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C08
Polyak
Boleslavsky,Isaak
Ukrainian Championship 1938
[Boleslavsky]
1.d4 e6 2.e4 d5 3.Cd2 c5 In reply to
3.Nd2 this is the only continuation which
gives Black a game with fully equal
chances. On the reply 3 ....Nf6 or 3....
Nc6 White has an indisputable
advantage. 4.exd5 exd5
[Also possible is 4...Dxd5 but in this
case it is more difficult for Black to
complerte his development. After 4.....
exd5 the isolated d-pawn is
compensated by the free piece play. ]
5.Ab5+ Cc6
[Seventeen years ago this reply was
considered the strongest. In 1941
Botvinnik showed that after 5...Cc6
6.Cgf3 Ad6 7.0-0 Cge7 White, by
continuing 8.dxc5 Axc5 9.Cb3 Ab6
10.Ae3 Axe3 11.Axc6+ Cxc6 12.Te1
obtains a positional advantage.
Nowadays, 5.Bb5+ is met by ]
[ 5...Ad7 which after 6.Axd7+ Cxd7
7.Cgf3 Cgf6 8.0-0 Ae7 9.dxc5 Cxc5
10.Cb3 Cce4 gives Black a completely
satisfactory game. ]
6.De2+
[An unfortunate move. He should play
6.Cgf3 White hopes to exchange
queens, but disappointment awaits
him. ]
6...Ae7 7.dxc5 Cf6 8.Cgf3 0-0 9.0-0
[Giving up the pawn without a fight;
better was 9.Cb3 after Ce4
White does not hold on to the pawn,
but Black has to spend time on
recovering it. ]
9...Axc5 10.Cb3 Ab6 11.Af4?
[After this ent move the initiative finally
passes into Black's hands. It was
necessary to play 11.Ag5 ]
11...a6 12.Ad3 Te8 13.Dd1 Ag4 14.c3
Ce4 Threatening ... Qf6. The defensive
plan chosen by White proves to be
unsatisfactory, but it is already difficult to
indicate a good continuation here. 15.h3
Ah5 16.Ae2 Df6 17.Ah2 Tad8 18.Dc2
Te7 Black begins a decisive action.
19.Tad1 Tde8 20.Cc1 There is no
defence. A rout follows. Axf3 21.Axf3
Cxf2! 22.Txd5 Cg4+ 23.Rh1 Ce3
0-1
C99
Boleslsavsky,I
Korchmar
[Boleslavsky]
1.e4 e5 2.Cf3 Cc6 3.Ab5 a6 4.Aa4
Cf6 5.0-0 Ae7 6.Te1 b5 7.Ab3 d6
8.c3 0-0 9.h3 Ca5 10.Ac2 c5 11.d4
Dc7 12.Cbd2 cxd4 13.cxd4 Ch5!
[This transf er of the knight to the f4
square, not linked to an overall plan,
proves to be a failure. By exchanging
on d4, Black commits himself to
exploituing the open c-file or creating
pressure on the d4 square.
Tournament practice has shown that it
is far from simple to do either the first
or the second. The sort of difficulties
Black runs into in the variation 13...Cc6
0 14.Cb3 0 are shown in the game
Boleslavsky - Goldenov. Through
games Boleslavsky - Bondarevsky and
Boleslavsky - Saigin, one can see the
trouble which Black must experience
omon the continuation Ad7 ]
[In the encounter, Boleslavsky -
Lutikov, USSR Team Championship,
Voroshilovgrad, 1955, 13...Ae6
was played. However, the exchange of
the white-squared bishops is
positionally favourable to White. 14.Cf1
Tac8 15.Ad3 Ac4 16.Ce3 Axd3
17.Dxd3 Tfe8 18.b3 Cc6 19.Ab2
Db7 20.d5 Cb4 21.Db1! a5 22.Ac1
Ad8 23.a3 Ca6 24.b4 White obtained
the advantage. The most promising
chances lie in Keres' continuation ]
[ 13...Td8 which leads after 14.Cf1 d5
to very sharp play, but also here, after
15.Cxe5 dxe4 16.Cg3 Ad6 17.Af4!
the bayonet skirmish should end in
White's favour. Thus one comes to the
conclusion that the exchange on d4 on
the 12th move is not in keeping with
the spirit of the Chigorin variation and
creates extra difficulties for Black in
defence. The plan linked to Black's last
move is shown to be bad. Better is the
usual 13. ....Nc6. ]
14.Cf1 Cf4 15.Ce3 Td8 He does not
succeed in playing ....d5 and therefore
the rook move does not achieve its
objective. 16.Cd5! Cxd5 17.exd5 f6
A forced advance. Conceding the centre
(...exd4) is clearly unsatisfactory. 18.b3
Ab7 The struggle for the d5 square,
which has taken pllace over the last few
moves, has not ended in Black's
advantage. 19.Ae4 Provoking Black's
following reply. g6 20.g4! Tf8
The return of the rook is the best proof of
the error of Black's 15th move. 21.Rh2
[Again preventing ...f5, with threats on
the g-file. Even better was 21.Rh1
as will be seen later, but at the present
moment it was difficult to take this into
account. ]
21...Rh8? Black persists with his desire
to play ....f5 and places his king on a
very bad square. He should transfer the
bishop to d7 in order to free a square for
the knight at a5. 22.Ab2 After this, Black
must go over totally to defence. Tae8
Trying to strengthen the e5 point. 23.Tc1
Db6 24.Dd2 By threatening Bc3, White
transfers the queen with tempo to the
king's flank. b4 25.Dh6
[The bishop sacrifice, 25.Axg6 hxg6
26.Dh6+ Rg8 27.Dxg6+ Rh8
leads only to a draw, since 28.Ch4
yields White nothing in view of Axd5
29.Cf5 Tf7 ]
25...Tg8 26.Tc2 If the White king were
standing on h1, White would not have to
lose this tempo for defence of the f2
pawn. The move 26.Nh4, instead of the
move in the game, did not win, since
also on there would have follwed ....Bf8.
Af8 27.Dh4 Ae7 28.g5! Dd8 29.dxe5
fxe5
[On 29...dxe5 (in order to meet 30.
Nxe5 with 30. ....Bd6) there would
have followed 30.gxf6 Axf6 31.Dg3
with a very strong attack. ]
30.Cxe5 dxe5 31.Axe5+ Tg7 32.Axg6
Rg8 33.Axe8 Dxe8
[If 33...Dxd5 then 34.f3! ]
34.Axg7 Ad6+
[If 34...Rxg7 then 35.Tc7 ]
35.f4 Dg6 36.Tce2 Rxg7
[If 36...Dxg7 37.Te8+ Af8 ( 37...Rf7
38.g6+ ) 38.T1e5 ]
37.Te6 Dc2+ 38.T1e2 Dc5 39.Dh6+
Rg8 40.Txd6
1-0
A84
Belakovsky
Boleslavsky,I
[Boleslavsky]
1.d4 e6 2.c4 f5 3.e3 Cf6 4.Ad3
Ab4+ 5.Ad2 Axd2+ 6.Dxd2 0-0 7.Cc3
Cc6
[More accurate was 7...d6 so as on
8.Cge2 to have the possibility of
replying (However, after 8.Cf3 Cc6
9.d5 Ce5 Black either breaks up the
pawns on White's king's flank or, after
10.Cxe5 dxe5 to all intents and
puposes has played ...e5. Now White
plays Nge2 with advantage. )]
8.Cge2 d6 9.d5 Ce7 As a result of
Black's inaccuracy, White creates a
breach for himself. 10.dxe6 Axe6
11.Cd4 Ad7 12.Dc2 Cg4 ending the f-
pawn and provoking the move h3, which
would be a loss of tempo since the
knight is heading for e5 anyway.
13.0-0-0! A good move: White creates
threats on the d-file. Ce5 14.Ae2 f4
[Black goes in for complications, since
after 14...b6 15.g3! the position is in
White's favour, White carries out e4
without difficulty, whereas Black
cannot play d5. ]
15.exf4 Txf4 16.c5! Cf5
[This move sets a trap. If White now
plays 16...Cf5 17.Cxf5 Axf5 18.Dd2
then Txf2 19.Ac4+ Cxc4 20.Dxf2
Dg5+ 21.Td2 dxc5 and Black has two
extra pawns. But White again finds the
right move and Black's position
becomes doubtful. ]
17.Cf3 Cxf3 18.Axf3 Tb4 A puzzling
defence of the b7 pawn, but there was
nothing better for Black. 19.Ae4?
[Completely mistaken! The move which
suggests itself, 19.a3 was the best
here. The continuation Cd4 20.Ad5+
Rh8 21.Dd2 Cb3+ 22.Axb3 Txb3
23.cxd6 is clearly unsatisfactory for
Black. After ]
[ 19.a3 Td4 20.Axb7 Black would not
have compensation for thye lost
pawn. ]
19...Cd4 20.Axh7+ Rh8 21.Dd3 dxc5
Black has a powerful knight on d4;
White's attack proves to be not
dangerous. 22.Ae4 Ae6 23.The1 Df6
24.Te3 Td8 25.Rb1 Tb6! Threatening
....Rbd6 with an overwhelming position.
In severe time-pressure White thinks up
a desperate combination. 26.Ad5 Txd5
27.Cxd5 Axd5 28.Th3+ Rg8 29.Dh7+
Rf8
[Here Black expected 29...Rf8
30.Dh8+ Ag8 31.Txd4 cxd4 32.Tf3
Dxf3 33.gxf3 Th6 But White preferred
to perish in another way. ]
30.Dh5 Txb2+! 31.Rxb2 Dxf2+
0-1
C09
Rudakovsky,Iosif
Boleslavsky,Isaak
Ukranian Championship 1940
[Boleslavsky]
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Cd2 c5 4.exd5
exd5 5.Cgf3 Cc6 6.Ab5 Ad6 7.0-0
Cge7 8.dxc5 Axc5 9.Cb3 Ab6 10.h3
This continuation can hardly be
recommended. though White prevents
the pin of the knight on f3, he lses time
and weakens the king's flank, which
could have vital significance. It is
sufficient to recall the game Panov -
Bondaraevsky from the 10th USSR
Championship. Better was 10.Be3 as
Botvinnik played against me in the match
tournament of six 1941. 0-0 11.Af4 Cg6
12.Ah2 a6 13.Ae2 Df6 14.c3 Te8
[He should play 14...Cf4 15.Axf4 Dxf4
16.Dxd5 Te8 Black's initiative fully
compensates for the loss of the pawn.
For example 17.Ad1 (or 17.Dd1 Af5
18.Cbd4 Tad8 ;or 17.Tae1 Axh3
18.gxh3 Dg3+ 19.Rh1 Axf2
with a strong attack. ) 17...Ae6 18.Dd2
Df6 19.Te1 h6 followed by 20.--
Tad8 ]
[In making the move 14...Te8
Black expected the reply 15.Te1
and reckoned on carrying out the
above-mentioned manoeuvre with
great force, but after White's next
correct move it does not happen at
all. ]
15.Dd2 Ae6 Perhaps this bishop should
be transferred via f5 to the e4 square,
where it would be more actively posted
than on e6. 16.Cbd4 Ca5
[With this move Black refrains from the
struggle for the d4 square, but the
transfer of the knight to c4 does not
yeild much for his particular benefit.
Worthy of attention is 16...Cge5 ]
17.Tae1 Tac8 18.Ad3 Ad7 19.Dc2
Cc4 20.Af5 By exchanging bishops,
White takes control of the important f5
square and forces Black to go over to
defence. Axf5 21.Cxf5 Ac5
Defending the d6 square and threatening
22. ...Nxb2. 22.C3d4 Cf8 23.b3 Ce5
[Again, this is inaccurate 23...Cb6
is better. ]
24.De2! Ced7 25.Dg4? With this move
White destroys the fruits of all his
previous work. Of course, he should
exchange on e6. In the position reached,
the two rooks are considerably stronger
than the queen and it would be very
difficult for Black to defend himself,
whereas now he obtains fully equal
chances. g6 26.Ce3 Cb6 27.Td1 Ce6
the first result of White's 25th move -
black fights for the d4 square. 28.Td3
h5 29.Dd1 Cxd4 30.cxd4 Ad6
31.Axd6 Dxd6 32.f4 The right move.
