Andrey Batuev vs David Bronstein (1947)

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Andrey Batuev vs David Bronstein
URS-ch sf Leningrad (1947), Leningrad URS, rd 1, Oct-??
Indian Game: London System (A48) · 0-1

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Given 12 times; par: 53 [what's this?]

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Jan-10-02		bishop: White tried to win the f4 pawn by sacrificing a piece.Bronstein's counter sacrifice refuted White's play.In the end his light squared bishop became very strong.

Feb-23-17		plang: Bronstein on 22 Bf5?! (did White overlook 23..Nxd4?): "Perhaps this move was not the best but as the great Paul Morphy once replied, when asked about a not altogether correct combination that he had carried out:"Gentlemen, but I had to do something!"" After 25 Rxe5? White lost quickly; an unclear position would have resulted from 25 Nxc6..Qxc6 26 Qg2+..Kh8 27 Kh1.

Feb-23-17		Delboy: This game has two minor piece sacrifices and three exchange sacs. The resignation then occurs as the remaining rook is about to be 'exchanged' for yet another minor piece

Jan-01-25		MarcusBierce: <Delboy> it�s even worse than that. White will be down heavy material.

Jan-02-25		MarcusBierce: <Plang: 25 Nxc6..Qxc6 26 Qg2+..Kh8 27 Kh1> Black seems still under control, per stockfish: < 1) -2.08 (27 ply) 27...Qd7 28. Nh2 d4 29. Nf3 Bf6 30. Rxe8+ Rxe8 31. Qg4 d3 32. Rg1 c4 33. Nd2 b5 34. Ne4 Qe7 35. Nxf6 Qxf6 36. Qxf4 Rd8 37. a4 h6 38. axb5 axb5 39. Qg4 d2 40. Rd1 Qe5 41. Rg1 Kh7>

Jan-02-25		MarcusBierce: Final position < -8.45 (23 ply) 35.Rd3 Bxe2+ 38.Kxe2 Qg2+ 39.Kd1 Qxb2 40.e7 Qb1+ 41.Ke2 Qxa2+ 42.Kf1 Qb1+ 43.Kf2 Qc2+ 44.Ke1 Qa4 45.Rd2 Kg7 46.Re2 Qe8 47.Kd2 b5 48.cxb5 axb5 49.Re4 h6 50.Kc2 b4 51.Kb3 Kf7 52.h4 f5 53.Re5>

Aug-05-25		takebackok: And then it's easy over Tuesday, forced (just the way we like it) 32...Rxg3+ 33. fxg3 Qxg3+ 34. Kf1 Bf3 35. Qf2 (what else?! Rd3 Bxe2+ etc.) Qxh3+ 36. Ke1 Qh1+ 37. Qf1 Qxf1+ etc. over and gg.

Aug-05-25		Walter Glattke: 32.-Rxg3+ 33.Kg1 Bf3 34.fxg3 Qxg3 35.e7 Bxe2+ 36.Kxe2 Qe3+ b) 33.fxg3 Qxg3+ 34.Kf1 Bf3 35.Rd2 Qxh3+ 34.Ke1 Bxe2 Rxe2 perpetual, draw

Aug-05-25		mel gibson: The first few moves were easy. Stockfish 17 says mate in 32: 32. .. Rxg3+ (32. .. Rxg3+ (1. ... Rxg3+ 2.fxg3 Qxg3+ 3.Kf1 Bf3 4.e7 Bxe2+ 5.Kxe2 Qe3+ 6.Kf1 Qxh3+ 7.Kg1 Qe3+ 8.Kf1 Qxe7 9.Re1 Qd7 10.Ke2 Kg7 11.Rg1+ Kf7 12.Rg3 Qf5 13.Rd3 Ke6 14.b3 Qe4+ 15.Kd2 Qg2+ 16.Kd1 Ke5 17.Rd2 Qf1+ 18.Kc2 Qf3 19.b4 Qc3+ 20.Kd1 d3 21.Rh2 Qa1+ 22.Kd2 Qb2+ 23.Kxd3 Qxh2 24.b5 Qh3+ 25.Kc2 a5 26.a4 Qe3 27.Kb2 Qd2+ 28.Ka3 Qd1 29.Kb2 Kd4 30.Ka3 Kc3 31.Ka2 Qe2+ 32.Ka3 Qb2+) +M32/63 2073) Black wins _ mate in 32.

Aug-05-25		saturn2: Not trivial to continue best after 34.Kf1

Aug-05-25		Walter Glattke: In my line b) follows 35.Rxe2 Qh5 36.e7 Qe8 37.Kd2 Kg7 38.Kd3 Kf7 39.Kc4 Qxe7 40.Rxe7+ Kxe7 41.Kxd5 h5

Aug-05-25		Walter Glattke: 41.Kd5

Aug-05-25		TheaN: Kind of straightforward, though Black will need to keep an eye on Pe6: <32....Rxg3+ 33.fxg3> declining the rook doesn't help White: after 33.Kf1 Bf3 -+ the rook's still on the board and adds threats like Rxh3 in the position, whilst Black just continues with what he intended anyway <33....Qxg3+ 34.Kf1 (Qg2 Qxg2#) Bf3! -+> Interesting final position. You'd think White has a say in the matter due to Pe6 but no, too slow. First off, has to keep tabs on g2 or be mated on the spot: however, staying on the second rank allows Qxh3+, Bxd1 and Qxe6 at least with Black being three pawns up in the queen endgame. In all lines there's a slight improvement, but the prospect of going in a hopeless endgame will force White to resign.

Aug-05-25		chrisowen: I its wolf grab its op mank its q Rxg3 its abe its leeway its duh its axiom juggle its adrift niff Rxg3 its ebb x

Aug-05-25		Damenlaeuferbauer: After long thinking, the immortal David Bronstein finally found the win with the nice exchange sacrifice 32.-,Rxg3+! 33.fxg3 (33.Kh2,Re3+ -+; 33.Kf1,Bf3/Rxh3 -+) 33.-,Qxg3+ 34.Kf1,Bf3!.v Did I already mention, that I love Tuesdays?

Aug-06-25		Halldor: I found the continuation to the end of the game, but regret not to have examined the final position better instead of rushing to check the solution. The final move, the Bishop pin, was not easy to find (when visualizing the position before the exchange sacrifice). If there had been no white pawn on the Queen Bishop's file, the puzzle would have been easier, — with another Bishop's pin (B-N4) winning the Queen.

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