[Event "Match/City Riga-Leningrad"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1928.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Krastins"]
[Black "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E39"]
[Annotator "ChessBase II"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1928.??.??"]
[EventType "team-match"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {ChessBase II} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. e3 $6 (5. dxc5 $142 {1-0 Rubinstein,A-Moritz,B DSB-24.Kongress 1925 (3)}) ({RR} 5. dxc5 O-O 6. a3 Bxc5 7. Nf3 b6 8. Bf4) 5... O-O (5... Nc6 {½-½ Vidmar,M-Alekhine,A Hastings 2526 1925 (4)}) 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Bd3 d5 8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. a3 ({RR} 9. O-O Nb4 10. Qd2 Nxd3 11. Qxd3 b6 12. cxd5 exd5 13. b3 Bb7 14. Bb2 Qe7 15. Rfd1 Rfd8 16. Nd4 Rac8 17. Nf5 Qe6 18. Nd4 Qg4 19. h3 Qg6 20. Qxg6 hxg6 21. Rac1 Ne4 22. Nxe4 dxe4 23. Ne2 Ba6 {Gao,Z-Liu,C (1684) Shanghai CHN 2024 ½-½ (52)}) 9... dxc4 10. Bxc4 e5 $11 {[%cal Gc8g4]} ({RR} 10... a6 11. O-O Qe7 12. b4 Bd6 13. Bb2 b5 14. Bd3 Bb7 15. Ne4 Nxe4 16. Bxe4 Rac8 17. Qe2 e5 18. Rfd1 Kh8 19. Bf5 Rcd8 20. Rac1 Bb8 21. Be4 Rxd1+ 22. Qxd1 Rd8 23. Qc2 Rc8 24. Qe2 h6 25. g3) ({RR} 10... Bd7 11. O-O Rc8 12. Rd1 Qc7 13. b4 Be7 14. Bb2 Nxb4 15. axb4 Qxc4 16. Rd4 Qc7 17. Rh4 h6 18. Rxa7 Rfd8 19. Qb1 Nh7 20. Rg4 Bf6 21. Ra3 Bc6 22. Rc4 Qd7 23. Nd4 Bd5 24. Rxc8 Rxc8 25. Nxd5 {Manolache,M (2545)-Zoler,D (2509) Tel Aviv 2011 0-1 (67)}) 11. O-O Bg4 $146 ({RR} 11... Qe7 12. b4 Bb6 13. Nd5 Nxd5 14. Bxd5 Bg4 15. Qe4 {½-½ (15) Broomhead-Weill,R Dijon 1975 EXT 2014 [ChessBase II]}) 12. Be2 Qe7 13. b4 Bd6 14. Bb2 e4 $1 $36 15. Ne1 $6 (15. Nd2) 15... Qe5 {[%csl Rh2]} 16. g3 Qh5 $17 17. Bxg4 Qxg4 18. Kg2 Rac8 {[%cal Gc8c2]} 19. Rd1 Be5 20. h3 Qg6 21. Qb3 Rfd8 22. Rxd8+ Rxd8 23. Ne2 Qh5 24. Nf4 Bxf4 (24... Qf5 $142) 25. Bxf6 gxf6 26. gxf4 Qe2 27. Qc3 Qd2 28. Qxf6 Rd6 29. Qh4 Rg6+ 30. Kh2 Qe2 31. Rh1 Ne7 32. f5 Nxf5 33. Qf4 $13 Ng3 34. Qb8+ Kg7 35. Qe5+ Kf8 36. Qb8+ Ke7 37. Qxb7+ $4 (37. Qe5+ $8) 37... Kf6 38. Qc6+ Kg7 39. Qxg6+ hxg6 40. Kxg3 Qb2 0-1

[Event "URS-ch06 Semifinal Group 1"]
[Site "Odessa"]
[Date "1929.09.11"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Black "Silich, Vladislav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E32"]
[Annotator "ChessBase/Botvinnik"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1929.09.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "URS-ch"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {1) Botvinnik,Mikhail: Botvinnik's Complete Games (1924-1941) and Selcted Writings (Part 1). Transl and ed, by Ken Neat. .Olomouc. 2010. p.206.} Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. Nc3 Bb7 4. Qc2 e6 5. e4 Bb4 6. Bd3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 d6 8. Ne2 c5 ({RR} 8... e5 9. O-O c5 10. f4 Nfd7 11. Ng3 g6 12. fxe5 dxe5 13. Bh6 Qe7 14. d5 a5 15. Be2 Qh4 16. Qd2 f6 17. Qe3 Rg8 18. Rf3 Bc8 19. Raf1 Kd8 20. Nh1 g5 21. Rh3 Qf4 22. Qd3 Rg6 23. Ng3 {Berkes,F (2613)-Fercec,N (2410) Nova Gorica SLO 2024 1-0}) 9. O-O Nc6 10. f4 Qe7 $146 ({RR} 10... Nd7 11. d5 Na5 12. dxe6 fxe6 13. e5 Qh4 14. Be4 Bxe4 15. Qxe4 O-O 16. Qd3 Rfd8 17. exd6 Nf6 18. Bd2 Nb7 19. Be1 Qg4 20. h3 Qf5 21. Qe3 Rxd6 22. Ng3 Qd3 23. Qe5 Qxc4 24. f5 Re8 25. fxe6 {Borsuk,A (2240)-Alexandria,N (2350) Tivat 1995 0-1 (46)}) ({RR} 10... cxd4 11. cxd4 O-O 12. Bd2 Rc8 13. Qb1 h6 14. a4 d5 15. cxd5 exd5 16. e5 Ne4 17. Be1 Rc7 18. Qb2 Qc8 19. a5 bxa5 20. Bxa5 Nxa5 21. Rxa5 Bc6 22. Qa2 Qg4 23. h3 Qh4 24. Rxa7 Rxa7 25. Qxa7 {So,W (2760)-Mamedyarov,S (2741) chess24.com INT 2022 1-0}) ({RR} 10... cxd4 11. cxd4 O-O 12. Ba3 Re8 13. d5 exd5 14. cxd5 Na5 15. Rac1 b5 16. Qc7 Nc4 17. Qxb7 Nxa3 18. Ng3 Qb6+ 19. Qxb6 axb6 20. Rf2 Rec8 21. Rc6 Rxc6 22. dxc6 g6 23. Ne2 Nc4 24. Nd4 Rc8 25. a4 {Gasanov,E (2472)-Ikeda,J (2349) Kuala Lumpur 2011 1-0 (33)}) 11. d5 Na5 12. Ng3 O-O-O 13. Qe2 h5 14. e5 Ne8 15. exd6 Nxd6 16. f5 e5 {[#]} 17. f6 (17. Ne4 f6 18. Nxd6+ Rxd6 19. Rf4 $16) 17... gxf6 18. Nxh5 {[#]} f5 (18... e4 19. Nxf6 Qe5 20. g3 (20. h3 {Botvinnik} Qxc3 21. Nxe4 Nxe4 22. Bxe4 Nxc4 23. Bg5 $14 {Botvinnik}) 20... Qxc3 21. Nxe4 Nxe4 (21... Qxa1 $2 22. Nxd6+ Rxd6 23. Bb2 $18) 22. Bb2 $11 (22. Bxe4 Qd4+ (22... Nxc4 23. Rd1) 23. Kh1 Qxc4 $15)) 19. Ng7 $16 e4 20. Nxf5 Nxf5 21. Rxf5 Qd6 22. Qxe4 Qxh2+ 23. Kf2 Rde8 24. Qg4 Qh4+ 25. Qxh4 Rxh4 26. Bf4 Rf8 27. Bd6 Rg8 28. Rxf7 Kd8 29. Re1 1-0

[Event "Leningrad Master"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1930.04.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Black "Gothilf, Solomon Borisovich"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E22"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1930.03.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "16"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qb3 c5 5. dxc5 Na6 6. a3 Bxc5 7. Nf3 O-O 8. Bg5 Be7 9. e4 ({RR} 9. e3 b6 10. Be2 Bb7 11. O-O Nc5 12. Qc2 h6 13. Bh4 Nfe4 14. Bxe7 Qxe7 15. Rfd1 Rac8 16. Rac1 Rfd8 17. b4 Nxc3 18. Qxc3 Ne4 19. Qd4 d6 20. Nd2 Nf6 21. Bf1 d5 22. cxd5 Rxc1 23. Rxc1 Bxd5 {Papasimakopoulos,A (2387)-Zhigalko,S (2572) chess.com INT 2025 1-0 (47)}) 9... d6 ({RR} 9... h6 10. Bh4 d6 11. Be2 Nc5 12. Qc2 a5 13. b3 Bd7 14. O-O Bc6 15. Nd2 Nfd7 16. Bxe7 Qxe7 17. b4 axb4 18. axb4 Nxe4 19. Ndxe4 d5 20. cxd5 exd5 21. b5 Bxb5 22. Bxb5 dxe4 23. Qxe4 Qxe4 24. Nxe4 {Kosyrev,V (2539)-Aleksandrov,A (2659) chessassistantclub.com INT 2004 1-0 (49)}) 10. Be2 Bd7 $146 ({RR} 10... Nc5 11. Qc2 a5 12. O-O Qb6 13. Rad1 h6 14. Bh4 Bd7 15. Rfe1 Rfd8 16. Bf1 Be8 17. Nd4 a4 18. Kh1 g5 19. Bg3 Nh5 20. Ndb5 Nxg3+ 21. hxg3 Bxb5 22. Nxb5 Nb3 23. f4 Qc5 24. Qe2 Bf8 25. Qh5 {Alatortsev,V-Averbakh,Y Moscow 1944 0-1 (66)}) ({RR} 10... Nc5 11. Qc2 a6 12. O-O Qc7 13. h3 b6 14. b4 Ncd7 15. Rac1 Bb7 16. Rfd1 Rac8 17. Qb1 Qb8 18. Bf4 Rfd8 19. Rd2 b5 20. cxb5 Rxc3 21. Rxc3 Nxe4 22. Rb3 Nxd2 23. Nxd2 axb5 24. Bxb5 Bxg2 25. Bxd7 {Piket,J (2495)-Spassov,L (2400) Ostend 1990 ½-½ (42)}) 11. O-O (11. Qxb7 $2 Nc5 12. Qb4 a5) 11... Bc6 12. Qc2 h6 13. Bf4 Nc5 {[#]} 14. e5 $1 $14 (14. Nd2 d5 $1 15. e5 Nfe4 $15) 14... Nfe4 15. exd6 Bxd6 16. Rad1 Qe7 (16... Qc7 $2 17. Rxd6 Nxd6 18. b4) 17. Bxd6 Nxd6 18. Ne5 Rfd8 (18... Bxg2 19. Kxg2 Qg5+ 20. Ng4) 19. b4 Nd7 20. Nxc6 bxc6 21. c5 Ne8 (21... Nf5 22. Qa4 Rdc8 23. Ne4 $1 a5 24. Nd6 $18) 22. Qa4 Rdc8 23. Ba6 Rc7 24. Ne4 Ndf6 25. Nxf6+ Qxf6 26. Rd3 $1 Rd8 27. Rfd1 Rxd3 28. Rxd3 $16 Qe7 (28... Qa1+ 29. Rd1 Qf6 (29... Qe5) 30. b5 cxb5 31. Bxb5 $1 $18) (28... Kh7 29. Qd1 Qb2 30. Rb3 Qe5 31. Re3 $16) 29. Qd1 Kh7 30. Rd8 g6 31. g3 Nf6 32. Qd6 Nd5 33. Bc4 Kg7 34. Bb3 Kh7 35. Ba4 {[#]} Kg7 (35... Qf6 36. Kg2 (36. Ra8 Qa1+ 37. Kg2 Qe1 38. Bxc6 Qe4+ 39. Kg1 Qe1+ $11) 36... h5 37. h4 $16) 36. Ra8 $18 (36. Bxc6 Rxc6 $1) 36... Qxd6 37. cxd6 Rd7 38. Bxc6 Rxd6 39. Bxd5 exd5 1-0

[Event "Match/TradeUnions Leningrad-Moscow gr1"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1930.05.01"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Black "Kan, Ilia Abramovich"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E23"]
[Annotator "Primel,Dominique"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1930.05.01"]
[EventType "team-match"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Leningrad Metallisty"]
[BlackTeam "Moscow"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "URS"]

1. d4 {BOTVINNIK voulait remettre les pendules à l'heure face à son adversaire qui l'avait battu auparavant et il va le faire nettement dans ce match.} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qb3 {La spécialité de BOTVINNIK dans sa jeunesse et le thème du Championnat du Monde 1929.} c5 5. dxc5 Bxc5 (5... Nc6 {[%cal Gc6b4,Gc6d4] La ligne principale} 6. Bg5 (6. Nf3 $142) 6... h6 7. Bh4 $6 g5 $1 8. Bg3 Ne4 9. e3 Bxc3+ 10. bxc3 {1-0 Botvinnik,M-Kan,I Botvinnik-Kan Training match 1930}) (5... Na6 $1 {Le plus souple dans l'esprit du système hérisson et il faut d'ailleurs noter que BOTVINNIK a d'ailleurs lui même choisi ce coup avec les noirs.} 6. a3 Bxc5 7. Nf3 b6 8. Bg5 Bb7 9. e3 Be7 $1 $11 {[%cal Gd7d6,Ga6c5] ;½-½ Eliskases,E-Botvinnik,M Moscow 1936}) 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Bg5 b6 $5 {trés peu joué car en général le  est mal placé en "c6" dans des positions de système hérisson et sa case naturelle est "d7" voire "a6c5"} (7... O-O 8. e3 Be7 9. Be2 b6) (7... h6 8. Bh4 (8. Bxf6 $142 {½-½ Bogoljubow,E-Alekhine,A World Championship 14th 1929 (2)}) 8... Qb6 $6 {1-0 Botvinnik,M-Mazel,I URS-ch07 Moscow 1931} (8... O-O)) ({RR} 7... Qa5 8. Bxf6 gxf6 9. e3 b6 10. Be2 Bb7 11. a3 Bb4 12. Rc1 Bxc3+ 13. Qxc3 Qxc3+ 14. Rxc3 Rg8 15. Rg1 Ne5 16. Nxe5 fxe5 17. f3 Ke7 {½-½ (17) Smyslov,V (2520)-Ehlvest,J (2620) Biel 1993}) ({RR} 7... O-O 8. Rd1 h6 9. Bxf6 Qxf6 10. Ne4 Qe7 11. Nxc5 Qxc5 12. e3 Rd8 13. Be2 Qa5+ 14. Rd2 d5 15. O-O dxc4 16. Rxd8+ Qxd8 17. Qxc4 Bd7 18. Rd1 Qe7 19. Qb3 Be8 20. h3 Rc8 21. a3 Na5 22. Qb4 {Suder,J (2333)-Drygalov,A (2455) chess.com INT 2024 1-0 (134)}) 8. e4 {[%csl Rd4]} Nd4 $146 ({RR} 8... Be7 9. Be2 Bb7 10. e5 Ng4 11. Bf4 f6 12. exf6 Nxf6 13. O-O O-O 14. Bg3 Nh5 15. Rad1 Nxg3 16. hxg3 Bc5 17. Ne4 Na5 18. Qd3 Bxe4 19. Qxe4 Nc6 20. a3 a5 21. Rd2 Qe7 22. Rfd1 Rad8 23. Bd3 {Akopian,V (2590)-Shneider,A (2540) Moscow 1991 ½-½ (47)}) 9. Nxd4 Bxd4 10. f3 h6 11. Bf4 e5 $5 12. Nb5 $1 {[%cal Gb5d4]} Nh5 13. Be3 Bxe3 14. Nd6+ Kf8 $6 (14... Ke7 {semblait meilleur} 15. Nxc8+ {[%cal Gc8e7]}) 15. c5 $1 {[%csl Rf7]} Qe7 (15... Bxc5 16. Qxf7#) 16. Qxe3 Nf4 17. Qa3 $40 {[%cal Ga3f8]} bxc5 18. Qxc5 Kg8 19. g3 Ng6 (19... Ne6 20. Qxe5) 20. Bc4 Kh7 21. O-O-O $40 (21. h4 {[%cal Gh4h5]}) (21. Bxf7) 21... a5 22. Bxf7 Ba6 23. Kb1 Be2 24. Rd5 Bxf3 25. Bxg6+ (25. Rf1 $142 $40 Bg4 26. Bxg6+ Kxg6 27. Rxe5 $18) 25... Kxg6 26. Rxe5 Qf6 27. Re1 (27. Rc1) 27... Rhb8 {[%cal Gf6b2,Gb8b2]} 28. Nf5 Ra6 29. Qe7 Qxe7 30. Rxe7 Bxe4+ 31. R1xe4 Kxf5 32. Rf4+ Kg6 33. Rg4+ Kf5 34. Rf4+ $138 {Une répétition de coups pour gagner du temps et passer le contrôle de temps du 40ème coup.} Kg6 35. Rg4+ Kf5 36. Rgxg7 Rab6 37. Rgf7+ Kg6 38. Rg7+ Kf5 39. Ref7+ Ke5 40. Rf2 d5 $6 {[%csl Re5]} 1-0

[Event "Leningrad-Moscow m 07th  12-18 "]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1930.10.08"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Kan, Ilia Abramovich"]
[Black "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E22"]
[Annotator "Primel,Dominique"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1930.11.07"]
[EventType "team-match"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 c5 3. Nf3 e6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 (5... Nc6 6. e4 {Retombe sur une sicilienne... KAN!}) (5... a6) 6. Qb3 $5 {[%cal Gb3c3,Gb3b4] L'idée de BOGOLJUBOW était populaire à l'époque mais intrinséquement, les noirs n'ont pas trop de difficultés à égaliser} (6. g3 $142 {les deux alternatives db5 et surtout g3 qui est devenu ensuite la ligne principale, n'étaient pas connues à cette époque.} O-O 7. Bg2 d5 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Qb3 (9. Bd2 $11)) (6. Ndb5 $5 {[%cal Gb5c3,Gb5d6]} d5 $1 7. Bf4 O-O {[%cal Gd5d4]} 8. e3 Nc6 9. a3 Bxc3+ 10. Nxc3 e5 $132 {[%csl Gd5,Ge5]}) 6... Bc5 (6... Na6 7. Bd2 {1-0 Bogoljubow,E-Przepiorka,D Bad Pistyan 1922 (6)}) 7. Nf3 {[%csl Gd5]} b6 (7... Nc6 8. Bg5 O-O 9. e3 b6 10. Be2 Bb7 11. O-O Be7 $11 12. Rfd1 Rc8 13. Qa4 {½-½ Koenig,I-Bluemich,M DSV Kongress 1926 (9)}) 8. Bg5 Bb7 9. Qc2 $146 (9. e3 Nc6 10. Be2 h6 11. Bh4 Qe7 12. a3 g5 13. Bg3 Nh5 14. O-O-O Nxg3 15. hxg3 O-O-O 16. Qa4 Kb8 17. Nd4 Bxd4 18. exd4 Rc8 {Gruenfeld - Spielmann, Vienna, 1929}) ({RR} 9. Rd1 O-O 10. e3 Be7 11. Be2 Na6 12. O-O Nc5 13. Qc2 Nce4 14. Bxf6 Nxf6 15. e4 d6 16. Rd2 Qc7 17. Rfd1 a6 18. Nd4 Rfd8 19. Qd3 Bf8 20. Qh3 e5 21. Nf5 Nxe4 22. Nxe4 Bxe4 23. Ne3 b5 {Piket,J (2615)-Karpov,A (2725) Roquebrune 1992 ½-½ (72)}) ({RR} 9. e3 O-O 10. Be2 Be7 11. O-O Na6 12. Rfd1 Nc5 13. Qc2 Nfe4 14. Bxe7 Qxe7 15. Nxe4 Bxe4 16. Qc3 a5 17. Nd2 Bc6 18. Bf3 Rac8 19. b3 Rfd8 20. Bxc6 dxc6 21. Nf3 Qf6 22. Qxf6 gxf6 23. Kf1 Ne4 {Papasimakopoulos,A (2379)-Saric,A (2482) Skopje MKD 2024 ½-½ (66)}) ({RR} 9. e3 Be7 10. Be2 Na6 11. O-O Nc5 12. Qc2 Nfe4 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. Nb5 O-O 15. b4 Na6 16. a3 Rfc8 17. Qb2 Nc7 18. Nbd4 d5 19. Rfc1 Qf6 20. c5 bxc5 21. bxc5 Ba6 22. Rab1 g5 23. g4 Bxe2 {Romanovsky,P-Kan,I Moscow 1948 1-0 (66)}) 9... h6 $146 (9... Be7 10. e3) ({RR} 9... Be7 10. e4 d6 11. O-O-O Nbd7 12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. Nd4 a6 14. f4 Qc7 15. f5 e5 16. Nb3 O-O 17. Kb1 Rfc8 18. Qe2 b5 19. Rd3 bxc4 20. Rg3+ Kh8 21. Nd2 Nb6 22. Qh5 Rg8 23. Qxf7 Raf8 24. Rxg8+ {Varga,Z (2460)-Borocz,I (2415) Budapest 1995 ½-½ (31)}) ({RR} 9... Nc6 10. Rd1 Rc8 11. e4 h6 12. Bh4 Be7 13. e5 Nb4 14. Qe2 Nh7 15. Bxe7 Qxe7 16. Nb5 O-O 17. Nd6 Bxf3 18. Nxc8 Rxc8 19. gxf3 Nxa2 20. f4 Nf8 21. Qd2 Qc5 22. b3 Nb4 23. Bg2 b5 24. Rc1 {Winants,L (2510)-Van der Stricht,G (2425) Belgium 2008 1-0 (40)}) 10. Bh4 O-O 11. e4 {[%csl Rd4] Assez risqué à cause de l'affaiblissement de la case "d4" et le  "e4" peut aussi être sous pression après a6c5} (11. e3 $142 $5 {[%csl Gd4]}) 11... Be7 $1 {[%cal Gb8a6,Ga6c5] Un coup multifonction, les noirs se libèrent du clouage du g5 tout en libérant la case "c5" pour le a6} 12. Be2 Na6 {[%cal Ga6c5,Ga6b4]} 13. e5 (13. O-O Nc5 {[%csl Re4][%cal Gc5e4]}) 13... Nb4 14. Qd2 Ne4 $1 15. Nxe4 Bxe4 16. Bxe7 Qxe7 17. O-O Rad8 (17... Rfd8 18. a3 Nc6) 18. Rad1 (18. Rfd1 f6 $132) 18... Nxa2 (18... f5 19. Nd4 Nxa2 20. f3 Ba8 21. Ra1 Nb4 22. Rxa7) 19. Nd4 (19. Ra1 Nb4 20. Rxa7 Nc6 $36 {[%cal Ge4f3,Gc6e5,Gc6a7]}) 19... Nb4 20. Nb5 {[%csl Gd6]} Qc5 21. Nxa7 f6 (21... Bc2 $1 22. Ra1 d5 $17) 22. exf6 Rxf6 23. Qd4 (23. Nb5 d5 $1 {[%cal Gc5b5,Gd5c4]}) 23... d5 24. cxd5 exd5 $17 25. Nb5 Nc6 26. Qxc5 bxc5 27. Rc1 d4 $5 (27... c4 $5) 28. f3 (28. Rxc5 d3 29. Bg4 d2 30. Rd1 Bg6) 28... d3 $1 29. Bd1 (29. Rfd1 dxe2 30. Rxd8+ Nxd8 31. fxe4 Rb6 {[%cal Gb6b2]}) 29... d2 30. Rxc5 Bd3 $1 31. Rf2 Bxb5 32. Rxb5 Re6 {[%csl Rd1][%cal Ge6e1]} 33. Rf1 Re1 34. Rc5 $6 Nb4 {[%cal Gb4d3]} 35. Rc4 Nd5 (35... Nd3 36. Bb3 Kf8 37. g3 Ra8 $1 $19 {[%cal Ga8a1]}) 36. Re4 Ne3 $19 37. Rxe3 Rxe3 38. Kf2 Rde8 39. Ba4 Re1 0-1

[Event "Leningrad-ch08 1930/31"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1930.12.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Alatortsev, Vladimir"]
[Black "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E21"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "1930.12.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 b6 5. Qb3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 Bb7 7. g3 d6 8. Bg2 Nbd7 9. O-O O-O (9... a5 {[%csl Gb4]}) 10. b3 a5 ({RR} 10... Re8 11. Bb2 h6 12. Rad1 Be4 13. Ne1 Bxg2 14. Nxg2 c6 15. Rfe1 d5 16. cxd5 cxd5 17. Rc1 Qc8 18. Qd3 Qb7 19. Rc2 Rac8 20. Rec1 Nb8 21. Ne1 Rc6 22. Rxc6 {½-½ (22) Vocaturo,D (2617)-Rapport,R (2719) Abu Dhabi 2018}) ({RR} 10... Re8 11. Bb2 e5 12. d5 b5 13. cxb5 a6 14. bxa6 Rxa6 15. Rfd1 Qa8 16. a3 Bxd5 17. Bf1 Nc5 18. Nd2 Rc6 19. e4 Nxb3 20. Qb4 Rb6 21. Nxb3 Bxb3 {0-1 (21) Jin,R (1819)-Wang,Y (2432) Qingdao CHN 2024}) 11. Bb2 Rb8 $146 (11... Ne4 $142 12. Qc2 f5) ({RR} 11... Qe7 12. Rad1 Rfe8 13. a3 a4 14. b4 c5 15. dxc5 bxc5 16. Nh4 Bxg2 17. Nxg2 Rec8 18. b5 Nb6 19. e4 e5 20. Ne3 Nxe4 21. Qd3 Ng5 22. Qxd6 Qb7 23. Rd5 Nxd5 24. Nxd5 Re8 25. Qxc5 Rac8 26. Qb4 {Galliamova,A (2478)-Kazimova,N (2259) Chakvi 2015 1-0 (53)}) ({RR} 11... Qe7 12. Rad1 Ne4 13. Qc2 f5 14. d5 exd5 15. cxd5 Ndc5 16. Nd4 Rae8 17. e3 g6 18. Ne6 Nxe6 19. dxe6 h5 20. a3 Kh7 21. b4 Rc8 22. bxa5 bxa5 23. Rb1 Qxe6 24. Bc3 Ba8 25. Bxa5 Rf7 26. Rfd1 {Mis,M (2417)-Durarbayli,V (2615) Katowice 2021 ½-½ (42)}) 12. Nd2 Bxg2 13. Kxg2 Qe7 14. e4 e5 15. f4 Rfe8 16. Rae1 Rbd8 17. h3 Kh8 18. dxe5 (18. d5 $142 Nc5 19. a3 $14 {[%cal Gb3b4]}) 18... dxe5 19. Nf3 (19. f5 Nc5) 19... exf4 20. e5 Nh5 21. g4 Ng3 $36 22. e6 fxe6 23. Rxe6 Qf8 24. Ng5 $2 (24. Rxe8) 24... Nxf1 25. Qc2 Nf6 26. Kxf1 Rd7 27. Nxh7 Nxh7 28. Rh6 Qg8 29. g5 Re6 30. g6 Qa8 31. Rxh7+ Kg8 32. Kf2 Qh1 0-1

[Event "Leningrad-ch08 1930/31"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1931.01.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Black "Model, Abram Y"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E23"]
[Annotator "ChessBase II"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1930.12.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qb3 c5 5. dxc5 Nc6 6. Nf3 O-O 7. Bg5 ({RR} 7. a3 Bxc5 8. Bg5 h6 9. Bh4 Be7 10. Rd1 a6 11. e3 Qc7 12. Be2 d6 13. O-O b6 14. Qc2 Bb7 15. Nd5 exd5 16. cxd5 Nxd5 17. Rxd5 Rac8 18. Bxe7 Qxe7 19. Qd2 Rfd8 20. Rd1 Ne5 21. Rxd6 Nxf3+ {Mikhailovsky,V (2215)-Zdorov,E (2100) chess.com INT 2025 1-0 (54)}) 7... Qa5 ({RR} 7... h6 8. Bxf6 Qxf6 9. g3 b6 10. cxb6 Bb7 11. Bg2 Bxc3+ 12. bxc3 Na5 13. Qb4 Nc6 14. Qb3 Na5 15. Qb4 Nc6 16. Qb3 {½-½ (16) Drozdovskij,Y (2627)-Szabo,K (2513) Rijeka 2010}) 8. Bxf6 gxf6 9. e3 Qxc5 $146 ({RR} 9... Nb8 10. Rc1 Na6 11. a3 Bxc3+ 12. Rxc3 Qxc5 13. Qc2 d6 14. b4 Qh5 15. g4 Qg6 16. Bd3 Qg7 17. Rg1 Rd8 18. Rg3 Rb8 19. Rh3 h6 20. Rg3 Kf8 21. h4 Ke7 22. Nd4 Nc7 23. Be4 Bd7 24. c5 {Asgeirsson,A-Vaitonis,P Stockholm 1937 1-0 (33)}) 10. a3 Qa5 11. Rc1 Be7 12. Be2 Kh8 13. O-O d6 14. Rfd1 Ne5 15. Ne4 Bd7 16. Qc3 Qc7 17. Nxe5 fxe5 {[#]} 18. Nxd6 $16 Bxd6 19. Qd3 Bxa3 20. Qxa3 $16 (20. Qxd7 Qxd7 21. Rxd7 Bxb2 22. Rb1 Ba3 23. Rbxb7 a5 24. Bh5 $16) 20... Bc6 21. Rd6 Rg8 22. f3 (22. g3) 22... Qe7 23. Rcd1 Qg5 24. g3 Rg7 25. e4 Rag8 26. Qxa7 Qh4 {[#]} 27. g4 $2 (27. b4 Rxg3+ 28. hxg3 Qxg3+ 29. Kf1 $18) 27... h5 28. Qf2 $14 Qg5 29. h3 hxg4 30. hxg4 (30. fxg4 $14) 30... Rh7 $11 31. R6d3 $2 {[#]} (31. Qg3 $11) 31... f5 $15 (31... Qf4 $19 32. Qg2 Rg6 33. R1d2 Rgh6 34. Bf1 Kg7 35. b4 Rh1+ 36. Qxh1 Rxh1+ 37. Kxh1 Bxe4 38. fxe4 Qxf1+ 39. Kh2 Qf4+ 40. Kg2 Qxe4+ 41. Rf3 Kg6 $19) 32. Qg2 fxg4 33. fxg4 Qf4 34. Rh3 Rxh3 35. Qxh3+ Kg7 36. Qf3 Bxe4 37. Qxf4 exf4 $14 {.....} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Leningrad-ch08 1930/31"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1931.02.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Black "Miasoedov, Grigory A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E23"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1930.12.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qb3 c5 5. dxc5 Nc6 6. Nf3 Ne4 7. Bd2 Nxc5 8. Qc2 f5 9. a3 Bxc3 10. Bxc3 O-O 11. b4 Ne4 12. Bb2 b6 13. g4 $1 Nxf2 $1 14. Kxf2 fxg4 15. Rg1 Qh4+ 16. Ke3 (16. Rg3 gxf3 17. Kg1 Nd4 $1) (16. Kg2 gxf3+ 17. Kh1 Nd4 $1) 16... Qh6+ 17. Kf2 Qh4+ (17... Qxh2+ 18. Rg2 $1) (17... gxf3 18. Rxg7+ Qxg7 19. Bxg7) 18. Ke3 Qh6+ 19. Kd3 $146 d5 $1 {[%csl Rc2,Rd3][%cal Ge6e5,Gc8f5,Gf5c2]} (19... Qg6+ 20. Kd2) (19... e5 20. Qd2 $1 Qd6+ 21. Kc2) 20. Qc1 $1 (20. Qd2 $2 Qg6+ 21. Kc3 Qe4 $1 22. Qg5 e5 $1) (20. Rxg4 $2 e5) 20... dxc4+ $1 (20... Rf4 $40) 21. Qxc4 (21. Kxc4 $2 Rf4+ 22. Kb3 e5 $1) 21... Rd8+ ({RR} 21... Bb7 22. Qxg4 Rfd8+ {½-½ (53) Volobuyev,A-Galamba,S (2121) Gyongyos 2003}) 22. Kc2 Bb7 23. Qxg4 (23. Rxg4 Rac8 24. Bxg7 Nxb4+ 25. Kb3 Rxc4 26. Bxh6+ Rxg4) 23... Nxb4+ $1 24. axb4 (24. Qxb4 Rac8+ 25. Bc3 Bxf3 26. exf3 a5 $1) 24... Rac8+ 25. Bc3 Rxc3+ 26. Kxc3 Qe3+ 27. Kb2 Rd2+ 28. Nxd2 Qxd2+ 29. Kb1 Qd1+ 30. Kb2 Qd2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch07 Semifinal Group 4"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1931.10.12"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Lebedev"]
[Black "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E35"]
[Annotator "ChessBase II"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1931.10.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. Bg5 c5 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Nf3 cxd4 ({RR} 7... h6 8. Bh4 g5 9. Bg3 Ne4 10. e3 Bf5 11. Bd3 c4 12. Bxe4 Bxe4 13. Qa4+ Nc6 14. Ne5 Bxg2 15. Nxc6 Bxc3+ 16. bxc3 Qd7 17. Rg1 Be4 18. Be5 Rg8 19. f3 Bd3 20. e4 Qxc6 21. Qa5 dxe4 22. Kf2 {Malakhov,V (2706)-Ponomariov,R (2739) Khanty-Mansiysk 2009 0-1}) ({RR} 7... h6 8. Bxf6 Qxf6 9. dxc5 Bf5 10. Qb3 Nc6 11. e3 O-O 12. Be2 d4 13. Nxd4 Nxd4 14. exd4 Qxd4 15. O-O Be6 16. Qc2 Qxc5 17. Bf3 Rab8 18. Rac1 Rfc8 19. Qe4 Qa5 20. Nd5 Rxc1 21. Rxc1 Bd6 22. a3 {Izsak,G (2409)-Berczes,D (2457) Hungary 2022 ½-½ (36)}) 8. Nxd4 Qb6 $146 ({RR} 8... Nc6 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. e3 O-O 11. Be2 h6 12. Bh4 d4 13. Rd1 dxc3 14. Rxd8 cxb2+ 15. Rd2 Rd8 16. Qxb2 Bxd2+ 17. Qxd2 Rxd2 18. Kxd2 Ne4+ 19. Kc1 g5 20. Bg3 Be6 21. a3 Nxg3 22. hxg3 Kg7 23. Rd1 {Maiorov,N (2525)-Vaibhav,S (2222) San Sebastian 2009 ½-½ (58)}) ({RR} 8... Nc6 9. Rd1 h6 10. Bh4 g5 11. Bg3 Ne4 12. e3 Nxd4 13. Rxd4 Qa5 14. Be5 O-O 15. Bd3 Re8 16. Bxe4 dxe4 17. Bd6 Bxc3+ {½-½ (17) Cech,P (2404)-Chytilek,R (2418) Czech Republic 2005}) 9. Bxf6 Qxf6 10. e3 Nc6 11. Ndb5 O-O 12. Rd1 Be6 13. Bd3 h6 14. O-O Rac8 15. a3 Be7 16. Be2 Rfd8 17. Bf3 Ne5 18. Be2 a6 19. Nd4 Nc4 20. Qb3 b5 21. Rfe1 Qe5 22. Bf3 Qc7 23. Nde2 $2 (23. e4 $142 dxe4 24. Nxe6 Rxd1 25. Bxd1 fxe6 (25... Qd6 26. Bg4 e3 27. Nd1 $11) 26. Bg4 $11) 23... Qc5 $15 (23... Qa5 $17) 24. Nf4 $2 {[#]} (24. Qa2) 24... Nxb2 25. Qxb2 Qxc3 26. Qxc3 (26. Qe2 $142) 26... Rxc3 $19 27. Bxd5 (27. Nxd5 Bxd5 28. Rxd5 Rxd5 29. Bxd5 Bxa3 $19) 27... Bc8 28. Be4 Rxd1 29. Rxd1 Kf8 30. a4 Rc4 31. Bd5 Rxa4 32. Rc1 Bd7 33. h3 Bd6 34. Ne2 Ra3 35. Nd4 a5 36. g4 b4 37. Bc6 Bxc6 38. Nxc6 Rc3 39. Rxc3 bxc3 40. Nd4 a4 0-1

[Event "URS-ch07 Final"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1931.10.29"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Black "Mazel, Isaak"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E23"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1931.10.24"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "URS-ch"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qb3 c5 5. dxc5 Nc6 6. Bg5 Bxc5 7. Nf3 h6 8. Bh4 Qb6 $146 ({RR} 8... O-O 9. e3 Be7 10. Be2 b6 11. O-O Nh5 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. Rad1 Bb7 14. Rd2 Rfd8 15. Rfd1 Nf6 16. Qa4 Rac8 17. Rd6 Ne8 18. R6d3 d6 19. Qa3 a6 20. e4 Qc7 21. b3 Ne5 22. Rd4 Ng6 23. g3 {Dake,A-Reshevsky,S Detroit 1933 ½-½ (38)}) ({RR} 8... Be7 9. e3 O-O 10. Be2 d5 11. Rd1 dxc4 12. Qxc4 Qb6 13. Qb5 Qxb5 14. Bxb5 Na5 15. Ne5 Bb4 16. Rd4 Bxc3+ 17. bxc3 g5 18. Bg3 Nh5 19. Kd2 Kg7 20. Kc2 f6 21. Nd7 e5 22. Rd6 Rf7 23. Rhd1 {Malaniuk,V (2585)-Dizdarevic,E (2495) Pula 1996 ½-½ (41)}) ({RR} 8... O-O 9. e3 b6 10. Be2 Bb7 11. O-O Be7 12. Rfd1 Ne8 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. Rd2 f5 15. Rad1 Nf6 16. Nb5 Rfd8 17. Nd6 Rab8 18. Nxb7 Rxb7 19. Nd4 Rc7 20. Nb5 Rcc8 21. Bf3 Ne5 22. Be2 Ne4 23. Rc2 {Papasimakopoulos,A (2387)-Popov,K (2376) chess.com INT 2025 1-0 (76)}) ({RR} 8... Nd4 9. Nxd4 Bxd4 10. e3 Be5 11. Bd3 Qa5 12. Rc1 b6 13. f4 Bxc3+ 14. Qxc3 Qxc3+ 15. Rxc3 Bb7 16. O-O Ne4 17. Rcc1 f5 18. Rfd1 Rc8 19. Be1 g5 20. Be2 Rc7 21. Bf3 Rg8 22. Bb4 {½-½ (22) Pospelov,E (2385)-Kislov,M (2400) Bryansk 1995}) 9. Qc2 Be7 10. e4 d6 11. Be2 O-O 12. O-O a6 13. Rad1 Rd8 14. Rd2 Bd7 15. Rfd1 Be8 16. Bg3 Na5 17. Nd4 Rac8 18. b3 Qc7 19. a4 Nc6 20. Nxc6 Qxc6 21. h3 b5 22. axb5 axb5 23. Nxb5 Qxe4 24. Nxd6 Bxd6 25. Bxd6 Rxd6 26. Qxe4 Nxe4 27. Rxd6 Nxd6 28. Rxd6 Rb8 29. Bd1 Kf8 30. Kf1 Ke7 31. Ra6 Kf6 32. Ke2 Ke5 33. Ke3 g5 34. Ra5+ Kd6 35. Kd4 f6 36. Ra6+ 1-0

[Event "Leningrad-ch09"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1932.09.13"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Black "Miasoedov, Grigory A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E23"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1932.09.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "HCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qb3 c5 5. dxc5 Nc6 6. Bg5 Qa5 7. Bxf6 gxf6 8. Nf3 ({RR} 8. e3 Bxc3+ 9. Qxc3 Qxc3+ 10. bxc3 Rg8 11. Nf3 b6 12. cxb6 axb6 13. Nd4 Bb7 14. f3 Ke7 15. Kf2 Ra3 16. Nb5 Ra4 17. Be2 Rga8 18. a3 Na5 19. Rhd1 Bc6 20. Rdb1 Nxc4 21. Nd4 R8a6 22. Nxc6+ dxc6 {Ryjanova,J (2362)-Genov,P (2526) Korinthos 2002 ½-½ (67)}) 8... Qxc5 9. a3 Ba5 10. e3 a6 $146 ({RR} 10... Ne5 11. Be2 b6 12. Nxe5 Qxe5 13. Bf3 Bxc3+ 14. Qxc3 Qxc3+ 15. bxc3 Rb8 16. Rb1 d6 17. a4 Ba6 18. Rb4 Rc8 19. Be2 Rc5 20. Kd2 Kd7 21. Kc2 Rhc8 22. Kb3 d5 23. Rd1 Ke7 24. Rd4 f5 25. h3 {Kassimski,K-Grecescu,G (1900) Eforie Nord 1999 1-0 (35)}) 11. Be2 Rg8 12. O-O Bc7 13. Ne4 Qe7 14. Qc3 Rg6 15. c5 d5 16. cxd6 Bxd6 17. Rfd1 Bc7 18. Nc5 Kf8 19. Rac1 Be5 20. Nxe5 Nxe5 21. f4 Nc6 22. Bf3 e5 23. b4 Nd8 24. Qd3 Ke8 25. f5 Rg5 26. Ne4 Rg8 27. Nd6+ 1-0

[Event "Leningrad-ch09"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1932.09.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Black "Ragozin, Viacheslav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E33"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1932.09.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "HCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qb3 Nc6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. Qxc3 Ne4 ({RR} 7... h6 8. b4 d6 9. e3 Qe7 10. Bb2 Ne4 {½-½ (10) Jakubiec,A (2565)-Wojtaszek,R (2536) Krakow 2005}) 8. Qd3 ({RR} 8. Qc2 f5 9. g3 Qf6 10. e3 a5 11. b3 d6 12. Bg2 Bd7 13. Bb2 Qf7 14. O-O Ne7 15. Rfd1 Bc6 16. b4 b6 17. b5 Bb7 18. Nd2 Rab8 19. f3 Nf6 20. a4 h5 21. c5 Ned5 22. Nc4 Nb4 {Amirali,A (2161)-Isanzhulov,A (2395) Astana KAZ 2024 ½-½}) 8... d5 $146 ({RR} 8... f5 9. d5 Ne7 10. dxe6 dxe6 11. Bf4 c5 12. Qxd8 Rxd8 13. Ne5 Ng6 14. Nxg6 hxg6 15. f3 Nf6 16. e3 Bd7 17. Be2 Bc6 18. Rd1 Ba4 19. Rd3 a6 20. Rc3 Rd7 21. b3 Bc6 22. Rd3 Rad8 23. Rxd7 {Serrer,C (2285)-Bodrogi,M (2177) Budapest 1999 ½-½ (44)}) ({RR} 8... f5 9. g3 d6 10. Bg2 e5 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. Qxd8 Rxd8 13. O-O Be6 14. b3 Nc5 15. Rb1 e4 16. Ng5 Nd4 17. b4 Na4 18. Nxe6 Nxe6 19. Re1 Rd4 20. c5 Rc4 21. Be3 Rd8 22. Rbc1 Rc3 23. Rxc3 {Bernadskiy,V (2435)-Iskandarov,M (2253) Moscow 2011 1-0 (54)}) 9. g3 b6 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Bg2 Qf6 12. O-O Bf5 13. Nh4 Be6 14. Be3 Rfe8 15. Rac1 Bd7 16. Rc2 a6 17. b4 a5 18. b5 Na7 19. a4 c6 20. Qb3 Qd6 21. bxc6 Nxc6 22. Nf3 Nb4 23. Rcc1 b5 24. axb5 Bxb5 25. Rfe1 Bc4 26. Qa4 f6 (26... Qa6) 27. Nd2 $14 Nxd2 28. Bxd2 Ra6 $4 {[%mdl 8192]} (28... Rec8 $14) 29. Qxe8+ 1-0

[Event "Leningrad-ch09"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1932.09.21"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Goldberg, Grigory Abramovich"]
[Black "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E35"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "1932.09.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "HCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {ChessBase II} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 Be6 7. e3 Nbd7 ({RR} 7... h6 8. Bh4 O-O 9. a3 Be7 10. Nf3 Nbd7 11. Be2 Rc8 12. O-O c5 13. Qb3 Nb6 14. a4 Ne4 15. Bxe7 Qxe7 16. a5 Na8 17. Qa3 Nxc3 18. bxc3 Rc7 19. Ne5 Rfc8 20. Nd3 cxd4 21. Qxe7 Rxe7 22. cxd4 {Ragozin,V-Botvinnik,M Leningrad 1940 ½-½ (50)}) 8. f4 $146 ({RR} 8. Bd3 h6 9. Bh4 c6 10. Nge2 Nb6 ({RR} 10... Bd6 11. Nf4 O-O 12. O-O-O g5 13. Nxe6 fxe6 14. Bg3 Bxg3 15. hxg3 Kg7 16. f4 b5 17. Kb1 a6 18. fxg5 hxg5 19. e4 Rh8 20. Rxh8 Qxh8 21. e5 Ng4 22. Qc1 Qd8 23. Rh1 Nh6 24. Rh5 Nf7 25. Rh7+) 11. Nf4 Bd7 12. Nh5 g5 13. Nxf6+ Qxf6 14. Bg3 Bd6 15. Bxd6 Qxd6 16. O-O Be6 17. a4 Nd7 18. e4 dxe4 19. Nxe4 Qxd4 20. Rad1 O-O 21. Nxg5 Qg7 ({RR} 21... hxg5 22. Bh7+) 22. Nxe6 fxe6 {Kan,I-Goglidze,V Leningrad 1933 URS-ch [ChessBase II] 1-0 (50)}) ({RR} 8. a3 Bxc3+ 9. Qxc3 h6 10. Bh4 Rc8 11. Bd3 Ne4 12. Bxd8 Nxc3 13. Bh4 Ne4 14. Ne2 g5 15. Bg3 Nxg3 16. Nxg3 c5 17. dxc5 Nxc5 18. Rd1 O-O 19. h4 d4 20. exd4 Nxd3+ 21. Rxd3 Rc1+ 22. Rd1 Rxd1+ {Donchenko,A (2559)-Short,N (2698) Douglas 2017 ½-½ (31)}) ({RR} 8. Bd3 h6 9. Bh4 Be7 10. Nge2 O-O 11. O-O Nh5 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. Na4 c6 14. Rac1 Rab8 15. Nc5 Bg4 16. Nxd7 Qxd7 17. Ng3 Nxg3 18. hxg3 h5 {½-½ (18) Obidov,B (2058)-Tillyaev,U (2262) Tashkent UZB 2025}) ({RR} 8. Bd3 c6 9. Nge2 h6 10. Bh4 Bd6 11. Nf4 O-O 12. O-O-O g5 13. Nxe6 fxe6 14. Bg3 Bxg3 15. hxg3 Kg7 16. f4 b5 17. Kb1 a6 18. fxg5 hxg5 19. e4 Rh8 20. Rxh8 Qxh8 21. e5 Ng4 22. Qc1 Qd8 {Schwartzman,A-Villegas,B Mar del Plata 1934 1-0 (39)}) 8... h6 9. Bxf6 Qxf6 10. Bd3 Nb6 11. Nf3 O-O 12. O-O Rac8 13. Na4 c5 14. Nxb6 axb6 15. Qa4 Qe7 16. Ne5 c4 17. Bb1 Bd2 18. Rf3 c3 19. Qc2 f5 20. b3 Qa3 21. Qd1 Rc7 22. Bc2 b5 23. Rg3 b6 24. h3 Rf6 25. Kh2 Qf8 26. Qe2 b4 27. Qb5 Qd6 28. Nd3 Bf7 29. Ne5 Re7 30. Qa6 Be8 31. a3 bxa3 32. Rxa3 Bh5 33. Ra1 Rf8 34. Qd3 Kh8 35. h4 Qf6 36. Rh3 g6 37. Kg3 Rh7 38. Kf2 Kg8 39. Qb5 Qe6 40. Ra6 Rb7 41. b4 Rd8 42. Bb3 c2 43. Bxc2 Qc8 44. Nc6 Rd6 45. Ba4 Bd1 46. Rxb6 Rxb6 47. Qxb6 Kh8 48. Bb5 Bg4 49. Qc5 Rxc6 50. Qxc6 Qxc6 51. Bxc6 Bxh3 52. gxh3 Bxb4 53. h5 g5 54. Kf3 Kg7 55. Bxd5 gxf4 56. Kxf4 Kf6 57. Bc6 Bd6+ 58. Kf3 Bh2 59. Bd7 Bb8 60. Ke2 Bh2 61. Kd3 Bg1 62. Bc8 Bf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Leningrad-ch09"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1932.09.22"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Black "Savitsky, Leonid"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E23"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "1932.09.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "HCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Euwe,M/PrimeL,D} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qb3 c5 ({RR} 4... Nc6 5. Nf3 ({RR} 5. e3) 5... a5 6. a3 a4 7. Qc2 Bxc3+ 8. Qxc3) ({RR} 4... Qe7) 5. dxc5 ({RR} 5. d5 b5 6. dxe6 fxe6 7. cxb5 a6) 5... Nc6 ({RR} 5... Na6) 6. Bg5 ({RR} 6. Nf3 Ne4 ({RR} 6... Qa5) 7. Bd2 Nxd2 ({RR} 7... Nxc5 8. Qc2 f5 9. e3 ({RR} 9. a3) ({RR} 9. g3 d5) 9... O-O 10. Be2 b6 11. O-O-O a5) 8. Nxd2 O-O ({RR} 8... f5 9. O-O-O Bxc5 10. e3 O-O) 9. e3 Bxc5) 6... h6 7. Bh4 ({RR} 7. Bxf6 Qxf6 8. Nf3 ({RR} 8. e3) ({RR} 8. Rc1 a5) 8... Bxc5 ({RR} 8... Bxc3+ 9. Qxc3 Qxc3+ 10. bxc3 b6 11. cxb6 axb6) 9. e3 b6 10. Bd3 Bb7 11. Ne4 Bb4+ 12. Ke2 Qe7 13. a3 Bc5 14. Nxc5 Qxc5 15. Qc3 O-O 16. Rhd1 a5 17. Kf1 Rfd8 18. Be2 Ne7 19. Rac1 d5 20. cxd5 Qxc3 21. Rxc3 Nxd5 {Zhou,J (2620)-Bu,X (2723) Wuxi 2016 ½-½ (31)}) ({RR} 7. Bd2 Bxc5 8. Nf3 b6 9. e3 Bb7 10. Na4 Be7 11. Bd3 Qc7 12. Bc3 Rc8 13. O-O-O Na5 14. Bxa5 bxa5 15. Nd4 Bxg2 16. Rhg1 Be4 17. Nb5 Qxh2 18. Rxg7 Bxd3 19. Qxd3 d5 20. c5 Kf8 21. Rgg1 Ne4 {Azadaliyev,J (2290)-Chen,M (2176) Eindhoven NED 2023 1-0 (56)}) ({RR} 7. Bxf6 Qxf6 8. Nf3 Bxc5 9. e3 O-O 10. O-O-O ({RR} 10. Be2 b6 11. O-O) 10... Qe7 ({RR} 10... Qg6 11. Rg1 ({RR} 11. Bd3 Qxg2 12. Ne4 Qxf3 13. Nxc5 Qxf2) 11... f5 12. Bd3) 11. Be2 ({RR} 11. g4 f5) 11... a6 12. g4 ({RR} 12. Kb1 b5) 12... b5 13. g5 Na5 ({RR} 13... hxg5 14. Rdg1 ({RR} 14. h4 g4)) ({RR} 13... bxc4) 14. Qc2 bxc4 ({RR} 14... hxg5 15. h4 ({RR} 15. Rhg1 Nxc4 16. Nxg5 f5 17. Bxc4 bxc4 18. Qe2 Rf6 19. Qxc4 Bb7) 15... g4 16. Ng5 f5) ({RR} 14... Nxc4 15. gxh6) 15. gxh6 g6 16. Rhg1 Kh7 ({RR} 16... Rb8 17. Ne5) ({RR} 16... d5 17. Ne5) 17. h4 Rg8 ({RR} 17... Kxh6) 18. h5 d6 19. Ng5+ ({RR} 19. Ne4) 19... Kh8 20. Nce4 e5 21. Nxc5 dxc5 {Botvinnik,M-Sozin,V Leningrad 1933 EXT 2014 [Euwe,M/PrimeL,D] 1-0 (42)}) 7... Nd4 8. Qa4 $146 ({RR} 8. Qd1 Nf5 9. Bxf6 Qxf6 10. Qd3 Bxc5 11. e3 Nh4 12. g3 Nf3+ 13. Nxf3 Qxf3 14. Rg1 O-O 15. Be2 Qf6 16. f4 d5 17. O-O-O dxc4 18. Qe4 Qg6 19. Qxg6 Bxe3+ 20. Kb1 fxg6 21. Rge1 g5 22. fxg5 Bf2 {Vernay,C (2206)-Templier,N (2274) Val d'Isere 2004 ½-½ (51)}) 8... Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 Nf5 10. Bxf6 Qxf6 11. Rc1 Qg5 12. Qa3 b6 13. Nf3 Qe7 14. g4 Nh4 15. Nxh4 Qxh4 16. Bg2 Rb8 17. Qxa7 Qg5 18. O-O Qe5 19. cxb6 1-0

[Event "Leningrad Masters 1932/33"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1932.11.20"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Black "Ragozin, Viacheslav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E23"]
[Annotator "Varnusz/PrimeL,D"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1932.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Les deux joueurs de Léningrad ont disputé plusieurs dizaines de parties ensemble.} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qb3 {A la fin de sa carrière dans les années 60, BOTVINNIK a commencé à jouer la variante SAEMISCH et il avait tendance à préférer la paire de . Cette ligne b3 avait connu son heure de gloire lors du Championnat du Monde 1929 mais dans la pratique moderne, b3 est néanmoins peu joué à haut niveau. PIKET qui était un des rares GMI à la jouer à haut niveau a d'ailleurs arrêté la compétition.} c5 $1 {Lors d'une autre rencontre entre les deux joueurs le mois précédent au Championnat de Leningrad, RAGOZIN avait choisit l'autre ligne intéressante c6} (4... Nc6 $5 {[%cal Gd7d6,Ge6e5,Gc6b4,Gc6d4] b3 a pour défaut de laisser un point faible en "d4" que les noirs peuvent attaquer par "c5" ou encore par c6 protégeant le b4 et permettant de jouer la structure d6e5} 5. Nf3 O-O (5... a5 6. a3 a4 7. Qc2 Bxc3+ 8. Qxc3 Ne4 9. Qc2 d5 10. e3 O-O 11. Bd3 f5 12. O-O Bd7 13. Bd2 Rf6 {[%cal Gf6h6]} 14. Rfc1 Rh6) 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. Qxc3 d6 (7... Ne4 8. Qd3 d5 $11 {1-0 Botvinnik,M-Ragozin,V Leningrad-ch 1932} (8... f5)) 8. b4 (8. g3 e5 $1 9. dxe5 dxe5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Qxe5 Re8 $44) 8... e5 9. dxe5 Nxe5 10. Nxe5 dxe5 11. Qxe5 Re8 12. Qb2) (4... Qe7 $5 {[%cal Ge7b4,Gd7d6,Ge6e5]} 5. a3 {Les blancs gagnent la paire de  comme dans la variante CAPABLANCA mais la position noire est trés solide et comme dans la variante 4.c2, les blancs risquent d'être provisoirement en retard de développement dans l'ouverture.} Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 d6 (6... Ne4 {Cette partie éait peut-être à l'origine du nom de la variante car SPIELMANN y a gagné en 11 coups!} 7. Qc2 f5 8. f3 $2 Qh4+ 9. g3 Nxg3 10. hxg3 Qxh1 11. Nh3 {1-0 Spielmann,A-NN 1922}) 7. Nf3 O-O (7... Nbd7 8. Bg5 O-O 9. e3 e5 $132)) 5. dxc5 (5. Nf3 $143 Ne4 $1 {Cette idée de MAROCZY exploite l'absence de la c2 qui ne contrôle pas la case "e4" et paradoxalement, les blancs ne peuvent pas éviter la prise en "c3" et l'apparition de  doublés, alors que la variante "cousine" c2, les blancs gardent une structure saine.} (5... b6 6. a3 Ba5 {[%csl Rb2,Rb3] On voit la différence entre les variantes c2 et b3. Avec b3, les blancs ne peuvent pas jouer b2b4!} 7. Bg5 Bb7 8. e3 (8. dxc5 $143 Na6 $1 9. c6 (9. cxb6 Nc5 10. Qc2 Be4 11. Qd1 Bxc3+ 12. bxc3 Qxb6 $44))) 6. Nd2 (6. Bd2 Nxd2 7. Nxd2 Qa5 $1 {[%cal Gb4c3] ;0-1 Pirc,V-List,P Frankfurt 1930 (6)}) 6... Bxc3 7. bxc3) 5... Nc6 (5... Na6 6. a3 Bxc5 7. Nf3 O-O 8. Bg5 Be7 $11 {[%cal Ga6c5] ;1-0 Botvinnik,M-Gothilf,S Leningrad-ch 1930}) (5... Bxc5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Bg5 b6 {1-0 Botvinnik,M-Kan,I Botvinnik-Kan Training match 1930}) 6. Bg5 $5 (6. Nf3 {Plus populaire mais peut-être moins précis car les blancs vont perdre la paire de ... tout en ayant un retard de développement!} Ne4 $1 {[%cal Ge4c3]} (6... Bxc5 $143 7. Bg5 h6 {1-0 Botvinnik,M-Mazel,I URS-ch07 Moscow 1931}) 7. Bd2 Nxd2 $1 (7... Nxc5 $5 {[%cal Gc5b3]} 8. Qc2 f5 9. a3 Bxc3 10. Bxc3 O-O 11. b4 Ne4 12. Bb2 $5 {[%csl Gb2] Les blancs continuent à s'accrocher à l'avantage de la paire de  mais au détriment du développement} b6 13. g4 $5 {[%cal Gh1g1,Gg1g7] Curieusement, il y a eu trés peu de parties jouées avec ce coup risqué mais intéressant.} Nxf2 $1 14. Kxf2 fxg4 15. Rg1 Qh4+ $36 {[%csl Rf2] ;½-½ Botvinnik,M-Myasoyedov,G Leningrad-ch 1930}) 8. Nxd2 O-O 9. e3 Bxc5 $132 (9... f5 $132)) 6... h6 {Posant une question au } (6... Qa5 7. Bxf6 gxf6 8. Nf3 (8. e3 Bxc3+ 9. Qxc3 Qxc3+ 10. bxc3 Rg8 $32 {[%csl Rc3,Rc4,Rc5]}) 8... Qxc5 9. a3 $14 {1-0 Botvinnik,M-Miasoedov,G Leningrad-ch 1932}) 7. Bh4 $6 (7. Bxf6 $142 {1-0 Botvinnik,M-Sozin,V Leningrad masters 1933}) 7... g5 $1 $146 (7... Nd4 $143 {[%csl Rc2][%cal Gd4c2,Gd4b3]} 8. Qa4 Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 Nf5 $132 {[%cal Gf5h4] ;1-0 Botvinnik,M-Savitsky,L Leningrad-ch 1932}) 8. Bg3 Ne4 9. e3 Bxc3+ 10. bxc3 Qf6 $132 {[%csl Rc3][%cal Ge4g3,Gf6f2,Gh6h5,Gh5h4]} (10... Qa5) (10... Nxc5 $5 {[%csl Gc5]} 11. Qc2 Qe7 $5 (11... b6 12. Nf3 Bb7 13. Rd1 {[%csl Gd5,Gd6]} Qf6) 12. Nf3 d6 {[%cal Ge6e5] un plan interessant pour jouer sur cases noires et enfermer le g3 car les pièces blanches ne peuvent pas profiter de l'affaiblissement de la case d5} 13. Rd1 e5 $132 {[%csl Rg3]}) 11. Rc1 Nxc5 12. Qc2 e5 13. Nf3 d6 14. Nd2 Bf5 $146 (14... Be6 $5 15. Ne4 Qe7 {[%csl Rg3][%cal Gf7f5,Gf5f4] (Varnusz)}) ({RR} 14... O-O 15. h4 Kg7 16. hxg5 Qxg5 17. Ne4 Nxe4 18. Qxe4 Qg4 19. Qd5 Be6 20. Qb5 Rab8 21. Rd1 Rfd8 22. Rxd6 Qe4 23. Bd3 Qxg2 24. Rh2 Qg1+ 25. Bf1 a6 26. Bxe5+ f6 27. Bxf6+ Kxf6 28. Rxe6+ {1-0 (28) Domogaev,S (2447)-Tishin,P (2401) Bogoroditsk 2011}) 15. e4 {[%csl Rd4]} Bg6 16. f3 h5 17. Be2 h4 18. Bf2 Ne6 {[%csl Rf4]} 19. Nf1 g4 $6 (19... Nf4) (19... h3 20. g3 Nc5 $11 {[%csl Gc5]}) 20. Ne3 gxf3 21. Nd5 Qg5 22. gxf3 Qg2 $6 23. Rg1 Qxh2 $2 24. Nf6+ $40 Ke7 25. Ng4 {[%csl Rh2] enfermant la } Qh3 26. Qd1 Ng5 27. Be3 Rh5 28. Nf2 $1 $18 {[%cal Gf2h3,Ge3g5]} Qe6 29. Bxg5+ f6 30. Bxh4 Rg8 31. Bg3 {Botvinnik a été chanceux dans cette partie car l'ouverture ne lui avait donné aucun avantage} 1-0