The remoteness of the black knight and
the somewhat weakened Black's flank
gives White grounds to look for
counterchances here. On more or less
accurate play by the opponent, white
could not reckon on a strong attack, but
this offensive is the best means to
simplify the game and neutralise Black's
pressure on the e- and c-files. Te4 33.f5
[A hasty move, after which White is
deprived of counterplay and falls into a
difficult position. The advance of the f-
pawn should be prepared by the move
33.Df3 In this event there could follow
Tce8 34.f5 De7 35.fxg6 fxg6 36.Df6
Dxf6 ( 36...Txe3 37.Dxb6 Txd3
38.Dxg6+ ) 37.Txf6 T8e6 38.Txe6
Txe6 39.Rf2 with a quick draw. ]
33...Tf4 34.Tf3 Txf3 35.Dxf3 Tc1+
36.Cf1
[ 36.Td1 is slightly better though after
Txd1+ 37.Cxd1 ( 37.Dxd1 Df4 )
37...Df6 Black has the advantage. ]
36...Rg7 37.Df2 Cd7 38.Tf3 Cf6
39.Dd2 Tc7
[In the present position, the c-file is
more important for Black than the first
rank. It is weaker to defend the rook
with the queen, since this would allow
White, in the event of 39...Dc7 by
40.Dg5 and in the event of ]
[ 39...Dc6 40.Df4 to avert the main
danger - the invasion of the black
knight on e4. ]
40.Cg3 h4 41.Ce2 Ce4 42.Dd3 g5
The game is strategicallly decided. The
following desperate by White brings him
no relief. 43.g3 hxg3 44.f6+ Rg6!
[ 44...Cxf6 is not good 45.Cxg3
with the threat 46. Nf5+. On ]
[ 44...Rg8 there could follow 45.De3
with the threat of of 46.h4. ]
45.Txg3
[ 45.Cxg3 is not possible because of
Tc3 If ]
[ 45.Rg2 then Dc6 46.Cxg3 Dc2+
with a winning endgame. ]
45...Dxf6 46.Tf3 Dc6 47.Tf1 De6
48.Df3 Rg7 49.De3
[On 49.Cg3 Cd2 would have followed
50.Cf5+ Rg6 ]
49...Tc2 50.a3 f6 51.b4 Dc6
Threatening to invade with the queen via
c4, and setting a little trap. 52.Tc1?
Txe2
0-1
B11
Boleslavsky,Isaak
Khavin
Ukranian Championship 1940
[Boleslavsky]
Blitz 4m+2s 128MB, Informant.ctg,
AUTOMATIC 1.e4 c6 2.Cf3 d5 3.Cc3
dxe4 4.Cxe4 Cf6 5.Cxf6+ gxf6
Taking with the g-pawn leads to a
sharper game than taking with the e-
pawn. The first way involves certain
danger for Black; with inaccurate play he
could easily be subjected to a crushing
attack. On the other hand, if White
should play insufficiently energetically,
he could rapidly fall into an inferior
position. This sharp variation is quite
often employed by grandmaster Flohr,
and also masters Sokilsky and
Konstatinoplsky. 6.Ac4 Tg8
[Preparing the development of the
bishop to g4. If at once 6...Ag4 then
7.Ce5 ]
7.0-0 Ag4 8.d4 e6
[ 8...Axf3 is bad 9.Dxf3 Dxd4 10.Db3
but ]
[ 8...Dc7 is better in order to forestall
White's next move. ]
9.Af4 Ad6 10.Ag3 f5 This attacking
move turns out badly. Black does not
succeed in forcing an exchange of
bishops on d6, and the e6 and e5
squares are sensitively weakened.
11.Dd3!
[If now 11.Dd3 f4 then 12.Dxh7 Tg6
also other moves are no better. 13.Ah4
Axf3 14.Dxg6! Dxh4 15.Dg8+
and White is left the exchange ahead. ]
11...Axf3
[Black is tempted to accept the
sacrifice and falls into a losing position.
Relatively better was 11...Axg3
12.hxg3 Cd7 13.Tfe1 Df6 and Black
manages to complete his
development. ]
12.Dxf3 Axg3 13.hxg3 Dxd4
Black has won a pawn but right up to the
end of the game he does not succeed in
completing the development of his
pieces, nor in moving his king to a safe
haven. 14.Db3! Dd7 In view of the
threats of 15.Qxb7 and 15. Be6 - the
only move. 15.Tad1 De7 16.Tfe1 Tg6
17.Te2 Threatening to double rooks on
the d- or e-file. b5 18.Ad3 Tf6 19.Dc3!
[ 19.Dc3 -- White threatens both 20.
Bxb5 and 20.Axf5 Txf5 21.Dh8+ Df8
22.Td8+ To defend himself, Black is
forced to weaken his position still
further. ]
19...b4 20.Dc4 a5 21.g4! A decisive
opening of lines. fxg4 22.Dxg4 Cd7
23.Ae4 Dc5
[If 23...Tc8 then 24.Dg5 with the
threats of -- 25.Ted2 and 25.Qxa5.
White's attack also in this case was
hardly to be repelled. ]
24.Dh4
[Also winning is 24.Dg7 Tf4 25.g3
Txe4 26.Txe4 Dxc2 27.Txe6+ fxe6
28.Txd7 ]
24...Tg6 The rook has no other retreat.
25.Axg6 hxg6 26.Ted2 Ta7 27.Dh8+
1-0
E04
Boleslavsky,Isaak
Budo,A
Rostov 1939
[Boleslavsky]
1.d4 Cf6 2.c4 e6 3.Cf3 Ab4+ 4.Cbd2
0-0 5.g3 d5 6.Ag2 An interesting pawn
sacrifice with a view to quick
developement. dxc4 7.0-0 c3
[On 7...b5 there could follow 8.b3 c3
9.Cb1 and White wins back the pawn.
But the capture of a second pawn
places Black in a dangerous position.
He should apparently play ]
[ 7...Axd2 ]
8.bxc3 Axc3 9.Tb1 Axd4 10.Cxd4
Dxd4 11.Ab2 Dd8 12.Dc2 Cbd7
13.Tfd1 Tb8
[Black wants to develop the bishop on
c8. But the position of the rook on b8
proves to be unfortunate since it
comes under fire from White's black-
squared bishop. He should play 13...c5
at once. ]
14.Tbc1 c5
[Now this is out of place. Better was
14...c6 ]
15.Ce4 De7?
[After this move Black suffers great
material loss, without improving his
position. He should play 15...Cd5
so as, by giving back his material
advantage after 16.Cxc5 Cxc5
17.Dxc5 Db6 to simplify the position. ]
16.Cxf6+ gxf6
[After 16...Cxf6 17.Ae5 Black loses
the exchange and a pawn. ]
17.Da4
[ 17.Da4 -- Threatening 18.Dg4+ Rh8
19.Dh4 with the threat of Rxd7 e5
20.Ae4 and White wins; to save
himself from the threat, Black is forced
to allow the destruction of his queen's
flank. ]
17...Ce5 18.Dxa7 Ad7 19.Aa3!
This is stronger than the immediate
capture of the c5 pawn; Black cannot
now play 19. ....b6 because of 20.f4. Ta8
20.Axc5 Txa7 21.Axe7 Te8 22.Axf6
Cg4 23.Aa1!
[Playing for the double attack would be
a false trail: 23.Ad4 Txa2 24.h3 Aa4!
25.hxg4 Axd1 26.Txd1 Td8 27.Td3
Txe2 28.Te3 Txe3 29.Axe3 b5
and White has no chances of a win. ]
23...Ac6 In order to rid himself of one of
White's bishops. But this will only hasten
the end. 24.Axc6 bxc6 25.Tc4 h5
[Also after 25...f5 26.a4
Black's position is hopeless. ]
26.Tc5 Txa2 Desperation! 27.Txh5 f5
28.Th8+ Rf7 29.Td7+
1-0
B11
Boleslavsky,Isaak
Batyev
Rostov 1939
[Boleslavsky]
1.e4 c6 2.Cc3 d5 3.Cf3 dxe4 4.Cxe4
Cf6 5.Cxf6+ exf6 6.Ac4 Ae7
[In the event of 6...Ad6 there may
folllow 7.De2+ which forces either an
exchange of queens and transfer to an
ending with a favourable pawn
formation for White, or the retreat of
the bishop on d6. ]
7.0-0 0-0 8.d4 Ad6 9.c3 Ag4 10.h3
Ah5 11.g4 The only move to maintain
the initiative. The weakening of the king's
flank is not dangerous for White since he
has a superiority in the centre and
quickly mobilises all his forces. Ag6
12.Ch4 Cd7 13.Df3 Te8?
[The beginning of an incorrect plan
which irreparably worsens Black's
position. Black endeavours to transfer
the knight via f8 to e6 in order to
occupy the f4 square. However, the
move 13 ....Re8 seriously weakens the
f7-square. He should play 13...Cb6
and then, at a opportune moment, ...
Nd5, limiting the sphere of influence of
the bishop on e4. ]
14.Cxg6 hxg6 15.h4! Preventing the
blockading move ....g5. Cf8 16.Ad2
Dc7 17.Rg2 Ce6 18.Th1 Completing
the re-grouping of his forces for the
attack. Now 19.g5 or 19.h5 is
threatened. Af4
[Also after 18...Cf4+ 19.Axf4 Axf4
20.g5 White has a very strong attack,
for example fxg5 21.hxg5 Axg5
22.Axf7+ Dxf7 23.Th8+ etc. ]
19.Axe6! Axd2 20.Ab3 Df4
[Black placed all his hopes on this
move. On 20...Af4 there would have
followed 21.g5 ]
21.Tad1 Te7
[After 21...Dxf3+ 22.Rxf3 Ah6
23.Thg1 g5 24.h5 Black gets into a
losing position since the bishop on h6
is hopelessly locked in. ]
22.g5 fxg5
[Black's position is already
unsatisfactory, for example: 1) 22...f5
23.Th3 with the threat to win a piece
after Qd3 Tae8 24.Dxf4 Axf4 25.Rf3
Ac7 26.h5 Rh7 27.h6 Te1 28.Axf7 ]
[2) 22...Rh7 23.gxf6 gxf6 24.Txd2
Dxd2 25.Dxf6 followed by h5 with
irresistable threats. ]
23.h5 Dxf3+
[After 23...gxh5 24.Dxh5 Black cannot
satisfactorily defend himself against
mate. ]
24.Rxf3 g4+ 25.Rg3 Ah6 26.hxg6 a5
27.a4 Rf8 28.gxf7 Td8 29.Tde1 Tdd7
30.Te5 Txe5 31.dxe5 Td2 32.e6 Re7
33.Te1 g6 34.Ac4 Txb2 35.Td1 Ad2
36.Rxg4 b5 37.axb5 cxb5 38.Axb5
Ah6 39.Ac4 Tb7 40.Td5 Rf6 41.Txa5
Af8 42.Ta8 Rg7 43.Ad5 Te7 44.c4
Tc7 45.Rf4 Ad6+ 46.Re4 Af8 47.c5
Te7 48.c6 Tc7 49.Re5 Te7 50.Txf8
Rxf8 51.Rd6
1-0
C15
Keres,Paul
Boleslavsky,Isaak
URS-ch12 Moscow 1940
[ChessBase]
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Cc3 Ab4 4.a3
Axc3+ 5.bxc3 dxe4 6.Dg4 Cf6
7.Dxg7 Tg8 8.Dh6 Tg6 9.Dd2 Cc6
10.Ab2 Ce7
[ 10...b6 ]
[ 10...Dd6 ]
11.f3
[ 11.c4 ]
[ 11.Ce2!? Cf5 12.0-0-0 Ad7
13.Cf4 Tg8 14.c4 De7 15.g3 0-0-0
16.Ag2 Dubinin-Berga/corr/1978/ ]
11...Ad7 12.fxe4 Cxe4 13.De3 Cd6
14.De5 Tg8 15.Cf3 Cg6 16.De3 Ch4
17.Ce5 Cxg2+ 18.Axg2 Txg2 19.0-0-0
Dg5 20.Dxg5 Txg5 21.Tdg1 Txg1+
22.Txg1 0-0-0 23.Tg7 f6 24.Cg4 Ce4
25.c4 h5 26.Ce3 b6 27.Rd1 f5
28.Cg2 Cd6 29.Ac1 Cxc4 30.Ag5
Th8 31.Af6 Te8 32.Cf4 Ce3+ 33.Rd2
Cg4 34.Cxh5 Th8 35.Txg4 Txh5
36.Tg8+ Rb7 37.h4 f4 38.Ag5 Ac6
39.Tg7 Ae4 40.c3 b5 41.Tf7
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E68
Botvinnik,Mikhail
Boleslavsky,Isaak
[ChessBase]
1.d4 Cf6 2.c4 d6 3.Cc3 e5 4.Cf3
Cbd7 5.g3 g6 6.Ag2 Ag7 7.0-0 0-0
8.e4 Te8 9.d5 Cc5 10.Ce1 a5 11.h3
Tf8
[ 11...Ch5!? 12.Rh2 Ad7 13.Af3 Cf6
14.Cd3 b6 15.Ae3 Tf8 16.Tc1
Dc8= ]
12.Ae3 Ce8 13.Cd3 b6 14.Dd2 f5
15.exf5 gxf5 16.f4 Cxd3 17.Dxd3 e4
18.Dd2 Df6 19.Tf2 Ad7 20.Td1 Dg6
21.Ce2 Cf6 22.Ad4 Tae8 23.De3 h6
24.Cc3 Tf7 25.Af1 Rh7 26.Ae2 h5
27.Tg2 Ah6 28.Tf1 Tg8 29.Tff2 Ag7
30.a3 h4 31.gxh4 Dh6 32.Tg5 Dxh4
33.Tfg2 Ae8 34.Txf5 Ah6 35.Tfg5!
