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Vasily Smyslov vs Viktor Korchnoi
13th Soviet Team Championship Final-A (1975), Riga LAT, rd 4, Jul-??
Neo-Grünfeld Defense: Ultra-delayed Exchange Variation (D79)  ·  1-0

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ANALYSIS [x]
Notes by Stockfish 9 v010218 (minimum 6s/ply)11.Be3 was played in A Kashlinskaya vs N Popova, 2014 (1-0)11...Bd7 was played in P Ponkratov vs M Matlakov, 2013 (0-1)better is 13.Kh2 Qd7 14.Qa4 Rfd8 15.Bd2 f6 16.Rac1 Bf7 17.h4 Rb8 = +0.27 (23 ply)= -0.23 (25 ply) 26.Qb4 Nf5 27.Bb2 Bf8 28.Qg4 Qxb5 29.Bxf6 Rxa1 30.Bxa1 = +0.05 (23 ply)better is 26...Nf5 27.Bxf6 Qe8 28.Bxg7 Nxg7 29.Bxb7 Rxa1 30.Rxa1 ⩱ -0.74 (25 ply)= 0.00 (29 ply) after 27.Qb4 Rxa1 28.Rxa1 Rxa1 29.Bxg7 Kxg7 30.Qc3+ Kg8 28...Bxd4 29.Qxd4 Qxd4 30.Nxd4 Nd5 31.Kg1 Rd2 32.Nf3 Rb2 = 0.00 (30 ply) ± +2.31 (22 ply) 29...Qd6 30.Ba1 Rc2 31.Bxb7 f4 32.Nxf4 Nf5 33.Qf3 Nd4 ± +1.77 (25 ply)+- +7.55 (26 ply) after 30.Nf4 Ra4 31.Qe5 Rxd4 32.Qxd4 Be6 33.Nxe6 Qxd4 34.Nxd4 44...Bf6 45.Nxf6+ Qxf6 46.Qc5 gxh5 47.Qc7 Kf8 48.Qxb7 h4 +- +3.56 (27 ply)1-0

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Kibitzer's Corner
Mar-11-04  ughaibu: As it turns out Smyslov had a 5-3 plus score against Korchnoi (in this database), as Smyslov is such a renowned endgame expert and positional specialist I was surprised that the three shortest wins were Smyslov's but then, so were the two longest.
Oct-07-04
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  Honza Cervenka: 44...gxh5 45.Rf3 Rd7 46.Rxf5 Rf7 47.Rf4 and black has nothing to play. Fine game of Smyslov.
Nov-21-18  tigreton: Beautiful game. I like the manoeuvre 29. Qe3 followed by Qe5, to redeploy these pieces along the diagonal, making the Queen's invasión decisive.
Nov-21-18  Howard: One of the last games that Korchnoi played on Soviet soil.
Nov-21-18  ZonszeinP: When Smyslov was "hungry" of chess...
Was unstoppable

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