[Event "Leningrad Masters 1932/33"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1932.11.24"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Alatortsev, Vladimir"]
[Black "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E52"]
[Annotator "Primel,Dominique"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "1932.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {La FIDE a attribué le titre de GMI honoraire à ALATORTSEV en 1983 et son ELO a été estimé à 2480. Il est surtout connu pour sa variante du gambit Dame 1.d4d5 2c4e6 3.c3 e7!?} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 b6 5. e3 {ALATORTSEV dévie de sa précédente partie contre BOTVINNIK jouée l'année précédente où il avait joué b3 qui était la variante préférée de BOTVINNIK dans sa jeunesse.} (5. Bg5 Bb7 6. e3 {Une grande ligne trés populaire dans les années 80 et plus active que la variante 5.e3}) (5. Qb3 Bxc3+ {0-1 Alatortsev-Botvinnik 8th Ch Leningrad 1931 (16)} (5... c5 $142)) 5... Bb7 6. Bd3 O-O (6... Ne4 {[%cal Ge4c3,Gb4c3] L'altervative} 7. O-O $141 $1 (7. Qc2 f5 (7... Bxc3+ 8. bxc3 f5)) 7... Bxc3 8. bxc3 Nxc3 $2 (8... O-O $142) 9. Qc2 Bxf3 10. gxf3 Qg5+ 11. Kh1 Qh5 12. Rg1 $40) 7. O-O d5 (7... c5) 8. cxd5 (8. a3 Bd6 {[%cal Gd6h2]} 9. cxd5 exd5 10. b4 {[%cal Gc1b2]}) 8... exd5 9. a3 Bd6 $146 {[%cal Gd6h2] plus actif que e7} (9... Be7 {1-0 Bogoljubow,E-Euwe,M NED m2 2829 Netherlands 1928 (7)}) 10. b4 Nbd7 11. Nb5 ({RR} 11. Qb3 c6 12. a4 a5 13. bxa5 Rxa5 14. Ba3 Qe7 15. Bxd6 Qxd6 16. Rab1 Ba6 17. Bxa6 Rxa6 18. Rfc1 Rfa8 19. h3 g6 20. Qd1 Qe6 21. Nd2 Ne8 22. Rb2 Nd6 23. Qf3 Kg7 24. Rcb1 h5 25. Qf4 R8a7 {Yu,Y (2750)-Adams,M (2761) Shenzhen 2017 ½-½ (37)}) ({RR} 11. Qb3 c6 12. e4 dxe4 13. Nxe4 Nxe4 14. Bxe4 Nf6 15. Bc2 h6 16. Ne5 Nd5 17. Qh3 Bxe5 18. dxe5 Qe7 19. Qg3 Qe6 20. Bb2 Ba6 21. Rfe1 Rfd8 22. Re4 Ne7 23. Rg4 g6 24. Rf4 Nd5 25. Bxg6 Nxf4 {De Blecourt,S (2068)-Doluhanova,E (2272) Hillerod DEN 2025 0-1 (61)}) 11... Be7 12. Ne5 a6 $146 ({RR} 12... c5 13. bxc5 bxc5 14. Nxd7 Nxd7 15. dxc5 Nxc5 16. Bb2 Qd7 17. Nd4 Nxd3 18. Qxd3 Rfc8 19. Rfd1 f6 20. h3 Rc4 21. Nf5 Qc7 22. Nxe7+ Qxe7 23. Bd4 Qe6 24. Rdb1 Ba6 25. Qd1 Rc7 26. Rb2 Rac8 27. Rab1 {Ilincic,Z (2385)-Farago,I (2410) Budapest 2016 ½-½}) 13. Nc3 c5 14. bxc5 (14. f4) 14... bxc5 15. Rb1 Qc7 (15... Rb8 $142 $5) 16. Nxd7 Nxd7 (16... Qxd7 17. Na4 $14 {[%cal Ga4b6,Ga4c5]}) 17. Qb3 $1 $16 {[%csl Rb7][%cal Gb3b7,Gc3d5]} Rab8 18. Nxd5 Bxd5 19. Qxd5 Rxb1 20. Bxb1 {les blancs ont gagné un  et avec la paire de , la réalisation technique ne devrait pas poser trop de problème à un joueur aussi fort que ALATORTSEV} c4 $6 (20... cxd4 21. exd4) 21. Bxh7+ $5 {Gagne un  mais les blancs donnent la paire de  et en particulier le  de cases blanches qui est le  d'attaque tout en permettant de bloquer l'avance du  "c"} (21. e4 $142 $5 Nf6 (21... Rd8 22. Qf5) 22. Qf5 {[%cal Ge4e5]} g6 {[%cal Gc1h6]} 23. Qf3 $16 {[%csl Gb1,Gc1,Gd4,Ge4]}) 21... Kxh7 22. Qe4+ Kg8 23. Qxe7 c3 24. e4 c2 $1 $13 {[%csl Gc2] Le  passé peut donner du contre-jeu aux noirs et la position n'est pas si claire.} 25. d5 (25. h4 $5 {[%cal Gh4h6]} Rc8 {[%cal Gd7f6]} (25... Rb8 26. h5 Rb1 (26... Rb7 27. h6) 27. e5 {[%cal Ge5e6]} Rb7 (27... Qc6 $2 28. Qe8+)) 26. Bg5 {[%cal Gg5e7]} (26. e5 {[%cal Ge5e6]})) (25. e5 {[%cal Ge5e6]} Qc6) 25... Rb8 $13 {[%cal Gb8b1]} 26. g3 {[%cal Gc1f4]} Qc8 27. Qg5 (27. e5 {[%cal Ge5e6]}) 27... Qc4 28. f3 Rb3 $36 29. Qd2 (29. Qd8+ Nf8) 29... Rd3 30. Qe2 Ne5 $1 $40 {[%csl Rf3][%cal Ge5f3,Gc4e2,Ge5c4,Gd3d1]} (30... Nc5 31. e5 Nb3 (31... Qxd5 32. Qxc2) 32. e6 $13) 31. Kg2 (31. d6 Rd1 32. Qxc4 Nxc4 33. d7 Ne5 34. Kf2 Nxd7 35. Ke2 {les blancs doivent pouvoir sauver la nulle même si les noirs restent mieux.}) 31... Rd1 32. Qxc4 Nxc4 33. d6 Kf8 (33... Nxd6) 34. a4 Ke8 $17 35. Kf2 $2 Nd2 $19 36. Re1 Nxf3 37. Rf1 Nxh2 38. Re1 Nf3 39. Rf1 Nd2 40. Re1 Nb3 41. Ba3 c1=Q 42. Bxc1 Rxc1 43. Rxc1 Nxc1 {Dominique PRIMEL} 0-1

[Event "Leningrad Masters"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1933.01.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Black "Sozin, Veniamin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E23"]
[Annotator "Euwe,M/PrimeL,D"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1933.03.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2014"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 {SOZIN est surtout connu comme théoricien d'une fameuse variante de la sicilienne mais il a relativement peu joué et apparamment c'était peut-être même la seule partie disputée contre BOTVINNIK.} 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qb3 {Une ligne secondaire de la Nimzo-Indienne mais qui a souvent été essayée par BOTVINNIK et elle était trés populaire à cette époque. En effet lors du Championnat du Monde 1929 entre Bogoliobow et Alekhine, elle avait été utilisée à 4 reprises et avec des résultats trés bons pour les blancs (3,5/4). Il faut d'ailleurs noter qu'après avoir marqué seulement 0,5/3 avec les noirs, ALEKHINE s'est lui même décidé à la jouer dans la 21ème partie.} c5 $1 {[%csl Rd4]} (4... Nc6 $5 {[%cal Gc6b4,Gc6d4] Le Championnat de France 1938 joué à Nice a fait progresser la théorie de cette variante c6. En effet,G CONSTANTIN l'a joué 4 fois et il a affronté 3 fois c6!} 5. Nf3 (5. e3 {½-½ Constantin,G-Joinaux,L FRA-ch Nice 1938 (3)}) 5... a5 6. a3 a4 7. Qc2 Bxc3+ 8. Qxc3 $14 {[%csl Rb3,Gc1,Gf1]}) (4... Qe7 {0-1 Constantin,G-Gibaud,A FRA-ch Nice 1938 (8)}) 5. dxc5 {[%csl Rd6] C'est quasiment la seule manière de garder un léger avantage d'ouverture} (5. d5 $143 b5 $5 6. dxe6 fxe6 7. cxb5 a6 $1 $44 {[%cal Ge8g8]}) 5... Nc6 (5... Na6 {[%cal Ga6c5] ;1-0 Bogoljubow,E-Alekhine,A World Championship 14th 1929 (4)}) 6. Bg5 (6. Nf3 $142 {Devenu ensuite la ligne principale} Ne4 {[%cal Gb4e1]} (6... Qa5 {½-½ Rivline,B-Kahn,V Paris Ch 06th 1930}) 7. Bd2 Nxd2 (7... Nxc5 $142 {Euwe: Nimzovitch trouva cependant la consolidation par c5} 8. Qc2 f5 9. e3 (9. a3) (9. g3 {EUWE: On espérait renforcer la position des Blancs par cette ligne mais la réponse d7d5 joué par Pirc dans son match contre Spielman rendit douteuse la valeur de cette variante.} d5 $1 $132) 9... O-O 10. Be2 b6 11. O-O-O a5 $1 {0-1 Bogoljubow,E-Nimzowitsch,A San Remo 1930}) 8. Nxd2 O-O (8... f5 9. O-O-O Bxc5 10. e3 O-O {[%csl Gc5,Gc8,Rd7] EUWE: On arrive maintenant à une position dans laquelle les Noirs ont la paire de  en contrepartie du "d7" arriéré. Dans de nombreuses parties, Spielman mena à la victoire les pièces Blanches après f3 et e2, le doublement des  sur la colonne "d" paralyse le jeu des Noirs ( Source: L'Echiquier Juillet 1931)}) 9. e3 Bxc5) 6... h6 7. Bxf6 $1 {BOTVINNIK avait eu une partie difficile quelques mois plus tôt au précédent tournoi masters de Léningrad contre RAGOZIN avec h4 où les noirs avaient joué de manière trés active avec g5 et il essaye d'améliorier la partie avec f6} (7. Bh4 $143 {1-0 Botvinnik,M-Ragozin,V Leningrad masters 1932}) 7... Qxf6 {[%cal Gb4c3]} 8. Nf3 $146 (8. e3 {1-0 Miasoedov,G-Model,A Leningrad-ch 1932}) (8. Rc1 a5 $5 {[%cal Ga5a4]}) 8... Bxc5 (8... O-O 9. e3 Bxc5 10. Be2 b6 11. O-O) (8... Bxc3+ $142 9. Qxc3 Qxc3+ 10. bxc3 b6 $1 11. cxb6 axb6 $132 {[%csl Rc4][%cal Ga8a2,Gc8a6,Gc6a5,Ga5c4] Cette idée du GMI YUDASIN a fait perdre beaucoup de sa popularité à la variante b3 car les noirs semblent avoir un trés bon contre-jeu et les résultats des noirs sont d'ailleurs excellents.}) 9. e3 O-O ({RR} 9... b6 10. Bd3 Bb7 11. Ne4 Bb4+ 12. Ke2 Qe7 13. a3 Bc5 14. Nxc5 Qxc5 15. Qc3 O-O 16. Rhd1 a5 17. Kf1 Rfd8 18. Be2 Ne7 19. Rac1 d5 20. cxd5 Qxc3 21. Rxc3 Nxd5 22. Rcc1 Rac8 23. Ke1 Kf8 24. Nd4 {Zhou,J (2620)-Bu,X (2723) Wuxi 2016 ½-½ (31)}) 10. O-O-O $6 {[%csl Rd6][%cal Gc3e4,Ge4c5,Ge4f6,Gg2g4,Gg4g5] Une idée interessante mais risquée qui ne semble pas avoir été rejouée dans une autre partie.} Qe7 $6 (10... Qg6 $142 {[%csl Rb1,Rc2,Rg2][%cal Gf7f5]} 11. Rg1 {[%cal Gg2g4,Gh2h4,Gg4g5,Gf1d3]} (11. Bd3 $2 Qxg2 12. Ne4 Qxf3 13. Nxc5 Qxf2 $17) 11... f5 $1 $132 {[%csl Ge4] Un bon coup multifonction qui empêche e4 attaquant le c5 tout en retardant l'attaque g2g4} 12. Bd3 {[%cal Gg2g4]}) 11. Be2 (11. g4 $143 f5) 11... a6 $146 {[%cal Gb7b5]} ({RR} 11... b6 12. g4 Bb7 13. Rhg1 g6 14. g5 hxg5 15. Nxg5 Rac8 16. h4 d5 17. Kb1 d4 18. Nb5 Na5 19. Qd3 dxe3 20. fxe3 Rfd8 21. Qc2 Rxd1+ 22. Bxd1 Bxe3 23. Rg3 Nxc4 24. Nc3 Bf4 25. Rg4 Ne3 {0-1 (25) Belskiy,A (1400)-Litvinov,V (2125) Moscow 2009}) 12. g4 $1 {[%csl Rh6][%cal Gg4g5]} (12. Kb1 {Perd un temps dans la course de vitesse} b5 $1 $132 {[%csl Ga8][%cal Ga8a2]}) 12... b5 $1 {La course de vitesse est lancée} 13. g5 Na5 {[%cal Ga5b3,Ga5c4]} (13... hxg5 $5 14. Rdg1 {[%csl Gg4,Rg5][%cal Gh2h4]} (14. h4 $2 g4 $17)) (13... bxc4 {[%cal Ga8b8,Gb8b2]}) 14. Qc2 bxc4 $2 (14... hxg5 $142 $1 {Peut-être le bon moment pour prendre le } 15. h4 (15. Rhg1 Nxc4 16. Nxg5 {[%cal Gc2h7]} f5 17. Bxc4 bxc4 18. Qe2 {[%cal Ge2h5]} Rf6 $1 {[%cal Gf6h6]} 19. Qxc4 Bb7 $44 {La paire de  des noirs est trés forte}) 15... g4 16. Ng5 f5 $132) (14... Nxc4 15. gxh6) 15. gxh6 $40 g6 16. Rhg1 {[%csl Rg6][%cal Gf3e5,Ge5g6]} Kh7 (16... Rb8 $2 17. Ne5 {[%cal Ge5g6]}) (16... d5 17. Ne5 $16) 17. h4 Rg8 $6 (17... Kxh6) 18. h5 $18 {La suite de la partie est sans intérêt car les noirs ont continué inutilement une position perdante.} d6 19. Ng5+ (19. Ne4) 19... Kh8 20. Nce4 e5 21. Nxc5 dxc5 22. hxg6 fxg6 23. Qc3 Nc6 24. Bf3 Nb4 25. Qxc4 Rb8 26. Nf7+ Kh7 27. Ng5+ Kh8 28. Nf7+ Kh7 29. Ng5+ Kh8 30. a3 Bf5 31. Qf7 Na2+ 32. Qxa2 c4 33. Bd5 Rgc8 34. Nf7+ Kh7 35. Nd6 Bd3 36. Nxc8 Rxc8 37. a4 Qd6 38. Qa3 Rc5 39. Be4 Qf8 40. Bxd3 cxd3+ 41. Kb1 e4 42. Rc1 1-0

[Event "URS-ch08 Final"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1933.08.29"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Black "Sorokin, Nikolay Tikhovich"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E35"]
[Annotator "ChessBase II"]
[PlyCount "23"]
[EventDate "1933.08.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "URS-ch"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 (5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 Ne4 7. Qc2 Nc6 8. e3 (8. Nf3) 8... e5 9. cxd5 Qxd5 10. Bc4 Qa5+ 11. b4 Nxb4 12. Qxe4 Nc2+ 13. Ke2 Qe1+ 14. Kf3 Nxa1 15. Bb2 (15. Qxe5+ $2 {0-1 Rauzer,V-Konstantinopolsky,A Kiev 1932})) 5... exd5 6. Bg5 Qd6 $6 (6... h6 $142 7. Bxf6 Qxf6 {½-½ Rubinstein,A-Canal,E Budapest 1929}) (6... c5 $142 7. dxc5 h6 8. Bh4 Nc6) 7. e3 Ne4 8. Bf4 Qg6 ({RR} 8... Qb6 9. Bd3 O-O 10. Nge2 Bf5 11. O-O Nxc3 12. bxc3 Bxd3 13. Qxd3 Bd6 14. Rab1 Qc6 15. Bxd6 cxd6 16. Qb5 Nd7 17. Qxb7 Qxb7 18. Rxb7 Nb6 19. Rb1 Rfc8 20. g4 Kf8 21. h4 Rc4 22. Rb4 Rc6 23. Kg2 {Gordievsky,D (2559)-Zubov,A (2593) Chess.com INT 2020 1-0 (45)}) ({RR} 8... Qc6 9. Rc1 Bf5 10. Bd3 Bg6 11. Nge2 Nxc3 12. Nxc3 Bxd3 13. Qxd3 Qd7 14. O-O c6 15. a3 Be7 16. Na4 b6 17. Qc2 b5 18. Nc5 Qg4 19. h3 Qh5 20. Nd3 O-O 21. Bxb8 Raxb8 22. Qxc6 b4 23. Nf4 {Flynn,J (2184)-Buenafe Moya,J (2160) chess.com INT 2024 1-0 (38)}) 9. Qb3 (9. a3 {1-0 Capablanca,J-Euwe,M Amsterdam m3 1931 (3)}) 9... c5 $2 (9... Bxc3+ $142 10. bxc3 c6) 10. f3 Nxc3 $146 ({RR} 10... Bxc3+ 11. bxc3 Nf6 12. Qb1 Nh5 13. Ne2 Qe6 14. Kf2 Nd7 15. g4 Nhf6 16. Ng3 g6 17. h4 h6 18. Bd3 c4 19. Bc2 Qc6 20. g5 Ng8 21. h5 hxg5 22. Bxg5 gxh5 23. Nxh5 {1-0 (23) Hauge,L (2388)-Zhao,X (2506) Caleta 2016}) 11. bxc3 Ba5 12. Bxb8 {[%csl Ra5][%cal Gb3b5,Gb5e8,Gb5a5]} 1-0

[Event "Match Botvinnik-Flohr +2-2=8"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1933.11.29"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Flohr, Salo"]
[Black "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E38"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "1933.11.28"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "HCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. dxc5 Na6 6. g3 Qa5 7. Bg2 Bxc3+ 8. Qxc3 Qxc3+ 9. bxc3 Nxc5 10. Ba3 d6 11. Nf3 $146 ({RR} 11. Bxc5 dxc5 12. Nf3 Rb8 13. Ne5 Nd7 14. Nd3 b6 15. O-O-O Bb7 16. Bxb7 Rxb7 17. Rd2 Ke7 18. Rhd1 Nb8 19. Ne5 f6 20. Ng4 Rd7 21. Rxd7+ Nxd7 22. Ne3 g5 23. f4 gxf4 24. gxf4 f5 25. Rg1 Kf7 {Stefansky,M-Voynov,S (2185) Dnipropetrovsk 2008 1-0 (63)}) 11... Nfe4 12. Rc1 Bd7 13. Nd2 Nxd2 14. Kxd2 Rc8 15. Bxc5 Rxc5 16. Bxb7 Rxc4 17. Rb1 Ke7 18. Bf3 Ra4 19. Rb2 Rc8 20. Ra1 Bc6 21. Bxc6 Rxc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Match Botvinnik-Flohr +2-2=8"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1933.12.05"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Flohr, Salo"]
[Black "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E38"]
[Annotator "Donev,Ivo Hristov"]
[PlyCount "137"]
[EventDate "1933.11.28"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "100 Jahre Schach"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.04.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.04.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. dxc5 Na6 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. Qxc3 Nxc5 8. f3 d6 9. e4 e5 10. Be3 Qc7 11. Ne2 {[%cal Ye2c3,Yc3d5] Der Springer strebt zum starken Punkt d5!} Be6 12. Qc2 O-O 13. Nc3 Rfc8 $146 ({RR} 13... a6 14. Nd5 Bxd5 15. cxd5 Rac8 16. Rc1 Qa5+ 17. b4 Qxa3 18. Bxc5 dxc5 19. bxc5 Nd7 20. c6 bxc6 21. dxc6 Qe3+ 22. Be2 Nf6 23. Qd2 Qb6 24. c7 Rxc7 25. Rxc7 Qxc7 26. O-O Rd8 27. Qe3 a5 28. Ra1 {Melikhov,E (2172)-Skliarov,V (2349) chess.com INT 2024 ½-½ (63)}) ({RR} 13... a6 14. Nd5 Bxd5 15. cxd5 Rac8 16. Rc1 Qa5+ 17. b4 Qxa3 18. Bxc5 dxc5 19. bxc5 Nd7 20. c6 bxc6 21. dxc6 Qe3+ 22. Be2 Nf6 23. Qd2 Qb6 24. c7 Rxc7 25. Rxc7 Qxc7 26. O-O Rd8 27. Qe3 a5 28. Ra1 {Melikhov,E (2172)-Skliarov,V (2349) chess.com INT 2024 ½-½ (63)}) 14. Be2 a6 (14... Ncd7 15. Rc1 $1 Bxc4 $6 16. Nb1 $16) 15. Rc1 Ncd7 16. Qd2 $1 Qb8 (16... Bxc4 $2 17. Nd5 $18) 17. Nd5 {[%cal Yd5e7,Ye7c8,Ye7g8]} Bxd5 18. cxd5 Rxc1+ 19. Qxc1 Qd8 20. O-O Rc8 21. Qd2 Qc7 22. Rc1 Qxc1+ 23. Qxc1 Rxc1+ 24. Bxc1 $14 {[%mdl 4096] Der Anziehende hat seine Ziel erreicht. Er hat einen kleinen aber dauerhaften Vorteil dank des Läuferpaares gegenüber den schwarzen Springern. Theoretisch kann der Nachziehende remis halten, aber die Praxis hat gezeigt, dass die Läufer meistens gewinnen. GM Flor zeigt mit filigraner Endspieltechnik auf musterhafte Weise, wie man einen kleinen Vorteil in einen ganzen Punkt umwandelt!} Kf8 25. Kf2 Ke7 26. Be3 Kd8 27. Ke1 Kc7 28. Kd2 Nc5 29. b4 {Weiß hat bei seinem Plan folgende Punkte im Visier: a) Eroberung von mehr Raum am Damenflügel b) Eroberung von mehr Raum am Königsflügel c) Einschränken der Bewegung der schwarzen Springer d) Bei Gelegenheit entfernte Freibauern zu bilden und das Spiel an beiden Flügel zu führen, da in solch einem Fall die Läufer gegenüber den schwarzen Springern ihre Macht zeigen können.} Ncd7 (29... Na4 $5 {nebst b7-b5.}) 30. g3 Nb6 31. Kc2 Nbd7 32. a4 Nb6 33. a5 $1 {Der Anziehende hat ein wichtiges Teilziel erreicht. Jetzt ist der b7-Bauer rückständig und schwach.} Nbd7 34. Bc1 Kd8 35. Bb2 Ne8 36. Kd2 Nc7 37. Ke3 Ke7 38. Bf1 Nb5 39. h4 {Jetzt beginnt der zweite Teil des weißes Planes - mehr Raum am Königsflügel} Nc7 40. Bh3 {Ein besondere Art der Fesselung. Der Springer d7 darf nicht wegziehen wegen der starken Drohung c8 nach dem der schwache Bauern b7 fällt.} Ne8 41. f4 $1 f6 42. Bf5 $1 g6 ({Nicht besser ist:} 42... h6 {[%cal Ye3f3,Yf3g4,Yg4h5] weil so die weissen Felder am Königsflügel geschwächt werden und der weisse Monarch dort eindringen kann.}) 43. Bh3 {Das Bild hat sich aus weißer Sicht positiv verändert. Im Zukunft ist z.B. möglich f4-f5 oder g3-g4 nebst h4-h5.} h6 44. Bc1 Ng7 (44... Nc7 $142) 45. fxe5 $1 dxe5 (45... Nxe5 46. Bc8 $18) (45... fxe5 46. Kf3 {[%cal Yc1h6]} h5 47. Bg5+ Ke8 (47... Nf6 48. Bc8 $18) 48. Bh6 $1 {[%cal Yh3d7,Yh6g7]  Das Läuferpaar triumphiert über die schwarzen Springer!}) 46. Kf3 {[%cal Yc1h6]} (46. Kd3 $6 Nh5 $132) 46... h5 (46... g5 47. hxg5 hxg5 $16 {In dieser Stellung hat der Anziehende einen sehr starken Plan: Der König bleibt auf g4; danach müssen die beiden Läufer optimal aktiviert werden auf e3 und a4. Dann wird Schwarz im Zugzwang sein.}) 47. Be3 Kd6 48. Bh6 {Die armen schwarzen Springer sind auf der 7. und 8. Reihe eingeschränkt und zu einer passiven Rolle im ganzen Endspiel verurteilt.} Ne8 49. g4 hxg4+ 50. Bxg4 Nc7 51. Be3 Nb5 52. Ke2 $1 Nc7 (52... Nc3+ 53. Kd3 Nxe4 54. Bxd7 $1 $18 (54. Kxe4 $2 f5+ 55. Bxf5 Nf6+ 56. Kd3 gxf5 $17)) 53. Kd3 {Der Anziehende hat die Stellung seinee Figuren maximal aktiviert; infolge dessen ist jetzt der Nachziehende im Zugzwang. Wegen der Drohung c5 kann der schwarze Monarch nicht ziehen, und der Springer d7 ist auch gefesselt wegen des Zuges c8. Falls die letzte schwarze Figur, der c7, sich bewegt, folgt e6 nebst f7!} f5 54. exf5 gxf5 {Das vierte Teil des weißen Planes ist in die Praxis umgesetzt - Weiß hat schon einen starken entfernten Freibauern.} 55. Bxf5 Nxd5 56. Bd2 N7f6 57. Kc4 Kc6 58. Bg6 {Es droht einfach h4-h5.} b5+ {Auf diese Weise hat sich Schwarz von dem rückständigen Bauern b7 befreit, aber dafür wird das Bauer a6 schwach.} 59. Kd3 Ne7 60. Be4+ Ned5 (60... Kd6 61. Bb7 $18) (60... Kc7 61. Bg5 Neg8 62. Bg6 $18 {nebst h5.}) 61. Bg5 Nh5 62. Bf3 {Die weißen Läufer dominieren klar gegenüber den Springern.} Ng3 63. Bd2 $1 (63. h5 $6 Nxh5 64. Bxh5 Nxb4+ $16) 63... Kd6 64. Bg4 {[%cal Yg4c8,Yc8a6]} (64. h5 $2 e4+ $1 65. Bxe4 Nxh5 $13) 64... Nf6 65. Bc8 Kc6 66. Be1 e4+ 67. Kd4 Ngh5 68. Bf5 Kd6 69. Bd2 {Das beste Endspiel zum Thema "Läuferpaar gegen Springerpaar" das ich je gesehen habe!} 1-0

[Event "Christmas Congress 1934/35-15 Premier"]
[Site "Hastings White Rock Pavilion"]
[Date "1934.12.27"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Flohr, Salo"]
[Black "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E34"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1934.12.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "HCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 Qxd5 6. e3 c5 7. a3 Bxc3+ 8. Qxc3 Nbd7 9. Nf3 cxd4 10. Qxd4 ({RR} 10. Nxd4 O-O 11. f3 Nb6 12. e4 Qd8 13. Be2 e5 14. Nc2 Re8 15. O-O Be6 16. Rd1 Qc8 17. Qxc8 Raxc8 18. Ne3 Na4 19. Bb5 Bb3 20. Bxe8 Bxd1 21. Bxf7+ Kxf7 22. Nxd1 Nc5 23. Nc3 Nb3 24. Rb1 a6 {Kramnik,V (2790)-Anand,V (2770) Frankfurt 1998 ½-½ (38)}) 10... Nc5 11. Bc4 Qxd4 12. exd4 $146 ({RR} 12. Nxd4 Bd7 13. Bd2 Nfe4 14. Bb4 a5 15. Bxc5 Nxc5 16. Ke2 Ke7 17. Rac1 Rhc8 18. Rhd1 Na4 19. b3 Nb6 20. Bb5 Rxc1 21. Rxc1 Rc8 22. Rxc8 Nxc8 23. f4 Bxb5+ 24. Nxb5 Nd6 25. Nc3 Kd7 26. Kd3 Kc6 {Euwe,M-Gruenfeld,E Amsterdam/ The Hague/ Rotterd 1936 ½-½}) ({RR} 12. Nxd4 Bd7 13. Bd2 Nfe4 14. Nb3 Nxb3 15. Bxb3 Nxd2 16. Kxd2 Bc6 17. f3 Rd8+ 18. Kc3 Ke7 19. Rad1 Rxd1 20. Rxd1 {½-½ (20) Araiza Munoz,J-Soto Larrea,M Havana 1952}) 12... Na4 13. Ne5 Nb6 14. Be2 Nbd7 15. O-O Nxe5 16. dxe5 Nd5 17. Bf3 Bd7 18. Bxd5 exd5 19. Rd1 Be6 20. Be3 Kd7 21. f4 Rhc8 22. Rac1 b6 23. Kf2 Rxc1 24. Rxc1 Rc8 25. Rxc8 Kxc8 26. Kf3 h5 27. Kg3 Kd7 28. Kh4 Bg4 29. h3 Be2 30. f5 Ke7 31. Bd4 f6 32. g4 hxg4 33. hxg4 fxe5 34. Bxe5 Kf7 35. Bd4 Bd3 36. Kg5 Bc4 37. Kf4 Be2 38. Be3 g6 39. g5 gxf5 40. Kxf5 Bd3+ 41. Ke5 Bc4 42. Kd6 Kg6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Christmas Congress 1934/35-15 Premier"]
[Site "Hastings White Rock Pavilion"]
[Date "1935.01.02"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Black "Lilienthal, Andor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E34"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1934.12.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "HCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Golod,Vitali} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 Qxd5 6. Nf3 c5 7. Bd2 ({RR} 7. dxc5) 7... Bxc3 8. bxc3 ({RR} 8. Bxc3 cxd4 9. Nxd4 ({RR} 9. Bxd4 Nc6 10. Bc3) 9... e5 10. Nf5 Bxf5 11. Qxf5 Nc6 12. e3 O-O) 8... O-O ({RR} 8... Nc6 9. e3 e5 ({RR} 9... O-O 10. Be2 ({RR} 10. Bd3 Qd6) 10... b6 11. O-O Bb7 12. c4 Qd6 13. Bc3 cxd4 14. exd4 Ne7 15. Ne5 Rac8) 10. c4 Qd6 11. dxe5 ({RR} 11. d5 e4 ({RR} 11... Nb4 12. Bxb4 cxb4 13. c5 ({RR} 13. e4 Nd7) 13... Qxd5 14. Bb5+ Bd7 ({RR} 14... Ke7 15. Rd1 Qe6 ({RR} 15... Qe4 16. Qd2) 16. Ng5 Qg4 17. Qd2 Bd7 18. Qd6+ Ke8 19. Qxe5+ Kf8 20. Bxd7 Nxd7 21. Qd5) 15. Bc4 Qc6 ({RR} 15... Qe4 16. Bxf7+ Ke7 ({RR} 16... Kxf7 17. Ng5+) 17. Qd2 h6 18. Bb3) 16. Bxf7+ Ke7 17. O-O) 12. dxc6 ({RR} 12. Ng5 Qe5 13. Bc3 Qxg5 14. dxc6 O-O) 12... exf3 13. Qa4 ({RR} 13. gxf3 Qxc6 14. Rg1) 13... O-O 14. gxf3 b6 15. Bc3 Bf5 16. Be2 Rfc8) 11... Nxe5 12. Nxe5 Qxe5 13. Bc3 Qg5 ({RR} 13... Qe6 14. Bd3 Bd7 15. O-O) 14. h4 Qg6 15. Bd3 Qxg2 16. O-O-O Qc6 17. Rhg1 Bg4 ({RR} 17... g6 18. Qb2 Ke7 19. Rg5) 18. Rdf1 Bh3 ({RR} 18... h5 19. f3 Bh3 ({RR} 19... Bxf3 20. Rxg7) 20. Rf2 O-O-O ({RR} 20... g6 21. Rg3 Bd7 22. Bxg6) ({RR} 20... Qe6 21. Rxg7 O-O-O ({RR} 21... Qxe3+ 22. Qd2 Qxd2+ 23. Kxd2 Ke7 ({RR} 23... Nd7 24. Rg3) 24. Re2+ Be6 25. f4 Rh6 26. f5 Kf8 27. Bxf6 Rxf6 28. Rh7 Bc8 ({RR} 28... Kg8 29. fxe6) 29. Rh8+ Kg7 30. Ree8 Rc6 31. Rh7+ Kxh7 ({RR} 31... Kf6 32. Rh6+ Kg7 33. f6+ Rxf6 ({RR} 33... Kxh6 34. Rh8#) 34. Rh7#) 32. f6+ Bf5 33. Bxf5+ Kh6 34. Rxa8 Rxf6 35. Rh8+ Kg7 36. Rxh5) 22. Rg3 Qxe3+ 23. Qd2 Qh6 ({RR} 23... Rxd3 24. Qxe3 Rxe3 25. Bxf6) ({RR} 23... Qxd3 24. Qxd3 Rxd3 25. Bxf6) 24. Qg5) 21. Bf5+ Bxf5 22. Qxf5+ Nd7 23. Bxg7 Rhg8 24. e4) 19. Re1 O-O-O ({RR} 19... g6 20. Qb2 Ke7 21. Rg5 b6 22. Re5+ Kf8 23. Rd5 Ke7 ({RR} 23... Nxd5 24. cxd5 Qxd5 25. Bg7+ Ke8 ({RR} 25... Kg8 26. Bxh8) 26. Bb5+) 24. Bf1 Nxd5 ({RR} 24... Bxf1 25. Bxf6+ Qxf6 26. Rd7+ Ke6 27. Rd6+) ({RR} 24... Bg4 25. Bg2) ({RR} 24... Bf5 25. Bg2) 25. cxd5 Qxd5 26. Bf6+ Kd7 27. Rd1) 20. Rxg7 Rxd3 ({RR} 20... Rhf8 21. Bf5+ Bxf5 22. Qxf5+ Nd7 23. Rxh7 Qa6 24. Kb2 Qxc4 25. Rc1) 21. Qxd3 Rd8 22. Qc2 Qe6 23. e4 {Dao,T (2583)-Zaw,W (2532) Bangkok 2004 CBM 103 [Golod,Vitali] 1-0 (31)}) 9. e3 b6 ({RR} 9... Nc6 10. Be2 b6 11. O-O Bb7 12. c4 Qd7 13. dxc5 bxc5 14. Bc3 Qe7 15. Rab1 Nb4 16. Qb2 Be4 17. Bxf6 Qxf6 18. Qxf6 gxf6 19. Rb2 Rab8 20. Nd2 Bd3 21. Bxd3 Nxd3 22. Rb3 Rfd8 23. Rfb1 Rxb3 24. axb3 {Papasimakopoulos,A (2251)-Sarana,A (2649) Lichess.org INT 2021 1-0 (56)}) 10. c4 $146 ({RR} 10. Be2 Bb7 11. O-O Rc8 12. c4 cxd4 13. cxd5 Rxc2 14. dxe6 dxe3 15. exf7+ Kxf7 16. fxe3 Ba6 17. Bd1 Rxd2 18. Nxd2 Bxf1 19. Bf3 Nc6 20. Bxc6 Rc8 21. Rc1 Ba6 22. Nb3 Ke7 23. Bf3 Rxc1+ 24. Nxc1 Kd6 {Planas Garcia,F-Turn,J Buenos Aires 1939 1-0 (41)}) ({RR} 10. Bd3 Bb7 11. O-O Nbd7 12. Rfd1 Rfc8 13. Qb1 cxd4 14. cxd4 Ne4 15. Be1 Ng5 16. Be2 Nf6 17. a4 Nxf3+ 18. Bxf3 Qd7 19. Be2 Be4 20. Qb5 Bc6 21. Qb3 Bd5 22. Qb4 Qc6 23. f3 Qc2 24. Bd3 Qc7 {Panno,O (2495)-Morovic Fernandez,I (2540) Santiago de Chile 1989 ½-½ (60)}) 10... Qd6 11. Bc3 Nbd7 12. Ne5 Qc7 13. Bd3 h6 14. f4 Bb7 15. O-O Rac8 16. Rac1 Rfd8 17. Ba1 Ba8 18. Rcd1 Qb7 19. d5 exd5 20. Nxd7 Nxd7 21. cxd5 c4 22. Bxc4 b5 23. Qb2 Nf6 24. Bb3 Qb6 25. Rfe1 a5 26. Kh1 a4 27. Bxa4 Rxd5 28. e4 Rxd1 29. Bxd1 Qa5 30. Re2 Rd8 31. Bb3 Qc7 32. e5 Ne4 33. Qc2 Qd7 34. Bb2 Qg4 35. e6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow International-02"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1935.02.28"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Black "Lisitsin, Georgy M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E39"]
[PlyCount "213"]
[EventDate "1935.02.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "HCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. dxc5 O-O 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. e3 Bxc5 8. a3 d5 9. b4 Bd6 10. c5 Bc7 11. Bb2 Qe7 12. Rd1 Rd8 13. Bd3 $146 ({RR} 13. Nb5 Bb8 14. Nbd4 e5 15. Nf5 Qe8 16. Ng3 a6 17. Be2 h6 18. O-O Bg4 19. h3 Be6 20. Nh4 Bc7 21. Nhf5 Ne7 22. Bg4 Ng6 23. Nh5 Nxh5 24. Bxh5 Ne7 25. Bg4 Bxf5 26. Bxf5 e4 27. Bg4 f5 {Tornai,I (2175)-Horvath,D (2305) Budapest 2011 1-0 (33)}) ({RR} 13. Be2 e5 14. b5 Na5 15. Na4 Bg4 16. O-O Rac8 17. h3 Bh5 18. Ne1 Bg6 19. Bd3 Ne4 20. Bxe4 Bxe4 21. Qc3 Nc4 22. f3 Bf5 23. Bc1 Be6 24. f4 Qd7 25. c6 bxc6 26. f5 Bxf5 27. Nc5 Ba5 {Smolik,J (2353)-Stocek,J (2528) Teplice CZE 2023 0-1 (45)}) 13... e5 14. Be2 Bg4 15. Ng5 Bxe2 16. Nxe2 h6 17. Nf3 d4 18. e4 Qe6 19. O-O Nh5 20. Ne1 g5 21. Ng3 Ng7 22. Nd3 Ne7 23. f3 Rf8 24. Bc1 Rad8 25. Bd2 Kh7 26. Rc1 Rc8 27. Qc4 Qd7 28. b5 Bb8 29. a4 Ne6 30. Rc2 Bd6 31. Qb4 Nxc5 32. Nxc5 Rxc5 33. Rxc5 b6 34. Qc4 Bxc5 35. Qd3 Rc8 36. Rc1 Bd6 37. Ne2 Rxc1+ 38. Nxc1 f5 39. Ne2 Bc5 40. Kf1 Kg7 41. h3 f4 42. Qc4 Kf6 43. Nc1 Qe6 44. Qc2 h5 45. Nd3 Bd6 46. Be1 Qc8 47. Qb3 Qe6 48. Qc2 Kf7 49. Bb4 Kf6 50. Ke1 Bxb4+ 51. Nxb4 g4 52. hxg4 hxg4 53. fxg4 Qxg4 54. Qf2 Ke6 55. Qf3 Qxf3 56. gxf3 Kd6 57. Kd2 Ng6 58. Kd3 Nf8 59. Kc4 Ne6 60. Nd3 Ng5 61. Ne1 Ke6 62. Kd3 Kd6 63. Kc4 Nh3 64. Nd3 Ng1 65. Ne1 Ke6 66. Kd3 Nh3 67. Kd2 Kf6 68. Kd3 Ke6 69. Ke2 Kd6 70. Nd3 Ng5 71. Nb2 Nf7 72. Nd3 Nd8 73. Nb2 Nb7 74. Kd1 Nc5 75. Kc2 Ke6 76. Kd1 Kf6 77. Ke2 Kg5 78. Nc4 Nd7 79. Kf2 Kh4 80. Kg2 d3 81. Kf2 Kh3 82. Nd2 Nc5 83. Nc4 Nxa4 84. Nxe5 d2 85. Ke2 Nc3+ 86. Kxd2 Nxb5 87. Nc6 Kg3 88. Ke2 a5 89. e5 Nc7 90. Nd4 b5 91. e6 a4 92. e7 b4 93. Nc2 b3 94. Na3 Ne8 95. Nc4 Kg2 96. Na3 Kg3 97. Nc4 Kg2 98. Na3 Kg3 99. Nc4 b2 100. Na3 Kh3 101. Nb1 Kh4 102. Kd3 Kh3 103. Ke2 Nc7 104. Na3 Kh4 105. Kd2 Kg5 106. Kc2 Kf6 107. Nb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow International-02"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1935.03.10"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Lilienthal, Andor"]
[Black "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E24"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "1935.02.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "HCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. a3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 c5 6. f3 d5 7. e3 O-O 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Bd2 Nc6 10. Bd3 cxd4 11. cxd4 e5 12. dxe5 Nxe5 13. Be4 $146 ({RR} 13. Qc2 Kh8 14. Bf5 Bxf5 15. Qxf5 Nc4 16. Qd3 Qf6 17. Rc1 Ncxe3 18. Bxe3 Nxe3 19. Kf2 Qb2+ 20. Ne2 Rfe8 21. Rb1 Qf6 22. Rxb7 Rad8 23. Rd7 Ng4+ 24. Kg3 Qe5+ 25. Nf4 g5 26. fxg4 Qxf4+ 27. Kh3 Re3+ {Davtyan,A (1868)-Guo,A (2168) Batumi 2016 ½-½ (65)}) ({RR} 13. Bb1 g6 14. e4 Nb6 15. Bf4 Qf6 16. Be3 Rd8 17. Qc1 Nec4 18. Ra2 Nxe3 19. Qxe3 Be6 20. Rc2 Qa1 21. Rc1 Qb2 22. Ne2 Bc4 23. Kf1 Rd2 24. Re1 Rad8 {0-1 (24) Vlasov,A-Grigoriev,V (2358) Novaya Ladoga 2001}) 13... Nc4 14. Qc1 Nxd2 15. Qxd2 Nf6 16. Bd3 Re8 17. Ne2 Qb6 18. Nd4 Nd5 19. Be4 Nxe3 20. Qxe3 f5 21. O-O fxe4 22. fxe4 Rd8 23. Nf5 Qxe3+ 24. Nxe3 Be6 25. Rfd1 Rxd1+ 26. Rxd1 Rc8 27. Nf5 Kf8 28. Nd6 Rc3 29. Nxb7 Rxa3 30. Nc5 Ke7 31. Nxe6 Kxe6 32. Kf2 g6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Match/Training Botvinnik-Ragozin +4-0=2"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1936.04.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Black "Ragozin, Viacheslav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E33"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1936.04.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 Nc6 5. Nf3 d5 6. cxd5 ({RR} 6. a3 Bd6 7. e4 dxe4 8. Nxe4 Be7 9. Be3 Nb8 10. Nxf6+ Bxf6 11. O-O-O Nd7 12. h4 b6 13. Ng5 h6 14. Ne4 Bb7 15. g3 Qe7 16. Bg2 O-O-O 17. d5 exd5 18. cxd5 Kb8 19. Rhe1 Rhe8 20. Nxf6 Qxf6 {Narciso Dublan,M (2532)-Vila Gazquez,X (2472) Santa Coloma 2015 1-0 (82)}) 6... Qxd5 ({RR} 6... exd5 7. Bf4 Ne4 8. e3 Bf5 9. Bd3 Nxc3 10. bxc3 Bxd3 11. Qxd3 Bd6 12. Bxd6 Qxd6 13. O-O O-O 14. c4 Nb4 15. Qb3 dxc4 16. Qxc4 Nd5 17. Rab1 Nb6 18. Qb3 Rfe8 19. Rfc1 Re7 20. Ne5 Kf8 21. Nd3 {Begunov,K (2325)-Hrbek,S (2410) chess.com INT 2025 0-1 (39)}) 7. Bd2 Bxc3 8. bxc3 $146 ({RR} 8. Bxc3 b6 9. g3 Bb7 10. Bg2 Qh5 11. O-O O-O 12. e4 Rad8 13. Rad1 Rd7 14. d5 exd5 15. Bxf6 gxf6 16. Rxd5 Nb4 17. Rxh5 Nxc2 18. e5 Rd3 19. Ne1 Bxg2 20. Nxd3 Bxf1 21. Kxf1 Rd8 22. Nf4 fxe5 {Goldberg,G-Ragozin,V Leningrad 1936 0-1 (40)}) ({RR} 8. Bxc3 a5 9. g3 Nb4 10. Bxb4 axb4 11. Qxc7 b3 12. a3 O-O 13. Bg2 Qe4 14. Qc4 Qd5 15. Qxd5 exd5 16. O-O Re8 17. e3 Ne4 18. Rac1 Re7 19. Ne5 f6 20. Bxe4 dxe4 21. Nc4 Be6 22. Nd2 Bh3 {Brandis,B (1599)-Joeri,S (1491) Belp 2010 1-0 (66)}) 8... e5 9. e3 exd4 10. cxd4 Bf5 11. Bd3 Bh3 12. O-O O-O 13. Rab1 a6 14. Rfc1 Rad8 15. Qb2 Ne4 16. gxh3 Rd6 17. Be1 Rf6 18. Nh4 Ng5 19. f3 Re8 20. e4 Nxh3+ 21. Kh1 Qg5 22. Bg3 Qe3 23. e5 Rf4 24. Be4 Rxh4 25. Bxh4 f5 26. Bxc6 1-0

[Event "Moscow International-03"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1936.05.17"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Eliskases, Erich Gottlieb"]
[Black "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E22"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1936.05.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "HCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qb3 c5 5. dxc5 Na6 6. a3 Bxc5 7. Nf3 b6 8. Bg5 Bb7 9. e3 Be7 10. Be2 O-O 11. O-O Nc5 12. Qc2 Nfe4 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. Rad1 Rac8 $146 ({RR} 14... Rad8 15. Nb5 a6 16. Nbd4 e5 17. Nf5 Qe6 18. b4 Qxf5 19. bxc5 bxc5 20. Bd3 Qg6 21. Nxe5 Qf5 22. Qb2 Ba8 23. f3 Rfe8 24. Nxf7 Qxf7 25. fxe4 Qg6 26. Rf4 Bxe4 27. Rxe4 Rxe4 28. Qc2 Rde8 29. Bxe4 {Becker,A-Eliskases,E Berlin 1938 ½-½}) 15. b4 Nxc3 16. Qxc3 Ne4 17. Qb2 Rfd8 18. Rc1 d5 19. cxd5 Bxd5 20. Rxc8 Rxc8 21. Rc1 Qb7 22. Nd2 Rxc1+ 23. Qxc1 Nd6 24. f3 e5 25. e4 Be6 26. Qc3 f6 27. Nf1 Qc8 28. Qxc8+ Bxc8 29. Kf2 Kf7 30. Ke1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow International-03"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1936.05.18"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Black "Kan, Ilia Abramovich"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E33"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1936.05.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "HCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 Nc6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Bg5 Re8 7. e3 d6 8. Be2 e5 9. O-O Bxc3 10. bxc3 h6 11. Bh4 $146 ({RR} 11. Bxf6 Qxf6 12. d5 Ne7 13. Rab1 b6 14. Bd3 a6 15. Bh7+ Kh8 16. Be4 Bf5 17. Rfe1 Bxe4 18. Qxe4 Qg6 19. Qxg6 Nxg6 20. Nd2 Ne7 21. f3 g6 22. a4 Kg7 23. Kf2 a5 {½-½ (23) Kuzin,A (2436)-Tishin,P (2401) Bogoroditsk 2011}) 11... Qe7 12. Rae1 Bd7 13. Nd2 g5 14. Bg3 Kg7 15. f4 e4 16. h3 Nh7 17. fxg5 hxg5 18. Nxe4 f5 19. Nd2 Nf6 20. Bd3 Ne4 21. Bh2 Nd8 22. c5 Nf7 23. cxd6 cxd6 24. c4 Rac8 25. Qb2 Nxd2 26. Qxd2 Nh6 27. Qb4 Rc6 28. Qxb7 Rb6 29. Qxa7 Reb8 30. Qa3 g4 31. c5 Rb2 32. Bxd6 Bc6 33. d5 Bxd5 34. e4 Qg5 35. h4 Qxh4 36. Re3 Rxa2 37. Qc3+ Kh7 38. Bxb8 fxe4 39. Bxe4+ Bxe4 40. Rxe4 Qd8 1-0

[Event "Moscow International-03"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1936.05.23"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ragozin, Viacheslav"]
[Black "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E34"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "1936.05.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "HCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 Qxd5 6. Nf3 c5 7. Bd2 Bxc3 8. Bxc3 cxd4 9. Nxd4 Nc6 10. e3 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Bd7 12. Qc5 Qxc5 13. Bxc5 Bc6 14. Rc1 $146 ({RR} 14. f3 Nd7 15. Bd4 f6 16. e4 Ke7 17. Be2 a6 18. Kf2 Bb5 19. Rhd1 Bxe2 20. Kxe2 Rhd8 21. Rd2 Rac8 22. Rad1 Ke8 23. g4 e5 24. Be3 Nf8 25. Rxd8+ Rxd8 26. Rc1 Ne6 27. h4 Kd7 28. Rc3 Rc8 {Levenfish,G-Botvinnik,M Moscow/ Leningrad 1937 ½-½ (34)}) ({RR} 14. f3 Nd7 15. Bd6 f6 16. Bc4 Kf7 17. Kf2 Nb6 18. Bb3 Bd5 19. Bxd5 Nxd5 20. e4 Rhd8 21. exd5 Rxd6 22. dxe6+ Rxe6 23. Rae1 Rxe1 24. Rxe1 Rc8 25. Re2 {½-½ (25) Alatortsev,V-Smyslov,V Moscow 1945}) 14... Nd7 15. Ba3 f6 16. Be2 Kf7 17. O-O Rhd8 18. Rfd1 Nb6 19. Bc5 Na4 20. Ba3 Nb6 21. Bc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow International-03"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1936.05.30"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Black "Eliskases, Erich Gottlieb"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E33"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "1936.05.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "HCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 Nc6 5. Nf3 d6 6. g3 e5 7. d5 ({RR} 7. a3 Bxc3+ 8. Qxc3 Ne4 9. Qe3 f5 10. Bg2 O-O 11. O-O Re8 12. dxe5 dxe5 13. b3 Nd4 14. Nxd4 Qxd4 15. Ra2 Nc5 16. b4 Ne4 17. Qxd4 exd4 18. Bb2 Nd2 19. Re1 d3 20. Bc3 Nxc4 21. exd3 Rxe1+ {Frydman,P-Eliskases,E Podebrady 1936 ½-½ (31)}) 7... Bxc3+ 8. Qxc3 Ne7 9. Bg2 Ne4 $146 ({RR} 9... O-O 10. Bg5 Ng6 11. h4 h6 12. Bd2 c6 13. dxc6 bxc6 14. O-O Qe7 15. Rad1 d5 16. Qb4 c5 17. Qa3 e4 18. Ne1 d4 19. Nc2 Bf5 20. e3 d3 21. Na1 Ne5 22. Rc1 Bg4 23. b4 Be2 24. bxc5 {Shevchuk,O (2093)-Vlassov,N (2299) chess.com INT 2024 0-1}) ({RR} 9... O-O 10. O-O a5 11. Nd2 Nd7 12. e4 b6 13. f4 f5 14. exf5 Nxf5 15. Nf3 exf4 16. Bxf4 h6 17. Rae1 Nc5 18. b3 Bd7 19. Bc1 Qf6 20. Qd2 Rae8 21. Bb2 Qg6 22. Qc2 Qg4 23. Qc3 Ne4 24. Qc1 {Poulsen,C-Enevoldsen,J Odense 1944 ½-½}) 10. Qc2 f5 11. Nh4 Nf6 12. Bd2 h6 13. f4 e4 14. Bh3 O-O 15. O-O Qe8 16. Rf2 Bd7 17. Bc3 Qh5 18. Bxf6 Rxf6 19. Bf1 b6 20. e3 g5 21. Be2 Qf7 22. Ng2 g4 23. Qc3 a5 24. Rff1 Kh7 25. Kf2 Rg6 26. Rh1 Ng8 27. Ne1 Qf6 28. Qc1 Qg7 29. Nc2 Nf6 30. Nd4 Rg8 31. Qg1 h5 32. h4 gxh3 33. Rxh3 Rh6 34. Qh2 Kg6 35. Rh1 Rgh8 36. b3 Ng4+ 37. Bxg4 hxg4 38. Rxh6+ Rxh6 39. Qxh6+ Qxh6 40. Rxh6+ Kxh6 41. Ke2 Kg6 42. Kd2 Kf6 43. Kc3 Ke7 44. a3 Kd8 45. b4 axb4+ 46. axb4 Ke7 47. Kb3 Kd8 48. Ne2 Ke7 49. Kc3 Bc8 50. Kd4 Ba6 51. Nc3 Kd8 52. Nb1 Ke7 53. Nd2 Kd8 54. Nb3 Ke7 55. c5 Kf6 56. c6 Bd3 57. Kc3 b5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Nottingham International Masters"]
[Site "Nottingham"]
[Date "1936.08.27"]
[Round "14.6"]
[White "Euwe, Max"]
[Black "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E34"]
[Annotator "Alekhine,Alexander"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "1936.08.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 4096][%evp 0,112,19,29,57,-11,-3,6,17,-8,-6,-22,21,23,43,8,8,15,19,-2,1,-4,-3,-1,-1,4,17,8,26,25,25,23,34,52,78,66,79,55,64,74,65,74,71,55,49,35,35,19,62,63,67,65,69,64,76,63,45,32,42,26,26,30,38,39,37,43,47,8,-9,0,45,53,34,39,29,20,16,2,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-19,0,0,0,-45,-45,-29,0,0,0,0,0,-68,-59,-106,-85,-55,77,105,82,82,99,109,106,107,102,66,109,41,3] Donnerstag, 27. August 1936, 14:00 Uhr Bedenkzeit: 2:00/36 Züge + 1:00/18 Züge . Diese Partie brachte das aufregendste Endspiel des Turniers. .} 1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 Qxd5 {} 6. e3 c5 7. a3 Bxc3+ 8. bxc3 Nbd7 ({Es ist ungewiß,ob dies oder das natürlicher aussehende} 8... Nc6 {stärker ist.}) {In der vorliegenden Partie erhält Schwarz nach der Eröffnungsphase eine völlig befriedigende Stellung.} 9. Nf3 b6 10. c4 Qd6 11. Bb2 Bb7 12. Be2 Rc8 ({RR} 12... cxd4 13. exd4 O-O 14. O-O Ng4 15. h3 Bxf3 16. hxg4 Bxe2 17. Qxe2 Rac8 18. Rfd1 Rc7 19. d5 e5 20. Re1 f6 21. a4 h6 22. a5 bxa5 23. Ba3 Nc5 24. Reb1 a6 25. Qe1 Rfc8 26. Qxa5 Qd7 27. Rb6 {Levenfish,G-Botvinnik,M Moscow/ Leningrad 1937 1-0 (67)}) 13. O-O $146 ({RR} 13. Qb3 O-O 14. Rd1 cxd4 15. exd4 Qc7 16. O-O Ng4 17. g3 Ngf6 18. Nd2 Qc6 19. Bf3 Qc7 20. Be2 Qc6 21. Bf3 Qc7 {½-½ (21) Kmoch,H-Gruenfeld,E Amsterdam/ The Hague/ Rotterd 1936}) 13... Be4 ({Verfrüht wäre} 13... Ng4 14. d5 exd5 15. cxd5 Bxd5 16. Rad1 $1 {mit Vorteil für Weiß.}) 14. Qc3 O-O ({Jetzt würde} 14... Ng4 {mit} 15. Ne5 {beantwortet.}) ({Aber anstelle des reccht neutralen Textzuges konnte Schwarz energischer} 14... cxd4 {spielen, und falls} 15. Nxd4 Nc5 16. f3 Ba8 {Es folgt die Rochade} 17. Z0 O-O {und Schwarz hat keine Probleme.}) 15. Rad1 Rfd8 ({An dieser Stelle wäre} 15... cxd4 {riskant wegen} 16. Rxd4 Qc6 17. Rfd1) 16. d5 {Ein mutiger Zug, der nur deshalb Erfolg hat, weil Schwarz eine zahme Antwort wählt.} ({Mit} 16. Ne5 {hätte Weiß risikolos einen leichten Positonsvorteil behaupten können.}) {} 16... Qf8 $2 {Läßt die Entwertung seiner Bauernstellung zu - ein Umstand, der wegen der Stärke der weißen Läufer besonders schwer wiegt.} ({Statt dessen konnte und sollte er mit dem Bauern} 16... exd5 {nehmen. Nach} 17. cxd5 Qf8 ({Natürlich nicht} 17... Bxd5 18. e4 {[%csl Rd5,Rd6][%cal Rd1d5,Re4d5,Rd5d6]}) {gibt Dr. Euwe in seinen Anmerkungen} 18. Ba6 Rb8 19. Qc4 {an und fügt hinzu, daß Schwarz seine Stellung nicht verbessert hat. Erstens war es aber Weiß, nicht Schwarz, der nach der Eröffnung auf einen Vorteil aus war. Und zweitens - was plante Weiß nach} Qd6 {drohend} 20. Z0 Bxd5 $2) {Der Weltmeister gibt zu, daß 16.d5 nicht das Ergebnis analytischer arbeit war, sondern nur auf einer allgemeinen Einschätzung der Stellung beruhte. Dieser spezielle Fall zeigt, wie unsicher ein solches Opfer manchmal sein kann.} 17. dxe6 fxe6 18. Ne5 ({Die Alternative} 18. Ng5 Qe7 (18... Bf5 19. g4 Nxg4 20. e4 {mit Vorteil für Weiß.}) 19. Nxe4 {versrpach noch mehr.}) 18... Qe7 19. Nxd7 Nxd7 20. Rd2 Bc6 21. Bg4 Nf6 {Der Tausch aller Türme ist günstig für Weiß.} ({Schwarz konnte ihm aber nicht aus dem Wege gehen, da} 21... Z0 22. Bxe6+ {drohte.}) 22. Rxd8+ Rxd8 23. Rd1 Rxd1+ 24. Bxd1 Qd6 25. Be2 Kf7 {} 26. f3 {Dr. Euwe bemerkt, dasß er mit diesem natürlich aussehenden Zug eine interessante Möglichkeit ausließ.} ({Nämlich} 26. g4 h6 27. h4) {Nach dem Textzug ist dieser Vormarsch, der die Überlegenheit des Weißen vergrößern würde, nicht mehr möglich, da das Feld g3 ungedeckt ist.} 26... Ba4 27. Bd3 (27. e4 e5) 27... h6 28. g3 Bc6 29. Kf2 e5 30. Be2 Nd7 31. Qd3 (31. f4 {könnte wegen der Antwort} Qf6 {nicht überzeugen.}) {Ein Endspiel ist de relativ beste Gewinnchance des Weißen.} 31... Qxd3 32. Bxd3 {} e4 $2 {Dieses Opfer, das von einigen Kommentatoren gelobt wurde, vergrößert tatsächlich nur die Chancen von Weiß.} ({Nach} 32... Ke6 {nebst} 33. Z0 a6 34. Z0 b5 {braucht Schwarz bestimmt nicht zu verlieren.}) 33. Bxe4 $138 ({Nach} 33. fxe4 Nf6 34. Kf3 Ke6 {wären die weißen Gewinnaussichten dahin.}) 33... Bxe4 $138 34. fxe4 $138 Nb8 $138 35. Kf3 $138 Nc6 $138 36. Bc3 $138 g6 $138 { Die Zeitnot ist vorüber, und von jetzt an führen beide spieler das folgende schwierige Endspiel in guter, wenn auch nicht gänzlich einwandfreier Manier. In der Tat versäumt Schwarz eine Remis- und Weiß eine Gewinnmöglichkeit.} 37. Kf4 a6 38. a4 {Überläßt dem gegnerischen Springer b4.} ({Aber er konnte nicht gut} 38. Z0 b5 {zulassen.}) 38... Ke6 39. h4 Nb4 40. Kf3 ({Es drohte} 40. Z0 Nd3+ 41. Kg4 (41. Kf3) 41... Ne5+) 40... Nd3 41. Bg7 $1 {Die einzige Gewinnchance.} Ne5+ $1 ({Nach} 41... h5 42. Ke2 {würde der Tausch} Ne5 $2 43. Bxe5 Kxe5 44. Kf3 {zu einem für Schwarz verlorenen Endspiel führen.}) 42. Ke2 ({Hier dagegen würde} 42. Bxe5 Kxe5 43. g4 a5 {einen Bauern kosten.}) 42... Nxc4 43. Bxh6 Nb2 {Er spielt sogar auf Gewinn und gibt Weiß neue Chancen.} ({Ein einfaches Remis war mit} 43... b5 44. axb5 axb5 {zu erreichen.}) 44. Bg7 Nxa4 45. g4 b5 46. h5 gxh5 47. gxh5 Kf7 48. Ba1 Nb6 ({Falls} 48... b4 {so} 49. e5 Z0 {mit der Drohung} 50. e6+ {und gewinnt.}) 49. Kf3 {} b4 $2 {Es ist bestimmt nicht einfach, aber doch möglich, zu berechnen, daß diese Schwäche des Feldes c4 gefährlich würde.} ({Der richtige Zug war} 49... a5 {mit wahrscheinlichem Remis.}) 50. e5 Nd7 51. Ke4 Ke6 52. h6 Nf8 53. Kd3 {Als Folge des 49. Zuges von Schwarz besitzt Weiß jetzt die Herrschaft über c4.} Kd5 54. e4+ Kc6 55. Kc4 a5 {} 56. e6 $2 {Das kommt einem Remisnagebot gleich, ausgerechnet in dem moment in dem der Gewinn verhältnismäßig leicht zu erzwingen war!} ({Eigentlich mußte Weiß nach} 56. Kb3 $1 {nur die Antwort} Kb5 {ernsthaft in Betracht ziehen, die zur folgenden forcierten Variante führen würde.} 57. e6 a4+ ({oder} 57... c4+) 58. Ka2 Ng6 59. h7 Kc6 60. e7 Kd7 61. Bf6 c4 62. Kb1 {[%mdl 4100]  Erreicht die klassische Stellung, in der der König drei Freibauern aufhält.} Ke8 63. e5 Kd7 64. e6+ Ke8 65. Bg5 Nh8 66. Bh4 Ng6 67. Bf6 {und gewinnt.}) 56... Kd6 ({Die restlichen Züge wären jetzt} 56... Kd6 57. Bg7 Nh7 58. e7 Kxe7 59. Kxc5 Kf7 60. Kb5 Kg6 61. Kxa5 b3 {nebst} 62. Z0 b2) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Match Botvinnik-Levenfish +5-5=3"]
[Site "Moscow/ Leningrad"]
[Date "1937.10.09"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Levenfish, Grigory"]
[Black "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E34"]
[PlyCount "133"]
[EventDate "1937.10.05"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "HCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Alekhine,Alexander} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 Qxd5 6. e3 c5 7. a3 Bxc3+ 8. bxc3 b6 ({RR} 8... Nc6) 9. Nf3 Nbd7 10. c4 Qd6 11. Bb2 Bb7 12. Be2 cxd4 $146 ({RR} 12... Rc8 13. O-O Be4 ({RR} 13... Ng4 14. d5 exd5 15. cxd5 Bxd5 16. Rad1) 14. Qc3 O-O ({RR} 14... Ng4 15. Ne5) ({RR} 14... cxd4 15. Nxd4 Nc5 16. f3 Ba8 17. Z0 O-O) 15. Rad1 Rfd8 ({RR} 15... cxd4 16. Rxd4 Qc6 17. Rfd1) 16. d5 ({RR} 16. Ne5) 16... Qf8 ({RR} 16... exd5 17. cxd5 Qf8 ({RR} 17... Bxd5 18. e4) 18. Ba6 Rb8 19. Qc4 Qd6 20. Z0 Bxd5) 17. dxe6 fxe6 18. Ne5 ({RR} 18. Ng5 Qe7 ({RR} 18... Bf5 19. g4 Nxg4 20. e4) 19. Nxe4) 18... Qe7 19. Nxd7 Nxd7 20. Rd2 Bc6 21. Bg4 Nf6 ({RR} 21... Z0 22. Bxe6+) 22. Rxd8+ Rxd8 23. Rd1 Rxd1+ 24. Bxd1 Qd6 25. Be2 Kf7 26. f3 ({RR} 26. g4 h6 27. h4) 26... Ba4 27. Bd3 {Euwe,M-Botvinnik,M Nottingham 1936 EXT 2017 [Alekhine,Alexander] ½-½ (56)} ({RR} 27. e4 e5)) ({RR} 12... Rc8 13. Qb3 O-O 14. Rd1 cxd4 15. exd4 Qc7 16. O-O Ng4 17. g3 Ngf6 18. Nd2 Qc6 19. Bf3 Qc7 20. Be2 Qc6 21. Bf3 Qc7 {½-½ (21) Kmoch,H-Gruenfeld,E Amsterdam/ The Hague/ Rotterd 1936}) 13. exd4 O-O 14. O-O Ng4 15. h3 Bxf3 16. hxg4 Bxe2 17. Qxe2 Rac8 18. Rfd1 Rc7 19. d5 e5 20. Re1 f6 21. a4 h6 22. a5 bxa5 23. Ba3 Nc5 24. Reb1 a6 25. Qe1 Rfc8 26. Qxa5 Qd7 27. Rb6 Nd3 28. d6 Nf4 29. dxc7 Qxg4 30. g3 Ne2+ 31. Kh2 Nf4 32. Kg1 Ne2+ 33. Kh2 Nf4 34. Kg1 Ne2+ 35. Kg2 Nf4+ 36. Kg1 Ne2+ 37. Kg2 Nf4+ 38. Kg1 Ne2+ 39. Kh2 Nf4 40. Kg1 Ne2+ 41. Kg2 Nf4+ 42. Kg1 Ne2+ {Die FIDE-Remisregel war in der Sowjetunion nicht in kraft.} 43. Kh2 Nf4 44. gxf4 Qxf4+ 45. Kg2 Qg4+ 46. Kf1 Qxc4+ 47. Ke1 Qe4+ 48. Kd2 Qd4+ 49. Kc2 Rxc7+ 50. Kb1 Rc3 51. Rb4 Qd3+ 52. Ka2 Rc2+ 53. Bb2 Rxf2 54. Rc1 Kh7 55. Rb3 Qe4 56. Qxa6 h5 57. Rc7 Rg2 58. Qd3 Qxd3 59. Rxd3 Kh6 60. Kb3 h4 61. Rc2 Rg4 62. Rf2 Kh5 63. Kc2 Rg1 64. Ba3 e4 65. Re3 Kg4 66. Rxe4+ Kg3 67. Rff4 1-0