Axg5 36.fxg5 Ch5 37.Axh5 Dxh5
38.Dxe4+ Tg6 39.Dxe8 Txg5 40.Dh8+
Rg6 41.Dg8+ Rf5 42.Dc8+ Rf4
43.De6 Txg2+ 44.Rxg2 Df3+ 45.Rg1
Dg3+ 46.Rf1 Df3+ 47.Af2 Dh5
48.Ce2+ Rg5 49.h4+
1-0
C09
Bondarevsky,Igor
Boleslavsky,Isaak
[ChessBase]
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Cd2 c5 4.exd5
exd5 5.Cgf3 Cc6 6.Ab5 Ad6 7.dxc5
Axc5 8.0-0 Cge7 9.Cb3 Ab6 10.c3
0-0 11.Cbd4 Ag4 12.Dd3
[ 12.Ae2 Cxd4 13.Cxd4 Axe2
14.Cxe2 Cc6 15.Af4= Ostojic,N-
Damjanovic,V Belgrade 1993 ]
12...Dd6 13.Aa4 Cg6
[ 13...Tac8 14.Ag5 Cg6 15.Tfe1 h6
16.Ae3 Gosek-Seifert Lublin 1977 ]
14.Ac2 Cxd4 15.Cxd4 Ac7 16.g3 Df6
17.Ae3 Ah3 18.Tfe1 Tfe8 19.f4 Cf8
20.Cf3 g6 21.Ad4 Dc6 22.Dd2 Ce6
23.Ab3 Tad8 24.Te3 Cc5 25.Axc5
Dxc5 26.Cd4 Af5 27.Txe8+ Txe8
28.Te1 Txe1+ 29.Dxe1 Ae4 30.De2
Ab6 31.Rf2 Dc6 32.De3 Dc8 33.Re1
Rf8 34.Df2
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C97
Boleslavsky,Isaak
Panov,Vasily N
[Boleslavsky]
1.e4 e5 2.Cf3 Cc6 3.Ab5 a6 4.Aa4
Cf6 5.0-0 Ae7 6.Te1 b5 7.Ab3 d6
8.c3 0-0 9.h3 Ca5 10.Ac2 c5 11.d4
Dc7 12.Cbd2 Ae6
[Panov's system in the Ruy Lopez,
worked out by him against the Rauzer
variation, consists of 12...Ad7
with a subsequent transfer of the
knight on a5 via c4 to b6. In the
present game, Panov modifies his
variation, bringing out the bishop to e6,
but this alteration is rather in White's
favour. ]
13.dxe5 dxe5 14.Cg5 Ad7 15.De2
[a cunning move! On 15.Cf1
Panov would have immediately replied
Cc4 but now it is necessary to think up
something else. ]
15...h6 16.Cgf3
[ 16.Cgf3 Now on Ae6 there follows
17.Ch4 transferrring the knight to f5.
The weakening of the king's flank with
15. ...h6 tells. After 16. ...Be6 17. Nh4,
Black has to either allow the knight to
f5, or go in for a further weakening of
the kings flank by the move 17...g6.
Neither this nor the other suited Panov
and he thought about a diversion with
the knight to the f4 square. But it turns
out that the exchange on the f4 square
favours Black only in that case when
he maintains control over the e5
square, which is vacated after the
exchange. In the present position, with
the knight on a5 and the bishop on e7,
Black of course cannot count on taking
possession of the e5 square. ]
16...Ch5 17.Cf1 Tfe8 18.C3h2
Inviting the opponent to carry out his
plan. Cf4 19.Axf4 exf4 20.e5
[ 20.e5 Black's position is rather
difficult. It is not apparent how to
defend the f4 pawn. On g6 21.e6!
is unpleasant Axe6 22.Axg6 Ac4
23.Ad3 with a clear advantage to
White. It seems that Black, in return for
the the f4 pawn, could capture the e5
pawn, but in fact after ]
[ 20.e5 Af8 21.De4 g6 22.Dxf4 Cc6
23.Cf3 Ag7 24.Tad1! the e5 pawn is
invelnerable. Black's next move does
not solve the problem and only
provokes an advance of the white h-
pawn, which is unpleasant for Black. ]
20...Ag5 21.Cf3 g6 22.h4 Af6
It is necessary to transfer the bishop to
g7 for defence of the king's flank. 23.h5
[Here White could win a pawn with
23.Dd2 but he prefers to play for the
attack. ]
23...Cc4?
[The decisive mistake! By allowing the
destruction of his king's pawn cover.
Black falls into a losing position. Of
course he should play 23...g5
White's attack on the diagonal b1-h7
diagonal would not be dangerous for
Black. For example 24.Dd3 Ag7
25.C1d2 Cc6 26.Ce4 Cxe5 27.Cxe5
Axe5! and there is nothing for White;
the variation (But not 27...Txe5
since after 28.Cd6! White's attack is
irresistable. ) 28.Cxc5 Dxc5 29.Dxd7
Tad8 is in Black's favour. It is true,
after ]
[ 23...g5 White has a stronger
continuation 24.Ae4! Ac6 25.C1d2
Ag7 26.a4 with a good game, but this
would be a far lesser evil than that
which occurs in the game. ]
24.hxg6 Cxe5 25.Cxe5 Txe5
[ 25...Dxe5 is not possible because of
26.Dd3 ]
26.Df3 Txe1 27.Txe1
[An inaccuracy! After the immediate
27.gxf7+ Rxf7 28.Txe1 Black would
lose in a few moves. ]
27...Tf8 28.Dh5 Ag5 29.Cd2
[The continuation 29.Te7
is not effective enough because of Dd6
30.gxf7+ Rh8 and there is apparently
nothing decisive. ]
29...Dc6 30.Cf3 fxg6 31.Axg6 Af5
[After the exchange of bishops, Black
loses because of the weakness of the
white squares, White's task would be
more complicated in the endgame with
an extra pawn which is obtained on
31...Df6 32.Cxg5 Dxg5 33.Dxg5 hxg5
34.Te5 Rg7 35.Ae4 Rf6 36.Txc5
The far advanced pawns on the king's
flank, when the opportunity presents
itself, would give Black quite good
counterplay. ]
32.Axf5 Txf5 33.Dg4 Dd5
The superiority of the white knight over
the black bishop is striking. Black's
position is smashed, and sooner or later
the white pieces will burst into the
opponent's camp. 34.Ch4 Tf7 35.Cf3
Tf5 36.b3 After repeating moves to gain
time, White brings about an opening of
lines on the queen's flank. Rh7 37.c4
bxc4 38.bxc4 Df7 39.Tb1 Ad8
40.Tb8 Ag5 41.Tb7! The simplest. The
exchange of rook's underlines the
feebleness of the black bishop. Dxb7
42.Dxf5+ Rh8 43.Ce5
[With the move 43.Dxc5 White would
win a pawn since Db1+ 44.Rh2 Dxa2
is not possible because of 45.Df8+
Rh7 46.Df7+ Rh8 47.Ce5 but also
the move in the game is quite
sufficient. ]
43...Rg8 44.Rh2 De7 45.Rh3 Af6
Otherwise, after transferring the king to
g4, White wins easily by exchanging
queen's. There followed ...... 46.Cg6
Dd6 47.Cxf4 Ad4 48.f3 a5 49.De6+
Dxe6+ 50.Cxe6 Af2 51.Rg4 Rf7
52.Rf5 h5 53.Cf4 h4 54.Cd3
1-0
B85
Boleslavsky,Isaak
Kotov,Alexander
[Chekhov]
1.e4 c5 2.Cf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Cxd4
Cf6 5.Cc3 a6 6.Ae2 Dc7 7.0-0 e6
8.f4 Cc6 9.Rh1 Ae7 10.Ae3 Ad7
11.De1 b5 12.a3 0-0 13.Dg3 Tfd8
[ 13...Tab8 14.e5! dxe5 15.fxe5 Cxe5
16.Txf6! Axf6 17.Af4 b4 18.Ce4 Rh8
19.Ad3 Da5 20.Cxf6 gxf6 21.Dh4
Cg6 22.Dxf6+ Rg8 23.Axb8
Kasparov/ ]
[ 13...Rh8 14.Ad3 Tac8 15.Tae1 Ca5
16.e5 Ce8 17.f5 Tukmakov,V-Hesse/
Orebro/1966/ ]
[ 13...b4!? 14.axb4 Cxb4 15.e5 Ce8
16.Tad1 dxe5 17.fxe5 f5 18.exf6
Axf6 19.Ce4 Dxg3 20.hxg3 Cd5!=
Kasparov/ ]
14.Af3
[ 14.Ad3!? b4? 15.Cxc6 ]
14...Tab8 15.Tad1 b4 16.axb4 Txb4
17.e5!? Ce8?!
[ 17...dxe5!? 18.fxe5 Cxe5 19.Af4
Ad6 20.Cde2 Txf4! ]
18.f5! Cxe5 19.fxe6 fxe6 20.Ag5?!
[ 20.Ad5! Dc8 21.Cf5 Af6 22.Ce4
Txe4 23.Ch6+ Rh8 24.Axe4 gxh6
25.Axh6 ]
20...Cf6! 21.Cf5!?
[ 21.Axf6!? Axf6 22.Ad5 Txd4
23.Txd4 Cg6 24.Tc4 Db6 ]
21...exf5 22.Cd5
[ 22.Axf6 Axf6 23.Cd5 Db8 24.Cxf6+
Rh8 ]
22...Cxd5 23.Axd5+ Rh8
[ 23...Rf8 24.Axe7+ Rxe7 25.Dxg7+
Re8 26.Tde1!+ ]
24.Axe7 Te8?!
[ 24...Tc8!? ]
25.Axd6! Dxd6 26.Af7 De7?!
[ 26...Db8!? 27.Axe8 Axe8 28.Txf5 ]
27.Axe8 Dxe8 28.Tde1 f4
[ 28...Te4 29.Txe4 fxe4 30.Dxe5!+ ]
29.Txf4 Txb2 30.Tfe4 Txc2 31.Txe5
Dg6 32.Te7! Ae6?
[ 32...Dxg3 33.Te8++ ]
[ 32...Ab5 33.Db8++ ]
33.T7xe6
1-0
B11
Boleslavsky,Isaak
Polyak
Lvov 1940
[Boleslavsky]
1.e4 c6 2.Cf3 d5 3.Cc3 dxe4 4.Cxe4
Af5 It seems that Black is about to fall
into a trap, but the move in the game is
no more than a rather harmless ruse.
5.Cg3 Ag4
[Bad is the natural 5...Ag6? 6.h4 h6
7.Ce5 Ah7 8.Dh5 g6 9.Df3 Cf6
10.Db3 with a double threat on f7 and
b7 (Lasker - Hennebergaer,
International tournament at Zurich
1934. But now a well-known variation
of the Caro-Kann Defence is obtained,
in which Black has a rather passive,
but solid position. The right method of
play for Black in this position was
demonstrated by Bronstein in the 10th
game of the match, Bronstein -
Boleslavsky. ]
6.h3 Axf3 7.Dxf3 Cf6 8.Ac4 e6 9.c3
Ad6 10.d4 0-0 11.Ag5 Cbd7 12.0-0
Da5 13.h4 In order to provoke the move
...h6 weakening the king's flank. Tfe8
14.Tfe1 Tac8 15.Tad1 c5?
[This move is positionally mistaken.
Open lines favour White who has two
bishops. Black should play 15...Ae7
with a very sturdy position. ]
16.dxc5 Dxc5 17.Ab3 h6
[ 17...Ce5 18.De2 Ceg4 19.Cf1
gives Black nothing h6 20.Ac1 Ce4
21.Txd6 Cexf2 22.Ae3 ]
18.Ae3 Dc7 19.Ch5 White, in order to
obtain attacking chances, needs to
exchange one of the black knights. Cxh5
20.Dxh5 Cc5?
