Botvinnik – Euwe Botvinnik Euwe Result: 1-0 Metadata » Click to open. Date: 1948.??.?? Location: ? Tournament: World Championship Round: Opening: Submitted by: Published on: February 9, 2020 [Event "World Championship"] [Site "?"] [Date "1948.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Botvinnik"] [Black "Euwe"] [Result "1-0"] [PlyCount "71"] 1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 e6 4.Nc3 c6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 b5 8.Bd3 a6 9.e4 c5 10.e5 cxd4 11.Nxb5 axb5 12.exf6 Qb6 13.fxg7 Bxg7 14.O-O Nc5 15.Bf4 Bb7 16.Re1 Rd8 17.Rc1 Rd5 18.Be5 Bxe5 19.Rxe5 Rxe5 20.Nxe5 Nxd3 21.Qxd3 f6 {The Black king is clearly in a lot of trouble, with only a little nuisance value on the g-file as compensation. The combination of queen and rook are so strong that White can afford to part with the knight.} 22.Qg3 fxe5 {Black might as well capture, as the queen will infiltrate at g7 anyway.} 23.Qg7 Rf8 24.Rc7 {White has complete control of the seventh rank and threatens mate at d7 and d7. Black must sacrifice the queen in order to stay in the game.} Qxc7 {24...Qd6 25.Rxb7 d3 26.Ra7! The threat is Ra8+.} 25.Qxc7 Bd5 {Even though Black no longer has to worry about checkmate, the queen can attack most of the White pawns and resistance proves futile.} 26.Qxe5 d3 27.Qe3 Bc4 28.b3 Rf7 29.f3 {White is in no hurry. This move creates a little breathing space for the king which can now work on the dark squares. The bishop can be captured later.} Rd7 30.Qd2 e5 31.bxc4 bxc4 32.Kf2 Kf7 33.Ke3 Ke6 34.Qb4 Rc7 {34...d2 35.Qxd2 Rxd2 36.Kxd2 and the endgame is easily winning for White.} 35.Kd2 Rc6 36.a4 {Black gave up here.} 1-0 [Event "World Championship"] [Site "?"] [Date "1948.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Botvinnik"] [Black "Euwe"] [Result "1-0"] [PlyCount "71"] 1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 e6 4.Nc3 c6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 b5 8.Bd3 a6 9.e4 c5 10.e5 cxd4 11.Nxb5 axb5 12.exf6 Qb6 13.fxg7 Bxg7 14.O-O Nc5 15.Bf4 Bb7 16.Re1 Rd8 17.Rc1 Rd5 18.Be5 Bxe5 19.Rxe5 Rxe5 20.Nxe5 Nxd3 21.Qxd3 f6 {The Black king is clearly in a lot of trouble, with only a little nuisance value on the g-file as compensation. The combination of queen and rook are so strong that White can afford to part with the knight.} 22.Qg3 fxe5 {Black might as well capture, as the queen will infiltrate at g7 anyway.} 23.Qg7 Rf8 24.Rc7 {White has complete control of the seventh rank and threatens mate at d7 and d7. Black must sacrifice the queen in order to stay in the game.} Qxc7 {24...Qd6 25.Rxb7 d3 26.Ra7! The threat is Ra8+.} 25.Qxc7 Bd5 {Even though Black no longer has to worry about checkmate, the queen can attack most of the White pawns and resistance proves futile.} 26.Qxe5 d3 27.Qe3 Bc4 28.b3 Rf7 29.f3 {White is in no hurry. This move creates a little breathing space for the king which can now work on the dark squares. The bishop can be captured later.} Rd7 30.Qd2 e5 31.bxc4 bxc4 32.Kf2 Kf7 33.Ke3 Ke6 34.Qb4 Rc7 {34...d2 35.Qxd2 Rxd2 36.Kxd2 and the endgame is easily winning for White.} 35.Kd2 Rc6 36.a4 {Black gave up here.} 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.
