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Vladimir Simagin - Mihail Marin
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Games from "Learning Chess With Vladimir Simagin: A quest for beauty" by Mihail Marin (Pawn Books, 2022, ISBN 987-84 09-37111-2)

Tests: A. Manoeuvres 5, Simagin, V. - Bronstein D., Moscow, 1947

Event ""
Site "Moscow"
Date "1947.??.??"
White "Vladimir Simagin"
Black "David Bronstein"
Result "1-0"
FEN "


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" SetUp "1"

2. Qxd6 Qg2+ 3. Kb3! h3 4. Qd7+! Kg8 5. f5 h2 6. Bg5!! h1=Q 7. Qe8+ Kg7 8. Qg6+ Kf8 9. Qxf6+ Kg8 10. Qd8+ Kg7 11. Qe7+ Kg8 12. Qe8+ 1-0 ♗lack resigned 12... Kh7 (12... Kg7 13. f6+ Kh7 14. Qf7+ Kh8 15. Qg7#) 13. Qg6+ Kh8 14. Bf6# 1-0

Tests: B. Concrete Decisions 8, Yakubovich; N. - Simagin, V., Moscow match, 1936

Event "match"
Site "Moscow"
Date "1936.??.??"
White "Yakubovich"
Black "Vladimir Simagin"
Result "0-1"
FEN "


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" SetUp "1"

34... f4! 35.Bxf4 g5! 36.hxg6 Rxf4+! 37.Kxf4 Rf6+ 38.Kg3 Rxg6+ 39.Kf3 Bg4+ 40.Kg3 Be2+ 41.Kh4 Qb7 42.Qxe2 Qe7+! 0-1

Tests: C. Tactics & Combinations 18 (after 15.Rxd2) https://old.chesstempo.com/gamedb/g...

Event "USSR ch semi-final"
Site "USSR"
Date "1955.??.??"
White "Arkhil Ebralidze"
Black "Vladimir Simagin"
Result "0-1")

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.g3 Bg7 6.Bg2 Nxc3 7.bxc3 c5 8.e3 O-O 9.Ne2 Nc6 10.O-O Bd7 11.Rb1 Rb8 12.e4 Qa5 13.Rb2 Qa6 14.Re1 Rfd8 15.Rd2 Nxd4 16.Nxd4 cxd4 17.cxd4 Ba4 18.Qf3 Rxd4 19.Rxd4 Bxd4 20.Ba3 Rc8 21.Bf1 Qa5 22.Rc1 Rxc1 23.Bxc1 Qe1 24.Bh6 Bb5 25.Qg2 Bxf1 26.Qxf1 Bxf2+ 27.Kg2 Qxf1+ 28.Kxf1 Bd4 29.Ke2 e5 30.g4 f6 31.Bd2 Kf7 32.Kd3 Ke6 33.Kc4 f5 34.gxf5+ gxf5 35.exf5+ Kxf5 36.Kd5 0-1

Tests: D. Major Pieces on the Attack 27

[Event "Moscow match"
Site "Moscow"
Date "1948.??.??"
White "Semyon Furman"
Black "Vladimir Simagin"
Result "0-1"
FEN "


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SetUp "1"

7. Kc5? Qg5+ 8. Kb6 Qd8+ 9. Kc5 Qc7+ 10. Kd4 Qf4+ 11. Kc3 Qc1+ 12. Kb3 Bd5+ 13. Ka4 Qa1+ 14. Kb5 Bc4+ 0-1

Chapter 1: Simagin's Attacking Philosophy
Simagin vs Bibikov, 1944 
(C00) French Defense, 23 moves, 1-0

Chapter 1: Simagin's Attacking Philosophy ("28 Rde1+", Marin)
Simagin vs N Golovko, 1950
(D58) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tartakower (Makagonov-Bondarevsky) Syst, 28 moves, 1-0

Chapter 1: Simagin's Attacking Philosophy
G Kasparian vs Simagin, 1952
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 72 moves, 0-1

Chapter 2: Heading for a Favourable Endgame
Simagin vs Kotov, 1945 
(E02) Catalan, Open, 5.Qa4, 62 moves, 1-0

