David Bronstein vs Gideon Stahlberg (1950)

David Bronstein vs Gideon Stahlberg
Budapest 1950 · French Defense: Alekhine-Chatard Attack. Breyer Variation (C13) · 0-1

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Sep-01-05		Resignation Trap: Round eight, and Bronstein's second loss in this tournament! Things were not looking so well for Devik. Here is Botvinnik's summary of this game: "French, Chatard. Stahlberg went in for a dubious exchange (rook?) sacrifice. 'Br' did not risk clinging on to the material, evidently fearing a preparation, and played for simplification. If Stahlberg had played 18...gxf6, things would have been unclear. After this 'Br' played very subtly, undermined the central position of the knight, and by the time scramble had faint winning chances. When Stahlberg 'offered' a draw by repetition of moves, 'Br' began playing 'for a win', in time trouble made a mistake, an oversight, and lost. Thus, after a surprise in the opening, he lacks strength in time trouble - and makes mistakes!"

Aug-14-07		amntony: A good demonstration of the blocking nature of the French Defence and using the knight aggressively by Stahlberg :-)

Jun-04-09		sfm: The 'repetition of moves' is probably after 42.-,Nd6, where White could play safe with 43.Rd3,Ne5 etc. I think 34.R1f2 may be the losing mistake, it should have been 34.R5f2

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