Smyslov vs Botvinnik
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[Event "Russia"] [Site "Match, Moscow (6)"] [Round "0"] [White "Smyslov"] [Black "Botvinnik"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D90"] [Opening "Gruenfeld: Three Knights Variation"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 Bg4 8. Be3 Nfd7 9. O-O-O Nc6 10. h3 Bxf3 11. gxf3 Nb6 12. Qc5 f5 13. Ne2 Qd6 14. e5 Qxc5+ {This gives White a big advantage in the ending} (14... Qd5 15. Nc3 (15. Qxd5+ Nxd5 16. Nc3 Nxe3 17. fxe3 f4 18. e4 Rad8) (15. b3 Rfd8 $1 (15... Qxf3 16. Nf4) 16. Nf4 Qxc5+ 17. dxc5 Rxd1+ 18. Kxd1 Nd7 19. Ne6 f4 $1 20. Bxf4 Ndxe5 ) (15. Kb1 Rad8 (15... Qxf3 16. Nc3 $1 Qxh1 $2 17. Bc4+) 16. Bg2 Qxc5 17. dxc5 Nd5 18. f4 e6 19. Bxd5 Rxd5 20. Nc3 Rxd1+ 21. Rxd1 a6 22. a3 Rd8 23. Rxd8+ Nxd8 ) 15... Qxc5 16. dxc5 f4 $1 17. cxb6 fxe3 18. bxc7 Bxe5 {good play for Black}) 15. dxc5 Nc4 16. f4 Rfd8 17. Bg2 Nxe3 18. fxe3 {Now White has clear positional advantages: his Bishop is active while Black's is shut in, and White controls all the good squares in the centre. For our purposes the rest of the game is relatively less important} 18... Nb4 19. Bxb7 Rab8 20. c6 $1 Kf7 21. Nd4 e6 22. Nb5 Nd5 23. Rxd5 $1 exd5 24. Nxc7 Rdc8 25. Bxc8 Rxc8 26. Nxd5 Rxc6+ 27. Kd2 Ke6 28. Nc3 1-0
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Players
WhiteSmyslov
BlackBotvinnik
Game
Moves28
OpeningD90 — Gruenfeld: Three Knights Variation
Result1-0
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TournamentRussia
LocationMatch, Moscow (6)
Round0