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David Bronstein vs Alexander Kotov
Moscow Championship (1946), Moscow URS, rd 3, Jan-27
Caro-Kann Defense: Karpov Variation (B17)  ·  1-0

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Aug-14-04
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  jaime gallegos: the only move to delay the end is 21...f6 22.Bxg7+ Kg8 23. Bxf6+ Kf7 24. Qxe6+ Ke8 25. Qxe7# 1-0
Oct-15-05  azaris: I'd like to know what Kotov's "tree of analysis" looked like after 20...Nd7???. One of the worst blunders in history.
Aug-11-07  bransk: I think it is amazing that all of Bronstein's forces came through that little hole at d2-e2....really cool!
Aug-13-07  wolfmaster: My thoughts exactly,<bransk>!
Jun-22-09  Travis Bickle: Bh6!! What a fantastic shot to end the game!
Dec-31-09  LeBronstein: 21...Nxe5 22. Bxg7+ Kg8 23. Bxe5+ Bg5
24. Rxg5#. Nice game by D.B.
Aug-17-11  rustyj: Is Bronstein's 20. Nc3 purely a decoy move so as to get black to move its knight off of d6 to 20...Nd7 with the intention of moving White's bishop freely from 22. Bxg7 to 23. Bxe5?
Sep-12-16  drollere: <I'd like to know what Kotov's "tree of analysis" looked like>

bronstein: "When the clocks were stopped grandmaster Kotov explained that he had only calculated 21. Qxg7+"

bronstein then devotes a paragraph to that variation and finds it quite murky.

Aug-23-19
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  fredthebear: <LeBronstein: 21...Nxe5 22. Bxg7+ Kg8 23. Bxe5+ Bg5 24. Rxg5#. Nice game by D.B.>

This discovered check mating pattern is Pillsbury's Mate, similar to Morphy's Mate. Reference "The Art of the Checkmate" by Renaud and Kahn, Chapter 12, pages 128-132.

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