[Event "Match Botvinnik-Levenfish +5-5=3"]
[Site "Moscow/ Leningrad"]
[Date "1937.10.13"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Levenfish, Grigory"]
[Black "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E34"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1937.10.05"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "HCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 Qxd5 6. Nf3 c5 7. Bd2 Bxc3 8. Bxc3 cxd4 9. Nxd4 Nc6 10. e3 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Bd7 12. Qc5 Qxc5 13. Bxc5 Bc6 14. f3 Nd7 15. Bd4 $146 ({RR} 15. Bd6 f6 16. Bc4 Kf7 17. Kf2 Nb6 18. Bb3 Bd5 19. Bxd5 Nxd5 20. e4 Rhd8 21. exd5 Rxd6 22. dxe6+ Rxe6 23. Rae1 Rxe1 24. Rxe1 Rc8 25. Re2 {½-½ (25) Alatortsev,V-Smyslov,V Moscow 1945}) 15... f6 16. e4 Ke7 17. Be2 a6 18. Kf2 Bb5 19. Rhd1 Bxe2 20. Kxe2 Rhd8 21. Rd2 Rac8 22. Rad1 Ke8 23. g4 e5 24. Be3 Nf8 25. Rxd8+ Rxd8 26. Rc1 Ne6 27. h4 Kd7 28. Rc3 Rc8 29. Rd3+ Kc7 30. Rc3+ Kd7 31. Rd3+ Kc7 32. Rc3+ Kd7 33. Rd3+ Kc7 34. Rc3+ Kd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Match Botvinnik-Levenfish +5-5=3"]
[Site "Moscow/ Leningrad"]
[Date "1937.10.18"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Levenfish, Grigory"]
[Black "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E34"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1937.10.05"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "HCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 Qxd5 6. Nf3 c5 7. Bd2 Bxc3 8. Bxc3 cxd4 9. Nxd4 e5 10. Nf3 Nc6 11. Rd1 Qc5 12. e3 O-O $146 ({RR} 12... Nd5 13. Nxe5 Nxc3 14. Nxc6 Qxc6 15. bxc3 Be6 16. Bd3 Rc8 17. O-O Qxc3 18. Qa4+ Ke7 19. Qxa7 Rc7 20. Qa4 h6 21. h3 Rhc8 22. Bb5 g5 23. Rb1 Rd8 24. Rfd1 Rxd1+ 25. Rxd1 Qc2 26. Qd4 Rc8 27. a4 {Marovic,D-Janosevic,D Skopje 1962 1-0 (80)}) 13. Be2 Bg4 14. O-O Rac8 15. Qb3 Qe7 16. h3 Bh5 17. Qa4 Rfd8 18. Qh4 a6 19. Rxd8+ Rxd8 20. Rd1 Rxd1+ 21. Bxd1 Qd6 22. Bb3 Bxf3 23. gxf3 b5 24. Kg2 Nd7 25. Qh5 g6 26. Qh4 Nc5 27. Bc2 a5 28. Qg4 b4 29. Qc8+ Kg7 30. Be1 Qd5 31. Qa8 Qc4 32. Bb1 Qd5 33. a3 e4 34. fxe4 Nxe4 35. Ba2 Qd7 36. axb4 Ng5 37. Bc3+ Kh6 38. Kf1 Qd1+ 39. Kg2 Qf3+ 40. Kf1 Ne4 41. Qf8+ 0-1

[Event "URS-ch11 Semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1938.05.23"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Black "Chekhover, Vitaly A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E21"]
[Annotator "ChessBase II"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1938.05.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1998"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 O-O 5. Bg5 d6 6. e3 Qe7 7. Be2 e5 8. Qc2 Re8 9. O-O Bxc3 10. bxc3 h6 11. Bh4 c5 12. Rfe1 $146 ({RR} 12. Rae1 Bg4 13. Bxf6 Qxf6 14. Qe4 Bc8 15. Nd2 Qd8 16. Bd3 g6 17. Qf3 Qe7 18. Qg3 Kh7 19. f4 Nc6 20. d5 Na5 21. f5 Rg8 22. fxg6+ fxg6 23. Rf2 Rg7 24. Ref1 Bf5 25. Rxf5 gxf5 26. Bxf5+ Kh8 {Ibrahimov,R (2526)-Novikov,M (2510) Bogoroditsk 2011 1-0 (31)}) 12... Bg4 13. Bxf6 Qxf6 14. Qe4 {[#]} Bxf3 (14... Bc8) 15. Bxf3 $14 Nc6 16. dxc5 dxc5 17. Rad1 Rad8 18. Rd5 b6 19. Red1 Na5 20. h3 Rxd5 21. Rxd5 Qe7 22. Bg4 Qb7 {[#]} 23. Bf5 $16 Qb8 24. Rd7 Rd8 25. Qxe5 Nxc4 26. Qxb8 Rxb8 {[#]} 27. Be4 $16 Na3 28. Bd5 Rf8 29. e4 a5 30. c4 b5 31. cxb5 Nxb5 32. e5 a4 33. f4 Nd4 34. Kf2 g5 35. g3 gxf4 36. gxf4 Ne6 37. Ke3 c4 38. f5 Nc5 39. Rc7 Nd3 40. e6 fxe6 41. fxe6 1-0

[Event "URS-ch11 Semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1938.06.04"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Veresov, Gavriil N"]
[Black "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E35"]
[Annotator "ChessBase II"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "1938.05.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1998"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 Be6 7. Nf3 Nbd7 8. a3 Be7 9. e3 h6 10. Bh4 O-O 11. Be2 c5 12. O-O Rc8 13. Rfc1 $146 ({RR} 13. Qb3 Nb6 14. a4 Ne4 15. Bxe7 Qxe7 16. a5 Na8 17. Qa3 Nxc3 18. bxc3 Rc7 19. Ne5 Rfc8 20. Nd3 cxd4 21. Qxe7 Rxe7 22. cxd4 b6 23. axb6 Nxb6 24. Nc5 Rcc7 25. Rfc1 Bc8 26. Bb5 f6 27. h3 Kf7 {Ragozin,V-Botvinnik,M Leningrad 1940 ½-½ (50)}) 13... a6 14. dxc5 Nxc5 15. b4 Nce4 16. Qd3 Nxc3 17. Rxc3 Rxc3 18. Qxc3 Qb6 19. Qd4 Qxd4 20. Nxd4 Rc8 21. f3 Kf8 22. Kf1 Bd7 23. Bd3 g6 24. Ke2 Rc3 25. Kd2 Rc8 26. Ke2 Ba4 27. g4 Ne8 28. Bxe7+ Kxe7 29. h4 Nd6 {[#]} 30. Kd2 $11 Bb5 31. Bxb5 axb5 32. Kd3 Kd7 33. Nb3 Nc4 34. Nd4 Re8 35. Nc2 Ne5+ 36. Ke2 Rc8 37. Nd4 Rc3 {[#]} 38. Ra2 (38. Kd2 $11) (38. Kf2 $11) 38... Nc4 $15 39. Nxb5 Rxe3+ 40. Kf2 Rd3 41. Ke2 Rb3 42. Rc2 b6 43. Ra2 Re3+ 44. Kf2 Rd3 45. Ke2 Rb3 46. Ra1 Re3+ 47. Kf2 Rd3 48. h5 {[#]} d4 $2 (48... gxh5 $15) (48... Ne5 $15) 49. hxg6 $2 (49. g5 $11 Rd2+ 50. Kg1 Ne3 51. gxh6 Rg2+ 52. Kh1 Rg5 53. hxg6 Rxb5 54. g7 Rh5+ 55. Kg1 Rg5+ 56. Kh2 Rg6 57. h7 Rh6+ 58. Kg1 Rg6+ 59. Kh2 $11 (59. Kf2 Rg2+ 60. Ke1 d3 61. g8=Q Re2#)) 49... fxg6 $15 50. a4 $2 Rd2+ $17 51. Kg3 d3 52. a5 bxa5 53. bxa5 Rb2 54. Nc3 Rc2 {[#]} 55. Nd5 $2 (55. Ne4 $142 d2 56. Nxd2 Rxd2 57. a6 Nb6 58. a7 Na8 59. Ra6 $11) 55... d2 $19 56. Rd1 Rc1 57. Ne3 Kc6 58. Kf4 Kb5 59. Ke4 h5 60. gxh5 gxh5 61. Kd3 h4 62. Ke2 h3 63. Ng4 Rxd1 0-1

[Event "AVRO"]
[Site "Netherlands"]
[Date "1938.11.19"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Black "Keres, Paul"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E29"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1938.11.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "HCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Chekhov,Valery A} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. a3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 c5 6. e3 O-O 7. Bd3 Nc6 8. Ne2 d6 ({RR} 8... b6 9. e4 Ne8 10. O-O Ba6 11. f4 f5) 9. Ng3 ({RR} 9. e4 h6 10. O-O b6 11. f4 Ba6 12. f5 exf5 13. Rxf5 Na5 14. Ng3 Bxc4 15. Bxc4 Nxc4 16. Qf1 d5 17. Bxh6 Nd6 18. Rg5 Nfe8 19. Qf4 f6 20. Rg4 Nf7 21. Nf5 Ng5 22. Bxg5 fxg5 23. Rxg5 Rf6 {Drygalov,S (2547)-Krstulovic,A (2411) Chess.com INT 2022 1-0 (32)}) ({RR} 9. e4 h6 10. f4 b6 11. O-O e5 12. fxe5 dxe5 13. d5 Na5 14. Ng3 Nb7 15. Nh5 Nh7 16. Qf3 Qh4 17. Be2 Nd6 18. Qg3 Qxg3 19. Nxg3 Ng5 20. Bd3 f6 21. h4 Ngf7 22. a4 Ba6 23. Ba3 Bxc4 {Zwamborn,T (1972)-Legemaat,G (1923) Utrecht NED 2024 0-1 (31)}) ({RR} 9. O-O e5 10. e4 Nh5) 9... b6 $146 ({RR} 9... Na5 10. e4 e5 11. d5 b6 12. O-O Ba6 13. Qe2 Qc7 14. Bg5 Nd7 15. Be7 Rfe8 16. Nf5 Nb7 17. Qg4 g6 18. Nh6+ Kg7 19. Nf5+ Kh8 20. Bg5 gxf5 21. exf5 f6 22. Bh6 Rg8 23. Qh4 Qd8 24. Rae1 {Witte,V (1673)-Hirth,U (2208) Leverkusen 2008 0-1 (36)}) ({RR} 9... Kh8 10. O-O Ne7 11. e4 Nd7 12. d5 ({RR} 12. f4 f5 13. exf5 exf5) 12... e5 ({RR} 12... Ne5 13. Be2) 13. Ra2 Ng6 14. a4 Nf4 ({RR} 14... a5) 15. Qf3 g5 ({RR} 15... Nxd3 16. Qxd3 Nf6 17. f4) 16. Nf5 Nf6 17. g3 Bxf5 18. exf5 Nxd3 19. Qxd3 Nd7 20. Qe4 Rg8 21. Kg2 f6 ({RR} 21... Nf6) 22. h4 h6 23. a5 Kg7 24. Be3 {Rossetto,H-Vasconcellos,F Mar del Plata 1951 MCL [Chekhov,Valery A] 1-0 (42)} {RR} Qc7 25. Qg4) ({RR} 9... e5) 10. Bb2 Ba6 11. e4 Rc8 12. Rc1 cxd4 13. cxd4 e5 14. Qa4 Na5 15. O-O Qe8 16. Qb4 Nc6 17. Qa4 Na5 18. Qb4 Nc6 19. Qd2 Qd8 20. d5 Na5 21. Qb4 Nd7 22. Be2 Nc5 23. Rc3 Rc7 24. Bc1 Bc8 25. f4 f6 26. f5 Qd7 27. Be3 Ba6 28. Rfc1 Rfc8 29. Bd1 Qe8 30. Be2 Rb8 31. h3 Bc8 32. Bxc5 Rxc5 33. Nf1 Ba6 34. a4 Bc8 35. Nd2 Bd7 36. Ra1 Qd8 37. Nb3 Nxb3 38. Rxb3 Rbc8 39. Rc3 Qc7 40. Kf2 Ra5 41. Rb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "AVRO"]
[Site "Netherlands"]
[Date "1938.11.20"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Reshevsky, Samuel Herman"]
[Black "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E46"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "1938.11.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "HCL"]
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1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Nge2 d5 6. a3 Be7 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Nxd5 exd5 9. g3 Nd7 10. Bg2 Nf6 11. O-O Bd6 12. Nc3 c6 13. b4 a6 14. Re1 $146 ({RR} 14. f3 Bc7 15. Kh1 h5 16. e4 h4 17. Bg5 h3 18. e5 hxg2+ 19. Kxg2 Qd7 20. exf6 Qh3+ 21. Kg1 Bxg3 22. Qd2 Bd6 23. fxg7 Re8 24. Rae1 Bf5 25. Bf6 Bd3 26. Be5 Bxf1 27. Rxf1 Bxe5 28. dxe5 Rxe5 {Lovass,I-Lukacs,P (2470) Budapest 1982 0-1 (41)}) 14... Re8 15. Bb2 Bf8 16. Qd3 Be6 17. f3 Nd7 18. Na4 b6 19. Rac1 b5 20. Nc5 Nb6 21. Bc3 Ra7 22. e4 Nc4 23. Ra1 Bxc5 24. dxc5 Rd7 25. Qd4 f6 26. f4 dxe4 27. Qxe4 Rd3 28. Rac1 Rxc3 29. Rxc3 Bf7 30. Rd3 Qb8 31. Red1 Rxe4 32. Bxe4 Qf8 33. Rd8 Be8 34. Re1 Kf7 35. Bxh7 Ne5 36. fxe5 Qh8 37. Bc2 Ke7 38. Rc8 f5 39. Bxf5 Qh5 40. g4 Qg5 41. Rc7+ Kd8 42. Rc8+ Ke7 43. e6 g6 44. Rc7+ Kd8 45. Rd7+ Kc8 46. e7 gxf5 47. Rd8+ Kc7 48. Rxe8 Qxg4+ 49. Kh1 Qf3+ 50. Kg1 Qg4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "AVRO"]
[Site "Netherlands"]
[Date "1938.11.22"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Black "Capablanca, Jose Raul"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E49"]
[Annotator "Kasparov,Garry"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1938.11.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "HCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
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{[%mdl 33] The chess tournament organised by the Dutch radio company AVRO was the most representative gathering of all of the strongest chess players of the time. Mikhail Botvinnik was only third (!) in this magnificent event, but his two superb victories over Alekhine and Capablanca gave a serious foundation to his claim to the world title - a dream he eventually fulfilled ten years later. The game described below belongs to the golden treasury of chess. It proves that Botvinnik's strategical vision was already superior to the greatest genius of the old guard. Das Turnier wurde 1938 von dem niederländischen Radio-Hersteller AVRO organisiert und war eine Zusammenkunft der weltbesten Spieler jener Zeit. Mikhail Botvinnik wurde nur dritter (!) in diesem großartigen Turnier, aber seine hervorragenden Siege gegen Aljechin und Capablanca untermauerten seinen ernsthaften Anspruch auf den Titel des Weltmeisters Ä ein Traum, der zehn Jahre später in Erfüllung ging. Die folgende Partie gehört zum goldenen Schatz des königlichen Spiels. Sie beweist, daß Botvinniks strategische Weitsicht bereits damals dem großen Genie der alten Garde überlegen war.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5 7. cxd5 exd5 {Today we all know that due to Black's premature definition of the pawn structure in the centre White has the better opportunities to gain the initiative. But in those days both opponents were wandering in 'terra incognita' - the routes that were to develop in the Nimzo-Indian Defence were just being formed. Heute wissen wir alle, daß die vorzeitige Festlegung der schwarzen Bauernstruktur im Zentrum Weiß beim Kampf um die Initiative bessere Chancen einräumt. Aber zu jener Zeit wanderten beide Gegner noch auf 'terra incognita' - man hatte gerade erst begonnen, die endgültigen Pfade in der Nimzoindischen Verteidigung zu definieren.} 8. Bd3 O-O 9. Ne2 b6 10. O-O Ba6 { By all chess standards that dominated the minds of the chess players in the 20s and 30s Black has absolutely nothing to complain about. Good pawn structure, easy development, no weaknesses. White isn't even threatening any immediate action. However, Botvinnik felt correctly that a possibility of a central advance e3-e4-e5 (after the preparatory f3) could lead to a violent attack on the kingside. Hard to believe? Well, at least you are thinking along the same lines as the great Cuban champion. Nach allen gängigen Maßstäben der Meister der zwanziger und dreißiger Jahre müßte Schwarz mit dieser Stellung ganz zufrieden sein. Eine gute Bauernstruktur, leichte Entwicklung, keine greifbaren Schwächen. Weiß droht nicht einmal, irgendwelche Aktivitäten zu entfalten. Allerdings fühlte Botvinnik völlig zu Recht, daß die Möglichkeit eines Vorstoßes im Zentrum mit e3-e4-e5 (nach dem vorbereitenden f3) einen scharfen Angriff im Zentrum einleiten könnte. Sie glauben das nicht? Nun, das tat ebensowenig der kubanischen Exweltmeister.} ({In the game Kasparov-Ivanovich, 1983, after hatte Weiß nach} 10... Re8 11. f3 Ba6 12. Ng3 Bxd3 13. Qxd3 Nc6 14. Bb2 c4 15. Qd2 Qd7 16. Rae1 {White has finished mobilizing quickly and effectively. That is how, step by step, through constant practical testing, we are improving old plans. But the most valuable contribution, of course, is to invent a sound long-term strategy! seine Figuren schnell und effizient mobilisiert. Das ist die Art, wie die Meister Schritt für Schritt, durch stetiges praktisches Ausprobieren, die alten Pläne revidieren und durch neue, bessere ersetzen. Der wichtigste Beitrag bleibt indes die Definition der langfristigen Strategie eines solchen Eröffnungssystems!}) 11. Bxa6 {Inzwischen haben uns viele Partien gezeigt, daß man besser sofort 11.f3 spielen und den Zentrumsdurchbruch vorantreiben sollte. Die Dame will ohnehin nach d3 ziehen, und der schwarze Springer erhält keine zweite Option.} ({Subsequent experience has shown that one should prefer} 11. f3 {immediately working on the critical break in the centre. The White queen has to go to d3 anyway, and the black knight doesn't get a new option.}) ({RR} 11. dxc5 bxc5 12. Bxa6 Nxa6 13. c4 dxc4 14. Bb2 Ne4 15. Qa4 Qd2 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. Qxc4 Rad8 18. Nf4 Rfe8 19. Qxa6 Qd6 20. Qxa7 Qe5 21. Rac1 Rd2 22. f3 Nc3 23. Rce1 Rb8 24. Kh1 Rbb2 {½-½ (24) Jobava,B (2715)-Naiditsch,A (2686) Poikovsky 2010}) 11... Nxa6 12. Bb2 $2 {Pioneers are doomed to making mistakes. The wrong move order always damages a deep strategical plan. Pioniere sind dazu verdammt, Fehler zu begehen. Die falsche Reihenfolge der Züge verletzt den tiefen strategischen Plan. Nötig war 12.Dd3.} (12. Qd3 {was necessary.}) ({RR} 12. Qa4 Nc7 13. c4 cxd4 14. Nxd4 Qd7 15. Qb3 Na6 16. Bb2 Nc5 17. Qc2 Nce4 18. f3 Nc5 19. Nf5 dxc4 20. Bxf6 gxf6 21. Rad1 Qe6 22. Rd6 Qe5 23. Rd5 Qe6 24. Rd6 Qe5 {½-½ (24) Li,W (1772)-Jackson,C (1876) Dulles USA 2024}) 12... Qd7 13. a4 {Forced. Now Erzwungen.} ({Nun war} 13. Qd3 {was not good because of nicht gut, weil} Qa4 $1 {sealing White's queenside. den weißen Damenflügel abriegelt.}) 13... Rfe8 $146 {Capablanca misses the moment to seize the initiative Capablanca verpaßt die Gelegenheit, die Initiative zu ergreifen:} (13... cxd4 14. cxd4 Rfc8 {followed by gefolgt von c4 und ac8. Danach kann Weiß seine aktiven Pläne ad acta legen und muß sich statt dessen auf eine Verteidigungsstrategie konzentrieren.} 15. Z0 Rc4 16. Z0 Rac8 {and White has to forget about active plans in the centre and switch to defensive lines instead.}) ({RR} 13... c4 14. Qc2 Rfe8 15. Rae1 Rab8 16. Ng3 Ne4 17. Nh1 b5 18. axb5 Qxb5 19. Re2 Qb3 20. f3 Nd6 21. Ra1 Rb6 22. Qc1 Qb5 23. Ba3 Nb7 24. Rb2 Qc6 25. Re2 Na5 26. Qe1 Nb3 27. Rd1 Qa4 28. Bc1 {Pardo Simon,D (2447)-Fedoseev,V (2565) Budva 2013 1-0 (76)}) 14. Qd3 c4 $2 {[%cal Ya6b8,Yb8c6,Yc6a5,Ya5b3] This serious positional mistake has a clear historical background. The 50-year-old Capablanca in his long chess career never dealt with hidden dynamic factors. His unique intuition and rich experience didn't send any danger signals here. Instead he counted on using his opponent's light squares with the long manoeuvre a6-b8-c6-a5-b3. Capablanca simply underestimated the explosive power of White's position. Ein ernsthafter positioneller Fehler, aber einer mit einem klaren geschichtlichen Hintergrund. Der 50jährige Capablanca hatte in seiner langen Schachkarriere nie mit versteckten dynamischen Faktoren zu tun. Seine einzigartige Intuition und reiche Erfahrung haben hier keine Gefahrensignale ausgesandt. Statt dessen hat er damit gerechnet, die weißen Felder des Gegners mit dem langen Manöver Sa6-b8-c6-a5-b3 ausnutzen zu können. Capablanca hat ganz einfach die Explosivkraft der Weißen Stellung unterschätzt.} 15. Qc2 Nb8 16. Rae1 Nc6 17. Ng3 Na5 ({If Falls} 17... Ne4 {then dann kommt} 18. Nh1 $1 {and White's plan works out anyway, e.g. , und der weiße Plan funktioniert trotzdem, z.B.} f5 19. f3 Nd6 20. Ba3 g6 21. Ng3 {and after the inevitable e3-e4 the weakened position of the Black king is a source of permanent trouble. und nach dem unvermeidlichen e3-e4 ist die geschwächte Stellung des schwarzen Königs eine Quelle langanhaltender Probleme.}) 18. f3 Nb3 {Both sides are quite persistent. The a4-pawn is lost, but the long-awaited central advance is also ready. Beide Seiten sind hartnäckig. Der a4-Bauer ist verloren, aber der lange erwartete Vorstoß im Zentrum steht ebenfalls bevor.} 19. e4 Qxa4 {This miserable pawn has played an important role as bait for the tiger! Der armselige Bauer hat eine wichtige Rolle gespielt - als Köder für den Tiger!} 20. e5 Nd7 {[%cal Yb3c5]} 21. Qf2 {Otherwise the isolated knight is able to come back into the game extremely effectively after b3-c5! Now Black has to take his opponent's threats more seriously - the white knight is heading for f5 and d6, and the advancing f-pawn could be a battering ram that will crack open the black castled position. But Capablanca cannot be frightened by these shadows on the horizon. The stubborn proponent of economy was famous for an astonishing ability to defend his king with a minimum of resources while his main army was gaining an advantage elsewhere. Sonst kann der isolierte Springer mit b3-c5! sehr effektiv wieder ins Spiel kommen. Jetzt muß Schwarz die gegnerischen Drohungen sehr ernst nehmen: der weiße Springer strebt über f5 nach d6, und der vorrückende f-Bauer könnte bald als Rammbock gegen die Rochadestellung des weißen Königs aufbrechen. Aber Capablanca ließ sich von den dunklen Wolken am Horizont nicht einschüchtern. Der große Verfechter von Ökonomie im Schach war berühmt für seine erstaunliche Fähigkeit, den eigenen König mit einem Minimum an Material zu verteidigen, während der Hauptteil seiner Streitkräfte auf der anderen Seite Vorteile errang.} g6 22. f4 f5 {Forcing the opening of the e-file and an exchange of rooks. Öffnet die e-Linie und erzwingt den Turmtausch.} 23. exf6 Nxf6 24. f5 {Getting closer to the black king. Rückt näher an den schwarzen König.} Rxe1 25. Rxe1 Re8 {Using a tactical trick to protect the knight on f6: 26.fxg6... (variation). Capablanca was reducing White's attacking potential, however, from now on he had no choice but to join the club of chess masterpieces. Unfortunately he was sitting on the wrong side of the board! In the event of Capablanca benutzt einen taktischen Trick, um den Springer auf f6 zu verteidigen. Er will das Angriffspotential seines Gegners reduzieren und schafft dabei ein Meisterwerk der Schachkunst - nur leider saß er an der falschen Seite des Brettes! Auch nach} (25... Rf8 26. Qf4 {White's attack is also unstoppable, e.g. ist der weiße Angriff unaufhaltsam, z.B.} Qa2 27. fxg6 $1 Qxb2 (27... hxg6 28. Qg5) 28. g7 $1 Kxg7 29. Nf5+ Kh8 30. Qd6 Rf7 (30... Kg8 31. Qg3+) 31. Qxf6+ {mating.}) 26. Re6 $1 (26. fxg6 hxg6 27. Rxe8+ Nxe8) 26... Rxe6 {Now instead of being consumed in the flame of the attack the modest f-pawn is making a dream career. The appearance of this powerful ally for the white queen was impossible to avoid: Anstatt in den Flammen des Angriffs einzugehen, hat der bescheidene f-Bauer eine Traumkarriere. Es war auch unmöglich, diesen mächtigen Verbündeten der weißen Dame zu stoppen:} (26... Kg7 27. Rxf6 $1 Kxf6 28. fxg6+ Kxg6 (28... Ke7 29. Qf7+ Kd8 30. g7) 29. Qf5+ Kg7 30. Nh5+ Kh6 31. h4 $1 Rg8 32. g4 Qc6 33. Ba3 $1 {with mate to follow.}) 27. fxe6 Kg7 28. Qf4 Qe8 {The queen must return Die Dame muß zurückkehren:} (28... Qa2 $2 29. Nf5+ {with mate in five.} gxf5 30. Qg5+ {etc.}) 29. Qe5 Qe7 { Attack and defence have reached a faltering parity, each side needs reserves to decide an epic battle in its favour. The question is whose minor piece from the forgotten flank is faster? Black's knight is going to use the same route cb3-a5-c6, but what about the sleeping white bishop? Angriff und Verteidigung haben ein instabiles Gleichgewicht erreicht, bei dem jede Seite zusätzliche Kräfte benötigt, um diese epische Auseinandersetzung erfolgreich zu bestehen. Die Frage ist nur: wessen Leichtfiguren lassen sich schneller vom vergessenen Damenflügel in das Kampfzentrum bringen. Der schwarze Springer will die gleiche Route zurück nehmen: cb3-a5-c6. Aber was ist mit dem schlafenden weißen Läufer?} 30. Ba3 $3 {If the first move of the bishop, 12.b2?, was just a bad joke, then the second little step from b2 to a3 has created a drama! The kamikaze act forces the black queen to leave her king again, this time not voluntarily, and to unblock the ambitious pawn which is running for the biggest prize. Der erste Zug dieses Läufers, 12.b2?, war ein schlechter Scherz, der zweite kleine Schritt von b2 nach a3 schafft ein Drama auf dem Schachbrett! Die Kamikaze-Handlung zwingt die schwarze Dame, abermals ihren König zu verlassen, diesmal allerdings nicht freiwillig. Dem ehrgeizigen Bauern wird dabei der Weg freigemacht, so daß dieser nach dem höchsten Preis greifen kann.} Qxa3 (30... Qe8 31. Qc7+ Kg8 32. Be7 $1 $18) 31. Nh5+ $1 gxh5 (31... Kh6 32. Nxf6 Qc1+ 33. Kf2 Qd2+ 34. Kg3 Qxc3+ 35. Kh4 Qxd4+ 36. Ng4+ $1 $18) 32. Qg5+ Kf8 33. Qxf6+ Kg8 (33... Ke8 34. Qf7+ Kd8 35. Qd7#) 34. e7 ({Nach} 34. Qf7+ Kh8 35. g3 $1 {with the white king escaping to h3 was also enough, but hurrying e7 could spoil everything: findet der weiße König auf h3 Unterschlupf. Das wäre auch ein gangbarer Weg gewesen, allerdings sollte Weiß auf keinen Fall voreilig den Bauern vorspielen und damit alles verderben:} (35. e7 $2 Qc1+ 36. Kf2 Qd2+ 37. Kg3 Qg5+ 38. Kf3 Nxd4+ $1 39. cxd4 Qg4+ {with perpetual check.})) 34... Qc1+ 35. Kf2 Qc2+ 36. Kg3 Qd3+ 37. Kh4 Qe4+ 38. Kxh5 Qe2+ {The exchange of queens doesn't help: Der Damentausch hilft nicht weiter:} (38... Qg6+ 39. Qxg6+ hxg6+ 40. Kxg6 {and now the pawn promotes to queen (or rook!) with mate. und nun wandelt der Bauer in eine Dame oder einen Turm (!) um und setzt dabei matt.}) 39. Kh4 Qe4+ 40. g4 {The sad knight on b3 is left as a silent reproach for Black's stragegical miscalculation in the early middlegame. Der traurige Springer auf b3 bleibt als stumme Mahnung für die strategische Fehleinschätzung von Schwarz im frühen Mittelspiel.} (40. Kh3 $2 h5 $1 41. Qf8+ Kh7 42. Qf7+ Kh6 43. Qf6+ Kh7 44. Qg5 Qe2 $1 45. g3 (45. Kh4 Nd2 $1 46. Qf5+ (46. Qxh5+ $4 Qxh5+ 47. Kxh5 Ne4 $1 $19) 46... Kh6 47. Qf6+ Kh7 48. h3 Qxg2 $11) 45... Qe6+ 46. Kh4 (46. g4 hxg4+ 47. Kh4 Qe1+ {'='} 48. Kh5 (48. Kxg4 Qe4+ $11) 48... Qe6 49. Kh4 Qe1+ $11) 46... Nd2 $1 47. Qxh5+ Kg7 48. e8=Q Nf3+ $1 49. Qxf3 Qxe8 50. Qxd5 Qf7 51. Qg5+ Qg6 52. d5 (52. Qe7+ Qf7 $11) 52... b5 $11) 40... Qe1+ 41. Kh5 {and Capablanca's resignation, in my opinion, symbolized the end of an heroic era of chess titans, dominating the field with their natural genius. Since this historic moment the professional touch has played a more and more important role as an integral part of chess, the path to ultimate success. und Capablancas Aufgabe hat, nach meinem Gefühl, das Ende eines heroischen Zeitalters im Schach eingeläutet. Ein Zeitalter, in dem die Titanen mit ihrem natürlichen Genie das Feld beherrschten. Danach war es die professionelle Haltung, die eine immer wichtigere Rolle spielte und letztendlich den Weg zum Erfolg ebnete.} 1-0

[Event "URS-ch11 Final"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1939.04.29"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Black "Kan, Ilia Abramovich"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E24"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1939.04.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "URS-ch"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
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1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Qa5 7. Bd2 Ne4 8. Qc2 ({RR} 8. e3 Nc6 9. Bd3 Nxd2 10. Qxd2 Qc7 11. O-O d6 12. Be4 Na5 13. Qc2 g6 14. Nd2 f5 15. Bf3 O-O 16. e4 e5 17. dxe5 dxe5 18. exf5 Bxf5 19. Bd5+ Kg7 20. Ne4 Rad8 21. Rfe1 b5 22. Rad1 Nxc4) 8... Nxd2 9. Nxd2 ({RR} 9. Qxd2 cxd4 10. cxd4 Nc6 11. e3 b6 12. Be2 Bb7 {½-½ (12) Flohr,S-Botvinnik,M Hastings 1962}) 9... d6 ({RR} 9... Qc7 10. e3 b6 ({RR} 10... O-O 11. Bd3 h6 12. O-O d6 13. f4 f5 14. Rf3 Nc6 15. Raf1 b6 16. Rg3 Qf7 17. d5 Ne7 18. e4 Kh8 19. Nf3 fxe4 20. Bxe4 exd5 21. Bxd5 Nxd5 22. cxd5 Ba6 23. Re1 Qxf4 24. Qg6 Rf7 25. h3) 11. Bd3 Bb7 12. f3 h6 13. e4 Qf4 14. O-O cxd4 15. Nb3 dxc3 16. Qxc3 O-O 17. Rad1 Nc6 18. Be2 Rfd8 19. c5 Rac8 20. cxb6 axb6 21. Qb2 d5 22. exd5 Rxd5 23. Rxd5 exd5 24. Bb5 {Christopher,A (1779)-Prudente,E (1949) Budapest HUN 2024 0-1 (40)}) 10. e3 e5 $146 ({RR} 10... Nd7 11. Bd3 h6 12. O-O O-O 13. f4 Qc7 14. Rf3 b6 15. Raf1 Bb7 16. Rg3 d5 17. f5 Nf6 18. e4 exf5 19. exd5 Nh5 20. Re3 g6 21. Be2 Ng7 22. Bf3 Rfe8 23. Rfe1 Rxe3 24. Rxe3 Re8 25. Qd3 {Stenek,B (1801)-Mittelberger,H (1881) Vorarlberg 1997 0-1 (35)}) 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. Bd3 h6 13. O-O O-O 14. f4 Nd7 15. f5 Nf6 16. Ne4 Qd8 17. Nxf6+ Qxf6 18. Be4 Rb8 19. Rad1 b6 20. h3 Ba6 21. Bd5 b5 22. cxb5 Rxb5 23. c4 Rb6 24. Rb1 Rd8 25. Rxb6 axb6 26. e4 Bc8 27. Qa4 Bd7 28. Qa7 Be8 29. Rb1 Rd6 30. a4 Kh7 31. a5 bxa5 32. Qxa5 Ra6 33. Qxc5 Ra2 34. Qe3 Qa6 35. Rb8 Qa4 36. Kh2 Ra3 37. Qc5 Ra2 38. Ra8 Qxa8 39. Bxa8 Rxa8 40. Qxe5 Bc6 41. Qc7 1-0

[Event "URS-ch11 Final"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1939.05.10"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Makogonov, Vladimir Andreevich"]
[Black "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E37"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1939.04.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "URS-ch"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 Nc6 5. Nf3 d5 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. Qxc3 Ne4 8. Qc2 e5 9. e3 Bf5 10. Bd3 exd4 11. exd4 O-O 12. O-O Re8 13. Be3 dxc4 14. Qxc4 Nd6 15. Qc2 Ne7 $146 ({RR} 15... Bxd3 16. Qxd3 Ne7 17. Rac1 Nd5 18. Bd2 Qd7 19. Rfe1 c6 20. Ne5 Qf5 21. Qxf5 Nxf5 22. Nf3 f6 23. Kf1 Kf7 24. g3 Rxe1+ 25. Rxe1 Rd8 26. h4 h5 27. a4 Rd7 28. Rc1 Nc7 29. Rc4 Nd6 30. Rc2 {Steiner,H-Denker,A New York 1946 ½-½ (66)}) ({RR} 15... Bxd3 16. Qxd3 Ne7 17. Rac1 c6 18. Bf4 Nd5 19. Be5 f6 20. Bxd6 Qxd6 21. Qb3 Re7 22. Rfe1 Rae8 23. g3 Kf8 24. Rxe7 Rxe7 25. Qc2 g6 26. Re1 Rd7 27. h4 Ne7 28. Qe4 Qd5 29. Qf4 Kg7 30. g4 {Jonovic,V-Carstensen,J (2160) Roskilde 1998 ½-½ (53)}) 16. Bxf5 Ndxf5 17. Rfe1 c6 18. Rad1 Qd5 19. Qc5 f6 20. Bd2 a6 21. Ba5 Qd7 22. Kf1 Nd5 23. Bb4 h5 24. Bd2 Rxe1+ 25. Rxe1 Re8 26. Rxe8+ Qxe8 27. Qc2 Qe6 28. Qd3 Kf7 29. h3 g6 30. a4 Nd6 31. b3 Qe4 32. Qxe4 Nxe4 33. Ke2 g5 34. Be3 Ke6 35. Kd3 Nd6 36. Bd2 Nf5 37. Ne1 Nde7 38. g4 hxg4 39. hxg4 Nh6 40. f3 Nd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch11 Final"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1939.05.15"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E33"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1939.04.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "URS-ch"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {[%mdl 2]} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 Nc6 5. Nf3 d5 6. e3 O-O 7. a3 Bxc3+ 8. Qxc3 Bd7 9. b3 ({RR} 9. Bd3 h6 10. O-O Qe7 11. h3 a6 12. Bd2 Rad8 13. Rfe1 {½-½ (13) Sigitov,V (2291)-Golovanov,A Borisoglebsk 2011}) ({RR} 9. Bd3 a5 10. O-O a4 11. Bd2 Na5 12. Ne5 dxc4 13. Nxc4 Nb3 14. Rad1 c5 15. dxc5 Rc8 16. Nb6 Rxc5 17. Qb4 Nd5 18. Nxd5 Rxd5 19. Bc3 Bc6 20. Bc2 Nc5 21. Rxd5 Qxd5 22. Qg4 g6 23. Rd1 Qh5 {Keres,P-Kotov,A Moscow 1940 1-0 (55)}) 9... a5 10. Bd3 ({RR} 10. Bb2 Qe7 11. Bd3 Rfc8 12. O-O a4 13. b4 dxc4 14. Bxc4 Na7 15. Rfe1 Bb5 16. Ba2 Bc6 17. Nd2 Nb5 18. Qc2 Rd8 19. Rac1 Rd7 20. f3 Ne8 21. Nc4 Rdd8 22. Bb1 Qh4 23. Na5 Rd6 24. Qe2 Na7 {Ruzele,D (2495)-Arnason,J (2525) Moscow 1994 ½-½}) 10... a4 11. Nd2 $146 ({RR} 11. b4 dxc4 12. Bxc4 Na7 13. Ne5 Bb5 14. Bb2 Bxc4 15. Qxc4 Qd5 16. Qxd5 exd5 17. Rc1 Nb5 18. O-O Ne4 19. Rc2 Ned6 20. Bc1 Rfe8 21. Rd1 f6 22. Nd7 b6 23. Rc6 Re7 24. Nc5 bxc5 25. Rxc5 Rc8 {Blumin,B-Fine,R New York 1939 0-1 (36)}) ({RR} 11. b4 dxc4 12. Qxc4 Na7 13. Qc2 Bb5 14. Bb2 Qd5 15. O-O Bxd3 16. Qxd3 Nb5 17. Rfc1 c6 18. Rc5 Qe4 19. Qe2 h6 20. Rd1 Rfd8 21. Nd2 Qg6 22. Nc4 Nd7 23. Rh5 f6 24. Rh3 Qf7 25. f4 Nf8 {Zagoriansky,E-Fridstein,G Moscow 1945 1-0 (40)}) 11... Re8 12. O-O e5 $11 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Bb2 (14. b4) 14... axb3 $15 15. Nxb3 (15. Be2) 15... Ne4 $17 16. Qc2 Nxc4 17. Bxc4 dxc4 18. Qxc4 Qg5 19. f4 Qg6 {[#]} 20. Rfd1 $2 (20. Qxc7 Bh3 21. Qc2 Rac8 22. Qe2 Be6 $17) 20... Nd6 $19 21. Qd3 Bf5 22. Qc3 Be4 23. Rd2 Bc6 24. Qd3 Nf5 25. Be5 f6 26. Bxc7 Rxe3 27. Qc4+ Kh8 28. Bb6 Ree8 29. Qf1 h5 30. Nd4 Nxd4 31. Bxd4 Re4 32. Re1 Rxe1 33. Qxe1 Rxa3 34. Kh1 Ra8 35. Re2 Kh7 36. h3 Re8 37. Qf2 Qxg2+ 38. Qxg2 Rxe2 0-1

[Event "Match Botvinnik-Ragozin +4-0=8"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1940.05.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ragozin, Viacheslav"]
[Black "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E35"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "1940.05.02"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "HCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {ChessBase II} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 Be6 7. e3 h6 8. Bh4 O-O 9. a3 Be7 10. Nf3 Nbd7 11. Be2 Rc8 12. O-O c5 13. Qb3 $146 ({RR} 13. Rfc1 a6 14. dxc5 Nxc5 15. b4 Nce4 16. Qd3 Nxc3 17. Rxc3 Rxc3 18. Qxc3 Qb6 19. Qd4 Qxd4 20. Nxd4 Rc8 21. f3 Kf8 22. Kf1 Bd7 23. Bd3 g6 24. Ke2 Rc3 25. Kd2 Rc8 26. Ke2 Ba4 27. g4 Ne8 {Veresov,G-Botvinnik,M Leningrad 1938 EXT 1998 [ChessBase II] 0-1 (63)}) 13... Nb6 14. a4 Ne4 15. Bxe7 Qxe7 16. a5 Na8 17. Qa3 Nxc3 18. bxc3 Rc7 19. Ne5 Rfc8 20. Nd3 cxd4 21. Qxe7 Rxe7 22. cxd4 b6 23. axb6 Nxb6 24. Nc5 Rcc7 25. Rfc1 Bc8 26. Bb5 f6 27. h3 Kf7 28. Rc3 Bd7 29. Be2 Bc8 30. Rca3 Ke8 31. f3 Kd8 32. Bb5 g5 33. Kf2 h5 34. Ra5 h4 35. Bd3 Rg7 36. e4 Rge7 37. R1a3 Rg7 38. exd5 Nxd5 39. Na6 Rcd7 40. Nb8 Rd6 41. Rxa7 Rxa7 42. Rxa7 Nb4 43. Be4 Rb6 44. Rf7 Rxb8 45. Rxf6 Ke7 46. Rh6 Be6 47. g3 hxg3+ 48. Kxg3 Nd5 49. Rg6 Rb4 50. Rxg5 Rxd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Match Botvinnik-Ragozin +4-0=8"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1940.05.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ragozin, Viacheslav"]
[Black "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E33"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "1940.05.02"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "HCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 Nc6 5. Nf3 d6 6. Bd2 e5 7. a3 Bxc3 8. Bxc3 Qe7 9. dxe5 dxe5 10. e3 a5 11. b3 O-O 12. Be2 Bg4 13. O-O Rfe8 14. h3 $146 ({RR} 14. Rfd1 Bh5 15. h3 Bg6 16. Qb2 Ne4 17. Bf1 Ng5 18. Nxg5 Qxg5 19. Be1 Re6 20. g3 Be4 21. f4 exf4 22. exf4 Qf5 23. Bc3 h5 24. Qf2 Rae8 25. Re1 Ne7 26. Kh2 Ng6 27. h4 Ne5 28. Bxe5 Rxe5 {Pachman,L-Castillo Bermudez,M Venice 1950 ½-½ (49)}) 14... Bh5 15. b4 axb4 16. axb4 Rxa1 17. Rxa1 Bxf3 18. Bxf3 e4 19. Be2 Nxb4 20. Qb2 c5 21. Rb1 b6 22. Bxb4 cxb4 23. Qxb4 Qxb4 24. Rxb4 Re6 25. f3 g6 26. fxe4 Nxe4 27. Bf3 Kg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch12 Final"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1940.09.05"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Bondarevsky, Igor Tsakharovich"]
[Black "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E29"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1940.09.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "URS-ch"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. a3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 c5 6. e3 O-O 7. Bd3 Nc6 8. Ne2 d6 9. e4 e5 10. d5 Na5 11. O-O ({RR} 11. Ng3 Nd7 12. O-O Kh8 13. Rb1 g6 14. Bh6 Rg8 15. f4 exf4 16. Bxf4 Qe7 17. Rb2 b6 18. Rbf2 Ba6 19. h4 f6 20. h5 Ne5 21. hxg6 Nxd3 22. Qxd3 Bxc4 23. Qb1 Bxf1 24. Nf5 Qd7 25. g7+ Rxg7 {Stockfishdev-20240513-e608eab (3662)-LCZero0.31-dag-5350a2e-BT4-61 (3634) tcec-chess.com INT 2024 1-0 (74)}) 11... a6 $146 ({RR} 11... Re8 12. Ng3 Nd7 13. Rb1 b6 14. Nf5 Nf8 15. g4 Ng6 16. Kh1 Ba6 17. Qe2 Qd7 18. f4 Rad8 19. Nxg7 Kxg7 20. f5 Nf4 21. Bxf4 exf4 22. g5 Kh8 23. Rxf4 f6 24. g6 Re7 25. Rg1 Rg8 26. Rh4 {Castillo Bermudez,M-Luckis,M Mar del Plata 1948 ½-½ (46)}) ({RR} 11... b6 12. Ng3 Ba6 13. f4 Ne8 14. Nf5 Rc8 15. fxe5 dxe5 16. Nh6+ gxh6 17. Bxh6 Qh4 18. Bxf8 Kxf8 19. Rf5 Ng7 20. Rf2 Rc7 21. Qe2 Nb7 22. Raf1 Nd6 23. Rf6 Nde8 24. R6f3 Bc8 25. Qe3 Re7 26. R3f2 {Dmochowska,A (2013)-Delega,T (1973) Warsaw POL 2024 1-0 (70)}) ({RR} 11... Nd7 12. Ng3 Nb6 13. f4 Nbxc4 14. f5 f6 15. Nh5 Nb6 16. Rf3 Rf7 17. Rg3 Kh8 18. Qg4 Qf8 19. Qh4 Nb3 20. Nxg7 Nxc1 21. Ne6 Bxe6 22. fxe6 Rg7 23. Rxc1 Rxg3 24. Qxg3 Qg7 25. Qf2 Rf8 26. Rf1 {Van Elst,A (2245)-Godard,M (2351) France 2005 1-0 (55)}) 12. Ng3 b5 13. cxb5 c4 14. Bc2 axb5 15. a4 bxa4 16. Rxa4 Nd7 17. Be3 Nc5 18. Bxc5 dxc5 19. Qh5 f6 20. Rfa1 Bd7 21. R4a3 Qb6 22. Qd1 Ra7 23. Nf1 Rfa8 24. Ne3 Kf8 25. R1a2 Ra6 26. h3 Qd8 27. Nxc4 Bb5 28. Nxa5 Rxa5 29. Qa1 Rxa3 30. Rxa3 Rxa3 31. Qxa3 Qc7 32. Qa8+ Kf7 33. Bd1 Kg6 34. Bg4 Bd7 35. d6 Qxd6 36. Qd8 Qd2 37. Qxd7 Qe1+ 38. Kh2 1-0

[Event "URS-ch12 Final"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1940.09.13"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Stolberg, Mark Moiseevich"]
[Black "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E48"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1940.09.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "URS-ch"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nge2 c5 7. O-O Nc6 8. cxd5 exd5 9. a3 cxd4 10. exd4 Bd6 11. h3 ({RR} 11. Bc2 Re8 12. h3 h6 13. Qd3 Be6 14. Be3 Ne7 15. Ng3 Ng6 16. Nf5 Bc7 17. Ng3 a6 18. Rfe1 Qd6 19. Bd2 Nh5 20. Nce2 Nf6 21. Nc3 Nh5 {½-½ (21) Kortschnoj,V (2640)-Pinter,J (2570) Haninge 1988}) 11... h6 12. b4 ({RR} 12. Bc2 Ne7 13. Ng3 Re8 14. Qf3 Ng6 15. Rd1 Nh4 16. Qd3 Be6 17. Bd2 a6 18. Na4 Rc8 19. Nc5 Bxc5 20. dxc5 Rxc5 21. Bc3 Ng6 22. Qf3 Nh4 23. Qf4 Rc4 24. Rd4 Ng6 25. Qd2 Ne7 26. Rd1 Nc6 {Rozen,E (2478)-Shamatava,N (2196) Prague CZE 2024 1-0 (37)}) 12... Re8 $146 ({RR} 12... Be6 13. b5 Na5 14. Nf4 Rc8 15. Nxe6 fxe6 16. Ne2 Ne4 17. f3 Nc3 18. Nxc3 Rxc3 19. Qe2 Qf6 20. Be3 Nb3 21. Rad1 Nxd4 22. Qb2 Rxd3 23. Bxd4 Qxd4+ 24. Qxd4 Rxd4 25. Rxd4 Bc5 26. Rfd1 e5 {0-1 (26) Moiseev,M-Kunin,V (2040) Kazan 1997}) 13. Qb3 Be6 14. Bd2 Qd7 15. f4 Bf5 16. Qc2 Be4 17. b5 Bxd3 18. Qxd3 Na5 19. Ng3 Nc4 20. Bc1 Rac8 21. Ra2 Bf8 22. a4 Bb4 23. Nd1 Ne4 24. f5 Nxg3 25. Qxg3 Bd6 26. Qf3 Be7 27. Qg3 Bf6 28. Bxh6 Bxd4+ 29. Kh1 f6 30. Bc1 Re4 31. Qd3 Ne5 32. Qb1 Rc4 33. a5 Bc5 34. b6 a6 35. Nb2 Rc3 36. Bd2 Rb3 37. Qc2 Qb5 38. Rc1 Bf8 39. Rd1 Re2 40. Qc1 Rxh3+ 41. gxh3 d4 0-1

[Event "URS-ch12 Final"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1940.09.14"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Black "Ragozin, Viacheslav"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E21"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "1940.09.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "URS-ch"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 Qe7 ({RR} 4... h6 5. e3 b6 6. Bd3 Bb7 7. O-O O-O 8. a3 Bxc3 9. bxc3 d6 10. a4 Nc6 11. e4 e5 12. Re1 Re8 13. Bb2 Na5 14. Nd2 c5 15. f3 Ba6 16. Qe2 Rc8 17. d5 Nh7 18. Nf1 Rc7 19. Ne3 {Vakhidov,J (2518)-Megaranto,S (2528) Ashkhabad 2017 1-0 (71)}) 5. Bg5 ({RR} 5. Qc2 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 Ne4 7. Qc2 Qb4+ 8. Nd2 Nxd2 9. Bxd2 Qe7 10. e3 d6 11. Bd3 h6 12. b4 Nd7 13. Bc3 O-O 14. O-O b6 15. f4 Bb7 16. Rae1 d5 17. e4 dxe4 18. Bxe4 Bxe4 19. Qxe4 Qd6 {Narvaez Ramirez,F (2070)-Cardona,F (1894) Pereira 2022 1-0 (44)}) 5... O-O 6. e3 $146 ({RR} 6. Qc2 d6 7. Nd2 Bxc3 8. bxc3 h6 9. Bh4 g5 10. Bg3 Nh5 11. e3 Kg7 12. Be2 Nxg3 13. hxg3 e5 14. O-O-O f5 15. Rh5 e4 16. Rdh1 Rf6 17. g4 c6 18. gxf5 Bxf5 19. g4 Bh7 20. f4 exf3 {Krivec,S (2058)-Ivanussa,B (2219) Maribor 2009 ½-½ (41)}) ({RR} 6. Qc2 d6 7. e4 e5 8. d5 h6 9. Bh4 g5 10. Bg3 Bxc3+ 11. Qxc3 Na6 12. h4 g4 13. Nd2 Nh5 14. Bd3 Nc5 15. O-O-O f5 16. exf5 Nxg3 17. fxg3 Nxd3+ 18. Qxd3 Bxf5 19. Qe3 Qh7 20. h5 b6 {Dostal,P (2120)-Jirasek,P (2177) Nachod 2006 0-1 (33)}) 6... d6 7. Nd2 h6 8. Bh4 Nbd7 9. Be2 g5 10. Bg3 e5 11. O-O Re8 12. a3 Bxc3 13. bxc3 Nf8 14. c5 Ng6 15. cxd6 cxd6 16. Bd3 e4 17. Be2 Be6 18. c4 Rac8 19. Rc1 b6 20. Kh1 d5 21. Qa4 a5 22. Qb5 Qxa3 23. c5 bxc5 24. dxc5 Ne7 25. Nb3 Bd7 26. Qb6 Rc6 27. Nd4 Rxb6 28. cxb6 Nf5 29. Nxf5 Bxf5 30. Bb5 Bd7 31. Ba6 h5 32. b7 h4 33. b8=Q Rxb8 34. Bxb8 h3 35. Kg1 hxg2 36. Rfe1 Ng4 37. Bg3 Nh6 38. Ra1 Qc5 39. Rec1 Qb6 40. Bc8 Bxc8 41. Rxc8+ Kh7 42. Ra8 d4 43. exd4 Qxd4 44. R8xa5 Nf5 45. R5a4 Qd3 46. R4a3 Qe2 47. R3a2 Qg4 48. Ra4 Nxg3 49. fxg3 Qf3 50. R4a2 e3 51. Rxg2 f5 52. Ra7+ Kg6 53. Ra6+ Kf7 54. Ra1 Qe4 55. Ra7+ Ke6 56. Ra6+ Kd7 57. Ra7+ Ke6 58. Ra6+ Ke7 59. Ra7+ Kf6 60. Ra6+ Kg7 61. Ra7+ Kg8 62. Rb2 Qe8 63. Rbb7 1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch12 Final"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1940.09.21"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E35"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1940.09.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "URS-ch"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 c5 8. e3 cxd4 9. exd4 Nc6 10. Bb5 O-O 11. Nge2 Qb6 ({RR} 11... Be6 12. O-O Rc8 13. Rad1 a6 14. Bxc6 Rxc6 15. f3 Be7 16. Rfe1 Nh5 17. Bxe7 Qxe7 18. Qd2 Qc7 19. Rc1 Rc8 20. Na4 Rc2 21. Qe3 Qa5 22. Nec3 Rxc1 23. Rxc1 Qc7 24. Ne2 Qd8 25. Nc5 Qb6 26. Qd2 {Glavas,D (2251)-Konjevic,N (2095) Bosnjaci CRO 2025 ½-½ (73)}) 12. Qd3 $146 ({RR} 12. Bxf6 Qxb5 13. O-O Qa5 14. Bh4 Be6 15. Rfd1 Rac8 16. Nf4 Bxc3 17. bxc3 Rfe8 18. Rab1 Qc7 19. Bg3 Qd7 20. Qa4 b6 21. Rbc1 Nb8 22. Qb3 Rc4 23. Nd3 Qa4 24. Ne5 Qxb3 25. axb3 Rcc8 26. Rd2 Nd7 {Wiczynski,A (1790)-Czornik,J (1696) Lublin 2007 ½-½ (52)}) ({RR} 12. Bxc6 Qxc6 13. Bxf6 Qxf6 14. O-O Bxc3 15. Qxc3 Bg4 16. f3 Bd7 17. Qd2 Bb5 18. Rfe1 Bxe2 19. Rxe2 Rfe8 20. Rae1 Rxe2 21. Rxe2 Rc8 22. b3 b6 23. h3 a5 24. Qe3 a4 25. bxa4 Rc4 26. Qe8+ Kh7 {Nepomniachtchi,I (2729)-Karjakin,S (2760) London 2017 ½-½}) 12... Bxc3+ 13. bxc3 Ne4 14. O-O Bf5 15. Ba4 Rfe8 16. Rfe1 Qa5 17. Bb3 g5 18. Bg3 Re6 19. Be5 Nxe5 20. dxe5 Rxe5 21. Qd4 Rae8 22. Ng3 Bg6 23. f3 Nxg3 24. Rxe5 Rxe5 25. hxg3 Qc7 26. Bxd5 Re2 27. Kh2 b6 28. Bc4 Re8 29. Rd1 h5 30. Bb3 h4 31. Qd6 Qxd6 32. Rxd6 hxg3+ 33. Kxg3 Kg7 34. Rd7 Rc8 35. Rxa7 Rxc3 36. Rb7 Rc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch12 Final"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1940.09.25"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Mikenas, Vladas Ivanovich"]
[Black "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E35"]
[PlyCount "145"]
[EventDate "1940.09.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "URS-ch"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 c5 8. O-O-O O-O 9. dxc5 Bxc3 ({RR} 9... Be6 10. e4 Bxc3 11. bxc3 g5 12. exd5 Nxd5 13. c4 gxh4 14. cxd5 Bg4 15. f3 Bh5 16. Bd3 Nd7 17. Bf5 Nxc5 18. Nh3 Na6 19. Nf4 Qg5 20. Rd4 Bg6 21. Bxg6 Rac8 22. Bh7+ Kg7 23. Rc4 Nb4 24. Rxb4 {Urazayev,A (2429)-Lou,Y (2472) Lichess.org INT 2020 0-1 (102)}) 10. Qxc3 g5 11. Bg3 Ne4 12. Qa3 $146 ({RR} 12. Qd4 Nc6 13. Qe3 Re8 14. Qa3 d4 15. f3 Nxg3 16. hxg3 Qf6 17. e4 dxe3 18. Bc4 Be6 19. Bb5 Rac8 20. Ne2 a6 21. Bxc6 Rxc6 22. Nc3 Rec8 {½-½ (22) Cramling Bellon,A (1978)-Vanheirzeele,D (2147) Caleta 2018}) 12... Be6 13. f3 Nxg3 14. hxg3 Qf6 15. e3 Rc8 16. Kb1 Nd7 17. Ne2 Rxc5 18. Nd4 a6 19. Bb5 Rac8 20. Bxd7 Bxd7 21. g4 Qg6+ 22. Ka1 Qf6 23. Qd3 Ba4 24. Rde1 Bc2 25. Qd2 Bh7 26. Rc1 b6 27. Rxc5 bxc5 28. Nb3 c4 29. Nd4 Re8 30. Re1 Bd3 31. Qc3 Qe5 32. Nc6 Qd6 33. Nb4 d4 34. exd4 Rxe1+ 35. Qxe1 a5 36. Nxd3 cxd3 37. Qe3 Qa6 38. b3 Qc6 39. Qd2 a4 40. Kb2 a3+ 41. Kxa3 Qd6+ 42. b4 Qxd4 43. Kb3 Kf8 44. a4 Qd5+ 45. Kc3 Qc6+ 46. Kxd3 Qxa4 47. Kc4 Kg8 48. Kc5 Qa7+ 49. Kb5 Qb7+ 50. Ka4 Qa6+ 51. Kb3 Qe6+ 52. Ka3 Qa6+ 53. Kb2 Qc4 54. Qc3 Qb5 55. Qc8+ Kg7 56. Qc5 Qe2+ 57. Qc2 Qf1 58. Kb3 Kg8 59. Qc8+ Kg7 60. Qc6 Qd1+ 61. Kb2 Qd2+ 62. Ka3 Qd3+ 63. Ka4 Qd1+ 64. Ka5 Qd2 65. g3 Qe1 66. Qe4 Qd2 67. Qe5+ Kg6 68. Kb5 Qd7+ 69. Kb6 Qd8+ 70. Kb7 Qd7+ 71. Qc7 Qd3 72. Qc6+ Kg7 73. b5 1-0

