Langeweg vs Smyslov
Amsterdam | ?
512
[Event "Amsterdam"] [Site "?"] [Round "0"] [White "Langeweg"] [Black "Smyslov"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A05"] [Opening "Reti: 1...Nf6"] 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. g3 Bb7 4. Bg2 g6 { 4...e6 5.d4 would transpose to the Queen's Indian Defense.} 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. d3 d5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Nxd5 Bxd5 9. Qa4+ {White's queen does entirely too much traveling in this game. Castling would have been wiser.} 9... Qd7 10. Qf4 { 10.Qxd7+ Nxd7 would be a little better for Black because his bishops would apply pressure on the queenside.} 10... Nc6 11. O-O Rd8 12. Qa4 O-O {While Whit e has been busy shuffling his queen back and forth Black has completed his development.} 13. Rd1 a5 14. Qh4 Bxf3 15. Bxf3 Nd4 {Black posts the knight in the center which threatens to cripple White's pawn structure by Nxf3+.} 16. Qe4 e6 17. Bg5 { White finally develops his bishop but it's too late to help his queen.} 17... f6 18. Bf4 g5 19. Bc1 f5 {White resigned. The position is worse than it looks.} 20. Qb7 {20.Qe3 Nc2} 20... Rb8 21. Qa6 g4 22. Bg2 Nxe2+ 23. Kf1 Nxc1 24. Raxc1 Bxb2 {Black has too many extra pawns.} 0-1
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