Mazel – Botvinnik White gains space and hopes to discourage Black from an eventual …d5. Mazel Botvinnik Result: 0-1 Metadata » Click to open. Date: 1940.??.?? Location: ? Tournament: Leningrad Round: Opening: Submitted by: Published on: February 9, 2020 [Event "Leningrad"] [Site "?"] [Date "1940.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Mazel"] [Black "Botvinnik"] [Result "0-1"] [PlyCount "26"] 1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e6 3.e4 {White gains space and hopes to discourage Black from an eventual ...d5.} c5 {Black hopes to proves that d4 is a weakness.} 4.f4 {This gains more space in the center but wastes time and weakens his kingside.} Nc6 5.Nf3 d5 {So Black plays ...d5 after all, reckoning that White's weaknesses and loss of time allow it.} 6.e5 Ng4 7.cxd5 exd5 8.Qb3 {Playing with fire. Having already made five pawn moves, White shouldn't be wasting time with his queen.} Nb4 {Covering both d5 and b7 and eyeing the hole at d3.} 9.a3 {The final loss of time. White doesn't see the real danger of Black's next move.} c4 {Not only gaining time and taking over d3 but opening the a7-g1 diagonal as well.} 10.Qa4+ {Losing more time, since the queen must go to d1 anyway, though it doesn't really matter.} Bd7 11.Qd1 Qb6 {White resigned here, since his queen can't cover both c2 and f2, e.g.} 12.d4 cxd3 13.Qd2 Nc2+ 0-1 [Event "Leningrad"] [Site "?"] [Date "1940.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Mazel"] [Black "Botvinnik"] [Result "0-1"] [PlyCount "26"] 1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e6 3.e4 {White gains space and hopes to discourage Black from an eventual ...d5.} c5 {Black hopes to proves that d4 is a weakness.} 4.f4 {This gains more space in the center but wastes time and weakens his kingside.} Nc6 5.Nf3 d5 {So Black plays ...d5 after all, reckoning that White's weaknesses and loss of time allow it.} 6.e5 Ng4 7.cxd5 exd5 8.Qb3 {Playing with fire. Having already made five pawn moves, White shouldn't be wasting time with his queen.} Nb4 {Covering both d5 and b7 and eyeing the hole at d3.} 9.a3 {The final loss of time. White doesn't see the real danger of Black's next move.} c4 {Not only gaining time and taking over d3 but opening the a7-g1 diagonal as well.} 10.Qa4+ {Losing more time, since the queen must go to d1 anyway, though it doesn't really matter.} Bd7 11.Qd1 Qb6 {White resigned here, since his queen can't cover both c2 and f2, e.g.} 12.d4 cxd3 13.Qd2 Nc2+ 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.