[An incorrect plan of defence; he
should play 20...Cf6 and not remove
the knight from the king's flank. ]
21.Ac2 Af4
[ 21...Af4 This is Black's idea. He
considered that the exchange of
bishops is now inevitable if only
because alreadyafter 22.Td4 Axe3
23.Txe3 White threatens to come
down with all his pieces on the
opponent's king flank. Black would
have to defend himself with only
moves. True, on accurate defence, it
seems he would succeed in this. Cd7!
24.Tf3 Te7 25.Tg4 f5 26.Dxh6 Ce5
and now White has to sacrifice a rook
27.Txg7+ Txg7 28.Dxe6+ Cf7
29.Txf5 White has four pawns and an
attack for the rook, but the outcome of
the game is still not clear. With the
move in the game, White maintains the
advantage without any risk. ]
22.Ad4! Ad6
[A painful return. The intended 22...e5
does not work because of 23.Axc5
Dxc5 24.Td7 Te7 ( 24...Tf8 25.Ab3 )
25.Txe7 Dxe7 26.Df5 and White
wins. ]
23.Dg4 e5
[This move weakens the white squares
in decisive fashion, but also on
23...Af8 would follow 24.Ae5 De7
( 24...Dc6 25.Te3 with the threat of
Bxg7. ) 25.Te3 Cd7 26.Ad6 Df6
27.De4 g6 28.Tf3 Dg7 29.Axf8 Cxf8
30.Dxb7 Tb8 31.Dxa7 Txb2 32.Ab3
with a decisive advantage. ]
24.Ae3 Rf8 25.Df5 Ce6 In order to
have the possibility of meeting 25,Qh7
with 25. ...Ke7. For the next six moves
White manouevres to achieve a decisive
arrangement of his pieces. 26.Aa4 Ted8
27.Ab3 Te8
[If 27...De7 then 28.Axe6 Dxe6
29.Dxe6 fxe6 30.Axa7 with an easy
win. ]
28.Td5 Rg8 29.Ted1 Tcd8
[If 29...Ted8 then 30.T5d2 and Black
is defenceless. ]
30.Aa4 Tf8 31.Ac2 Tfe8
[Black moves to and fro with the rook.
If 31...g6 then 32.Dh3 Rg7 33.h5
with a decisive attack. ]
32.Dh7+ Rf8 33.Aa4 For the third time
the bishop attacks the ill-fated rook on
e8, and this time it already has nowhere
to go, b6 This move shows that black
still intends to resist, by giving up the
exchange, but White's next move
destroys all hope. 34.Txd6!
1-0
C15
Lilienthal,Andor
Boleslavsky,Isaak
Leningrad/Moscow (1) 1941
[Boleslavsky]
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Cc3 Ab4 4.Ad3
[This continuation is weaker than the
usual 4.e5 and does not create any
difficulties for Black. ]
4...dxe4
[Another continuation is 4...c5 5.exd5
Dxd5 6.Ad2?! Axc3 7.Axc3 cxd4
8.Axd4 Dxg2 9.Df3 Dxf3 10.Cxf3
In the position reached, White has, for
the pawn, a positional advantage, but
the absence of queens from the board
give Black good chances of a
successful defence. ]
5.Axe4 Cf6 6.Ad3 c5 7.a3 Axc3+
8.bxc3 Cbd7 9.Cf3 Dc7 10.0-0
He should take on c5, not allowing Black
to carry out the following blockading
manoeuvre. c4 11.Ae2 Cd5
[If White now defends the pawn by
11...Cd5 12.Ad2 or 12.Bb2 then after
0-0 followed by 13.-- f6 he can hardly
make progress and Black's positional
advantage will soon become decisive.
Therefore Lilienthal prefers to sacrifice
a pawn to obtain counterplay. ]
12.a4 Cxc3
[ 12...0-0 was worth considering
13.Aa3 Te8 14.Dd2 a5 maintaining a
positional advantage and avoiding the
complications arising in the game. ]
13.Dd2 Cxe2+ 14.Dxe2 0-0 15.Aa3
Td8 16.d5!
[ 16.d5 This pawn cannot be taken
because of exd5 17.De7 Db6 18.Ad6
-- with the threat of 19.Tfb1
But the advance d5-d6 is not
dangerous for Black - on the condition
that he manages to complete his
development. ]
16...Cf6 17.d6 Da5 18.Dxc4
[If 18.Ce5 then Ad7 19.Cxc4 Da6
20.Dd3 Tdc8 21.Ce5 Dxd3 22.cxd3
Axa4 with advantage to Black. ]
18...Ad7 White has won back the pawn,
but his a4, c2, d6 pawns are weak, and
his is forced to seek chances on the
king's wing. 19.Dh4 Ac6 20.Ab4 Df5
21.Cd4 Dd5 22.Cxc6 Dxc6
The exchan ge of the bishop does not
ease White's position, since it does not
remove the basic defect of the pawns on
the queen's wing. 23.Ta3 a5!
[Preventing the transfer of the rook to
the king's wing. If now 23...a5 24.Tg3
then Ce4 25.Th3 h6 26.Aa3 Cxd6
and Black wins a pawn with the better
position. ]
24.Ac3 Ce8 25.Axa5 Txd6
The position is simplified and there is a
definite advantage for Black in view of
his better pawn formation and control of
open lines. 26.Ab4 Td7 27.Ac3 Tad8
28.h3 Td1 29.Ta1 Txf1+ 30.Txf1 Tc8
[An inaccuracy which allows White to
keep his material advantage 30...Ta8
31.Ab4 Cf6 one of White's pawns is
lost. ]
31.Ad2 Cf6 32.a5 Dd5 33.Db4 h6
[It is necessary to create a flight
square. 33...Txc2 is bad 34.a6! Dxd2
35.Dxd2 Txd2 36.a7 Td8 ( 36...Ta2
37.Td1 ) 37.Tb1 and Black has to give
up the rook for the a-pawn. ]
34.Tb1 Ce4 35.Ae3 Cd6 36.Da4 Cc4
[Forestalling 36...Cc4 37.a6
on which would follow Cxe3 38.fxe3
bxa6 39.Dxa6 Txc2 with great
chances of a win, since Black not only
has an extra pawn but also has
overwhelming positions for his
peices. ]
37.Ab6 Tc6 38.c3 f5 After placing his
peices on the best positions, Black
begins an offensive on the king's wing.
This forces White to give up passive
defence and look for simplification of the
game. 39.Td1 De5 40.Tb1
[Now Black captures a pawn, retaining
all the advantages of his position.
40.Db4 was slightly better but after
Cxb6 41.axb6 Txc3 42.De7 De4
White has n o continuation of the
attack since his rook cannot abandon
the first rank. After 43.f3 there is
nothing better De2! 44.Dd8+ ( 44.Td7
Tc1+ 45.Rh2 De5+ and mate in two
moves. ) 44...Rh7 45.Dd2 Dxd2
46.Txd2 Tc6 47.Tb2 g5 Black must
gradually win the endgame. White has
most chances of a draw in the
endgameafter ]
[ 40.Ad4 Dxa5 41.Dxa5 Cxa5 42.Tb1
Rf7 43.Tb5 Ta6 44.Rf1 and it is not
easy for Black to improve the positions
of his pieces. ]
40...Dxc3 41.Ad8 Cd2 42.Td1 Dd3
43.Ab6 Tc4 44.Da1
[If 44.Txd2 Tc1+ 45.Rh2 Dxd2
46.Ae3 Dd6+ 47.Af4 Dc6 ]
44...f4 45.Rh2 Rh7 46.Te1 Te4
47.Txe4 Dxe4 48.a6 bxa6 49.Dxa6
Db1 50.g4
[White resigned without waiting for his
opponent's reply since after 50.g4
Cf3+ 51.Rg2 De4 52.Rf1 Cg5
Black wins a second pawn with an
unceasing attack. ]
0-1
C40
Boleslavsky,Isaak
Lilienthal,Andor
Leningrad/Moscow (2) 1941
[Boleslavsky]
1.e4 e5 2.Cf3 d5 Employing variations
condemned by theory always entails the
risk of obtaining a bad position, but in the
present case, on the part of Lilienthal,
this is not a striving to leave the
theoretical path but rather going along
with indications of the opening handbook
without sufficient critical verification. Lili
enthal played the present variation
according to the book "Contemporary
Openings" published shortly before the
tournament. 3.Cxe5
[Strongest here is the simple 3.exd5 0
The sacrifice of a pawn after e4 4.De2
Cf6 5.Cc3 Ae7 6.Cxe4 Cxd5
is hardly correct, since after 7.d3 0-0
8.Dd1 it is not apparent how Black can
prevent White finishing his
development. ]
3...De7
[Though this move is also
recommended in "Contemporary
openings", it is perhaps not good since
it runs counter to the primciples of
development. Correct is 3...Ad6 4.d4
dxe4 5.Cc3 Axe5 6.dxe5 Dxd1+
7.Cxd1 Cc6 and White's advantage is
insignificant. ]
4.d4 f6 5.Cd3!
[Considerably better than 5.Cf3 dxe4
6.Cfd2 indicated in "Contemporary
Openings". The knight is transferred to
the strong f4 square. ]
5...dxe4
[Black wants to bar the white bishop
from c4, but he does not succeed in
this. Also the move in the game turns
out to be a decisive loss of time.
Relatively better is 5...f5 with 6.-- Cf6
to follow. ]
6.Cf4 Df7 7.Cd2 Af5 8.g4! Forcing the
opponent to give up either the e4 pawn
or the important e6 square. Ag6 9.Ac4
Dd7 10.De2
[Stronger than 10.Cxg6 hxg6 11.Cxe4
White, in the present position, must
strive not for the win of a pawn, but for
a very quick mobilisation of his pieces
for a decisive attack. ]
10...Dxd4 11.Ce6 Db6
[On 11...De5 there follows 12.Cb3
with the irresistible threat -- 13.Af4 ]
12.Cxe4 Cd7 13.Af4 White is not in a
hurry to exploit his chances on the e-file
and introduces all his pieces into the
battle, after which his attack is irresistible
. Ce5 14.0-0-0 Af7 15.C4g5 fxg5
16.Axe5 Axe6 17.Axc7 Either mate or
the loss of the black queen follows.
1-0
C01
Ivashin,Alexey
Boleslavsky,Isaak
Kuibyshev (8) 1942
[Boleslavsky]
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Cc3 Ab4 4.exd5
exd5 5.Ad3 Cc6 6.Cge2 Cge7 7.0-0
Af5 8.Axf5 Cxf5 9.Dd3 White tries to
exploit Black's 7th move in order to
obtain an active game. Dd7 10.Af4
Threatening 11.Bxc7. 0-0!
[ 10...0-0 It turns out that that the
threat of 11.Bxc7 is not dangerous for
Black. On 11.Axc7 Axc3 12.Cxc3
( 12.bxc3 Tfc8 13.Af4 Ca5
and Black has an excellent game )
12...Cb4! and White has nothing better
than 13.Db5 Dxb5 14.Cxb5 Cxc2
15.Tac1 with a rapid draw. But White
should still go in for this variation, since
after the following aggressive move he
obtains the worse position. ]
11.Dh3? De6! This move apparently
escaped White's attantion; the
opposition of the queens on the diagonal
proves to be in Black's favour. 12.Tad1
[Also 12.Axc7 Cfxd4 13.Cxd4 Cxd4
14.Dd3 Axc3 already would not give
White an equal game. ]
12...Axc3 13.bxc3 Cd6
[After 13...Dxe2 14.Dxf5
the weakness of the c7-pawn prevents
Black from achieving an advantage,.
For example Dc4 15.Dd3! Dxa2
16.Ta1 Dc4 17.Dxc4 dxc4 18.Axc7
and the passed d-pawn could be highly
unpleasant. ]
14.Dxe6 fxe6 15.Ag3 Ca5 16.Cf4 Rf7
17.Tfe1 Tfe8 18.Td3
[ 18.Td3 -- White threatens to drive off
the king with the move 19.Tf3
and then to capture the e6 pawn. Black
could have easily prevented this with
the move 18. ...Ne4, but he allows
White to carry out his plan, counting on
exploiting the resulting pin. ]
18...Cac4 19.Tf3 Rg8 20.Cxe6
When White took this pawn, he did not
see a direct refutation. Moreover, in the
event of refraining from the capture, all
his set-up would be non-sensical. h6
[At first sight, it seems that 20...Cf7
is simpler, with the threats of 21. ....
