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Erik Lundin vs Mikhail Botvinnik
Groningen (1946), Groningen NED, rd 2, Aug-14
Queen's Indian Defense: Classical. Traditional Variation Nimzowitsch Line (E18)  ·  0-1

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Aug-11-07  wolfmaster: A great, strategical game from Botvinnik.
Nov-14-08  fich: This is certainly one of my favorite games. It is interesting to note how White couldn't break through to Black's camp. Black is devoid of any counterplay whereas Botvinnik could rip his opponent's position in a matter of time and technique.
Jul-11-09  ToTheDeath: 21...g5! puts the knight offside and keeps it offside for the rest of the game- Botvinnik is effectively playing with an extra piece on the queenside and breaks through easily.
Aug-03-09  Knight13: White should've left the c-file and start playing for e4 as soon as he can.
Sep-23-11  Kasparovsky5: 53.Rc1,Bd4+.54.Kf1,f3!!.55.Rxg4,Rh1+.56.Rg1,Rxg1-
# is the nicest end !!
Sep-23-11
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  An Englishman: Good Evening: I haven't thought of Botvinnik as the proto-Petrosian before, but this certainly looks like Iron Tigran's work, esp. the position after 30...b4.
Jul-18-14  jerseybob: A great game indeed, fully analyzed in Martin Beheim's book "Chess with the Masters".
Nov-11-15  Knight13: <21...g5! puts the knight offside and keeps it offside for the rest of the game- Botvinnik is effectively playing with an extra piece on the queenside and breaks through easily.> 21... g5!, brought to you by 21. Qd3?, taking away the best retreating square for the Knight. 21. a4 is better, followed by Nd3.
Jun-28-25  unspiek: Many aeons ago, I met Bob Lundin at the Last Exit, in Seattle, who told me that he was Erik Lundin's nephew. I asked him if he knew any of his uncle's games, and he showed me this one. He said that it was a good game, and he really liked it. I had to agree!
Jun-28-25
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  perfidious: <Knight13....21... g5!, brought to you by 21. Qd3?, taking away the best retreating square for the Knight. 21. a4 is better, followed by Nd3.>

White's 21st move was indeed a strategic error, though his prospects were hardly rosy even after 21.a4.

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