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Evolution of Chess Style #158: Vasily Smyslov vs Mikhail Botvinnik : USSR Absolute Ch. (1941)

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â–ºSupport the channel by donating via PayPal: http://goo.gl/7HJcDq â–ºPlaylists: http://goo.gl/FxpqEH â–ºFREE online chess at http://osk03.chesshorsey.com/chessclubs/asplogin.asp?from=1053 or realtime at http://www.chessclub.com/from/kingscrusher â–ºFollow me at Google+ : http://www.google.com/+kingscrusher [Event "USSR Absolute Championship"] [Site "Leningrad- Moscow URS"] [Date "1941.04.17"] [Round "15"] [White "Vasily Smyslov"] [Black "Mikhail Botvinnik"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C77"] [PlyCount "120"] [EventDate "1941.03.23"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. Re1 b5 9. Bc2 d5 10. Nbd2 (10. exd5 Qxd5) 10... dxe4 11. dxe4 Be6 12. h3 (12. Ng5 Bg4) 12... h6 13. Nh2 Nh7 14. Ng4 Bg5 15. Qe2 Qd6 16. Ne3 Rfd8 17. Nf3 Bxe3 18. Qxe3 Qe7 19. Nh2 Nf8 20. Qf3 Rd7 21. Nf1 Nh7 22. Ng3 Rad8 23. Nf5 Qf6 24. g4 Ne7 25. Qg3 Bc4 26. f3 Bd3 27. Bb3 c5 28. Be3 c4 29. Bd1 Ng5 30. h4 Ne6 31. a4 b4 32. cxb4 Nf4 (32... Rb7 33. Bd2 Nf4 34. Bc3 Nxf5 35. gxf5 Qd6 36. Kh1 Rxb4 37. Bxb4 Qxb4 38. Rg1 g6 39. fxg6 fxg6) 33. Kh1 (33. Bxf4 exf4 34. Qxf4 Nxf5 35. gxf5 c3 36. bxc3 Qxc3) 33... g5 (33... Nxf5 34. gxf5 Rb7 35. b5 (35. Bc5 Rc8) (35. Bd2 Qe7) 35... axb5 36. a5) 34. b5 a5 35. Bc5 Nxf5 36. gxf5 Kh7 37. Qg4 (37. Rg1 Rg8 38. Qg4 h5 39. Qg3 g4 40. fxg4 hxg4 41. Bxg4 Bxe4+) 37... gxh4 38. Rg1 h5 39. Qg5 Qxg5 40. Rxg5 f6 41. Rg1 Nh3 42. Re1 Rg8 43. Ra2 Bb1 44. Ra1 Bd3 45. Ra2 Nf4 46. b4 Rc8 47. b6 Rb7 48. Be3 axb4 49. a5 b3 50. Ra3 b2 51. Ba4 c3 52. Rb3 (52. a6 Bxa6) 52... Ne2 53. Bb5 (53. a6 Bxa6) 53... Bxb5 54. Rxb5 Nd4 55. Bxd4 (55. a6 Nxb5 56. axb7 Rb8) 55... exd4 56. a6 Rxb6 57. Rxb6 d3 58. Rg1 d2 59. Rxf6 Rc7 60. Rfg6 d1=Q 0-1 Thumbnail Smyslov By Suyk, Koen / Anefo [CC BY-SA 3.0 nl (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/nl/deed.en)], via Wikimedia Commons Botvinnik Smiling Harry Pot [CC BY-SA 3.0 nl (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/nl/deed.en)], via Wikimedia Commons

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