[Event "URS-ch Absolute"]
[Site "Leningrad/Moscow"]
[Date "1941.03.26"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Keres, Paul"]
[Black "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E35"]
[Annotator "Donev,Ivo Hristov"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "1941.03.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "20"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "100 Jahre Schach"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.04.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.04.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {ChessBase/Brinckmann,A} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 c5 {Ganz logisch. Schwarz benützt die Schwächung des Punktes d4 um die Initiative zu erobern.} 8. O-O-O {Dieser auf den ersten Blick starke Zug wird fatale Konsequenzen haben. In Wirklichkeit ist es nämlich sehr riskant bei unentwickeltem weißen Königsflügel die lange Rochade zu machen. Jetzt wird der weiße Monarch unter Beschuss der schwarzen Figuren, sowohl in der c-Linie (c8) als in der Diagonale b1-h7 (f5), genommen.} Bxc3 {Der Springer c3 ist der Feind Nr.1. Er muss abgetauscht werden, um die Kontrolle über die Zentralfelder zu erhalten und später die c-Linie zu öffnen.} 9. Qxc3 g5 {Auf den ersten Blick scheint dieser Zug eine riesige Schwächung des schwarzen Königsflügels zu sein. Aber in dieser Stellung ist es wichtiger den f6 zu erhalten (und entfesseln). Im Kampf um das Zentrum spielt er eine wesentlich wichtigere Rolle als der gehemmte weiße g3.} 10. Bg3 cxd4 $1 {Schwarz öffnet die c-Linie gegen den weißen Monarchen und gewinnt gleichzeitig Zeit um seine Figuren schnell zu mobilisieren.} 11. Qxd4 Nc6 {Die schwarze Initiative wird mit jedem kommenden Zug immer stärker und stärker. Es ist merkwürdig, wie Botvinnik die Initiative erobert und mittels einer Kette von starken Zügen im Mittelspiel zum tödliche Angriff gegen den weißen König umwandelt.} 12. Qa4 {Mittels dieser Fesselung versucht der Anziehende die Operationen auf der c-Linie zu verhindern.} Bf5 $1 {[%cal Yf5b1,Ya8c8][%mdl 132] Der Läufer schneidet den Weg des weißen Königs am Damenflügel ab und räumt gleichzeitig das Feld c8 für den schwarzen Turm. Also mit jedem Zug stellt der Nachziehende Drohungen auf und hat dabei gar keine Zeit, den eigenen König vom Zentrum wegzubringen.} 13. e3 $146 ({Vielleicht sollte der Anziehende mittels des folgenden Bauernopfers seinen König schnell auf einen sicheren Platz stellen:} 13. f3 Qb6 14. e4 dxe4 15. Kb1 exf3+ 16. Ka1) ({RR} 13. f3 Qe7 14. e4 Qc5+ 15. Kb1 dxe4 16. Bd6 Qb6 17. Be5 exf3+ 18. Ka1 O-O 19. Bxf6 Nb4 20. Rd2 f2 21. Nf3 Rfe8 22. Be2 Nc2+ 23. Rxc2 Bxc2 24. Qxc2 Qxf6 25. h3 Rac8 26. Qd3 Rcd8 27. Qc2 Rc8 {Klaus,G-Keller Hermann,E Bad Krynica 1943 EXT 2006 [ChessBase/Brinckmann,A] 0-1 (41)}) 13... Rc8 $1 14. Bd3 (14. Ne2 a6 15. Nc3 b5 16. Qxa6 b4 17. Bb5 Bd7 $19) 14... Qd7 $1 {Schwarz entfesselt seine Springer und droht gleichzeitig ein Abzugschach nebst Damengewinn.} 15. Kb1 Bxd3+ 16. Rxd3 Qf5 17. e4 {Jetzt ist es schon zu spät für dieses Bauernopfer.} Nxe4 18. Ka1 O-O {Endlich findet der Nachziehende Zeit zum Rochieren - nur mit dem Ziel seinen Springer zu entfesseln; danach ist die Öffnung der c-Linie unvermeidlich.} (18... Nc5 19. Re3+) 19. Rd1 b5 $1 {Besorgt dem Springer c6 das Feld d4, wonach der Mattangriff tödlich ist.} 20. Qxb5 Nd4 $1 {Triumph der schwarzen Kavallerie! Wegen der schwachen ersten Reihe ist der Springer auf d4 unantastbar.} 21. Qd3 Nc2+ 22. Kb1 Nb4 {Eine ausgezeichnete Partie zum Thema: Eroberung der Initiative im Mittelspiel und Mattangriff!} 0-1

[Event "URS-ch Absolute"]
[Site "Leningrad/Moscow"]
[Date "1941.04.12"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Black "Lilienthal, Andor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E46"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "1941.03.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "20"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "HCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {ChessBase II Krasenkow,Michal} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Nge2 d5 6. a3 Be7 7. cxd5 exd5 8. g3 Nbd7 9. Bg2 Nb6 10. Qd3 $146 ({RR} 10. O-O a5 11. a4 c6 12. f3 Nbd7 13. e4 Nb8 14. e5 Ne8 15. f4 f5 16. exf6 Bxf6 17. f5 Nd6 18. g4 Na6 19. Bf4 Nb4 20. Ng3 Nc4 21. b3 Nb2 22. Qd2 N2d3 23. Be3 h6 24. Nh5 Bg5 {Kramer,H-Broadbent,R London 1952 0-1 (56)}) ({RR} 10. O-O Re8 11. b3 ({RR} 11. Nf4 c6 12. b3 ({RR} 12. f3 c5 13. Kh1 Bf8 14. Re1 Bd7 15. Nd3 cxd4 16. exd4 Rxe1+ 17. Qxe1 Na4 18. Ne5 Rc8 19. Nxa4 Bxa4 20. Bd2 Nd7) 12... Bd6 ({RR} 12... Bf8 13. Nd3 a5 14. Ne5 Nfd7 15. Nd3 Nf6 16. Re1 Ne4 17. Bb2 Nxc3 18. Bxc3 a4 19. b4 Nc4) 13. Nd3 Bf5 14. Bb2 h5 15. h4 Qe7 16. Re1 Rad8 17. Ne2 Be4 18. Nef4 Bxg2 19. Kxg2 g6 20. f3 Qc7 21. Qc2 Nbd7 22. Re2 Re7 23. Rae1 Rde8) 11... h6 ({RR} 11... Bf5 12. f3 c5 13. g4 Bg6 14. Nf4 cxd4 15. exd4 Rc8 16. Nxg6 hxg6 17. Qd3 Bd6 18. h3 Bb8 19. Bd2 Qd6 20. f4 Rcd8) ({RR} 11... a5 12. a4 ({RR} 12. Bd2 Bf5 13. a4 c6 14. f3 Bb4 15. Re1 h5 16. Nf4 Qd7 17. Bf1 Bd6 18. h4 Re7 19. Nce2 Qc7 20. Nc1 Nbd7 21. Ncd3 Rae8) 12... Bb4 13. f3 Bf5 14. g4 Bg6 15. Bd2 h6 16. Re1 Bh7 17. Ng3 Nbd7) 12. Qc2 Bd7 13. a4 a5 14. Nf4 c6 15. Bb2 Bb4 16. Nd3 Bf5 17. Qd1 Bd6 18. Re1 Nbd7 19. Ba3 Bxa3 20. Rxa3 Nb8 21. Ra2 Na6 22. Rae2 Re7 23. Ne5 Nb4 24. e4 dxe4 {Carlsen,M (2862)-So,W (2762) Wijk aan Zee 2015 CBM 165 [Krasenkow,Michal] ½-½ (34)}) ({RR} 10. O-O Re8 11. Qc2 Bd7 12. Nf4 c6 13. Rd1 Qc8 14. b3 Bf5 15. Qa2 h6 16. a4 a5 17. Ba3 Qd8 18. Nd3 Nbd7 19. Rab1 Bb4 20. Qb2 Bxd3 21. Rxd3 Qe7 22. Bxb4 Qxb4 23. Qc2 Qe7 24. Rdd1 Nb8 {Poghosyan,S (2266)-Iljiushenok,I (2547) Ershovo RUS 2024 ½-½ (37)}) ({RR} 10. O-O a5 11. b3 Re8 12. Nf4 Bf5 13. a4 c6 14. f3 h6 15. g4 Bh7 16. Nce2 Bd6 17. Ra2 Nbd7 18. Ng3 Qc7 19. Re2 Re7 20. Kh1 Rae8 21. Nfh5 Nxh5 22. Nxh5 f5 23. gxf5 Bxf5 24. f4 Nf6 {Taimanov,M-Averbakh,Y Leningrad 1956 URS-ch [ChessBase II] ½-½ (115)}) 10... a5 11. a4 c6 12. O-O Nbd7 13. Rd1 Nb8 14. b3 Na6 15. Na2 Re8 16. Bb2 Bd6 17. Re1 Qe7 18. Rad1 g6 19. Nf4 Bf5 20. Qe2 Nb4 21. Nxb4 Bxb4 22. Rf1 Bg4 23. f3 Bf5 24. Bc1 Ba3 25. Rfe1 Bxc1 26. Rxc1 h5 27. Qd2 Qa3 28. Qc3 Re7 29. Ra1 Qd6 30. Ra2 Rae8 31. Rae2 b6 32. Nd3 Bxd3 33. Qxd3 c5 34. Bf1 Nd7 35. Rd1 Qf6 36. f4 cxd4 37. exd4 Rxe2 38. Bxe2 Qe7 39. Bf3 Nf6 40. Kg2 Rc8 41. Rd2 Qb4 42. f5 Rc3 43. Qe2 g5 44. Qe5 Rxb3 45. Re2 Kg7 46. Bxd5 Rb2 47. Bc4 Rxe2+ 48. Bxe2 Qxa4 49. Bxh5 Qc2+ 50. Be2 a4 51. d5 Qc5 52. h4 Qxd5+ 53. Qxd5 Nxd5 54. hxg5 a3 0-1

[Event "Sverdlovsk"]
[Site "Sverdlovsk"]
[Date "1943.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Black "Ragozin, Viacheslav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E44"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1943.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "HCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Sokolov,Ivan Ftacnik,Lubomir} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. Nge2 Bb7 6. a3 Be7 7. d5 O-O 8. Ng3 d6 9. Be2 c6 10. e4 ({RR} 10. dxe6 fxe6 11. O-O Nbd7 12. b4 Re8 13. e4 a6 14. Qb3 Bf8 15. Be3 b5 16. cxb5 axb5 17. Rfd1 ({RR} 17. Nf5 Kh8 18. Nd4) 17... Kh8 18. Rac1 g6 ({RR} 18... Qe7) 19. h4 e5 ({RR} 19... h6 20. h5 g5 21. e5 Nxe5 22. Nce4) 20. h5 Qe7 21. hxg6 hxg6 22. a4 bxa4 23. Nxa4 Reb8 ({RR} 23... Qe6 24. Qxe6 ({RR} 24. Bc4 d5 25. Be2 d4 26. Bc4 Qe7 27. Bg5 Qxb4 28. Qf3) 24... Rxe6 25. b5) 24. Bg5 Kg7 {Sokolov,I (2611)-Ionescu,C (2492) Neum 2000 CBM 080 [Sokolov,Ivan] 1-0 (38)}) ({RR} 10. Bf3) 10... Na6 ({RR} 10... cxd5 11. cxd5 Na6 12. O-O Nc7 13. dxe6 fxe6 14. Be3 d5 15. Rc1 dxe4 16. Qb3 Ncd5 17. Ncxe4 Nxe4 18. Nxe4 Bf6 19. Nxf6+ Qxf6 20. Rc2 Nxe3 21. fxe3 Qe5 22. Rxf8+ Rxf8 23. Bf1 Bd5 24. Qc3 Qf5 25. Qe1 {Romanchuk,V (2266)-Elissalt Cardenas,H (2298) Chess.com INT 2022 0-1}) 11. dxc6 $146 ({RR} 11. O-O Nc7 12. Re1 Qd7 13. Bf3 cxd5 14. exd5 exd5 15. cxd5 Rfe8 16. Bg5 h6 ({RR} 16... Nfxd5 17. Rxe7 Nxe7 18. Bxb7) ({RR} 16... Ncxd5 17. Rxe7 Nxe7 18. Bxb7 Qxb7 19. Bxf6 gxf6 20. Nce4) 17. Be3 Bf8 18. Qd4 Nb5 19. Nxb5 Qxb5 20. a4 Qc5 21. Qd2 Qc7 22. Rec1 Qd8 23. a5 bxa5 24. Rxa5 a6 25. b4 Rc8 {Najdorf,M-Fine,R New York 1949 MCL [Ftacnik,Lubomir] 1-0 (41)}) ({RR} 11. O-O Nc7 12. Re1 cxd5 13. exd5 exd5 14. Bf3 Rb8 15. cxd5 Re8 16. Bf4 Nd7 17. Nf5 Nf6 18. Qd4 Qd7 19. Bg4 Kh8 20. Bh6 Bf8 21. h3 Nb5 22. Nxb5 Qxb5 23. Bf4 Qxd5 24. Qxd5 Bxd5 25. Nxd6 Bxd6 {Akyuz,M-Araboga,M (1798) Kemer 2011 ½-½ (42)}) 11... Bxc6 12. b4 Nc7 13. O-O Qb8 14. Be3 b5 15. a4 bxc4 16. b5 Bb7 17. Bxc4 d5 18. exd5 Ncxd5 19. Nxd5 Nxd5 20. Bxd5 Bxd5 21. Nf5 Bf6 22. Bd4 exf5 23. Bxf6 Qb7 24. Ra3 gxf6 25. Rg3+ Kh8 26. Qd4 Qe7 27. Qxd5 Qe6 28. Qd4 Rfd8 29. Qh4 Rg8 30. Rd1 Rg4 31. Rxg4 fxg4 32. h3 Rg8 33. hxg4 Rxg4 34. Qh6 Qe7 35. a5 Rg6 36. Qh3 Qe2 37. Qd3 Qg4 38. g3 Qh3 39. Qf3 h5 40. b6 axb6 41. axb6 Qc8 1-0

[Event "URS-ch13 Final"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1944.05.21"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Black "Sokolsky, Alexey Pavlovich"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E40"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1944.05.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "URS-ch"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 Nc6 5. Nge2 e5 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. Nxc3 exd4 8. exd4 d5 9. c5 h6 $146 ({RR} 9... Bg4 10. Qa4 O-O 11. Bb5 Ne7 12. O-O c6 13. Bd3 Bf5 14. Qc2 Bxd3 15. Qxd3 Ng6 16. Bd2 Re8 17. Rfe1 Qd7 18. b4 Qg4 19. f3 Qh4 20. g3 Qh3 21. Ne2 Nh5 22. a4 Re6 23. b5 f5 24. Nc3 {Holst,P-Ingerslev,A Vejle 1974 ½-½ (47)}) 10. Bb5 O-O 11. O-O Bf5 12. f3 Re8 13. g4 Bh7 14. Bf4 a6 15. Ba4 Re6 16. Bxc6 bxc6 17. Qd2 Nd7 18. Rae1 Nf8 19. Be5 Qd7 20. Kh1 f6 21. Bg3 Rae8 22. Rxe6 Nxe6 23. Re1 Ng5 24. Rxe8+ Qxe8 25. Kg2 h5 26. h3 hxg4 27. hxg4 Ne6 28. Ne2 Ng5 29. Nc3 Ne6 30. Qe3 Kf7 31. Kf2 g5 32. Na2 Bb1 33. Nc3 Bh7 1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch13 Final"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1944.05.29"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Veresov, Gavriil N"]
[Black "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E35"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "1944.05.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "URS-ch"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Nf3 c5 7. Bg5 ({RR} 7. dxc5 Nc6 8. Bg5 h6 9. Bxf6 Qxf6 10. e3 Be6 11. Be2 O-O 12. O-O Bxc5 13. Nxd5 Bxd5 14. Qxc5 Qxb2 15. Qxd5 Qxe2 16. a4 Rfd8 17. Qb5 Qxb5 18. axb5 Nb4 19. Nd4 a5 20. bxa6 Rxa6 21. Rab1 {½-½ (21) Bareev,E (2675)-Short,N (2665) Novgorod 1994}) ({RR} 7. dxc5 d4 8. a3 Ba5 9. b4 dxc3 10. bxa5 Qxa5 11. Bg5 Nbd7 12. Rc1 Qxa3 13. Bxf6 Nxf6 14. Qxc3 Qxc3+ 15. Rxc3 Be6 16. e3 Ne4 17. Rc2 Rc8 18. c6 bxc6 19. Ne5 c5 20. Bb5+ Ke7 21. O-O Bb3 {Pauly,C (2322)-Sonntag,H (2290) Germany GER 2025 ½-½}) 7... h6 8. Bxf6 Qxf6 9. a3 Ba5 $146 ({RR} 9... Bf5 10. Qa4+ Bd7 11. Qb3 Bxc3+ 12. Qxc3 cxd4 13. Qxd4 Qxd4 14. Nxd4 Nc6 15. Rd1 Nxd4 16. Rxd4 Rc8 17. Kd2 Bf5 18. Rxd5 Rc2+ 19. Ke3 Bg6 20. Rd2 Rxd2 21. Kxd2 Ke7 22. g3 Rc8 23. Ke3 Rc2 24. b4 {Bu,X (2692)-Nguyen,A (2537) Macau 2007 ½-½ (37)}) ({RR} 9... Bf5 10. Qa4+ Bd7 11. Qb3 Bxc3+ 12. Qxc3 cxd4 13. Qxd4 Qxd4 14. Nxd4 Ke7 15. Rd1 Na6 16. g3 Nc5 17. Bg2 Rhd8 18. O-O Ba4 19. Rd2 Kf6 20. Rb1 Rac8 21. b3 Be8 22. Rc1 Ne4 23. Rdc2 Bd7 24. Rc7 {Petrosian,T (2623)-Melkumyan,H (2519) Yerevan 2009 ½-½ (73)}) 10. O-O-O Bxc3 11. Qxc3 c4 12. Qe3+ Be6 13. Ne5 Nc6 14. g4 O-O-O 15. f4 Rhe8 16. Qf3 Qe7 17. e3 Na5 18. Bg2 f6 19. Ng6 Qc7 20. Kb1 c3 21. Rc1 Nc4 22. Rxc3 Nd2+ 23. Kc2 Nxf3 24. Bxf3 Bf7 25. Nh4 Rxe3 26. Rxc7+ Kxc7 27. Kd2 Rde8 28. Rc1+ Kb6 29. Rc3 Rxc3 30. bxc3 g6 31. Ng2 Kc7 32. Ne3 Kd6 33. h4 Rh8 34. h5 gxh5 35. gxh5 Be6 36. c4 dxc4 37. Bxb7 Rb8 38. Be4 Rb2+ 39. Kc3 Rb3+ 40. Kd2 Rxa3 41. d5 Rxe3 42. Kxe3 Bxd5 43. Bc2 Kc5 44. Bf5 a5 45. Bc2 Bc6 0-1

[Event "URS-ch14 Final"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1945.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Rudakovsky, Iosif"]
[Black "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E33"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1945.06.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "URS-ch"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Chessbase - Stockfish 16.1} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 Nc6 7. Nf3 Ne4 ({RR} 7... a5 8. Bg5 h6 9. Bxf6 Qxf6 10. e3 O-O 11. Be2 Re8 12. O-O dxc4 13. Qxc4 ({RR} 13. Bxc4 e5 14. dxe5 Nxe5 15. Nxe5 Qxe5 16. Qxe5 Rxe5 17. Rfd1 Be6 18. Rac1 Bxc4 19. Rxc4 Rb5 20. Rd2 c6) 13... Bd7 14. Rac1 Rec8 15. Rfd1 e5 ({RR} 15... Qe7) ({RR} 15... a4 16. Qc2) 16. dxe5 Qe7 17. Qc5 Qxc5 18. Rxc5 Be8 19. Nd4 Rd8 20. f4 Nxd4 21. exd4 c6 22. Kf2 {Silas,C (2100)-Rafael,V (2233) Rio de Janeiro 2024 [Chessbase - Stockfish 16.1] 1-0 (38)}) 8. Qb3 ({RR} 8. Qc2 e5 9. e3 exd4 ({RR} 9... Bf5 10. Qb3 exd4) 10. cxd5 Qxd5 11. Bc4 Qf5 12. Bd3 Qa5+ 13. b4 Nxb4 14. axb4 Qxa1 15. O-O Nf6 16. Nxd4 Bd7 17. Bd2 ({RR} 17. Nb5 O-O 18. Bb2) 17... Qa3 18. Rb1 O-O ({RR} 18... a6 19. Rb2 Qa4) 19. b5 a5 20. bxa6 Ba4 21. Qc4 b5 22. Nxb5 Bxb5) 8... Na5 ({RR} 8... O-O 9. e3 a5 10. Bd3 a4 11. Qc2 f5 12. O-O Bd7 13. Bd2 Rf6 14. Rfc1 Rh6 15. Be1 g5 16. Nd2 g4 17. Nf1 Be8 18. b4 Ng5 19. Qd1 Ne7 20. b5 f4 21. Bd2 f3 22. Ng3 fxg2 23. Kxg2 {Milov,V (2620)-Kogan,A (2529) Santo Domingo 2002 0-1}) 9. Qa4+ c6 10. cxd5 $146 ({RR} 10. c5 O-O 11. e3 b5 12. Qc2 Bd7 13. Bd3 f5 14. h4 Rb8 15. Ne5 Nc4 16. f3 Nf6 17. b3 Nxe5 18. dxe5 Ne8 19. Bb2 h6 20. g3 Nc7 21. Bd4 Qe7 22. O-O-O Rf7 23. g4 fxg4 24. f4 h5 {Ligterink,G-Moles,J Groningen 1968 ½-½ (46)}) 10... exd5 11. e3 Bf5 12. Bd3 Qb6 13. Qc2 Nb3 14. Rb1 c5 15. Nh4 Be6 16. O-O Rc8 17. Bxe4 cxd4 18. Qd3 dxe4 19. Qxe4 O-O 20. exd4 Rfe8 21. d5 Bd7 22. Qd3 Qb5 23. Qd1 Qc4 24. Be3 Re5 25. g3 Bg4 26. f3 Bh3 27. Re1 g5 28. f4 Rxd5 29. Qf3 gxh4 30. g4 Nd2 31. Bxd2 Rxd2 32. Qxh3 Qxf4 33. Qxh4 Rcc2 34. Qg3 Qd4+ 0-1

[Event "Match/Nation ENG-URS radio"]
[Site "Radio"]
[Date "1946.06.19"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Black "Alexander, Conel Hugh O'Donel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E49"]
[Annotator "Botvinnik,Mikhail"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1946.06.19"]
[EventType "team-match"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Bd3 O-O 9. Ne2 b6 10. a4 (10. O-O Ba6 11. Bxa6 Nxa6 12. Bb2 {Botvinnik-Capablanca/Avro/1938}) 10... Ba6 11. Bxa6 Nxa6 12. Ba3 Re8 13. Qd3 c4 14. Qc2 Qd7 15. O-O Nb8 16. Rae1 Nc6 17. Ng3 Na5 (17... Ne4 18. Nh1 f5 19. f3 Nf6 20. Ng3 g6 21. Bc1 $16 {}) 18. f3 Nb3 19. e4 Qxa4 20. Qb2 a5 (20... g6 21. e5 Nd7 22. f4 f5 23. exf6 Rxe1 24. Rxe1 Nxf6 $10) 21. e5 $146 ({RR} 21. Nf5 dxe4 22. fxe4 Rxe4 23. Rxe4 Nxe4 24. Qe2 Qxa3 25. Qxe4 Rf8 26. Qe5 f6 27. Qe6+ Kh8 28. Qd7 Rg8 29. Nd6 h6 30. Nf7+ Kh7 31. Qf5+ g6 32. Qxf6 Nc1 33. Qh4 Ne2+ 34. Kh1 h5 35. Qg5 Qf8 {Vovk,Y (2577)-Bilych,O (2337) Lvov 2019 1-0 (35)}) 21... b5 $6 22. Bd6 (22. exf6 $1 b4 23. Qf2 Qxa3 (23... bxa3 24. Nf5 Qd7 $1 25. Qg3 (25. Ne7+ Kh8 (25... Rxe7 26. Rxe7 (26. Qg3 g6 27. Rxe7 Qc6 $13 {[%csl Rf6]}) 26... Qd6 27. Rfe1) 26. fxg7+ Kxg7 27. Qg3+ $18) 25... g6 26. Ne7+ Kh8 27. Qf4 Ra6 $2 28. Nxg6+ fxg6 29. Rxe8+ (29. f7 $1 $18) 29... Qxe8 30. f7 $18) 24. Nf5 bxc3 25. Qg3 g6 26. Nh6+ Kf8 27. Qc7 $18) 22... Re6 (22... Nd7 23. Nf5 b4 24. f4 {[%cal Ye1e3,Ye3g3] Te3-g3}) 23. exf6 $1 (23. Nf5 Ne8 24. Ne7+ Kh8 (24... Rxe7 $1 25. Bxe7 b4 $15) 25. Nxd5 $16) 23... Rxd6 24. fxg7 b4 25. Re5 $1 Re8 (25... f6 26. Rh5 {Dc2+-} Qe8 $13) 26. f4 $1 Qd7 (26... Rxe5 27. fxe5 Rg6 28. Nh5 Qc6 29. Qf2 (29. Rxf7 $6 Kxf7 30. Qf2+ Ke6 31. g8=Q+ Rxg8 32. Qf6+ Kd7 33. Qf7+ Kc8 34. Qxg8+) 29... Qb7 30. Nf6+ (30. Qh4 $145 $1 Qc7 31. Rf6 Rxg7 (31... bxc3 $2 32. Rxg6 hxg6 33. Nf6+ Kxg7 34. Qh7+ Kf8 35. Qg8+ Ke7 36. Qe8#) 32. Rd6 f6 (32... h6 33. Nf6+ Kf8 34. Qxh6 $18) 33. Nxg7 bxc3 (33... Qxg7 34. Rd8+ Kf7 35. Rd7+ Kf8 36. Rxg7 Kxg7 37. Qxf6+ $18) 34. Nf5 Qxd6 35. exd6 c2 (35... Kf7 36. Qxh7+ Ke6 37. g4 c2 38. Qe7#) 36. Qg4+ Kf8 37. Qg7+ Ke8 38. Qe7#) 30... Kxg7 31. e6 $1 $18 Kh8 (31... fxe6 32. Ne8+ $18) 32. Nd7 f6 33. Re1 bxc3 34. e7 Qxd7 35. e8=Q+ $18) 27. Qe2 Rde6 (27... Rxe5 28. dxe5 {f5 }) 28. f5 Rxe5 29. dxe5 bxc3 (29... f6 30. Nh5 Qe7 (30... Qf7 31. e6 Qe7 32. Qe3 $1 {[%cal Ye3h6] 33.Dh6+-}) 31. Qe3 $1 Qxe5 (31... fxe5 32. Qh6 $1 Nd2 33. Nf6+ Qxf6 34. Qxf6 Nxf1 35. Qc6 $18) 32. Nxf6+ Qxf6 33. Qxe8+ Kxg7 34. Re1 $18) (29... Qe7 30. f6 Qxe5 31. Nf5 $3 $18) 30. f6 $2 (30. Nh5 $142) (30. e6 $142) 30... Qa7+ $2 (30... Qe6 31. Qf2 $1 Qxe5 32. Nf5 Qxf6 33. Nh6+ $18) (30... Nd4 $1 31. Qe3 (31. Qf2 Qg4 32. Kh1 c2 33. h3 (33. Qxd4 Qxd4 34. Nf5 Qf4 $3 $19) 33... Qd1 $19) (31. Qh5 c2 32. Qh4 Nf5 33. Qh3 Rxe5 $19) 31... Qg4 32. Qxc3 Qxg3 $1 $19) 31. Kh1 Nd4 32. Qe3 Ra8 33. Qxc3 (33. e6 $1 c2 (33... Nxe6 $2 34. Nf5 $18) 34. e7 $18) 33... a4 (33... h6) 34. Qxd4 $1 Qxd4 35. Nf5 h5 $8 36. Nxd4 Re8 37. Nf5 d4 38. e6 $1 1-0

[Event "Staunton Memorial"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1946.08.22"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Black "O'Kelly de Galway, Alberic"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E44"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1946.08.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. d4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. Nge2 Bb7 6. a3 Be7 7. d5 O-O 8. Ng3 (8. e4 $5 {Euwe-O'Kelly (12)}) 8... b5 ({RR} 8... Re8 9. Be2 Bf8 10. e4 d6 11. O-O Nbd7 12. Be3 c6 13. Qd2 Rc8 14. dxe6 fxe6 15. f4 Qe7 16. Rad1 Rcd8 17. Kh1 Qf7 18. Qc2 Kh8 19. b4 e5 20. Nf5 d5 21. exd5 cxd5 22. Nb5 Qg6 23. Bf3 {Kasparov,G (2838)-Kramnik,V (2802) Moscow 2001 0-1 (52)}) ({RR} 8... exd5 9. cxd5 d6 10. Be2 Nbd7 11. O-O Re8 12. e4 Bf8 13. Bg5 h6 14. Be3 g6 15. f3 Bg7 16. Bf2 Kh7 17. Nb5 a6 18. Nd4 Ne5 19. Rc1 h5 20. h3 Bh6 21. Rc3 h4 22. Nh1 Nh5 23. Qe1 {Esteve,F (1962)-Nettelbeck,J (1710) Montevideo URU 2023 1-0 (52)}) 9. dxe6 fxe6 10. Nxb5 c5 11. Nd6 $146 (11. f3 $8 { e2, 0-0}) ({RR} 11. f3 d5 12. Bd3 d4 13. exd4 cxd4 14. Nxd4 Qb6 15. b4 Rd8 16. c5 Bxc5 17. bxc5 Qxc5 18. Nge2 Qd5 19. Qc2 Nc6 20. Nxc6 Bxc6 21. Bc4 Qe5 22. Bb2 Qe3 23. Qc3 Qg5 24. O-O Nd5 25. Bxd5 Bxd5 {Grigorian,K (2485)-Kupreichik,V (2490) Moscow 1976 1-0}) ({RR} 11. Nc3 Kh8 12. e4 Nc6 13. Be3 e5 14. Bd3 Nd4 15. O-O Rb8 16. Rb1 a5 17. Nd5 d6 18. Bxd4 exd4 19. Nf5 Bxd5 20. exd5 g6 21. Ng3 Qd7 22. Qd2 a4 23. h3 Ng8 24. Bc2 Bf6 25. Ne2 Bg7 {Ornstein,A-Iskov,G Hindas 1975 0-1 (40)}) 11... Bc6 12. e4 Qc7 13. Nb5 (13. e5 $6 Ne8 $1 {e.g.} 14. Nxe8 $2 Qxe5+) 13... Qb7 14. e5 (14. f3 d5 $1) 14... Ne4 15. Be3 (15. Nxe4 Bxe4 16. f3) (15. f3 Rxf3 $3 {or} (15... Nxg3 16. hxg3 Rxf3 $3)) 15... a6 16. Nc3 Nxc3 17. bxc3 Bxg2 $17 18. Rb1 Qc6 19. Rg1 Bxf1 20. Kxf1 Rf7 21. Qh5 Qa4 22. Qg4 Nc6 23. Qe4 Raf8 24. Nh5 Kh8 25. Rg4 Na5 26. Kg2 Qc6 $2 (26... Qxa3) 27. Ng3 (27. Qxc6 Nxc6 $15) 27... Nxc4 $4 $138 28. Qxc6 Nxe3+ 29. fxe3 dxc6 (29... Rf2+ 30. Kg1 dxc6 31. Rb7 R2f7 $8) 30. Ne4 $1 g6 {} (30... g5) 31. Rb7 Kg7 32. Rf4 g5 33. Rxf7+ Rxf7 34. Rc7 a5 35. Nd6 $1 Bxd6 36. exd6 $18 {[ d6-d7-d8, e.g. 36... f6 37.d7 e7 38.d8 +; 37... f8 38. e8]} 1-0

[Event "Staunton Memorial"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1946.08.30"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Black "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E25"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "1946.08.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. a3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 d5 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Bg5 (7. e3 {Szabo-Kottnauer (12)}) ({RR} 7. e3 O-O 8. Bd3 Re8 9. Ne2 Nc6 10. O-O Na5 11. f3 c5 12. Ng3 h5 13. Rb1 b6 14. Kh1 Qc7 15. Qe1 c4 16. Bc2 Nb3 17. Qf2 Qe7 18. Re1 Nxc1 19. Rbxc1 Qxa3 20. h3 Kf8 21. e4 h4 {Giri,A (2772)-Motylev,A (2675) Tbilisi 2017 1-0 (32)}) 7... c5 {[ 8...a5]} 8. f3 $146 (8. e3 Qa5 9. Ne2 Ne4 10. Bf4 cxd4 (10... Nxc3 $4 11. Qd2 $18) 11. exd4 O-O) ({RR} 8. dxc5 Nbd7 9. Qd4 O-O 10. e3 Re8 11. Bd3 Qa5 12. Bxf6 Nxf6 13. Ne2 Be6 14. O-O Rec8 15. Rfb1 Rab8 16. Rb5 Qc7 17. Rab1 a6 18. R5b4 Nd7 19. Nf4 Nxc5 20. Bc2 Nd7 21. Nxd5 Bxd5 22. Qxd5 Nf6 {Sunye Neto,J (2510)-Van Riemsdijk,H (2350) Fortaleza 1989 ½-½ (94)}) ({RR} 8. e3 Qa5 9. Bxf6 Qxc3+ 10. Ke2 Qb2+ 11. Kf3 gxf6 12. dxc5 Nc6 13. g3 Bf5 14. Kg2 d4 15. Nf3 dxe3 16. Be2 Rd8 17. Qe1 O-O 18. fxe3 Be4 19. Qf2 Rd2 20. Rhe1 Ne5 {0-1 (20) Novik,M (2392)-Bluebaum,M (2643) chess.com INT 2025}) 8... h6 $1 9. Bxf6 $2 {} (9. Bd2 $5 {or 9.Lc1}) (9. Bh4 Qa5 10. Qd2 Nc6 11. Bxf6 gxf6) 9... Qxf6 10. e3 O-O 11. Ne2 Re8 12. Kf2 Qe7 13. Qd2 Nd7 14. Nf4 $2 (14. Ng3 $142) 14... Nf6 15. Bd3 Bd7 16. h3 $2 (16. Rhe1 $8 { g1, e.g.} b6 17. Ne2 $1 (17. Kg1 $2 g5 $1)) 16... Qd6 17. Rhb1 b6 18. Bf1 Re7 19. a4 (19. Re1 $8) (19. Nd3 Bf5 $1) 19... Rae8 20. Re1 c4 $1 $19 {[ 21...g5 xe3]} 21. g4 g5 22. Ne2 (22. Ng2 Qh2 {( 23...xh3)} 23. Be2 Rxe3 $1 (23... Qxh3 $2 24. Rh1)) 22... Rxe3 $1 23. Ng3 (23. Ng1 Ne4+ $1 24. fxe4 Qg3#) (23. Qxe3 Qh2+ $1 24. Bg2 Rxe3 25. Kxe3 Qxg2 26. Rh1 {( 27.ag1+-)} Ne4 $3 27. fxe4 Qxe4+ $19) 23... Qxg3+ $1 24. Kxg3 Ne4+ 0-1

[Event "Staunton Memorial"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1946.09.07"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Najdorf, Miguel"]
[Black "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E35"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1946.08.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. a3 $5 (6. Bg5) 6... Bxc3+ (6... Be7) (6... Bd6 $6 7. Nb5) 7. bxc3 ({RR} 7. Qxc3 Bf5 8. Bf4 O-O 9. f3 h5 10. e3 Qe7 11. Rc1 Rc8 12. Bd3 Bxd3 13. Qxd3 Nbd7 14. Ne2 c5 15. O-O c4 16. Qd2 b5 17. Bg5 Qe6 18. Ng3 a5 19. Rfe1 Qb6 20. e4 dxe4 21. fxe4 b4 {Nakamura,H (2768)-Navara,D (2681) Chess.com INT 2022 ½-½ (58)}) ({RR} 7. Qxc3 Ne4 8. Qc2 O-O 9. Nf3 Bf5 10. Qd1 c5 11. e3 Nc6 12. dxc5 Qa5+ 13. Bd2 Qxc5 14. Be2 Qb6 15. b4 d4 16. exd4 Rad8 17. O-O Nxd4 18. Nxd4 Rxd4 {0-1 (18) Le Goff,R (2245)-Brodsky,D (2538) chess.com INT 2024}) 7... c5 8. Nf3 ({RR} 8. e3 O-O 9. f3 Re8 10. Ne2 Nc6 11. Kf2 Bd7 12. Ng3 Rc8 13. Qa2 Na5 14. Rb1 c4 15. Be2 h5 16. h4 Ba4 17. e4 dxe4 18. fxe4 Nxe4+ 19. Nxe4 Rxe4 20. Bg5 Qd7 21. Bxh5 Bc6 22. Rbf1 f6 {Platz,H-Botvinnik,M Budapest 1952 ½-½ (66)}) 8... Qa5 9. Nd2 $146 ({RR} 9. Bd2 Ne4 10. e3 c4 11. Ne5 Nd6 12. f3 f6 13. Ng4 Bf5 14. Qb2 O-O 15. Nf2 Qc7 16. g4 Bg6 17. Bg2 Nc6 18. O-O Rae8 19. Rae1 f5 20. gxf5 Nxf5 21. Qb5 Nce7 22. f4 Rd8 23. e4 Nd6 {Afonso,N (1911)-Schwab,M (2117) Ditzingen 2018 1-0 (57)}) 9... Bd7 10. Nb3 Qa4 11. Qb2 Na6 12. e3 {[ 13.xa6, 14.xc5]} c4 {} (12... cxd4) 13. Nd2 O-O 14. Be2 b5 15. Bd1 Qa5 16. Bc2 Rfe8 17. O-O Rab8 18. Nf3 $1 (18. f3 Rxe3 19. Ne4 (19. Nxc4 $2 bxc4 $19) 19... Nxe4 $1 20. Bxe3 Nxc3 $15 {e.g.} 21. Bd2 Ne2+ 22. Kh1 c3 $1 (22... Qxd2 $4 23. Bxh7+)) 18... Qc7 19. Ne5 Be6 20. f3 Nc5 21. Bd2 Na4 $8 (21... Ncd7 {e.g.} 22. Nxd7 Bxd7 23. Rae1 Bc6 24. Qb1 Qb7) 22. Qb1 Rb6 23. Qe1 Nd7 24. Qh4 Nf8 25. e4 $1 {[ e4-e5, f3-f4-f5]} f6 26. Ng4 Ng6 27. Qh5 Qf7 28. Rae1 Rbb8 29. Ne3 Ne7 $2 (29... Nf4 $2 30. Qxf7+ { 31.xc4! +-}) (29... Rbd8 $2 30. exd5 Bxd5 31. Nxd5 Rxe1 32. Nxf6+ $18) (29... Nb6 $5 {(or 29...ed8) } 30. f4 Ne7) 30. Qh4 {[ 31.exd5; xh7]} f5 {[ 31.e5?]} 31. g4 $1 f4 (31... g6 32. exf5 gxf5 33. gxf5 $18 {(קd5) e.g.} Nxf5 (33... Bxf5 34. Bxf5 Nxf5 35. Qg5+ Ng7 36. Nxd5) 34. Bxf5 Bxf5 35. Qg5+ Bg6 36. Nxd5) 32. exd5 $1 Ng6 33. dxe6 Rxe6 34. Bxg6 hxg6 35. Ng2 Rbe8 36. Rxe6 Rxe6 37. Nxf4 Rf6 38. Qg5 Nxc3 39. Bxc3 Rxf4 40. Kg2 1-0

[Event "Match/Nation URS-USA (7-3) (5,5-4,5)"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1946.09.11"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Black "Reshevsky, Samuel Herman"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E49"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1946.09.11"]
[EventType "team-match"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 c5 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 d5 8. Ne2 dxc4 9. Bxc4 Nc6 10. a4 Qc7 11. Ba3 b6 12. Qc2 Rd8 13. Rc1 $146 ({RR} 13. Bb5 Na5 14. Bd3 Bb7 15. f3 c4 16. Be4 Bxe4 17. fxe4 Ng4 18. Ng3 Nxh2 19. e5 {½-½ (19) Name,G (2241)-Martins,V (2285) Recife 2007}) 13... Na5 14. Ba2 cxd4 15. cxd4 Qxc2 16. Rxc2 Bd7 17. Nc3 Rdc8 18. Kd2 Nc4+ 19. Bxc4 Rxc4 20. Rhc1 Rac8 21. Kd3 e5 22. f3 Bf5+ 23. e4 Rxd4+ 24. Ke3 Be6 25. Nb5 Rxc2 26. Rxc2 Rxa4 27. Bd6 Ra5 28. Nc7 h6 29. Nxe6 fxe6 30. Rc8+ Kh7 31. g4 Rb5 32. h4 a5 33. Ra8 Rb3+ 34. Ke2 Rb2+ 35. Ke3 Ra2 36. Bxe5 Nd7 37. Bxg7 Kxg7 38. Ra7 Ra3+ 39. Ke2 Ra2+ 40. Ke3 Ra3+ 41. Ke2 a4 42. Rxd7+ Kf8 43. Rd3 Ra1 44. Rd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chigorin Memorial-01"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1947.12.09"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Black "Kholmov, Ratmir D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E47"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1947.11.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. d4 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d6 6. Nge2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5 Nb8 9. a3 ({RR} 9. f4 exf4 10. Rxf4 Nbd7 11. Bc2 Ne5 12. a3 Bxc3 13. Nxc3 a5 14. b3 Bg4 15. Qd4 Qe7 16. Bb2 Bh5 17. Raf1 Bg6 18. Ba1 Nd3 19. Bd1 Nxf4 20. Rxf4 Rfe8 21. e4 Qe5 {0-1 (21) Bronowski,F (1709)-Malicka,M (1703) Warsaw POL 2024}) 9... Bxc3 10. Nxc3 a5 11. e4 $146 ({RR} 11. Rb1 Qe7 12. Qc2 Re8 13. f3 g6 14. Kh1 Kg7 15. b4 b6 16. e4 Nh5 17. Ne2 g5 18. Be3 Nd7 19. c5 axb4 20. cxd6 cxd6 21. axb4 Bb7 22. Bb5 Rec8 23. Qd2 f6 24. Bxg5 {1-0 (24) Hilmer,F (2210)-Kober,H Duesseldorf 1997}) 11... Ne8 12. Be3 f6 13. Qd2 Rf7 14. b4 Nd7 15. c5 b6 16. cxb6 Nxb6 17. bxa5 Rxa5 18. Nb5 Ra8 19. Qc2 Na4 20. Rfb1 g6 21. Na7 c5 22. Nxc8 Qxc8 23. Bb5 Rfa7 24. Bc6 f5 25. f3 f4 26. Bf2 g5 27. Rb3 g4 28. fxg4 Qxg4 29. Bxa8 Rxa8 30. Rab1 1-0

[Event "Chigorin Memorial-01"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1947.12.12"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Black "Ragozin, Viacheslav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E44"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1947.11.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 Qe7 5. Nge2 b6 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. Nxc3 Bb7 8. d5 d6 9. Be2 Nbd7 10. O-O $146 ({RR} 10. e4 a5 11. f3 Nc5 12. b3 Nh5 13. Rb1 Qf6 14. Qd2 a4 15. Nb5 Rc8 16. b4 Nb3 17. Qg5 Nxc1 18. Qxf6 Nd3+ 19. Bxd3 Nxf6 20. Kd2 Ke7 21. Rhc1 Nd7 22. Bc2 c5 23. h4 Ne5 24. Bxa4 Ra8 {LCZero0.31-dag-5350a2e-BT4-61 (3634)-Stockfishdev-20240513-e608eab (3662) tcec-chess.com INT 2024 1-0 (90)}) ({RR} 10. e4 a5 11. f3 Nc5 12. b3 Nh5 13. O-O Qf6 14. Qc2 Nf4 15. Bxf4 Qxf4 16. b4 Nd7 17. Nb5 Rc8 18. Rad1 h5 19. Qa4 Ke7 20. Rf2 h4 21. Qb3 axb4 22. axb4 e5 23. Bf1 Ba6 24. Na7 Ra8 {Stockfishdev-20240513-e608eab (3662)-LCZero0.31-dag-5350a2e-BT4-61 (3634) tcec-chess.com INT 2024 ½-½ (62)}) 10... O-O 11. e4 exd5 12. exd5 Rfe8 13. Be3 a6 14. Qc2 Ne5 15. Rae1 Bc8 16. Bd4 Bd7 17. f4 Ng6 18. g4 Qd8 19. g5 Ng4 20. Qd2 h6 21. f5 N6e5 22. h3 Nf6 23. gxf6 Qxf6 24. Qf4 Re7 25. Kh1 c5 26. Bg1 g6 27. fxg6 Qxf4 28. Rxf4 fxg6 29. Rf6 Bf5 30. Rxd6 Nxc4 31. Re6 Rxe6 32. dxe6 Bxe6 33. Bf3 1-0

[Event "World-ch17 Tournament"]
[Site "The Hague/Moscow"]
[Date "1948.03.09"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Black "Reshevsky, Samuel Herman"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E51"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1948.03.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "25"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "MainBase"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 d5 {Im Vergleichskampf UdSSR-USA, Moskau 1946, spielte Reshevsky 5...O-O (½,44). Ergebnis der bisherigen Begegnungen: Botvinnik:2 Reshevsky:0 Remis:3} 5. a3 Be7 (5... Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Bd3 O-O 9. Ne2 b6 10. a4 Ba6 11. Bxa6 Nxa6 12. Ba3 Re8 13. Qd3 c4 14. Qc2 Qd7 15. O-O $16 {Botvinnik-Alexander, UdSSR-England, Radio-match 1946}) (5... Bd6 $5) 6. Nf3 (6. Bd3 b6 7. Nf3 O-O 8. Qe2 c5 9. O-O Nc6 10. Rd1 cxd4 11. exd4 Ba6 12. Bg5 dxc4 13. Bxc4 Bxc4 14. Qxc4 Rc8 15. Qa6 Nd5 16. Bxe7 Ndxe7 $10 {Fine-Keres, UdSSR-USA, Moskau 1946}) 6... O-O (6... b6 7. Bd3 Bb7) 7. b4 $6 (7. Bd3 b6 {Siehe Fine-Keres}) 7... Nbd7 $6 (7... a5 8. b5 c5 $132) 8. Bb2 c6 (8... a5 $6 9. c5 $1 $16) 9. Bd3 (9. c5 $6 Qc7 { e5=}) (9. Qc2 $5 {Euwe}) (9. Qb3 $5 {Golombek}) 9... dxc4 $6 (9... Bd6 10. c5 (10. O-O Qe7 { e5 ohne dc}) 10... Bc7 { e7, e5 =/}) 10. Bxc4 Bd6 $146 (10... Qc7 { Euwe, ?! Golmbek} 11. Rc1) (10... a5 11. b5 c5 12. O-O Nb6 13. Bd3 $16 {× c8}) ({RR} 10... a5 11. b5 Nb6 12. Bd3 cxb5 13. Nxb5 Bd7 14. O-O Rc8 15. Qe2 Na4 16. Ne5 Bxb5 17. Bxb5 Nc3 18. Bxc3 Rxc3 19. Qb2 Qc7 20. Rfc1 Rc8 21. Nc4 Rxc1+ 22. Rxc1 Ne4 23. g3 Nd6 24. a4 g6 25. Rc2 {Kortschnoj,V-Reshevsky,S Sousse 1967 ½-½ (33)}) 11. Ne2 $2 (11. Qc2 $1 e5 12. Ba2 Qe7 13. Bb1 $40) (11. O-O e5 12. Qc2 exd4 13. exd4 Nb6 14. Ba2 $14) 11... a5 $1 (11... Qc7 12. Ng3 e5 13. Nf5 $16) 12. b5 Nb6 13. Bd3 cxb5 14. Bxb5 {Zeit:1:02} Bd7 $15 {Zeit:1:06   ×c4 Entwicklungsvorsprung} 15. Qb3 $6 {Zeit:1:17} (15. Qd3 Na4 16. Bc1) 15... a4 {Zeit:1:21} 16. Qd3 Ra5 17. Nc3 (17. Bxd7 Qxd7 { b5} 18. Bc3 Rb5 (18... Qb5 19. Qb1 Qxb1+ 20. Rxb1 Ra6 $16) 19. O-O Rc8 $16) 17... Qe8 (17... Nfd5 18. O-O) 18. Bxd7 Qxd7 19. O-O {Zeit:1:32} (19. e4 Rc8 $1 20. e5 $2 Bxe5 $1) 19... Rc8 {Zeit:1:42} 20. e4 $2 (20. Nd2 $1 $15) (20. Rfb1 $5 Nc4 21. Bc1 $15) 20... Nc4 $17 21. Bc1 e5 $3 22. Rd1 (22. d5 b5 23. Nh4 b4 24. axb4 Bxb4 $19 {Golombek}) 22... exd4 23. Qxd4 Qe6 (23... Qc7 $5 { e5-+ Golombek}) 24. Ra2 h6 25. h3 {Zeit:2:14} Ra6 { e5 Zeit:2:20} (25... Rh5 $5 26. Nd5 (26. Re2 b5) 26... Nxe4 $1 27. Re2 Rxd5 $1 28. Qxd5 Qxd5 29. Rxd5 Nc3) (25... Bc5 $5) (25... Ne5 $2 26. Qxd6 Nxf3+ 27. gxf3 Qxh3 28. Qg3 Qxg3+ 29. fxg3 Rxc3 30. Rd8+ Kh7 31. Bd2 $16) 26. Nd5 $1 Nxe4 (26... Nxd5 27. exd5 Qf5 $17) 27. Re2 f5 28. g4 Bc5 $4 {Zeit:2:26} (28... Ne5 $5 29. Nxe5 Bxe5 30. gxf5 Bxd4 31. fxe6 Rxe6 $19 {Golombek}) (28... Qf7 $17) (28... Ng5 $1 29. Nxg5 (29. Rxe6 Nxf3+ 30. Kg2 Nxd4 31. Rxd4 fxg4 $19) (29. Qd3 Nxf3+ 30. Qxf3 fxg4 $19) 29... Qxe2 30. Nf6+ gxf6 31. Qd5+ Kh8 32. Nf7+ Kh7 33. Qxf5+ (33. Ng5+ fxg5 34. Qf7+ Kh8 35. Qf6+ Kg8 36. Qg6+ Kf8 $19) (33. Nxh6 Ne5 $19) 33... Kg7 34. Bxh6+ Kxf7 $19 35. Qh7+ Ke8 36. Qg8+ Kd7) 29. gxf5 Qxf5 $2 (29... Bxd4 30. fxe6 Bxf2+ 31. Rxf2 (31. Kg2 Rxe6) 31... Nxf2 32. Kxf2 (32. Re1 Nd3 $10) 32... Rxe6 $10) 30. Qxe4 (30. Qxc5 $2 Rxc5 31. Ne7+ Kh7 32. Nxf5 Nc3 $17) 30... Qxh3 (30... Rg6+ 31. Kh2 Bd6+ 32. Bf4 $18) 31. Nh2 Rcc6 32. Nf4 $18 {Zeitüberschreitung. / loses on time Anmerkungen, wenn nicht anders vermerkt: Keres und Flohr} 1-0

[Event "World-ch17 Tournament"]
[Site "The Hague/Moscow"]
[Date "1948.03.25"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Black "Keres, Paul"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E28"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "1948.03.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "25"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "MainBase"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Re8 7. Ne2 e5 8. Ng3 d6 9. Be2 ({RR} 9. f3 b6 10. Bd3 Nc6 11. O-O Na5 12. e4 Ba6 13. Bg5 h6 14. Bh4 g5 15. Nf5 gxh4 16. f4 Kh7 17. fxe5 dxe5 18. Qd2 Ng8 19. Qf2 Bxc4 20. Bxc4 Nxc4 21. Qe2 b5 22. Qh5 Qg5 23. Qxf7+ Kh8 {Riazantsev,A (2616)-Grebnev,A (2555) Moscow RUS 2024 0-1}) 9... Nbd7 ({RR} 9... b6 10. f3 e4 11. O-O Bb7 12. Ra2 Nbd7 13. Qe1 Nf8 14. Bd1 Ng6 15. Ba4 Ba6 16. Bxe8 Qxe8 17. Ra1 Bxc4 18. Rf2 Qe6 19. f4 Ne7 20. f5 Qd7 21. Qd1 Ned5 22. Bd2 g6 23. h3 Kg7 24. Ne2 {Ivanisevic,I (2533)-Berczes,D (2397) Balatonlelle HUN 2025 1-0 (34)}) 10. O-O c5 11. f3 $146 ({RR} 11. Qc2 Nf8 12. dxc5 dxc5 13. Rd1 Qe7 14. e4 Ng6 15. Nf1 Nf4 16. g3 Nxe2+ 17. Qxe2 h6 18. Ne3 Be6 19. Nd5 Bxd5 20. cxd5 Rec8 21. a4 Ne8 22. f4 Nd6 23. f5 b6 24. Rf1 f6 25. g4 Kf7 {Niklasson,C (2385)-Mortensen,E (2365) Gladsaxe 1979 1-0 (40)}) 11... cxd4 12. cxd4 Nb6 13. Bb2 exd4 14. e4 Be6 15. Rc1 Re7 16. Qxd4 Qc7 17. c5 dxc5 18. Rxc5 Qf4 19. Bc1 Qb8 20. Rg5 Nbd7 21. Rxg7+ Kxg7 22. Nh5+ Kg6 23. Qe3 1-0

[Event "World-ch17 Tournament"]
[Site "The Hague/Moscow"]
[Date "1948.04.18"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Black "Reshevsky, Samuel Herman"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E29"]
[Annotator "Reshevsky,Samuel Herman"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1948.03.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "25"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "MainBase"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 {Botvinnik's favourite variation, which has earned him many triumphs. It is hard for Black to find a system of defence good enough to equalise. I devoted quite a lot of time to preparatory analysis of this line.} c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 {White has secured the advantage of the two bishops, but his queenside pawns are weak. If White can succeed in mobilising his bishops effectively, he would have the better of it. This was my main problem. (And his main aim in the long run is to exploit that weakened queenside - BHW)} Nc6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. Ne2 b6 9. e4 {Commencing an immediate attack on Black's king's wing.} Ne8 $1 {The best place for the knight, which usefully defends the g7 pawn for some time. (More to the point, it guards against threats of Bg5 and f4-f5-f6, and also facilitates Black playing f7-f5 - ed)} 10. Be3 {Forcing 10...d6 which blocks this square for the e8 knight which might want to go there to attack White's weak c4 pawn.} d6 (10... Qe7 {would not be good, for after} 11. dxc5 bxc5 12. Qa4 {Black cannot play 12...d6.}) 11. O-O Na5 12. Ng3 Ba6 13. Qe2 Qd7 14. f4 {[diagram]} f5 $1 ({Black pursues his plan methodically, to neutralise the effectiveness of White's bishops and with it the force of his kingside attack. If} 14... Qa4 {then} 15. f5 Bxc4 (15... exf5 16. exf5 Bxc4 (16... Nf6 17. Bg5) 17. f6 {with fine attacking chances}) 16. fxe6 Bxd3 (16... Bxe6 17. Bb5 Qb3 18. d5 Bc8 19. Bd2 {leaves it difficult for Black}) (16... fxe6 17. Rxf8+ Kxf8 18. Rf1+ Kg8 19. Qf3 Nf6 20. Bxc4 Qxc4 21. e5 {with a won game}) 17. Qxd3 {or 17 exf7+ with a superior position. This system of defence with ...Ne8 and ...f5 was tried out by Capablanca versus Johner at Carlsbad in 1929, as the editors of the bulletin point out.}) 15. Rae1 $146 ({Waste of time.} 15. Rad1 {would have been better.}) (15. d5 {was another possibility but after} g6 16. dxe6 Qxe6 17. exf5 gxf5 {White's c4 pawn is under fire.}) ({RR} 15. Rad1 Qd8 16. d5 fxe4 17. Nxe4 exd5 18. cxd5 Bxd3 19. Rxd3 Qd7 20. Ng5 Nc7 21. Bc1 Rae8 22. Qc2 Qf5 23. Qd1 h6 24. g4 Qf6 25. Nh3 Qe7 26. f5 Qe2 27. Nf4 Qxd1 28. Rdxd1 Re4 29. h3 Nb3 {Cruz,W-Oliveira,W Rio de Janeiro 1949 1-0 (53)}) ({RR} 15. d5 fxe4 16. Nxe4 exd5 17. Ng5 Nf6 18. cxd5 Bxd3 19. Qxd3 c4 20. Qc2 Rfe8 21. Bd4 Nb3 22. Rad1 Nxd4 23. Rxd4 h6 24. Ne6 Nxd5 25. Nxg7 Ne3 26. Nxe8 Nxc2 27. Nf6+ Kf7 28. Nxd7 Nxd4 29. cxd4 Ke6 {Tymrakiewicz,R (2253)-Klimkowski,J (2165) Ustron 2020 0-1 (52)}) 15... g6 16. Rd1 Qf7 ({If} 16... Qa4 {then} 17. d5 Bxc4 ({if} 17... exd5 18. exf5 $1) 18. dxe6 Bxe6 ({on} 18... fxe4 {would come} 19. e7 Rf7 20. Nxe4 Rxe7 21. Qf3 {threatening 22 Nf6+ and 23 f5 (but Fritz refutes this with} Bxd3 22. Nxc5 dxc5 23. Rxd3 Qe4 {winning - ed}) 19. exf5 gxf5 20. Bxc5 {, etc.}) 17. e5 Rc8 18. Rfe1 dxe5 ({If} 18... cxd4 19. Bxd4 Bxc4 20. exd6 Nxd6 {(a blunder - Fritz suggests 20...Qd7!? - ed), then} 21. Qe5 {, etc.}) 19. dxe5 (19. fxe5 {would lose a pawn after} cxd4 {.}) 19... Ng7 20. Nf1 Rfd8 21. Bf2 Nh5 22. Bg3 {A sad post for this bishop!} Qe8 23. Ne3 ({White would not ease his task of defence by the alternative} 23. Nd2 Qa4 {.}) 23... Qa4 24. Qa2 ({After} 24. Bc2 Qxa3 25. Rxd8+ Rxd8 26. Rd1 Nc6 27. Rxd8+ Nxd8 28. Qd2 Nf7 29. Qd7 Qxc3 {, Black would win.}) 24... Nxg3 25. hxg3 h5 $1 {Forestalling any attack by g4.} 26. Be2 Kf7 27. Kf2 Qb3 $1 {diagram} 28. Qxb3 Nxb3 29. Bd3 ({If} 29. Rd3 {, then} Nd2 {followed by ...Ne4+ and ...Bb7.}) 29... Ke7 30. Ke2 Na5 {Not allowing 31 Bc2.} 31. Rd2 Rc7 32. g4 Rcd7 ({White could have had drawing chances after} 32... fxg4 33. Bxg6 Nxc4 34. Nxc4 Bxc4+ 35. Ke3 {.}) ({After} 32... hxg4 33. Rh1 {is disagreeable.}) 33. gxf5 gxf5 34. Red1 ({There is no note to this move but it looks like 34 Red1 was a serious error and} 34. Rdd1 {should have been preferred. Black is still better but the position is by no means easy to win - ed.}) 34... h4 35. Ke1 ({An oversight in time trouble! The endgame is clearly won for Black already but better would have been} 35. Rh1 {... it is not clear whether this is Reshevsky or BH Wood writing, but Fritz provides the refutation to this alternative, namely} Bxc4 $1 {when} 36. Nxc4 Nxc4 37. Rdd1 Nb2 {wins material - ed.}) 35... Nb3 36. Nd5+ {Desperation.} exd5 37. Bxf5 Nxd2 38. Rxd2 dxc4 39. Bxd7 Rxd7 40. Rf2 Ke6 41. Rf3 Rd3 42. Ke2 0-1

