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Peter Dubinin vs Vasily Smyslov
USSR Championship (1940), Moscow URS, rd 9, Sep-15
Nimzo-Indian Defense: Classical Variation (E32)  ·  1/2-1/2

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Feb-23-21
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  nizmo11: Smyslov missed an immediate win here:


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25...Qh1!+

Feb-23-21
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  WannaBe: One doth wonder how he missed that... (Game was pre-arranged draw????)
Feb-23-21
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  WannaBe: If you look at the standing for this tournament, if Smyslov had won this game, he would be 3-way tie for first.

Instead of 3rd by 0.5 pts. Let the conspiracy theories begin!!

Feb-23-21
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  nizmo11: Does not look like pre-arranged draw, rather a time trouble scramble.
This game is included as fragment in Terekhov's <Vasily Smyslov, vol I>. He calls it a "tactical melee", and thinks that perhaps Smyslov had planned after 25... Rd8?? 26. Rxd1 Rxd1 27. Qxd1 27...gxh6 ?? and only now realized that this is losing to 28. Qd8+ Kf7 29. Qh8!

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