| Jul-20-06 | | Maynard5: This game features extremely good positional play by Lilienthal, in particular the use of the c-file and the advance of the h-pawn, which enables White to post his knight on the strong square f5. Keres actually plays some strong moves in the opening here, Qc8 followed by 15. ... Qc2, after which White's bishop is tied down on c1. But after 16. e4, Black should probably reply with 16. ... Nc5, or possibly 16. ... Bc5, rather than with 16. ... e5, after which he is rapidly driven into a very passive position. |
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| Jun-11-07 | | sanyas: http://www.chesscafe.com/text/dvore... |
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Mar-05-18
 | | cwcarlson: ChessBase shows 24...♖f7 and 27...♖ff8, but Fine's Chess Marches On also has 24...♖c7 and 27...♖cc8. |
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Mar-08-21
 | | Phony Benoni: <cwcarlson> The discrepancy at moves 24 and 27 may have coe from <Chess Review>, which published the game in the May 1941 issue, p. 104-105. Here is the position after <24.Qd4>:
click for larger viewNow Chess Review (using Descriptive Noteation) gives the ambiguous move 24...R-B2. Either 24...Rf7 or 24...Rc7 look possible, so we move on looking for clues. Move 27 in <CR> is given as <27...KR-B1>. Normally, this would indicate the rook on the f-file moved, which would imply 24...Rf7 was played. However, there's the possibility that after 24...Rc7, 27...KR-B1 could mean 27...Rfc8. This is why we hate Descriptive Notation.
On move 30, we have <30...KR-Q1>. This would normally imply that both rooks were on Black's first rank at this point That eliminates the possibility o ...Rfc8, would indicate the moves were either 24...Rf7 / 27..Rf8, or 24...Rc7 / 24...Rc8. Normally, I would favor the first of these alternatives, since I would fewer mistakes in the score from <CR>. . But Fine worries me a bit. He may have had better information. So it would be good to have another contemporary source -- and preferably in Algebraic! And now you know why I don't play chess anymore. This sort of stuff is much less frustrating. |
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Mar-09-21
 | | Retireborn: <PB> I used to own a book of this tournament, written by Botvinnik as I recall. As it was an English translation it would have been in descriptive too, but it seemed to be unambiguous about 24...Rf7, 27...Rff8, and 30...Rfd8. I think you can be reasonably certain that CR is correct, but probably someone who has the book should confirm before correcting. |
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Mar-09-21
 | | Pawn and Two: <Phony Benoni & Retireborn> My Dover edition, 'Soviet Chess Championship, 1941', by M. M. Botvinnik, in English descriptive, first published in 1973, states that it is an unabridged republication of the English translation originally published in 1950, under the title, 'Championship Chess'. My book shows the moves in question as: 24...R-KB2; 27...R(B2)-B1 & 30...KR-Q1. After 24...R-KB2, Botvinnik stated: 'It would have been better not to separate the Rooks, and to play 24...KR-Q1. After Black's 26th move, Botvinnik stated: 'A mournful homecoming, Black is forced to retreat along the entire front'. After Black's 28th move, Botvinnik stated: 'Black makes desperate efforts to hold the QB-file (if now 29.R(KB)-B1, then QxR ch), but in vain, White forestalls him in doubling the Rooks along the open file'. |
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Mar-09-21
| | Phony Benoni: <Retireborn> <Pawn and Two> Thanks for the information. I think we now h ave enough to submit a correction. |
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| Mar-13-22 | | tessathedog: Yusupov presents the position with White to play his 31st as an exercise on the topic of "a piece out of play". In this case, that's the Nb8, which requires several moves (including of course ...d6) to get to the kingside. The example supports Yusupov's advice of starting play on the opposite wing to where the problem piece is sitting. Keres' defence is further slowed down by the need to play ...Qf8 before he can play ...d6, or the Queen will be shut off from the kingside as well. |
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| Mar-13-22 | | whiteshark: 
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Black to move
1) +2.85 (36 ply) 31...Kg8 32.Qg4 Qe7 33.h5 Na6 34.hxg6 hxg6 35.Qxg6+ Qg7 36.Qxg7+ Kxg7 37.a3 Nc5 38.Nd6 Rb8 39.Rc3 a5 40.b4 Na6 41.bxa5 bxa5 42.Kg2 Rh8 43.Rc4 Rb6 44.Nf5+ Kg6 45.Ra4 Rb5 46.Nd6 Nc5 47.Nxb5 Nxa4 48.Nd6 Rb8 49.Rc7 Nb6 50.Rc5 Ra8 51.Rc1 Ra7 52.Kf3 Ra6 53.Nf5 Ra7 54.Kg4 Kf7 55.Ne3 Kg6 56.d6 Kf7 2) +3.02 (36 ply) 31...h5 32.g4 b5 33.Ne3 Rxc2 34.Nxc2 Qe7 35.Ne3 hxg4 36.Qxg4 Rf8 37.Rc7 f5 38.Qg5 Qxg5+ 39.hxg5 Na6 40.Rxa7 Nc5 41.exf5 gxf5 42.b4 Ne4 43.Rxd7 Nxg5 44.d6 Rf6 45.Rd8+ Kh7 46.d7 Rd6 47.Nxf5 Rd2 48.Kf1 Nf7 49.Rb8 Kg6 50.Ne3 Kf6 51.Rxb5 Rxa2 52.Rd5 Ke7 53.b5 Nd8 54.Kg2 Rb2 55.Nc4 Ra2 3) +3.19 (36 ply) 31...Qf8 32.h5 Kg8 33.Kg2 Na6 34.hxg6 hxg6 35.Nxe5 Rxc2 36.Rxc2 Nc5 37.Ng4 Qe7 38.e5 fxe5 39.b4 Nb7 40.Qxe5 Qxe5 41.Nxe5 Nd6 42.Nxg6 Kg7 43.Ne5 Ne8 44.f4 Nf6 45.Rc7 Nxd5 46.Rxa7 Kf6 47.b5 Ke6 48.Kf3 d6 49.Nc6 Re8 50.Nd4+ Kf6 51.a4 Re3+ 52.Kg4 Nc3 6.0 minute analysis by Stockfish 11 v064 |
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| May-15-25 | | Stolzenberg: 15. ... e5 = Euwe vs Keres, 1940 |
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| May-15-25 | | Stolzenberg: <cwcarlson>, <Phony Benoni>, <Retireborn> and <Pawn and Two>: White would have answered 24. ... Rc7? with 25. d6! and now 25. ... Qxd6?? 26. Nf5 would loose the ♕. Hard to believe that Keres would have made such a mistake. This means that <24. ... Rf7> was the move played. |
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