Ng5 and 21. ....Nd8, but in fact after
21.Tfe3 Cxe3 22.Cxc7 White comes
out unscathed. Now, however, ]
[ 20...h6 21.Axd6 cxd6 22.Tfe3
does not work, since after Cxe3
23.Cc7 Tec8 24.Cxa8 Cf5
White is left a piece down. ]
21.Ah4 Preventing the doubling of rooks
on the e-file, but danger comes from the
other side. a5!
[After 21...g5? 22.Ag3 Te7 23.Tf6
Black achieves nothing. ]
22.Te2 Ta6 23.h3
[There is nothing better; on 23.Rf1
Tb6 24.g4 Ce4 Black is winning. ]
23...Cf7 24.Cf4 Txe2 25.Cxe2 Te6!
White has no satisfactory retreat for the
knight. Material loss is inevitable. 26.Cf4
Te1+ 27.Rh2 g5 28.Cxd5 Cd2
29.Cf6+ Rh8 30.Td3 Cf1+ 31.Rg1
gxh4 32.g4 Ce3+ 33.Rh2 Cc4
black has not only a material advange ,
but he also has a positional advantage.
34.Cd5 Cg5 35.Cf4
[Or 35.Cxc7 Te2 36.Rg2 Txc2 37.d5
Ce4 etc. ]
35...Rg8 36.Cg6 Te2 37.Rg2 Txc2
38.Cxh4 Txa2 Now White has only one
pawn for the piece. The black a-pawn
goes on irrespressibly to queen. 39.Cf5
Rh7 40.h4 Ce4 41.Tf3 a4 42.d5 a3
43.Cd4 Tb2 44.Tf7+ Rg8 45.Txc7 a2
46.Tc8+ Rf7 47.Ta8 Txf2+ 48.Rh3
Cxc3 49.Ce6 Re7
0-1
C41
Boleslavsky,Isaak
Sherbakov,Vitaly S
Moscow-ch 1942
[Boleslavsky]
1.e4 e5 2.Cf3 d6 3.d4 Cd7 4.Ac4 c6
5.0-0 Ae7
[Black has chosen an unfavourable
variation of the Phillidor defence,
giving him a difficult game. If 5...Dc7
6.Cg5 Ch6 7.c3 Ae7 8.f4
with an attack for White. ]
6.dxe5 dxe5 7.Cg5 Axg5
[As is well known 7...Ch6
is not satisfactory 8.Ce6! fxe6 9.Axh6
Cb6 ( 9...gxh6? 10.Dh5+ leads to
mate ) 10.Dh5+ g6 ( 10...Rf8? 11.f4! )
11.De2 and Black's position is clearly
unsatisfactory. ]
8.Dh5 g6 9.Dxg5 Dxg5 10.Axg5 Cc5
Black has succeeded in simplifying the
p[osition, but not in equalising the game.
The white bishops are more active than
the black knights, the black squares in
particular the b6 square, are weakened.
White henceforth exerts pressure on the
opponent's queen's wing and on the
weak d6 square. 11.Cd2 Ce6
[ 11...Ae6 is not good 12.Ae3 Axc4
13.Cxc4 Cxe4 14.f3 Cef6 15.Cxe5
With black's bad development, the
opening of the game is clearly
unfavourable for him. ]
12.Ae3 Cf6 13.f3 Ch5 14.a4 Re7
15.Tfd1 Td8 16.Aa2 f6 17.Cc4 b6
Black already has no good continuation.
The weakening of the queen's wing, of
course, plays into White's hands.
18.Txd8
[ 18.a5 is more accurate, not freeing
the e6 square for the black bishop. ]
18...Cxd8 19.a5 Ae6 20.Ab3 Axc4
An incorrect decision. Black fears the
invasion of the white knight on d6, but
the consequences of this invasion would
be less dangerous for him than the
exchange of the important bishop.
21.Axc4 b5 22.Ac5+ Re8 23.Ag8 Cb7
24.Af2 a6 25.Ab6 Rf8 26.Ab3 Re7
27.g3 Cg7 28.c4 Tc8 29.Tc1 b4
30.c5 Cd8 31.Ac4 Chaining the rook to
the a-pawn. The locked-in black squared
bishop plays no role here, since also in
the future it will be locked-in by the suffici
ently active pawns. Ta8 32.Rf2 Cde6
The transfer of the knight to the
centralised d4 position does not ease
Black's position, since his remaining
pieces are too passive to organise any
kind of counterplay. 33.Re3 Cd4 34.f4
Cge6 35.Tf1 Cc2+ 36.Rd3 Ccd4
37.f5 gxf5
[ 37...Cg7 is no help 38.g4 g5 39.h4
h6 40.hxg5 hxg5 41.Th1
and the invasion of the rook decides. ]
38.exf5 Cg7 39.Re4 Ce8 40.g4 Cc2
41.Tf2 Cd4 42.g5! Undermining the
position of the knight on d4 and forcing it
to retreat. Cb5 43.Axb5 axb5 44.h4
Rf7 45.Td2 Re7 46.b3 Tb8 47.a6
Tc8 48.a7 Ta8 49.Td8 Cc7 50.Axc7
Txa7 51.gxf6+
1-0
C82
Boleslavsky,Isaak
Ragozin,Viacheslav
Moscow-ch 1942
[Boleslavsky]
1.e4 e5 2.Cf3 Cc6 3.Ab5 a6 4.Aa4
Cf6 5.0-0 Cxe4 6.d4 b5 7.Ab3 d5
8.dxe5 Ae6 9.c3 Ac5 10.Cbd2 0-0
11.Ac2 f5 12.Cb3 Aa7 13.Cbd4 Cxd4
14.Cxd4 Axd4 15.cxd4 f4
It is necessary for Black to display
activity on the king's flank, as otherwise
he simply comes to a halt in the worse
position. 16.f3 Cg3 17.hxg3 fxg3
18.Dd3
[If 18.Te1 then Dh4 19.Ae3
with an irresistible attack. The following
queen sacrifice, which became the
object of analysis by numerous
theoreticians, was met for the first time
in the present game. ]
18...Af5 19.Dxf5 Txf5 20.Axf5 Dh4
21.Ah3 Dxd4+ 22.Rh1 Dxe5
At the time the game was played, I was
convinced that the white rook, together
with the bishops would prove stronger
than the black queen and pawns. 23.Ad2
c5
[This continuation is apparentely
stronger than the immediate capture of
the pawn. The fact is thatafter
23...Dxb2 24.Af4 d4 25.Axg3
it is unfavourable for Black to play d3
because of 26.Tad1 with advantage to
White (the game, Zbandutto - Saligo,
"Chess in the USSR" no.9 for 1954).
Since it is necessary for Black to
advance the pawns, then there
remains only the move ]
[ 23...Dxb2 24.Af4 d4 25.Axg3 c5
but if the move ...c5 is necessary all
the same, then this is better made at
once, cutting down White's choice. ]
24.Tae1 Dxb2 25.Af4 Df6?
[This move is the cause of the loss of
the game, Black is late with the
advance of the pawns and the queen
falls under attack from the white pieces.
Correct was 25...d4 26.Axg3 d3
as occurred in the game Boleslavsky -
Botvinnik (Trainiinf Tournament,
Sverdlovsk, 1943). White
shouldcontinue 27.Ae6+ Rh8 28.Ae5
In the cited game, White obtained this
position after giving up on the was the
a-pawn.) The move Dd2 obstructing
the d-pawn, which Botvinnik made,
turned out badly; there followed
( Instead of 28. ....Qd2, it is better for
Black to play 28...Dc2 Now, after
29.f4? d2 30.Td1 c4 31.f5 Tf8 32.f6
Txf6! Black must win thanks to the
strong pawns. ) 29.f4 c4 30.f5 Tf8
31.Te4! c3 32.Tef4 Tf6 33.T4f2
Dh6+ 34.Rg1 b4 35.Tf3 d2 36.Ab3
and White must win since the black
pawns are held up while White's
pieces are very actively placed. ]
26.Axg3 d4 27.Te6 Dg5 28.Rh2 c4
29.f4! The advance of this pawn is more
terrible than the march of the enemy
passed pawns. Dh5 30.f5 d3
[If 30...Tf8 31.Ad6 Tf6 32.g4! Df7
33.g5 and White wins. ]
31.f6 gxf6 32.Tf5 Dg6
[If 32...Dd1 33.Texf6 with the threats
of -- 34.Tg5+ and Be5. ]
33.Texf6 Dg7 34.Af4! Holding up the d-
pawn and creating the irresistible threat
of 35. Rg5. c3
[Black could put up a longer resistance
after 34...Te8 35.Tg5 Dxg5 36.Axg5
d2 37.Axd2 Now follows an effective
finale. ]
35.Tg5 Td8 36.Ae6+ Rh8 37.Ae5
1-0
E68
Aramanovich,I
Boleslavsky,Isaak
Moscow-ch 1942
[Boleslavsky]
1.d4 Cf6 2.c4 d6 3.Cc3 e5 4.Cf3
Cbd7 5.g3 g6 6.Ag2 Ag7 7.0-0 0-0
8.e4 Te8 9.Ae3
[This system was employed for the first
time by Botvinnik against Lilienthal in
the match tournament of six in 1941.
Lilienthal continued 9.Ae3 0 exd4
10.Cxd4 Ce5 but rapidly got into a bad
position. ]
9...Cg4 I had already employed this
move once in the same match
tournament against Lilienthal, coming to
believe after my defeat, in the strength of
the move 9.Be3. Upon correct play,
White's chances are better since it is
difficult for Black to create counterplay,
but on the slightest inaccuracy Black can
show his strength and give the opponent
a great deal of trouble. 10.Ag5 f6
11.Ac1 c6
[RR 11...exd4 12.Cxd4 Cc5 13.b4
Ce6 14.Cf5 gxf5 15.exf5 Ce5
16.fxe6 Axe6 17.Axb7 Rh8 18.Ad5
Ag4 19.Da4 f5 20.Dc2 Df6 21.Ag5
Dxg5 22.f4 Dh6 23.fxe5 De3+
24.Rh1 Axe5 25.Axa8 Txa8 26.Dg2
Botvinnik,M-Boleslavsky,I/Moscow
1952/URS-ch/1/2-1/2 (41) ]
12.h3 Ch6 13.Ae3 Cf7 14.Dd2N
[RR 14.Tc1 Cf8 15.b4 Ad7 16.d5
Dc8 17.Rh2 c5 18.bxc5 dxc5
19.Ce1 Cd6 20.Db3 b6 21.a4 g5
22.Cd3 Cg6 23.Ta1 Cb7 24.a5 Dc7
25.axb6 axb6 26.Tfb1 Txa1 27.Txa1
Cd6 28.Tb1 Af8 Ragozin,V-
Boleslavsky,I/Moscow 1944/URS-ch/1/
2-1/2 (48) ]
[ 14.Dc2 was worth considering as this
does not obstruct the d-file. ]
14...Dc7 15.Tad1 With the position of
the white queen on c2, the place for this
rook would be on d1, but now it would be
beter to place the rook on c1; here it
would have shadowed the black queen
and, if necessary provide defence for the
pawn on c4. Cf8 16.Rh2 Ad7 17.Ce1
This transfer of the knight does not spoil
the position, but there was no need for it.
White could continue 17.d5 at once.
Tad8 18.Cc2 Ac8 19.b4!
[On the surface everything looks good -
White has deployed his pieces in the
necessary way and begun an offensive;
but in fact this move is a fatal mistake.
19.f4 offerred nothing, since after exf4
20.gxf4 f5 White cannot play 21.e5.
He should lock up the position with the
move 21.d5 and then prepare an
attack on the queen's flank. ]
19...exd4 20.Cxd4
[Also after 20.Axd4 Ce5 21.Ca3 Ae6
22.De2 Df7 White does not hold on to
the c4-square. ]
20...Ce5 21.De2 Df7! This is the whole
point! the c4-square looks indefensible.
