Denker – Botvinnik Denker Botvinnik Result: 0-1 Metadata » Click to open. Date: 1945.??.?? Location: ? Tournament: USA-USSR Radio match Round: Opening: Submitted by: Published on: February 9, 2020 [Event "USA-USSR Radio match"] [Site "?"] [Date "1945.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Denker"] [Black "Botvinnik"] [Result "0-1"] [PlyCount "50"] 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c6 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.Bg5 dxc4 6.e4 b5 7.e5 h6 8.Bh4 g5 9.Nxg5 hxg5 10.Bxg5 Nbd7 11.exf6 Bb7 12.Be2 Qb6 13.O-O {Denker was r with Botvinnik's experience in this line and was prepared for this game. Botvinnik was also ready.} O-O-O 14.a4 {But this came as somewhat of a surprise. Still, the move is not very good, because it allows me to advance my queenside pawns and does little to disrupt my queenside play.} b4 15.Ne4 c5 16.Qb1 Qc7 17.Ng3 {17.h4 Bh6} cxd4 {The point of this move is to deflect the bishop from coverage of the f3- square.} 18.Bxc4 Qc6 19.f3 {White was forced to accept this weakening of the a7-g1 diagonal because 19.Bf3 was no longer possible. If there were no pawn at d4, Botvinnik could now win the bishop at g5 by playing Qc5+.} d3 20.Qc1 {Defending the bishop.} Bc5+ 21.Kh1 Qd6 22.Qf4 {Now Black finishes with a fine mating combination. Do you see how it works?} Rxh2+ 23.Kxh2 Rh8+ 24.Qh4 Rxh4+ 25.Bxh4 Qf4 0-1 [Event "USA-USSR Radio match"] [Site "?"] [Date "1945.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Denker"] [Black "Botvinnik"] [Result "0-1"] [PlyCount "50"] 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c6 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.Bg5 dxc4 6.e4 b5 7.e5 h6 8.Bh4 g5 9.Nxg5 hxg5 10.Bxg5 Nbd7 11.exf6 Bb7 12.Be2 Qb6 13.O-O {Denker was r with Botvinnik's experience in this line and was prepared for this game. Botvinnik was also ready.} O-O-O 14.a4 {But this came as somewhat of a surprise. Still, the move is not very good, because it allows me to advance my queenside pawns and does little to disrupt my queenside play.} b4 15.Ne4 c5 16.Qb1 Qc7 17.Ng3 {17.h4 Bh6} cxd4 {The point of this move is to deflect the bishop from coverage of the f3- square.} 18.Bxc4 Qc6 19.f3 {White was forced to accept this weakening of the a7-g1 diagonal because 19.Bf3 was no longer possible. If there were no pawn at d4, Botvinnik could now win the bishop at g5 by playing Qc5+.} d3 20.Qc1 {Defending the bishop.} Bc5+ 21.Kh1 Qd6 22.Qf4 {Now Black finishes with a fine mating combination. Do you see how it works?} Rxh2+ 23.Kxh2 Rh8+ 24.Qh4 Rxh4+ 25.Bxh4 Qf4 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.
