Mikhail Botvinnik vs David Bronstein (1951)

Mikhail Botvinnik vs David Bronstein
Botvinnik-Bronstein World Championship Match (1951) · Neo-Grünfeld Defense: Delayed Exchange Variation (D74) · 1-0

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Sep-18-06		Calli: 45...h5?? The natural 45...Nxf3 46.Kxf3 Kf6 stops g5 and draws easy. Unbelievable.

Sep-21-06		Resignation Trap: April 28-29, 1951 "Work and work! Have I really become weaker? Let's go! Shame!" So wrote Botvinnik right before this game.

Sep-21-06		Resignation Trap: Botvinnik had very little to say after this win, although he was now leading 10-9: "Played badly, but he lost his sense of danger."

Mar-23-08		Knight13: <Calli: 45...h5?? The natural 45...Nxf3 46.Kxf3 Kf6 stops g5 and draws easy. Unbelievable.> More like the g6 pawn was the problem, not about black stopping g5.

Aug-21-12		Honza Cervenka: 45...h5 was not such a big problem as after 46...Nxf3 47.Kxf3 Kf7 black should not lose as well, for example 48.Bb6 Nb5 49.Ke4 Bxb6 50.axb6 Ke7 51.Kd5 Kd7 52.Nc5+ Kc8 53.Ke5 Nc3 54.Kf6 h4 etc. But 46...Nc4 and following play of black is hard to understand.

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