22.c5 dxc5 23.bxc5 Cc4 24.Cb3 Ae6
[Threatening to win a pawn. 24...f5
is also good 25.Ad4 f4
with a considerable advantage for
Black. ]
25.Txd8 Txd8 26.Td1 Txd1 27.Cxd1
Cxe3 28.Dxe3 Cd7 29.Af1
[Now White loses the c5-pawn. By
29.Cb2 Af8 30.Ca4 he could maintain
material equilibrium, but his position
remains very difficult in view of the
weakness of the c5-pawn. ]
29...Af8 30.Dc3 Rg7 31.Ce3 Axb3
32.axb3 Axc5 Black has won a pawn,
with a good position. It seems that White,
even on the best defence, cannot save
the game, but, being in time-trouble, he
facilitates the opponent's task. 33.Cd1
De7 34.Dc2 Ad4 35.Rg2 Cc5 36.f3
a5 37.Cb2 b5 38.Cd3 Cxd3 39.Axd3
Db4
[White's position is now completely
hopeless. On 39...Db4 40.Rf1
so as not to allow the black queen to
e1, there would follow Ac5 followed by
41.-- Dd4 White prefers to "commit
suicide." ]
40.Dxc6 Dd2+
0-1
B59
Vinogradov,Alexander
Boleslavsky,Isaak
Sverdlovsk Championship 1943
[Boleslavsky]
1.e4 c5 2.Cf3 Cc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Cxd4
Cf6 5.Cc3 d6 6.Ae2 e5 This is one of
my first games with this variation.
Positionally, it is well-founded, on the
one hand, White cannot effectively
exploit the weakness of the d5 square,
on the other hand, with the position of
the black pawn on e5, White does not
have freedom of action in the centre and
on the king's flank as in the
Scheveningen variation. Despite the fact
that this continuation has been
encountered for more than ten years, up
to now a variation has not been found for
White which gives him a tangible
advantage. The capture on c6, further
strtengthening Black's centre, of course
cannot serve as a refutation of the move
6. ....e5. Most frequently met is the
retreat of the knight to b3. The method of
play for Black in this case is shown by
games besides the present. Sharper is
the retreat of the knight to f3. A
demonstration of play from Black's point
of view is shown in the present collection,
by another game Unzicker - Taimanov,
played in the international tournament at
Stockholm in 1952 (The game is to be
found in the Stockholm tournament book
and also Sokolsky's book "Chess
Openings.") 7.Cb3 Ae7 8.Ae3 0-0
9.g4?! This violen t attempt to drive
away the black knight and control the d5
square does not achieve its aim; there
are sufficient counterchances to be
found for Black. a5!
[ 9...a5 On the over-bold move of the
opponent, Black replies with a counter-
blow on the other wing. And if now
10.a4 then Cb4! controlling the d5
square. Therefore White allows the
further advance of the pawn. On ]
[ 9...d5 instead of 9. ....a5, there would
follow
A) not 10.Cxd5 Cxe4 ( 10...Cxd5
11.exd5 Cb4 12.c4 gives Black
nothing ) 11.Dd3 f5 12.0-0-0 ;
B) 10.exd5 Cb4 11.Af3 e4!
with advantage to White. ]
10.g5 Ce8 11.Cd5
[It turns out that after 11.h4 a4
12.Cd2 a3 13.b3 Cb4 14.Ac4 (or
14.Cc4 f5! ) 14...Ae6 Black seizes the
initiative, therefore White goes in for
tactical complications, involving the
temporary sacrifice of a pawn. ]
11...Axg5 12.Ab6 Dd7 13.Tg1 f6
14.Ag4
[There is nothing for White in 14.Ac4
Rh8 15.h4 Ah6 ]
14...Df7 15.Axc8 Txc8 16.Cxa5
White has carried out the combination
faultlessly; he has opened the g-file,
exchanged the white-squared bishops,
captured the d5 square, won back the
pawn and now, as it seems, stands
considerably better, the more so in that
the Black pieces are restricted in their
activity. but a number of important
features indicate that this is not so, and
namely; 1. The white king is in a very
insecure position. 2. the pawns on the
king's wing, h2, f2, e4 are weak. 3. The
white pieces Bb6 and Na5 are removed
from the centre. The black king is quite
securely placed, the formerly passive
bishop on e7 occupies an excellent
position, where it prevents White's
queen's side castling. The rook on a6
has taken up an important position on
the half-open c-file, with tempo. for Black
to finally manifest his advantage, he
must get rid of the knight on d5 and
transfer the knight e8 to a more active
position. Black even begins to carry out
this plan with the next move. Ce7
[ 16...Ce7 This move already poses
White a serious problem. He cannot
take on b7 because of the loss of a
piece. If heplays 17.Cc3 then d5!
18.exd5 Cd6 and Black's position
becomes threatening, and so White
exchanges queens and creates a
pawn outpost on d5. ]
17.c4 Cxd5 18.Dxd5 Dxd5 19.exd5
Af4 Attacking the h2 pawn and giving the
possibility of advancing the f-pawn.
20.b4
[This impetuous break which White
undertakes, weakens his pawns fatally.
But also on the normal continuation
20.a3 f5 followed by 21.-- Cf6
White's position would be considerably
inferior in view of the weakness of the
pawns and the bad positions of his
pieces. ]
20...f5 21.c5 dxc5 22.bxc5 Cf6
23.Td1
[On 23.d6 there would follow Tf7
followed by 24.-- Cd7 ]
[On 23.c6 there could follow both the
quiet bxc6 24.dxc6 Cd5 25.Ac5 Tfd8
with a considerable advantage, and
the sharp ]
[ 23.c6 Cxd5 24.cxb7 Tc2 25.Aa7
Cb4 26.Td1 ( 26.b8D? Txb8 27.Axb8
Cd3+ and mate next move. ) 26...e4
27.Td7 Cd3+ 28.Rf1 Ae5 29.Rg2 f4
with a winning position. ]
23...Cd7 24.Cxb7 Tb8 25.Cd8!
[The last clever attempt to confuse the
game; now, after 25.Cd8 Cxb6
( 25...Tfxd8 ) 26.Ce6 White would
retain chances thanks to the
connected passed pawns. On the
retreat of the knight to a5, White would
lose quickly. ]
25...Cxc5! Black is not left without an
answer and, by decling the sacrifice,
reduces the matter to technique.
26.Axc5 Tfxd8 White already loses a
pawn since both 27. ...Rb5 and 27. ....
Bxh2 are threatened. 27.Ae7
White seeks salvastion in the four rooks
endgame, but, in view of the weakness
of his pawns and the presence of the
black passed h-pawn, this also does not
give him chances of a draw. Td7
28.Ag5 Axh2 29.Th1 Af4 30.Axf4
exf4 31.Th3 Ta8 32.a3 Ta5 33.Thd3
Rf7 34.Re2 h5 35.d6 Ta6 36.Td4 g5
37.Tc1
[White is tired of carrying on a
hopeless defence. After 37.a4 Re6
38.Tg1 Rf6 39.Tgd1 Re5 40.Td5+
Re6 White loses a second pawn.
There followed ......... ]
37...Tdxd6 38.Tc7+ Rf6 39.Th7 Rg6
40.Txd6+ Txd6 41.Th8 h4 42.a4
Te6+ 43.Rf1 f3 44.a5 Ta6
0-1
A60
Margulis,Evgeny
Boleslavsky,Isaak
Sverdlovsk Championship 1943
[Boleslavsky]
1.d4 Cf6 2.g3 With the intention of
playing the Catalan Opening. c5 3.d5
e6 4.c4 exd5 5.cxd5 b5 This variation
is the best retort to the system 2.g3 that
White has employed. The Benoni
Defence is obtained, but with this Black
has already carried out ...b5.
[RR 5...d6 6.Ag2 g6 7.Cf3 Ag7
8.0-0 0-0 9.Cc3 a6 10.a4 Cbd7
11.Cd2 Ce8 12.Cc4 Ce5 13.Cxe5
Axe5 14.Dd3 Ag7 15.Ad2 Ad7 16.a5
Cc7 17.Tfb1 Cb5 18.e3 Af5 19.Ae4
Axe4 20.Dxe4 Horowitz,I-Reshevsky,
S/New York 1956/MCL/0-1 (51) ]
6.Ag2N
[RR 6.a4 b4 7.b3 g6 8.Ag2 d6 9.e4
Ag7 10.Ab2 0-0 11.Ce2 Te8 12.Cd2
Cxe4 13.Axg7 Cxd2 14.Ah6 Ag4
15.Ae3 Cf3+ 16.Axf3 Axf3 17.Tg1
Cd7 18.Dd2 Cf6 19.Cf4 g5 20.Ce2
Te5 Mileika,J-Tal,M/LAT 1953/EXT
2000/0-1 ]
6...Ab7 7.e4 d6 8.Ce2 g6!
The possibility of this move plays an
important role in the evaluation of the
whole variation. Black threatens to
obtain a decisive advantage on the
queen's wing, therfore Wghite, while the
opponent has not completed his
development, organises an attack on the
only weakness in Black's position - the
d6 pawn. 9.a4 b4 10.Cd2 Ag7 11.Cc4
0-0 12.Af4 Aa6
[It turns out that Black does not intend
to defend the d6-pawn; if 12...Aa6
13.Cxd6 there would follow Ch5 14.e5
Cxf4 15.gxf4 Dh4 16.Cb5 Cd7 17.e6
(or 17.0-0 Tac8 18.Dd3 g5! 19.Dg3
Dh5 20.Af3 gxf4! 21.Axh5 fxg3
22.hxg3 Cxe5 with advantage to
Black. ) 17...fxe6 18.dxe6 Cb6
19.Axa8 Txa8 with a very strong
attack. But he should, nevertheless,
capture on d6 since, after the move
made by White, Black obtains the
advantage without any complications. ]
13.Tc1 Axc4
[ 13...Ch5 But not ...Nh5 at once, since
after 14.Axd6! Axc4 15.Axf8 Axe2
16.Dxe2 Dxf8 17.e5 the advantage is
on White's side. ]
14.Txc4 Ch5 15.Ac1 Cd7 Theatening
....Nb6 winning a pawn. White's next two
moves are forced. 16.b3 Cb6 17.Tc2
c4 18.Ta2 White has managed to
defend the a-pawn at the cost of allowing
Black a strong passed pawn, at his
choice on b4 or c3. a5
[ 18...c3 was also not bad, but this
locks up the game and forces Black to
look for a breakthrough on the king's
wing. therefore, Black prefers to have
the h=pawn, adjacent to the open c-
file. ]
19.Ae3 cxb3
[In passing, setting a trap: 19...cxb3
20.Axb6 bxa2 ]
20.Dxb3 Tc8 21.0-0 Cc4
[White finally completes his
development, but his queen's blockade
of the powerful b4-pawn is unreliable.
Black's future plan of play is the
capture of the c3-square: the move
21...Cc4 is based on the following
considerations: if White replies 22.Ac1
there follows Dd7 23.Td1 Tc5!
24.Cd4 Tfc8 25.Cc6 Ce5 and, after
the exchange of the knight on c6,
Black realises his positional advantage
without difficulty. The exchange of the
black-squared bishop is also a step
towards the capture of the c3 square. ]
22.Ad4 Axd4 23.Cxd4 Ce5 24.Tc2
Db6 25.Td1 Cf6?
[With this unconsidered move, Black
deprives himself of the fruits of his
previous work. 25...Tc5
was necessary and if then 26.Ah3
preventing ...Rfc8 Cf6 attacking the e4-
pawn. After 25 ...Rc5 the win for Black
would be a question of time. ]
26.Cc6 Now, however, the occupation of
the c6 square gives White compensation
for the black b4-pawn. Rg7 27.Tdc1
Tfe8 28.h3 Tc7 29.Rh2 Cxc6
[Black is forced to take the knight on
c6 and create a passed pawn for
White. 29...Ced7 gives nothing
because of 30.Db2! ]
30.dxc6 Dd4 Black tries to make his
queen master of the situation. 31.f3?
[This timid move once again gives
Black the advantage. 31.Te2
Is also bad since after d5 32.Td1 Dc4
33.Dxc4 dxc4 White is in no position
to contend with the opponent's passed
pawns. On the other hand, with the
bold ]
[ 31.Dc4 White maintains the
equalibrium. Black cannot exchange
queens since the endgame reached, in
view ofthe weakness of the Black d6-
pawn and the unfortunate position of
his knight, is in White's favour. But
after De5 32.f4 De7 33.Db5 Cxe4
34.Axe4 Dxe4 35.Dxa5
a sharp positon is obtained with
approximately equal chances. The
rook sacrifice Txc6 leads to a draw
after 36.Txc6 De2+ 37.Rg1! De3+
38.Rh2 Df2+ 39.Rh1 Te2 40.T1c2
and Black is forced to give perpetual
check. ]
31...d5 32.exd5 Cxd5 33.Tc4 De3
34.Db2+ Cc3 35.f4 This weakens the
king's wing; practically speaking, the
sacrifice of the exchange gave the best
chances. Rg8 36.Dc2 Ce2 White lost
by overstepping the time limit.
