Samuel Reshevsky vs Mikhail Botvinnik (1948)

Samuel Reshevsky vs Mikhail Botvinnik
FIDE World Championship Tournament (1948) · Dutch Defense: Classical Variation. Blackburne Attack (A91) · 1/2-1/2

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Sep-07-05		Helios727: What does white do to maintain the draw?

Sep-07-05		aw1988: Note Bd4 fails to, well, dropping a rook.

Sep-07-05		RookFile: 26. Rbe1 and white has a clear advantage.

Sep-17-05		Helios727: Why would it end in a draw if white has a big advantage?

Sep-17-05		agressivechess: 26.Rbe1 fails because a great player like Botvinnik would have surely calculated that 26....-Rd1 27.Qb8 Be7 and now it would have to be Reshvesky to find the right alternative.I hope i'm right becuz iain't using no chess supporting software or anything like that.

Sep-17-05		psmith: <RookFile>: 26. Rbe1 Rd7 27. Qb8+ Rd8 28. Qc7 (28. Qb7 Bd4) Rd7 =

Sep-17-05		psmith: <aggressivechess> After 26. Rbe1 Rd1 27. Kg2 what does Black do? (and although I sometimes do, today I'm not using software either, other than that installed in my wetware.) <Helios727> I think 26. Rbe1 Rd7 is the drawing line as above.

Sep-17-05		beatgiant: <psmith> Very interesting final position! What about something like 26. Rbe1 Rd7 <27. Qc8+> preventing 27...Rd8 28. Qxg4, or 27...Kf7 28. Bxh7, while on 27...Bd8 Black loses the ...Bd4 pin threat so again White looks to be on top. What did you find?

Sep-18-05		psmith: <beatgiant> Oh yeah. Duh. This is what I get for trying to analyze without a board and pieces. I forgot that after 26...Rd7, c8 would now longer be covered by the Black B. Well, now it looks like white's winning after all. So, can some historian tell us why the draw? <agressivechess> Note that after 26. Rbe1 Rd1 27. Bd5+! seems to win quickly. (For that I credit the online analyzer at chesslab.com.)

Apr-30-06		plang: The moves are in Golombeks book on the 48 championship

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