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Mark Dvoretzky vs Vasily Smyslov
"Dvoretsky's Endgame Manual" (game of the day Sep-27-2016)
URS-ch First League (1974), Odessa URS, rd 1, Oct-??
Spanish Game: Exchange. Normal Variation (C69)  ·  1-0

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Nov-03-09  psmith: Kg7 and then Kf7 followed by Kxg6 is unstoppable.
Mar-06-11  Wyatt Gwyon: 16...Kc8 is a huge mistake. Better is Qd4 or Bd6.
Feb-07-12  DrGridlock: <Wyatt>
Not quite sure where the mistake is in 16 ... Kc8.

At depth = 24, Komodo scores it:


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1. = (-0.03): 16...Bd6 17.fxe3 Ke7 18.Kf2 f6 19.Ne2 Kf7 20.f4 h5 21.Nd4 g6 22.Nb3 b6 23.Kf3 c5 24.Nd2 h4 25.gxh4 Rxh4 26.Nc4 Ke6 27.a4 Rh2 28.f5+ gxf5 29.exf5+ Kxf5 30.Nxd6+ cxd6 31.Rxd6 Rh3+ 32.Ke2

2. = (0.00): 16...Kc8 17.fxe3 Bd6 18.Ne2 h5 19.Kg2 g6 20.f4 f6 21.c4 Bc5 22.Kf3 h4 23.gxh4 Rxh4 24.Rg1 Rh3+ 25.Rg3 Rxg3+ 26.Nxg3 Bd6 27.Ne2 Kd7 28.Kg4 Bc5 29.f5 g5 30.Nd4 Kd6

3. = (0.05): 16...Ke8 17.fxe3 f6 18.Ne2 h5 19.Kg2 Bd6 20.c4 g5 21.Rh1 c5 22.f4 Kf7 23.Nc3 Kg6 24.Kf3 Re8 25.Rd1 Rh8 26.Rd5 Re8 27.Rd1

4. = (0.13): 16...Ke7 17.fxe3 h5 18.Ne2 h4 19.Kg2 hxg3 20.Kxg3 f6 21.f4 Rh5 22.f5 Kf7 23.Nf4 Bd6 24.b4 b5 25.c3 Rh8 26.Kf3 Rh2 27.Ne6 Rh3+ 28.Ke2 Rh2+ 29.Kd3 g5 30.Nd8+ Kg7 31.Nxc6 g4

5. = (0.17): 16...Qd2 17.Rxd2+ Kc8 18.Kg2 Bb4 19.f4 g6 20.Rd3 Rd8 21.Rxd8+ Kxd8 22.Nd1 Bd2 23.Kf3 Ke7 24.Ne3 b5 25.Ng4 h5 26.Ne5 c5 27.c4 Ke6 28.Nd3 Kd6 29.e5+ Kc6

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Feb-07-12  galdur: 21..Bxc3 22.bxc3 Rd8 23.Rd3 Rd6 is probably pretty safe for black.


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Sep-27-16
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  Phony Benoni: If you hadn't heard, Dvoretsky passed away yesterday.
Sep-27-16  syracrophy: When the middlegame's too short to recapture the ♕ immediately.
Sep-27-16  Doniez: Yes, I read a twit by Hikaru Nakamura about Dvoretsky and I can only repeat his RIP for this talented chess writer
Sep-27-16  bengalcat47: I love how the king actually threatens to trap the rook and thus the rook is forced to abandon the g-pawn.
Sep-27-16
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  profK: Again, in the exchange variation, if White gets a K side pawn majority in the endgame wins happen.
Sep-27-16
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  Fusilli: This is a little positional masterpiece, beautiful in its simplicity. Hard to believe Smyslov was disposed of like this.
Sep-27-16
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  keypusher: Nice tribute, cg.
Sep-27-16  eaglewing: I really dislike for Black 18. ... Bg7 and especially 19. ... f6. Black should not support the creation of a free pawn and make White get rid of its doublepawn.

<@ galdur> Accordingly, I do not think 21. ... Bxc3 22.bxc3 Rd8 23.Rxd8 will fare well for Black. Against the e4 and the own Queen side majority crippled by the double c's? That's usually doom.

Sep-27-16  kevin86: Nice game by white. Endgame in 28 moves? Even that works here.
Sep-27-16
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  maxi: I just find it impossible to believe Smyslov was playing the Black pieces. He made some elementary blunders in chess endgame theory. Talk about an off day!
Sep-27-16  Nova: I actually played through this game yesterday after hearing about the sad news. On ChessBase he gave some of his own analysis on his preparation for this game. <Maxi> according to Dvoretsky's annotations, it seems Smyslov played this line as Black in a previous game Bednarski, J - Smyslov, V Skopje 1972 and was just playing what he remembered - only Dvoretsky had discovered that White could attain a better endgame with 12. Qe3!

Here is the link:

http://www.viewchess.com/cbreader/2...

RIP Dvoretsky

Sep-27-16
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  maxi: <Nova>, thanks for the tip. I went over his notes and they are interesting, particularly playing 16...Qd2. But even with White keeping his Pawn in f2 it would be very difficult for Black to get a draw here.
Sep-27-16  Everett: Sad passing of a great teacher. This game is a fine tribute, and can be considered a chess version of "street cred."

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