[Event "World-ch18 Botvinnik-Bronstein +5-5=14"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1951.03.25"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Black "Bronstein, David Ionovich"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E43"]
[Annotator "ChessBase/Botvinnik/Bronstein"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1951.03.16"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "24"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "MainBase"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {1) David Bronstein: Bronstein on his Match for the World Championship. in: BS Vainstein: David Bronstein. Chess Improviser. Pergamon Press. 1983. p.118-192. 2) Schachmatnoe Tvoretschestvo Botvinnika. Bd2. Hrsg, B.D. Baturinsky. Moskva 1966. S.264-318: Match na pervenstvo mira. Botvinnik-Bronstein.1951. Moskva. 3) Gideon Stahlberg: Världmästarmatchen. Moskva. 15mars-11maj 1951. Sveriges Schackförbunds Förlag. Helsingsfors.1951. 4) W.Winter and R.G.Wade: World Chess Championship 1951. Botvinnik v. Bronstein.951. London.The Chess Player.} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 c5 6. Nf3 b6 7. O-O Bb7 8. Na4 cxd4 (8... Qe7 9. a3 Ba5 10. b3 d5 11. cxd5 exd5 12. Bb2 Nbd7 13. Qe2 Ne4 14. Rac1 Bc6 15. Nc3 Bxc3 16. Bxc3 a5 17. Bb2 Rfc8 18. Ne5 Bb7 19. Rfd1 Ndf6 20. f3 Nd6 21. a4 Rc7 22. Rc2 Nfe8 23. Rdc1 f6 24. Ng4 c4 25. bxc4 dxc4 26. Be4 Nxe4 27. fxe4 Qxe4 28. Rxc4 Rxc4 29. Qxc4+ Bd5 30. Qe2 h5 31. Ne5 fxe5 32. dxe5 h4 33. h3 Qxa4 34. Bd4 Qd7 35. Qh5 b5 36. Rf1 Nc7 37. Rf4 Bf7 38. Qf3 Bd5 39. Qh5 Qe8 40. Qxh4 Ne6 41. Rf5 Qg6 {0-1 Taimanov,M-Botvinnik,M/Moscow 1963/EXT 1999}) 9. a3 (9. exd4 {Botvinnik} d5 (9... Be7) (9... Re8) 10. c5 bxc5 11. a3 c4 12. axb4 cxd3 13. Nc5) 9... Be7 10. exd4 Qc7 (10... d6) 11. b4 $1 {Botvinnik} (11. Nc3 d5) (11. h3 d5) 11... Ng4 (11... d5 12. c5 {Botvinnik}) (11... a5 12. b5 d5 13. c5 $1 {Stahlberg} bxc5 14. dxc5 Bxc5 15. Bb2 $36 {Botvinnik} (15. Nxc5 Qxc5 16. Bb2 $16) 15... Be7 (15... Ne4 16. Rc1 Qe7 17. Nxc5 Nxc5 18. Rxc5 $1 Qxc5 19. Bxh7+ Kxh7 20. Ng5+ $18) 16. Rc1 Qd8 17. Ne5 $16 {Stahlberg}) 12. g3 (12. Re1 Bxf3 13. Qxf3 Qxh2+ 14. Kf1 f5 15. Qxa8 Nc6 16. Qb7 Nxd4 $19 {Botvinnik}) (12. d5 b5 13. cxb5 Bxd5 {Botvinnik}) 12... f5 (12... Qc6 13. d5 exd5 14. Nd4 $1 $18 Qf6 15. Qxg4 Nc6 16. Nxc6) 13. Nc3 $1 {Bronstein} (13. Ne1 Nc6 14. Bb2 Nd8 15. Ng2 Nf7 16. f3 Nf6 17. Rc1 Rac8 18. c5 Qd8 19. Qe2 Nd5 20. Ba6 Bxa6 21. Qxa6 Bf6 22. Qe2 Nh8 23. Rc2 Ng6 24. f4 Nge7 25. b5 Qe8 26. Rfc1 Qf7 27. Qd2 Rb8 28. Qd3 g6 29. Nc3 Qg7 30. Ne2 bxc5 31. Rxc5 Rb7 32. Rb1 Rfb8 33. Bc1 Nc8 34. Ne3 Nce7 35. Nxd5 Nxd5 36. Rc2 Qf8 37. Bd2 Qd6 38. a4 Nb6 39. Bb4 Qd5 40. Rc5 Qe4 41. Qxe4 fxe4 42. Rc2 Nxa4 43. Ra1 Rxb5 44. Rxa4 Rxb4 45. Rxa7 Bxd4+ 46. Kg2 Bxa7 {0-1 Alatortsev,V-Lisitsin,G/Tbilisi 1937/EXT 2000}) (13. Re1 f4 $3 {Botvinnik} 14. Bxf4 Rxf4 15. gxf4 Qxf4 16. d5 exd5 17. Rxe7 Nc6 18. Re1 Rf8 19. Be4 $13 {Botvinnik} dxe4 20. Qd5+ Kh8 21. Qxe4 Qf6 22. Qxg4 Nd8 23. Qg3 Bxf3 24. Rac1 Ne6 25. Nc3 Nd4 26. Re3 Bc6 27. Nd5 Qf7 28. Rce1 b5 29. Re7 Qg8 30. Kf1 bxc4 31. Ne3 c3 32. Rc1 c2 33. Nxc2 Qc4+ 34. Ke1 Nf3+ {0-1 Petrosian,T-Kopylov,N/Moscow 1951/URS-ch}) 13... a6 14. Re1 Nc6 $146 (14... Bxf3 {Lilienthal} 15. Qxf3 Nc6 16. Ne2 Bf6 17. Bb2 $14) ({RR} 14... Bf6 15. Bf4 Qc8 16. h3 Nh6 17. Be2 Nf7 18. Na4 Qd8 19. Ne5 Nc6 20. Bf3 Rc8 21. c5 g5 22. Nxf7 Rxf7 23. Be5 Bxe5 24. dxe5 g4 25. hxg4 fxg4 26. Bg2 Qg5 27. Nxb6 Rcf8 28. Ra2 Kh8 29. Rd2 {Pinter,J (2445)-Toth,B (2470) Rome 1979 1-0 (33)}) 15. Bf1 (15. d5 $5 {GJ07} Nce5 16. Nxe5 (16. Bf4 Bd6 17. Nxe5 Nxe5) 16... Nxe5 17. Bf4 Bd6 (17... Bf6 18. Qe2 exd5 19. Nxd5 Bxd5 20. cxd5 Rae8 21. Bxa6) 18. Bf1 (18. c5 $2 bxc5 19. bxc5 Qxc5 $17 20. Bxe5 (20. Na4 Qxd5) 20... Bxe5 21. Rxe5 Qxc3 $17) 18... Nxc4 19. dxe6 dxe6 20. Rxe6 Qc6 (20... Bxf4 21. Nd5 Bxd5 22. Qxd5 $16 Kh8 23. Qxc4 Qxc4 24. Bxc4 Bc7 25. Rd1) 21. Nd5 Qxd5 22. Qxd5 Bxd5 23. Bxc4 Bxc4 24. Rxd6) 15... Nd8 (15... f4 {Lilienthal} 16. Bxf4 Rxf4 17. gxf4 Nxd4 (17... Qxf4 18. Re4) 18. Qxd4 $1 Bxf3 19. Nd5 Bxd5 20. cxd5 Bf6 (20... Rf8 21. dxe6 Rxf4 22. Qxd7 Qb8 23. Rac1 Rc4 24. f4 Qxf4 25. Qe8+ Bf8 26. Qf7+ $18 {Botvinnik}) 21. Qc4 $1 {Botvinnik} Qxc4 22. Bxc4 Bxa1 23. dxe6 dxe6 24. Bxe6+ Kf8 25. Rxa1 $16) (15... Rac8 $142 {Botvinnik}) 16. Bf4 (16. d5 Bf6 17. Bf4 (17. Bb2 Nf7) (17. Nd4 Rc8 18. a4) 17... e5 18. Bg5 Nf7 $11) 16... Bd6 17. Bxd6 Qxd6 18. Bg2 (18. Ne5 $5 {GJ07} Nf6 (18... Nxe5 19. dxe5 Qc6 20. f3 Nf7 (20... Qxf3 21. Qxf3 Bxf3 22. Na4 Rb8 23. c5 b5 24. Nb6 Bc6 25. a4 $14) 21. Bg2 Rad8 22. Qe2 d6 $11) 19. Rc1) (18. d5 $1 {GJ07} Nf6 19. Nd4 $14 Ne4 20. Nxe4 fxe4 21. Rxe4 exd5 22. Rh4 h6 23. Rc1) 18... Nf7 19. c5 (19. Qb3 $2 Bxf3 20. Bxf3 Qxd4 $17) (19. Qd2 Rac8 20. c5) 19... Qc7 (19... bxc5 20. dxc5 Qe7 21. Nd5 $16 {Botvinnik}) 20. Rc1 $6 (20. Na4 $1 b5 21. Nb6 Rae8 22. d5 $1 $16) 20... Rae8 21. Na4 $5 (21. d5 $1 {GJ07} bxc5 22. dxe6 dxe6 23. Na4 c4 24. Nc5 Bd5 25. Nd4 Bxg2 26. Kxg2 $14 e5 27. Nxf5 Qc6+ 28. f3 Ng5 29. h4 Qxf3+ 30. Qxf3 Nxf3 31. Kxf3 h5 32. Rxc4 $16) (21. Nh4 $1 {GJ07} Bxg2 22. Nxg2 Ng5 23. Nf4 Qb7 24. c6 dxc6 25. h4) 21... b5 22. Nc3 (22. Nb6 d5 {Bronstein} (22... Nf6 $11 {GJ07}) 23. h3 Nf6 24. Ne5 $16 {GJ07}) 22... f4 23. d5 (23. Ne4 {GJ07} fxg3 24. hxg3 Rc8 (24... Nfh6 25. Nd6) 25. a4 $14) 23... fxg3 24. fxg3 (24. hxg3 $142 exd5 25. Nxd5 $14 {Bronstein} Rxe1+ (25... Qc6 26. Nh4 Rxe1+ 27. Qxe1 $18 {Botvinnik}) 26. Nxe1 Qe5 (26... Bxd5 27. Bxd5 Nf6 28. Nf3 Nxd5 29. Qxd5 Qd8 30. Rd1 $16 {GJ07}) 27. Qxg4 Bxd5 28. Bxd5 Qxd5 29. Rd1 $16 {Botvinnik}) 24... exd5 25. Qd4 (25. Qd2 Nf6 26. Nd4 Ne4) (25. Nxd5 Bxd5 (25... Qc6 {Bronstein: the sharp move, which i would probably have made.} 26. Ne7+ $1 Rxe7 27. Rxe7 Ng5 28. Qb3+ Kh8 29. Qc3 $1 {Lilienthal. Bronstein: This fine manoeuvre restricts Black's play by the necessity to guard g7, but complications could still have arisen after} Qh6 30. Nh4 (30. Qb2 Bxf3 31. Bxf3 Nxf3+ 32. Kh1 Nfxh2 $19) (30. Qxg7+ Qxg7 31. Rxg7 Nxf3+ (31... Kxg7 32. Nxg5 $14) 32. Bxf3 Bxf3 {Bronstein: remaining with two minor pieces for a rook and two pawns, with the white king insecurely placed.} 33. Rxd7 {GJ07 for example} Bc6 34. Rc7 Ne5 35. Rd1 Nf3+ 36. Kg2 Ne1+ 37. Kh3 Bg2+ 38. Kh4 Nf3+ 39. Kh5 Rg8 40. Rd6 Nxh2 41. Rdd7 Bf3+ 42. Kh4) 30... Bxg2 31. Kxg2 Qc6+ $19) 26. Qxd5 (26. Rxe8 {GJ07} Rxe8 27. Qxd5 Ne3 28. Re1 Qc8 29. Qd3 Nxg2 30. Rxe8+ Qxe8 31. Kxg2 Qe6 32. h4) 26... Ne3 27. Qd2 {Botvinnik} (27. Qb3 Nxg2 28. Kxg2 Rxe1 29. Rxe1 d6 $11 {Bronstein}) 27... Nxg2 28. Qxg2 (28. Kxg2 Qc6) 28... Rxe1+ 29. Rxe1 d6) 25... Nf6 26. Nh4 Re5 27. Rxe5 Qxe5 28. Qxe5 Nxe5 29. Nf5 (29. Rd1 Nc4 30. Nxd5 Nxd5 31. Bxd5+ Bxd5 32. Rxd5 Ne3 $19 {Botvinnik}) 29... Nc4 30. Rd1 $2 {Botvinnik} (30. Nxd5 Nxd5 31. Bxd5+ Bxd5 32. Ne7+ Kf7 33. Nxd5 $11 {Botvinnik} Ke8 $11 {Bronstein} 34. a4 $16 {GJ07} Na3 35. Rc3 Nb1 36. Re3+ Kd8 37. axb5 axb5 38. Rd3) (30. Ne7+ Kf7 31. Nexd5 Bc6 32. Nxf6 Kxf6 33. Nd5+ Ke5 34. Re1+ Kd4 35. Rd1+ $11 {Bronstein}) 30... Kh8 $1 {Bronstein: One of my best moves in the match.} 31. Re1 (31. Nxd5 $2 {Bronstein} Bxd5 32. Bxd5 Nxd5 33. Rxd5 g6 34. Rxd7 (34. Nd6 Ne3 $19) 34... gxf5 35. c6 Ne5 36. Rc7 Rf7 37. Rc8+ Kg7 38. c7 Kf6 39. Kf2 Nc6 40. Ke3 Na7 $19) (31. h3 Nxa3 32. Nxd5 Bxd5 33. Bxd5 Nc2 $17 {Botvinnik}) 31... Nxa3 32. Nd6 Bc6 33. Ra1 Nc2 34. Rxa6 d4 $1 35. Ncxb5 Bxg2 36. Kxg2 Ng4 37. Nf5 (37. Ne4 d3 $19 {Bronstein} 38. Nbc3 Nce3+ 39. Kh3 d2 40. Nxd2 Nf2+ 41. Kh4 Ng2+ 42. Kg5 g6 43. Rf6 (43. Kh6 Ng4+ 44. Kg5 Rf5+ 45. Kxg4 Ne3+ $19 {Botvinnik}) 43... Kg7 44. Rxf8 h6# {Botvinnik}) 37... d3 38. Rd6 Rxf5 39. Rxd3 Nge3+ 0-1

[Event "World-ch18 Botvinnik-Bronstein +5-5=14"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1951.04.13"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Black "Bronstein, David Ionovich"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E44"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "1951.03.16"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "24"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1989.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1989.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. Nge2 Bb7 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. Nxc3 O-O 8. Bd3 (8. d5) 8... c5 9. d5 ({RR} 9. O-O d5 10. cxd5 exd5 11. dxc5 bxc5 12. b4 d4 13. exd4 Qxd4 14. Bb2 Rd8 15. Be2 cxb4 16. Qxd4 Rxd4 17. Nb5 Rd2 18. Bxf6 Rxe2 19. Nc7 gxf6 20. Nxa8 Bxa8 21. axb4 a6 22. Rfc1 Kf8 23. b5 Bb7 {Unzicker,F (2241)-Landmark,G (1927) Reykjavik ISL 2025 1-0 (40)}) 9... b5 ({RR} 9... exd5 10. cxd5 a6 11. e4 d6 12. O-O Nbd7 13. a4 Qc7 14. Ne2 Rfe8 15. Ng3 c4 16. Bc2 b5 17. Be3 b4 18. Rc1 a5 19. Bd4 Ba6 20. Nf5 Re5 21. Bd3 Rxf5 22. exf5 Nxd5 23. Be4 Bb7 24. Qf3 {Bronstein,D-Trifunovic,P Amsterdam 1954 1-0 (33)}) 10. O-O ({RR} 10. Nxb5 exd5 11. Nd6 Bc6 12. O-O Qc7 13. cxd5 Bxd5 14. Nf5 Nc6 15. Bd2 Be6 16. Bc3 Ne5 17. f4 Nxd3 18. Nxg7 Kxg7 19. Qxd3 d5 20. Be5 Qe7 21. e4 Rfd8 22. Qg3+ Kf8 23. f5 Bc8 24. exd5 Rxd5 {Gaprindashvili,V (2482)-Zhang,Z (2607) Ubeda 2001 ½-½ (46)}) 10... bxc4 $146 ({RR} 10... exd5 11. cxd5 b4 12. axb4 cxb4 13. Qb3 a5 14. e4 Ba6 15. Na4 Bxd3 16. Qxd3 d6 17. Bf4 Nh5 18. Be3 Nd7 19. Qe2 Nhf6 20. f3 Qe7 21. Rac1 Rfc8 22. Rxc8+ Rxc8 23. Qa6 Re8 24. Qxa5 Nh5 25. Qxb4 {David,A (2518)-Andreev,K (2151) Spilimbergo ITA 2023 1-0 (69)}) ({RR} 10... exd5 11. cxd5 b4 12. axb4 cxb4 13. Qb3 a5 14. e4 Ba6 15. Na4 Bxd3 16. Qxd3 d6 17. Bf4 Nh5 18. Be3 Nd7 19. Qe2 Nhf6 20. f3 Qe7 21. Rac1 Rfc8 22. Rxc8+ Rxc8 23. Qa6 Re8 24. Qxa5 Nh5 25. Qxb4 {David,A (2518)-Andreev,K (2151) Spilimbergo ITA 2023 1-0 (69)}) 11. Bxc4 exd5 12. Nxd5 Nc6 13. b3 (13. f3 Rb8 14. e4 Ne5 (14... Nxd5 15. Bxd5 Nd4 16. Bxb7 Rxb7 17. b4) 15. b3 Nxc4 16. bxc4 Nxd5 17. cxd5 Ba6) (13. b4 cxb4 14. axb4 Ne5 15. Bb2 d6 16. Nxf6+ Qxf6 17. Bd5 Bxd5 18. Qxd5 Nf3+ 19. gxf3 Qxb2 20. Qxd6 Rab8 21. Rxa7 Qxb4) 13... Nxd5 14. Bxd5 Rb8 15. Bb2 Ne7 16. Qg4 (16. Bc4 d5 17. Bd3 Ng6 18. Qh5 c4 19. Bf5 cxb3 20. Be5 Ra8 21. Rfb1 Bc8 22. Rxb3 $14) (16. Bxb7 Rxb7 17. Bc3 d5 18. b4 cxb4 19. axb4 Nc6 20. Qa4 Qb6 21. Rfc1 Rd8 22. Bxg7 Kxg7 23. Rxc6 Qxb4 24. Qd1 Qe4 25. Rcc1 Rbd7 26. h3 d4 27. Rc4 Qe5 28. Qg4+ Kf8 29. exd4 Rxd4 30. Rxd4 Rxd4 31. Qf3 a5 $11) 16... Ng6 17. Bxb7 Rxb7 18. b4 (18. Qc4 d5 19. Qxc5 Rxb3 20. Rab1 Qd7 21. Bd4 Rxb1 22. Rxb1 a6 23. Rc1 $14) 18... a5 (18... d5 19. Bc3 f5 20. Qf3 cxb4 21. Bxb4 Rff7 22. Rfd1 Rbd7 23. Rd4 Ne5 24. Qf4 Nc6 25. Rd3 g5 26. Qg3 f4 27. exf4 Nxb4 28. axb4 Rxf4 29. b5 Rdf7 30. Rd2 Rb4 $11) 19. Bc3 (19. Rfc1 axb4 (19... cxb4 20. Qd4 Qf6 21. Qd5 $16) 20. Rxc5 bxa3 21. Bxa3 Qf6 22. Rac1 Ra7 23. Qb4 Re8 24. Bb2 Qe6 25. Bd4 $14) 19... axb4 20. axb4 cxb4 21. Bxb4 Re8 22. Bc3 (22. Bd6 Qf6 23. Rfd1 Rb2 24. Bg3 Qe6 25. Qf3 $16) 22... Qh4 23. Qf3 Rc7 24. Bd4 Nf8 (24... Rec8) (24... Qg5) 25. Ra5 (25. Rfd1 Rec8) 25... Ne6 (25... Rc2) 26. Be5 Rc6 (26... Rc5) 27. Bg3 (27. Rd5) (27. Rd1) 27... Qc4 (27... Qe7) 28. Rd5 (28. Rd1 Nc5 29. Ra7) 28... Nc5 29. Rd4 Qe6 30. Qd5 (30. Rfd1) 30... h6 (30... Nb3) 31. h3 $11 (31. Rb1) 31... Ra8 (31... f5) (31... Nb3) 32. Rfd1 (32. Qf3) 32... Qxd5 33. Rxd5 Ne4 $11 34. Rxd7 Nxg3 (34... Ra2 35. Bh4 Rcc2 36. Re7 Nxf2 37. Rd8+ Kh7 38. Kh2 Kg6 39. Rd4 Re2) 35. fxg3 (35. Rd8+ Rxd8 36. Rxd8+ Kh7 37. fxg3 Rc2 38. g4) 35... Ra2 36. R1d2 Rxd2 37. Rxd2 Kf8 (37... f5) 38. g4 Ke7 39. Kf2 Rf6+ 40. Ke2 Ra6 41. Rd5 (41. e4 Ke6 42. Ke3 g6 43. Rd5 Ra3+ 44. Rd3 Ra1) 41... Ra2+ 42. Kf3 g5 43. Rf5 (43. Rd3 Ra1 44. e4 Kf6 45. Rc3 Rb1 46. g3 Rf1+ 47. Kg2 Re1 48. Rc6+ Ke5 49. Rc7 Ra1 50. Re7+ Kf6 51. Rd7 Ke5 $11) 43... Kf8 44. Rf6 Kg7 45. Rd6 Rb2 46. g3 Ra2 47. h4 Rh2 48. Rd1 (48. h5 Rh1 49. e4) 48... Kf6 49. e4 Kg6 50. h5+ Kf6 51. Rd6+ Kg7 52. e5 Rh1 53. e6 (53. Kg2 Re1 54. Rd5 Rb1 $11) 53... fxe6 54. Rxe6 Rf1+ 55. Ke4 Re1+ 56. Kd5 Rd1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "World-ch18 Botvinnik-Bronstein +5-5=14"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1951.04.22"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Black "Bronstein, David Ionovich"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E45"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1951.03.16"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "24"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "MainBase"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. Nge2 Ba6 6. a3 Be7 7. Ng3 d5 8. cxd5 Bxf1 9. Nxf1 ({RR} 9. Kxf1 Nxd5 10. Qf3 O-O 11. Bd2 c5 12. Nxd5 exd5 13. Bc3 c4 14. e4 dxe4 15. Nxe4 Nd7 16. d5 Re8 17. Rd1 Bf8 18. h4 Ne5 19. Qf5 Qc8 20. Qf4 Qg4 21. Qxg4 Nxg4 22. Rd4 b5 23. f3 f5 {Sarana,A (2703)-Matinian,N (2392) chess.com INT 2024 0-1 (72)}) 9... exd5 10. Ng3 Qd7 ({RR} 10... O-O 11. O-O Re8 12. b4 c6 13. Bb2 Nbd7 14. Rc1 Rc8 15. Qb3 b5 16. e4 Nxe4 17. Ncxe4 dxe4 18. Nxe4 Nb6 19. Rfe1 Bd6 20. g3 h6 21. Kg2 Re6 22. Nc5 Rxe1 23. Rxe1 Bxc5 24. dxc5 Nd5 25. Qf3 {Khuslen,E (2081)-Bulmaga,I (2393) Batumi GEO 2025 0-1 (57)}) 11. Qf3 Nc6 $146 ({RR} 11... g6 12. Nge2 Nc6 13. Nf4 Rd8 14. b4 h5 15. h3 Qf5 16. Qd1 g5 17. Nd3 Rd7 18. Bb2 Rh6 19. Rc1 Ne4 20. Qf3 Qe6 21. Nd1 Bf6 22. Qe2 Bg7 23. h4 g4 24. Nf4 Qd6 25. g3 Kf8 26. O-O {Jauregui Andrade,C-Cordaro,J Santiago de Chile 1951 1-0 (34)}) 12. O-O g6 13. Bd2 O-O 14. Nce2 h5 15. Rfc1 h4 16. Nf1 Ne4 17. Nf4 a5 18. Rc2 Bd8 19. Be1 Ne7 20. Qe2 Nd6 21. f3 g5 22. Nd3 Qe6 23. a4 Ng6 24. h3 f5 25. Bc3 Bf6 26. Re1 Rae8 27. Qd1 Rf7 28. b3 Rfe7 29. Bb2 f4 30. Ne5 Bxe5 31. dxe5 Nf7 32. exf4 Nxf4 33. Nh2 c5 34. Ng4 d4 35. Nf6+ Qxf6 0-1

[Event "URS-ch19 Final"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1951.11.11"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Black "Moiseev, Oleg Leonidovich"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E45"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "1951.11.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "URS-ch"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. Nge2 Ba6 6. a3 Be7 7. Nf4 O-O 8. b4 d5 9. b5 Bb7 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Bb2 c5 12. Be2 c4 $146 ({RR} 12... cxd4 13. Qxd4 Bc5 14. Qd2 d4 15. exd4 Qxd4 16. Qxd4 Bxd4 17. Rd1 Be5 18. Nd3 Bc7 19. Nb4 Nbd7 20. Ncd5 Nxd5 21. Nxd5 Bxd5 22. Rxd5 Nc5 23. O-O Rae8 24. Bf3 Re7 25. g3 Rfe8 26. Bd4 Ne6 27. Be3 {Byklum,B (2296)-Rozentalis,E (2616) Fagernes 2013 ½-½}) 13. O-O a6 14. a4 Bb4 15. Qc2 Qd7 16. Rfb1 Re8 17. Ba3 Bxa3 18. Rxa3 Qd6 19. Ra2 a5 20. Qc1 Nbd7 21. Qa3 Qxa3 22. Rxa3 Nf8 23. h4 Rad8 24. Bf3 Ne6 25. Nh5 Nxh5 26. Bxh5 g6 27. Bf3 f5 28. Ra2 Kg7 29. Kf1 h6 30. g3 Kf6 31. Kg2 Rh8 32. Rh1 Rhe8 33. Rd2 Re7 34. Re2 Ree8 35. Kf1 Rh8 36. Ke1 Rhe8 37. Kd2 Re7 38. Ree1 Ree8 39. Ne2 Rh8 40. g4 Rhg8 41. Reg1 fxg4 42. Bxg4 Rdf8 43. Bxe6 Kxe6 44. Nf4+ Kd6 45. Rh2 Rf6 46. Rhg2 Bc8 47. Rxg6 Rgxg6 48. Rxg6 Rxg6 49. Nxg6 Bf5 50. Ne5 Bb1 51. Kc3 Ba2 52. e4 dxe4 53. Nxc4+ Bxc4 54. Kxc4 h5 55. d5 Ke5 56. d6 Kxd6 57. Kd4 1-0

[Event "URS-ch19 Final"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1951.11.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Black "Taimanov, Mark E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E40"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1951.11.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "URS-ch"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Shamkovich,Leonid Alexandrovic ChessBase II} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 Nc6 5. Nge2 d5 6. a3 Be7 7. Ng3 h5 8. cxd5 ({RR} 8. Bd3 h4 9. Nge2 h3 10. g3 dxc4 ({RR} 10... e5 11. cxd5 Nxd5 12. Nxd5 Qxd5 13. e4) 11. Bxc4 e5 12. d5 Nb8 13. f3 ({RR} 13. e4 Bc5 ({RR} 13... Bg4 14. Qd3 Bxe2 15. Kxe2) 14. f3 a6 15. b4 Ba7 16. Qd3) 13... e4 14. fxe4 Nbd7 15. Nd4 O-O 16. O-O Ne5 17. b3 g6 18. Bb2 Nfg4 19. Qe2 a6 20. Nd1 Bd6 21. Nf2 Qg5 22. Nxg4 Bxg4 {Bagirov,V (2560)-Knezevic,M (2500) Sarajevo 1980 EXT 2002 [ChessBase II] ½-½}) ({RR} 8. Bd3 h4 9. Nge2 h3 10. g3 e5 11. cxd5 exd4 12. dxc6 dxc3 13. Nxc3 bxc6 14. e4 Be6 15. Qe2 Ng4 16. Bc4 Bxc4 17. Qxc4 Ne5 18. Qa6 Nf3+ 19. Kf1 Nd4 20. Be3 c5 21. Rd1 O-O 22. Nd5 Bd6 {Krutikov,I (1767)-Kudryashov,N (2016) Lipetsk 2007 1-0 (51)}) 8... exd5 9. Bd3 h4 10. Nf1 $146 ({RR} 10. Nge2 h3 11. g3 Bg4 12. O-O Bf3 13. b4 Bd6 14. Qc2 Qe7 15. Bb5 Qd7 16. Nf4 Bxf4 17. exf4 O-O 18. Qd3 Qg4 19. Re1 Rfe8 20. Bd2 Be4 21. Nxe4 dxe4 22. Qc3 Nd5 23. Qb2 Qf3 24. Bf1 e3 {Van Scheltinga,T-O'Kelly de Galway,A Beverwijk 1953 ½-½ (73)}) ({RR} 10. Nf5 Bf8 ({RR} 10... g6 11. Nxe7 Qxe7) 11. g3 g6 ({RR} 11... hxg3 12. fxg3 g6 13. Nh4) 12. Nxh4 {Shamkovich,L-Kosenkov,V Krasnodar 1957 EXT 2015 [Shamkovich,Leonid Alexandrovic]}) 10... h3 11. g3 O-O 12. Nd2 Bg4 13. f3 Bc8 14. b4 a5 15. b5 Nb8 16. O-O c5 17. bxc6 bxc6 18. Na4 Ba6 19. Nb3 Bb5 20. Nbc5 Na6 21. Nxa6 Bxa6 22. Rb1 Qc7 23. Bxa6 Rxa6 24. Qd3 Ra7 25. Bd2 Bd6 26. e4 dxe4 27. fxe4 Rd8 28. Qf3 Bf8 29. Bc3 Re8 30. e5 Nd5 31. Bd2 Qd7 32. Rb3 Rb7 33. Rxb7 Qxb7 34. Nc3 Nxc3 35. Bxc3 Bxa3 36. Bxa5 Bb2 37. Bb6 Qd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch19 Final"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1951.11.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Black "Lipnitsky, Isaak"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E51"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1951.11.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "URS-ch"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {ChessBase II ChessBase II} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 d5 ({RR} 4... O-O) ({RR} 4... c5) 5. a3 Be7 6. Nf3 O-O 7. b4 Nbd7 ({RR} 7... c6 8. Bb2 b6 9. c5 a5 10. Bd3 Nbd7 11. O-O Ba6 12. Ne1 e5 13. Bxa6 Rxa6 14. b5 exd4 15. bxa6 dxc3 16. Bxc3 Nxc5 17. Qe2 Qa8 18. Rb1 Nfe4 19. Bd4 b5 20. a7 Ne6 21. Nf3 Bxa3 22. Qc2 {Caruana,F (2766)-Carlsen,M (2859) chess.com INT 2022 ½-½ (72)}) ({RR} 7... b6 8. Bb2 Bb7 9. c5 Nc6 10. Bd3 Re8 11. O-O a5 12. b5 Na7 13. c6 Bc8 14. a4 Bd6 15. Ne5 h6 16. f4 Nh7 17. Qh5 Qe7 18. Rf3 Nf6 19. Qh4 Bxe5 20. fxe5 Nh7 21. Qh5 Ng5 22. Rg3 {Taboas Rodriguez,D (2360)-Clarke,A (1842) chess.com INT 2024 1-0}) 8. Bb2 c6 9. Qc2 ({RR} 9. Bd3 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Bd6 11. Ne2 a5 12. b5 Nb6 13. Bd3 cxb5 14. Bxb5 Bd7 15. Qb3 a4 16. Qd3 Ra5 17. Nc3 Qe8 18. Bxd7 Qxd7 19. O-O Rc8 20. e4 Nc4 21. Bc1 e5 22. Rd1 exd4 23. Qxd4 Qe6) 9... Re8 $146 ({RR} 9... a5 10. b5 c5 11. dxc5 Nxc5 12. Rd1 a4 13. cxd5 exd5 14. Be2 Qa5 15. O-O Rd8 16. Rd4 Be6 17. Rfd1 g6 18. Qb1 Bf5 19. Qa2 Bc2 20. Rf1 Bb3 21. Qa1 Ne8 22. Nd2 Nc7 23. Qb1 Bf6 24. Rb4 {Furman,S-Koblencs,A Leningrad 1953 EXT 2009 [ChessBase II] 1-0 (66)} {RR} Rd6) ({RR} 9... dxc4 10. Bxc4 a5 11. b5 Nb6 12. Bd3 cxb5 13. Nxb5 Bd7 14. O-O Rc8 15. Qe2 Na4 16. Ne5 Bxb5 ({RR} 16... Nxb2) 17. Bxb5 Nc3 18. Bxc3 Rxc3 19. Qb2 Qc7 20. Rfc1 Rc8 21. Nd3 Ne4 ({RR} 21... Rc2 22. Qb3 Qc3) 22. a4 Bb4 23. g3 h6 24. Nc5 {Botvinnik,M-Reshevsky,S Moscow 1955 EXT 1999 [ChessBase II] ½-½ (31)}) 10. Bd3 dxc4 11. Bxc4 a5 12. b5 Nb6 13. Bd3 cxb5 14. Nxb5 Bd7 15. Ne5 Rc8 16. Qe2 Na4 17. O-O Qb6 18. Rab1 Nxb2 19. Rxb2 Red8 20. Rfb1 Be8 21. Qd2 a4 22. Na7 Qxa7 23. Rxb7 Qa8 24. Rxe7 Rb8 25. Rc7 Rxb1+ 26. Bxb1 Nd5 27. Rc1 Qb8 28. Qc2 g6 29. Ba2 Ne7 30. h3 Kf8 31. Qc7 Rc8 32. Qxb8 Rxb8 33. Rc2 Nf5 34. Nc4 Rc8 35. Rb2 Ne7 36. e4 Rd8 37. Rd2 Bb5 38. Ne3 Nc6 39. d5 Ne5 40. Rb2 Bd3 41. Rb4 1-0

[Event "URS-ch19 Final"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1951.11.21"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Black "Novotelnov, Nikolay Alexandrovi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E45"]
[PlyCount "173"]
[EventDate "1951.11.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "URS-ch"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. Nge2 Ba6 6. a3 Be7 7. Nf4 d5 8. b3 O-O 9. Bb2 ({RR} 9. Bd3 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Bxc4 11. bxc4 Nbd7 12. O-O Bd6 13. Bb2 c6 14. Nd3 Qb8 15. f4 c5 16. Qf3 a6 17. g4 b5 18. g5 bxc4 19. gxf6 Nxf6 20. dxc5 cxd3 21. Rab1 Be7 22. Ne4 Qd8 23. Bxf6 Bxf6 {Hellsten,J (2534)-Zelcic,R (2552) Plovdiv 2003 ½-½ (42)}) ({RR} 9. Be2 Ne4 10. Nxe4 dxe4 11. Qc2 Bb7 12. O-O Bd6 13. Bb2 Qe7 14. b4 e5 15. Nd5 Bxd5 16. cxd5 exd4 17. Bxd4 Nd7 18. Rac1 f5 19. f4 a5 20. Qb2 axb4 21. axb4 Nf6 22. Be5 Bxe5 23. fxe5 Nxd5 {Butenandt,S (2136)-Braeutigam,K (2143) Munich GER 2025 1-0}) 9... c6 10. Bd3 Bd6 11. O-O $146 ({RR} 11. Nfe2 Nbd7 12. h3 Bb7 13. e4 dxe4 14. Nxe4 Nxe4 15. Bxe4 f5 16. Bc2 c5 17. Qd2 Nf6 18. O-O-O Qc7 19. dxc5 Bxc5 20. Nd4 Rad8 21. Qe2 Qf4+ 22. Qd2 Qxd2+ 23. Rxd2 Ne4 24. Bxe4 fxe4 25. b4 Be7 {Arpan,D (2101)-Laxman,R (2388) Raipur 2022 ½-½ (64)}) ({RR} 11. Nfe2 Nbd7 12. h3 Bb7 13. e4 dxe4 14. Nxe4 Nxe4 15. Bxe4 f5 16. Bc2 c5 17. Qd2 Nf6 18. O-O-O Qc7 19. dxc5 Bxc5 20. Nd4 Rad8 21. Qe2 Qf4+ 22. Qd2 Qxd2+ 23. Rxd2 Ne4 24. Bxe4 fxe4 25. b4 Be7 {Arpan,D (2101)-Laxman,R (2388) Raipur 2022 ½-½ (64)}) 11... Nbd7 12. Nh5 Nxh5 13. Qxh5 f5 14. Qe2 Rc8 15. f3 Qh4 16. g3 Qh3 17. Rad1 dxc4 18. Bxc4 Bxc4 19. bxc4 Rce8 20. f4 Nf6 21. e4 Ng4 22. e5 Be7 23. Rd3 Rc8 24. Qg2 Qh5 25. h3 Nh6 26. Bc1 g5 27. fxg5 Bxg5 28. Bxg5 Qxg5 29. Ne2 Nf7 30. Nf4 Qh6 31. Qe2 Ng5 32. Kh2 Rfd8 33. Qh5 Qxh5 34. Nxh5 Nf7 35. Re1 Kf8 36. g4 fxg4 37. hxg4 Ke7 38. Kg3 b5 39. c5 a5 40. Kf4 Rg8 41. Nf6 Rg7 42. Rh1 h6 43. a4 b4 44. Rd2 Rg6 45. Ke3 Rd8 46. Rdh2 Rb8 47. Rf2 Rh8 48. Rhf1 Nd8 49. Rf4 Rg7 50. Rh1 Rg6 51. Ne4 Rhg8 52. Kf3 R8g7 53. Nd2 Rg8 54. Nb3 Nb7 55. Kg3 R8g7 56. Rh2 Rg8 57. Rh4 Rh8 58. Kf3 Rh7 59. Nd2 Nd8 60. Nc4 Nb7 61. Rh3 Rhg7 62. Ne3 Rh7 63. Rh2 Nd8 64. Ke4 Rf7 65. Nc4 Rxf4+ 66. Kxf4 Nb7 67. Kg3 Kf7 68. Nd2 Nd8 69. Nb3 Nb7 70. Rf2+ Kg7 71. Kh4 Kh7 72. Nc1 Nd8 73. Nb3 Nb7 74. Nd2 Rg8 75. Rf7+ Rg7 76. Rxg7+ Kxg7 77. Kh5 b3 78. Nxb3 Kh7 79. d5 exd5 80. e6 Kg7 81. e7 Kf7 82. Kxh6 Kxe7 83. g5 Nd8 84. g6 Ne6 85. Nxa5 d4 86. Nxc6+ Kd7 87. Ne5+ 1-0

[Event "URS-ch19 Final"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1951.11.29"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Black "Keres, Paul"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E26"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "1951.11.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "URS-ch"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 b6 8. e4 d6 9. Ne2 e5 ({RR} 9... Na5 10. Bg5 Qc7 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. Ng3 Bb7 13. Nh5 Qe7 14. O-O Rg8 15. Qf3 Rg6 16. d5 O-O-O 17. e5 fxe5 18. Bxg6 hxg6 19. Qf6 Kd7 20. dxe6+ Qxe6 21. Qxe6+ Kxe6 22. Ng3 Nxc4 23. f4 f5 24. fxe5 {Duda,J (2739)-Aravindh,C (2729) chess.com INT 2025 1-0 (70)}) 10. O-O Nd7 11. Qa4 $146 ({RR} 11. d5 Na5 12. Ng3 g6 13. f4 exf4 14. Bxf4 Qe7 15. e5 dxe5 16. Bh6 Nb7 17. d6 Nxd6 18. Be4 Bb7 19. Bxb7 Nxb7 20. Qd5 O-O-O 21. Rxf7 Qd6 22. Qf3 Qe6 23. Rd1 e4 24. Nxe4 Rhe8 25. Nd6+ Nxd6 {Tomeo,I (2291)-Asprelli,G (2267) Perez, Santa Fe ARG 2025 1-0}) ({RR} 11. d5 Na5 12. Ng3 g6 13. f4 exf4 14. Bxf4 Qe7 15. e5 dxe5 16. Bh6 Nb7 17. d6 Nxd6 18. Be4 Bb7 19. Bxb7 Nxb7 20. Qd5 O-O-O 21. Rxf7 Qd6 22. Qf3 Qe6 23. Rd1 e4 24. Nxe4 Rhe8 25. Nd6+ Nxd6 {Tomeo,I (2291)-Asprelli,G (2267) Perez, Santa Fe ARG 2025 1-0}) 11... Qc7 12. d5 Na5 13. Ng3 O-O 14. Qd1 Re8 15. Nf5 Nf8 16. Ne3 Ng6 17. g3 Qe7 18. Ra2 Bh3 19. Re1 Bd7 20. f3 a6 21. a4 Reb8 22. Bf1 Qe8 23. Nf5 Qf8 24. Rb2 f6 25. f4 Nh8 26. Qg4 Bxf5 27. Qxf5 Nf7 28. Qh5 Rb7 29. Qe2 Qe8 30. Qd1 Rab8 31. Bd3 b5 32. axb5 axb5 33. cxb5 c4 34. Bc2 Qc8 35. Ba4 Nb3 36. Be3 Ra8 37. Ra2 Rxb5 38. Bxb3 cxb3 39. Rxa8 Qxa8 40. c4 Rb4 41. Bd2 Qa7+ 42. Kh1 Rb8 43. Qf3 Qd4 44. Qc3 Qf2 45. Qe3 Qxe3 46. Bxe3 b2 47. Rb1 Rb3 48. c5 Rxe3 49. Rxb2 g6 50. c6 Rc3 51. Rb7 Kg7 52. c7 Rc2 53. Kg1 h5 54. h4 Rc4 55. Kg2 Rc2+ 56. Kf1 Rc4 57. Kg2 Rc2+ 58. Kf1 Rc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Match/Training Botvinnik-Smyslov"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1952.02.13"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Black "Smyslov, Vassily V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E42"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "1952.02.13"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Nge2 d5 6. a3 cxd4 7. axb4 dxc3 8. Nxc3 dxc4 9. Qxd8+ Kxd8 10. Bxc4 Nc6 11. b5 Ne5 12. Be2 Ke7 $146 ({RR} 12... b6 13. O-O Bb7 14. Rd1+ Ke7 15. b3 Rhd8 16. Ba3+ Ke8 17. f3 Rxd1+ 18. Rxd1 Rd8 19. Rxd8+ Kxd8 20. Bd6 Ned7 21. e4 Ne8 22. Bg3 Nc7 23. b4 e5 24. f4 exf4 25. Bxf4 f6 26. Kf2 Ne5 27. Ke3 {Gut,R (1658)-Kozlovic,J (1418) Tornelo INT 2020 0-1 (75)}) ({RR} 12... b6 13. O-O Bb7 14. Rd1+ Ke7 15. b3 Rhd8 16. Ba3+ Ke8 17. f3 Rxd1+ 18. Rxd1 Rd8 19. Rxd8+ Kxd8 20. Bd6 Ned7 21. e4 Ne8 22. Bg3 Nc7 23. b4 e5 24. f4 exf4 25. Bxf4 f6 26. Kf2 Ne5 27. Ke3 {Gut,R (1658)-Kozlovic,J (1418) Tornelo INT 2020 0-1 (75)}) 13. f4 Ned7 14. b3 Rd8 15. Ba3+ Ke8 16. Bd6 Nb8 17. Bc7 Rd7 18. Bb6 Nd5 19. Nxd5 Rxd5 20. Rxa7 Rxa7 21. Bxa7 Nd7 22. e4 1-0

[Event "Budapest Maroczy Memorial"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "1952.03.25"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Black "Barcza, Gedeon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E49"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1952.03.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[SourceTitle "MCD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 dxc4 8. Bxc4 c5 9. Bb2 Qa5 10. Nf3 cxd4 11. exd4 b6 12. O-O Ba6 13. Bd3 Bxd3 14. Qxd3 Nbd7 15. c4 $146 ({RR} 15. a4 Rfc8 16. Rfe1 Qd5 17. Nd2 Rab8 18. c4 Qc6 19. Re3 Nf8 20. f4 a6 21. Rg3 Nh5 22. d5 exd5 23. Rg5 dxc4 24. Qc3 f6 25. Rxh5 b5 26. axb5 axb5 27. Rg5 Kh8 28. Ne4 b4 29. Qd4 Ne6 {Song,M (2373)-Moradiabadi,E (2595) Rockville 2016 0-1 (35)}) 15... Rfd8 16. Qb3 Qh5 17. a4 Rac8 18. Rfe1 Rc7 19. a5 Rdc8 20. axb6 axb6 21. Ra4 Qf5 22. Rb4 h6 23. h3 Rc6 24. Nd2 Qf4 25. Re3 Qd6 26. Rb5 Nf8 27. Rf3 Ng6 28. Qe3 Rxc4 29. Nxc4 Rxc4 30. Rxf6 gxf6 31. Qxh6 Qf4 32. Qxf4 Nxf4 33. Rxb6 Ne2+ 34. Kh2 Nxd4 35. Rd6 Nf5 36. Rd3 Kg7 37. g4 Ne7 38. Rf3 e5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Budapest Maroczy Memorial"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "1952.03.26"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Platz, Hans"]
[Black "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E24"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "1952.03.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[SourceTitle "MCD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {ChessBase} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. a3 ({RR} 6. Bg5) 6... Bxc3+ ({RR} 6... Be7) ({RR} 6... Bd6 7. Nb5) 7. bxc3 ({RR} 7. Qxc3 Bf5 8. Bf4 O-O 9. f3 h5 10. e3 Qe7 11. Rc1 Rc8 12. Bd3 Bxd3 13. Qxd3 Nbd7 14. Ne2 c5 15. O-O c4 16. Qd2 b5 17. Bg5 Qe6 18. Ng3 a5 19. Rfe1 Qb6 20. e4 dxe4 21. fxe4 b4 {Nakamura,H (2768)-Navara,D (2681) Chess.com INT 2022 ½-½ (58)}) ({RR} 7. Qxc3 O-O 8. Nf3 Ne4 9. Qb3 Bg4 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 Nc6 12. e3 Re8 13. Bb5 Re6 14. O-O Rf6 15. Qe2 a6 16. Bd3 Qe7 17. b4 b5 18. Bb2 h6 19. f3 Ng5 20. e4 dxe4 21. fxe4 Rd8 {Arquimedes5566 (1813)-Cazenga111 (2055) lichess.org 2024 0-1 (42)}) 7... c5 8. e3 ({RR} 8. Nf3 Qa5 9. Nd2 Bd7 10. Nb3 Qa4 11. Qb2 Na6 12. e3 c4 ({RR} 12... cxd4) 13. Nd2 O-O 14. Be2 b5 15. Bd1 Qa5 16. Bc2 Rfe8 17. O-O Rab8 18. Nf3 ({RR} 18. f3 Rxe3 19. Ne4 ({RR} 19. Nxc4 bxc4) 19... Nxe4 20. Bxe3 Nxc3 21. Bd2 Ne2+ 22. Kh1 c3 ({RR} 22... Qxd2 23. Bxh7+)) 18... Qc7 19. Ne5 Be6 20. f3 Nc5 21. Bd2 Na4 ({RR} 21... Ncd7 22. Nxd7 Bxd7 23. Rae1 Bc6 24. Qb1 Qb7) 22. Qb1 Rb6 {Najdorf,M-Botvinnik,M Groningen 1946 MCL [ChessBase] 1-0 (40)}) 8... O-O 9. f3 $146 ({RR} 9. Nf3 Nc6 10. Bd3 c4 11. Be2 Ne4 12. Bxc4 dxc4 13. Qxe4 Re8 14. Qf4 Qd5 15. O-O Bf5 16. Nd2 Bd3 17. Re1 f5 18. f3 Qa5 19. Bb2 Rf8 20. Qg5 h6 21. Qg6 Rad8 22. Kh1 Kh8 23. a4 Ne7 {Prieb,R (1918)-Lazavik,D (2424) Chess.com INT 2020 1-0 (44)}) ({RR} 9. Nf3 Re8 10. Bd3 c4 11. Bf5 Bxf5 12. Qxf5 Ne4 13. Bd2 Nc6 14. h4 h6 15. g4 Re6 16. Qh5 Nf6 17. Qf5 Ne7 18. Qf4 Re4 19. Qg3 Nxg4 20. Ne5 Nxe5 21. dxe5 Nf5 22. Qh3 Rxh4 23. Qg2 Rxh1+ {Maleki,N (2184)-Ivanchuk,V (2739) Warsaw 2009 0-1}) 9... Re8 10. Ne2 Nc6 11. Kf2 Bd7 12. Ng3 Rc8 13. Qa2 Na5 14. Rb1 c4 15. Be2 h5 16. h4 Ba4 17. e4 dxe4 18. fxe4 Nxe4+ 19. Nxe4 Rxe4 20. Bg5 Qd7 21. Bxh5 Bc6 22. Rbf1 f6 23. Kg1 Rf8 24. Qf2 Rfe8 25. Rh3 R8e6 26. Rg3 Kf8 27. Qf5 Re1 28. Qxa5 Rxf1+ 29. Kxf1 fxg5 30. hxg5 g6 31. Bf3 Qe7 32. Qb4 Qxb4 33. axb4 Re3 34. Rh3 Rxc3 35. Bxc6 Rc1+ 36. Ke2 bxc6 37. Kd2 Rg1 38. Rg3 Rb1 39. Ra3 Rxb4 40. Rxa7 Rb3 41. Rc7 Rd3+ 42. Kc2 Rxd4 43. Rxc6 Kf7 44. Kc3 Rg4 45. Rxc4 Rxg5 46. g4 Kf6 47. Kd3 Re5 48. Re4 Ra5 49. Ke3 Ra3+ 50. Kf2 Kg5 51. Rb4 Kh4 52. Rb6 g5 53. Rb4 Kh3 54. Rc4 Ra2+ 55. Kf3 Rg2 56. Ra4 Rb2 57. Rc4 Rb8 58. Kf2 Rf8+ 59. Kg1 Kg3 60. Ra4 Rb8 61. Ra3+ Kxg4 62. Ra4+ Kg3 63. Ra3+ Kh4 64. Ra2 Rb3 65. Kg2 Rg3+ 66. Kh2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Match/Training Team1-Team2"]
[Site "Gagra/Voronovo"]
[Date "1952.05.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Bronstein, David Ionovich"]
[Black "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E59"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "1952.05.??"]
[EventType "team-schev"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2015"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Bd3 d5 7. O-O Nc6 8. a3 Bxc3 9. bxc3 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Qc7 11. Bd3 e5 12. Qc2 Qe7 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Nxe5 Qxe5 15. f4 ({RR} 15. f3 Rd8 16. Re1 Bd7 17. a4 Bc6 18. e4 Nd5 19. Bd2 Nf4 20. Bf1 Rd7 21. a5 Rad8 22. Be3 a6 23. Rab1 h6 24. Qf2 Nd3 25. Bxd3 Rxd3 26. c4 R8d7 27. Qg3 Qe6 28. Bxc5 Qxc4 29. Rbc1 Qb5 {Gutov,A (2467)-Tiviakov,S (2649) Moscow 2008 ½-½ (37)}) ({RR} 15. Re1 Rd8 16. e4 c4 17. Bf1 Ng4 18. g3 Qh5 19. f4 Qc5+ {½-½ (19) Odnorozhenko,E (2307)-Krylov,I (2131) Shepsi 2011}) ({RR} 15. f3 Be6 16. e4 c4 17. Be2 Qc5+ 18. Kh1 Nd7 19. a4 Qc7 20. Ba3 Nc5 21. Rab1 Rfd8 22. Bxc5 Qxc5 23. Rxb7 Qe3 24. Rb2 Rab8 25. Rxb8 Rxb8 26. f4 f6 27. f5 Bf7 28. Rd1 g5 29. fxg6 hxg6 {Botvinnik,M-Euwe,M Amsterdam 1954 ½-½}) 15... Qe7 16. c4 Rd8 $146 ({RR} 16... Re8 17. Re1 Ne4 18. Bb2 Bd7 19. Be5 Nf6 20. Bxf6 Qxf6 21. Bxh7+ Kh8 22. Be4 Bc6 23. Bxc6 Qxc6 24. Rad1 Rad8 25. Rxd8 Rxd8 26. Rd1 Rxd1+ 27. Qxd1 Qe4 28. Qd8+ Kh7 29. Kf2 Qxc4 30. Qh4+ {½-½ (30) Zbins-Zemgalis,E Esslington 1949}) ({RR} 16... Re8 17. h3 Bd7 18. Re1 Ne4 19. Bb2 f6 20. Kh2 Bc6 21. Rad1 Rad8 22. Be2 Rxd1 23. Bxd1 Rd8 24. Ba1 f5 25. g3 Qd6 26. Be2 Qg6 27. Rg1 Nf2 28. g4 Qh6 29. Rg3 Nh1 30. Rg1 Qh4 31. Bf1 {Arlamowski,E-Szymanski,A Wroclaw 1955 ½-½ (37)}) 17. Re1 Qd6 18. Bf1 Bg4 19. a4 Qd7 20. Bb2 Qd2 21. Qxd2 Rxd2 22. Bc1 Rc2 23. e4 Rd8 24. e5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Match/Training Botvinnik-Kan"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1952.11.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kan, Ilia Abramovich"]
[Black "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E26"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1952.10.14"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Notkin,Maksim} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. a3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 c5 6. e3 Nc6 7. Bd3 b6 ({RR} 7... d6) ({RR} 7... e5) 8. Ne2 ({RR} 8. e4) 8... d6 ({RR} 8... Ba6 9. e4 Na5) ({RR} 8... Ba6 9. Ng3 O-O 10. O-O Na5 11. Qe2 Rc8 12. e4 cxd4 13. Bg5 h6 14. Bxf6 Qxf6 15. e5 Qh4 16. cxd4 Bxc4 17. Ne4 Bxd3 18. Qxd3 Rc4 19. Rad1 Rfc8 20. f4 Rc2 21. f5 Qg4 22. Ng3 R8c3 23. Qa6 {Gurevich,D (2396)-Carlsen,M (2859) chess.com INT 2022 0-1}) ({RR} 8... Ba6 9. e4 O-O 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bh4 d6 12. f4 e5 13. d5 Nb8 14. fxe5 dxe5 15. O-O Nbd7 16. Qc1 g5 17. Be1 Ne8 18. Ng3 Nd6 19. Qd1 f6 20. Qe2 Qe7 21. Bd2 Rae8 22. Rae1 Bc8 23. Rf2 {Koblencs,A-Kan,I Riga 1952 ½-½}) 9. e4 Nd7 ({RR} 9... Bb7 10. O-O Qd7 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. d5 Na5 14. Nf4 O-O-O 15. Nh5) ({RR} 9... Na5 10. Ng3 Ba6 11. Be3 Nd7 12. Qe2 cxd4 13. cxd4 Rc8 14. Rc1 e5 15. Nf5 Qf6 16. c5 Bxd3 17. Qxd3 dxc5 18. dxc5 Nxc5 19. Bxc5 Rxc5 20. Rxc5 bxc5 21. Qb5+ Nc6 22. O-O g6 23. Ne3 Kf8 24. Qxc5+ {Jval Saurin Patel (2331)-Aakash Sharadchandra,D (2396) chess.com INT 2025 1-0 (33)}) 10. O-O e5 11. Ng3 $146 ({RR} 11. f4 Qe7 12. fxe5 ({RR} 12. Ng3 g6 13. Be3 Bb7 14. fxe5 dxe5 15. d5 Na5 16. Ne2 O-O-O) 12... dxe5 13. dxe5 Ndxe5 14. Nf4 Bg4 15. Be2 Bxe2 16. Qxe2 f6 17. Nd5 Qf7 18. Bf4 O-O 19. Bxe5 Nxe5 20. a4 Nc6 21. Qg4 Kh8 ({RR} 21... Ne5) 22. a5 Nxa5 ({RR} 22... bxa5 23. Rfb1 Rab8) 23. e5 f5 ({RR} 23... Qg6 24. Qxg6 hxg6 25. e6) ({RR} 23... Rae8 24. Rae1 ({RR} 24. exf6 gxf6 25. Nxf6 Nxc4 26. Nxe8 Qxf1+) 24... Qe6 25. Qh4) 24. Qe2 Rae8 25. Rae1 Re6 {Lilienthal,A-Smyslov,V Parnu 1947 MCL [Notkin,Maksim] 1-0 (44)}) ({RR} 11. f4 Ba6 12. fxe5 dxe5 13. d5 Na5 14. Ng3 g6 15. Qg4 Qe7 16. Ra2 Bxc4 17. Bxc4 Nxc4 18. Raf2 f6 19. h4 Kd8 20. Rxf6 Nxf6 21. Rxf6 Rf8 22. Re6 h5 23. Qh3 Qb7 24. Bg5+ Kc7 25. Re7+ Kb8 {Roubalik,J (2115)-Snevajs,H (1978) Sec u Chrudimi 2007 1-0}) 11... exd4 ({RR} 11... g6 12. dxe5 dxe5 13. Qe2 Qe7 14. Rd1 Bb7 15. Nf1 O-O-O 16. Ne3) 12. Nf5 Qf6 13. f4 Bb7 14. g4 Rg8 15. Ra2 O-O-O 16. cxd4 cxd4 17. Raf2 Nc5 18. Bb1 Qe6 19. Re1 Kb8 20. g5 f6 21. Rg2 fxg5 22. fxg5 Ne5 23. Nxd4 Qxc4 24. Rg3 Rgf8 25. Bb2 g6 26. Qd2 Nxe4 27. Bxe4 Bxe4 28. Rc3 Qf7 29. Qe3 Bb7 30. Rd1 Rde8 31. Qg3 a6 32. h3 Ka8 33. Rcc1 Qd5 34. Kh2 Nf3+ 35. Nxf3 Re2+ 36. Kg1 Rxf3 0-1

[Event "Match/Training Botvinnik-Kan"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1952.11.02"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Black "Kan, Ilia Abramovich"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "E28"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1952.10.14"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 b6 7. Bd3 Bb7 8. f3 c5 9. e4 d6 ({RR} 9... Nc6 10. Nh3 Ne8 11. Be3 Ba6 12. O-O Na5 13. Qe2 Rc8 14. d5 f6 15. f4 Nd6 16. e5 Ndxc4 17. Bf2 f5 18. d6 Qe8 19. a4 Qg6 20. Ng5 Bb7 21. h4 Bd5 22. h5 Qe8 23. g4 h6 24. Nh3 {Caruana,F (2796)-Firouzja,A (2744) chess.com INT 2024 0-1 (31)}) ({RR} 9... h6 10. Nh3 Nc6 11. Be3 d6 12. O-O e5 13. d5 Ne7 14. a4 Bc8 15. Nf2 a5 16. g3 Nh7 17. f4 f6 18. f5 Bd7 19. h4 Ra7 20. Ra2 Nc8 21. g4 Kf7 22. Nh3 Rh8 23. Rg2 Qe8 24. g5 {Kantor,G (2558)-Navrotescu,A (2299) England ENG 2025 1-0 (51)}) 10. Bg5 Nbd7 11. Ne2 Qc7 $146 ({RR} 11... Re8 12. Qd2 e5 13. d5 Nf8 14. g4 h6 15. Be3 N6h7 16. h4 Qf6 17. Kf2 Rad8 18. Rag1 Qe7 19. Ng3 Bc8 20. Rh2 f6 21. Nf5 Bxf5 22. gxf5 Kh8 23. Rhg2 Ng5 24. hxg5 fxg5 25. Bc2 Nh7 26. Ba4 {Rodriguez Cordon,L (2250)-Gomez Gonzalez,J (2138) Galapagar 2005 1-0 (41)}) 12. O-O Rfc8 13. Rc1 Ne8 14. Ng3 Nf8 15. d5 f6 16. Be3 e5 17. Rf2 Rcb8 18. Nf1 Bc8 19. a4 Bd7 20. Rb1 Qc8 21. Rfb2 Ng6 22. Qc2 Ne7 23. g3 Nc7 24. f4 Qe8 25. Ra1 Nc8 26. f5 a6 27. Be2 b5 28. a5 Rb7 29. h4 Rab8 30. g4 Qd8 31. Kf2 Ne8 32. Ng3 bxc4 33. Rba2 Na7 34. Bd2 Nb5 35. Bxc4 Kh8 36. Rg1 Nbc7 37. Be2 Qc8 38. c4 Rb3 39. Bc3 Qd8 40. Qd2 Qe7 41. Bd1 *

[Event "URS-ch20 Final"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1952.12.03"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Black "Taimanov, Mark E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E40"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "1952.11.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "URS-ch"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 Nc6 5. Nge2 d5 6. a3 Be7 7. cxd5 exd5 8. g3 O-O 9. Bg2 Na5 10. O-O c6 11. Na4 $146 ({RR} 11. f3 Qb6 12. b4 Nc4 13. Nf4 Rd8 14. g4 a5 15. b5 h6 16. bxc6 Qxc6 17. Nce2 b5 18. Ng3 b4 19. axb4 axb4 20. Rxa8 Qxa8 21. Nd3 Bd7 22. Nf5 Bf8 23. Nb2 Bb5 24. Re1 Qa1 25. Nxc4 dxc4 {Law,A (2335)-Murphy,H London 1985 0-1}) ({RR} 11. h3 Re8 12. f3 Qb6 13. Kh2 Qb3 14. e4 Qxd1 15. Rxd1 Nb3 16. Rb1 Bd8 17. g4 h6 18. Bf4 Bb6 19. Be5 Nd7 20. Bg3 Nf8 21. Na4 Ba5 22. Rd3 b5 23. Nac3 Ba6 24. Na2 Nd2 25. Rd1 Nc4 {Ratkovic,M (2378)-Savic,M (2491) Kragujevac 2016 0-1 (40)}) ({RR} 11. f3 Qb6 12. b4 Nc4 13. Rb1 a5 14. Na4 {½-½ (14) Bernal Moro,L (2420)-Merino Garcia,R (2275) Linares 1998}) 11... b6 12. Nac3 Ba6 13. Rb1 Rc8 14. Qc2 Bd6 15. b4 Nb7 16. e4 dxe4 17. Nxe4 Re8 18. Bg5 Be7 19. Bxf6 Bxf6 20. Rfd1 Nd6 21. Nxf6+ Qxf6 22. Nc3 Bc4 23. Qd2 Nb5 24. Ne4 Qg6 25. a4 Rxe4 26. axb5 Re2 27. Qf4 Bxb5 28. Bf3 Re7 29. h4 Rd8 30. Rbc1 Red7 31. d5 cxd5 32. Rxd5 Rxd5 33. Bxd5 Qf6 34. Rc7 Qxf4 35. gxf4 Be8 36. Bc4 Kf8 37. b5 Rd4 38. Kg2 Rxf4 39. Kg3 Rf5 40. Rxa7 Bxb5 41. Ra8+ Ke7 42. Ra7+ Bd7 43. Rb7 b5 44. Bd3 Rc5 45. Bxh7 g6 46. Bg8 Rd5 47. h5 Rg5+ 48. Kf4 Rxh5 49. Ke4 Rf5 50. f4 Kd6 0-1

