[Event "Soviet Union"] [Site "?"] [Round "0"] [White "Smyslov"] [Black "Simagin"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A04"] [Opening "Reti: 1...g6"] 1. Nf3 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. e4 a6 {An unusual plan, playing on both wings. The normal move is 3...d6, while the move 3...c5!? is also popular.} 4. Bd3 d6 5. O-O {Now Black could transpose to a Pirc with 5...Nf6 but Simagin prefers a more original plan of development.} 5... Bg4 6. c3 Nd7 7. Nbd2 e6 8. Qb3 Bxf3 9. Nxf3 Rb8 {Simagin seems inspired by Chigorin, who often moved his rook to b8 in support of the pawn.} 10. Bg5 Ne7 11. Rad1 O-O 12. Rfe1 {Both sides ve completed their development, and White's pieces are better placed. But now Black weakens his kingside, allowing a central counterattack.} 12... h6 13. Bf4 g5 14. Bg3 Ng6 15. e5 {I have played these sorts of formations for Black and always find the advance of the e-pawn an effective method of undermining my position. In the present game Black suffers even more because he has not gained space on the queenside.} 15... d5 16. Qc2 Nf4 {16...Qe8 17.h4 g4 18.Nh2 h5 19.f3 gxf3 20.Nxf3 would allow White to build a strong attack on the f-file, using g5 for the knight.} 17. Bxf4 gxf4 {White must now develop a plan. Smyslov anticipates that Black will have to advance his f-pawn in order defend the pawn at f4. That will weaken the pawn at e6, so doubling rooks on the e-file is called for.} 18. Re2 c5 19. Qd2 f6 { The only way to avoid dropping the pawn at f4.} 20. exf6 Qxf6 21. Rde1 Rbe8 { Now there is a weak diagonal to be exploited.} 22. Bb1 cxd4 23. cxd4 Rf7 24. Qc2 Rfe7 25. Qh7+ Kf8 26. Bg6 Rc8 {White's attack cannot achieve much since it involves only two pieces. But the Black pieces are so tied down that White has time to extricate the queen.} 27. h4 Rc6 28. h5 {The point of the last two moves becomes clear if one mentally removes the pawn at e6. If White had not done this, Black could have complicated matters with e6-e5!} 28... Rc4 29. Bd3 {White tries to get the rook to leave the c-file, so that it can be used as an expressway to the 8th rank.} 29... Rc6 30. Bg6 Rc4 {Obviously Smyslov has to come up with a better plan. He does so with a very clever and unexpected move. Since the bishop is not effective in attacking the rook from d3, Smyslov creates another possibility ata2!} 31. a3 Rc6 32. Bb1 Bh8 { 32...Rc4?! 33.Ba2 Rc6 34.Bxd5! exd5 35.Rxe7 Qxe7 36.Rxe7 Kxe7 37.Qxg7+} 33. Qd3 {Finally! Now Black has to keep an eye on h4, otherwise White will play Nh4-g6. } 33... Rg7 {The rooks has finally abandoned the c-file, and White uses it to bring the queen in to deliver the final blow.} 34. Qb3 Rb6 {White has fin ally succeeded in driving the rook from the c-file, and now the queen rushes in to end the game.} 35. Qc3 Rg8 {35...Rc6 36.Qb4+ Kg8 37.Qxb7} 36. Qc8+ 1-0