Botvinnik – Golombek Botvinnik Golombek Result: 1-0 Metadata » Click to open. Date: 1956.??.?? Location: ? Tournament: Moscow Olympiad Round: Opening: Submitted by: Published on: February 9, 2020 [Event "Moscow Olympiad"] [Site "?"] [Date "1956.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Botvinnik"] [Black "Golombek"] [Result "1-0"] [PlyCount "39"] 1.c4 Nf6 2.Nf3 c5 3.g3 g6 4.b3 Bg7 5.Bb2 O-O 6.Bg2 Nc6 7.O-O b6 {This is weak, since after White's next Black won't be able to trade knights and thus he'll get stuck with a permanent cramp.} 8.d4 cxd4 9.Nxd4 Bb7 10.Nc3 Qc8 11.Nc2 {Avoiding exchanges and preparing Ne3-d5.} d6 12.e4 Nd7 13.Qd2 Nc5 14.f4 Ne6 15.Rad1 Ned4 {Black finally trades knights, but in the meantime White has got his pieces to very active squares.} 16.Nxd4 Nxd4 {Black should have recaptured with the bishop, as the knight can't stay on d4.} 17.Nd5 {White lets Black take his knight, but the price is a strong c- file and an even better center. Black must now try 17...Nc6 and suffer.} Bxd5 18.cxd5 Nb5 {Losing at once. He had to play 18...e5, though White is winning after 19 dxe6 Nxe6 20 Bxg7 and 21 Qxd6.} 19.Bxg7 Kxg7 20.Rc1 {Black loses his knight after 20...Qany 21 a4 and 22 Qb2+ or Qc3+.} 1-0 [Event "Moscow Olympiad"] [Site "?"] [Date "1956.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Botvinnik"] [Black "Golombek"] [Result "1-0"] [PlyCount "39"] 1.c4 Nf6 2.Nf3 c5 3.g3 g6 4.b3 Bg7 5.Bb2 O-O 6.Bg2 Nc6 7.O-O b6 {This is weak, since after White's next Black won't be able to trade knights and thus he'll get stuck with a permanent cramp.} 8.d4 cxd4 9.Nxd4 Bb7 10.Nc3 Qc8 11.Nc2 {Avoiding exchanges and preparing Ne3-d5.} d6 12.e4 Nd7 13.Qd2 Nc5 14.f4 Ne6 15.Rad1 Ned4 {Black finally trades knights, but in the meantime White has got his pieces to very active squares.} 16.Nxd4 Nxd4 {Black should have recaptured with the bishop, as the knight can't stay on d4.} 17.Nd5 {White lets Black take his knight, but the price is a strong c- file and an even better center. Black must now try 17...Nc6 and suffer.} Bxd5 18.cxd5 Nb5 {Losing at once. He had to play 18...e5, though White is winning after 19 dxe6 Nxe6 20 Bxg7 and 21 Qxd6.} 19.Bxg7 Kxg7 20.Rc1 {Black loses his knight after 20...Qany 21 a4 and 22 Qb2+ or Qc3+.} 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.
