Botvinnik – Szabo Botvinnik Szabo Result: 1-0 Metadata » Click to open. Date: 1956.??.?? Location: ? Tournament: Moscow Round: Opening: Submitted by: Published on: February 9, 2020 [Event "Moscow"] [Site "?"] [Date "1956.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Botvinnik"] [Black "Szabo"] [Result "1-0"] [PlyCount "53"] 1.c4 g6 2.g3 Bg7 3.Bg2 e5 4.Nc3 Ne7 5.d3 c6 6.e4 {A more hypermodern approach would be to allow Black to play d7-d5.} d6 7.Nge2 a6 8.a4 a5 9.Be3 Be6 10.O-O Qd7 {This interferes with the development of the knight at b8.} 11.b3 h5 12.h4 Bh3 {Black's attack has too little force to cause any concern.} 13.d4 {White takes complete control of the center, which will give him a solid base from which to conduct operations on the flank.} O-O 14.Ra2 Bxg2 15.Kxg2 d5 {Black allows the game to open up, even though his pieces are not well placed to do battle.} 16.dxe5 dxc4 17.bxc4 Bxe5 {17...Qxd1 18.Rxd1 Bxe5 19.Rb2} 18.Qxd7 Nxd7 19.Rd2 {White now controls the only open file, and will use it to infiltrate the seventh rank.} Bxc3 {19...Rfd8 20.Rfd1} 20.Rxd7 Bb4 {Black seems to have coordinated his pieces, but this coordination can be disrupted.} 21.c5 Rfe8 22.Rfd1 f5 {22...Ra7 23.Rc7 Kf8 24.Rdd7} 23.Rxb7 fxe4 24.Rd6 Kf7 25.Nf4 Reb8 26.Rbd7 Ke8 27.Ne6 {Black resigned, since Bg5 is coming.} 1-0 [Event "Moscow"] [Site "?"] [Date "1956.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Botvinnik"] [Black "Szabo"] [Result "1-0"] [PlyCount "53"] 1.c4 g6 2.g3 Bg7 3.Bg2 e5 4.Nc3 Ne7 5.d3 c6 6.e4 {A more hypermodern approach would be to allow Black to play d7-d5.} d6 7.Nge2 a6 8.a4 a5 9.Be3 Be6 10.O-O Qd7 {This interferes with the development of the knight at b8.} 11.b3 h5 12.h4 Bh3 {Black's attack has too little force to cause any concern.} 13.d4 {White takes complete control of the center, which will give him a solid base from which to conduct operations on the flank.} O-O 14.Ra2 Bxg2 15.Kxg2 d5 {Black allows the game to open up, even though his pieces are not well placed to do battle.} 16.dxe5 dxc4 17.bxc4 Bxe5 {17...Qxd1 18.Rxd1 Bxe5 19.Rb2} 18.Qxd7 Nxd7 19.Rd2 {White now controls the only open file, and will use it to infiltrate the seventh rank.} Bxc3 {19...Rfd8 20.Rfd1} 20.Rxd7 Bb4 {Black seems to have coordinated his pieces, but this coordination can be disrupted.} 21.c5 Rfe8 22.Rfd1 f5 {22...Ra7 23.Rc7 Kf8 24.Rdd7} 23.Rxb7 fxe4 24.Rd6 Kf7 25.Nf4 Reb8 26.Rbd7 Ke8 27.Ne6 {Black resigned, since Bg5 is coming.} 1-0 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.