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| Dec-26-02 | | GregorMendel: 13...Bc4?? is very unspectacular, handing the square of d5, and the game with it, to White on a platter. |
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| Mar-12-04 | | Checkmate123: Yes. Bc4 was the bad move. White capitalized. |
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| Jan-25-05 | | e4Newman: There are a few ways to finish this off. Black is basically lost with his pieces being pinned or useless, and his pawns ripe for the picking. And 13...Bc4 was bad but 12...Be6 even worse. In the open Sicilian, white has a number of ways to attack, and must do so without haste. Black must counter aggressively. |
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| Mar-12-05 | | russep: Isn't this B85? |
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Dec-25-05
 | | Richard Taylor: This game is used by Wells in "Piece Power in Chess" here the NB swaps off the knight and white gets a great place on d5 |
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| Apr-24-06 | | Mating Net: Highly instructive game. The Knight on d5 is absolutely bulletproof and goes a long way towards demonstrating how a Knight can be massively superior to a Bishop. One of the keys is establishing the stallion on an opposite colored central square to that of the Bishop. The other is being able to carry out an attack. |
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| Mar-07-07 | | NotABanker: This game is used by Weeramantry in "Best Lessons of a Chess Coach" to illustrate what an outpost square is. |
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| Mar-29-07 | | atripodi: This is the game Predrag Trajkovic went over with me when I had an in-person lesson with him. His way of looking at it was to point out the creation of one weakness (d6) and fixing of that weakness (Nd5). Then doing the same on the other side of the board (f7) and attacking both weaknesses simultaneously. |
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| Aug-02-07 | | engmaster: 13) ...,Bc4 was a horrible positional mistake. Better was bishop to d7 then to c6 to protect the d5 square |
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| Sep-15-07 | | takking: This is a note for Chess Classics,
This is the first game of the best lessons of a chess coach please add to your collection . a great game by white |
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| Oct-14-07 | | Erdkunde: It seems that this is a very popular game with chess writers. It is also used by Silman in "Reasses Your Chess" as an illustration of weak squares. |
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| Oct-14-07 | | stanleys: Well, I have read an article by GM Platonov in which he stated that the position after 13...Bc4 is OK for black;he thought that after 14.Bxc4 black's queen becomes very actif The mistake was 15...Rfe8? - He recommended 15...Rac8 instead and if 16.Rf2(preparing 17.Bxf6 and 18.Nd5) black should play 16...Rc5! and sacrify an exchange on d5 with "good counterplay" - |
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| Nov-18-07 | | MissesManyMoves: Walter Tevis mentions this game briefly in his 1983 novel The Queens' Gambit. (page 51, and it has Rudakovsky misspelled as Rudakavsky. Weirdly, it's the 2nd typo in as many sentences in my edition, with "Smothered mates" misspelled as "smothered males" in the previous sentence!) |
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| Jun-20-08 | | Jesspatrick: Peter Romanovsky also used this game in "Middle Game Planning" as an example where the N on d5 is a strong piece on a strong square. Smyslov's 15.Bg5 and 16.Bxf6 demonstrate his insight, where he recognizes that his N is better than the B. |
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| Sep-11-09 | | King.Arthur.Brazil: I just adopt this white openning some times, without knowing this game. But chess change from 40ths to 80ths. Many of my counter-players in black used after 12.Be3(?) Ng4 trying to force the BxNg4 and remain white B of white squares, just to kill the Nd5. They treat Ng4, 13.Bd2? Qb6+ 14.Kh1 Ne3!, and in view of Nxc2, 15.Sxe3 comes forced! I agree that Bc4?? it's a bad move. |
