Bondarevsky – Botvinnik Bondarevsky Botvinnik Result: 0-1 Metadata » Click to open. Date: 1941.??.?? Location: ? Tournament: Soviet Championship Round: Opening: Submitted by: Published on: February 9, 2020 [Event "Soviet Championship"] [Site "?"] [Date "1941.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Bondarevsky"] [Black "Botvinnik"] [Result "0-1"] [PlyCount "64"] 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.Nf3 Nc6 5.Bd3 cxd4 6.O-O {A well-known gambit line. Usually this pawn can be captured later on, though in this game it survives to the end, and delivers the crushing blow that finishes the game.} Bc5 7.a3 {7.Nbd2 was correct, intending 8.Nb3.} Nge7 8.Nbd2 Ng6 9.Nb3 Bb6 10.Re1 Bd7 11.g3 {11.Bxg6 hxg6 12.Nbxd4 Nxd4 13.Nxd4 Qh4} f6 12.Bxg6+ hxg6 13.Qd3 {13.Nbxd4 Nxd4 14.Nxd4 fxe5 15.Rxe5 is good for White.} Kf7 {The king will be quite safe here, and now Black's heavy artillery can be transfered to the h-file.} 14.h4 {14.exf6 gxf6 15.Nbxd4 Nxd4 16.Nxd4 e5} Qg8 {A very strong move. The idea is to play the queen to h7, advance the g- pawn, exchange queens, and use all of the remaining pieces to attack the enemy king.} 15.Bd2 Qh7 16.Bb4 g5 17.Qxh7 Rxh7 18.exf6 {18.hxg5 fxe5 19.Nxe5+ Nxe5 20.Rxe5 Bc7 21.Re2 e5 The central pawns give Black a decisive advantage.} gxf6 19.hxg5 e5 20.gxf6 Kxf6 21.Bd6 Re8 22.Nh4 Rg8 23.Kh2 Bf5 24.Re2 d3 25.Rd2 {25.cxd3 Bxd3 26.Rd2 Bc4 27.Nc1 Nd4} dxc2 26.f4 Be3 27.Bxe5+ Nxe5 28.fxe5+ Ke7 {The threat is Rxh4+ followed by Bf4+ and mate in a few moves.} 29.Rf1 {Now all Black has to do is decoy the rook away from the f-file.} c1=Q {White resigned, because he either loses a rook or gets checkmated.} 30.Rxc1 {30.Nxc1 Bxd2 31.Rxf5 Bxc1} Rxh4+ 31.gxh4 Bf4+ 32.Kh1 Be4+ 0-1 [Event "Soviet Championship"] [Site "?"] [Date "1941.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Bondarevsky"] [Black "Botvinnik"] [Result "0-1"] [PlyCount "64"] 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.Nf3 Nc6 5.Bd3 cxd4 6.O-O {A well-known gambit line. Usually this pawn can be captured later on, though in this game it survives to the end, and delivers the crushing blow that finishes the game.} Bc5 7.a3 {7.Nbd2 was correct, intending 8.Nb3.} Nge7 8.Nbd2 Ng6 9.Nb3 Bb6 10.Re1 Bd7 11.g3 {11.Bxg6 hxg6 12.Nbxd4 Nxd4 13.Nxd4 Qh4} f6 12.Bxg6+ hxg6 13.Qd3 {13.Nbxd4 Nxd4 14.Nxd4 fxe5 15.Rxe5 is good for White.} Kf7 {The king will be quite safe here, and now Black's heavy artillery can be transfered to the h-file.} 14.h4 {14.exf6 gxf6 15.Nbxd4 Nxd4 16.Nxd4 e5} Qg8 {A very strong move. The idea is to play the queen to h7, advance the g- pawn, exchange queens, and use all of the remaining pieces to attack the enemy king.} 15.Bd2 Qh7 16.Bb4 g5 17.Qxh7 Rxh7 18.exf6 {18.hxg5 fxe5 19.Nxe5+ Nxe5 20.Rxe5 Bc7 21.Re2 e5 The central pawns give Black a decisive advantage.} gxf6 19.hxg5 e5 20.gxf6 Kxf6 21.Bd6 Re8 22.Nh4 Rg8 23.Kh2 Bf5 24.Re2 d3 25.Rd2 {25.cxd3 Bxd3 26.Rd2 Bc4 27.Nc1 Nd4} dxc2 26.f4 Be3 27.Bxe5+ Nxe5 28.fxe5+ Ke7 {The threat is Rxh4+ followed by Bf4+ and mate in a few moves.} 29.Rf1 {Now all Black has to do is decoy the rook away from the f-file.} c1=Q {White resigned, because he either loses a rook or gets checkmated.} 30.Rxc1 {30.Nxc1 Bxd2 31.Rxf5 Bxc1} Rxh4+ 31.gxh4 Bf4+ 32.Kh1 Be4+ 0-1 White to move: find the best move... click the ? for the solution Black to move: find the best move... click the ? for the solution Warning: This game can only be seen if JavaScript is enabled in your browser. No related posts.
