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Mark Taimanov vs Isaac Boleslavsky
Zuerich Candidates (1953), Zurich SUI, rd 10, Sep-15
King's Indian Defense: Orthodox Variation. Aronin-Taimanov Defense (E97)  ·  1/2-1/2

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ANALYSIS [x]
Notes by Stockfish 9 v010218 (minimum 6s/ply)better is 5...O-O 6.Be3 c5 7.d5 e6 8.Be2 Re8 9.Nd2 Na6 10.O-O = +0.28 (34 ply) 6.dxe5 dxe5 7.Qxd8+ Kxd8 8.Be3 Nc6 9.O-O-O+ Bd7 ⩲ +0.94 (20 ply)6...Nc6 was played in Z Rahman vs R Sattar, 1993 (0-1)= +0.25 (36 ply)better is 22...Bf8 23.Ng2 a5 24.Bf4 d5 25.cxd5 cxd5 26.Rxd5 Kg8 = -0.15 (23 ply)better is 23.Nd3 Bg7 24.Kg2 Re8 25.Ne1 Be5 26.Bf2 g5 27.Bg3 Rf6 ⩲ +0.56 (23 ply)= 0.00 (24 ply) after 23...Kg8 24.f4 Bg7 25.Rxd6 Bf8 26.Rd3 Re8 27.Bxa7 b5 better is 38.Nf3 Re2 39.Re1 Rxa2 40.Re8+ Kf7 41.Rb8 Ke6 42.Kg3 h5 = -0.15 (31 ply) ⩱ -0.65 (29 ply) after 38...Ra8 39.Rc4 Rxa2 40.Rb4 Bc8 41.Nd3 Rc2 42.Bd4 Bxd4 better is 39.Ng2 Be4+ 40.Kg3 Ra8 41.Rc4 Bd3 42.Rb4 Rxa2 43.Bd4 Be4 = -0.45 (31 ply) 39...Ra8 40.Rc4 Rxa2 41.Rb4 Bc8 42.Nd3 Be7 43.f5 gxf5 ⩱ -1.18 (29 ply)= -0.08 (37 ply)42.Bd4 Bxd4 43.Nxd4 Rxa2 44.Nxf5 gxf5 45.Rg1 Rb2 46.Kf3+ = 0.00 (35 ply)1/2-1/2

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Kibitzer's Corner
Aug-10-04
Premium Chessgames Member
  IMlday: In this move order, isn't 6.dxe5 powerful? Typo?
Sep-02-04  AdrianP: <IMlday> 6. dxe5 looks good to me - compare N Tolstikh vs E Sazonova, 2001
Sep-02-04  clocked: Topalov vs Kasimdzhanov, 1999 was only blitz, but how about Piket vs Gelfand, 1995
Sep-02-04  square dance: this game is apparently from the famous zurich '53 tournament and this is the move order of the game played. its from round 10. i have the 1979 dover edition and the game is #67 and on page 107 for anyone who wants to check it out.
Sep-02-04  Benzol: For anyone who has 'The Chess Struggle In Practice' see page 156. The move order is the same as given here but it's in English descriptive notation.

Why doesn't White play 6.dxe5 in this position as <IMlday> suggests?

Sep-02-04  acirce: It is given this way in Bronstein's famous book too - and without comment until after move 8. However, is 6.dxe5 that great? 6.dxe5 dxe5 7.Qxd8+ Kxd8 8.Nxe5 Nxe4 9.Nxf7+ Ke8 10.Nxe4 Kxf7 and doesn't Black have decent compensation - easy development while White's is a little hampered, etc? 11.c5 with the idea of Bc4+ does look good though. Not sure about the evaluation.
Jul-04-08
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  Fusilli: Maybe 5...e5 had not been played before, and Taimanov feared some home preparation. If you have never seen this before, the line <acirce> gives looks playable for black, and Taimanov may have seen as much and felt insecure about whether to enter into that. Here it's good to point out that he had been crushed, also with the white pieces and in a KID, against Najdorf in round 4 of this same tournament... In that case Najdorf surprised him with the Mar del Plata variation, that had been born earlier that year and had not crossed the Atlantic yet. Interestingly, the MDP variation had made its debut against Najdorf, who learned the hard way. See:

Taimanov vs Najdorf, 1953

(and the thread of comments under that game)

and

Najdorf vs Gligoric, 1953

All this makes me think that maybe Boleslavsky didn't have any particular ace under his sleeve, but knew that Taimanov, having lost to Najdorf, would probably make lots of assumptions about his (Boleslavsky's) secret tricks. Psychological warfare or true home preparation?

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