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Samuel Reshevsky vs Paul Keres
First Piatigorsky Cup (1963), Los Angeles, CA USA, rd 6, Jul-11
English Opening: King's English. Two Knights' Variation Keres Variation (A23)  ·  1-0

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ANALYSIS [x]
Notes by Stockfish 9 v010218 (minimum 6s/ply)7.Nc2 was played in Taimanov vs V Mikenas, 1960 (1-0)7...Ng4 was played in Hartston vs M Basman, 1967 (0-1)8.d3 was played in C Hansen vs J Aagaard, 2005 (1-0)better is 8...Nc6 9.d3 exd3 10.Bg5 Be6 11.O-O Be7 12.Qxd3 O-O = +0.40 (30 ply) ⩲ +0.91 (18 ply)better is 13.c4 Nc6 14.cxd5 Nxd5 15.Nc5 Qe7 16.Qd2 Rad8 17.dxe4 ⩲ +0.96 (22 ply)= +0.43 (21 ply)better is 14.Nd4 Nxd4 15.Bxd4 Rfe8 16.Bxf6 gxf6 17.c4 d4 18.dxe4 ⩲ +0.77 (22 ply)better is 14...dxc4 15.Rxc4 exd3 16.Nd4 dxe2 17.Qxe2 Nxd4 18.Bxd4 = +0.17 (22 ply) ⩲ +0.79 (22 ply)better is 16...Qe7 17.c5 Bd7 18.Qb3 Bc6 19.Qc3 Qe6 20.Rb1 Rfe8 ⩲ +0.60 (22 ply) ⩲ +1.11 (22 ply)better is 21...Rfe8 22.h4 b6 23.Qf4 Re5 24.Bf3 Bh3 25.Rfd1 Rf5 ⩲ +0.55 (23 ply) ⩲ +1.15 (25 ply) after 22.Bxh3 Qxh3 23.d6 b6 24.Rc7 Rfe8 25.Rxa7 Re5 26.Ra4 Re6 25...Rfd8 26.Rxc8 Qxc8 27.d7 Qc6 28.Qxc6 bxc6 29.Rd6 c5 ⩲ +0.84 (29 ply) ± +1.77 (25 ply)better is 27...Qg4 28.Rd2 Qe4+ 29.Kh3 Qe5 30.Qxa6 Qe6+ 31.Kg2 Qe4+ ⩲ +1.43 (27 ply) ± +1.94 (23 ply) after 28.h3 h6 29.a4 Kg6 30.Rd4 f5 31.Qc7 Ra7 32.Qb8 Kg7 33.Qb6 28...h6 29.h3 f5 30.Rd1 Kg6 31.h4 f4 32.Qc3 Rd8 33.h5+ ± +1.60 (22 ply)+- +3.19 (26 ply)better is 30.h3 h6 31.Qc5 Rd7 32.Qxc6 f5 33.Qxa6 f4 34.Qd3 fxg3 +- +3.44 (27 ply) ± +1.87 (31 ply) 33...Kd7 34.Rb6 a5 35.a4 Ra8 36.Rb7+ Ke8 37.Re7+ Kf8 ± +2.12 (29 ply)+- +3.00 (27 ply) after 34.d7+ Kxd7 35.Rxf6 Ke7 36.Rh6 a5 37.Rxh7 Kf6 38.Rh5 a4 better is 35.d7+ Kxd7 36.Rxf6 Ke7 37.Rh6 Rc8 38.Rh5 Rc4 39.Rxa5 +- +3.25 (28 ply) ± +2.24 (28 ply) after 35...Kd7 36.Rb7+ Ke8 37.Re7+ Kf8 38.Rc7 Rd8 39.Rc6 Ke8 42...Kd5 43.Ra6 Ke5 44.Rxa5+ Ke6 45.h4 Rd8 46.Ra6+ Kf7 +- +5.11 (29 ply)1-0

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Kibitzer's Corner
Jun-14-05  woodenbishop: WOW! Reshevsky played beautifully in this game, not to mention his end game left the great Keres without any hope of salvaging a draw, let alone a win.
Mar-26-06  Whitehat1963: Reshevsky seems to have no trouble whipping Keres at his own game. (Opening of the Day)
Jun-13-14  zydeco: I feel like in every other game that Reshevsky wins as white he gets a passed d-pawn and just pushes it up the board. Reshevsky, annotating this game in the tournament book, finds no mistakes for black.
Jun-13-14
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  kbob: Keres played the c6 line over and over since the 1930s
Jun-15-22  jerseybob: <kbob: Keres played the c6 line over and over since the 1930s> Which means Reshevsky had lots of time to school himself on white's best play. For example 4.Nf3!, better than 4.Bg2. I wonder how many years he waited to play this line against Keres? The Pillsbury-Lasker Queens Gambit story is legendary of course. Nice work by Sammy nursing his small edge to a full point, and in also beating Keres in the second leg of the tourney.
Jun-16-22
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  keypusher: < jerseybob: <kbob: Keres played the c6 line over and over since the 1930s> Which means Reshevsky had lots of time to school himself on white's best play. For example 4.Nf3!, better than 4.Bg2. I wonder how many years he waited to play this line against Keres? >

Two. Botvinnik vs Tal, 1961

Jun-16-22  jerseybob: <keypusher: < jerseybob: <kbob: Keres played the c6 line over and over since the 1930s> Which means Reshevsky had lots of time to school himself on white's best play. For example 4.Nf3!, better than 4.Bg2. I wonder how many years he waited to play this line against Keres? > Two. Botvinnik vs Tal, 1961> Thanks for the game link, and a fine game. What I meant was how long was Reshevsky hoping for a matchup against Keres in that line. A banal question to begin with. I should wait 30 seconds before hitting the send button!
Jun-16-22
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  keypusher: <jerseybob> Thanks, you requited my churlishness with grace. :-) Glad you liked the Botvinnik-Tal.
Jun-16-22  jerseybob: Well, I can be churlish too; just ask any number of my friends and relatives! That Botvinnik-Tal matchup has always fascinated me, ice vs fire. If the rematch provision, which I've always hated, hadn't been in effect, we wouldn't have seen the 50-year old Botvinnik regain his title from a man half his age(and I know if Tal hadn't abused his health like he did it might not have happened). But to people who asked in 1992 whether Bobby Fischer could've come back and been competitive I point to that match. Unfortunately, he didn't, with an assist from the stupid U.S. State Dept. (still stupid to this very day U.S. State Dept.)

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