Vasily Smyslov vs Viktor Korchnoi (1967)

Vasily Smyslov vs Viktor Korchnoi
Leningrad 1967 · Indian Game: Anti-Nimzo-Indian (E10) · 1-0

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Oct-07-04		Honza Cervenka: A trip of his Rook on the Kingside cost black the game. The Rook ending is quite instructive.

Oct-07-04		beatgiant: <A trip of his Rook on the Kingside cost black the game.> Black's problem is that the b-pawn is overextended since his 18th move. It is normal to seek a counterattack on the kingside as he did. Maybe 22...xf3 23. xf3 c2 is a bit better (in the game, White's knight was very good for queenside attack and defense).

Oct-07-04		Honza Cervenka: <beatgiant> You are right. It's hard (if not īmpossible) to find any satisfactory defence of black b-Pawn, if black did not trade white Knight in the 22nd move as you have suggested and then allowed white to exchange Queens, but still Korchnoi's manoeuvre with Rook which was then practically out of play helped Smyslov to win weak b-Pawn. Maybe it is not sufficient, but after 26...Ra2 27.f3 (27.Nd3 Ne4 28.Rc2 b3 29.Rc8+ Kh7 30.Kf1 Ra1+ 31.Ke2 Rh1 - it's here much better than in the game as black Knight is on e4 and after 32.h4 Rh2 black threatens Nxg3) 27...Nd5 it is not so easy for white to attack black b-Pawn.

Oct-08-04		beatgiant: <26...Ra2 27.f3 (27.Nd3 Ne4 28.Rc2 b3 29.Rc8+ Kh7 30.Kf1 Ra1+ 31.Ke2 Rh1 - it's here much better than in the game as black Knight is on e4 and after 32.h4 Rh2 black threatens Nxg3) 27...Nd5> A very interesting try! But what is the continuation after 26...a2 27. d3 e4 28. c2 b3 29. c8+ h7 30. f1 a1+ 31. e2 h1 32. f3 , so that on 32...d2+ 33. f4 g5+ 34. hg hg+ 35. e5! threatening both the queenside ( 36. d4 ) and the kingside ( 36. f6 ). My suggested improvement for Korchnoi (in the actual game) is 28...g5 to get there <before> White's h4. Of course, it also weakens the kingside a little bit, so maybe White can play for positional pressure with something like 28...g5 29. d3 h1 30. e5! xh2 31. d4 h1 32. xb4 d5 33. b7 .

Oct-08-04		beatgiant: < 32. f3 > Correction to my previous post, I meant to say 32. h4 h2 33. f3 .

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