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Andre Lilienthal vs Salomon Flohr
Moscow (1935), Moscow URS, rd 9, Feb-27
Queen's Gambit Declined: Semi-Tarrasch Defense. Exchange Variation (D41)  ·  1/2-1/2

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White to move.
ANALYSIS [x]
Notes by Stockfish 9 v010218 (minimum 6s/ply) 8...Bb4+ 9.Bd2 Bxd2+ 10.Qxd2 O-O 11.Rc1 b6 12.Bd3 Bb7 = -0.08 (34 ply) 9.Bb5+ Bd7 10.Bd3 Bb4+ 11.Bd2 Bxd2+ 12.Qxd2 O-O 13.O-O ⩲ +0.80 (23 ply)= -0.07 (25 ply)better is 18.Bxf6 Bxf6 19.e5 Be7 20.e6 Qb8 21.Ne5 fxe6 22.Bxh7+ ⩲ +0.59 (26 ply)= 0.00 (27 ply)better is 20...Qb8 21.e6 fxe6 22.fxe4 dxe4 23.Bc4 Bd5 24.Bxd5 exd5 = +0.21 (23 ply) 21.e6 fxe6 22.fxe4 e5 23.Rxc5 bxc5 24.Nf5 dxe4 25.Bc4+ ⩲ +0.82 (24 ply)= 0.00 (26 ply) 27...Kh7 28.Qg3 Qxg3 29.hxg3 g6 30.Rd1 Be7 31.Kg1 Bf6 = -0.09 (24 ply) ⩲ +0.94 (24 ply) after 28.Bb3+ Bd5 29.Qg3 f4 30.Bxd5+ Qxd5 31.Qg4 Rf6 32.Ne2 28...Bd6 29.Qg1 Bc5 30.Ne2 Qc7 31.Bb3+ Kh7 32.Qd1 Bc8 ⩲ +0.65 (24 ply) ± +2.04 (27 ply) 30.Nf4 Qxf4 31.Rd7 Rg8 32.Qa1 Qg5 33.Rxb7 Be7 34.Rxa7 ± +2.19 (27 ply) 30...Bc8 31.Qa1 Kh7 32.Bb3 Be3 33.Rc2 Bc5 34.Bd4 Ba6 = +0.42 (21 ply)better is 31.Ng3 Kh7 32.Nh5 e3 33.Re2 Rf7 34.Qb1 Bd7 35.h3 Be6 ⩲ +1.34 (23 ply) ⩲ +0.75 (21 ply) 34.Bd4 Qe7 35.a4 Kh7 36.Qe2 Rd8 37.g3 Qa3 38.Kg2 Kg8 ⩲ +1.18 (20 ply)= 0.00 (29 ply)better is 35...Rc8 36.Ba4 Qb2 37.Re8+ Rxe8 38.Bxe8 Kh7 39.Bf7 g6 = +0.10 (30 ply) ⩲ +0.83 (25 ply) 37.Ba4 Qc1 38.Qxc1 Rxc1+ 39.Kh2 Rc5 40.g4 fxg4 41.hxg4 ⩲ +1.25 (24 ply)= 0.00 (40 ply)better is 38...Rc3 39.Qh5 Qe1+ 40.Kh2 Qg3+ 41.Kh1 Qe1+ = 0.00 (41 ply)better is 39.Ba4 Rc3 40.Be8 Rg3 41.Qg1 Qxa2 42.Bf7 Qc2 43.Re7 Rd3 ⩲ +0.67 (28 ply)better is 39...Qe3 40.Qh5 Rc1+ 41.Bd1 Qg5 42.Kh2 Qf4+ 43.Kh1 Qf1+ = 0.00 (43 ply) ⩲ +0.69 (29 ply) 41.Qg1 Qxg1+ 42.Kxg1 Rd6 43.Re7 a5 44.g4 Kg6 45.gxf5+ ⩲ +0.86 (30 ply)= 0.00 (44 ply) after 41...Qf1+ 42.Kh2 Qf4+ 43.Kg1 Qc1+ 44.Kh2 Qf4+; 42.Kh2 Qg3+ 43.Kh1 Qe1+ 44.Kh2 = 0.00 (52 ply)1/2-1/2

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Kibitzer's Corner
Jan-22-18  ughaibu: So, what do Keres and Kotov say about this game?
Jan-23-18
Premium Chessgames Member
  offramp: <ughaibu: So, what do Keres and Kotov say about this game?>

They say it's the greatest ever example of the chess player's art.

