[Event "16"] [Site "Moscow"] [Round "0"] [White "Capablanca"] [Black "Botvinnik"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A04"] [Opening "Reti: 1...f5 2.g3"] {Black plays ... Nb6 in an attempt to force White to clarify the central situation} 1. Nf3 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. c4 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. d4 d5 7. Nc3 c6 8. Qb3 Kh8 9. Ne5 Nbd7 10. Nxd7 Nxd7 11. Rd1 Nb6 $1 { Forcing White to make up his mind about the c-pawn} 12. cxd5 (12. c5 Nd7 13. Qa4 e5 (13... f4 {initiative with Black})) 12... exd5 13. Na4 Nc4 14. Nc5 b6 $2 {Sharpest but inferior} (14... Qb6 {Black seizes the initiative}) 15. Nd3 Bf6 16. Qc2 $1 Bd7 (16... Bxd4 17. Nb4 Qf6 18. Nxc6 $1 Bxb2 19. Bxb2 Nxb2 20. Rxd5) 17. e3 Nd6 18. a4 a5 {stop Queenside counterplay} 19. b3 Re8 20. Ba3 Ne4 { In the end the Knight finds itself on f7, so it might as well have gone there immediately} 21. f3 Ng5 22. Ne5 Rc8 (22... Bxe5 23. dxe5 Rxe5 $2 24. f4 {fork}) 23. Rac1 Kg8 24. Qd3 Nf7 25. f4 Be7 26. Bxe7 Qxe7 27. Rc3 Nxe5 {This exchange was practically unavoidable, since White threatened to double Rooks. Now White, with a protected passed pawn and a good Bishop, has decidedly the better of it} 28. dxe5 Qb4 29. Rdc1 Rb8 (29... -- 30. e6 {Enticement} 30... Rxe6 31. Bxd5 { Pin} 31... cxd5 32. Rxc8+) 30. Qd4 {Although White seems to hold the advantage at this point he had to b content with a draw} 30... b5 31. Ra1 Ra8 32. axb5 Qxb5 33. Rc5 Qxb3 34. Rxd5 Be6 35. Rd6 c5 36. Qxc5 (36. Qd2 $1) 36... Rec8 37. Qb6 Rab8 38. Qxb3 (38. Qd4 Rc4 39. Qd1 $1) 38... Bxb3 39. Bc6 (39. e4) 39... a4 40. g4 fxg4 41. Kf2 Kf8 42. Kg3 Rb6 43. Be4 Rxd6 44. exd6 Rd8 45. Bxh7 Rxd6 46. Kxg4 Rh6 $11 1/2-1/2