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Mikhail Botvinnik vs Vladimir Petrov
USSR Championship (1940), Moscow URS, rd 6, Sep-12
French Defense: Tarrasch. Closed Variation (C05)  ·  1-0

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  tpstar: tpstar0-lebimmortal (Yahoo 7/31/04): 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Bd3 Be7 6. Ne2 b6 7. Nf3 (7. 0-0 Ba6 8. Bxa6 Nxa6 c3) Ba6 8. 0-0 Bxd3 9. Qxd3 c5 10. c4!? (10. c3) dc 11. Qxc4 a6 12. a4 Nc6 13. Bf4 g5 14. Bg3 h5 15. h3 g4 16. hg hg 17. Nh2 Na5 18. Qd3?! c4 19. Qc3 Bh4 20. Nxg4 Bxg3 21. Qxg3 Qe7 22. Rac1 Rg8 23. Qf3 Qg5?! 24. Qxa8+ Ke7 25. Qf3 (25. Qxg8 Qxg8 26. Ne3) Qxg4 26. Qxg4 Rxg4 and later drawn on time (1/2-1/2).

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