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David Bronstein vs Lajos Portisch
Amsterdam Interzonal (1964), Amsterdam NED, rd 23, Jun-21
French Defense: Steinitz. Boleslavsky Variation (C11)  ·  1/2-1/2

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Oct-01-11  Everett: What a €%#£¥! fantastic draw. Portisch has had some powerful ideas in the opening, And the French in particular. Here, he takes up the challenge of Bronstein's 9.b4, sacking a piece for what would grow to four pawns. The harmony between Black's four pawns and remaining N is remarkable.
Dec-17-14  hcgflynn: 36. nfxd4 wins imo.
Dec-17-14  jvv: Yes, 36.Nxd4 is much better end probably wins.
Jan-21-17  cunctatorg: Well, here it's a great fight!! It seems to me that David Bronstein was able to take the best of Super-Grandmaster Lajos Portisch!...
May-25-23
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  perfidious: A near call for Portisch, who was plus one through fifteen rounds and had little chance of qualifying, but ran off 6/7 entering this final round game.

Had Bronstein spotted 36.Nxd4, would have been a long ride back to Budapest and Reshevsky would have made the candidates instead.

May-26-23  Olavi: <perfidious> 36...Nc2 then eliminates the pe5, does White really have realistic winning chances? That in any case was the reason why Bronstein avoided 36.Nxd4.
May-27-23  Olavi: 36...Nd3 of course. A rare type of ending then.
Oct-07-24  Everett: <Olavi> yes, there is no clear win, and lots of play to be had in the slightly favorable endgame for White. No doubt time trouble was afoot, and had some influence on play.

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