Mikhail Botvinnik vs Max Euwe (1948)

Mikhail Botvinnik vs Max Euwe
FIDE World Championship Tournament (1948) · Semi-Slav Defense: Romih Variation (D46) · 1-0

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Given 10 times; par: 57 [what's this?]

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Oct-13-04		Honza Cervenka: 17.Ne5 is a nice sac of Pawn for activation of dark squared Bishop. This game perfectly illustrates power of Bishop pair.

Nov-10-04		Bluelapis: Black will lose knight. And White will get one more bishop. Piece advantage..

Jun-09-05		babakova: 17.Ne5 itself is forced because the alternative 17.Ng5 h6 18.Nh3 Qd6 19.Qg3 is obviously weak. Botvinnik plays this game as a steamroller and typically plays the strong 20.f3! which is the only bid for an advantage. Euwe replies with the weak 20...Nd5 which almost by force leaves him in an awful bind by the two white monsterbishops. Maybe he could have tried 20...Be6 21.fxe4 Bxa2 22.Rxf6! Rfe8 23.Qg3 Qf8 24.Rf5, which also looks bad but at least exchanges one of the bishops and secures strong defensive squares for the own bishop. The ending is played flawlessly by Botvinnik and 30.Rxc6 is an amusing finish.

Sep-15-05		Gypsy: For Keres' improvements after <11.O-O O-O>, see Reshevsky vs Euwe, 1948.

Mar-20-08		Knight13: <Honza Cervenka: 17.Ne5 is a nice sac of Pawn for activation of dark squared Bishop. This game perfectly illustrates power of Bishop pair.> Yes. And also takes advantage of Black's lack of development and sucky piece placements.

Oct-16-10		sevenseaman: White's last three moves are the moves of a genius! With both his Rooks under fire Black is left in no illusion of the untenability of his position.

Sep-02-11		Sastre: If 32...Rc8, 33.e8Q+ Rxe8 34.Bxc6 Rd8 35.Bd5 wins.

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