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🏆 Korchnoi - Reshevsky Candidates Quarterfinal (1968)

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[more] Player: Samuel Reshevsky  page 1 of 1; 8 games    Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Reshevsky vs Korchnoi ½-½ 41 1968 Korchnoi - Reshevsky Candidates Quarterfinal E46 Nimzo-Indian 2. Korchnoi vs Reshevsky 1-0 42 1968 Korchnoi - Reshevsky Candidates Quarterfinal C93 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Smyslov Defense 3. Reshevsky vs Korchnoi ½-½ 23 1968 Korchnoi - Reshevsky Candidates Quarterfinal E46 Nimzo-Indian 4. Korchnoi vs Reshevsky 1-0 44 1968 Korchnoi - Reshevsky Candidates Quarterfinal A04 Reti Opening 5. Reshevsky vs Korchnoi ½-½ 40 1968 Korchnoi - Reshevsky Candidates Quarterfinal B25 Sicilian, Closed 6. Korchnoi vs Reshevsky 1-0 41 1968 Korchnoi - Reshevsky Candidates Quarterfinal A14 English 7. Reshevsky vs Korchnoi ½-½ 40 1968 Korchnoi - Reshevsky Candidates Quarterfinal E53 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 8. Korchnoi vs Reshevsky ½-½ 18 1968 Korchnoi - Reshevsky Candidates Quarterfinal E19 Queen's Indian, Old Main line, 9.Qxc3   REFINE SEARCH:   White wins (1-0) | Black wins (0-1) | Draws (1/2-1/2) | Reshevsky wins | Reshevsky loses   Mar-16-15    zydeco: Korchnoi studied Reshevsky in depth in preparation for this match. He found "a few weak spots in his armor - but strangely enough they coincided with my very own!" He meant that Reshevsky is much better at tactics than strategy; lacks confidence in the opening; and suffers from time trouble. Korchnoi decided that the opening would be his main advantage and decided to play a fresh variation in every game. He decided also that Reshevsky was 'self-confident and wasn't preparing particularly hard for the encounter with me.' Korchnoi figured that opening preparation would be particularly useful for getting Reshevsky into time-trouble - and then at that point ('around move 25') he would start to play natural/superficial moves. That's pretty much exactly what happened -- and Korchnoi proved adept at giving Reshevsky forcing continuations (30....Nb4 in Game 4 and 31....Rd2 in Game 6) that were disadvantageous but hard to resist. Reshevsky was very disappointed by the result - his last real chance at the World Championship - and declined to analyze any of the games with Korchnoi or to attend the match's closing ceremony. NOTE: You need to pick a username and password to post a reply. Getting your account takes less than a minute, is totally anonymous, and 100% free—plus, it entitles you to features otherwise unavailable. Pick your username now and join the chessgames community! If you already have an account, you should login now. Please observe our posting guidelines: No obscene, racist, sexist, profane, raunchy, or disgusting language. No spamming, advertising, duplicate or nonsense posts. No malicious personal attacks, including cyber stalking, systematic antagonism, or gratuitous name-calling of any gratuitous name-calling of any members—including Admin and Owners—or any of their family, friends, associates, or business interests. Nothing in violation of United States law. 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