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Mikhail Botvinnik vs Salomon Flohr
Botvinnik - Flohr (1933), Moscow / Leningrad RUS, rd 5, Dec-04
English Opening: King's English. Four Knights Variation Bradley Beach Variation (A28)  ·  1/2-1/2

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ANALYSIS [x]
Notes by Stockfish 9 v010218 (minimum 6s/ply)5...Bb4 was played in Riumin vs Ragozin, 1935 (0-1)better is 6...Nxe4 7.Nxe4 Bb4+ 8.Bd2 Bxd2+ 9.Qxd2 Ne6 10.g3 d6 = +0.02 (32 ply)better is 7.Nxf6+ Qxf6 8.g3 Qd4 9.Qxd4 Nxd4 10.Rb1 g6 11.Bg2 ⩲ +0.52 (25 ply)= -0.10 (27 ply)better is 17.f4 f6 18.Qd4 Qd7 19.Rad1 Rad8 20.b3 Bxd5 21.Qxd5+ Kh8 ⩲ +0.53 (25 ply)better is 17...Bxd5 18.exd5 a4 19.Rxe8+ Qxe8 20.Re1 Qf8 21.Re3 Re8 = 0.00 (27 ply) ⩲ +0.58 (27 ply) after 18.Qd4 Bxd5 19.cxd5 Qf6 20.Qxf6 gxf6 21.f4 b5 22.Kf2 Kg7 better is 22...Qd8 23.Nc3 Re7 24.f4 Bg4 25.Rde1 Rd7 26.Nd1 Be6 = 0.00 (26 ply)better is 23.b4 axb3 24.axb3 Na6 25.Nf4 Qe7 26.Nxe6 Qxe6 27.Qd2 ⩲ +0.58 (27 ply)= +0.07 (28 ply) after 23...Rad8 24.b4 axb3 25.axb3 c6 26.Nf4 Bc8 27.Be2 Qe7 better is 25...Nd7 26.f4 Bf7 27.Bh3 Red8 28.Nf2 Qb6 29.Qc3 Nc5 = -0.10 (29 ply) ⩲ +0.57 (25 ply)better is 29...d5 30.exd5 Rxe3 31.Rxe3 cxd5 32.b4 axb3 33.axb3 Ne4 = +0.08 (32 ply)better is 30.Bg2 Ree8 31.h4 Bf7 32.b4 axb3 33.axb3 Qd7 34.Kh2 Ra8 ⩲ +0.76 (25 ply)better is 30...Ree8 31.Bh3 Bf7 32.f4 b5 33.cxb5 cxb5 34.Bf1 b4 = +0.19 (25 ply) ⩲ +0.70 (25 ply) after 31.Qd2 h6 32.b4 axb3 33.axb3 Rd8 34.Rd1 Ree8 35.Bh3 Bf7 better is 39.Qe6 Nd8 40.Qe2 Qe7 41.Qd2 d5 42.cxd5 c5 43.Kf2 Nf7 ⩲ +0.53 (26 ply)= 0.00 (34 ply)49.Kg1 Qc5+ 50.Kh1 Qd5+ 51.Kg1 = 0.00 (60 ply)1/2-1/2

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Kibitzer's Corner
Jul-16-10  shalgo: 48...d5! is a beautiful pawn sacrifice from Flohr to save the game. Nimzowitsch would have been proud to have a blockading knight like the one Flohr gets on d6.
Feb-15-15  Andrijadj: When you are black and you don't have a clear plan, push the a pawn to a4/a3. Always creates room for some counterplay. For example, Carlsen does that very often (he won a game with black against Anand not so long ago by using that idea). Here Flohr demonstrates the plan against (future) world champion.

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