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Samuel Reshevsky vs Max Euwe
Zuerich Candidates (1953), Zuerich SUI, rd 20, Oct-06
Nimzo-Indian Defense: Normal Variation. Bernstein Defense (E59)  ·  1-0

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Dec-10-11  wordfunph: Reshevsky - Euwe

after 20...Nxb6


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21.Rxa6!

"Not everyone would decide to take such a pawn....but Reshevsky is prepared, if he sees a chance to win, to think it over for two hours and twenty-five minutes, if it means he will then be able to exploit that chance and fashion a win out of it."

- GM David Bronstein

Oct-28-13  zydeco: If 23....Bg6 there's no way that black can take the boxed-in bishop without allowing Bxb6 or Bxc4.

Reshevsky's style (I think this is Bronstein's point) is to very precisely calculate variations that lead to some tangible advantage -- grabbing a pawn, for instance -- even if they're aesthetically unappealing. There's probably something similar in Korchnoi's style.

31....Ra3 looks obvious. Maybe black was worried about 32.e6 fxe6 33.Rxe6 Nxc3 37.Re7. But black can play 33....Kf7 and if, say, 34.Rc6 black has 34.....Nxc3 35.Rxc4 Ne2+ 36.K moves Nxd4 37.Rxd4 and black holds the endgame.

Oct-29-13  RookFile: Fischer was the same in this regard, very concrete.
Feb-17-15
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  jbennett: I'm doing a series of videos on the Zurich 1953 tournament. For round 20 I selected this game to cover: http://youtu.be/Qvg1nJ3N_HQ
Aug-18-15
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  keypusher: Interesting to compare the last phase with Botvinnik vs Chekhover, 1938.
Jan-24-25
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  plang: Played in the 20th round; in the 3rd round Averbakh had played 10 Re1 against Reshevsky and obtained a promising position so Reshevsky to try it himself with White. Reshevsky had replied 11..Rd8 against Averbakh; Euwe tried 11..e5. Euwe had prepared 12..e4?! but this resulted in an advantage for White; 12..Na5 would have been better. Nowadays, players normally avoid the pawn weaknesses created by 18..a6?! 19 a5. Euwe overestimated his chances with the pawn sacrifice 19..b5?!. 23..Bg4 24 Qh4..Qa8 25 Ra1..Nd5 26 Bc5..Re8 27 Qxc4..Rxe5 28 Qf1! would have favored White. After his earlier inaccuracies Euwe defended well until 31..Nc7?!; Franco offered the following line: 31..Ra3 32 e6..fxe 33 Rxe6..Nxc3 34 Re7..g5 35 Bg7,,Nd5 36 Rd7..c3 37 Bxh6..Nf4 38 gxf..c2 39 Rg7+..Kh8 40 Rc7..Ra1+ 41 Kg2..c1(Q) 42 Rxc1..Rxc1 43 fxg..Kh7 when Black should be able to hold.

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