Szabo – Botvinnik Szabo Botvinnik Result: 0-1 Metadata » Click to open. Date: 1966.??.?? Location: ? Tournament: Amsterdam Round: Opening: Submitted by: Published on: February 9, 2020 [Event "Amsterdam"] [Site "?"] [Date "1966.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Szabo"] [Black "Botvinnik"] [Result "0-1"] [PlyCount "62"] 1.c4 c5 2.Nc3 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Nc6 6.Nc2 d6 7.e4 Nh6 8.h4 {when Black places a knight at f6 and has fianchettoed the bishop at g7, then this is usually the appropriate strategy.} f5 9.h5 fxe4 10.hxg6 {But this is overambitious. White should simply have recaptured at e4.} hxg6 11.Nxe4 Bf5 {Black is way ahead in development and continues to bring his forces into the game quickly.} 12.Nc3 Qa5 13.Bd2 Qe5+ 14.Ne3 O-O-O 15.Qa4 {Black has completed development, and White has not, so it is time for the action to begin.} Ng4 16.Rxh8 Rxh8 17.Qb5 {White wants to reduce the pressure by exchanging queens but Botvinnik will not cooperate.} Qf4 18.Ncd1 Nd4 19.Qa5 Rh1 20.Rc1 Ne5 {The threat is Nd3++.} 21.Qc7+ Kxc7 22.Nd5+ Kd7 23.Nxf4 g5 {The queens may be gone, but the attack continues unabated. Black resigned. Here is one reason why:} 24.Be3 gxf4 25.Bxd4 Nd3+ 26.Kd2 Nxc1 27.Bxg7 Rxf1 28.Kxc1 e5 29.Kd2 Bg4 30.f3 Be6 31.b3 Rg1 0-1 [Event "Amsterdam"] [Site "?"] [Date "1966.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Szabo"] [Black "Botvinnik"] [Result "0-1"] [PlyCount "62"] 1.c4 c5 2.Nc3 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Nc6 6.Nc2 d6 7.e4 Nh6 8.h4 {when Black places a knight at f6 and has fianchettoed the bishop at g7, then this is usually the appropriate strategy.} f5 9.h5 fxe4 10.hxg6 {But this is overambitious. White should simply have recaptured at e4.} hxg6 11.Nxe4 Bf5 {Black is way ahead in development and continues to bring his forces into the game quickly.} 12.Nc3 Qa5 13.Bd2 Qe5+ 14.Ne3 O-O-O 15.Qa4 {Black has completed development, and White has not, so it is time for the action to begin.} Ng4 16.Rxh8 Rxh8 17.Qb5 {White wants to reduce the pressure by exchanging queens but Botvinnik will not cooperate.} Qf4 18.Ncd1 Nd4 19.Qa5 Rh1 20.Rc1 Ne5 {The threat is Nd3++.} 21.Qc7+ Kxc7 22.Nd5+ Kd7 23.Nxf4 g5 {The queens may be gone, but the attack continues unabated. Black resigned. Here is one reason why:} 24.Be3 gxf4 25.Bxd4 Nd3+ 26.Kd2 Nxc1 27.Bxg7 Rxf1 28.Kxc1 e5 29.Kd2 Bg4 30.f3 Be6 31.b3 Rg1 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.
