Sergey Vsevolodovich Belavenets vs Ilya Leontievich Rabinovich (1934)

Sergey Vsevolodovich Belavenets vs Ilya Leontievich Rabinovich
USSR Championship 1934/35 (1934) · Benoni Defense: Old Benoni. Russian Variation (A44) · 0-1

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Jan-28-13		LastDaysofSaloFlohr: A lovely game by Rabinovich - moves like 16...b5!, 21...Kh8, 29...Qd8 and 35...Bf8 all make a refreshing change to the banalities of "sac, sac.. mate" banalities. Okay, White didn't play very well but still - the style of the game eerily prefigures Petrosian's approach. (Cf. Petrosian-Korchnoi 1971 candidates - I think, or was it '74? - where Petrosian plays a reversed Benoni with b3, Bb2 and gives Black the centre before ripping it apart with a series of paradoxical (or "ugly" as Korchnoi would say) moves. I recall playing through this game when I was a junior and admiring it but not understanding it at all - a style that is impossible to emulate.)

Jan-28-13		LastDaysofSaloFlohr: PS: Excuse the repetition of "banalities"in the same sentence. A shocking lapse!

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