Chapter 2: Heading for a Favourable Endgame
Simagin vs Suetin, 1960
(A61) Benoni, 67 moves, 1-0

Chapter 3: Defeating the Giants
Simagin vs Petrosian, 1956 
(B18) Caro-Kann, Classical, 52 moves, 1-0

Chapter 3: Defeating the Giants
Korchnoi vs Simagin, 1960 
(E21) Nimzo-Indian, Three Knights, 33 moves, 0-1

Chapter 4: My Sicilian Castle for a Knight
Gipslis vs Simagin, 1957
(B90) Sicilian, Najdorf, 57 moves, 0-1

Chapter 4: My Sicilian Castle for a Knight
Lasker vs D Mackay, 1908 
(B30) Sicilian, 34 moves, 0-1

Chapter 4: ("30.Rxc1 Qd2", Marin)
G Ravinsky vs Simagin, 1947
(B72) Sicilian, Dragon, 29 moves, 0-1

Chapter 4: My Sicilian Castle for a Knight
G Ravinsky vs Simagin, 1957 
(B74) Sicilian, Dragon, Classical, 25 moves, 0-1

Chapter 4: My Sicilian Castle for a Knight (also "Althausen")
A Altgauzen vs Simagin, 1941
(B32) Sicilian, 25 moves, 0-1

Chapter 5: Oh Prince, Sacrifice your Rooks and not your Bishop!
V Lyublinsky vs Simagin, 1939 
(C46) Three Knights, 23 moves, 0-1

Chapter 5: Oh Prince, Sacrifice your Rooks and not your Bishop!
A Nimzowitsch vs Capablanca, 1914 
(C62) Ruy Lopez, Old Steinitz Defense, 42 moves, 0-1

Chapter 5: Oh Prince, Sacrifice your Rooks and not your Bishop!
Timman vs Spassky, 1983 
(C73) Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense, 29 moves, 0-1

Chapter 5: ("32.Ka1 Qa5+ 33.Qa3 Qxa3#", Marin)
Panov vs Simagin, 1943 
(B76) Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack, 31 moves, 0-1

Chapter 6: The Simagin Sicilian
M Kamyshov vs Simagin, 1947 
(B32) Sicilian, 69 moves, 0-1

Chapter 6: The Simagin Sicilian
F Olafsson vs Simagin, 1959
(B39) Sicilian, Accelerated Fianchetto, Breyer Variation, 50 moves, 0-1

Chapter 6: The Simagin Sicilian
V Byvshev vs Simagin, 1952 
(B39) Sicilian, Accelerated Fianchetto, Breyer Variation, 69 moves, 0-1

Chapter 7: The Closed, but not boring, Sicilian
Simagin vs V Mikenas, 1954 
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 42 moves, 1-0

Chapter 7: The Closed, but not boring, Sicilian
Simagin vs S Kogan, 1952 
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 31 moves, 1-0

Chapter 7: The Closed, but not boring, Sicilian
Spassky vs Simagin, 1961 
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 57 moves, 0-1

Chapter 8: The Grünfeld, the Simagen Way
O Moiseev vs Simagin, 1950 
(D86) Grunfeld, Exchange, 41 moves, 0-1

Chapter 8: The Grünfeld, the Simagen Way
D Rovner vs Simagin, 1951 
(D86) Grunfeld, Exchange, 38 moves, 0-1

Chapter 8: The Grünfeld, the Simagen Way
Gligoric vs Tukmakov, 1973
(D86) Grunfeld, Exchange, 41 moves, 0-1

Chapter 8: The Grünfeld, the Simagen Way
A Chistiakov vs Simagin, 1952
(D90) Grunfeld, 42 moves, 1/2-1/2

Chapter 8: The Grünfeld, the Simagen Way
Shamkovich vs Simagin, 1951 
(D99) Grunfeld Defense, Smyslov, 27 moves, 0-1

Chapter 9: Nimzovitsch's Bishop
Uhlmann vs Simagin, 1960
(E46) Nimzo-Indian, 46 moves, 0-1

Chapter 10: The Simagen Ensemble
G Fridstein vs Simagin, 1950
(A41) Queen's Pawn Game (with ...d6), 50 moves, 0-1

