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Sergey Belavenets vs Alexander Kotov
Moscow Ch (1935), Moscow URS
Nimzo-Indian Defense: Spielmann. Stahlberg Variation (E23)  ·  1-0

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Oct-14-11  hilfsmatt: Nice finish (25. ... Rxg1 26. De5 and neither Rb8 nor Bc8 can be saved). Bad day for Kotov
Aug-30-24
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  nizmo11: from <Chess Family Belavenets>: 17...gxf3 "Black played this sacrifice because he unquestionably relied on the authority of master Riumin, who used this move in <one of his living piece games against Botvinnik>. Black drew this game from a position of strength.

Does anyone know what these "living piece games" were? Some kind of exhibition games perhaps, or is there a problem with the translation?

The book also notes that this variation had been played in Botvinnik vs G Miasoedov, 1931. If the players knew of this game then they miss-evaluated the position, 17...d5! is the better move .

Aug-30-24
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  perfidious: As the game went, Belavenets' 20th move is a decisive improvement over the losing 20.gxf3, as played in G Stepanov (Schneideman) vs P Romanovsky, 1926.
Aug-30-24
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  nizmo11: yes, this check was the refutation of 17...gxf3.
The game you quote raises another question: to whom credit for 13.g4 belongs? The comment to move 13 is: "This sharp move was first tried by Botvinnik in his game against Myasedov, 1933 (should have been 1931)". Botvinnik writes in his 100 selected games "This interesting move had been previously studied in home analysis, and now at last applied in practice."
However, it seems Stepanov(Scheideman) had played this already 5 years earlier. But is the year 1926 correct, and this variation was known before Stahlberg vs Alekhine, 1930?

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