Smyslov – Boleslavsky Smyslov Boleslavsky Result: 1-0 Metadata » Click to open. Date: 1941.??.?? Location: ? Tournament: Soviet Championship Round: Opening: Submitted by: Published on: February 9, 2020 [Event "Soviet Championship"] [Site "?"] [Date "1941.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Smyslov"] [Black "Boleslavsky"] [Result "1-0"] [PlyCount "63"] 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 dxe4 5.Nxe4 Be7 6.Bxf6 gxf6 {6...Bxf6 Keeping his pawn structure in order is also playable.} 7.g3 {White plays to stop Black from fianchettoing his light squared bishop with 7... b6.} Bd7 {7...b6 8.Bg2 Bb7 would allow White to win material.} 8.Nf3 Bc6 {Black is developing his forces effectively must always worry about the fractured kingside pawn structure.} 9.Qe2 Qd5 10.Ned2 Na6 {10...Nd7} 11.a3 {A simple yet strong pawn move which keeps the Black knight out of the game.} O-O-O 12.Bg2 Nb8 13.O-O Qd7 14.Rfe1 Bf8 {Black is playing without a plan. He should have tried to start play on the kingside by advancing the pawn to h5.} 15.c4 h5 16.b4 {Although, both sides are launching attacks on different flanks. White's is much more powerful since he has the better pawn structure.} b6 17.Ne4 Bg7 18.b5 Bb7 19.c5 Bd5 {19...bxc5 20.Nxc5 Qe7 21.Nxb7 Kxb7 22.Ne5+ Kc8 23.Nc6 Nxc6 24.bxc6 when White has a winning attack on the light squares.} 20.Rac1 Rde8 21.c6 Qd8 {Most of Black's pieces have been pushed to the back rank which means they won't be able to defend the king.} 22.Qc2 a5 23.Rcd1 Bf8 24.Qd3 Be7 25.Nc3 Bb3 26.Rb1 a4 {26...Bd5 27.Nxd5 Qxd5 allows White to win material. Do you see how?} 27.Nd2 h4 28.Nxb3 axb3 29.Qc4 f5 30.Qa4 {With no light-squared bishop Black is powerless to defend his light squares.} Bd6 31.Qa8 Qg5 32.Nd5 {Black resigned as he has no good way of preventing 33.Qb7+. 32.Nd5 Black resigned as 32...exd5 33.Qb7+ Kd8 34.Qxb8+ Mates.} 1-0 [Event "Soviet Championship"] [Site "?"] [Date "1941.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Smyslov"] [Black "Boleslavsky"] [Result "1-0"] [PlyCount "63"] 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 dxe4 5.Nxe4 Be7 6.Bxf6 gxf6 {6...Bxf6 Keeping his pawn structure in order is also playable.} 7.g3 {White plays to stop Black from fianchettoing his light squared bishop with 7... b6.} Bd7 {7...b6 8.Bg2 Bb7 would allow White to win material.} 8.Nf3 Bc6 {Black is developing his forces effectively must always worry about the fractured kingside pawn structure.} 9.Qe2 Qd5 10.Ned2 Na6 {10...Nd7} 11.a3 {A simple yet strong pawn move which keeps the Black knight out of the game.} O-O-O 12.Bg2 Nb8 13.O-O Qd7 14.Rfe1 Bf8 {Black is playing without a plan. He should have tried to start play on the kingside by advancing the pawn to h5.} 15.c4 h5 16.b4 {Although, both sides are launching attacks on different flanks. White's is much more powerful since he has the better pawn structure.} b6 17.Ne4 Bg7 18.b5 Bb7 19.c5 Bd5 {19...bxc5 20.Nxc5 Qe7 21.Nxb7 Kxb7 22.Ne5+ Kc8 23.Nc6 Nxc6 24.bxc6 when White has a winning attack on the light squares.} 20.Rac1 Rde8 21.c6 Qd8 {Most of Black's pieces have been pushed to the back rank which means they won't be able to defend the king.} 22.Qc2 a5 23.Rcd1 Bf8 24.Qd3 Be7 25.Nc3 Bb3 26.Rb1 a4 {26...Bd5 27.Nxd5 Qxd5 allows White to win material. Do you see how?} 27.Nd2 h4 28.Nxb3 axb3 29.Qc4 f5 30.Qa4 {With no light-squared bishop Black is powerless to defend his light squares.} Bd6 31.Qa8 Qg5 32.Nd5 {Black resigned as he has no good way of preventing 33.Qb7+. 32.Nd5 Black resigned as 32...exd5 33.Qb7+ Kd8 34.Qxb8+ Mates.} 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.
