[Event "Moscow"] [Site "Moscow"] [Round "0"] [White "Keres"] [Black "Botvinnik"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A40"] [Opening "Queen's Pawn: 1...e6 2.Nf3"] {White exchanges pawns at d5 and Black recaptures with the c-pawn} 1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 f5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 d5 7. Nc3 c6 8. Rb1 Kh8 { Keres has chosen a line which Reshevsky played against Botvinnik at Nottingham and his plan should be to attack the c-pawn withhisb-pawn} 9. cxd5 (9. b4 $6 dxc4) (9. c5 {most logical}) 9... cxd5 {This simple move crosses White's plan . .. now Rb1 is only a loss of time. It is worth noticing that in the Najdorf-Gligoric game, this recapture with the c-pawn would have been less good, since the Queen Knight was already on d7. In the present game, this piece now has the better square c5, at its disposal} (9... exd5 10. b4) 10. Bf4 Nc6 11. Ne5 (11. Nb5 Nh5) 11... Bd7 12. Rc1 Rc8 13. Qd3 Nh5 14. Bd2 Bd6 15. Nxc6 Bxc6 16. Qf3 Qe8 17. Qd3 Nf6 18. a3 Rc7 19. Bg5 Ng4 20. Qd2 Nf6 21. Bf4 Qd7 22. Bxd6 Qxd6 23. Qf4 {The endgame will not be favourable for White, even though his Bishop is on the right colour. In fact, this Bishop will find nothing better to do than exchange itself for Black's bad Bishop. Meanwhile Black's microscopic Queensdie advantage (Rooks already half doubled on the c-file, and a small weakness produced by Pa3) will be very slowly brought to fruition} (23. Rc2) 23... Qxf4 24. gxf4 Rfc8 25. e3 (25. Na2 Bb5 26. Rxc7 Rxc7 27. Rc1 {last chance of equality}) 25... Bb5 26. Rfe1 Kg8 27. f3 (27. Bf1 Bxf1 28. Kxf1 Ne4 {Black penetrates on the c-file}) 27... Bc4 28. Bf1 Ne8 29. Bxc4 Rxc4 30. Kf2 Nd6 31. Ke2 b5 32. Kd3 b4 33. Na2 (33. axb4 Rxb4 34. Rb1 Rcb8 35. Kc2 Nc4) (33. Ne2 bxa3 34. bxa3 Rxc1 35. Rxc1 Rxc1 36. Nxc1 Nc4) 33... bxa3 34. bxa3 Ra4 35. Rxc8+ Nxc8 36. Nc3 Rxa3 37. Kc2 Nd6 38. Rb1 Kf7 39. Rb4 Ra1 40. Kd3 Ra3 41. Kc2 Ra1 42. Kd3 Re1 43. Ra4 Nc4 44. Rxa7+ Kg6 45. e4 Re3+ 46. Kc2 Rxf3 47. exf5+ Kxf5 48. Rxg7 Rf2+ 49. Kb3 Rb2+ 50. Ka4 Rxh2 51. Rf7+ Kg6 52. Rf8 Nd6 53. Nb5 Nf5 54. Nc7 Re2 55. Ne8 Nxd4 56. Rf6+ Kh5 57. Rf7 Nf5 58. Rxh7+ Kg4 59. Rd7 Kxf4 60. Nc7 Ke5 61. Kb4 Rc2 62. Kb3 Nd4+ 63. Kb4 Rc4+ 64. Ka5 Nf5 65. Kb6 d4 66. Na6 Nd6 67. Nc5 Kd5 68. Nd3 e5 69. Rh7 Rc6+ 70. Ka5 Nc4+ 71. Kb5 Rb6+ 72. Ka4 Nb2+ 73. Ka5 Nc4+ 74. Ka4 Rb8 75. Nb4+ Ke6 76. Nc6 Nb2+ 77. Ka3 Nc4+ 78. Ka4 Rb1 79. Rh6+ Kf5 80. Nb4 (80. Nxd4+ exd4 81. Rf6+ Ke4 82. Rf4+ Kd3 83. Rxd4+ Kc3 84. Rd3+ Kc2 85. Rc3+ Kxc3) 0-1