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Mikhail Botvinnik vs Boris Petrovich Goldenov
USSR Championship (1952)  ·  English Opening: Agincourt Defense (A13)  ·  1-0
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Kibitzer's Corner
Dec-08-05
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  Honza Cervenka: Excellent exciting fight full of complex tactics. Final combo is quite pretty.
Jun-25-11
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  keypusher: Botvinnik channels Nimzowitsch and Morphy.
Jun-25-11
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  perfidious: In Botvinnik's annotations, he pointed out that his opponent would have done better to play 8....axb5, allowing the exchange of queens, thereby gaining free development for the pawn.

The line Black chose made for a much more lively game, though.

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