Isaac Boleslavsky vs Mikhail Botvinnik (1946)

Isaac Boleslavsky vs Mikhail Botvinnik
Groningen (1946) · Spanish Game: Closed Variations. Keres Defense (C92) · 0-1

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Aug-11-07		wolfmaster: 23.Nh6+?

Aug-11-07		nescio: <wolfmaster: 23.Nh6+?> What would you suggest to save the piece? The blunder is 22.Re3?

Aug-11-07		Nasruddin Hodja: A classic case of getting one's pieces tangled up. Boleslavsky has to lose a piece even if he doesn't sacrifice. 23. Nh2? g5 24. Qg3 Rg6 and the f4 bishop is doomed. Probably the most stubborn was 23. Rae1 saving the e-pawn and hoping for some sort of attack with the g-pawn after 23. ... hxg4 24. hxg4. Of course, struggling on for god knows how many more moves to save a draw against Botvinnik at the height of his career, with only a very slender chance of success, is probably not anyone's idea of a good time. So I sympathize with white's desperate but unsound 23rd move.

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