0-1
C04
Botvinnik,Mikhail
Boleslavsky,Isaak
[ChessBase]
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Cd2 Cc6 4.Cgf3
Cf6 5.e5 Cd7 6.Cb3 f6 7.Ab5 Ae7
8.Af4 0-0 9.exf6 gxf6
[ 9...Axf6 10.c3 Ce7 11.0-0 Cg6
12.Ag3 Tf7 13.Axd7 Axd7 14.Cc5 b6
15.Cd3 Te7 16.Te1 Tc8 17.h4
Hearst-Byrne USA-ch 1962 ]
10.0-0 Cb6
[ 10...a6!? ]
11.Te1 (Keene/Taulbut 84) Ad6
12.Ag3 a6 13.Ad3 Ca4 14.Tb1
(Richmond 80) b5 15.c3 Ad7 16.Ch4
Tf7 17.Te3 Tg7 18.De2 Df8 19.Axd6
Dxd6 20.Tg3 Txg3 21.hxg3 De7
22.Te1 Dg7 23.Dc2 Cd8 24.Cc1 Tc8
25.b3 Cb6 26.b4 Ta8 27.Cb3 Cb7
28.Cc5 Cxc5 29.bxc5 Ca4 30.c6 Ac8
31.c4 bxc4 32.Axc4 Cb6 33.Ad3 Tb8
34.Dc5 Df8 35.Axh7+ Rg7 36.Cf5+
exf5 37.Te7+ Rh8 38.Ag6 Ae6
39.Txe6 Dxc5 40.dxc5 Ca4 41.Axf5
Cc3 42.Te7 Cb5 43.Ad3 Tc8 44.a4
Cd4 45.Axa6 Cxc6 46.Te6
1-0
C12
Boleslavsky,Isaak
Lisitsin,Georgy
[Boleslavsky]
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Cc3 Cf6 4.Ag5
Ab4 5.e5 h6 6.Ad2 Axc3 7.bxc3 Ce4
8.Dg4 g6 9.Ac1 This pawn sacrifice,
with the aim of avoiding the exchange of
the important black-squared bishop, for a
long time was considered the strongest
continuation and brought White many
wins. c5 10.Ad3 cxd4
[After this move, Black already doers
not succeed in achieving equality.
10...Cxc3 was correct 11.dxc5 Da5
12.Ad2 Da4! and both after the
exchange of queens and 13.Dg3 Ce4
Black has a satisfactory game. ]
11.Ce2!
[Of course, not 11.cxd4 Da5+ 12.Rf1
Dc3 ]
[ 11.Axe4 as recommended in an
article by Belavants and Yudovich
("Chess Yearbook" for 1936), is also
weaker. ]
11...Da5
[All the same 11...Cxc3 was better,
though after 12.Cxd4 Black's position
is far from being secure. ]
12.0-0 dxc3 13.Axe4 dxe4 14.Cg3!
[ 14.Cg3 In this move lies the whole
point! The knight gets to e4 and
attacks the weak f6 and d6 squares.
Despite Black's material advantage,
there does not seem to be any
satisfactory defence. For example; 1)
h5 15.Dg5 Cd7 16.Af4! Cc5
otherwise 17.Nxe4 17.Df6 Tg8
18.Ag5 Dc7 19.Tad1 and White wins.
2) ]
[ 14.Cg3 Dxe5 15.Af4! (stronger than
15.Cxe4 h5 16.Df3 f5 17.Cxc3 Cc6
and Black could still put up resistance )
15...Dg7 16.Cf5 Dd4 17.Dg3 Cc6
( 17...gxf5 18.Ae5 ) 18.Tad1 Dc4
19.Ad6! gxf5 20.Dg7 and White wins.
Thus there only remains the
continuation chosen by Black, which is
also insufficient. ]
14...Cc6 15.Cxe4 Cxe5 16.Dg3 Ad7
[Black has no good moves. If 16...f5
then 17.Cd6+ Re7 18.Te1! Cf7
( 18...Rxd6 19.Txe5 Dxe5 20.Aa3+ )
19.Cc4 Da6 20.Aa3+
with an irresistible attack. ]
17.Cd6+ Rf8 18.Cxb7 Dd5 19.Aa3+
Rg8 20.Cc5! Cc6
[Losing a piece, but also other
continuations do not save the game.
For example 20...Cc4 21.Tad1
A) or 21...Cd2 22.Cxd7 Cxf1 (or
22...Dxd7 23.Dxc3 Td8 24.Ab2
Th7 25.Df6 and White wins. )
23.Dxc3! ;
B) 21...Dc6 22.Cxd7 Cxa3 23.Ce5
De4 24.Dxc3 Cb5 25.Dc5
with a decisive advantage. ]
21.Tfd1 Cd4 22.Dg4 e5 23.Cxd7 h5
24.Cf6+ Rg7 25.Cxd5 hxg4 26.Ac5
Tad8 27.Txd4 exd4 28.Axd4+ Rh7
29.Axh8 Rxh8 30.Cxc3 Tc8 31.Cd5
Txc2 32.Ce3 Tb2 33.Cxg4
1-0
C98
Boleslavsky,Isaak
Kotov,Alexander
[Boleslavsky]
1.e4 e5 2.Cf3 Cc6 3.Ab5 a6 4.Aa4
Cf6 5.0-0 Ae7 6.Te1 b5 7.Ab3 d6
8.c3 0-0 9.h3 Ca5 10.Ac2 c5 11.d4
Dc7 12.Cbd2 Cc6
[Practice has shown that the variation
with the return of the knight to c6 is
difficult for Black. Recently, 12...Ad7 ]
[ 12...Ab7 ]
[or 12...Td8 have been met more
often. ]
13.dxc5 dxc5 14.a4 White, in order to
exploit the weakness of the d5 and f5
squares, must conduct the struggle on
both wings. Ae6
[ 14...Tb8 is more freq uently played,
ceding the a-file but defending the b-
pawn and not determing future plans. ]
15.Cg5 Ad7 16.Cf1 Tad8 17.De2 h6
He should not hurry with this move,
which indirectly weakens the f5-square.
18.Cf3 c4 19.axb5 axb5 Black has
played the opening inaccurately and as a
result: 1) the d7 square, needed for the
transfer of the knight via c5 to d3, is
occupied by the bishop. 2) White has
obtained the possibility of occupying the
f5 square with the knight at f3, retaing
the second knight for the d5 square. 3)
the f5 square, because of the advance of
the h-pawn, cannot be covered by the g-
pawn. 20.Ch4 Tfe8 21.Df3 Ch7
22.Cf5 Ag5 23.Axg5 Cxg5 24.Dg3
Axf5
[The capture of the knight is forced.
After 24...Rh8 25.h4 Ce6 26.C1e3
followed by -- 27.Cd5 White has an
overwhelming position. ]
25.exf5 Ch7 Black transfers the knight
to a strong position in front of the f5-
pawn. 26.Ae4 Ca5 27.Ce3 Cf6
28.Cg4 It is necessary to exchange the
knight on g4. Cxg4 29.Dxg4 Td6?!
[A terrible mistake; in attempting to
double on the d-file, Black loses it.
29...f6!? was neccessary and though,
after 30.Tad1 White stands better,
there was no immediate danger for
Black. ]
30.Tad1! Cb3
[ 30...Txd1 31.Txd1 Td8 32.Txd8+
Dxd8 33.f6 g6 34.Axg6 ]
[There is already no good reply for
Black. If 30...Ted8 then 31.f6! Txf6
32.Txd8+ Dxd8 33.Td1 and Black
cannot play 33. ....Rd6 because of the
loss of the queen. If Db8 then
( Black does better to retreat his queen
to e8 i.e. 33...De8 but also on this,
there follows 34.Td7 g6 35.Dd1 Rg7
36.Dd5 with a decisiv e invasion. If )
34.Dd7 g6 35.De7 Db6 36.Td8+
Rh7 37.Df8 Dxf2+ 38.Rh2 Df4+
39.g3 Df2+ 40.Ag2+ and White
wins. ]
[If 30...Txd1 31.Txd1 Td8 then
32.Txd8+ Dxd8 33.f6 g6 34.Axg6
Dxf6 35.Af5+ Rf8 36.Ad7 Db6
37.De4 Re7 38.Ag4 Dd6 39.Da8
Db6 40.Dd5 Rf6 41.Ah5 with the win
of a pawn, since Db7 is not possible
because of 42.Dd6+ The endgame is
hopeless for Black. ]
31.Txd6 Dxd6 32.Td1 Db6 33.Td5
Td8
[Black gives up the e5 pawn, reckoning
on obtaining counterplay. 33...Td8
34.Txb5 Dxb5 35.f6 was threatened. ]
34.Txe5
[ 34.Txb5!? was also possible Dxb5
35.f6 with two replies for Black. 1) g6
36.Axg6 Rf8 37.Axf7 Rxf7 38.Dg7+
Re6 39.De7+ Rf5 40.Dxd8
and White wins. 2) ]
[ 34.Txb5 Dxb5 35.f6 g5 36.Df5 Rf8
37.Dh7 Re8 38.Dg8+ ( 38.Af5?
Dc5! ) 38...Rd7 39.Dxf7+ Rc8
40.De7! Dd7 the best move 41.Da3!
and White wins, for example
A) 41...Dc7 42.Da8+ Rd7
( 42...Db8? 43.Da6+ ) 43.Dd5+ Re8
44.Dg8+ Rd7 45.Df7+ Rc8
46.De6+ Rb8 47.Da6 Da7 48.Db5+
Rc7 49.Dxc4+ Cc5 50.b4 ;
B) 41...Dd1+ 42.Rh2 Da1 43.Db4
Da6 44.f7 ;
C) 41...Te8 42.f7 Dxf7 43.Da8+
Rd7 44.Db7+ Re6 45.Ad5+
But also the prosaic way chosen by
White is quite sufficient. ]
34...Cc1 35.f6 Dxf6 36.Txb5 g6
37.Ad5 Cd3 38.Df3 Cf4 39.Axc4 Td2
40.Rh2 Dd6 41.g3 Ce6 42.h4
The sealed move, eliminating Black's
last counterchance in connection with
the move ....Ng4. There followed .........
Dd7 43.Td5 Db7 44.b4 Tc2 45.Td3
Da7 46.Rg2 Cf8 47.Td4 Rg7 48.Tf4
f5 49.Dd5 De7 50.Tf3 h5 51.Dg8+
Rh6 52.Dh8+ Ch7 53.Ag8 Db7
54.Dxh7+ Dxh7 55.Axh7 Rxh7 56.Td3
Rg7 57.Td7+ Rf6 58.Tc7 f4 59.gxf4
Td2 60.b5
1-0
C17
Bronstein,David I
Boleslavsky,Isaak
Kiev 1944
[ChessBase]
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Cc3 Ab4 4.e5 Ce7
5.Dg4 c5 6.dxc5 Cbc6 7.Cf3 d4
8.Ab5! Da5 9.Axc6+ Cxc6?! 10.0-0
[ 10.Dxg7 Tf8 11.Ah6! Axc5
( 11...Axc3+ 12.bxc3 Dxc3+ 13.Re2
Dxc2+ 14.Cd2 (Keres 69, eco 74) )
12.0-0-0 dxc3 ( 12...Ad7 13.Ce4
(eco 74) ) 13.Td6!+ (eco 74,
Matanovic 83, Watson 84) Sokolov-
Starostin Gorki 1962 ]
10...dxc3 11.Dxg7 Tf8 12.a3 cxb2
13.axb4! Dxa1
[ 13...bxc1D ]
14.Ah6 Dxf1+ 15.Rxf1 b1D+ 16.Ce1
Ce7 17.Dxf8+ Rd7 18.Ag5 Cf5
19.c6+! Rxc6 20.De8+ Ad7 21.Dxa8
Dxb4 22.Dxa7 Rc7
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B70
Vasiliev,Alexei I
Boleslavsky,Isaak
Semi-Final USSR Champ 1945 1945
[Boleslavsky]
1.e4 c5 2.Cf3 Cc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Cxd4
Cf6 5.Cc3 d6 6.g3 g6 7.Ag2 Ad7
Black's simplest way to equalise the
game is by exchanging on d6. 8.0-0
Ag7 9.Ag5
[The usual continuation here is 9.Cde2
followed by -- 10.Cd5 White tries to
treat the position in a new fashion, but
the plan chosen by him is not
particularly successful; the b-file is
opened for Black, while the c6 pawn
covers the d5 square, which is
important in this variation. ]
9...h6 10.Cxc6 bxc6 11.Af4 Cg4
Black prevents the advance of the e-
pawn and establishes the knight on the
central e5 square. 12.h3 Ce5 13.De2
0-0 14.Tad1 a5 The most natural plan
for Black is to play on the queen's wing.
