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David Bronstein vs Vasily Smyslov
Petropolis Interzonal (1973), Petropolis BRA, rd 5, Jul-29
Spanish Game: Closed. Bogoljubow Variation (C91)  ·  1-0

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Aug-10-06  DWINS: Andy Soltis tells an interesting story about the end of this game.

According to him, Smyslov had plenty of time left on his clock, so his dropping a rook had nothing at all to do with time pressure.

He had planned 33...Ra7 34.Bb5 Re7 inviting Bronstein to win the exchange by playing 35.Nc8, after which 35...Nd8 36.Nxa7 Rxa7 followed by 37...Nf7 gives him an impregnable position. He merely goofed and played the second move of his continuation first!

Jul-01-08  Xeroxx: Oh noes!?
Dec-27-08  Roark: Nice game by Smyslov. He deserves credit for a game that should have been well played.
Mar-11-11  talisman: now see i would have moved the other rook...But...
Jul-19-13  Everett: <He had planned 33...Ra7 34.Bb5 Re7 inviting Bronstein to win the exchange by playing 35.Nc8, after which 35...Nd8 36.Nxa7 Rxa7 followed by 37...Nf7 gives him an impregnable position. He merely goofed and played the second move of his continuation first!>

I'm not sure how tight this proposed fortress is. After <33..Ra7 34.Bb5 Re7 35.Nc8 Nd8> and Bronstein can sit on the capture while preparing his rooks and K for infiltration. For instance, play could follow <36.Kg2 Nf7 37.Be8> with an idea of taking one of Smyslov's Ns off the board for Bronstein's weaker LSB.

Whichever way it goes then, Bronstein can place his K on g5, double rooks on the c-file, and play Bxc5 at a propitious moment.

At that point there could be a R vs BN on the board, with Bronstein having the R and a few extra pawns.

It is an interesting position to play with.

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