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Vasily Smyslov vs Max Euwe
Zuerich Candidates (1953), Zuerich SUI, rd 18, Oct-03
Formation: King's Indian Attack (A07)  ·  1-0

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Mar-07-03  Rookpawn: In his book on the 1953 Zurich tournament, Bronstein says that this game "deserves to be counted among the finest examples of the art of chess."
Mar-08-03  drukenknight: I dunno how sharp Euwe really is here, he hesitated to exchange rooks.

26...Nb6 looks like a better way to stop the fork.

Mar-08-03  Rookpawn: After 26...Nb6, White playes 27. Rd7 followed by 28. Rxb7.
Feb-24-05  chess man: Nothing stops Bg6. Nice game.
Oct-23-05
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  Chessical: <Bronstein> recommended <11.Nxc6 bxc6 12.Bxc6 Bf5 (12...Rc8? 13.Ba5) 13.Qf3 Rc8 14.Ba4 Bh3 15.Rfd1>

But then how to continue?

Here, <15...e6?> loses to 16.Ba5, but <15...Qb6!?> seems to hold on.

Perhaps Smyslov had seen more at the board than his eventual annotator?

Dec-15-08  hms123: Instead of <29. Qc5> Romanovsky gives <29. Bg2 Re8 30. Bxe5 Rxe5 31.Qxe5 Qxe5 32. Bxc6+ Kb8 33.Rb7+ Ka8 34. Rb6#>


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Feb-17-15
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  jbennett: I'm doing a series of videos on the Zurich 1953 tournament. For round 18 I selected this game to cover: http://youtu.be/G62jGhgCVSM
May-06-17
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  cwcarlson: White had 18.♗h3+ ♔b8 19.♘c5! . 16...c5 (or 16...♔b8) =.
Apr-16-20
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  keypusher: < Chessical: <Bronstein> recommended <11.Nxc6 bxc6 12.Bxc6 Bf5 (12...Rc8? 13.Ba5) 13.Qf3 Rc8 14.Ba4 Bh3 15.Rfd1> But then how to continue?

Here, <15...e6?> loses to 16.Ba5, but <15...Qb6!?> seems to hold on.

Perhaps Smyslov had seen more at the board than his eventual annotator?>

After 16.Be3 (16....Qa6 17.b3) Black is in an Opera-Game-style bind, as Bronstein notes. SF10's eval is +3.69 at 36 ply. But 14....Bh3 is an awfully cooperative move. SF defends actively with 14....Rc5! 15.Bb3 Bg4 16.Qd3 (if only the queen could stay on the f-file) Rc5 17.Bb4 Rg5 18.h4 Rg6 19.Rfd1! e5! 20.Bxf8 Kxf8 (-0.99, 46 ply). A line only a computer could love, but it does appear that Bronstein got a little carried away with 11.Nxc6. On the other hand, 11.Re1 seems to be stronger than Smyslov's choice.

Jul-17-22  tbontb: Smyslov sacrifices a pawn for open lines plus development and is in no hurry to regain the material. Unfortunately, he misses the most accurate finish (29.Bg2) but smoothly evaluates an extra pawn plus 2Bs in a textbook endgame.

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