How to fix the un-optimal behavior of query engine

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Check this out. You can force an early match that filters out the most irrelevant results, then follow up with matches that are broader.

How can I optimize my Cypher Queries?

Here's an interesting trick to optimize a query. It involves manually breaking up the query into two parts and forcing the part that winnows down the results be executed first returning a small result, and then executing a potentially slow query on the resulting small set.