Smyslov – Botvinnik Smyslov Botvinnik Result: 1-0 Metadata » Click to open. Date: 1954.??.?? Location: ? Tournament: World Championship Round: Opening: Submitted by: Published on: February 9, 2020 [Event "World Championship"] [Site "?"] [Date "1954.??.??"] [Round "9"] [White "Smyslov"] [Black "Botvinnik"] [Result "1-0"] [PlyCount "49"] 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 {The Winawer variation of the French Defense where Black tries to undermine the White center.} 5.a3 Ba5 {Black preserves his bishop temporarily and retains pressure on the a5-e1 diagonal. 5...Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 Ne7 7.Qg4 Qc7 8.Qxg7 Rg8 9.Qxh7 cxd4 Leads to sharp play with chances for both sides.} 6.b4 {With this pawn advance White tries to punish Black's dark squared bishop for leaving the kingside.} cxd4 {6...cxb4 7.Nb5 Also leads to sharp play.} 7.Qg4 Ne7 {7...Kf8 8.bxa5 dxc3 9.Nf3 Ne7 10.Bd3 Nd7 11.Qb4 Qc7 12.O-O Nc5 13.Qxc3 would be better for White because of Black's awkward king position.} 8.bxa5 dxc3 9.Qxg7 Rg8 10.Qxh7 Nd7 {Played with the idea of bringing the knight to f8. However, the knight proves to be passive on the back rank. Better was 10...Nbc6.} 11.Nf3 Nf8 12.Qd3 Qxa5 13.h4 {White advances his passed pawn while holding the g5 square for his dark squared bishop.} Bd7 14.Bg5 Rc8 15.Nd4 Nf5 16.Rb1 {White offers his a-pawn in exchange for the Black b-pawn.} Rc4 {16...Qxa3 17.Nxf5 exf5 18.Rxb7 when Black has too many weaknesses to cover.} 17.Nxf5 exf5 18.Rxb7 {White has a big advantage thanks to his passed h-pawn and dark squared bishop which restrict the options of the Black king.} Re4+ 19.Qxe4 {A startling queen sacrifice which is a small investment for what follows.} dxe4 20.Rb8+ Bc8 21.Bb5+ Qxb5 22.Rxb5 {White has won the exchange and for a player with Smyslov's technique the rest is easy.} Ne6 23.Bf6 Rxg2 24.h5 Ba6 25.h6 {Black resigned because he can't stop White's passed h-pawn from promoting.} 1-0 [Event "World Championship"] [Site "?"] [Date "1954.??.??"] [Round "9"] [White "Smyslov"] [Black "Botvinnik"] [Result "1-0"] [PlyCount "49"] 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 {The Winawer variation of the French Defense where Black tries to undermine the White center.} 5.a3 Ba5 {Black preserves his bishop temporarily and retains pressure on the a5-e1 diagonal. 5...Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 Ne7 7.Qg4 Qc7 8.Qxg7 Rg8 9.Qxh7 cxd4 Leads to sharp play with chances for both sides.} 6.b4 {With this pawn advance White tries to punish Black's dark squared bishop for leaving the kingside.} cxd4 {6...cxb4 7.Nb5 Also leads to sharp play.} 7.Qg4 Ne7 {7...Kf8 8.bxa5 dxc3 9.Nf3 Ne7 10.Bd3 Nd7 11.Qb4 Qc7 12.O-O Nc5 13.Qxc3 would be better for White because of Black's awkward king position.} 8.bxa5 dxc3 9.Qxg7 Rg8 10.Qxh7 Nd7 {Played with the idea of bringing the knight to f8. However, the knight proves to be passive on the back rank. Better was 10...Nbc6.} 11.Nf3 Nf8 12.Qd3 Qxa5 13.h4 {White advances his passed pawn while holding the g5 square for his dark squared bishop.} Bd7 14.Bg5 Rc8 15.Nd4 Nf5 16.Rb1 {White offers his a-pawn in exchange for the Black b-pawn.} Rc4 {16...Qxa3 17.Nxf5 exf5 18.Rxb7 when Black has too many weaknesses to cover.} 17.Nxf5 exf5 18.Rxb7 {White has a big advantage thanks to his passed h-pawn and dark squared bishop which restrict the options of the Black king.} Re4+ 19.Qxe4 {A startling queen sacrifice which is a small investment for what follows.} dxe4 20.Rb8+ Bc8 21.Bb5+ Qxb5 22.Rxb5 {White has won the exchange and for a player with Smyslov's technique the rest is easy.} Ne6 23.Bf6 Rxg2 24.h5 Ba6 25.h6 {Black resigned because he can't stop White's passed h-pawn from promoting.} 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.