Jan-23-18  Granny O Doul: It depends on how many they've put away already.
Jan-23-18
Premium Chessgames Member
  offramp: Let us now take up the question as to how position with a fixed centre can be changed into central formations of another type.

By demolishing the opponent's pawns one can easily change the position from that of a fixed to a mobile central type, and if both players' pawns disappear then an open centre may arise. Alternatively, from positions with a closed center, there can easily arise the type with fixed centres and even mobile centres may occur. A problem which demands particular care arises when the player who has the mobile centre must determine in what fashion it should be fixed. It is then that a player may get into great difficulties which demand the greatest playing skill.

Let us, for example, consider the following example. In this there occurs an interesting case of change in the centre.


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In this there occurs an interesting case of change in the center!

In this position, Black exerts strong pressure on e4. If White confines himself merely to defending the pawn then he runs the risk of having the initiative taken out of his hands. So he must do something about his pawn position in the centre. But what? Why not play P-K5? (Such a move is indeed playable at the appropriate time. In this connexion the reader should study the game Kotov vs Gligoric, 1947, but it should be observed that special positional circumstances existed to justify the move.) Lillienthal finds an elegant solution to the difficult problem.
17. d5! exd5
18. Nd4!
A remarkable move. Now he threatens the decisive 3. Nf5 and 4. Qg5. Quite suddenly Black's position takes on a most unprepossessing appearance. White has opened up the centre and has not only activated his Bishops but has also united all his pieces for the attack in the ensuing moves.
18...Bc5
19. e5.


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Lilienthal wants to use his pawns for the attack, but in so doing he allows his opponent the opportunity of organizing a defence. Excellent winning chances would have been given by <19.Rxc5 bxc5 20.Nf5 d4 21.Qg5.>
19...Ne4
20. f3 Qe8!
Excellent! By means of the piece sacrifice Black obtains a dangerous mobile centre supported by active forces.


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21.fxe4 Qxe5
22. Re1 Re8.
Now Black gains his third pawn for the Knight and thus, in addition to everything else, he restores the balance in material. White must in his turn strive for equality.
23. Kh1 dxe4
24. Bc2 Rd8
25. Rd1 h6


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Jan-23-18
Premium Chessgames Member
  offramp: Part 2


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26. Bc3 f5
How is White to escape from the threatened attack by Black's mobile pawn centre? With the ensuing elegant play Lilienthal solves the difficult problem in a combinational way.


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27. Rd2! Rf8
<If 27... f4 there would now follow 28. Ne6! Re8 <(28... Rxd2 29. Qxd2 Qxe6? 30. Bb3)> 29. Qh3 Qb8 30. Bb3with a win for White).>
28. Qe1 Kh8?
Now Black loses the initiative. the right procedure consisted in 28. ...f4 with the deadly threat of e3 and f3. This loss of a tempo affords White a chance of saving himself.
29. Ne2 Qc7
30. Qd1 Bc6
31. Nd4 Bd7


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32. Nb3 Be6
33. Nxc5 Qxc5.
Black's most dangerous Bishop has been exchanged off and one can already speak of an advantage for White. But now in fact Lilienthal allows himself to commit an inaccurate move, and the highly interesting game reaches a friendly outcome.


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34. Rd6?
<Correct was 34. Qa1 Qe2 35. Be5 or Rd6.>
34...Qxc3
35. Rxe6 Kh7
36. h3 Rc8
37. Bb3 Qe3
38. Bc2 Qf2


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39. Bb3 Rc3
40. Re8 Rd3


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41. Qh5 Qe1+
Drawn by perpetual check on the square g3 and e1.

Jan-23-18  ughaibu: Fantastic! Thanks.
Jan-23-18  Olavi: That's Kotov. The book in question has four chapters, two each.

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