Smyslov – Keres Smyslov Keres Result: 0-1 Metadata » Click to open. Date: 1959.??.?? Location: ? Tournament: Candidates' Tournament Round: Opening: Submitted by: Published on: February 9, 2020 [Event "Candidates' Tournament"] [Site "?"] [Date "1959.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Smyslov"] [Black "Keres"] [Result "0-1"] [PlyCount "36"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.Bg5 c5 5.dxc5 {White's system is passive to begin with, and after this Black takes over the initiative. 5 e3 is better.} Na6 6.g3 Nxc5 7.Bg2 d6 8.Rc1 {White didn't like the looks of 8 Nf3 Nfe4, but he's wasting time.} O-O 9.b4 {White isn't well enough developed to be making this aggresive gesture. Black now gets a powerful initiative.} Ne6 10.Bd2 a5 {Immediately exploiting White's eighth move. White must either allow lines to be opened for Black's pieces or give Black a lock on c5.} 11.a3 {11 b5 was the lesser evil. In combination with the a1-h8 diagonal the a-file is deadly.} axb4 12.axb4 Nd4 13.Nh3 {The final error. White doesn't want to block the h1-a8 diagonal, his only asset, but now he gets overrun.} Be6 14.Nd5 {14 e3 gets trashed by 14...Bg4, and 14 c5 loses all his pieces to 14...Bb3, but the text isn't much better.} Nxd5 15.cxd5 Bd7 {Threatening 16..Ba4.} 16.Rc3 Ra2 {Now Black threatens 17...Nxe2 among other things.} 17.Qb1 Qa8 18.Rc1 Bf5 {19 e4 allows 19...Bxh3 20 Bxh3 Nf3+.} 0-1 [Event "Candidates' Tournament"] [Site "?"] [Date "1959.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Smyslov"] [Black "Keres"] [Result "0-1"] [PlyCount "36"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.Bg5 c5 5.dxc5 {White's system is passive to begin with, and after this Black takes over the initiative. 5 e3 is better.} Na6 6.g3 Nxc5 7.Bg2 d6 8.Rc1 {White didn't like the looks of 8 Nf3 Nfe4, but he's wasting time.} O-O 9.b4 {White isn't well enough developed to be making this aggresive gesture. Black now gets a powerful initiative.} Ne6 10.Bd2 a5 {Immediately exploiting White's eighth move. White must either allow lines to be opened for Black's pieces or give Black a lock on c5.} 11.a3 {11 b5 was the lesser evil. In combination with the a1-h8 diagonal the a-file is deadly.} axb4 12.axb4 Nd4 13.Nh3 {The final error. White doesn't want to block the h1-a8 diagonal, his only asset, but now he gets overrun.} Be6 14.Nd5 {14 e3 gets trashed by 14...Bg4, and 14 c5 loses all his pieces to 14...Bb3, but the text isn't much better.} Nxd5 15.cxd5 Bd7 {Threatening 16..Ba4.} 16.Rc3 Ra2 {Now Black threatens 17...Nxe2 among other things.} 17.Qb1 Qa8 18.Rc1 Bf5 {19 e4 allows 19...Bxh3 20 Bxh3 Nf3+.} 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.
