[Event "13"] [Site "Moscow URS ch"] [Round "0"] [White "Smyslov"] [Black "Liublinsky"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C70"] [Opening "Spanish: 4.Ba4"] {The tension protracted as long as possible} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. c3 Bd7 6. d4 Nf6 7. Nbd2 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. Re1 {This is a fine example of a position which needs to be played in the "tension" style} 9... Be8 {This strange looking move has a double purpose. Firstly, the Bishop no longer blocks the action of the Queen down the file, so that the possibility of ... Pd5 is open to Black The second point is that it vacates d7 for a Knight. An eventual ... Nfd7 will allow Black to play ... Nb6, forcing the hostile Bishop to declare its intentions. It also allows the move ... Pf6, protecting the e-pawn, and simultaeneously freeing the Bishop for action on the diagonal e8-h5} 10. Bb3 {This hinders Black's plans.} (10. Nf1 exd4 11. cxd4 d5 12. e5 Ne4 {illustrates how careful one must be with tension in the centre}) (10. -- Nd7 11. -- Nb6 12. Bc2 f6) (10. d5 { transition to a blocked oblique centre gives Black good counterplay} 10... Nb8 11. Bc2 c6 12. c4 cxd5 13. cxd5 a5 $132) 10... Nd7 11. Nf1 Bf6 (11... Kh8 12. -- f6) 12. Ne3 Ne7 13. Ng4 {(GM plan)} 13... Ng6 14. g3 {stopping the Knight from occupying f4 .. the important square in these positions} 14... Be7 15. h4 $1 {GM plan} 15... Nf6 16. Ng5 h6 17. Nxf6+ Bxf6 18. Qh5 { Apparently according to plan. This powerul move emphasizes White's advantage} 18... Nh8 (18... hxg5 19. hxg5 Be7 20. Qxg6 Kh8 21. Qh5+ Kg8 22. g6 $18) (18... Ne7 {The Knight would be in the way} 19. dxe5 dxe5 20. Be3 Nc6 21. Rad1 Qc8 22. Qg6 $1) 19. dxe5 $1 {Putting an end to the tension at exactly the right moment} 19... dxe5 {So we reach a form of the e-pawn centre. Black could also have played ... Bxe5, running into the Ruy Lopez Centre} 20. Be3 Qe7 (20... hxg5 { GM combination} 21. hxg5 g6 22. Qh4 Bg7 23. Kg2 Bc6 24. Rh1 Re8 25. Qh7+ Kf8 26. Bc5+ Re7 27. Qxh8+ Bxh8 28. Rxh8+ Kg7 29. Rxd8 Rxd8 30. Bxe7 $18) 21. Bd5 $1 {Forcing a weakening of Black's pawn formation} 21... c6 (21... hxg5 22. hxg5 g6 23. gxf6 $1) 22. Bb3 Bd7 23. Rad1 Rad8 24. Rd2 Bc8 25. Red1 Rxd2 26. Rxd2 Qc7 {Now White has to again reckon with the possibility of ... hxg5 and .. . Rd8 simplifying} 27. Bc5 $1 {very well played} 27... Rd8 (27... hxg5 28. Bxf8 Kxf8 29. Qxh8+) (27... Be7 28. Bxe7 Qxe7 29. Nf3 Re8 30. Qxe5 Qxe5 31. Nxe5 Rxe5 32. Rd8+ Kh7 33. Rxc8 Rxe4 34. Bc2) 28. Rxd8+ Bxd8 (28... Qxd8 29. Bxf7+) 29. Nxf7 $1 Nxf7 30. Bb6 $3 Qd7 (30... Qxb6 31. Qxf7+ Kh7 32. h5) 31. Bxd8 Kh7 32. Bxf7 Qxd8 33. Bg6+ {loses another pawn} 1-0