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Oct-09-09
 | | bright1: <King.Arthur.Brazil> in the line you describe, 12. Be3 Ng4, can't White play 13. Bxg4 Bxg4 14. f5 and threaten to trap and win the bishop with h2-h3 followed by g2-g4? It looks risky opening up the kingside but it could be worth it. |
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Oct-09-09
 | | An Englishman: Good Evening: Probably one of the most used games by chess authors when they write about the middlegame. |
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| Oct-09-09 | | GMMandetowitch: The game was just a technichal demonstration by Smyslov,showing why black shouldn't trade his good bishop for white's bad one,followed by a well known approach to take over of the d5 outpost.But I still don't see why is this the game of the day,It was easy ,I think.I was expecting for a more fighting game. |
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| Oct-09-09 | | siggemannen: 25...Qf2 26. Qxh7 mates |
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Oct-09-09
 | | al wazir: Ah! I see now. If 25...Qf2, then 26. Qxh7+ Rxh7 27. Rg8#. |
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| Oct-09-09 | | zev22407: And "The most instructive games of chess ever played" By Irving Chernev |
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| Oct-09-09 | | Sem: Smyslov used to make it all so easy. Euwe, in a joking mood: 'He plays the same common moves you and I make, only he wins the game.' |
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| Oct-09-09 | | RandomVisitor: 4 minutes per move:
Vasily Smyslov - Iosif Rudakovsky
[B83]
2, Moscow URS ch 2, Moscow URS ch, 1945
[Rybka 3 ]
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Be2 Be7 7.0-0 0-0 8.Be3 Nc6 9.f4 Qc7 10.Qe1 Nxd4 11.Bxd4 e5 12.Be3 last book move 12...Be6 0.30/15
13.f5= 0.00/18
[Rybka 3 : 13.Qg3 Rfe8 14.Rad1 a6 15.Rf2 Rac8 16.f5 Bc4 17.Bf3 Kh8 18.Rfd2 h6  0.30/15 ] 13...Bc4 0.35/19
[Rybka 3 : 13...Bd7 14.Qg3 Rfc8 15.a3 Bc6 16.Bf3 b5 17.Bh6 Bf8 18.Bg5 Be7 19.Bh6 Bf8 20.Bg5 Be7 21.Bh6 Bf8 22.Bg5 Be7 23.Bh6 Bf8 24.Bg5 Be7 25.Bh6 Bf8 26.Bg5 Be7 27.Bh6 Bf8 28.Bg5 Be7= 0.00/18 ] 14.Bxc4 0.15/19 Qxc4 0.35/18
15.Bg5 0.09/16 Rfe8 0.63/20
[Rybka 3 : 15...Rac8 16.Rf2 Qd4 17.Rd1 Qb4 18.Rb1 Qc4 19.Bxf6 Bxf6 20.Nd5 Qxa2 21.Nxf6+ gxf6 22.Rd2 Rfd8 23.c3 Qb3 24.Rbd1 a5 25.Qg3+ Kh8 26.Qh4= 0.09/16 ] 16.Bxf6 0.42/19 Bxf6 0.62/19
17.Nd5 0.42/17 Bd8  0.78/18
[Rybka 3 : 17...Qd4+ 18.Kh1 Qxb2 19.Nc7 0.42/17 ] 18.c3 0.61/16 b5 1.24/18
[Rybka 3 : 18...f6 19.b3 Qc6 20.Qe2 b5 21.Kh1 a5 22.a4 bxa4 23.Rxa4 Rb8 24.Ra3 Bb6 25.Raa1 0.61/16 ] 19.b3 1.04/19 Qc5+ 1.04/21
20.Kh1 0.86/19 Rc8  2.34/18
[Rybka 3 : 20...f6 21.Qe2 Kh8 22.a4 bxa4 23.Rxa4 Bb6 24.Ra6 Rab8 25.b4 Qc6 26.g3 Rbc8 27.Kg2 Qb7 28.Rd1 Red8 0.86/19 ] < 21.Rf3? 0.77/18
[Rybka 3 : 21.f6 h6 22.fxg7 Re6 23.b4 Qc6 2.34/18 ]> <21...Kh8? 3.22/17
[Rybka 3 : 21...f6 22.a4 a5 23.axb5 Qxb5 24.c4 Qc5 25.Nc3 Re7 26.Rd3 Rd7 27.Qd2 Bc7 28.Rd5 Qb6 29.Nb5 0.77/18 ]> 22.f6 2.85/15 gxf6? 8.63/15
[Rybka 3 : 22...Bxf6 23.Nxf6 gxf6 24.Qh4 Re6 25.Rh3 Kg8 26.Qh6 f5 27.Qxh7+ Kf8 28.Qxf5 Rc7 29.Rh8+ Ke7 30.a4 Rc8 31.Rxc8 Qxc8 32.axb5 Qc5 33.Rf1 2.85/15 ] 23.Qh4 8.47/15 Rg8 8.47/15
24.Nxf6 8.47/14 Rg7 8.69/15
25.Rg3 8.76/16 Bxf6 8.53/15
26.Qxf6 8.37/15 Rcg8 8.53/15
27.Rd1 8.37/14 d5? 12.99/14
[Rybka 3 : 27...b4 28.Rxg7 8.37/14 ]
28.Rxg7 13.45/15 Rxg7 13.68/13
29.Rxd5 13.29/13 1-0 |
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| Oct-09-09 | | lostgalaxy: 20...f6 may have hold!? |
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| Oct-09-09 | | njchess: Most point to 13. ... Bc4 as the move that gives White the initiative, and, to be certain, it does. However, I think Black's underlying problem is an poor strategy. 12. ... Be6 almost begs White to play 13. f5 thereby giving White a move with tempo. Then Black just bungles the tactics with 13. ... Bc4, but its the careless 12th move that gives White the edge. As to why Black is seeking counterplay in the center in an essentially closed Sicilian is anybody's guess. 12. ... b6 followed by Bb7 and d5 might have served him better. True, it's slow, but I don't think White has any immediate threats, so there is no hurry. |
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