Chapter 11: The Refutation of a System
Simagin vs Taimanov, 1966 
(A56) Benoni Defense, 38 moves, 1-0

Chapter 10: The Swan Song
A Khasin vs Simagin, 1968
(B56) Sicilian, 71 moves, 0-1

Chapter 13: Think and Play Like Simagen!
Simagin vs E Zagoryansky, 1944
(A25) English, 56 moves, 1-0

Tests: A. Manoeuvres 2 (after 29... Rf7)
Simagin vs Y Gusev, 1952
(E32) Nimzo-Indian, Classical, 36 moves, 1-0

Tests: A. Manoeuvres 3 (after 22... Rf6)
Simagin vs B Goldenov, 1952
(A40) Queen's Pawn Game, 27 moves, 1-0

Tests: A. Manoeuvres 4 (after 31... Bd7)
Simagin vs A Chistiakov, 1946 
(A95) Dutch, Stonewall, 43 moves, 1-0

Tests: A. Manoeuvres 6 (after 18... OO)
Simagin vs Antoshin, 1953 
(E34) Nimzo-Indian, Classical, Noa Variation, 31 moves, 1-0

Tests: B. Concrete Decisions 7 (after 30... Kf7)
Simagin vs N Golovko, 1959
(E66) King's Indian, Fianchetto, Yugoslav Panno, 42 moves, 1-0

Tests: B. Concrete Decisions 9 (after 29... Qf5)
E Gereben vs Simagin, 1949
(E06) Catalan, Closed, 5.Nf3, 36 moves, 0-1

Tests: B. Concrete Decisions 10 (after 23... Rd2)
V Soloviev vs Simagin, 1954 
(B95) Sicilian, Najdorf, 6...e6, 39 moves, 0-1

Tests: B. Concrete Decisions 11 (after 16... Qe7)
Simagin vs B Verlinsky, 1940 
(D11) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 28 moves, 1-0

Tests: B. Concrete Decisions (after 8... Qe7)
Bogoljubov vs Capablanca, 1924 
(D05) Queen's Pawn Game, 32 moves, 0-1

Tests: B. Concrete Decisions 12 (after 30... Rb4)
Simagin vs V Saigin, 1958
(D37) Queen's Gambit Declined, 39 moves, 1-0

Tests: B. Concrete Decisions 13 (after 27.Bh3)
F N Ignatiev vs Simagin, 1959
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 39 moves, 0-1

Tests: B. Concrete Decisions 15 (after 28.Ba2)
Simagin vs F Zita, 1950
(D37) Queen's Gambit Declined, 35 moves, 1-0

Tests: C. Tactics & Combinations 16 (after 29.h3)
G Fuster vs Simagin, 1949 
(D43) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 32 moves, 0-1

Tests: C. Tactics & Combinations 17 (after 17... Qxe7)
Simagin vs N Kopilov, 1951
(A80) Dutch, 21 moves, 1-0

Tests: C. Tactics & Combinations 19 (after 30.Qxc4)
Simagin vs B Goldenov, 1952
(E14) Queen's Indian, 37 moves, 1-0

Tests: C. Tactics & Combinations 22 (after 18.a3)
O Moiseev vs Simagin, 1951 
(E70) King's Indian, 30 moves, 0-1

Tests: D. Major Pieces on the Attack 23 (after 31... Rxe3)
Simagin vs Stein, 1961 
(B96) Sicilian, Najdorf, 54 moves, 1-0

Tests: D. 24 (after 53... Rh4) - book adds 1 to each move no.
Simagin vs K Muchnik, 1959 
(E92) King's Indian, 56 moves, 1-0

Tests: D. Major Pieces on the Attack 25 (after 58... Qf1+)
G Borisenko vs Simagin, 1955 
(D08) Queen's Gambit Declined, Albin Counter Gambit, 59 moves, 0-1

Tests: D. Major Pieces on the Attack 28 (after 54... Qc3)
Simagin vs S Nikolic, 1968
(B32) Sicilian, 70 moves, 1-0

Tests: A. Manoeuvres 1 (after 29.Kxc4)
Barcza vs Simagin, 1949 
(A04) Reti Opening, 50 moves, 0-1

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