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Samuel Reshevsky vs Milan Vidmar
Nottingham (1936), Nottingham ENG, rd 15, Aug-28
Queen's Gambit Accepted: Classical Defense. Main Lines (D27)  ·  1-0

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ANALYSIS [x]
Notes by AlekhinePermitting Black to enter into a variation of the Queen’s Gambit accepted instead of adopting the more usual 5 Nc3 Nbd7, etc., leading to the Meran defence. After White has placed his bishop at b3 (instead of d3, as in the game Lasker-Reshevsky, Nottinham, 1936) it would not be advisable for Black to exchange pawns in the center, as in that case White’s pressure against e6 and f7 would become dangerous. Much better than the text move was 10...Nbd7 not allowing White’s d-pawn to advance with gain of tempo, and keeping the balance of the position. A well-known manoeuver in positions of this kind {see Opocensky-Rubinstein, Marienbad 1933-4) which in this particular case is exceptionally strong, as Black is not yet able to castle. The decisive mistake. A much better fighting chance was 12...Na5 13 e4 (13 dxe6 fxe6, etc.) Nxb3 14 axb3 b4 15 Na4 Qb5.After this Black has no satisfactory defence. If 13...d4 then 14 e5! Ng4 15 Nd5 Qd8 16 Bf4 with the double threat 17 e6 or 17 Nf6+, the attack being overwhelming.A pretty variation would occur after 15...Ne7 16 Ne5! c4 17 Nxc4! bxc4 18 Ba4+ Bc6 19 Rd6 Rc8 20 Bg5 f6 21 Re1 with a winning position.After ...f6 18 Bf4 Black, with his king in the middle, would be helpless against the numerous threats. Without this move White would still have some technical difficulties, but now things are easy. Not the best, although good enough. Immediately decisive was 20 b4! (cxb4 21 Be3, etc.) In consequence of White’s 20th move Black was in a position to make a longer resistance by playing here 20...Nc6. Another blunder. But Black’s game was already perfectly hopeless.1-0

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Jun-28-05  Knight13: Lots of bad moves made by Black(Alekhine's notes clearly states the bad moves). This is quite a good game by Samuel Reshevsky.
Jun-08-10  AlbertoDominguez: This game won the prize for the best game of the round (this prize was established for each of the four rounds played in the final week of the tourney).
Apr-07-18  RookFile: This is actually a fairly typical way that black loses a QGA. He allows a d5 thrust from white to open up the lines. With black you have to do something as soon as you can against that powerful bishop on b3.
Nov-26-19
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  plang: The disadvantage of developing the knight to c6 (rather than d7) in the classical QGA is that it strengthens White's thematic d5 tactic. 13 Nxd5 had been played in the draw Gruenfeld-Book 1935 Warsaw Olympiad; Reshevsky's 13 e4! was a clear improvement. 16..Nd8 would have failed to 17 Bg5..f6 18 18 Bxb7..Nxb7 19 Re1..Qc7 20 Bf4..Qd7 21 Rad1. 22..Qd6 23 Re8..Bxf3 24 Rxf8+..Kxf8 25 gxf..c4 26 Re1..Qd7 27 Qe7+..Qxe7 28 Bxe7+..Ke8 29 Bd6+..Kd7 30 Bxc7..Kxc7 31 Re7+ would also have been winning.

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