28,-43,-45,0,-72,-74,-82,-83,-429,-423,-495,-470,-536,-516,-558,-552,-555,-556]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nbd2 Be7 6. Bd3 O-O 7. O-O Nbd7 8. Qc2 h6 9. Rd1 c5 10. dxc5 {White has an edge.} Nxc5 11. Be2 b6 1...

Another game from the series " Stockfish analyzes the grandmasters' game ".  Ju Wenjun - Tan Zhongyi first game of the 2025 Women's World Championship match. This game was very even and ended in a draw, but what does Stockfish 17 think about it? A game that I liked (ChessBase 16) [Event "FIDE Women's World Championship Match 20"] [Site "Shanghai CHN"] [Date "2025.04.03"] [Round "1"] [White "Ju, Wenjun"] [Black "Tan, Zhongyi"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B40"] [WhiteElo "2561"] [BlackElo "2555"] [Annotator "Tactical Analysis 6.4 (10s)"] [PlyCount "77"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] [TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"] {[%evp 11,77,17,13,21,25,22,26,4,8,-5,12,11,29,26,29,26,37,28,36,-2,-2,3,6,7,11,15,16,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,2,-9,0,0,0,0,0,-2,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} c5 {[%e...