Mikhail Botvinnik vs Samuel Reshevsky (1948)

Mikhail Botvinnik vs Samuel Reshevsky
FIDE World Championship Tournament (1948) · Nimzo-Indian Defense: Normal Line (E40) · 1-0

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Jan-22-05		MidnightDuffer: Black's move #28 should have been ...Ng5 and he has the advantage! Sammy ran into time trouble in this game; too bad, 29. ... Bxd4 30. fxe6 Bxf2+ 31. Rxf2 Nxf2 32. Kxf2 Rxe6 and Reshevsky has a slight material lead. Officially, it is a forfeit, he must have run out of time. As it is, Reshevsky has a slight material advantage at the end of this game.

Jan-22-05		Gregor Samsa Mendel: I don't see any material advantage for black. He two pawns for a knight.

Jan-22-05		MidnightDuffer: You know more about than me <Gregor Samsa> Sorry if I misled anyone!

May-17-08		Albertan: Reshevsky could have also played 28...Ra5 with an advantage due to the double attack against Botvinnik's Knight, and after 29.gxf5 Qxd5 30.Rxe4 Qxf5 Reshevsky would have remained a pawn up.

Oct-25-09		wwall: After 29.gxf5, instead of 29...Qxf5, perhaps 29...Bxd4 30.fxe6 Bxf2+ 31.Rxf2 Nxf2 Instead of 30...Qxh3, perhaps 30...Qxe4 31.Rxe4 Nxa3 32.Ne7+ Bxe7 33.Rxe7 Nb5 If 30.Qxc4?? instead of 30.Qxe4, then 30...Bxf2+ and 31...Rxc4 31...Rcc6?? is the losing move. Perhaps 31...Rac6 or 31...b5, or 31...Qh5. After White played 32.Nf4, 32...Qc8 fails to 33.Qxc4 with check. If 32...Qg3+, then 33.Kh1 Qg5 34.Qxc4. If Reshevsky had won this game, he would have taken 2nd place with 11.5 (Botvinnik would have still won the world championship with 13 instead of 14 points). A draw would have given him 11 points and a tie for 2nd-3rd with Smyslov.

Apr-24-11		chancho: +3 -1 =1 in favor of Botvinnik. He was clearly the better player in 1948.

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