[Event "URS-ch20 Final playoff-1pl"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1953.01.31"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Black "Taimanov, Mark E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E40"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1953.01.25"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "URS-ch"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {ChessBase II} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 Nc6 5. Nge2 d5 6. a3 Be7 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Nf4 O-O ({RR} 8... Nb8 9. Bd3 c6 10. O-O O-O 11. Bd2 Re8 12. Kh1 Nbd7 13. f3 Nf8 14. Be1 Bd6 15. Qd2 Be6 16. Bh4 h6 17. Bc2 Bd7 18. Nfe2 Ng6 19. Bxg6 fxg6 20. e4 g5 21. Bg3 Bxg3 22. Nxg3 Be6 23. e5 {Gaal,Z (2391)-Nurgaliyeva,Z (2252) London ENG 2025 1-0 (31)}) 9. Be2 ({RR} 9. Bd3 Re8 10. O-O Bf8 11. Bd2 ({RR} 11. h3 Ne7 12. Qf3 c6 13. Bd2 Qd7 14. g4 Ng6 15. Nxg6 fxg6 16. Rae1 Qf7 17. Qg2 Bd7 18. f3 c5 19. Re2 a6 20. Ref2 Bc6 21. g5 Nh5 22. f4 cxd4 23. exd4 Qd7 24. f5 Qd6 25. fxg6 hxg6) 11... Ne7 12. Nh5 Nxh5 13. Qxh5 g6 14. Qf3 c6 15. e4 Bg7 ({RR} 15... dxe4 16. Nxe4 Nd5) 16. e5 Nf5 17. Ne2 f6 18. exf6 Qxf6 19. Rfe1 Bd7 20. Bc3 Rf8 ({RR} 20... Nd6) 21. Bxf5 Qxf5 22. Qxf5 Rxf5 23. Nc1 b6 {Levenfish,G-Taimanov,M Leningrad 1952 EXT 2010 [ChessBase II] 0-1 (57)}) 9... Bf5 ({RR} 9... Na5 10. b4 Nc4 11. Ncxd5 Nxd5 12. Bxc4 Nxf4 13. exf4 Bf6 14. Be3 Qd6 15. O-O c6 16. Rc1 Rd8 17. Qb3 Be6 18. a4 a6 19. f5 Bxc4 20. Rxc4 Qe7 21. b5 axb5 22. axb5 cxb5 23. Qxb5 Qd7 24. Qxd7 {Lobron,E (2575)-Gostisa,L (2420) Ptuj 1995 ½-½ (70)}) 10. g4 $146 ({RR} 10. O-O g5 11. Nd3 Ne4 12. Bd2 Re8 13. Rc1 Qd6 14. b4 Qh6 15. Nxd5 Bd6 16. f4 Qe6 17. b5 Nxd2 18. Qxd2 Nxd4 19. Nxc7 Bxc7 20. exd4 Qxe2 21. Qxe2 Rxe2 22. Rxc7 Bxd3 23. fxg5 Rc2 24. Rfxf7 Rxc7 {Varga,B (1804)-Demjen,M (1944) Balatonlelle 2019 0-1 (69)}) 10... Be6 11. Nxe6 fxe6 12. O-O Qd7 13. f4 Nd8 14. Bd3 Nf7 15. b4 a5 16. b5 Nd6 17. Qf3 a4 18. Ra2 c6 19. bxc6 Qxc6 20. Rc2 Qd7 21. g5 Nfe8 22. Bxh7+ Kxh7 23. Qh3+ Kg8 24. Nxd5 Bd8 25. g6 Nf6 26. Nxf6+ gxf6 27. g7 Re8 28. Qh8+ Kf7 29. Qh5+ Kg8 30. Rg2 Nf7 31. Rf3 Ra5 32. Qh4 e5 33. Rh3 Qxh3 34. Qxh3 exf4 35. exf4 Bb6 36. Bb2 Rb5 37. Kf1 Ba5 38. Rc2 Rb3 39. Qd7 Rbe3 40. Qxa4 Re1+ 41. Kf2 Bc7 42. Qxe8+ 1-0

[Event "URS-ch20 Final playoff-1pl"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1953.02.02"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Taimanov, Mark E"]
[Black "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E58"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1953.01.25"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "URS-ch"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 c5 5. e3 O-O 6. Bd3 d5 7. O-O Nc6 8. a3 Bxc3 9. bxc3 b6 10. cxd5 exd5 11. a4 c4 12. Bc2 Bg4 13. Qe1 Re8 14. Nh4 Bh5 ({RR} 14... Na5 15. f3 Bc8 16. Ba3 Nb3 17. Ra2 Bd7 18. e4 dxe4 19. fxe4 Bc6 20. e5 Nxd4 21. cxd4 Qxd4+ 22. Qf2 Qxf2+ 23. Rxf2 Rxe5 24. Nf5 Re1+ 25. Rf1 Rxf1+ 26. Kxf1 Nd5 27. Ra1 Re8 28. Rd1 g6 29. Rxd5 {Taimanov,M-Bondarevsky,I Leningrad 1952 ½-½ (41)}) 15. f3 Bg6 $146 ({RR} 15... Qe7 16. g4 Bg6 17. Nxg6 fxg6 18. Qf2 Rf8 19. Ba3 Nxg4 20. Bxe7 Nxf2 21. Bxf8 Nh3+ 22. Kg2 {1-0 (22) Rabe,K-Steiner,P Osterroenfeld 1996}) 16. Nxg6 hxg6 17. e4 dxe4 18. fxe4 Qd7 19. Bg5 Nh7 20. Be3 Ne7 21. Rf3 f5 22. e5 Nf8 23. h4 Ne6 24. Rd1 Qd5 25. Bc1 Rf8 26. Ba3 Rae8 27. Qg3 g5 28. Bxe7 Rxe7 29. Rxf5 Rxf5 30. Bxf5 Nf4 31. Qxg5 Rxe5 32. dxe5 Qxd1+ 33. Kh2 Qd2 34. Be6+ Kh7 35. Bxc4 g6 36. Be6 1-0

[Event "URS-ch20 Final playoff-1pl"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1953.02.04"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Black "Taimanov, Mark E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E43"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1953.01.25"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "URS-ch"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Nf3 Re8 6. Bd3 d6 7. O-O Bxc3 8. bxc3 Nbd7 9. e4 e5 10. Nd2 b6 11. Re1 Bb7 $146 ({RR} 11... Nf8 12. d5 Ng6 13. g3 Bh3 14. Nf1 h6 15. Ne3 Nh7 16. Qh5 Bd7 17. Nf5 Nf6 18. Qd1 Qc8 19. f3 Ne7 20. g4 Nh7 21. Kh1 Ng6 22. Be3 Qd8 23. Qd2 Ng5 24. Qg2 Nf4 25. Bxf4 exf4 26. h4 {Tancev,Z (2284)-Koteski,D (2277) Struga 2011 ½-½ (42)}) 12. f3 Nf8 13. Nf1 Ne6 14. Bc2 c5 15. Ba4 Rf8 16. d5 Nc7 17. Bg5 h6 18. Bh4 g5 19. Bf2 Nce8 20. Ne3 Ng7 21. g4 h5 22. h3 h4 23. Qd2 Nh7 24. Reb1 Qc7 25. Bd1 Rfb8 26. a4 Bc8 27. Kh2 Nf8 28. Ng2 f6 29. Be2 Ng6 30. Bf1 Bd7 31. Rb2 Ne8 32. Qc2 Qd8 33. Be1 Nc7 34. Bd2 Qe8 35. Kg1 a6 36. Raa2 Ra7 37. Kf2 Rab7 38. Kg1 Ne7 39. Ne3 Ng6 40. Ng2 Kg7 41. Ra3 Nf4 42. Ne3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Match/Training Botvinnik-Kan"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1953.05.23"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Black "Kan, Ilia Abramovich"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E56"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1953.05.22"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Nf3 d5 6. Bd3 O-O 7. O-O dxc4 8. Bxc4 Nc6 9. a3 Ba5 10. Ba2 a6 ({RR} 10... Qe7 11. Qe2 Rd8 12. Rd1 b6 13. Bd2 cxd4 14. exd4 Bxc3 15. bxc3 Bb7 16. Bg5 Rac8 17. Ne5 h6 18. Bh4 g5 19. Bg3 Nxe5 20. Bxe5 Rxc3 21. h4 Nd5 22. Bxd5 Rxd5 23. Rac1 Rc6 {½-½ (23) Aleksandrov,A (2574)-Dubov,D (2703) Skopje 2019}) 11. Na4 c4 $146 ({RR} 11... cxd4 12. exd4 h6 13. Bf4 Nd5 14. Bg3 Nce7 15. Nc5 Bc7 16. Bxc7 Qxc7 17. Rc1 Qd8 18. Qd3 b6 19. Bb1 Ng6 20. Ne4 Bb7 21. Rfe1 Ndf4 22. Qe3 Nd5 23. Qb3 Nde7 24. Ned2 Bd5 25. Qd1 Rc8 26. Ne5 {Botvinnik,M-Kan,I Moscow 1953 (57)}) ({RR} 11... cxd4 12. exd4 h6 13. Be3 Bc7 14. Rc1 Bd6 15. Bb1 Rb8 16. Re1 Ne7 17. Ne5 Nf5 18. Qf3 Nd7 19. Bxf5 exf5 20. Bf4 Nf6 21. Nc4 Bxf4 22. Qxf4 Be6 23. Nab6 Re8 24. Qd6 Qxd6 25. Nxd6 Red8 26. Ndc4 {Pacan-Milej,K (2430)-Niedbala,B (2379) Darlowo POL 2024 0-1 (50)}) ({RR} 11... cxd4 12. exd4 h6 13. Bf4 Bc7 14. Bxc7 Qxc7 15. Qe2 Rd8 16. Rfd1 Bd7 17. Rac1 Be8 18. Nc3 Rd6 19. d5 exd5 20. Nxd5 Nxd5 21. Rxd5 Rad8 {½-½ (21) Polugaevsky,L-Karpov,A Moscow 1974}) 12. b3 cxb3 13. Qxb3 Bc7 14. Bb2 b6 15. e4 Ne7 16. Rfe1 Ng6 17. d5 e5 18. Rad1 b5 19. Nc5 Bd6 20. Nd3 Nd7 21. Rc1 Qe7 22. Nb4 Nb6 23. Nc6 Qf6 24. Ncxe5 Nxe5 25. Bxe5 Bxe5 26. Rc6 Bxh2+ 27. Nxh2 Qd8 28. Qe3 Rb8 29. Rec1 Re8 30. Nf3 Bf5 31. e5 Bd7 32. Rd6 Nc8 33. Rxa6 Bg4 34. Ng5 Bh5 35. d6 h6 36. Nxf7 Bxf7 37. Bxf7+ Kxf7 38. Qb3+ Kf8 39. Rc3 Nxd6 40. Rf3+ 1-0

[Event "Match/Training Botvinnik-Kan"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1953.06.24"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Black "Kan, Ilia Abramovich"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "E56"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "1953.05.22"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 c5 7. O-O dxc4 8. Bxc4 Nc6 9. a3 Ba5 10. Ba2 a6 11. Na4 cxd4 ({RR} 11... c4 12. b3 cxb3 13. Qxb3 Bc7 14. Bb2 b6 15. e4 Ne7 16. Rfe1 Ng6 17. d5 e5 18. Rad1 b5 19. Nc5 Bd6 20. Nd3 Nd7 21. Rc1 Qe7 22. Nb4 Nb6 23. Nc6 Qf6 24. Ncxe5 Nxe5 25. Bxe5 Bxe5 26. Rc6 {Botvinnik,M-Kan,I Moscow 1953 1-0 (40)}) 12. exd4 h6 13. Bf4 ({RR} 13. Be3 Bc7 14. Rc1 Bd6 15. Bb1 Rb8 16. Re1 Ne7 17. Ne5 Nf5 18. Qf3 Nd7 19. Bxf5 exf5 20. Bf4 Nf6 21. Nc4 Bxf4 22. Qxf4 Be6 23. Nab6 Re8 24. Qd6 Qxd6 25. Nxd6 Red8 26. Ndc4 Rxd4 27. Ne5 Rbd8 {Pacan-Milej,K (2430)-Niedbala,B (2379) Darlowo POL 2024 0-1 (50)}) 13... Nd5 $146 ({RR} 13... Bc7 14. Bxc7 Qxc7 15. Qe2 Rd8 16. Rfd1 Bd7 17. Rac1 Be8 18. Nc3 Rd6 19. d5 exd5 20. Nxd5 Nxd5 21. Rxd5 Rad8 {½-½ (21) Polugaevsky,L-Karpov,A Moscow 1974}) 14. Bg3 Nce7 15. Nc5 Bc7 16. Bxc7 Qxc7 17. Rc1 Qd8 18. Qd3 b6 19. Bb1 Ng6 20. Ne4 Bb7 21. Rfe1 Ndf4 22. Qe3 Nd5 23. Qb3 Nde7 24. Ned2 Bd5 25. Qd1 Rc8 26. Ne5 Nh4 27. Rxc8 Qxc8 28. Be4 Nhf5 29. Bxd5 Nxd5 30. Ndf3 Qb7 31. Qd2 Rc8 32. Rc1 Rc7 33. Rxc7 Qxc7 34. g3 f6 35. Nd3 Qc4 36. Nde1 Kf7 37. Qc2 b5 38. Qxc4 bxc4 39. Nc2 Ke7 40. Nd2 c3 41. bxc3 Nxc3 42. Nb4 Nxd4 43. Nxa6 Kd6 44. Nb4 Kc5 45. f4 Kb5 46. Kg2 Ka4 47. Nf3 Ncb5 48. Nxd4 Nxd4 49. Na6 Kxa3 50. Nc7 g6 51. Ne8 f5 52. Nd6 Nc6 53. Nf7 h5 54. Kh3 Kb4 55. Kh4 Nd4 56. Ne5 Kc5 57. Kg5 *

[Event "Match/Training Botvinnik-Kan +8-0=8"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1954.01.26"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Black "Kan, Ilia Abramovich"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E29"]
[Annotator "Primel,Dominique"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1954.01.22"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "16"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 {Il est remarquable de noter la préparation de BOTVINNIK dans ce match secret dans l'optique du match contre SMYSLOV car lors du Championnat du Monde, son adversaire va également lui jouer une Nimzo-Indienne} c5 (4... b6 {1-0 Botvinnik,M-Smyslov,V World Championship 20th 1954 (2)}) 5. Bd3 O-O (5... Nc6 6. Nf3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 d6 8. O-O e5 {Le système HUEBNER n'était pas connu à l'époque.}) 6. a3 {ge2 semble plus dans l'esprit de la variante RUBINSTEIN mais les blancs vont ensuite retomber par interversion de coups sur une variante SAEMISCH} (6. Nge2 $142) 6... Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 Nc6 8. Ne2 (8. e4 $5 {[%cal Gc1g5] ;1-0 Botvinnik,M-Averbakh,Y Moscow training m3 1956}) 8... b6 9. e4 Ne8 $1 {[%csl Rc4][%cal Gf7f5,Ge8d6] Cette manoeuvre était devenue populaire depuis quelques années. Les noirs évitent le clouage g5, tout en donnant la possibilité de réagir au centre par f7f5 ou f6 et par ailleurs, le  a aussi la possibilité d'être recycler en "d6" pour faire pression sur le "faible c4"} 10. e5 {BOTVINNIK tente d'améliorer sa partie du Championnat du Monde 1948} (10. Be3 d6 11. O-O Na5 {[%csl Rc4][%cal Gc8a6]} 12. Ng3 {[%cal Gf2f4,Gf4f5] Les blancs deviennent menaçant en massant des pièces visant l'aile-roi et le  va soutenir la poussée f4f5} Ba6 {[%csl Rc4]} 13. Qe2 Qd7 {[%csl Gf5][%cal Gd7a4] garde un oeil sur la case sensible "f5" tout en gardant l'option de jouer a4 pour gagner le "c4"} 14. f4 (14. a4 $5 {peut-être meilleur pour empêcher a4}) 14... f5 $1 $132 {0-1 Botvinnik,M-Reshevsky,S World Championship 18th 1948 (14)}) (10. O-O {La grande ligne} Ba6 11. f4 f5 12. Ng3 g6 13. Be3 cxd4 14. cxd4 d5 $1 {la ligne moderne qui transpose dans une bonne finale pour les noirs face au mauvais e3} 15. cxd5 Bxd3 16. Qxd3 fxe4 17. Qxe4 Qxd5 $11 {[%csl Re3]}) 10... Ba6 (10... f6 $5) ({RR} 10... d6 11. Bf4 dxe5 12. dxe5 Qc7 13. Qc2 h6 14. Bh7+ Kh8 15. Be4 Rb8 16. Qd3 Ne7 17. Qh3 Ng6 18. Bg3 Qe7 19. Qg4 Qg5 20. Qxg5 hxg5 21. h4 Nxh4 22. Bxh4 gxh4 23. Rxh4+ Kg8 24. Bh7+ Kh8 25. O-O-O {Moskalenko,V (2452)-Sudarshan,B (2025) Sant Adria de Besos 2022 1-0 (37)}) 11. Qc2 {[%csl Rh7]} ({RR} 11. Qa4 Qc8 12. Bf4 f5 13. exf6 Nxf6 14. O-O Na5 15. Bd6 Rf7 16. dxc5 Ne8 17. Qc2 g6 18. Rad1 Bxc4 19. Bxc4 Nxc4 20. Qe4 Ncxd6 21. cxd6 Rb8 22. Qa4 Qb7 23. Rd4 Rc8 24. Rfd1 Rc5 25. Rf4 Qc6 {Ipatov,A (2577)-Kamsky,G (2746) Istanbul 2012 0-1 (60)}) 11... Kh8 $146 (11... f5 $1) ({RR} 11... f5 12. exf6 Nxf6 13. Bg5 h6 14. Bh4 Na5 15. Qa4 d5 16. dxc5 bxc5 17. Rd1 Bxc4 18. Bxc4 Nxc4 19. Rb1 Rb8 20. O-O Qa5 21. Qc6 Rb6 22. Rxb6 Qxb6 23. Qxb6 axb6 24. Bg3 Ra8 25. Nf4 Kf7 26. Ra1 {Graham,N-Webb,R Bristol 1968 0-1 (35)}) ({RR} 11... f5 12. exf6 Nxf6 13. Bg5 h6 14. Bf4 d5 15. dxc5 e5 16. Qa4 Qc8 17. Be3 e4 18. Bb1 Bxc4 19. cxb6 Ng4 20. Ba2 Nxe3 21. fxe3 axb6 22. Qd1 Qf5 23. Nf4 Rxa3 24. Bxc4 Rxa1 25. Bxd5+ Qxd5 26. Qxa1 {Saigin,V-Kondratiev,P Sverdlovsk 1951 0-1 (40)}) 12. h4 $1 {Les blancs ont retardé le roque et h4 donne l'initiative à l'aile-roi.} d5 $2 (12... f6 $5 13. Bxh7 Bxc4 14. Nf4 fxe5 15. Ng6+ $1 Kxh7 16. Nxf8+ Kg8 17. Bg5 Qc7 18. Ng6) (12... d6 13. Bxh7 Bxc4 14. Bg5 Qc7 15. Be4 Rc8 16. h5 f5 17. exf6 Nxf6 18. h6 $40) 13. Bg5 Qd7 $2 (13... Qc7 $142) (13... f6 14. Nf4 $3 fxg5 15. Nxe6 Qe7 16. cxd5 Nc7 17. Nxf8 {[%cal Gd3a6]} Nxd5 18. Bxa6 Rxf8 19. hxg5 {[%csl Rh7]} g6 20. Qxg6) 14. cxd5 Bxd3 15. dxc6 Bxc2 16. cxd7 $18 Nc7 17. Be7 Rfd8 18. Bxd8 Rxd8 19. dxc5 bxc5 20. Ra2 Be4 21. f3 Bd5 22. Rb2 Na6 23. Kf2 Rxd7 24. Rd1 c4 25. Nf4 1-0

[Event "World-ch19 Botvinnik-Symslov +7-7=10"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1954.03.18"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Black "Smyslov, Vassily V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E45"]
[Annotator "Kasparov,Garry"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1954.03.16"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "24"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "MainBase"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{Eine weitere denkwürdige Anwendung der g4-Attacke finden wir in der folgenden Partie:} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. Nge2 Ba6 6. a3 Be7 7. Nf4 d5 8. cxd5 Bxf1 9. Kxf1 exd5 { It seems that Black is okay. What is White's compensation for losing the right to castle? Es sieht so aus, als wäre alles in Ordnung für Schwarz. Schließlich fragt man sich, worin die weiße Kompensation für das verlorene Rochaderecht zu suchen ist. Botvinnik liefert die Antwort:} 10. g4 $1 {Goes without saying! The right moment cannot be missed. By pushing the knight from f6 White creates disharmony among Black's pieces, which becomes a crucial factor when the position is opened. 10...h6 doesn't... Natürlich! Man darf den rechten Augenblick nicht verpassen. Weiß vertreibt den Springer von f6 und schafft damit eine Disharmonie unter den schwarzen Figuren, was zu einem kritischen Faktor wird, sobald die Stellung geöffnet wird. 10...h6 kann den Plan nicht vereiteln: 11.Df3 c6 12.h4 und der Vorstoß g4-g5 ist noch effektiver.} c6 (10... h6 {does not stop White:} 11. Qf3 c6 12. h4 {and the g4-g5 break becomes even more effective.}) ({Probably Black had to match his opponent's determination with the response Wahrscheinlich mußte Schwarz mit der gleichen Entschlossenheit wie der Gegner} 10... g5 {although after spielen, obwohl nach} 11. Nh5 Nxh5 12. gxh5 c6 13. Qf3 {and e3-e4 to follow White keeps a solid initiative. nebst e3-e4 Weiß eine solide Initiative behält.}) ({RR} 10... O-O 11. g5 Ne4 12. Nfxd5 Bxg5 13. Nxe4 Qxd5 14. Qf3 Nd7 15. Nxg5 Qxg5 16. Rg1 Qb5+ 17. Qe2 Qf5 18. Qg4 Qb5+ 19. Qe2 Qf5 20. Qg4 Qb5+ 21. Qe2 {½-½ (21) So,W (2757)-Firouzja,A (2744) Zagreb CRO 2024}) 11. g5 ({RR} 11. h4 O-O 12. g5 Ne8 13. Qf3 {½-½ (13) Tyurin,A (2324)-Matinian,N (2415) Moscow RUS 2025}) 11... Nfd7 ({In case of Falls} 11... Ne4 12. Nxe4 dxe4 13. h4 {the pawn on e4 is extremely vulnerable. ist der Bauer auf e4 sehr anfällig.}) 12. h4 {Now Black's castling, which looked perfectly safe a couple of moves ago, raises obvious doubts. After 12...0-0... Jetzt ist die schwarze Rochade, die vor wenigen Zügen so sicher aussah, plötzlich ziemlich fragwürdig.} Bd6 $146 {This mistake multiplies the effect of White's main idea. Dieser Fehler potenziert die Wirkung des weißen Plans.} ({After Nach} 12... O-O 13. Qg4 {the massive concentration of the enemy's forces make the black king feel pretty nervous. The next not obligatory but colourful line shows the potential for White's attack: muß der schwarze König angesichts der massiven Konzentration der gegnerischen Streitkräfte ziemlich nervös werden. Die folgende nicht zwingende, jedoch ziemlich spektakuläre Variante zeigt das Potential des weißen Angriffs:} Na6 14. e4 dxe4 15. Nxe4 f5 16. gxf6 Nxf6 17. Qe6+ Kh8 18. h5 $1 Nxe4 19. Ng6+ hxg6 20. hxg6+ Bh4 21. Qxe4 Rxf2+ 22. Kg1 Kg8 23. Rxh4 Qf6 24. Rf4 $1 ({The tempting das verlockende} 24. Bg5 $2 {even loses: verliert sogar:} Qxg5+ 25. Kxf2 Rf8+ 26. Ke2 (26. Ke1 Qg1+) 26... Qb5+ 27. Ke3 Qb3+ {etc.}) 24... Rxf4 25. Bxf4 Rf8 26. Bg3 Nb8 27. d5 $1 {with a big advantage. Undoubtedly Black had a number of other opportunities with reasonable chances to defend. mit einem großen Vorteil. Natürlich hatte Schwarz eine Reihe von anderen Möglichkeiten, die halbwegs annehmbare Verteidigungschancen boten.}) ({RR} 12... Nf8 13. Nh5 Ne6 14. f4 f5 15. Ng3 g6 16. h5 Kd7 17. b4 b5 18. Qf3 Kc7 19. Bd2 Kb7 20. Kg2 Nc7 21. Nce2 Nd7 22. Nc1 Nb6 23. Nd3 Nc4 24. Bc3 Bd6 25. Ne2 Qe7 26. Ne5 Bxe5 27. dxe5 {Kopicka,K (2220)-Zolnierowicz,K (2405) Prague 1989 0-1 (34)}) ({RR} 12... Nf8 13. Qf3 h6 14. e4 dxe4 15. Nxe4 hxg5 16. Nxg5 Bxg5 17. hxg5 Rxh1+ 18. Qxh1 Qxd4 19. Be3 Qc4+ 20. Kg1 Nbd7 21. Rc1 Qb5 22. Qe4+ Kd8 23. Rxc6 Qxg5+ 24. Ng2 Qe5 25. Qf3 g5 26. Qxf7 Rc8 27. Qc4 {Szymczak,Z (2275)-Tworuszka,M (2289) Wysowa 2003 ½-½ (36)}) 13. e4 $1 dxe4 14. Nxe4 Bxf4 15. Bxf4 O-O 16. h5 $1 {combining domination in the centre with creating threats to the black king. As you can see the kingside castle doesn't give one full insurance for the safety of the king. Verbindet die Beherrschung des Zentrums mit weiteren Drohungen gegen den schwarzen König. Wie Sie sehen, garantiert die kurze Rochade keineswegs automatisch die Sicherheit des Königs.} Re8 {There are no useful alternatives: Es gibt keine brauchbaren Alternativen:} (16... Na6 17. h6 g6 18. Qa4 {and the knight has to go back. der Springer muß zurück} Nab8 19. Re1 {leaves Black practically paralysed. und Schwarz ist praktisch paralysiert.}) 17. Nd6 Re6 18. d5 $1 {Hammering Black to his knees! Zwingt Schwarz in die Knie.} Rxd6 {A desperate exchange sacrifice to avoid immediate disaster that comes after Ein verzweifeltes Qualitätsopfer, um das Debakel nach} (18... cxd5 19. Qxd5 Na6 20. g6 Nc7 (20... Nf8 21. gxf7+ Kh8 22. h6 Nc7 23. Nf5 $1) 21. gxh7+ $1 Kxh7 22. Qf5+ {etc. usw. zu vermeiden.}) 19. Bxd6 Qxg5 {Now the primitive...} 20. Qf3 $1 ({Now the primitive Nun würde das voreilige} 20. dxc6 Nxc6 {gives Black a glimpse of hope, so Botvinnik maintains his domination, adding a quality advantage to his material one. Schwarz einen Hoffnungsschimmer bereiten. Botvinnik behält die Dominanz seiner Stellung und fügt dem materiellen Vorteil einen qualitativen hinzu.}) 20... Qxd5 ({Queens on the board did not offer any relief: Die Damen auf dem Brett zu behalten bringt keine Erleichterung:} 20... cxd5 21. Rg1 Qd2 22. Bb4 Qxb2 23. Re1 Na6 24. Qxd5 {etc.}) 21. Qxd5 cxd5 22. Rc1 Na6 23. b4 $1 {finishing the hapless knight off. Der unglückliche Springer ist erledigt.} h6 24. Rh3 Kh7 25. Rd3 Nf6 26. b5 Nc5 27. Bxc5 bxc5 28. Rxc5 Rb8 29. a4 Rb7 30. Rdc3 {and the rook exchange is inevitable:} (30. Rdc3 {und der Turmtausch ist nach} Ne4 31. Rc7 {so Black resigned. unvermeidlich. Schwarz gab auf.}) 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-11 Preliminaries A"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1954.09.09"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Black "Euwe, Max"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E59"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "1954.09.04"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Soviet Union"]
[BlackTeam "Netherlands"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "URS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "NED"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O Nc6 8. a3 Bxc3 9. bxc3 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Qc7 11. Bd3 e5 12. Qc2 Qe7 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Nxe5 Qxe5 15. f3 ({RR} 15. Re1 Rd8 16. e4 c4 17. Bf1 Ng4 18. g3 Qh5 19. f4 Qc5+ {½-½ (19) Odnorozhenko,E (2307)-Krylov,I (2131) Shepsi 2011}) ({RR} 15. Re1 Bd7 16. Bb2 c4 17. Bxc4 Ng4 18. f4 Qc5 19. Qd3 Rad8 20. Rad1 Qb6 21. Qe2 Nxe3 22. Qxe3 Qxb2 23. Re2 Qb6 24. Qxb6 axb6 25. Re7 Be6 26. Rxd8 Rxd8 27. Bxe6 fxe6 28. Rxb7 Rc8 29. Rxb6 Rxc3 {Averbakh,Y-Euwe,M Zuerich 1953 1-0 (45)}) 15... Be6 ({RR} 15... Rd8 16. Re1 Bd7 17. a4 Bc6 18. e4 Nd5 19. Bd2 Nf4 20. Bf1 Rd7 21. a5 Rad8 22. Be3 a6 23. Rab1 h6 24. Qf2 Nd3 25. Bxd3 Rxd3 26. c4 R8d7 27. Qg3 Qe6 28. Bxc5 Qxc4 29. Rbc1 Qb5 30. Bb6 {Gutov,A (2467)-Tiviakov,S (2649) Moscow 2008 ½-½ (37)}) 16. e4 $146 ({RR} 16. Re1 Rfd8 17. e4 Nd5 18. Bd2 Nb6 19. Be3 Bb3 20. Qxb3 Rxd3 21. Rac1 h6 22. a4 Rad8 23. Bf2 Qe8 24. Bxc5 Qxa4 25. Qxa4 Nxa4 26. Bxa7 Nxc3 27. Rc2 b5 28. Bc5 Na4 29. Rb1 Rd1+ 30. Rxd1 Rxd1+ {Bisguier,A-Lombardy,W New York 1955 ½-½ (32)}) ({RR} 16. f4 Qd6 17. Rd1 Qe7 18. c4 Rad8 19. Bb2 Bg4 20. Re1 Qd7 21. Bf1 Bf5 22. e4 Nxe4 23. Rxe4 Bxe4 24. Qxe4 Qd2 25. Rb1 Rfe8 26. Qf3 Qe3+ 27. Qf2 b6 28. Be5 Qxf2+ 29. Kxf2 Rd2+ 30. Kf3 Ra2 {Uusi,G-Liberzon,V Leningrad 1956 1-0 (37)}) 16... c4 17. Be2 Qc5+ 18. Kh1 Nd7 19. a4 Qc7 20. Ba3 Nc5 21. Rab1 Rfd8 22. Bxc5 Qxc5 23. Rxb7 Qe3 24. Rb2 Rab8 25. Rxb8 Rxb8 26. f4 f6 27. f5 Bf7 28. Rd1 g5 29. fxg6 hxg6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-11 Final A"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1954.09.20"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Black "Pirc, Vasja"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E42"]
[PlyCount "137"]
[EventDate "1954.09.12"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Soviet Union"]
[BlackTeam "Yugoslavia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "URS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "YUG"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Nge2 d5 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. Nxc3 b6 8. cxd5 exd5 9. Bb5+ Bd7 10. Be2 Bc6 11. b4 $146 ({RR} 11. O-O O-O 12. b3 Qe7 13. a4 a5 14. Ba3 Na6 15. Bxa6 Rxa6 16. Rc1 Rc8 17. Ne2 Ba8 18. Qd3 Ra7 19. Rfd1 Bb7 20. Nf4 Ba6 21. Qf5 g6 22. Qe5 Qxe5 23. dxe5 Ne8 24. Nxd5 Rb7 25. f3 Kf8 {Mis,M (2369)-Smeryk,A (2087) Krakow POL 2025 1-0 (31)}) ({RR} 11. O-O O-O 12. Qc2 Qe7 13. Rd1 Rd8 14. b3 Nbd7 15. Bb2 Rac8 16. Ba6 Rc7 17. Rac1 Nb8 18. Be2 Ba8 19. Nb5 Rcc8 20. Qf5 a6 21. Nc3 Qe6 22. Qxe6 fxe6 23. Na4 Nfd7 24. Rc2 cxd4 25. Rxc8 Rxc8 {Den Dunnen,L (1809)-Vermeulen,F (1894) Groningen 2017 ½-½ (46)}) 11... O-O 12. O-O Nbd7 13. Bb2 cxb4 14. axb4 a5 15. Qb3 Re8 16. Rfc1 Qe7 17. Ba3 Qe6 18. Nb5 Bxb5 19. Bxb5 axb4 20. Qxb4 Rec8 21. Rxc8+ Rxc8 22. Rc1 Rxc1+ 23. Bxc1 h5 24. Qc3 g6 25. f3 Qf5 26. h4 Nf8 27. Ba3 Qb1+ 28. Bf1 Ne6 29. Qb4 Qd1 30. Kf2 Kg7 31. Qxb6 g5 32. hxg5 Nxg5 33. Bf8+ Kg6 34. Be7 Qc2+ 35. Be2 Ne6 36. Qb5 Ng8 37. Bh4 Qa2 38. Qb8 Kh7 39. Qe5 Ng7 40. e4 dxe4 41. Qxe4+ f5 42. Qe5 Qb2 43. Bg3 Nh6 44. Bf4 Nf7 45. Qe3 Qa2 46. Qd3 Qd5 47. Qc4 Qd7 48. Bd3 Kg6 49. d5 Qe7 50. Qd4 Qh4+ 51. Kf1 Ne8 52. g3 Qf6 53. Qe3 Nfd6 54. Be5 Qf7 55. Qd4 Kh7 56. Kg2 Kg8 57. Qc5 Qe7 58. Bc3 Kf7 59. Qd4 Kg6 60. Qe5 Kf7 61. f4 Qd7 62. Be2 Kg6 63. Qh8 Ng7 64. Qg8 Kh6 65. Bxh5 Nxh5 66. Qg5+ Kh7 67. Qxh5+ Kg8 68. Qg6+ Kf8 69. Bb4 1-0

[Event "URS-ch22 Final"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.03.01"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Black "Furman, Semen Abramovich"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E49"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1955.02.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "URS-ch"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 dxc4 8. Bxc4 c5 9. Bb2 ({RR} 9. Bd3 Nc6 10. Nf3 Qc7 11. Bb2 e5 12. dxe5 Nxe5 13. Nxe5 Qxe5 14. Qb3 Bf5 15. c4 Qe6 16. Bxf5 Qxf5 17. O-O b6 18. Rad1 Rfd8 19. f3 Qe6 20. Qc3 Ne8 21. e4 f6 22. Qc2 Qe7 23. Rde1 Qf7 {Vitiugov,N (2712)-Martirosyan,H (2708) Budva MNE 2023 ½-½ (42)}) 9... Nc6 ({RR} 9... Qa5 10. Nf3 cxd4 11. exd4 b6 12. Qe2 Ba6 13. Bxa6 Nxa6 14. a4 Nc7 15. O-O Ncd5 16. c4 Nf4 17. Qe3 Qf5 18. h3 Rfc8 19. Bc1 Ng6 20. Qb3 Rc7 21. Be3 Rac8 22. Rfc1 Nf4 23. Bxf4 Qxf4 24. a5 {Bischoff,K (2425)-Adams,M (2661) Swidnica POL 2025 ½-½}) ({RR} 9... Qc7 10. Be2 b6 11. Nf3 Bb7 12. c4 Nbd7 13. Rc1 Rfd8 14. O-O cxd4 15. exd4 Qf4 16. Re1 Nf8 17. Ne5 Ng6 18. Nxg6 hxg6 19. Qb3 Rac8 20. Bf1 Ne4 21. Qe3 Qxe3 {½-½ (21) Botvinnik,M-Unzicker,W Munich 1958}) 10. Nf3 Qc7 11. Be2 $146 ({RR} 11. Bd3 e5 12. Qc2 cxd4 13. cxd4 e4 14. Bxe4 Nxe4 15. Qxe4 Qa5+ 16. Nd2 Bf5 17. Qf4 Qb5 18. Bc3 Qd3 19. Rc1 Rac8 20. Qf3 Rfe8 21. Nb3 b6 22. Qe2 Nb4 23. Bxb4 Qxb3 24. O-O Bd3 25. Rxc8 Rxc8 {Addison,W-Reshevsky,S Palma de Mallorca 1970 ½-½ (32)}) 11... Rd8 12. Qc2 e5 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. c4 Nfg4 15. Ng5 Ng6 16. Ne4 Nh4 17. Kf1 Qc6 18. Qc3 f6 19. f3 Ne5 20. Ng3 Be6 21. Kf2 Qa4 22. Rhc1 Rd7 23. Nf1 Nhg6 24. f4 Nf7 25. Qc2 Qxc2 26. Rxc2 Nd6 27. Ng3 Rad8 28. Bc1 Nf5 29. Ne4 b6 30. g4 Re7 31. Nc3 Nd6 32. f5 Nxf5 33. gxf5 Bxf5 34. Rd2 Rde8 35. Nd5 Rf7 36. Bb2 Be4 37. Rad1 Ne5 38. Nc3 Bb7 39. Nb5 Ref8 40. Nd6 Re7 41. Nxb7 Rxb7 42. Bxe5 fxe5+ 43. Kg3 1-0

[Event "URS-ch22 Final"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.03.12"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Black "Lisitsin, Georgy M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E26"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "1955.02.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "URS-ch"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 d6 8. Ne2 b6 9. e4 Qd7 ({RR} 9... Na5 10. O-O O-O 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bh4 g5 13. Bg3 Nh5 14. f4 f5 15. Qc2 g4 16. Rad1 Ng7 17. Bf2 Qc7 18. Ng3 h5 19. Rfe1 Qf7 20. e5 dxe5 21. Rxe5 Nc6 22. Ree1 Qc7 23. d5 Nd8 24. Ne2 {Radjabov,T (2729)-Anand,V (2779) Monte Carlo 2007 0-1 (53)}) ({RR} 9... Bb7 10. O-O Qc7 11. f4 e5 12. d5 Na5 13. fxe5 dxe5 14. Ng3 Bc8 15. h3 h6 16. Ra2 Nb7 17. Raf2 Nd6 18. Rxf6 gxf6 19. Nh5 f5 20. exf5 Bb7 21. Ng7+ Kd7 22. f6 Rag8 23. Qh5 Kc8 24. Qxe5 {Mattenberger,M (2267)-Ostlund,J (2339) Stockholm SWE 2025 1-0}) 10. Bc2 $146 ({RR} 10. O-O Ba6 11. Ng3 cxd4 12. cxd4 Na5 13. e5 Ng8 14. Ne4 Nb7 15. Nxd6+ Nxd6 16. exd6 Rc8 17. c5 Bxd3 18. Qxd3 bxc5 19. dxc5 Ne7 20. Qc3 Ng6 21. Bb2 f6 22. Rac1 Rc6 23. Qc4 Kf7 24. f4 Rb8 {Fischer,S-Beisser,G Vorra 1990 1-0 (45)}) 10... Ba6 11. O-O Bxc4 12. Re1 e5 13. d5 Ne7 14. Ng3 O-O 15. Bg5 Ne8 16. Ba4 b5 17. Bxe7 Qxe7 18. Nf5 Qc7 19. Bc2 g6 20. Ne3 Ng7 21. Nxc4 bxc4 22. Qe2 Rab8 23. Reb1 Rxb1+ 24. Rxb1 Qa5 25. Qxc4 Qxa3 26. Ba4 Ne8 27. g3 Nc7 28. Qb3 Qxb3 29. Rxb3 f5 30. Rb7 Ne8 31. exf5 gxf5 32. Rxa7 Nf6 33. Bd7 Ne4 34. Be6+ Kh8 35. Rd7 f4 36. g4 Nxc3 37. Rxd6 Ne2+ 38. Kf1 Nd4 39. Rc6 Re8 40. Bd7 Rd8 41. Rc7 c4 42. Be6 Nxe6 43. dxe6 Re8 44. e7 Kg7 45. f3 Kf6 46. h4 Rxe7 47. Rxc4 Re6 48. Ke2 h6 49. Kd3 Rd6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Match/Training Botvinnik-Averbakh+2-0=0"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.06.06"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Black "Averbakh, Yuri L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E56"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1955.06.06"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 c5 7. O-O Nc6 8. a3 Ba5 9. cxd5 exd5 10. dxc5 Bxc3 11. bxc3 Bg4 12. c4 Ne5 13. cxd5 Nxf3+ 14. gxf3 Bh3 15. e4 Nd7 16. Kh1 Bxf1 17. Bxf1 Nxc5 18. Be3 b6 19. e5 Qd7 20. f4 Rfd8 $146 ({RR} 20... Rad8 21. Bg2 Qf5 22. Qf3 Rfe8 23. d6 Nd7 24. Rd1 Kh8 25. Bh3 Qc2 26. Qd5 Qe2 27. Rg1 Rf8 28. Bd4 Rg8 29. Be3 Nc5 30. Qxf7 Nd3 31. d7 Qf3+ 32. Bg2 Qxf2 33. e6 Qxe3 34. Rf1 Nf2+ 35. Rxf2 {Kondratiev,P-Cherepkov,A Leningrad 1957 0-1 (36)}) 21. Bg2 Rac8 22. Qf3 Nb3 23. Rd1 Rc3 24. f5 Nc5 25. f6 Rd3 26. Rg1 g6 27. Qf4 Qe8 28. Bxc5 bxc5 29. Re1 R3xd5 30. Bxd5 Rxd5 31. Qh6 Qf8 32. Qh3 Qd8 33. e6 1-0

[Event "Match/Nation URS-USA 25,0-7,0"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.07.03"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Black "Reshevsky, Samuel Herman"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E51"]
[Annotator "ChessBase II"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1955.06.29"]
[EventType "team-match"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "URSS"]
[BlackTeam "US of America"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "URS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]
[TimeControl "40/9000:16/5400:0"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 d5 5. a3 Be7 6. Nf3 O-O 7. b4 Nbd7 8. Bb2 c6 9. Qc2 (9. Bd3 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Bd6 11. Ne2 a5 12. b5 Nb6 13. Bd3 cxb5 14. Bxb5 Bd7 15. Qb3 a4 16. Qd3 Ra5 17. Nc3 Qe8 18. Bxd7 Qxd7 19. O-O Rc8 20. e4 Nc4 21. Bc1 e5 22. Rd1 exd4 23. Qxd4 Qe6 24. Ra2 h6 25. h3 Ra6 26. Nd5 Nxe4 27. Re2 f5 28. g4 Bc5 29. gxf5 Qxf5 30. Qxe4 Qxh3 31. Nh2 Rcc6 32. Nf4 {1-0 (32) Botvinnik,M-Reshevsky,S The Hague/Moscow 1948}) 9... dxc4 $146 (9... Re8 10. Bd3 dxc4 11. Bxc4 a5 12. b5 Nb6 13. Bd3 cxb5 14. Nxb5 Bd7 15. Ne5 Rc8 16. Qe2 Na4 17. O-O Qb6 18. Rab1 Nxb2 19. Rxb2 Red8 20. Rfb1 Be8 21. Qd2 a4 22. Na7 Qxa7 23. Rxb7 Qa8 24. Rxe7 Rb8 25. Rc7 Rxb1+ 26. Bxb1 Nd5 27. Rc1 Qb8 28. Qc2 g6 29. Ba2 Ne7 30. h3 Kf8 31. Qc7 Rc8 32. Qxb8 Rxb8 33. Rc2 Nf5 34. Nc4 Rc8 35. Rb2 Ne7 36. e4 Rd8 37. Rd2 Bb5 38. Ne3 Nc6 39. d5 {Botvinnik,M-Lipnitsky,I Moscow 1951 1-0}) 10. Bxc4 a5 11. b5 Nb6 12. Bd3 cxb5 13. Nxb5 Bd7 14. O-O Rc8 15. Qe2 Na4 16. Ne5 Bxb5 (16... Nxb2) 17. Bxb5 Nc3 18. Bxc3 Rxc3 $132 19. Qb2 Qc7 20. Rfc1 Rc8 21. Nd3 $146 ({RR} 21. Nc4 Rxc1+ 22. Rxc1 Ne4 23. g3 Nd6 24. a4 g6 25. Rc2 Nxc4 26. Rxc4 Qd8 27. Qb3 Rxc4 28. Bxc4 Bb4 29. f4 Qb6 30. Kg2 Kf8 31. d5 e5 32. Qc2 exf4 33. gxf4 {½-½ (33) Kortschnoj,V-Reshevsky,S Sousse 1967}) 21... Ne4 (21... Rc2 22. Qb3 Qc3) 22. a4 Bb4 23. g3 h6 24. Nc5 Rxc1+ 25. Rxc1 Nxc5 26. dxc5 Bxc5 27. Rd1 Rd8 (27... Bb4 28. Rd7 Qc1+ 29. Qxc1 Rxc1+ 30. Kg2 b6 31. Rb7 Bc5 $11) 28. Qc2 b6 29. Rxd8+ Qxd8 30. Qd3 Qxd3 31. Bxd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Match/Training Botvinnik-Averbakh+1-0=2"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.12.23"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Averbakh, Yuri L"]
[Black "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E28"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1955.12.23"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 b6 7. Bd3 Bb7 8. f3 Nc6 9. Ne2 O-O 10. e4 Ne8 11. O-O Na5 ({RR} 11... Ba6 12. e5 Na5 13. f4 f5 14. d5 d6 15. dxe6 Qe7 16. g4 g6 17. gxf5 gxf5 18. Ng3 Ng7 19. Re1 Qxe6 20. Bf1 Rad8 21. Qf3 Bb7 22. Qf2 dxe5 23. Rxe5 Qc6 24. Be3 Rd6 25. Re7 Rf7 26. Rxb7 {Firouzja,A (2757)-Praggnanandhaa,R (2758) Warsaw POL 2025 0-1 (31)}) 12. Ng3 Ba6 13. f4 f5 $146 ({RR} 13... Bxc4 14. Bxc4 Nxc4 15. f5 f6 16. Rf4 Qe7 17. Rh4 exf5 18. Nxf5 Qf7 19. Qg4 Kh8 20. Rh3 g6 21. Nh4 Rg8 22. Nf3 Ncd6 23. Bg5 Qe6 24. Qh4 Rg7 25. Bh6 Re7 26. e5 Nf5 27. Qf4 d6 28. Re1 {Delgado Ramos,H (2488)-Cordova,E (2567) Barcelona 2011 1-0 (49)}) ({RR} 13... Rc8 14. f5 f6 15. Rf4 cxd4 16. cxd4 Bxc4 17. Bxc4 Rxc4 18. Rh4 Qc7 19. Bf4 e5 20. dxe5 Qc5+ 21. Kh1 fxe5 22. Bg5 Nf6 23. h3 Qd4 24. Qf1 Qc3 25. Bxf6 gxf6 26. Qd1 Rd4 27. Qg4+ Kf7 28. Rxh7+ {Mohammadi,S (1971)-Quesada Perez,Y (2577) Charlotte USA 2025 ½-½ (38)}) 14. exf5 cxd4 15. cxd4 Bxc4 16. a4 exf5 17. Ba3 Rf7 18. Nxf5 d5 19. Re1 Bxd3 20. Qxd3 Nc4 21. Ne7+ Kh8 22. Nc6 Qf6 23. Ne5 Rc7 24. Qf3 Rd8 25. Ra2 Kg8 26. Rae2 Nxa3 27. Qxa3 Qd6 28. Qb3 Nf6 29. g4 Rdc8 30. g5 Ne4 31. Rxe4 Rc3 32. Qa2 Ra3 33. Nf7 Kxf7 34. Re7+ Kg8 35. Qe2 Rf8 36. Re8 Rc3 37. f5 Rc8 38. Rxf8+ Rxf8 39. Qe6+ Qxe6 40. fxe6 Re8 41. Kg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Match/Training Botvinnik-Averbakh+1-0=2"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.12.30"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Averbakh, Yuri L"]
[Black "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "E54"]
[Annotator "ChessBase II"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1955.12.23"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O Nbd7 8. a3 dxc4 9. Bxc4 cxd4 10. exd4 Bxc3 11. bxc3 Qc7 12. Qe2 b6 ({RR} 12... Nb6 13. Bd3 Nbd5 14. c4 Nf4 15. Bxf4 Qxf4 16. Qe3 Qc7 17. Rfd1 Bd7 18. Rac1 Ba4 19. Bc2 Bxc2 20. Rxc2 Rfd8 21. Rdc1 Qa5 22. h3 Rac8 23. Qb3 Qa6 24. a4 h6 25. Qb5 Qc6 26. Rb2 b6 27. a5 {Medic,M (2136)-Kejzar,P (2043) Mali Losinj 2021 ½-½ (58)}) 13. Bd3 ({RR} 13. Ne5 Bb7 14. Nxd7 Qxd7 15. Bd2 Ne4 16. Be1 Rac8 17. f3 Nd6 18. Bd3 Bd5 19. Qc2 h6 20. Bg3 Bc4 21. Bh7+ Kh8 22. Rfe1 Nb5 23. a4 Nxc3 24. Qxc3 Kxh7 25. a5 b5 26. Qc2+ Kg8 27. Qb2 Rfd8 {Gallego Alcaraz,A (2465)-Vera Siguenas,D (2528) Santa Maria del Mar 2017 0-1 (40)}) ({RR} 13. Bb2 Bb7 14. Ba2 b5 15. Qxb5 Rab8 16. Qe2 Nd5 17. c4 Nf4 18. Qd2 Bxf3 19. gxf3 e5 20. dxe5 Nh3+ 21. Kg2 Nxe5 22. Bxe5 Qxe5 23. Kxh3 Rb6 24. Kg2 Rh6 25. h4 Rg6+ 26. Kh3 Qf5+ 27. Kh2 Qf6 {Golz,W-Averbakh,Y Dresden 1956 0-1}) 13... Bb7 14. c4 Ng4 15. g3 $146 ({RR} 15. Bxh7+ Kxh7 16. Ng5+ Kg8 17. Qxg4 Qxc4 18. Qh3 Nf6 19. Rd1 Qe2 20. Bf4 Qg4 21. Qxg4 Nxg4 22. Rac1 Rfc8 23. Nh3 Nf6 24. Rxc8+ Rxc8 25. Rc1 Nd5 26. Rxc8+ Bxc8 27. Bd2 {½-½ (27) Villeneuve,A-Farago,I Bagneux 1971}) 15... Rfe8 16. Ng5 Ngf6 17. f4 e5 18. fxe5 Nxe5 19. dxe5 Rxe5 20. Qf2 Rxg5 21. Bxg5 Qc6 22. Qf3 Qxf3 23. Rxf3 Bxf3 24. Bxf6 gxf6 25. Rf1 Bh5 26. Rxf6 Rd8 27. Be4 Rd4 28. Rf4 Kg7 29. Bd5 Rd3 30. g4 Bg6 31. h4 h5 32. gxh5 Bxh5 33. a4 Ra3 34. Bc6 Bd1 35. c5 bxc5 36. Rc4 Ra1 37. Kf2 Ra2+ 38. Ke3 Rc2 39. Rf4 Bh5 40. Kd3 Rc1 $15 {unfinished} *

[Event "Match/Training Botvinnik-Averbakh"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1956.08.01"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Black "Averbakh, Yuri L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E46"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "1956.08.01"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Chekhov,Valery A} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Nge2 d5 6. a3 Be7 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Nxd5 ({RR} 8. g3) ({RR} 8. Qc2) 8... exd5 9. g3 ({RR} 9. Nf4 c6 10. Bd3 Nd7 11. O-O a5 12. Bd2 Nf6 13. f3 c5) ({RR} 9. Ng3 Re8 10. Bd3 Nd7 11. O-O a5 12. Bd2 Nf6 13. Rc1 Bd6 14. f3 b6 15. Qe1 c5) ({RR} 9. Nf4 c6 10. Bd3 Nd7 11. O-O a5 12. Bd2 Bd6 13. Qc2 h6 14. Rae1 Re8 15. f3 Qb6 16. Ne2 c5 17. Nc3 Nf6 18. dxc5 Qxc5 19. Nb5 Qxc2 20. Bxc2 Be5 21. Nd4 Bd7 22. Bd3 Rec8 23. Rc1 b6 {Cruz,C (2547)-Kovalyov,A (2625) Brownsville 2015 ½-½ (33)}) ({RR} 9. Nf4 c6 10. Bd3 Nd7 11. O-O Nf6 12. b4 a6 13. Bd2 Bd6 14. Qb1 Re8 15. a4 Ne4 16. Bc1 Qh4 17. g3 Qh6 18. f3 Ng5 19. e4 Bxf4 20. gxf4 Nh3+ 21. Kh1 Nxf4 22. exd5 Qh4 23. Bxf4 Qxf4 {Bagrationi,A (2468)-Maghsoodloo,P (2699) Chess.com INT 2022 0-1}) 9... Re8 $146 ({RR} 9... Nd7 10. Bg2 Nf6 11. O-O c6 12. Nc3 Be6 ({RR} 12... Bf5 13. h3 Qd7 14. g4 Be6 15. f4) 13. Re1 ({RR} 13. b4) 13... Qd7 14. b4 a5 ({RR} 14... b5 15. Qb3 ({RR} 15. Bd2) 15... a5) 15. Na4 Qc7 ({RR} 15... Ra7) 16. Bd2 axb4 17. Bxb4 Ne4 18. Qb3 b5 19. Nb2 ({RR} 19. Nc3 Bxb4 20. Qxb4 ({RR} 20. axb4 Nd6) 20... Nxc3 21. Qxc3 Ra6) 19... Bxb4 20. axb4 Bf5 21. Nd3 Nd2 22. Qc3 Bxd3 23. Qxd2 ({RR} 23. Qxd3 Nc4 24. Qc3 g6 25. Rxa8 Rxa8 26. Ra1) 23... Bc4 24. Qb2 {Uhlmann,W-Unzicker,W Moscow 1956 MCL [Chekhov,Valery A] ½-½ (33)} {RR} g6 25. Rxa8 Rxa8 26. Ra1 Ra4) ({RR} 9... Nd7 10. Bg2 Nf6 11. O-O Bd6 12. Nc3 c6 13. b4 a6 14. Re1 Re8 15. Bb2 Bf8 16. Qd3 Be6 17. f3 Nd7 18. Na4 b6 19. Rac1 b5 20. Nc5 Nb6 21. Bc3 Ra7 22. e4 Nc4 23. Ra1 Bxc5 24. dxc5 {Reshevsky,S-Botvinnik,M Netherlands 1938 ½-½ (50)}) ({RR} 9... c6 10. Bg2 Bd6 11. O-O Nd7 12. Nc3 Nf6 13. b4 a6 14. f3 Bc7 15. Kh1 h5 16. e4 h4 17. Bg5 h3 18. e5 hxg2+ 19. Kxg2 Qd7 20. exf6 Qh3+ 21. Kg1 Bxg3 22. Qd2 Bd6 23. fxg7 Re8 24. Rae1 {Lovass,I-Lukacs,P (2470) Budapest 1982 0-1 (41)}) 10. Bg2 c6 11. O-O Bg5 12. b4 Nd7 13. b5 Nb6 14. bxc6 bxc6 15. Bd2 Ba6 16. Re1 Nc4 17. Nc1 Rb8 18. Bb4 Bb5 19. Nd3 a5 20. Bc5 g6 21. Qc2 Qd7 22. a4 Ba6 23. Ne5 Nxe5 24. dxe5 Bc4 25. Bf1 Bxf1 26. Rxf1 Rxe5 27. Qc3 Re4 28. Qxa5 Qc8 29. Bd4 Be7 30. Qd2 Bb4 31. Qd3 c5 32. Bb2 Qc6 33. Rfd1 Ba5 34. Ra2 Rxa4 35. Rxa4 Qxa4 36. Be5 Re8 37. Ra1 Qe4 38. Qxe4 dxe4 39. Rxa5 Rxe5 40. Ra8+ Kg7 41. f4 exf3 42. Kf2 Rd5 43. Kxf3 Rd2 44. h4 h5 45. Rc8 Rc2 46. Rc6 c4 47. e4 c3 48. e5 Rc1 49. Kg2 Kf8 50. e6 fxe6 51. Rxe6 Rd1 52. Rc6 Rd3 53. Rxg6 Ke7 54. Rc6 Kd7 55. Rc4 Kd6 56. g4 Kd5 57. Rc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Match/Training Botvinnik-Averbakh"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1956.08.04"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Black "Averbakh, Yuri L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E42"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1956.08.01"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Nge2 cxd4 6. exd4 O-O 7. a3 Be7 8. d5 exd5 9. cxd5 Bc5 10. Nd4 Re8+ ({RR} 10... d6 11. Be2 Nbd7 12. O-O a6 13. h3 Re8 14. Be3 Ne5 15. Qd2 Bd7 16. Nc2 Rc8 17. Bxc5 Rxc5 18. Ne3 Qc8 19. f4 Ng6 20. Bd3 Ne7 21. Rac1 Qd8 22. Kh2 h6 23. b4 Rc8 24. Ne4 Nxe4 25. Bxe4 {Caruana,F (2804)-Ponkratov,P (2614) chess.com INT 2024 0-1 (77)}) 11. Be2 Ne4 $146 ({RR} 11... a6 12. O-O d6 13. Bg5 Nbd7 14. Kh1 Nf8 15. Nb3 Ba7 16. Bd3 h6 17. Bh4 Ng6 18. Bg3 Ne5 19. Re1 Nxd3 20. Qxd3 Bd7 21. Nd2 Ng4 22. Rxe8+ Qxe8 23. Kg1 Ne5 24. Qe4 f5 25. Qe2 Rc8 26. Bxe5 {Schebler,G (2496)-Stillger,B (2327) Helmond 2001 0-1 (36)}) ({RR} 11... d6 12. O-O Nbd7 13. h3 a6 14. b4 Ba7 15. Be3 h6 16. Rc1 Ne5 17. Qd2 Ng6 18. Rfe1 Ne4 19. Nxe4 Rxe4 20. Bd3 Re8 21. Ne6 Bxe6 22. dxe6 Rxe6 23. Bxa7 Rxe1+ 24. Qxe1 Rxa7 25. Bxg6 fxg6 26. Qe6+ {Seyed,J (2421)-Moiseenko,V (2327) Rilsk 2017 1-0}) 12. Nxe4 Rxe4 13. Nb5 d6 14. O-O a6 15. Nc3 Re8 16. Kh1 Nd7 17. Bf4 Qf6 18. Bg3 Bd4 19. Rc1 Nc5 20. Bxd6 Bxc3 21. Bxc5 Bxb2 22. Rc2 Be5 23. d6 Rd8 24. Rd2 Bf5 25. f4 Bc3 26. Bd4 Bxd4 27. Rxd4 Rac8 28. Bf3 b5 29. Re1 Be6 30. Qd2 Rc4 31. Rd1 g6 32. Qe3 Kg7 33. g4 h6 34. g5 Qf5 35. Be4 Qh3 36. Qxh3 Bxh3 37. Rxc4 bxc4 38. Kg1 hxg5 39. fxg5 f6 40. gxf6+ Kxf6 41. Kf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-12 Final A"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1956.09.17"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Filip, Miroslav"]
[Black "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E53"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "1956.09.10"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "MCD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Czechoslovakia"]
[BlackTeam "Soviet Union"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CSR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "URS"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. d4 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O Nbd7 8. cxd5 exd5 9. Qb3 Bxc3 10. Qxc3 b6 11. dxc5 Nxc5 12. b4 Nfe4 13. Bxe4 $146 ({RR} 13. Qc2 Nxd3 14. Qxd3 Qf6 15. Qd4 Qxd4 16. Nxd4 Bd7 {½-½ (16) Trifunovic,P-Ivkov,B Belgrade 1952}) 13... Nxe4 14. Qd4 Bb7 15. Bb2 f6 16. Rac1 Rc8 17. Rfd1 Rxc1 18. Rxc1 Qd7 19. Qd1 Rc8 20. h3 Rxc1 21. Qxc1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Match/Training Botvinnik-Averbakh"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1956.10.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Black "Averbakh, Yuri L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E29"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "1956.10.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 c5 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 Nc6 8. e4 cxd4 9. cxd4 Nxd4 10. e5 Qa5+ 11. Kf1 Ne8 12. Bb2 Nc6 13. Nf3 f5 14. Qc2 ({RR} 14. exf6 Nxf6 15. h4 d5 16. Qe2 dxc4 17. Bxc4 Kh8 18. Rd1 e5 19. Ng5 Bg4 20. f3 Bh5 21. g4 Nxg4 22. Kg2 Nf6 23. Qe3 Qb6 24. Qd2 e4 25. fxe4 Nxe4 26. Bd4 Nxd2 27. Bxb6 Nxc4 28. Bc5 Rfd8 {Gonzalez,F (2021)-Smirnov,P (2545) chess.com INT 2023 0-1 (44)}) 14... d6 15. Re1 dxe5 16. Nxe5 Nf6 $146 ({RR} 16... Nxe5 17. Rxe5 Qc7 18. g4 Bd7 19. Rg1 Rf7 20. gxf5 exf5 21. c5 Kf8 22. Bc4 Re7 23. Qd3 Rxe5 24. Bxe5 Qxe5 25. Qxd7 Qe7 26. Qxf5+ Nf6 27. c6 bxc6 28. Rg3 g6 29. Qf4 Kg7 30. Re3 Qd8 31. Rd3 {Berczes,D (2450)-Kragelj,I (2260) Balatonlelle 2006 ½-½ (43)}) 17. h3 Qc5 18. g4 Ne4 19. Nxc6 Qxc6 20. Rg1 Rf7 21. Re3 Qc5 22. gxf5 exf5 23. Bxe4 fxe4 24. Qc3 1-0

