Reuben Fine vs Samuel Reshevsky (1937)

Reuben Fine vs Samuel Reshevsky
Semmering/Baden (1937) · Spanish Game: Morphy Defense. Steinitz Deferred (C79) · 1/2-1/2

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Jul-20-07		plang: 20 Bxc5 was forced to avoid the loss of a pawn. Reshevsky thought that he would have the advantage with 2 Bs versus 2 Ns but he misjudged the position. 35..b4 worked out badly; Reshevsky felt that 35..Be6 would have been better. He had been assuming that the opening of the position would benefit the bishops but again he misjudged the position. Again Reshevsky was critical of 39..c5 which opens up the diagonal for the bishop but gives white a passed pawn. Reshevsky provided extensive analysis that both 44..Kf6 and 44..Kd7 would have led to very unfavorable positions for black. If 46..Kf7 47 Qxa6..Bxc5 48 Qc4! is winning for white. Fine had provided analysis in Basic Chess Endings that 70 f3 would have won for white but Reshevsky felt that 70 f3..Bb6 71 Nf1..exf+ 72 Kxf3..Kd3! 73 Nh2..Be3 74 Kg2..Kc5 would have held for black. 75..Be7 76 Ke3 wins for white but after 75..Ke4! white is not able to support his two connected passed pawns and is forced to accept the draw.

Jul-20-07		RookFile: Just another all out Fine -- Reshevsky war.

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