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Ratmir Kholmov vs Mikhail Botvinnik
9th Soviet Team Championship Final-A (1963), Moscow URS, rd 5, Aug-16
Pirc Defense: Byrne Variation (B07)  ·  0-1

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ANALYSIS [x]
Notes by Stockfish 9 v010218 (minimum 7s/ply)better is 6.Qd2 a6 7.Be2 b5 8.Bf3 Nfd7 9.e5 Ra7 10.exd6 cxd6 ⩲ +0.57 (24 ply)better is 6...Nbd7 7.Nf3 c5 8.d5 a6 9.a4 Qa5 10.Nd2 Nh5 11.Nc4 = 0.00 (26 ply) ⩲ +0.57 (24 ply)better is 11...Ne5 12.f4 Nxd3+ 13.cxd3 O-O 14.O-O e6 15.f5 Kh7 = +0.25 (25 ply)better is 12.f4 a6 13.a3 b5 14.Rd1 Bb7 15.O-O O-O 16.e5 dxe5 ⩲ +0.96 (28 ply)= +0.38 (27 ply) 15...f5 16.exf5 gxf5 17.d4 d5 18.Nc1 Bd7 19.a3 O-O 20.Nd3 = +0.13 (27 ply)better is 16.d4 Kf8 17.d5 exd5 18.b4 Nxb4 19.Nxd5 Nc6 20.Ndc3 Be6 ⩲ +1.03 (24 ply)= +0.45 (26 ply) 17.d4 d5 18.f5 gxf5 19.exd5 Nxd5 20.b4 Qa6 21.Nxd5 exd5 ⩲ +0.87 (27 ply)= 0.00 (28 ply)better is 32.Nf1 Rg8 33.Ne3 Ne7 34.Rc1 Rd6 35.Rdd1 Be6 36.Rg1 a5 = +0.14 (28 ply)= -0.41 (29 ply)better is 41.Ne7 Rd7 42.Ncd5 Bf3 43.Kg3 Bxd5 44.Nxd5 Ng6 45.Ne3 = 0.00 (37 ply)= -0.50 (32 ply) 60.d6 Kb5 61.Rg6 Kc5 62.Rg7 a5 63.d7 Kc6 64.Rg6+ Kc7 = 0.00 (45 ply)-+ -2.91 (39 ply) 63.Kf4 Rb3 64.b5+ Rxb5 65.Ke4 Rb3 66.a4 Rb4+ 67.Kd3 Rxa4 -+ -2.81 (40 ply)-+ -4.61 (31 ply) 65.Rh5+ Ka4 66.Ke3 Rxa3+ 67.Kd2 Kxb4 68.Kc1 Rc3+ 69.Kb1 -+ -4.29 (35 ply)-+ -11.90 (30 ply)70.Kd5 Ka3 71.Rh3+ Ka4 72.Kc6 b4 73.Rh1 Rd8 74.Kc5 Ka3 -+ -132.79 (28 ply)0-1

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Kibitzer's Corner
Jun-19-16  fispok: Kholmov fought hard and long but was ultimately a pawn short.
Mar-02-18  Saniyat24: look at those battery of pawns after 22...f6, liked Kholmov's Knight exchange for the bishop in the g-file in the 49th move...68.Ra3 wouldn't have helped either...great game..!
Mar-02-18  Saniyat24: Botvinnik's Battery would be a good pun, for this game...
Mar-03-18  Saniyat24: Look at the board after Kholmov's 42.Re3...very picturesque position...!
Mar-03-18  Saniyat24: 45.Ne2 was a very good move by Kholmov...!

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