[Event "Alekhine Memorial-01"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1956.10.19"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Black "Najdorf, Miguel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E42"]
[Annotator "Chekhov,Valery A"]
[PlyCount "145"]
[EventDate "1956.10.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. d4 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Nge2 d5 6. a3 cxd4 7. axb4 dxc3 8. Nxc3 O-O (8... dxc4 9. Qxd8+ Kxd8 10. Bxc4 Nbd7 11. O-O Ke7 12. e4 b6 13. f3 $16 {Uhlmann,W-Larsen,B/DDR-DEN/1957/}) 9. cxd5 Nxd5 (9... exd5 10. Be2 Nc6 11. b5 Ne7 12. O-O Be6 13. b3 a6 14. Bb2 axb5 15. Nxb5 Rxa1 16. Qxa1 $16 {Hort,V-Karaklajic,N/Palma de Mallorca/1967/}) 10. Nxd5 Qxd5 (10... exd5 11. Be2 Be6 12. O-O $16 {Garcia,R-Sanguineti,R/Buenos Aires/1962/}) 11. Qxd5 exd5 12. Bd2 $16 Bf5 (12... Na6 $5 { d7,c7,b5/}) 13. Bc3 Na6 $146 (13... Nd7 14. Be2 $16) ({RR} 13... Re8 14. Be2 Nc6 15. b5 d4 16. exd4 Bd3 17. Kd2 Bxe2 18. bxc6 bxc6 19. Rhe1 Bc4 20. Rxa7 Be6 21. Ra3 Rad8 22. Kc1 h6 23. Re3 Rd5 24. Ra6 Rc8 25. h4 Rf5 26. f3 Bd5 27. Re5 Rf4 28. h5 {Juettler,H-Sammalisto,L Reykjavik 1957 ½-½}) 14. Bxa6 (14. Be2 Nc7 15. O-O Bd7 { b5/}) 14... bxa6 15. Rxa6 Bd3 16. Ra5 Bc4 17. Kd2 a6 18. Rc5 $1 $16 Rfd8 19. g4 (19. Kc2 Rd7 20. e4 Rad8 21. Rd1 Be2 22. Rd2 Bb5 23. exd5 f6 $16) 19... h6 20. h4 Rd7 21. Rb1 Re8 (21... Bb3 22. b5 $16) 22. b3 Bb5 23. Rg1 Kh7 24. Bd4 Re6 25. f3 Re8 26. h5 f6 27. Rgc1 (27. f4 Rf8 28. Rg3 Re8 29. Rc1 { g5,cg1/}) 27... Kg8 28. Rc7 $6 (28. Rg1 $1) 28... Rxc7 $1 29. Rxc7 Rd8 30. Bc5 Ra8 $6 (30... Rd7 $5 31. Rc8+ Kh7 $1 (31... Kf7 $4 32. f4 { f5,f8#/}) 32. Ra8 Bf1 33. f4 Bb5 34. f5 Rb7 35. Bd4 Rf7 36. Rd8 Rd7 37. Rf8 Bf1 38. g5 hxg5 (38... fxg5 39. f6 g6 40. Rh8+ $1 $18) 39. h6 g4 40. hxg7 Rxg7 41. Bxf6 g3 $1) 31. Ke1 Bd3 $6 (31... Rd8 $5) 32. Rd7 $1 Bc2 33. Rxd5 Bxb3 34. Rd3 Bc4 35. Rc3 Bb5 36. Bd4 Be8 (36... a5 $2 37. Rc5) 37. Rc5 Rb8 38. Bc3 Rd8 39. Bd4 Rb8 40. Bc3 Rd8 41. e4 Rd3 $6 (41... Rd6 $5 42. Kf2 (42. e5 Rc6 $1 43. exf6 gxf6) 42... Rc6 43. Ke3 Rxc5 44. bxc5 Kf7 45. Kd4 Ke6 46. f4 Bc6 47. f5+ Kf7 48. Ke3 Bd7 49. Kf4 Bc6 50. e5 Bb7 $1 51. e6+ Ke7 52. Ke3 Bc6 53. Bd2 Bb7 54. Kd4 Bf3 55. g5 hxg5 56. Bxg5 Bxh5 $1 (56... fxg5 57. h6 gxh6 58. Ke5 $18) 57. c6 Kd6 $10) 42. Ke2 Bb5 (42... Rd6 43. e5 $1 fxe5 44. Bxe5 Rc6 45. Bc3 Rxc5 46. bxc5 $16) 43. Rxb5 Rxc3 44. Rb8+ Kf7 (44... Kh7 45. f4 Rg3 46. e5 fxe5 47. fxe5 Rxg4 48. Kd3 $16) 45. Rb7+ Kf8 46. Rb8+ Kf7 47. Rb7+ Kf8 48. Kf2 Rb3 49. Rb6 Ra3 50. Rb8+ Kf7 51. Rb7+ Kf8 (51... Kg8 52. f4) 52. Kg3 a5 53. b5 a4 54. Kf4 Rb3 55. b6 $6 (55. Kf5 Rxf3+ 56. Ke6 Kg8 57. Kd5 $18) 55... Kg8 $6 (55... Rb5 $1 56. Ra7 Rxb6 57. Rxa4 Rb5 58. Ra3 Kf7) 56. Kf5 Rb5+ (56... Rxf3+ $2 57. Kg6 $18) 57. Ke6 a3 58. f4 $1 a2 (58... Kh7 59. Kd7 a2 60. Ra7 Rxb6 61. Rxa2 $16) 59. Ra7 Rxb6+ 60. Kf5 Rb7 (60... Rb2 61. Kg6 Kf8 62. Ra8+ Ke7 63. Kxg7 Rg2 64. Ra7+ Ke6 65. f5+ Ke5 66. Ra5+ Kxe4 67. Kxf6 Kd3 68. g5 $1 $18) 61. Rxa2 Kf7 62. Ra5 Rc7 63. Rd5 Ra7 64. e5 fxe5 65. fxe5 Ke7 (65... Rb7 66. Rd7+ $1) 66. e6 Ra4 (66... Ra6 67. Rd7+ Kf8 68. Kg6 $1 Rxe6+ 69. Kh7 $18) 67. g5 $1 hxg5 68. Rd7+ Kf8 69. Rf7+ Kg8 70. Kg6 g4 71. h6 $1 gxh6 (71... Ra8 72. hxg7 g3 73. e7 g2 74. Rf8+ $18) 72. e7 Ra8 73. Rf6 (73. Rf6 g3 74. Rd6 Re8 75. Rd8 $18) 1-0

[Event "Match/Training Botvinnik-Averbakh"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.01.09"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Black "Averbakh, Yuri L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E29"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "1957.01.09"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 b6 7. Ne2 Nc6 8. Ng3 O-O 9. e4 Ne8 10. Be2 Ba6 11. O-O Na5 12. f4 Bxc4 13. Bxc4 Nxc4 14. f5 f6 $146 ({RR} 14... exf5 15. Rxf5 Ncd6 16. Rf1 cxd4 17. cxd4 Nc7 18. d5 f6 19. Qg4 Nce8 20. Bf4 Qe7 21. Rae1 Qf7 22. Bxd6 Nxd6 23. e5 Ne8 24. Nf5 Kh8 25. e6 dxe6 26. dxe6 Qg6 27. e7 Rg8 28. Qxg6 hxg6 29. Rf3 {Van Seters,F-Vandamme,F Ostend 1967 1-0}) 15. Rb1 cxd4 16. cxd4 e5 17. Nh5 Qe7 18. dxe5 Qc5+ 19. Kh1 Nxe5 20. Be3 Qc6 21. Nf4 Qxe4 22. Rb4 Qb7 23. Nd5 Rf7 24. Qb3 Qa6 25. Rd1 Qe2 26. Nf4 Qa6 27. Nd5 Qe2 28. Nf4 Qa6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Match/Training Botvinnik-Averbakh"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.01.30"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Black "Averbakh, Yuri L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E26"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "1957.01.09"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 ({RR} 4. a3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 c5 {½-½ (9) Chabot,R (2128)-Masse,H (2167) Montreal 2018}) 4... c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 b6 7. Bd3 Bb7 8. f3 Nc6 9. Nh3 ({RR} 9. Ne2 d6 10. e4 Nd7 11. O-O Qe7 12. Be3 Na5 13. Ng3 h5 14. Re1 O-O-O 15. Nf1 g5 16. Bf2 h4 17. h3 Nf8 18. Nd2 e5 19. a4 Qc7 20. Rb1 Ne6 21. Nb3 Kd7 22. Nxa5 bxa5 23. Qb3 Ba6 {Svane,F (2667)-Harikrishna,P (2707) Chotowa POL 2025 0-1 (63)}) ({RR} 9. Ne2 Na5 10. e4 d6 11. O-O Qc7 12. d5 O-O-O 13. Ng3 h5 14. h4 Rde8 15. dxe6 Rxe6 16. Nf5 g6 17. Ne3 Qd8 18. Nd5 Nd7 19. Bg5 f6 20. Bf4 g5 21. Bg3 Ne5 22. hxg5 fxg5 23. Bxe5 Rxe5 {Yoon,J (2251)-Vitiugov,N (2668) Peterborough ENG 2025 0-1 (37)}) 9... d6 10. Bb2 $146 Qc7 11. e4 e5 12. d5 Na5 13. Bc1 h6 14. Be3 O-O-O 15. a4 Ba6 16. Qe2 g5 17. Nf2 Rdg8 18. Nd1 h5 19. Bf2 h4 20. Ne3 Nh5 21. g4 1/2-1/2

[Event "World-ch20 Smyslov-Botvinnik +6-3=13"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.03.21"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Black "Smyslov, Vassily V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E45"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "1957.03.05"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "22"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "MainBase"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. d4 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. Nge2 Ba6 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. Nxc3 d5 8. b3 O-O 9. Be2 dxc4 10. bxc4 Nc6 11. Nb5 ({RR} 11. a4 Na5 12. Nb5 c6 13. Na3 c5 14. Nb5 Bb7 15. O-O a6 16. Na3 Bc6 17. Bb2 Qd7 18. dxc5 Qxd1 19. Bxd1 bxc5 20. Bc3 Nb7 21. f3 Nd7 22. a5 f6 23. Bc2 Nd8 24. Rfd1 Nf7 25. Nb1 Nde5 {Gurevich,M (2633)-Vladimirov,Y (2612) Batumi 2001 ½-½ (42)}) ({RR} 11. Bf3 Na5 12. Bxa8 Qxa8 13. O-O Bxc4 14. Re1 Rd8 15. Qc2 c5 16. dxc5 Nb3 17. Rb1 Nxc5 18. Rb4 Nd3 19. Rd1 Nxb4 20. axb4 Qc8 21. Rxd8+ Qxd8 22. f3 Qd6 23. Ba3 h6 24. h3 a5 25. Na2 Bxa2 {Olhovik,A (2282)-Katz,A (2377) chess.com INT 2025 0-1 (38)}) ({RR} 11. a4 Qd7 12. Nb5 Rfd8 13. Bb2 Na5 14. Qc2 c6 15. Na3 Qe7 16. O-O c5 17. Nb5 Bb7 18. Ba3 Nc6 19. Rfd1 a6 20. Nc3 Nb4 21. Qb3 a5 22. Nb5 h6 23. Bb2 Rac8 24. f3 cxd4 25. exd4 Nh5 {Botvinnik,M-Smyslov,V Moscow 1957 ½-½ (56)}) 11... Na5 $146 ({RR} 11... e5 12. d5 Na5 13. a4 c6 14. dxc6 Qxd1+ 15. Bxd1 Rfc8 16. c7 Nxc4 17. Be2 Bxb5 18. axb5 Rxc7 19. Ra4 Rac8 20. O-O h6 21. Rd1 Ne4 22. Bxc4 Rxc4 23. Rxc4 Rxc4 24. f3 Nc3 25. Rd8+ Kh7 26. Bb2 {Eynullayev,A (2265)-Kazakouski,V (2558) chess.com INT 2023 0-1 (59)}) ({RR} 11... e5 12. d5 Na5 13. a4 c6 14. dxc6 Qxd1+ 15. Bxd1 Rfc8 16. c7 Nxc4 17. Be2 Bxb5 18. axb5 Rxc7 19. Ra4 Rac8 20. O-O h6 21. Rd1 Ne4 22. Bxc4 Rxc4 23. Rxc4 Rxc4 24. f3 Nc3 25. Rd8+ Kh7 26. Bb2 {Eynullayev,A (2265)-Kazakouski,V (2558) chess.com INT 2023 0-1 (59)}) 12. Bd2 c6 13. Bxa5 bxa5 14. Nc3 c5 15. Na4 cxd4 16. exd4 Qd6 17. O-O Rad8 18. Qd2 Qxd4 19. Qxa5 Qe4 20. Nc3 Qc6 21. Nb5 Qb6 22. Qxb6 axb6 23. Rfd1 Ne4 1/2-1/2

[Event "World-ch20 Smyslov-Botvinnik +6-3=13"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.04.04"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Black "Smyslov, Vassily V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E45"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1957.03.05"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "22"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "MainBase"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. d4 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. Nge2 Ba6 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. Nxc3 d5 8. b3 O-O 9. a4 c5 ({RR} 9... Re8 10. Be2 Nbd7 11. O-O c5 12. Nb5 cxd4 13. exd4 Ne4 14. f3 Nef6 15. Ba3 dxc4 16. Nd6 Rf8 17. Re1 Qb8 18. Rc1 Rd8 19. bxc4 Ne8 20. c5 Bxe2 21. Qxe2 Ndf6 22. Nxf7 Kxf7 23. Qxe6+ Kg6 24. c6) 10. Ba3 dxc4 ({RR} 10... Nbd7 11. Be2 dxc4 ({RR} 11... Re8 12. O-O Rc8 13. Nb5 Bxb5 14. axb5 Qc7 15. Bb2 cxd4 16. exd4 Ne4 17. Ra4 h6 18. Qd3 Ndf6 19. Rfa1 Re7 20. f3 Nd6 21. Ba3 Nh5 22. g3 dxc4 23. bxc4 Rd7 24. Bb2 Nf6 25. Qa3 Qb7 26. Qb3) ({RR} 11... Rc8 12. Nb5 Bxb5 13. axb5 Qc7 14. O-O Rfd8 15. Rc1 Qb8 16. Bf3 dxc4 17. bxc4 Ne5 18. Be2 Ng6 19. g3 Rd7 20. Bb2 Rcd8 21. Qb3 cxd4 22. exd4 e5 23. c5 exd4 24. c6 Re7 25. Rfd1 Qc7 26. Bf1) 12. bxc4 Bb7 13. O-O Ne4 14. Nxe4 Bxe4 15. f3 Bb7 16. e4 Re8 17. d5 exd5 18. exd5 Qh4 19. Bb2 Re7 20. Qd2 Rae8 21. Rf2 Ne5 22. Qc3 f6 23. Bf1 Ng6 24. a5 Nf4 25. Qd2 {Duda,J (2732)-Dragnev,V (2556) Budapest HUN 2024 ½-½ (41)}) 11. bxc4 ({RR} 11. dxc5 Qc8 12. bxc4 Rd8 13. Qc2 bxc5 14. Be2 Nc6 15. Bxc5 Qc7 16. O-O Rac8 17. Nb5 Qe5 18. Ba3 h5 19. h3 Bb7 20. Rfd1 Ba8 21. Bf3 Qg5 22. Rxd8+ Rxd8 23. Rd1 Rc8 24. Bd6 a6 25. Nc7 Nd4 {Grischuk,A (2742)-Kovalenko,I (2674) Chess.com INT 2022 ½-½ (41)}) ({RR} 11. dxc5 Qc8 12. bxc4 Rd8 13. Qc2 bxc5 14. Be2 Nc6 15. Bxc5 Qc7 16. O-O Rac8 17. Nb5 Qe5 18. Ba3 h5 19. h3 Bb7 20. Rfd1 Ba8 21. Bf3 Qg5 22. Rxd8+ Rxd8 23. Rd1 Rc8 24. Bd6 a6 25. Nc7) 11... Nc6 12. Nb5 Bb7 $146 ({RR} 12... cxd4 13. Bxf8 Qxf8 14. exd4 Ne4 15. Qb1 Rd8 16. Bd3 Nf6 17. O-O Nxd4 18. Nxa7 Qc5 19. Nb5 Bb7 20. Nxd4 Rxd4 21. a5 Ng4 22. Qxb6 Qxb6 23. axb6 Rxd3 24. Rfd1 {1-0 (24) Nicoleanu,G-Nagy,Z Bucharest 1960}) ({RR} 12... Qc8 13. dxc5 Rd8 14. Qc2 bxc5 15. Bxc5 Bb7 16. Be2 Ne5 17. Bd4 Ng6 18. O-O Nh4 19. f3 a6 20. Na3 Nf5 21. Qc3 Nxd4 22. exd4 Nd5 23. Qd2 Ne7 24. Nc2 Qc7 25. Rfd1 Rd7 26. Ne3 Rad8 27. Qc3 {Sundararajan,K (2433)-Vladimirov,Y (2586) Kolkata 2000 ½-½}) 13. Be2 Ne4 14. Bf3 Ng5 15. Bxc6 Bxc6 16. f3 a6 17. Nc3 f5 18. O-O Qf6 19. Qd3 Rfd8 20. d5 Nf7 21. e4 exd5 22. cxd5 Bd7 23. Bb2 Ne5 24. Qe2 f4 25. Nd1 b5 26. Nf2 c4 27. axb5 axb5 28. Qd2 Rac8 29. Rfc1 Re8 30. Bc3 Rc7 31. Kh1 Rb7 32. Ra2 h5 33. Rca1 b4 34. Bxb4 Qb6 35. Bc3 Qe3 36. Nd1 Qxd2 37. Rxd2 Nd3 38. Bd4 Reb8 39. Nc3 Rb3 40. h4 R8b7 41. Ra8+ 1-0

[Event "World-ch20 Smyslov-Botvinnik +6-3=13"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.04.09"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Black "Smyslov, Vassily V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E45"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "1957.03.05"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "22"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "MainBase"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. d4 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. Nge2 Ba6 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. Nxc3 d5 8. b3 O-O 9. Be2 dxc4 10. bxc4 Nc6 11. a4 Qd7 12. Nb5 Rfd8 13. Bb2 Na5 14. Qc2 c6 15. Na3 Qe7 16. O-O c5 17. Nb5 Bb7 18. Ba3 $146 ({RR} 18. Rfd1 a6 19. Nc3 cxd4 20. Rxd4 Rxd4 21. exd4 Rc8 22. c5 bxc5 23. Ba3 Nd5 24. Bxc5 Rxc5 25. dxc5 Qxc5 26. Rc1 Nf4 27. Bg4 h5 28. Ne2 Qg5 29. Nxf4 Qxf4 30. Bf3 Bxf3 31. gxf3 Nb3 32. Rd1 Nd4 {Kollberg,L-Neukirch,D Colditz 1967 1-0 (67)}) 18... Nc6 19. Rfd1 a6 20. Nc3 Nb4 21. Qb3 a5 22. Nb5 h6 23. Bb2 Rac8 24. f3 cxd4 25. exd4 Nh5 26. Bf1 Qg5 27. Ba3 Nf4 28. Kh1 h5 29. Bxb4 axb4 30. Qxb4 h4 31. Ra3 Rc5 32. Re1 Rf5 33. Nd6 Nxg2 34. Bxg2 h3 35. Bxh3 Bxf3+ 36. Rxf3 Rxf3 37. Nxf7 Rxf7 38. Bxe6 Rxd4 39. Qxb6 Rdf4 40. Bxf7+ Rxf7 41. Qe6 Qf4 42. Qc6 Rf5 43. Qa8+ Kh7 44. Qe4 Qxe4+ 45. Rxe4 Ra5 46. Kg2 Kg6 47. Kf3 Kf5 48. Rf4+ Ke5 49. Re4+ Kf5 50. Rf4+ Ke5 51. Kg4 Rxa4 52. Kg5 Ra6 53. h4 Rc6 54. h5 Ke6 55. Kg6 Ke5+ 56. Kg5 Ke6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-13 Preliminaries A"]
[Site "Munich"]
[Date "1958.10.01"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Black "Donner, Jan Hein"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E25"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "1958.10.01"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "MCD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Soviet Union"]
[BlackTeam "Netherlands"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "URS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "NED"]

1. d4 {Tompa/Bulletin} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. a3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 c5 6. f3 d5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Qd2 Nc6 ({RR} 8... Qa5 9. Bb2 cxd4 10. cxd4 Nc6 11. e4 Ne3 12. Bc3 Nxf1 13. Kxf1 Qb5+ 14. Ne2 O-O 15. Kf2) 9. e4 Nb6 10. Bb5 Bd7 11. Ne2 ({RR} 11. dxc5) 11... Na5 12. Rb1 Rc8 13. Bd3 Ba4 14. O-O O-O 15. dxc5 $146 ({RR} 15. e5 Nac4 16. Qf4 cxd4 17. cxd4 Bc6 18. Qg3 f5 19. exf6 Qxf6 20. Bg5 Qf7 21. Rfc1 Bd5 22. Qh4 ({RR} 22. Nf4 Nxa3 23. Nxd5 exd5 ({RR} 23... Nxd5 24. Rb3) 24. Qh3 h6 25. Rxb6) 22... g6 23. Nf4 ({RR} 23. Nc3 Rc6 ({RR} 23... Qd7 24. Be7 Rf7 25. Bc5) 24. Ne4 Kh8 25. Nc5) 23... Rc7 24. Qg3 ({RR} 24. Rb5) 24... Qg7 25. Ne2 Rcf7 26. Bf4 Rxf4 27. Nxf4 Qxd4+ 28. Kh1 Qxf4 29. Qf2 Qf7 {Drimer,D-Kostro,J Budapest 1959 EXT 2009 [Tompa/Bulletin] 0-1 (41)}) 15... Nd7 16. Nd4 Nxc5 17. Be2 Qf6 18. Qe3 Rfd8 19. Bb2 Qg6 20. c4 b6 21. Bc3 Nc6 22. Rb2 Nxd4 23. Bxd4 f6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-13 Final A"]
[Site "Munich"]
[Date "1958.10.12"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Black "Unzicker, Wolfgang"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E49"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "1958.10.11"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "MCD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Soviet Union"]
[BlackTeam "German Fed Rep"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "URS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. d4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 dxc4 8. Bxc4 c5 9. Bb2 ({RR} 9. Bd3 Nc6 10. Nf3 Qc7 11. Bb2 e5 12. dxe5 Nxe5 13. Nxe5 Qxe5 14. Qb3 Bf5 15. c4 Qe6 16. Bxf5 Qxf5 17. O-O b6 18. Rad1 Rfd8 19. f3 Qe6 20. Qc3 Ne8 21. e4 f6 22. Qc2 Qe7 23. Rde1 Qf7 {Vitiugov,N (2712)-Martirosyan,H (2708) Budva MNE 2023 ½-½ (42)}) 9... Qc7 ({RR} 9... Nc6 10. Nf3 Qc7 11. Be2 Rd8 12. Qc2 e5 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. c4 Nfg4 15. Ng5 Ng6 16. Ne4 Nh4 17. Kf1 Qc6 18. Qc3 f6 19. f3 Ne5 20. Ng3 Be6 21. Kf2 Qa4 22. Rhc1 Rd7 23. Nf1 Nhg6 24. f4 {Botvinnik,M-Furman,S Moscow 1955 1-0 (43)}) 10. Be2 ({RR} 10. Qe2 Nc6 11. Nf3 e5 12. O-O Bg4 13. h3 Bxf3 14. Qxf3 Rad8 15. Rfd1 e4 16. Qe2 Na5 17. Rdc1 cxd4 18. cxd4 Nxc4 19. Rxc4 Qe7 20. a4 Qe6 21. Rb1 Rfe8 22. Ba3 Rd7 23. a5 Nd5 24. Rbc1 h6 {Sarana,A (2686)-Lazavik,D (2577) chess.com INT 2025 ½-½ (46)}) 10... b6 11. Nf3 Bb7 $146 ({RR} 11... Ba6 12. c4 Rd8 13. Rc1 Nbd7 14. O-O Rac8 15. Qb3 Ne4 16. Rfd1 Nd6 17. d5 exd5 18. Rxd5 Bb7 19. Rd3 f6 20. Rcd1 Nf7 21. Nh4 Nde5 22. Rxd8+ Rxd8 23. f4 Nc6 24. Bd3 Qe7 25. Kf2 Re8 26. Bb1 {Mitev,V (2255)-Kaasen,T (2460) Terme Catez 2022 0-1 (49)}) ({RR} 11... Ba6 12. c4 Rd8 13. Rc1 Nbd7 14. O-O Rac8 15. Qb3 Ne4 16. Rfd1 Nd6 17. d5 exd5 18. Rxd5 Bb7 19. Rd3 f6 20. Rcd1 Nf7 21. Nh4 Nde5 22. Rxd8+ Rxd8 23. f4 Nc6 24. Bd3 Qe7 25. Kf2 Re8 26. Bb1 {Mitev,V (2255)-Kaasen,T (2460) Terme Catez 2022 0-1 (49)}) 12. c4 Nbd7 13. Rc1 Rfd8 14. O-O cxd4 15. exd4 Qf4 16. Re1 Nf8 17. Ne5 Ng6 18. Nxg6 hxg6 19. Qb3 Rac8 20. Bf1 Ne4 21. Qe3 Qxe3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-13 Final A"]
[Site "Munich"]
[Date "1958.10.20"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Uhlmann, Wolfgang"]
[Black "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E43"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "1958.10.11"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "MCD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "German Dem Rep"]
[BlackTeam "Soviet Union"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "DDR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "URS"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. Bd3 Bb7 6. Nf3 Ne4 7. O-O f5 8. Qc2 Bxc3 9. bxc3 O-O 10. Rb1 ({RR} 10. c5 Rf6 11. Ne1 Rh6 12. g3 Rg6 13. c4 Qh4 14. Ng2 Qh3 15. Nf4 Ng5 16. f3 Bxf3 17. Nxg6 hxg6 18. e4 fxe4 19. Bxg5 exd3 20. Qf2 Be4 21. Qf7+ Kh7 22. Rf2 Nc6 23. Re1 Qg4 24. Qxd7 bxc5 {Georgiev,V (2566)-Eljanov,P (2751) Guingamp 2010 1-0}) 10... c5 ({RR} 10... d6 11. Ba3 Nd7 12. Rfd1 Rf6 13. d5 exd5 14. cxd5 Bxd5 15. Be2 Bb7 16. Bc4+ Kh8 17. Nd4 Ne5 18. Bb3 Rg6 19. Ne6 Qh4 20. Nf4 Nf3+ 21. Kf1 Nxh2+ 22. Ke1 Rg4 23. Bd5 Bxd5 24. Rxd5 Rxf4 25. exf4 {Steiner,J (1831)-Kharchenko,M (1941) Prague 2022 0-1 (31)}) 11. a4 $146 ({RR} 11. Nd2 Qh4 12. f3 Nxd2 13. Bxd2 Nc6 14. Be1 Qg5 15. f4 Qe7 16. Rf3 Na5 17. Rh3 g6 18. Bh4 Qd6 19. Qe2 Rac8 20. Bg5 Rf7 21. Rd1 Qc6 22. Rc1 Qa4 23. Rh6 Be4 24. h4 Bxd3 25. Qxd3 Qxc4 {Johansson,V (2106)-Hunt,H (2439) Stockholm 2018 ½-½ (90)}) 11... Qc7 12. a5 d6 13. Nd2 Nxd2 14. Bxd2 Nd7 15. Rb2 bxa5 16. Ra1 Nb6 17. Rxa5 Be4 18. Bxe4 fxe4 19. Qb3 Nxc4 20. Qxc4 Qxa5 21. Qxe6+ Kh8 22. Ra2 Qc7 23. Qxe4 Qf7 0-1

[Event "World-ch22 Tal-Botvinnik +6-2=13"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1960.03.22"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E27"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1960.03.15"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "MainBase"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. a3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 O-O 6. f3 d5 7. cxd5 exd5 8. e3 Bf5 9. Ne2 Nbd7 10. Ng3 Bg6 11. Bd3 c5 12. O-O Re8 13. Re1 Qc7 14. Bxg6 hxg6 15. e4 cxd4 16. cxd4 Rac8 17. Bg5 $146 ({RR} 17. Ra2 Re6 18. e5 Nb6 19. Rae2 Nh7 20. f4 Rc6 21. Bd2 Nc4 22. f5 a5 23. e6 fxe6 24. Rxe6 Rxe6 25. fxe6 b5 26. Bc1 Qc6 27. Qg4 Qe8 28. Qf3 Rd8 29. h4 Rd6 30. e7 Rd7 31. h5 gxh5 {Tal,M-Sevcak,F Prague 1960 1-0 (35)}) 17... Qc2 18. Bxf6 Qxd1 19. Rexd1 Nxf6 20. e5 Nh5 21. Ne2 Rc2 22. Kf1 g5 23. Rdc1 Rec8 24. g3 f6 25. Rxc2 Rxc2 26. Rb1 b6 27. Rb5 fxe5 28. dxe5 Rc5 29. Nd4 Kf7 30. Ke2 g6 31. Kd3 Ng7 32. Rb1 Ra5 33. Nc2 Ne6 34. Rb4 Rc5 35. h4 gxh4 36. Rxh4 d4 37. Nxd4 Rxe5 38. Nxe6 Kxe6 39. a4 Rg5 40. Re4+ Kf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "World-ch22 Tal-Botvinnik +6-2=13"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1960.04.19"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E24"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "1960.03.15"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "MainBase"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. a3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 Ne4 6. Nh3 c5 ({RR} 6... f5 7. f3 Nf6 8. e3 b6 9. Bd3 Nc6 10. O-O Ba6 11. e4 O-O 12. e5 Ne8 13. Bg5 Qc8 14. Qe2 d6 15. Rfe1 dxe5 16. dxe5 Na5 17. c5 Bxd3 18. Qxd3 Nb3 19. Qc4 Nxa1 20. c6 Nc2 21. Rd1 {Smirnova,P (1894)-Sriram,S (2146) chess.com INT 2024 ½-½ (36)}) 7. e3 ({RR} 7. Qc2 Qa5 8. Bb2 d5 9. e3 cxd4 10. exd4 Nc6 11. f3 Nf6 12. O-O-O O-O 13. Kb1 Bd7 14. Nf4 Rfc8 15. cxd5 exd5 16. Bd3 Qc7 17. g3 Na5 18. Rde1 Qd6 19. Re5 Nc4 20. Bxc4 Rxc4 21. g4 Rac8 {Semcesen,D (2486)-Rozentalis,E (2607) Gothenburg 2013 0-1 (48)}) 7... Qa5 8. Bd2 $146 ({RR} 8. Bb2 cxd4 9. exd4 O-O 10. Bd3 Nf6 11. O-O b6 12. a4 Nc6 13. Ba3 Re8 14. Rb1 Qh5 15. f3 Ba6 16. Re1 e5 17. Be2 exd4 18. cxd4 d5 19. c5 Bxe2 20. Rxe2 Rxe2 21. Qxe2 Nxd4 22. Qd3 bxc5 {Aleksandrov,A (2580)-Matviishen,V (2423) Suwalki 2018 ½-½ (40)}) 8... cxd4 9. cxd4 Nxd2 10. Qxd2 Qxd2+ 11. Kxd2 b6 12. Bd3 Ba6 13. Rhc1 Nc6 14. Rab1 Ke7 15. c5 Bxd3 16. Kxd3 Rab8 17. Rb5 bxc5 18. Rcxc5 a6 19. Rxb8 Rxb8 20. Kc2 Rc8 21. Nf4 d6 22. Rc3 g5 1/2-1/2

[Event "World-ch22 Tal-Botvinnik +6-2=13"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1960.04.23"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E24"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1960.03.15"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "MainBase"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. a3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 Ne4 6. Qc2 f5 7. Nh3 d6 8. f3 Nf6 9. e4 fxe4 10. fxe4 e5 11. Nf2 O-O 12. Be2 c5 13. dxe5 $146 ({RR} 13. d5 Qe8 14. g4 Nbd7 15. h4 Nb6 16. h5 h6 17. g5 hxg5 18. Bxg5 Bd7 19. Rb1 Nh7 20. Be3 Qe7 21. Qd2 Rf6 22. Nh3 Bxh3 23. Rxh3 Raf8 24. h6 Rg6 25. Bh5 Rgf6 26. Be2 g6 27. Qd3 Qd7 {Corbu,G (2080)-Gavrilescu,D (2543) Craiova ROU 2025 0-1 (55)}) 13... dxe5 14. O-O Nc6 15. Bg5 Qe8 16. Nd1 Qg6 17. Bxf6 Rxf6 18. Ne3 Rxf1+ 19. Rxf1 Be6 20. Qd3 Rd8 21. Nd5 Rf8 22. Nc7 Rxf1+ 23. Bxf1 Qf7 24. Qd6 Bc8 25. Na6 Qf4 26. Qd5+ Kh8 27. Qxc5 Be6 28. Nc7 Bg8 29. Qf2 Qxe4 30. Ne8 Qg6 31. Qf8 e4 32. Nd6 Ne5 33. c5 Nd3 34. Nf5 Ne5 35. Ne7 Qf7 36. Qxf7 Bxf7 37. Kf2 Bc4 38. Bxc4 Nxc4 39. c6 bxc6 40. Nxc6 a5 41. a4 1/2-1/2

[Event "World-ch22 Tal-Botvinnik +6-2=13"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1960.04.28"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E24"]
[PlyCount "152"]
[EventDate "1960.03.15"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "MainBase"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. a3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 Ne4 6. Qc2 f5 7. Nh3 O-O 8. f3 Nf6 9. c5 ({RR} 9. e4 fxe4 10. fxe4 e5 11. Nf2 d6 12. Be2 c5 13. d5 Qe8 14. g4 Nbd7 15. h4 Nb6 16. h5 h6 17. g5 hxg5 18. Bxg5 Bd7 19. Rb1 Nh7 20. Be3 Qe7 21. Qd2 Rf6 22. Nh3 Bxh3 23. Rxh3 Raf8 {Corbu,G (2080)-Gavrilescu,D (2543) Craiova ROU 2025 0-1 (55)}) 9... b6 10. cxb6 cxb6 $146 ({RR} 10... axb6 11. e4 fxe4 12. fxe4 d5 13. Nf2 dxe4 14. Nxe4 Bb7 15. Ng5 h6 16. Nf3 c5 17. dxc5 e5 18. Bc4+ Kh8 19. Nh4 Be4 20. Ng6+ Bxg6 21. Qxg6 Ra4 22. Bd3 Qc8 23. Be3 Qd8 24. Be2 {0-1 (24) Czerw,D (2306)-Stamatiou,R (2023) Belgrade 2021}) ({RR} 10... axb6 11. e4 fxe4 12. fxe4 d5 13. Nf2 dxe4 14. Nxe4 Bb7 15. Ng5 h6 16. Nf3 c5 17. dxc5 e5 18. Bc4+ Kh8 19. Nh4 Be4 20. Ng6+ Bxg6 21. Qxg6 Ra4 22. Bd3 Qc8 23. Be3 Qd8 24. Be2 {0-1 (24) Czerw,D (2306)-Stamatiou,R (2023) Belgrade 2021}) 11. e3 Qc7 12. Bd2 Ne8 13. c4 Ba6 14. Rc1 Nd6 15. Qa4 Qc6 16. Qxc6 Nxc6 17. Bb4 Nxb4 18. axb4 Bxc4 19. Bxc4 Rfc8 20. Bxe6+ dxe6 21. Kd2 Kf7 22. Nf4 a5 23. bxa5 bxa5 24. Kd3 a4 25. Rxc8 Rxc8 26. Ra1 Nc4 27. Rb1 a3 28. Rb7+ Kf6 29. Ra7 g5 30. Nh5+ Kg6 31. g4 Nb2+ 32. Kd2 Nc4+ 33. Kd3 Nb2+ 34. Kd2 Nc4+ 35. Ke2 Rc6 36. h3 e5 37. dxe5 fxg4 38. hxg4 Nxe5 39. Rxa3 Rc2+ 40. Kf1 Kf7 41. e4 Rd2 42. Ke1 Rg2 43. Rb3 Ke7 44. Ng7 Nxf3+ 45. Rxf3 Rxg4 46. Nf5+ Ke6 47. Ng3 h5 48. Nxh5 Rxe4+ 49. Kf2 Ke5 50. Kg3 Rh4 51. Ng7 Rf4 52. Ra3 Rd4 53. Ra6 Rd6 54. Ra7 Rd4 55. Rf7 Rf4 56. Re7+ Kf6 57. Ra7 Re4 58. Nh5+ Kg6 59. Kf3 Rb4 60. Ng3 Rf4+ 61. Ke3 Rf7 62. Ra5 Rf6 63. Ne4 Rf5 64. Ra6+ Kg7 65. Ng3 Re5+ 66. Kd4 Rb5 67. Ke4 Kf7 68. Nf5 Rb4+ 69. Nd4 Rb1 70. Nf3 Rb4+ 71. Nd4 Rb1 72. Nc6 Kg6 73. Ne5+ Kh5 74. Ra5 Re1+ 75. Kf3 Rf1+ 76. Kg3 Rf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "World-ch22 Tal-Botvinnik +6-2=13"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1960.05.05"]
[Round "20"]
[White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E24"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "1960.03.15"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "MainBase"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. a3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 Ne4 6. e3 f5 ({RR} 6... d5 7. Qc2 c5 8. Bd3 cxd4 9. exd4 Qa5 10. Ne2 Nf6 11. cxd5 Qxd5 12. O-O O-O 13. c4 Qc6 14. Bb2 Nbd7 15. Ng3 b6 16. f4 Bb7 17. Rae1 Rfe8 18. Kh1 h5 19. f5 h4 20. fxe6 fxe6 21. Ne4 {Berkes,F (2676)-Palac,M (2543) Schwarzach 2018 1-0 (44)}) ({RR} 6... d5 7. Qc2 Nd7 8. Bd3 O-O 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Bxe4 dxe4 11. Qxe4 Nf6 12. Qc2 Qd5 13. f3 Bf5 14. Qb2 Rfe8 15. Ne2 Qc4 16. Kf2 Bd3 17. Nf4 Nd5 18. Nxd5 Qxd5 19. Rd1 Qc4 20. e4 Qa6 21. Bf4 {Krasteva,B (2243)-Donghvani,N (1902) Iasi 2021 1-0 (34)}) 7. Qh5+ g6 8. Qh6 d6 $146 ({RR} 8... Qf6 9. h4 Nc6 10. Ne2 b6 11. f3 Nd6 12. Qg5 Qxg5 13. hxg5 Na5 14. Nf4 Kf7 15. c5 bxc5 16. dxc5 Nb3 17. cxd6 Nxa1 18. dxc7 e5 19. Bc4+ Kg7 20. Nd5 Bb7 21. Bb2 Rac8 22. Bxa1 Bxd5 23. Bxd5 {Schelter,T-Hemmann,A Germany 1995 1-0 (67)}) 9. f3 Nf6 10. e4 e5 11. Bg5 Qe7 12. Bd3 Rf8 13. Ne2 Qf7 14. Qh4 fxe4 15. fxe4 Ng4 16. h3 Qf2+ 17. Kd2 Qxh4 18. Bxh4 Nf2 19. Rhf1 Nxd3 20. Rxf8+ Kxf8 21. Kxd3 Be6 22. Ng3 Nd7 23. Nf1 a6 24. Bf2 Kg7 25. Nd2 Rf8 26. Be3 b6 27. Rb1 Nf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Match/Training Botvinnik-Furman +3-0=1"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1960.10.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Black "Furman, Semen Abramovich"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E24"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1960.10.09"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. a3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 c5 6. f3 Nc6 7. e4 d6 8. Be3 b6 9. Bd3 O-O 10. Ne2 Ne8 ({RR} 10... cxd4 11. cxd4 e5 12. d5 Na5 13. Bg5 h6 14. Bh4 g5 15. Bf2 Nh5 16. h4 g4 17. Be3 Qf6 18. O-O g3 {0-1 (18) Salem,A (2677)-Grischuk,A (2745) chess.com INT 2022}) ({RR} 10... Qe8 11. Ng3 Ba6 12. Qe2 Rc8 13. O-O cxd4 14. cxd4 e5 15. Nf5 Qd7 16. Bg5 Qd8 17. Qf2 h6 18. Bxh6 gxh6 19. Nxh6+ Kh7 20. f4 Kxh6 21. fxe5 Ng4 22. Qg3 Qg5 23. Rf4 Ngxe5 24. Qh3+ Kg6 25. Raf1 {Volkov,S (2413)-Pajcin,L (2243) chess.com INT 2025 1-0 (31)}) 11. O-O Na5 12. Ng3 $146 ({RR} 12. e5 dxe5 13. dxc5 Ba6 14. Qc2 Nf6 15. Rfd1 Qc7 16. cxb6 axb6 17. Bg5 Bxc4 18. Bxf6 gxf6 19. Bxh7+ Kg7 20. Be4 Bb3 21. Qc1 Bxd1 22. Ng3 Qc5+ 23. Kh1 Rh8 24. Bxa8 Nb3 25. Ne4 Qe7 26. Qxd1 Nxa1 {Mileika,J-Darznieks,A Riga 1958 0-1 (36)}) 12... f5 13. exf5 exf5 14. Nh5 Nc7 15. Qe2 Ba6 16. g4 Qe8 17. Rae1 Qf7 18. d5 Rae8 19. Nf4 Re5 20. gxf5 Nxc4 21. Bxc4 Rxe3 22. Qxe3 Bxc4 23. Ne6 Nxd5 24. Qe4 Bxf1 25. Nxf8 Bh3 26. Ng6 Nc7 27. Ne7+ Kf8 28. Qh4 1-0

[Event "Match/City Moscow-Leningrad"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1960.12.05"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Black "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E44"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1960.12.03"]
[EventType "team-match"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. Nge2 Ne4 6. Qc2 Bb7 7. a3 Bxc3+ 8. Nxc3 f5 9. b3 O-O 10. Bb2 d6 11. d5 Nxc3 12. Qxc3 e5 13. f4 Nd7 14. Bd3 Qh4+ 15. g3 Qh6 $146 ({RR} 15... Qe7 16. O-O c6 17. dxc6 Bxc6 18. Rae1 Rae8 19. e4 exf4 20. gxf4 fxe4 21. Bxe4 Bxe4 22. Rxe4 Qf7 23. Re3 {½-½ (23) Donner,J-Langeweg,K (2445) Leeuwarden 1978}) 16. O-O c6 17. dxc6 Bxc6 18. Qc2 Rae8 19. Bxf5 Nc5 20. b4 Ba4 21. Bxh7+ Qxh7 22. Qxh7+ Kxh7 23. bxc5 exf4 24. cxb6 axb6 25. exf4 Re4 26. Rae1 Rfe8 27. Kf2 Rxc4 28. Rxe8 Bxe8 29. Rc1 Rxc1 30. Bxc1 g6 31. g4 Kg7 32. Kg3 Bc6 33. Kh4 Bg2 34. Kg5 Bh3 35. Bb2+ Kf7 36. a4 Bg2 37. h4 Bc6 38. h5 gxh5 39. Kxh5 Bxa4 40. f5 Bd1 41. Kg5 b5 42. Bc3 1-0

[Event "Match/Training Botvinnik-Furman"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1961.02.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Black "Furman, Semen Abramovich"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E52"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1961.02.17"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Be2 d5 6. Nf3 b6 7. a3 Bd6 8. b4 dxc4 9. Bxc4 Bb7 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Bb2 e5 ({RR} 11... Qe7 12. h3 e5 13. Nb5 e4 14. Nd2 Nd5 15. Nxd6 cxd6 16. b5 N7f6 17. a4 Rac8 18. Qb3 Rc7 19. Rfc1 Rfc8 20. Be2 Qd7 21. Rxc7 Nxc7 22. a5 Bd5 23. Qb4 Be6 24. axb6 axb6 25. Ra7 h6 26. Qa4 {Lupulescu,C (2584)-Caruana,F (2782) Zagreb CRO 2023 0-1 (74)}) ({RR} 11... a6 12. Qe2 e5 13. Nxe5 Nxe5 14. dxe5 Bxe5 15. Rad1 Qe7 16. Nd5 Bxd5 17. Bxd5 Nxd5 18. Rxd5 Bxb2 19. Qxb2 Rfd8 20. Rfd1 Rxd5 21. Rxd5 c6 22. Rd3 {½-½ (22) Lupulescu,C (2588)-Pichot,A (2635) Chartres FRA 2024}) 12. Nb5 e4 13. Nxd6 cxd6 14. Nd2 $146 ({RR} 14. Ng5 Rc8 15. Qb3 {½-½ (15) Syre,C-Liebert,H Stralsund 1975}) 14... Qe7 15. b5 Rac8 16. Qa4 Rc7 17. Rfc1 Rfc8 18. Bf1 Bd5 19. Rxc7 Rxc7 20. Rc1 Nf8 21. Rxc7 Qxc7 22. Nc4 Ne6 23. Qb4 Bxc4 24. Qxc4 Qxc4 25. Bxc4 d5 26. Ba2 Kf8 27. a4 Ke7 28. Ba3+ Kd7 29. f3 Nc7 30. Bf8 g6 31. Kf2 Ke6 32. Kg3 Nd7 33. Bh6 f5 34. Bf4 Ne8 35. fxe4 fxe4 36. Kh4 Nd6 37. Bxd6 Kxd6 38. Kg5 Ke6 39. h3 Nf6 40. Kh6 Nh5 41. Bb3 Ng3 42. Kxh7 Kf5 43. Bxd5 g5 44. Kg7 g4 45. hxg4+ Kxg4 46. Be6+ 1-0

[Event "Match/Training Botvinnik-Furman"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1961.02.22"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Furman, Semen Abramovich"]
[Black "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "E50"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "1961.02.17"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Be2 c5 6. Nf3 b6 7. O-O cxd4 ({RR} 7... Bxc3 8. bxc3 Bb7 9. Nd2 d6 10. a4 Nbd7 11. a5 Qc7 12. a6 Bc6 13. Bb2 Rab8 14. Qb3 d5 15. cxd5 exd5 16. c4 dxc4 17. Qxc4 Rfe8 18. Qc2 Bd5 19. Rfc1 Qc6 20. Bf3 Bxf3 21. Nxf3 Qe6 22. dxc5 {Vaisser,A (2575)-Galego,L (2425) Escaldes 1998 1-0 (64)}) ({RR} 7... d5 8. a3 Bxc3 9. bxc3 Nbd7 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Bb2 Ne4 12. c4 Ndf6 13. Rc1 Bb7 14. Qb3 Rc8 15. Ne5 Nd2 16. Qa4 Nxf1 17. Bxf1 a6 18. cxd5 Qxd5 19. dxc5 Rxc5 20. Rd1 Qe4 21. Qxe4 Bxe4 22. g4 {Felix,E-Luzzi,O (1551) Florianopolis BRA 2024 0-1 (41)}) 8. exd4 Bxc3 $146 ({RR} 8... d5 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Nxd5 exd5 11. Ne5 Bb7 12. Bd3 Nd7 13. Qa4 Nxe5 14. dxe5 Bc5 15. Qg4 Re8 16. Bh6 g6 17. Rae1 a5 18. h4 Bc8 19. Qf4 Qe7 20. h5 Ba6 21. Bxa6 Rxa6 22. hxg6 hxg6 23. Bg5 {Sanguinetti,R-Martin,P Buenos Aires 1954 1-0}) ({RR} 8... Bb7 9. a3 Bxc3 10. bxc3 h6 11. a4 Nc6 12. Bf4 Rc8 13. Qb1 Ba6 14. Bd6 Re8 15. Nd2 Na5 16. Qa2 Nb7 17. Bb4 d5 18. Rfe1 dxc4 19. Nxc4 Nd5 20. Rad1 Nf4 21. Bf1 Qd5 22. Re5 Bxc4 23. Qd2 {Meszaros,A-Kormanyos,Z (2245) Budapest 1981 0-1}) 9. bxc3 Bb7 10. Bg5 d6 11. Nd2 Nbd7 12. a4 Qc7 13. Bf4 Ne4 14. Nxe4 Bxe4 15. a5 e5 16. Bg3 f5 17. f3 Bc6 18. Qb1 Rae8 19. axb6 axb6 20. Bd3 g6 21. Re1 Ra8 22. Qb4 Rxa1 23. Rxa1 Re8 24. Bc2 Ra8 25. Re1 Re8 26. Bf2 Bb7 27. Rb1 Ba6 28. Ba4 Rc8 29. Rd1 exd4 30. cxd4 Bxc4 31. Bg3 Nf6 32. Bxd6 Nd5 33. Bxc7 Nxb4 34. Bxb6 Nd5 35. Bd7 Nxb6 36. Bxc8 Nxc8 37. Rb1 Kf7 38. Rb7+ Ne7 39. Kf2 f4 40. g3 g5 41. h4 gxh4 42. gxf4 Kf6 43. Kg2 Be6 44. Kh2 h6 45. Rb6 Nd5 *

[Event "Match/Training Botvinnik-Furman"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1961.02.27"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Black "Furman, Semen Abramovich"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "E55"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "1961.02.17"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Be2 c5 6. Nf3 d5 7. O-O dxc4 8. Bxc4 Nbd7 9. Qd3 Qe7 ({RR} 9... cxd4 10. exd4 b6 11. Bf4 Bb7 12. Rac1 a6 13. a4 Re8 14. Rfd1 Nf8 15. Bg5 h6 16. Be3 Ng6 17. d5 exd5 18. Nxd5 Bxd5 19. Bxd5 Qxd5 20. Qxd5 Nxd5 21. Rxd5 Rac8 22. Rxc8 Rxc8 23. h4 Bc5 24. Bxc5 {Peralta,F (2608)-Pogorelov,R (2436) Montcada 2011 ½-½ (37)}) 10. Rd1 Nb6 $146 ({RR} 10... a6 11. a4 Ba5 12. b3 Bxc3 13. Qxc3 b6 14. dxc5 Nxc5 15. Ba3 Bb7 16. Qe5 Rfc8 17. Nd4 Qc7 18. Qxc7 Rxc7 19. Rac1 Rac8 20. a5 b5 21. Bxb5 axb5 22. Nxb5 Rd7 23. Nd6 Nxb3 24. Nxc8 Nxc1 25. Rxc1 {Furman,S-Stoliar,E Moscow 1957 1-0 (41)}) 11. Bb3 Bd7 12. Ne5 Rac8 13. Nxd7 Nbxd7 14. Bd2 Rfd8 15. Qe2 cxd4 16. exd4 Nf8 17. a3 Bd6 18. Bg5 h6 19. Bxf6 Qxf6 20. Rd3 Ng6 21. g3 Bc7 22. d5 exd5 23. Nxd5 Qd6 24. Re3 Kf8 25. h4 Bb8 26. Re1 Ne5 27. Qh5 Qg6 28. Rxe5 Qxh5 29. Rxh5 g6 30. Rhe5 Bxe5 31. Rxe5 Rc5 32. a4 a5 33. f4 b5 34. Nc3 Rxe5 35. fxe5 bxa4 36. Bxa4 Rd3 37. Ne4 Re3 38. Nf6 Kg7 39. Kf2 Rxe5 40. Nd7 Re4 41. b3 f5 42. Nb6 Re5 43. Nc4 Rd5 44. Nb6 Re5 45. Nc4 Rd5 *

[Event "World-ch23 Botvinnik-Tal +10-5=6"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1961.03.15"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E51"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1961.03.15"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "MainBase"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 ({RR} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 {½-½ (13) Khodos,G-Polugaevsky,L Rostov on Don 1961}) 1... Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. d4 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. a3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 Bd6 8. Nf3 Nc6 9. Nb5 e5 10. Nxd6 Qxd6 11. dxe5 Qxd1+ 12. Kxd1 Ng4 13. Ke2 Ncxe5 14. Bd5 $146 c6 15. Be4 Be6 16. Nd2 Rad8 17. h3 Nf6 18. Bc2 Rd7 19. b3 Rfd8 20. Rd1 Nd3 21. Bxd3 Rxd3 22. Bb2 R3d7 23. Bxf6 gxf6 24. b4 Bf5 25. Nb3 Bd3+ 26. Ke1 b6 27. Rac1 Be4 28. f3 Rxd1+ 29. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 30. Kxd1 Bd5 31. Nd4 c5 32. bxc5 bxc5 33. Nb5 a6 34. Nc7 Bc4 35. Ne8 f5 36. h4 Kf8 37. Nd6 Bf1 38. g3 Ke7 39. Nxf5+ Ke6 40. e4 Ke5 41. Kd2 1-0

[Event "World-ch23 Botvinnik-Tal +10-5=6"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1961.03.20"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E51"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1961.03.15"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "MainBase"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. d4 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. a3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 Bd6 8. Nf3 Nc6 9. b4 e5 10. Bb2 Bg4 11. d5 Ne7 12. h3 Bd7 13. Ng5 $146 ({RR} 13. O-O a6 14. Ng5 h6 15. Nge4 Nxe4 16. Nxe4 Ng6 17. Qh5 Qh4 18. Qxh4 Nxh4 19. Rac1 Rac8 20. Nc5 Bxc5 21. bxc5 Ng6 22. c6 bxc6 23. dxc6 Bxc6 24. Bxa6 Rb8 25. Rxc6 Rxb2 26. Bc4 Ne7 27. Rxc7 Nc8 {Akhsharumova,A (2170)-Kulikova,L Tallinn 1982 1-0 (40)}) 13... Ng6 14. Ne6 fxe6 15. dxe6 Kh8 16. exd7 Qxd7 17. O-O Qf5 18. Nd5 Ng8 19. Qg4 Qc2 20. Qe2 Qf5 21. Qg4 Qc2 22. Qe2 Qf5 23. e4 Qd7 24. Rad1 Rad8 25. Qg4 Qe8 26. g3 Nh6 27. Qh5 Ng8 28. Qe2 N6e7 29. Ne3 Nh6 30. Ng4 Nxg4 31. hxg4 Nc6 32. Kg2 Be7 33. Bd5 Nd4 34. Bxd4 exd4 35. Bc4 c5 36. b5 Bf6 37. f4 d3 38. Rxd3 Rxd3 39. Bxd3 Bd4 40. e5 g6 41. Rh1 Kg7 42. Qe4 b6 43. Bc4 1-0

[Event "World-ch23 Botvinnik-Tal +10-5=6"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1961.03.24"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E51"]
[PlyCount "146"]
[EventDate "1961.03.15"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "MainBase"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. d4 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. a3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 Bd6 8. Nf3 Nc6 9. b4 e5 ({RR} 9... a6 10. Bb2 e5 11. d5 Ne7 12. Nd2 b5 13. Ba2 Bb7 14. e4 c5 15. bxc5 Bxc5 16. O-O Ng6 17. Nb3 Bb6 18. Bb1 Rc8 19. Bd3 Ne8 20. Ne2 Nd6 21. a4 f5 22. exf5 Nxf5 23. Be4 Rc4 24. Qd3 {Laurent,J (2199)-Bonte,A (2340) Paris FRA 2023 0-1}) ({RR} 9... a6 10. Bb2 e5 11. Be2 Re8 12. dxe5 Nxe5 13. Qc2 Qe7 14. h3 Bd7 15. Nd4 c5 16. bxc5 Bxc5 17. O-O Rac8 18. Rfd1 b5 19. Qb3 Nc6 20. Bf1 Na5 21. Nd5 Nxb3 22. Nxe7+ Bxe7 23. Nxb3 Red8 24. Bd3 {Botvinnik,M-Hecht,H Belgrade 1969 ½-½ (41)}) 10. Bb2 ({RR} 10. d5 e4 11. dxc6 exf3 12. gxf3 bxc6 13. Bb2 a5 14. Rg1 Bf5 15. Ne4 Ne8 16. Qd4 Bg6 17. f4 Be7 18. Qxd8 Rxd8 19. Ng3 Nd6 20. Bb3 axb4 21. axb4 Rb8 22. Bc3 Nb5 23. Bd2 Bd3 24. f3 c5 {Gulko,B (2565)-Rohde,M (2550) Estes Park 1987 0-1 (34)}) 10... Bg4 11. dxe5 Nxe5 $146 ({RR} 11... Bxe5 12. Be2 Qe7 13. Nxe5 Nxe5 14. Nd5 Nxd5 15. Qxd5 Bxe2 16. Kxe2 Ng6 17. g3 Rad8 18. Qc4 b5 19. Qc3 f6 20. a4 Ne5 21. Qb3+ Nc4 22. Rhd1 a6 23. axb5 axb5 24. Kf1 Kh8 25. Bd4 Qe4 26. Kg1 {Enklaar,B (2395)-Farago,I (2495) Amsterdam 1985 0-1 (58)}) 12. Be2 Qe7 13. Nb5 Rfd8 14. Qc2 a6 15. Nxd6 cxd6 16. Qd1 Rac8 17. O-O Ne4 18. Nd4 Bxe2 19. Qxe2 Nc4 20. Rac1 d5 21. Qg4 Qd7 22. Qxd7 Rxd7 23. Rc2 Ned6 24. Rd1 Rdd8 25. Nb3 Nxb2 26. Rxb2 Nc4 27. Ra2 b6 28. Kf1 f6 29. a4 Ne5 30. b5 Rc3 31. Nd4 Ra8 32. Rda1 a5 33. Rd1 Rac8 34. Nf5 R8c7 35. Rxd5 Kf7 36. Rd1 Ke6 37. Nd4+ Kf7 38. Ke2 R7c4 39. h3 Rb4 40. Nc2 Rbc4 41. Rd2 Ke7 42. Nd4 g6 43. Rd1 Nd7 44. Nc6+ Ke8 45. Rd6 Rc2+ 46. Rxc2 Rxc2+ 47. Kf3 Ra2 48. Re6+ Kf8 49. Rd6 Ke8 50. Re6+ Kf8 51. Kg3 Rxa4 52. Re7 Nc5 53. Rxh7 Ne4+ 54. Kh2 Nd6 55. Rh8+ Kf7 56. Rb8 Nc4 57. Rc8 Nd2 58. g4 Ra2 59. Rb8 Ne4 60. Rxb6 Rxf2+ 61. Kg1 Rb2 62. Nxa5 Nd2 63. Nc6 Nc4 64. Rb7+ Ke6 65. h4 Kd5 66. Rd7+ Kc5 67. Rd3 Kxb5 68. Nd4+ Kc5 69. Nf3 Re2 70. h5 gxh5 71. gxh5 Nxe3 72. h6 Rg2+ 73. Kh1 Rg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "World-ch23 Botvinnik-Tal +10-5=6"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1961.03.29"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E24"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1961.03.15"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "MainBase"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. d4 Bb4 4. a3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 b6 6. f3 Ba6 7. e4 d5 8. cxd5 Bxf1 9. Kxf1 exd5 10. Bg5 ({RR} 10. e5 Ng8 11. Ne2 Nc6 12. a4 Qd7 13. Kf2 Nge7 14. Nf4 O-O 15. Nh5 Kh8 16. g4 Ng8 17. Re1 Rac8 18. Kg1 Nce7 19. a5 f5 20. e6 Qb5 21. Ba3 h6 22. g5 hxg5 23. f4 g4 24. h3 g3 {Stockfish dev-20241208-cf1064 (3683)-LCZero 0.31-dag-f7fb268-BT4-6 (3652) tcec-chess.com INT 2024 1-0 (57)}) 10... h6 11. Qa4+ $146 ({RR} 11. Bh4 dxe4 12. Qc2 exf3 13. Re1+ Kf8 14. Nxf3 Nbd7 15. Kf2 c5 16. Rhf1 cxd4 17. cxd4 Rc8 18. Qb3 g5 19. Bg3 Kg7 20. Kg1 Re8 21. Ne5 Re7 22. Qf3 Qe8 23. h4 Ng8 24. hxg5 hxg5 25. Qh5 f6 {Khodos,G-Mukhitdinov,M Novosibirsk 1962 1-0}) 11... c6 12. Bh4 dxe4 13. Re1 g5 14. Bf2 Qe7 15. Ne2 b5 16. Qc2 Qxa3 17. h4 gxh4 18. Bxh4 Nbd7 19. Ng3 O-O-O 20. Nxe4 Rhe8 21. Kf2 Nxe4+ 22. fxe4 f6 23. Ra1 Qe7 24. Rxa7 Qxe4 25. Qxe4 Rxe4 26. Ra8+ Nb8 27. Bg3 Kb7 28. Rha1 Rc8 29. R8a7+ Kb6 30. Bxb8 b4 31. Bd6 bxc3 32. Bc5+ Kb5 33. R1a4 1-0

[Event "EU-chT 02nd Final"]
[Site "Oberhausen"]
[Date "1961.06.30"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Szabo, Laszlo"]
[Black "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E44"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1961.06.20"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EU-chT"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Hungary"]
[BlackTeam "Soviet Union"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "HUN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "URS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. Nge2 Ne4 6. Bd2 Nxd2 7. Qxd2 Bb7 8. a3 Be7 9. d5 O-O ({RR} 9... d6 10. g3 Nd7 11. Bg2 a5 12. b3 O-O 13. O-O e5 14. b4 Bc8 15. Nb5 h5 16. f4 Bf6 17. Nec3 Re8 18. Rae1 axb4 19. axb4 exf4 20. exf4 Rxe1 21. Rxe1 Nf8 22. Ne4 Be7 23. Nd4 Bd7 24. Nc6 {Sarana,A (2717)-Caruana,F (2796) chess.com INT 2024 1-0 (51)}) 10. g3 ({RR} 10. f4 d6 11. g4 Nd7 12. O-O-O Re8 13. g5 Bf8 14. Ng3 b5 15. e4 Nc5 16. Kb1 bxc4 17. Bxc4 exd5 18. exd5 a5 19. Rhe1 Ba6 20. Bxa6 Rxa6 21. Rxe8 Qxe8 22. Re1 Qb8 23. Nge4 Nd7 24. h4 Ra8 {Galaviz Medina,S (2501)-Cao,Q (2342) Petrovac MNE 2025 ½-½ (39)}) 10... c5 11. Bh3 $146 ({RR} 11. Bg2 d6 12. O-O e5 13. f4 exf4 14. gxf4 Re8 15. Ng3 Bf8 16. e4 g6 17. e5 Bh6 18. Qf2 f5 19. e6 Na6 20. Kh1 Nc7 21. Qd2 Qf6 22. Qd3 Re7 23. Rad1 Ne8 24. b4 Rc8 25. Nge2 Ba6 {Korobov,A (2657)-Sharbaf,M (2370) Abu Dhabi 2010 1-0 (44)}) 11... e5 12. f4 exf4 13. gxf4 d6 14. O-O-O Re8 15. Ng3 Bf8 16. Rhg1 g6 17. Nce4 Bg7 18. Ng5 Nd7 19. e4 b5 20. cxb5 c4 21. Qc2 Nc5 22. Kb1 Nd3 23. Rxd3 cxd3 24. Qxd3 a6 25. bxa6 Bxa6 26. Qc2 Bxb2 27. Nf5 Qb6 28. Nh6+ Kf8 29. Nxh7+ Ke7 30. Ka2 Bc4+ 0-1

[Event "Christmas Congress 1961/62-37 Premier"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1962.01.05"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Flohr, Salo"]
[Black "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E24"]
[PlyCount "24"]
[EventDate "1961.12.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Qa5 7. Bd2 Ne4 8. Qc2 ({RR} 8. e3 Nc6 9. Bd3 Nxd2 10. Qxd2 Qc7 11. O-O d6 12. Be4 Na5 13. Qc2 g6 14. Nd2 f5 15. Bf3 O-O 16. e4 e5 17. dxe5 dxe5 18. exf5 Bxf5 19. Bd5+ Kg7 20. Ne4 Rad8 21. Rfe1 b5 22. Rad1 Nxc4) 8... Nxd2 9. Qxd2 ({RR} 9. Nxd2 Qc7 10. e3 b6 ({RR} 10... O-O 11. Bd3 h6 12. O-O d6 13. f4 f5 14. Rf3 Nc6 15. Raf1 b6 16. Rg3 Qf7 17. d5 Ne7 18. e4 Kh8 19. Nf3 fxe4 20. Bxe4 exd5 21. Bxd5 Nxd5 22. cxd5 Ba6 23. Re1 Qxf4 24. Qg6 Rf7 25. h3) 11. Bd3 Bb7 12. f3 h6 13. e4 Qf4 14. O-O cxd4 15. Nb3 dxc3 16. Qxc3 O-O 17. Rad1 Nc6 18. Be2 Rfd8 19. c5 Rac8 20. cxb6 axb6 21. Qb2 d5 22. exd5 Rxd5 23. Rxd5 exd5 {Christopher,A (1779)-Prudente,E (1949) Budapest HUN 2024 0-1 (40)}) ({RR} 9. Nxd2 d6 10. e3 e5 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. Bd3 h6 13. O-O O-O 14. f4 Nd7 15. f5 Nf6 16. Ne4 Qd8 17. Nxf6+ Qxf6 18. Be4 Rb8 19. Rad1 b6 20. h3 Ba6 21. Bd5 b5 22. cxb5 Rxb5 23. c4 Rb6 {Botvinnik,M-Kan,I Leningrad 1939 1-0 (41)}) 9... cxd4 10. cxd4 $146 ({RR} 10. Qxd4 Nc6 11. Qxg7 Rf8 12. Ng5 f6 13. Ne4 Qe5 14. f3 d5 15. cxd5 exd5 16. Nd2 Qxc3 17. Rd1 Bf5 18. Qxb7 Rb8 19. Qc7 Rf7 20. Qf4 Bg6 21. g3 Qxa3 22. Kf2 Qc5+ 23. Qe3+ Qxe3+ 24. Kxe3 Re7+ {Korepanova,M-Nedomolkina,E Cherepovets 2001 0-1 (61)}) 10... Nc6 11. e3 b6 12. Be2 Bb7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Stockholms Schackforbund-04 +Tidningen"]
[Site "Stockholm"]
[Date "1962.01.14"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Flohr, Salo"]
[Black "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E35"]
[PlyCount "36"]
[EventDate "1962.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bxf6 Qxf6 8. a3 Bxc3+ 9. Qxc3 c6 10. Nf3 Bf5 11. e3 Nd7 12. Be2 O-O 13. O-O Qe7 ({RR} 13... Rfe8 14. b4 a6 15. a4 Re6 16. Rfc1 g5 17. b5 g4 18. Nd2 c5 19. dxc5 Qxc3 20. Rxc3 d4 21. Rcc1 d3 22. Bd1 axb5 23. e4 Bxe4 24. Bxg4 f5 25. Bd1 Bd5 26. f3 bxa4 27. Ra3 Ne5 28. Kf2 {Karpov,A (2780)-Polgar,J (2630) Monte Carlo 1995 1-0 (43)}) ({RR} 13... h5 14. b4 a6 15. Rfc1 g6 16. Ra2 Rfe8 17. Ne1 Nb6 18. Nd3 Bxd3 19. Bxd3 h4 20. h3 Kg7 21. a4 Nd7 22. Rb2 Rec8 23. Be2 Qe7 24. Bf3 Nf6 25. Qc5 Qe6 26. Rbc2 Nd7 27. Qc3 Nb6 28. Qb3 {Melikhov,E (2192)-Mahdavi,R (2312) chess.com INT 2024 0-1 (55)}) 14. b4 Rfc8 15. Rfc1 Nf6 16. Qb2 $146 ({RR} 16. Nd2 h5 17. Bd3 Bd7 18. Qb2 Qd6 19. h3 g5 20. Nf3 g4 21. Ne5 gxh3 22. f3 Kf8 23. gxh3 Bxh3 24. Qh2 Qe6 25. Qf4 Ke7 26. Kh2 Rh8 27. b5 Rag8 28. Ra2 h4 29. Nxc6+ Kf8 30. Nd8 Qe7 {Harshavardhan,G (2397)-Wang,J (2456) Tornelo INT 2021 1-0 (54)}) ({RR} 16. Nd2 a6 17. a4 g5 18. Nb3 Ne4 19. Qe1 Re8 20. Nc5 Nd6 21. Qd1 Kg7 22. Qb3 Rad8 23. b5 axb5 24. axb5 cxb5 25. Bxb5 Rf8 26. Bf1 Ne4 27. Qxb7 Qf6 28. Nxe4 Bxe4 29. Ra7 Rb8 30. Qe7 Qxe7 {Olarasu,G (2293)-Juncu,M (2206) Romania 2002 ½-½ (98)}) 16... Ne4 17. Nd2 Nxd2 18. Qxd2 Rc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-15 Final A"]
[Site "Varna"]
[Date "1962.09.27"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Black "Padevsky, Nikola Bochev"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E59"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "1962.09.27"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "MCD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Soviet Union"]
[BlackTeam "Bulgaria"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "URS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BUL"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O Nc6 8. a3 Bxc3 9. bxc3 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Qc7 11. Be2 Rd8 12. Qc2 e5 13. dxe5 ({RR} 13. Bb2 Bg4 14. Nxe5 Bxe2 15. Qxe2 Nxe5 16. dxe5 Qxe5 17. c4 Qe6 18. Rfd1 Nd7 19. Rd5 Nb6 20. Rxc5 Rdc8 21. Rxc8+ Rxc8 22. Qf3 Qc6 23. Qg4 Qg6 24. Qd4 Nxc4 25. Rc1 h5 26. h3 b5 27. Qxa7 Rd8 {Fedoseev,V (2688)-Yakubboev,N (2647) Almaty KAZ 2022 1-0 (32)}) 13... Nxe5 14. Ne1 ({RR} 14. c4 Nxf3+ 15. Bxf3 Ng4 16. Bxg4 Bxg4 17. Bb2 f6 18. f4 Rd6 19. h3 Be6 20. e4 Rad8 21. Rf2 Qd7 22. f5 Bf7 23. e5 Rd2 24. Rxd2 Qxd2 25. Qb3 b6 26. e6 Be8 27. Qc3 Bc6 28. Qxd2 Rxd2 {Lamby,P (2219)-Dotzer,L (2407) Germany GER 2025 0-1 (40)}) 14... Neg4 $146 ({RR} 14... c4 15. f3 Qc5 16. Rf2 b6 17. Qb2 Bf5 18. Qb4 Nd3 19. Bxd3 cxd3 20. e4 Be6 21. Bd2 Qc7 22. Be3 Bc4 23. Rd1 Nd7 24. Bd4 a5 25. Qe7 Re8 26. Qg5 f6 27. Qg3 Qc6 28. Nxd3 Qa4 29. Nb2 {Gipslis,A-Szabo,L Tallinn 1969 1-0 (51)}) ({RR} 14... c4 15. e4 Be6 16. Bg5 Neg4 17. g3 Qc5 18. Bf4 Qh5 19. h4 Qc5 20. Ng2 Rd7 21. a4 Rad8 22. Ne3 h6 23. Rad1 g5 24. hxg5 hxg5 25. Nxg4 Nxg4 26. Rxd7 Rxd7 27. Bc1 Qe5 28. Kg2 Nf6 29. f3 {Knaak,R (2490)-Tischbierek,R (2450) Leipzig 1984 1-0 (43)}) 15. g3 Qe5 16. Ng2 Bf5 17. Qb2 Qc7 18. f3 Ne5 19. e4 Be6 20. Bf4 Nfd7 21. c4 f6 22. Rac1 Bh3 23. Rfd1 Bxg2 24. Kxg2 Nb6 25. Qb5 a6 26. Qb3 Rxd1 27. Rxd1 Rd8 28. Rb1 Rd6 29. a4 h6 30. Be3 Qf7 31. Rc1 Qc7 32. f4 Nf7 33. Rb1 Nd8 34. Bf3 Nd7 35. Rd1 Rxd1 36. Qxd1 Nf7 37. Qd5 Nb6 38. Qe6 Qc6 39. Qxc6 bxc6 40. Bxc5 Nxa4 41. Ba3 Nd8 42. Kf2 Kf7 43. Ke3 Nb6 44. Be2 a5 45. Kd3 Nd7 46. Bd1 Ne6 47. Kc3 Nec5 48. Bc2 g5 49. Kd4 Ne6+ 50. Ke3 gxf4+ 51. gxf4 Nb6 52. Bd3 Nd7 53. Be2 c5 54. Bb2 a4 55. h4 Ke7 56. Bd3 Nb6 57. e5 fxe5 58. fxe5 Nd7 59. Ke4 Nd4 60. Kd5 Ne6 61. Bf1 Nf4+ 62. Ke4 Ng6 63. Bd3 Ke6 64. Bc2 Ngxe5 65. Bxe5 1/2-1/2

[Event "World-ch24 Petrosian-Botvinnik +5-2=15"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1963.03.23"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Black "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E35"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1963.03.23"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "22"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "MainBase"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bxf6 (7. Bh4 c5 $13) 7... Qxf6 8. a3 Bxc3+ (8... Ba5 $6 9. b4 Bb6 10. e3 $16) 9. Qxc3 c6 10. e3 O-O 11. Ne2 Re8 $1 ({RR} 11... Be6 12. Ng3 Nd7 13. Rc1 Rac8 14. Be2 c5 15. dxc5 Rxc5 16. Qd2 Rxc1+ 17. Qxc1 d4 18. exd4 Qxd4 19. O-O Nf6 20. Rd1 Qb6 21. Bf3 Rc8 22. Qd2 Bb3 23. Rc1 Rd8 24. Qc3 Bd5 25. Bxd5 Nxd5 26. Qd2 {Suder,J (2347)-Kosakowski,J (2551) Warsaw POL 2025 0-1 (71)}) 12. Ng3 $6 (12. Nf4 $4 Qxf4) (12. Nc1 { d3-c5}) 12... g6 $1 { 13...h4-h5} 13. f3 $146 (13. Bd3 $5 h5 14. Ne2 {15.b4, a4}) ({RR} 13. Bd3 h5 14. h4 Nd7 15. Ne2 Nf8 16. Rc1 Bf5 17. Bxf5 Qxf5 18. Qb4 Qe4 19. Kf1 Re7 20. Rh3 Rae8 21. Qa4 a6 22. Qd1 Nd7 23. Nc3 Qe6 24. Kg1 Nf6 25. Qd3 Ng4 26. Re1 Qf6 27. Re2 Kg7 {Akhsharumova,A (2395)-Misanovic,V (2330) Novi Sad 1990 ½-½ (92)}) ({RR} 13. Bd3 h5 14. Ne2 Bf5 15. Bxf5 Qxf5 16. Qb4 Qd7 17. h3 Na6 18. Qd2 Nc7 19. Nf4 Nb5 20. g4 hxg4 21. Rg1 gxh3 22. O-O-O Nd6 23. Nxg6 fxg6 24. Rxg6+ Kf7 25. Rh6 Rh8 26. e4 Rxh6 27. Qxh6 Rg8 {Andreikin,D (2729)-Ivanchuk,V (2632) Vrnjacka Banja SRB 2024 0-1 (67)}) 13... h5 $10 14. Be2 Nd7 15. Kf2 (15. O-O h4 16. Nh1 Qg5 17. e4 dxe4 18. fxe4 Rxe4 19. Bc4 Nf6 $17) 15... h4 16. Nf1 Nf8 17. Nd2 Re7 18. Rhe1 Bf5 $15 19. h3 $6 (19. Nf1 $5) (19. b4 $5) 19... Rae8 20. Nf1 Ne6 21. Qd2 (21. Bd3 $6 c5 $1 22. Bxf5 cxd4 23. exd4 Qxf5 24. Re5 Qf4 25. Rae1 Rc7 $1 $19 {(26.e3 c2 27.e2 xe2+ 28.xe2 xd4+ -+)}) 21... Ng7 $2 {} (21... Ng5 $1 22. Kg1 Bxh3 $1 23. gxh3 Nxh3+ 24. Kh1 (24. Kh2 Rxe3 $1 25. Nxe3 Qf4+ 26. Kh1 Nf2+ 27. Kg1 Qg3+ 28. Kf1 Nh3 29. Bd1 Qg1+ 30. Ke2 Nf4# {#}) 24... Qg5 $1 25. Kh2 Qg1+ 26. Kxh3 Rxe3 27. Kxh4 R8e4+ 28. fxe4 (28. Kh3 g5 $19) 28... g5+ $19) (21... Ng5 $1 22. Qd1 Bxh3 $1 23. gxh3 Ne4+ $1 24. Kg2 Qg5+ 25. Kh2 Nf2 26. Qd2 Rxe3 27. Bd1 Qf4+ 28. Kg2 Nxd1 29. Raxd1 Qxf3+ 30. Kg1 Re2 31. Rxe2 Rxe2 32. Qg5 Qf2+ 33. Kh1 Rxb2 $19) 22. Rad1 Nh5 23. Rc1 Qd6 24. Rc3 Ng3 25. Kg1 (25. Nxg3 hxg3+) 25... Nh5 (25... Nxf1 26. Bxf1) 26. Bd1 Re6 27. Qf2 Qe7 28. Bb3 (28. f4 $5 { f1-h3-f3(g4)-e5}) 28... g5 29. Bd1 $2 (29. e4 $5 Nf4 30. Qd2 {31.ce3!?}) 29... Bg6 30. g4 $2 {Petrosian} (30. Bc2 $5 $17) 30... hxg3 31. Nxg3 Nf4 $1 32. Qh2 (32. Qf1 c5 33. dxc5 d4 34. Rb3 dxe3 $19) 32... c5 (32... Nd3 $1 $19 33. Re2 Rxe3) 33. Qd2 c4 34. Ba4 b5 $1 35. Bc2 (35. Bxb5 $5 Rb8 36. Ba4 Nd3 $19) 35... Nxh3+ 36. Kf1 Qf6 37. Kg2 Nf4+ 38. exf4 Rxe1 39. fxg5 Qe6 40. f4 Re2+ $1 0-1

[Event "URS-chT Republics 09th final A"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1963.08.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Taimanov, Mark E"]
[Black "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E43"]
[Annotator "Botvinnik,Mikhail"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1963.08.13"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Leningrad"]
[BlackTeam "Moscow"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Nf3 b6 6. Bd3 Bb7 7. O-O O-O 8. Na4 Qe7 {I prepared e7 for my match with Petrossian (vol 3 1957-1970)} 9. a3 Ba5 10. b3 {Well done Mark!} (10. dxc5 $143 bxc5 11. Nxc5 Qxc5 12. b4 Bxf3 $1 13. Qxf3 Qe5 14. bxa5 Qxa1 15. Qxa8 Qc3 16. Be2 Nc6 $36 {[%csl Ra8]}) 10... d5 ({RR} 10... Bc6 11. Bb2 d6 12. Nc3 Bxc3 13. Bxc3 Nbd7 14. b4 Rfd8 15. Rc1 Rac8 16. Qe2 Ne4 17. Bb2 f5 18. Rfd1 Ba4 19. Re1 Bc6 20. h3 Ndf6 21. Nd2 Qf7 22. f3 Ng3 23. Qf2 Qg6 24. d5 exd5 25. Bxf6 {Matlakov,M (2674)-Martinez Alcantara,J (2598) Chess.com INT 2022 1-0 (81)}) 11. cxd5 exd5 12. Bb2 Nbd7 13. Qe2 $146 ({RR} 13. Rc1 Rac8 14. Qe2 Ne4 15. Rc2 c4 16. bxc4 Bc6 17. Nc3 Nxc3 18. Bxc3 dxc4 19. Bf5 Bxc3 20. Rxc3 b5 21. e4 Rce8 22. Re3 g6 23. Bxd7 Bxd7 24. Qd2 Qd6 25. d5 f6 26. Rfe1 Re7 27. Qd4 a5 {Byrne,R-Szabo,L Lugano 1970 ½-½ (55)}) 13... Ne4 14. Rac1 Bc6 15. Nc3 Bxc3 16. Bxc3 a5 17. Bb2 Rfc8 18. Ne5 Bb7 19. Rfd1 Ndf6 20. f3 Nd6 21. a4 Rc7 22. Rc2 Nfe8 23. Rdc1 f6 24. Ng4 c4 25. bxc4 dxc4 26. Be4 Nxe4 27. fxe4 Qxe4 28. Rxc4 Rxc4 29. Qxc4+ Bd5 30. Qe2 h5 31. Ne5 fxe5 32. dxe5 h4 33. h3 Qxa4 34. Bd4 Qd7 35. Qh5 b5 36. Rf1 Nc7 37. Rf4 Bf7 38. Qf3 Bd5 39. Qh5 Qe8 40. Qxh4 Ne6 41. Rf5 Qg6 0-1

[Event "Match/City Moscow-Leningrad"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1965.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Black "Tolush, Alexander V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E42"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1965.??.??"]
[EventType "team-match"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. d4 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Nge2 d5 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. Nxc3 cxd4 8. exd4 dxc4 9. Bxc4 Nc6 10. Be3 O-O 11. O-O b6 12. Qd3 Bb7 13. Rad1 Ne7 14. Bg5 Ng6 15. f4 h6 16. f5 exf5 17. Bxf6 Qxf6 18. Rxf5 Nf4 19. Rxf6 Nxd3 20. Rxf7 $146 ({RR} 20. Bxf7+ Kh8 21. Rff1 Nxb2 22. Rd2 Ba6 23. Rf3 Nc4 24. Rdf2 Rad8 25. Bg6 Rxf3 26. Rxf3 Nd6 27. h4 Kg8 28. Nd5 Rd7 29. Nf4 Bc4 30. d5 Rd8 31. Re3 Rf8 32. g3 Nf5 33. Re4 Nxg3 34. Rxc4 Rxf4 {Bass,L (2405)-Grooten,H (2355) Graz 1981 1-0 (48)}) 20... Nxb2 21. Rxf8+ Kxf8 22. Rf1+ Ke8 23. Be6 Rd8 24. d5 Bc8 25. Rf7 Bxe6 26. dxe6 Rd6 27. Rxg7 Rxe6 28. Rxa7 Nd3 29. h3 Nf4 30. Ra4 Ne2+ 31. Nxe2 Rxe2 32. Ra7 Kf8 33. Rb7 Re6 34. Kf2 Rf6+ 35. Kg3 Rg6+ 36. Kf3 Kg8 37. g3 Rc6 38. Kg4 Kh8 39. Kf5 Rc5+ 40. Kg6 Rc6+ 41. Kh5 Kg8 1-0

[Event "URS"]
[Site "Soviet Union"]
[Date "1966.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Black "Smyslov, Vassily V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E25"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "1966.??.??"]
[EventType "game"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 ({RR} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 {½-½ (13) Boroday,S (2355)-Solovchuk,A (2278) Kremenchug 2011}) 1... Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. d4 Bb4 4. a3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 c5 6. f3 d5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Qd2 O-O 9. e4 Nb6 10. a4 Bd7 11. Bb5 a6 12. Bxd7 N8xd7 13. Ne2 Nc4 14. Qd3 $146 Nde5 15. Qc2 Nc6 16. O-O Rc8 17. Qd3 N4e5 18. Qd1 Nc4 19. Qd3 N4e5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Christmas Congress 1966/67-42 Premier"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1966.12.31"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Black "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E48"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1966.12.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. d4 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. a3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 Bd6 8. f4 c5 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. b4 Bb6 11. Qxd8 Rxd8 12. Nf3 Bd7 $146 ({RR} 12... Nc6 13. Na4 Bc7 14. Bb2 Nd5 15. Ke2 b6 16. Rac1 Bb7 17. Rhd1 Rac8 18. g3 Nce7 19. Bb3 Ba6+ 20. Kf2 Nf6 21. Rxc7 Ng4+ 22. Kg2 Nxe3+ 23. Kh3 Nxd1 24. Rxe7 Bf1+ 25. Kh4 Nxb2 26. Nxb2 Rc3 27. Bd1 {Nuernberg,F-Bogoljubow,E Augsburg 1951 0-1 (31)}) 13. Bd2 Rc8 14. Ne5 Ng4 15. Nxg4 Rxc4 16. Ne5 Rc7 17. Nxd7 Nxd7 18. Ke2 Nf6 19. Rac1 Rd8 20. Rhd1 Rcd7 21. Be1 Nd5 22. Nxd5 Rxd5 23. Rxd5 Rxd5 24. a4 f6 25. a5 Bd8 26. Rc8 Kf7 27. e4 Rd7 28. b5 Be7 29. Bd2 Bd6 30. Ra8 b6 31. a6 Bc5 32. Bc3 Ke7 33. h3 Kd6 34. Rc8 Rc7 35. e5+ Kd7 36. Rg8 f5 37. Rxg7+ Kd8 38. Rg8+ Kd7 39. Rh8 Be7 40. Bd4 Rc2+ 41. Kd3 Ra2 42. Ra8 1-0

[Event "Christmas Congress 1966/67-42 Premier"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1967.01.03"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Black "Kurajica, Bojan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E49"]
[Annotator "Belov,Igor"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1966.12.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. d4 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 c5 8. cxd5 exd5 9. Ne2 b6 10. O-O cxd4 (10... Ba6 11. f3 Re8 12. Ng3 Bxd3 13. Qxd3 Nc6 (13... Nbd7 14. Ra2 $1 Rc8 15. Re2 Re6 16. Bb2 h5 17. e4 $1 h4 18. Nf5 $14) 14. Ra2 Rc8 15. Re2 Rc7 16. Bb2 $14) ({RR} 10... Re8 11. f4 Ba6 12. Ra2 Bxd3 13. Qxd3 Nc6 14. h3 Ne4 15. Kh2 Rc8 16. f5 Qd6+ 17. Rf4 Kh8 18. Kg1 Na5 19. Bd2 Nxd2 20. dxc5 Qxc5 21. Qxd2 Nb3 22. Qe1 Rxe3 23. Qf2 Rce8 24. Kh2 Rd3 25. Ng3 {Manukyan,S (2233)-Kilic,E (2459) chess.com INT 2025 0-1 (61)}) 11. cxd4 Ba6 12. f3 Bxd3 $146 ({RR} 12... Re8 13. Ng3 Qc8 14. Ra2 Bxd3 15. Qxd3 Qa6 16. Qd1 Nc6 17. Re2 Rad8 18. Bb2 Qc4 19. Rfe1 h6 20. Rd2 Na5 21. e4 {½-½ (21) Gonda,L (2515)-Sipos,I (2473) Budapest 2019}) ({RR} 12... Re8 13. Bxa6 Nxa6 14. Qd3 Qc8 15. Bb2 Qb7 16. Ng3 Rad8 17. Rae1 Re6 18. Re2 b5 19. Rc1 b4 20. e4 bxa3 21. Bxa3 dxe4 22. fxe4 Nb4 23. Qd2 Rc6 24. Rb1 a5 25. Qg5 Qa7 26. Nf5 g6 27. e5 {Lautier,J (2682)-Giorgadze,G (2612) Sanxenxo 2004 1-0}) 13. Qxd3 Re8 14. Ng3 Nc6 15. Bb2 (15. Bd2 $5) 15... h5 $6 (15... Na5 16. Rae1 Nc4 17. Bc1 b5 18. e4 $14) 16. Rae1 h4 17. Nf5 Nh5 18. e4 Qf6 $6 (18... dxe4 19. fxe4 Qd7 20. Qf3 $16) (18... Nf4 $5 19. Qd2 Ne6 20. e5 $14) 19. Bc1 $1 (19. e5 Nf4 20. Qc2 Qg6 21. Bc1 Ne6 22. Kh1 Rac8 23. Qd3 Na5 $132) 19... Red8 20. e5 Qg6 21. f4 $16 Qg4 (21... Na5 22. Qh3 Nc4 23. Nxh4 Qc2 24. Qg4 $18) 22. Rf3 Re8 (22... h3 23. Rxh3 Nxf4 24. Bxf4 Qxf4 25. Rf1 Qe4 26. Qg3 $18) 23. Ref1 Rad8 24. h3 Qg6 25. Nxh4 Qe4 (25... Qxd3 26. Rxd3 g6 27. f5 $18) 26. g4 (26. Qxe4 dxe4 27. Re3 g5 (27... Rxd4 28. g4 g5 29. Nf5 $18) 28. fxg5 Rxd4 29. Nf5 Ra4 30. Nh6+ $18) 26... Nxd4 $8 27. gxh5 (27. Re3 $2 Qxd3 28. Rxd3 Ne2+ 29. Kh2 Nxc1 30. Rxc1 Nxf4 $13) 27... Nxf3+ 28. Qxf3 Qxf3 (28... Qh7 29. Qg4 d4 30. Nf5 d3 31. Nd6 Re7 32. Bd2 $18) (28... Qc2 29. Qg4 d4 30. Nf5 $18) 29. Nxf3 d4 (29... Rc8 30. Bd2 Rc2 31. Bb4 $18) 30. Bd2 Rc8 (30... Rd5 $5 31. Rc1 (31. Bb4 Rc8) 31... Rc5 32. Kf2 (32. Nxd4 $2 Rd8 33. Rxc5 (33. Nb3 Rxc1+ 34. Bxc1 Rd3 35. Nd2 Rc3 36. Bb2 Rc2 $19) 33... bxc5 34. Nf3 Rd3 $13) 32... Rec8 33. Rg1 $16) 31. Nxd4 $1 Red8 32. Be3 Rc3 33. Kf2 Rxa3 34. Rg1 $36 Kh7 35. Nf5 Rg8 36. Rc1 $1 Rb3 37. Rc7 a5 (37... Rf8 38. Rxa7 b5 39. Bd4 Rxh3 40. e6 $18) 38. Rxf7 $18 a4 39. e6 a3 40. Bd4 a2 41. Bxg7 1-0

[Event "Palma de Mallorca Gran Torneo-03"]
[Site "Palma de Mallorca"]
[Date "1967.12.07"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Gligoric, Svetozar"]
[Black "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E43"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1967.11.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1998"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 b6 6. Nf3 Bb7 7. Bd2 O-O 8. a3 Bxc3 9. Bxc3 d6 10. dxc5 ({RR} 10. b4 Nbd7 11. O-O Qe7 12. Qe2 e5 13. dxe5 dxe5 14. e4 Ne8 15. Bc2 Nc7 16. Ba4 f6 17. Rfd1 Rad8 18. Nh4 Nb8 19. Nf5 Qe6 20. bxc5 bxc5 21. Ba5 Nba6 22. Bb5 Rxd1+ 23. Rxd1 Kh8 24. Rd6 Qg8 {Bluebaum,M (2647)-Grischuk,A (2777) Chess.com INT 2020 1-0}) 10... bxc5 11. O-O $146 ({RR} 11. Qc2 Nbd7 12. O-O h6 13. Rfd1 a5 14. Nd2 Ra6 15. Ne4 Qa8 16. Nxf6+ Nxf6 17. f3 a4 18. Qf2 e5 19. Rd2 Qc8 20. Rad1 Qe6 21. Qg3 Re8 22. Bc2 Kf8 23. h3 Rea8 24. Kh2 Rb6 25. f4 Be4 {Aleksandrov,A (2589)-Bartel,M (2609) Bialystok 2017 ½-½ (51)}) ({RR} 11. Qc2 Nbd7 12. Ng5 h6 13. Ne4 Nxe4 14. Bxe4 Bxe4 15. Qxe4 Nb6 16. O-O a5 17. Rad1 Qc7 18. Qg4 e5 19. f4 Nxc4 20. fxe5 Nxe5 21. Bxe5 dxe5 22. Rd7 Qc6 23. Qf5 g6 24. Qd3 Rab8 25. Rf2 e4 {Mattenberger,M (2239)-Pelletier,Y (2523) Switzerland SUI 2024 1-0 (43)}) ({RR} 11. Qc2 Nbd7 12. Rd1 Qc7 13. O-O Qc6 14. e4 Rfd8 15. Rfe1 e5 16. Ng5 h6 17. Nh3 g5 18. f3 Nh5 19. Qd2 Nf8 20. Nf2 Ne6 21. Bf1 Nf6 22. h4 Kg7 23. hxg5 hxg5 24. g3 Nh5 25. Bh3 Qe8 {Dlabik,J-Staricek,P Slovakia 1998 1-0 (46)}) 11... Nbd7 12. b4 Qc7 13. Rc1 Ne4 14. Bxe4 Bxe4 15. Nd2 Bg6 16. Nb3 Rad8 17. Na5 Nb6 18. Qg4 e5 19. b5 f5 20. Qe2 f4 21. exf4 Rxf4 22. Rfd1 Rdf8 23. Be1 Nc8 24. Nb3 Qf7 25. Nd2 e4 26. Nf1 Bh5 27. Qc2 Bxd1 28. Rxd1 Ne7 29. Ne3 Nf5 30. Nxf5 Qxf5 31. Rxd6 e3 32. Qxf5 exf2+ 33. Bxf2 R8xf5 34. Rd2 Rxc4 35. h3 h5 36. h4 Ra4 37. Rd8+ Kh7 38. Rd3 Ra5 39. Rb3 c4 40. Rc3 Rfxb5 41. Rxc4 Rxa3 42. Bd4 a5 0-1

[Event "Belgrade"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1969.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Black "Hecht, Hans Joachim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E51"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1969.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "MCD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. a3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 Bd6 8. Nf3 Nc6 9. b4 a6 ({RR} 9... e5 10. d5 e4 11. dxc6 exf3 12. gxf3 bxc6 13. Bb2 a5 14. Rg1 Bf5 15. Ne4 Ne8 16. Qd4 Bg6 17. f4 Be7 18. Qxd8 Rxd8 19. Ng3 Nd6 20. Bb3 axb4 21. axb4 Rb8 22. Bc3 Nb5 23. Bd2 Bd3 24. f3 {Gulko,B (2565)-Rohde,M (2550) Estes Park 1987 0-1 (34)}) ({RR} 9... e5 10. Bb2 Bg4 11. d5 Ne7 12. h3 Bd7 13. Ng5 Ng6 14. Ne6 fxe6 15. dxe6 Kh8 16. exd7 Qxd7 17. O-O Qf5 18. Nd5 Ng8 19. Qg4 Qc2 20. Qe2 Qf5 21. Qg4 Qc2 22. Qe2 Qf5 23. e4 Qd7 24. Rad1 {Botvinnik,M-Tal,M Moscow 1961 1-0 (43)}) 10. Bb2 e5 11. Be2 $146 ({RR} 11. d5 Ne7 12. Nd2 b5 13. Ba2 Bb7 14. e4 c5 15. bxc5 Bxc5 16. O-O Ng6 17. Nb3 Bb6 18. Bb1 Rc8 19. Bd3 Ne8 20. Ne2 Nd6 21. a4 f5 22. exf5 Nxf5 23. Be4 Rc4 24. Qd3 Rxe4 25. Qxe4 Bxd5 {Laurent,J (2199)-Bonte,A (2340) Paris FRA 2023 0-1}) ({RR} 11. d5 Ne7 12. Nd2 b5 13. Ba2 Bb7 14. e4 c5 15. bxc5 Bxc5 16. O-O Ng6 17. Nb3 Bb6 18. Bb1 Rc8 19. Bd3 Ne8 20. Ne2 Nd6 21. a4 f5 22. exf5 Nxf5 23. Be4 Rc4 24. Qd3 Rxe4 25. Qxe4 Bxd5 {Laurent,J (2199)-Bonte,A (2340) Paris FRA 2023 0-1}) 11... Re8 12. dxe5 Nxe5 13. Qc2 Qe7 14. h3 Bd7 15. Nd4 c5 16. bxc5 Bxc5 17. O-O Rac8 18. Rfd1 b5 19. Qb3 Nc6 20. Bf1 Na5 21. Nd5 Nxb3 22. Nxe7+ Bxe7 23. Nxb3 Red8 24. Bd3 g6 25. Nd4 Be8 26. Rdc1 Nd5 27. Rxc8 Rxc8 28. Rc1 Rxc1+ 29. Bxc1 Bd7 30. Kf1 Kf8 31. Ke1 Bc5 32. Nb3 Bd6 33. Be4 Nb6 34. Na5 b4 35. axb4 Bxb4+ 36. Bd2 Ba3 37. Bd3 Bb5 38. Bxb5 axb5 39. Nc6 Bc5 40. Bc3 Ke8 41. Bd4 Na4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1969.01.17"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Black "Van Scheltinga, Theo D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E51"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1969.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. a3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 Bd6 8. Nf3 Nbd7 9. b4 ({RR} 9. e4 e5 10. d5 Qe7 11. O-O c6 12. dxc6 bxc6 13. Bg5 Nb6 14. Ba2 h6 15. Bh4 Bg4 16. h3 Bh5 17. Qe2 Nbd7 18. g4 Bg6 19. Bg3 Rfe8 20. Nh4 Nf8 21. Nf5 Bxf5 22. gxf5 Bc5 23. Kh2 Red8 {Dautov,R (2525)-Kharitonov,A (2550) Frunze 1988 ½-½ (42)}) ({RR} 9. e4 e5 10. d5 a6 11. O-O Re8 12. Re1 Nf8 13. h3 Ng6 14. Be3 h6 15. Bf1 Nh7 16. Rc1 Bd7 17. Na4 b6 18. Nc3 Ng5 19. Nxg5 hxg5 20. Be2 Nf4 21. Bg4 g6 22. Bxd7 Qxd7 23. Ne2 Qb5 {Levin,E (2447)-Kishiev,F (2213) Lipetsk RUS 2025 ½-½ (34)}) ({RR} 9. Qc2 e5 10. Nb5 e4 11. Nd2 Nb6 12. Be2 Re8 13. Nb3 a6 14. Nxd6 cxd6 15. Bd2 Nbd5 16. Na5 Bg4 17. Bxg4 Nxg4 18. O-O Qg5 19. Nxb7 Re6 20. h3 Nh6 21. f4 Qg3 22. f5 Nxe3 23. Bxe3 Qxe3+ {Van Scheltinga,T-Euwe,M Amsterdam 1948 0-1 (40)}) 9... e5 10. Bb2 $146 ({RR} 10. O-O a6 11. Qc2 h6 12. Rd1 Qe7 13. Bb2 e4 14. Nd2 Nb6 15. Bf1 Bxh2+ 16. Kxh2 Ng4+ 17. Kg3 Qd6+ 18. f4 exf3+ 19. Kxf3 Qf6+ 20. Ke2 Qf2+ {0-1 (20) Ozdover,M (2114)-Sliwicki,D (2145) Chess.com INT 2020}) ({RR} 10. O-O a6 11. Qc2 h6 12. Rd1 Qe7 13. Bb2 e4 14. Nd2 Nb6 15. Bf1 Bxh2+ 16. Kxh2 Ng4+ 17. Kg3 Qd6+ 18. f4 exf3+ 19. Kxf3 Qf6+ 20. Ke2 Qf2+ {0-1 (20) Ozdover,M (2114)-Sliwicki,D (2145) Chess.com INT 2020}) 10... e4 11. Nd2 Nb6 12. Be2 Qe7 13. g4 Nbd5 14. g5 Nxe3 15. fxe3 Nd5 16. Nxd5 Qxg5 17. Nxe4 Qxd5 18. Bf3 Kh8 19. Nxd6 Qxd6 20. O-O Bh3 21. Rf2 Rae8 22. Qd3 Qh6 23. e4 Re6 24. d5 Rg6+ 25. Kh1 Qh4 26. Qd4 f6 27. Rg1 Rxg1+ 28. Kxg1 Re8 29. Kh1 h5 30. Re2 Bg4 31. Bxg4 Qxg4 32. Qe3 1-0

[Event "WUCC op U16"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Jakab, Attila"]
[Black "Botvinnik, Mikhail I"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2210"]
[BlackElo "2215"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "1998.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Alterman,Boris} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 Ne4 7. Qc2 f5 8. Nf3 b6 9. g3 Bb7 10. Bg2 Nf6 11. O-O Be4 12. Qc3 h6 ({RR} 12... d6 13. b4 Nbd7 14. Rd1 Qe8 15. Bf1 h6 ({RR} 15... Bb7) 16. Ne1 Bb7 17. f3 a5 18. Nd3 ({RR} 18. b5 e5 19. dxe5 Qxe5) ({RR} 18. Bb2 b5 19. cxb5 Nd5 20. Qd2 axb4 21. axb4 f4 22. Rxa8 Bxa8 23. Ng2 Qg6) 18... axb4 19. axb4 b5 ({RR} 19... Rxa1 20. Qxa1 Qa8 21. Bd2 Qxa1 22. Rxa1 Ra8 23. Rxa8+ Bxa8 24. b5) 20. Rxa8 Qxa8 21. Nf4 ({RR} 21. cxb5 Qa4 22. Nb2 ({RR} 22. Re1 Nd5 23. Qb2 Qxb5) 22... Qxb5 23. e4 Qc6) 21... Qa4 22. Re1 bxc4 ({RR} 22... e5 23. dxe5 Nxe5 ({RR} 23... dxe5 24. Ne6 ({RR} 24. Nd3) 24... Re8) 24. cxb5 ({RR} 24. c5 g5 25. cxd6 cxd6 26. Ne6 Rc8 27. Qd4 Bd5) 24... Rf7) 23. Qxc4 Nd5 ({RR} 23... Bd5 24. Qxc7 Qxb4 25. Rd1 Qb6) 24. Nxe6 N7b6 25. Qd3 Rf6 ({RR} 25... Re8 26. Nf4 Nxb4 27. Qxf5 Nc2 28. Rd1 Ne3) 26. Nf4 Nxb4 27. Qc3 {Alterman,B (2590)-Adams,M (2685) Yerevan 1996 CBM 055 [Alterman,Boris] ½-½ (38)} {RR} Nc2 28. Rd1 ({RR} 28. Qxc7 Nxe1 29. Qxb6 Qc6 30. Qb3+ Kh7 31. Be3) 28... Ne3 29. Bxe3 ({RR} 29. Rd3) 29... Qxd1 30. Qxc7 Qb3 31. Bc1 Nd5 32. Qd8+ Kh7) ({RR} 12... Nc6 13. b3 Qe7 14. Bb2 a6 15. Bh3 b5 16. Nd2 bxc4 17. bxc4 Nd8 18. f3 Bb7 19. a4 d6 20. Bg2 Rb8 21. e4 Nc6 22. e5 dxe5 23. dxe5 Nd7 24. Ba3 Qf7 25. Bxf8 Qxf8 26. f4 Qc5+ 27. Kh1 {Kim,S (2295)-Liwak,P (2342) chess.com INT 2023 ½-½ (81)}) 13. b4 $146 ({RR} 13. Rd1 Qe8 14. Bf1 d6 15. Ne1 Bb7 16. f3 Nbd7 17. Nd3 Qf7 18. b4 Rae8 19. a4 e5 20. a5 exd4 21. Qxd4 Ne5 22. axb6 axb6 23. c5 Bxf3 24. cxd6 cxd6 25. Nxe5 dxe5 26. Qxb6 Be4 27. Ra7 Qg6 {Drasko,M (2485)-Shchekachev,A (2503) Montpellier 2000 ½-½ (32)}) ({RR} 13. h4 d6 14. Ne1 Nbd7 15. f3 Bb7 16. Nd3 Nh5 17. Qe1 e5 18. dxe5 dxe5 19. b4 f4 20. gxf4 exf4 21. Bb2 Qe7 22. Qf2 Rae8 23. Rfe1 Qe3 24. Rad1 Re7 25. Bh3 Bc8 26. Qxe3 fxe3 27. Bxd7 Bxd7 {Siegler,W-Kasper,W Hessen 1998 ½-½ (53)}) 13... d6 14. Ne1 Nbd7 15. f3 Bb7 16. Bb2 Qe7 17. Nd3 a6 18. Nf4 Kh7 19. d5 exd5 20. cxd5 Nxd5 21. Nxd5 Bxd5 22. e4 fxe4 23. fxe4 Be6 24. Rxf8 Nxf8 25. e5 Rd8 26. Rc1 dxe5 27. Qxe5 c5 28. bxc5 bxc5 29. Qxc5 Rd1+ 30. Bf1 Qxc5+ 31. Rxc5 Bh3 32. Rc1 Rxc1 33. Bxc1 Bxf1 34. Kxf1 Kg6 35. Ke2 Kf5 36. Kd3 Ne6 37. h3 h5 38. Kc4 Ke4 39. Bb2 g5 40. Kb4 Kf3 41. Be5 h4 42. gxh4 gxh4 43. Ka5 Nc5 44. Bf6 Kg3 45. Be7 Nb3+ 46. Kxa6 Kxh3 47. Kb5 Kg4 48. Bxh4 Kf5 49. Be1 Ke6 50. Kc4 Kd6 51. Kxb3 Kc6 52. a4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Czerniak Memorial 15th"]
[Site "Tel Aviv"]
[Date "1999.04.06"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kantsler, Boris"]
[Black "Botvinnik, Mikhail I"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E43"]
[WhiteElo "2539"]
[BlackElo "2239"]
[PlyCount "177"]
[EventDate "1999.03.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 071"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. Bd3 Bb7 6. Nf3 Ne4 7. O-O Bxc3 8. bxc3 f5 9. Qc2 O-O 10. Nd2 Nxd2 11. Bxd2 Nc6 12. e4 fxe4 13. Bxe4 Qh4 14. Rae1 ({RR} 14. g3 Qh5 15. Bf4 Rac8 16. Rfe1 Na5 17. Bxb7 Nxb7 18. Re5 Qg6 19. Qxg6 hxg6 20. c5 Rf5 21. Rxf5 gxf5 22. Rb1 Kf7 23. Kf1 Na5 24. Ke2 bxc5 25. dxc5 Nc6 26. Rb7 e5 27. Be3 Ke6 28. Kd3 e4+ {Lupulescu,C (2583)-Matinian,N (2394) chess.com INT 2024 0-1 (50)}) 14... Na5 15. c5 $146 ({RR} 15. Bxb7 Nxb7 16. Re5 Na5 17. Qd3 Qf6 18. Qe2 Qf7 19. Bg5 Rae8 20. Bh4 d6 21. Re3 e5 22. dxe5 Qxc4 23. Bg3 dxe5 24. Qc2 Nc6 25. Rfe1 Qc5 26. Kh1 Re7 27. h3 Rfe8 28. Qf5 Qd6 29. Qe4 Na5 {Iljin,T (2266)-Kovalenko,I Alushta 2004 1-0 (69)}) ({RR} 15. Bxb7 Nxb7 16. Re3 Nd6 17. Qd3 Rf5 18. f4 Rxf4 19. Rxf4 Qxf4 20. c5 bxc5 21. dxc5 Nc4 22. Re2 Nxd2 23. Qxd2 Qc4 24. Rf2 Rb8 25. h3 Qxc5 26. Qc2 Ra8 {0-1 (26) Lukin,E (2133)-Botvinnik,M (2368) Israel 2018}) 15... Bxe4 16. Rxe4 Qh5 17. c4 Nc6 18. Be3 bxc5 19. dxc5 Qg6 20. f3 Rab8 21. h3 Rf7 22. Kh2 Qf6 23. Rb1 Rbf8 24. Qd2 Qf5 25. Rb7 Ne5 26. Rxc7 Nxc4 27. Qd4 Nxe3 28. Rxe3 Qg5 29. Rxa7 Rf4 30. Qd6 R4f5 31. Re4 Rd5 32. Qg3 Qxg3+ 33. Kxg3 Rxc5 34. Rxd7 Ra5 35. Rxe6 Rg5+ 36. Kh2 Ra8 37. Ree7 h5 38. h4 Rg6 39. Ra7 Rc8 40. Re5 Rc2 41. Rg5 Rxg5 42. hxg5 Kh7 43. Ra6 Rc5 44. f4 Rc4 45. g3 Rc2+ 46. Kh3 Rc5 47. g4 Rc3+ 48. Kh4 hxg4 49. Kxg4 g6 50. Ra4 Kg7 51. f5 gxf5+ 52. Kxf5 Rc5+ 53. Kg4 Rc2 54. a3 Kg6 55. Ra6+ Kg7 56. a4 Rc1 57. g6 Rf1 58. a5 Kh6 59. Rb6 Ra1 60. a6 Rf1 61. Rb8 Ra1 62. Ra8 Kxg6 63. Kf4 Kg7 64. Ke5 Rd1 65. Rb8 Ra1 66. Rb7+ Kg6 67. a7 Ra6 68. Rb6+ Rxb6 69. a8=Q Rb5+ 70. Kd4 Rf5 71. Ke4 Rf7 72. Qe8 Kg7 73. Ke5 Ra7 74. Qd8 Rf7 75. Ke6 Rf8 76. Qg5+ Kh7 77. Qh5+ Kg7 78. Ke7 Rg8 79. Qe5+ Kg6 80. Qe6+ Kh7 81. Qf5+ Kh6 82. Qh3+ Kg6 83. Qh4 Rg7+ 84. Ke6 Rg8 85. Qg4+ Kh7 86. Qh5+ Kg7 87. Ke7 Rh8 88. Qg5+ Kh7 89. Kf7 1-0

[Event "EU-ch U16"]
[Site "Litohoto"]
[Date "1999.09.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Zivanic, Marko"]
[Black "Botvinnik, Mikhail I"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E39"]
[WhiteElo "2300"]
[BlackElo "2246"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1999.09.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 072 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. dxc5 O-O 6. a3 Bxc5 7. Nf3 b6 8. e3 Bb7 9. Be2 d5 ({RR} 9... Be7 10. g4 Nxg4 11. Rg1 f5 12. h3 Nf6 13. b3 Ne4 14. Bb2 Bf6 15. O-O-O Qe7 16. Nd4 Nc6 17. Nxe4 fxe4 18. Rg4 Ne5 19. Rxe4 Bxe4 20. Qxe4 Rac8 21. Kb1 Nc6 22. Rg1 Nxd4 23. exd4 Qf7 24. Bd3 {Melikhov,E (2178)-Womacka,M (2359) chess.com INT 2024 ½-½ (64)}) 10. cxd5 Nxd5 11. Nxd5 $146 ({RR} 11. O-O Nxc3 12. Qxc3 Be7 13. Bd2 Bf6 14. Qc2 Nd7 15. Bb4 Rc8 16. Qa4 Nc5 17. Bxc5 Rxc5 18. b4 Rc7 19. Rac1 Qc8 20. Rxc7 Qxc7 21. h3 Rd8 22. Rd1 Rxd1+ 23. Qxd1 g6 24. Nd4 Bxd4 25. Qxd4 Qc1+ {Pallitsch,C (2202)-Trippold,D (2088) Austria 2016 ½-½}) ({RR} 11. O-O Be7 12. Nxd5 Qxd5 13. Rd1 Qc6 14. Qd2 Bf6 15. Rb1 Qe4 16. Bd3 Qg4 17. h3 Qh5 18. e4 Nc6 19. Qe2 Rfd8 20. Bf4 e5 21. Bg3 a6 22. Rbc1 g6 23. Bc4 Bg5 24. Rb1 Bf4 25. Bxf4 exf4 {Vanegas Lopez,N (1579)-Escobar,E (1977) Managua 2021 1-0 (31)}) 11... Bxd5 12. O-O Nd7 13. e4 Rc8 14. Ba6 Bc6 15. Bxc8 Qxc8 16. b4 Be7 17. Bg5 f6 18. Rac1 Nb8 19. Nd4 Bb7 20. Qb3 Qd7 21. Nxe6 fxg5 22. Rc7 Qxc7 23. Nxc7+ Kh8 24. Qe6 Bd8 25. Qd6 Rg8 26. Rd1 Nc6 27. b5 Bxc7 28. Qxc7 Na5 29. Rd8 Bxe4 30. Rxg8+ Kxg8 31. Qxa7 Nc4 32. Qe7 Bg6 33. Qe6+ 1-0

[Event "Tel Aviv int"]
[Site "Tel Aviv"]
[Date "2000.03.21"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Botvinnik, Mikhail I"]
[Black "Gershon, Alik"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2274"]
[BlackElo "2471"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[EventDate "2000.03.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 077"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 Bb7 8. f3 d5 9. e3 h6 10. Bh4 Nbd7 11. cxd5 Nxd5 12. Bxd8 Nxc3 13. Bh4 Nd5 14. Bf2 f5 15. Bb5 c6 16. Bd3 a5 $146 ({RR} 16... e5 17. Ne2 Rae8 18. O-O exd4 19. exd4 Nb8 20. Nc3 Ba6 21. Bxa6 Nxa6 22. Nxd5 cxd5 23. Rfe1 Nc7 24. Rac1 Rxe1+ 25. Rxe1 Kf7 26. Re5 g6 27. Be3 h5 28. h4 Re8 {½-½ (28) Schandorff,L (2510)-Nielsen,P (2525) Denmark 1998}) ({RR} 16... c5 17. Ne2 Rac8 18. O-O cxd4 19. Nxd4 Ne5 20. Be2 Nc4 21. Rfc1 Ncxe3 22. Nxe6 Rfe8 23. Rxc8 Bxc8 24. Nd4 Bd7 25. Bxe3 Nxe3 26. Rc1 Rd8 27. Kf2 f4 28. g3 Nf5 29. Nxf5 Bxf5 30. Ke1 fxg3 31. hxg3 {Kasparov,G (2815)-Kramnik,V (2780) Moscow 1998 1-0 (62)}) ({RR} 16... c5 17. Ne2 Rac8 18. O-O Rfd8 19. Rac1 N5f6 20. Rfd1 Kf7 21. Nf4 cxd4 22. exd4 Nd5 23. Nxd5 Bxd5 24. Bg3 g5 25. Bc7 Rg8 26. Ba6 Rcf8 27. Bd6 Rd8 28. Rc7 Kg6 29. Be7 Nb8 30. Bxd8 Nxa6 31. Rxa7 {Papasimakopoulos,A (2251)-Pourkashiyan,A (2322) Chess.com INT 2021 1-0 (70)}) ({RR} 16... c5 17. Ne2 cxd4 18. exd4 Rac8 19. O-O a6 20. Rfe1 Rc6 21. Rec1 Rfc8 22. Rxc6 Rxc6 23. Be1 N7f6 24. Kf2 Kf7 25. Bd2 Ne8 26. Rg1 Ndf6 27. h3 h5 28. Kg3 Nd5 29. Kh4 Nef6 30. Re1 Rc8 31. Kg3 {Islam,K (2317)-Hutchinson,N (2097) Douglas 2005 1-0 (68)}) 17. Ne2 Ba6 18. Bxa6 Rxa6 19. O-O b5 20. Rac1 Rc8 21. Rfe1 a4 22. e4 fxe4 23. fxe4 N5b6 24. Nf4 e5 25. dxe5 Nxe5 26. Bxb6 Rxb6 27. Rc5 Re8 28. Re2 Rb7 29. h3 Rf7 30. Nh5 g6 31. Ng3 Rd7 32. Rec2 Re6 33. Ne2 Rd1+ 34. Kh2 Nc4 35. Nc3 Rd2 36. Rxd2 Nxd2 37. Na2 Nxe4 38. Rc2 c5 39. Nc3 Nxc3 40. Rxc3 c4 41. Rc2 Re3 42. Kg1 Kf7 43. Kf2 Rb3 44. Ke2 Ke6 45. Kd1 Kd5 46. Kc1 Kd4 47. Rd2+ Rd3 48. Rf2 h5 49. Rf4+ Kc5 50. Kc2 Rg3 51. Rf2 b4 52. axb4+ Kxb4 53. Re2 h4 54. Rd2 g5 55. Re2 a3 56. bxa3+ Rxa3 57. Kb1 Ra5 58. Re3 Rf5 59. g3 c3 60. gxh4 Kb3 61. Re1 gxh4 62. Rg1 Rf2 63. Re1 Rb2+ 64. Ka1 Ra2+ 0-1

[Event "Tel Aviv int"]
[Site "Tel Aviv"]
[Date "2000.03.27"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Bykhovsky, Avigdor"]
[Black "Botvinnik, Mikhail I"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E45"]
[WhiteElo "2467"]
[BlackElo "2274"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2000.03.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 077"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. Nge2 Ba6 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. Nxc3 d5 8. b3 O-O 9. Be2 Nc6 10. a4 Re8 11. f4 $146 ({RR} 11. O-O Na5 12. Bb2 c6 13. Qc2 dxc4 14. b4 Nb3 15. Ra3 Qc8 16. b5 Bb7 17. Bxc4 Na5 18. Bd3 cxb5 19. axb5 Nc4 20. Ra4 Nxb2 21. Qxb2 e5 22. dxe5 Rxe5 23. Ne2 Qe8 24. Ng3 Nd7 25. Rh4 g6 {Olafsson,F-Palmason,G Reykjavik 1957 1-0 (34)}) ({RR} 11. O-O dxc4 12. bxc4 Na5 {½-½ (12) Vaisser,A (2542)-Fressinet,L (2673) Pau 2008}) ({RR} 11. O-O dxc4 12. bxc4 Na5 13. Nb5 c6 14. Na3 e5 15. Bb2 exd4 16. exd4 Re6 17. Re1 Qe7 18. Bf1 Re8 19. Rxe6 Qxe6 20. d5 Qf5 21. dxc6 Nxc6 22. Nb5 Rd8 23. Qe1 Ne4 24. Ra3 Nc5 25. Rg3 f6 {Dive,R (2197)-Ker,A (2228) Wellington NZL 2025 0-1 (82)}) ({RR} 11. O-O dxc4 12. bxc4 Na5 13. Nb5 c6 14. Na3 e5 15. Bb2 exd4 16. exd4 Qe7 17. Bd3 Qb4 18. Qc2 Qb3 19. Qxb3 Nxb3 20. Rad1 Rad8 21. Bc2 Na5 22. Bd3 Nb3 23. f3 Re6 24. Bc2 Na5 25. Bd3 Red6 {Amos,B (2261)-Larsen,B (2630) St. John 1970 0-1 (71)}) 11... dxc4 12. O-O Nd5 13. Bd2 Na5 14. Rb1 c5 15. dxc5 bxc5 16. Ne4 c3 17. Bxa6 cxd2 18. Qxd2 Qb6 19. Bc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tel Aviv int"]
[Site "Tel Aviv"]
[Date "2000.03.29"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Botvinnik, Ilia"]
[Black "Botvinnik, Mikhail I"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E28"]
[WhiteElo "2405"]
[BlackElo "2274"]
[PlyCount "17"]
[EventDate "2000.03.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 077"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 c5 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 b6 8. Ne2 ({RR} 8. e4 Bb7 9. d5 d6 10. Bg5 Nbd7 11. Ne2 h6 12. Bh4 Ne5 13. f4 Ng6 14. Bxf6 Qxf6 15. O-O Rfe8 16. Qd2 b5 17. cxb5 exd5 18. exd5 c4 19. Bxc4 Rac8 20. Bb3 Re4 21. Bc2 Rec4 22. Bd3 Ra4 {Grischuk,A (2742)-Oparin,G (2674) Chess.com INT 2022 1-0 (45)}) ({RR} 8. e4 Bb7 9. Qc2 h6 10. Ne2 Nc6 11. Rg1 cxd4 12. cxd4 d5 13. cxd5 exd5 14. e5 Ne4 15. f3 Ng5 16. Be3 f6 17. Bxg5 fxg5 18. Qd1 Ne7 19. Qa4 Bc8 20. Rc1 Bf5 21. Ba6 Rb8 22. Nc3 g4 {Florescu,C (2280)-Botvinnik,I (2395) Bucharest 1993 1-0 (47)}) 8... Ba6 ({RR} 8... Bb7 9. O-O d5 10. cxd5 exd5 11. f3 Re8 12. Ng3 Nbd7 13. Ra2 Nf8 14. Re2 Qd7 15. Kh1 Rad8 16. Bb2 Ne6 17. Ref2 Bc6 18. e4 Nf4 19. Bb1 h5 20. Bc1 h4 21. Nf5 Ng6 22. e5 Nh7 23. f4 {Pashikyan,R (2373)-Mkrtchyan,A (1755) Yerevan ARM 2025 1-0 (39)}) 9. O-O $146 ({RR} 9. e4 Ne8 10. Be3 Qc7 11. Rc1 d6 12. Ng3 Nc6 13. O-O Na5 14. Qe2 Rc8 15. d5 Nf6 16. Bg5 Nd7 17. f4 h6 18. Bxh6 gxh6 19. Qg4+ Kh8 20. Qh4 Kg7 21. Nh5+ Kh8 22. Nf6 Kg7 23. Rf3 Rh8 {Pruess,D (2375)-Viswanadha,K (2066) Los Angeles 2012 1-0}) ({RR} 9. e4 Ne8 10. Be3 Qc7 11. Qc2 h6 12. Bf4 d6 13. h4 Nc6 14. Rh3 e5 15. Be3 Na5 16. d5 Bxc4 17. g4 Bxd3 18. Qxd3 c4 19. Qc2 Nb3 20. Rb1 Nc5 21. Kf1 Nd3 22. f3 Kh7 23. h5 f6 {King,A (2242)-Viswanadha,K (2064) ICC INT 2012 ½-½ (53)}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dov Porath Memorial"]
[Site "Givataim"]
[Date "2000.09.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Botvinnik, Mikhail I"]
[Black "Greenfeld, Alon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E38"]
[WhiteElo "2271"]
[BlackElo "2574"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2000.09.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2006"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. dxc5 Na6 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. Qxc3 Nxc5 8. f3 a5 9. e4 O-O 10. Be3 b6 11. e5 Ne8 12. b4 axb4 13. axb4 Rxa1+ 14. Qxa1 Na6 15. b5 $146 ({RR} 15. Qd4 Qc7 16. f4 Nxb4 17. Qxb6 Nc2+ 18. Kf2 Nxe3 19. Qxc7 Ng4+ 20. Kg3 Nxc7 21. Kxg4 Ba6 22. Nf3 Rb8 23. Be2 Rb2 24. Re1 h6 25. Nd4 g6 26. Kg3 Kg7 27. Rd1 Kf8 28. Kf3 Ke7 29. Ke3 Bb7 {Rej,T-Farrell,R Canberra 2002 ½-½ (34)}) 15... Nc5 16. Bxc5 bxc5 17. Nh3 d5 18. Be2 Qb6 19. O-O Nc7 20. Nf4 Bd7 21. Rb1 Ra8 22. Qb2 dxc4 23. Bxc4 Nxb5 24. Qc1 Be8 25. Nh5 Qd8 26. Bxb5 Qd4+ 27. Kh1 Bxb5 28. Rxb5 c4 29. Qb1 h6 30. Rb8+ Rxb8 31. Qxb8+ Kh7 32. h3 Qh4 33. Qb1+ Kg8 34. Qb8+ Kh7 35. Qb1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "ISR-chT"]
[Site "Israel"]
[Date "2018.01.05"]
[Round "1.6"]
[White "Lukin, Elisha"]
[Black "Botvinnik, Mikhail I"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E43"]
[WhiteElo "2133"]
[BlackElo "2368"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2018.01.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Jerusalem Tenth"]
[BlackTeam "Petah Tikva Hapoel"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ISR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ISR"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 b6 5. e3 Ne4 6. Qc2 Bb7 7. Bd3 f5 8. O-O Bxc3 9. bxc3 O-O 10. Nd2 Nxd2 11. Bxd2 Nc6 12. e4 fxe4 13. Bxe4 Qh4 14. Rae1 ({RR} 14. g3 Qh5 15. Bf4 Rac8 16. Rfe1 Na5 17. Bxb7 Nxb7 18. Re5 Qg6 19. Qxg6 hxg6 20. c5 Rf5 21. Rxf5 gxf5 22. Rb1 Kf7 23. Kf1 Na5 24. Ke2 bxc5 25. dxc5 Nc6 26. Rb7 e5 27. Be3 Ke6 28. Kd3 e4+ {Lupulescu,C (2583)-Matinian,N (2394) chess.com INT 2024 0-1 (50)}) 14... Na5 15. Bxb7 ({RR} 15. c5 Bxe4 16. Rxe4 Qh5 17. c4 Nc6 18. Be3 bxc5 19. dxc5 Qg6 20. f3 Rab8 21. h3 Rf7 22. Kh2 Qf6 23. Rb1 Rbf8 24. Qd2 Qf5 25. Rb7 Ne5 26. Rxc7 Nxc4 27. Qd4 Nxe3 28. Rxe3 Qg5 29. Rxa7 Rf4 {Kantsler,B (2539)-Botvinnik,M (2239) Tel Aviv 1999 1-0 (89)}) 15... Nxb7 16. Re3 $146 ({RR} 16. Re5 Na5 17. Qd3 Qf6 18. Qe2 Qf7 19. Bg5 Rae8 20. Bh4 d6 21. Re3 e5 22. dxe5 Qxc4 23. Bg3 dxe5 24. Qc2 Nc6 25. Rfe1 Qc5 26. Kh1 Re7 27. h3 Rfe8 28. Qf5 Qd6 29. Qe4 Na5 30. Rd3 Qc6 {Iljin,T (2266)-Kovalenko,I Alushta 2004 1-0 (69)}) 16... Nd6 17. Qd3 Rf5 18. f4 Rxf4 19. Rxf4 Qxf4 20. c5 bxc5 21. dxc5 Nc4 22. Re2 Nxd2 23. Qxd2 Qc4 24. Rf2 Rb8 25. h3 Qxc5 26. Qc2 Ra8 0-1