15.b3 c5 Without this move Black
cannot carry out a further advance of the
pawn, but the concession of the d5
square is temporary since there is
always the move ....e6 for Black. 16.Cd5
a4 17.Ac1 axb3 18.axb3 Ta2
[ 18...Te8 is worth considering so as to
free the queen from the defence of the
e-pawn. The thrust with the rook does
not bring anything real for Black. ]
19.Cc3 Ta7 20.f4?
[An incorrect plan! Openiing the game
plays into Black's hands as his pieces
are more harmoniously placed. With
the advance of the pawn, White only
wrecks his pwn position. He should
play 20.Ad2 follwed by -- 21.Ta1
and White would have a quite safe
position. ]
20...Cc6 21.Cb5 Ta2 22.e5 Cb4
23.Ca3
[A sad necessity. The exchange of the
c-pawn for the d-pawn by 23.exd6
exd6 24.Cxd6 Txc2 led to material
loss. For example: 1) 25.Df3? Ad4+
26.Rh1 Ac6 27.Ce4 f5 2) ]
[ 23.exd6 exd6 24.Cxd6 Txc2 25.Ad2
Ae6 26.Cc4? Axc4 27.bxc4 Te8 3) ]
[ 23.exd6 exd6 24.Cxd6 Txc2 25.Td2
the best move Txd2 26.Axd2 Ae6
27.Ce4 Te8! 28.Dd1 Cd3 and White
loses the d-pawn, since 29.Ae3
is not possible because of Af5 4) ]
[ 23.exd6 exd6 24.Cxd6 Txc2 25.Td2
Txd2 26.Dxd2 Axh3 27.Axh3 Ad4+
28.Rh2 Dxd6 29.f5 g5 ]
23...Dc8 24.exd6
[If at once 24.Rh2 then dxe5 25.fxe5
Cc6 26.Cc4 Cd4 with the win of a
pawn. ]
24...exd6 25.Rh2 Te8 26.Dd2 d5
Black has an overwhelming position; he
threatens in the first instance 27. ....Qa6.
27.Tde1 Txe1 28.Txe1 Af5
The c2-pawn is indefensible. 29.g4
Axc2 30.Cxc2 Txc2 31.De3 d4!
The simplest! The endgame is easily
won for Black. 32.De8+ Dxe8 33.Txe8+
Rh7 34.Aa3 Cd3 35.Rg3 Tc3 36.Tb8
Ce1+ 37.Rf2 Cxg2 38.Rxg2 c4
39.Ae7 Txb3 40.Tc8 d3
0-1
A45
Tolush,Alexander V
Boleslavsky,Isaak
[Chekhov]
1.d4 Cf6 2.Ag5 c5 3.dxc5
[ 3.d5! ]
[ 3.Axf6!? ]
3...Ce4 4.Af4
[ 4.Ae3?! e6 5.b4 a5 6.f3 Dh4+ 7.g3
Cxg3 8.Af2 Dxb4+ 9.c3 Db2 10.hxg3
Dxa1 11.Dc2 a4 12.a3 Ca6 ]
[ 4.Ah4!? ]
4...Cc6
[ 4...e6!? ]
5.Dd5?! f5! 6.Dxf5
[ 6.Cf3 e6 7.Dd1 Axc5 8.e3 Db6
9.Dc1 d6 ]
[ 6.f3 e6 7.Dd1 e5! 8.Ae3 Dh4+
9.g3 Cxg3 10.Af2 Db4+ 11.c3 Dxb2
12.hxg3 Dxa1+ ]
6...d5 7.Dh5+ g6 8.Dh4 Cd4 9.Ae5
[ 9.Ca3 Cf5!+ ]
9...Cxc2+ 10.Rd1 Cxa1 11.Axh8 Da5
12.Cc3 Cxc3+ 13.Axc3 Dxa2 14.e3
Db1+ 15.Re2 d4!
[ 15...Ad7 16.Ch3 Ab5+ 17.Rf3 Axf1
18.Txf1! Dxf1 19.Da4+ Rf7 ( 19...Rd8
20.Aa5+ b6 21.cxb6 ) 20.Cg5+ Rg8
21.Df4+ ]
16.Dxd4
[ 16.Axd4 Ad7 17.Ch3 Ab5+ 18.Rf3
Axf1+ ]
16...Ad7 17.Db4
[ 17.Ch3 0-0-0 18.Dh4 Dd1+!
19.Rxd1 Ag4++ ]
17...0-0-0 18.f4 Cc2 19.Da5 Dc1
20.Ad4
[ 20.Ad2 Ab5+ 21.Dxb5 Dxd2++ ]
20...Cxd4+ 21.exd4 Dxb2++ 22.Rf3
Dxd4 23.Ce2 Ac6+ 24.Rg4 h5+
25.Rh4 Df6+ 26.Rg3 e5
0-1
A45
Kotov,Alexander
Boleslavsky,Isaak
[Boleslavsky]
1.d4 Cf6 2.Ag5 Ce4 3.Af4 This is the
improvement prepared by Kotov. White
can now drive the knight away from the
e4 square without fearing the move ....
g5. d6
[Too timid! Black gives the opponent
the chance to capture the centre, after
which White's opening experiment is
fully justified. After the simple 3...d5
4.Cd2 Af5 5.Cgf3 e6 one cannot
speak of an advantage for White. ]
[ 3...c5?! is weaker because of 4.f3
Cf6 5.dxc5 After (but not 5.d5? since
e6 6.c4 Ch5 gives Black excellent
play. ) 5...Da5+ ( 5...e6 6.Ad6 ) 6.Cc3
Dxc5 7.e4 Cc6 8.Dd2 White stands
better. ]
4.f3 Cf6 5.e4 g6 6.Dd2 Cbd7 7.Ah6?
A strange idea - to exchange the Black
bishop before its development to g7. As
a result of this exchange of a piece
which has made two moves against
another which has not even made one,
White lags behind in development and
weakens the black squares. Axh6
8.Dxh6 c5! At once going over to active
operations. 9.c3 Db6 10.Dd2 cxd4
11.cxd4 e5 12.Ca3
[Another bad move. After 12.d5
White would have managed to
complete his development and would
stand only a little worse. The
continuation ]
[ 12.Cc3 exd4 13.Ca4 Dc6 14.Dxd4
0-0 15.Cc3 d5! would have been a
better course than the game. ]
12...d5! Leading to an opening of the
game, which is favourable to Black.
13.dxe5
[White underestimates the danger.
13.exd5 is better here Cxd5 14.Cc4
( but not 14.dxe5 Ce3 15.Cc4 Cxc4
16.Axc4 Cxe5 17.De2 Db4+ 18.Rd1
0-0+ with a winning attack. ) 14...Dxd4
15.Dxd4 exd4 16.0-0-0 0-0 17.Txd4
C7f6 though Black's advantage is
beyond doubt. ]
13...Cxe5 14.Ab5+ Rf8! 15.exd5 Rg7
16.Ce2
[ 16.0-0-0 Af5 ]
16...a6 17.Ac4 Te8 18.Td1
[Leading to a forced loss. 18.Rf1
Is relatively better here though after
Af5
A) 19.Cg3 Ad7 /\20... Sf3 20.Df2
Db4+ 21.Ab3 ( 21.Dd4 Tac8 )
21...Cd3 ;
B) 19.Cd4 Ad3+ 20.Axd3 Dxd4
21.Td1 Cxd5 22.Cc2 Dxb2 ;
C) 19.Dd4? Cxc4 20.Cxc4
( 20.Dxc4 Dxb2 ) 20...Dxd4 21.Cxd4
Ad3+ ;
D) 19.Td1 Black has a strong attack.
For example ]
18...Ah3! 19.Rf1
[Or 19.f4 Axg2 20.fxe5 Txe5 21.Tf1
Axf1 22.Rxf1 Tf5+ 23.Rg2 Tf2+
24.Rh3 ( 24.Rh1 Dd6 ) 24...Dd6
25.Th1 Dd7+ 26.Rg3 Ce4+ ]
19...Cxf3 20.Df4
[The principal variation is obtained on
20.Dc3 After this would follow Te3
21.Ad3 (but not 21.Td3 Axg2+
22.Rxg2 Txe2+ 23.Rh3 Cg5+ 24.Rh4
Te4+ 25.Rxg5 h6# ) 21...Tc8 22.Cc4
Txc4! 23.Dxc4 Cg4! and Black wins.
For example 24.gxh3 (or 24.Cd4
Te1+ 25.Txe1 Cd2+ 26.Re2 Cxc4
and Black wins. ) 24...Txe2+
with unavoidable mate ]
20...Cg4 21.Dxf3 Ce3+ 22.Re1 Axg2
White's game is hopeless. 23.Df2 Axh1
24.Td3 Db4+ 25.Td2 Tac8 26.Ab3
Axd5 27.Axd5 Cxd5 28.Dd4+ Dxd4
29.Txd4 Cf6
0-1
A45
Bondarevsky,Igor
Boleslavsky,Isaak
[Boleslavsky]
1.d4 Cf6 2.Ag5 It is difficult to say what
considerations influenced Bondarevsky
in choosing this non theoretical
continuation. He could hardly have
considered it as objectively strongest. He
also could not have reckoned on it being
a surprise, since he employed this
contionuation against the same
opponent in the match tournament of six
1941. Ce4 3.Ah4 c5 4.f3
[But this a lready is an under-
estimation of the opponent. The
following tactical blow at once hands
over the advantage to Black. In the
above-mentioned game from the
match-tournament of six, White
continued 4.dxc5 and after Cxc5
5.Cc3 Cc6 6.e3 g6 7.Ac4 Ag7
4. ....Nxc5, is not accurate, 4. ...Nc6 is
better, not allowing the white knight to
c3, and only on 5.Nd2 to take the c5-
pawn. ]
4...g5! 5.fxe4 gxh4 6.e3 Ah6 7.Dd3
Cc6
[Black must not neglect the
development of his pieces. On 7...Db6
White could reply 8.Cc3 and Black
could hardly spend time on capturing
the b2 pawn. ]
8.Cd2 cxd4
[Avoiding the trap 8...Cb4 9.Dc3
Axe3? 10.dxc5 and White wins. ]
9.exd4 Db6
[Forcing the white knight to take up a
passive position on b3; here the
sacrifice does not work 9...Db6
10.Cgf3? Dxb2 11.Tb1 Axd2+
12.Cxd2 Dxd4 ]
10.Cb3 a5
[It is necessary for Black to force the
move 11.a4, weakening the b4 square
on which the black knight will be
consolidated; if 10...d5 then 11.a3!
and it is not apparent how Black can
further develop his initiative. ]
11.a4 d5! Opening up the bishop on c8
with tempo, and preparing an attack on
the c2-square. 12.Cf3
[Of course, the variation 12.exd5 Cb4
13.Db5+ Dxb5 14.Axb5+ Rf8 15.Rd1
Af5 cannot suit White. ]
12...Cb4 13.Dd1! 0-0!
[The chase after the pawn 13...dxe4
14.Ab5+ Rf8 15.Ce5 would hand over
the initiative to White. Now the black
king is out of danger, and White needs
to think about the development of his
pieces. ]
14.Ad3 Cxd3+ 15.Dxd3
[Taking with the pawn, 15.cxd3
would give Black an irresisteable
attack after dxe4 16.dxe4 Ae6 17.d5
De3+ ]
15...Dg6! But now, in order to expose
the weaknesses in White's position, it is
necessary to exchange queens.
16.Cxh4
[ 16.e5 is no better after Af5 17.De2
Dg4 18.0-0 h3 19.g3 b6 and White's
position is absolutely miserable. ]
16...Dxe4+ 17.Dxe4 dxe4
Two powerful bishops and the passed e-
pawn give Black every reason to count
on victory. 18.g4
[On 18.g3 Ah3 would follow,
hampering the opponent even further,
but now black gets the chance to
create the connected passed pawns. ]
18...Rh8 19.h3
[ 19.Cf5 would have allowed Black,
after Axf5 20.gxf5 Tg8 to invade with
the rook on the g-file. ]
19...e6 20.Cd2 f5 21.Tf1 Ta6
[Here Black chooses a very
complicated way of realising his
positionaladvantage. After the simple
21...b6 White could not have held on
for long. On
A) 22.c4 Aa6 23.b3 ( 23.gxf5
Ag5 ) 23...Tad8 ;
B) 22.gxf5 exf5 there arises the
threat of 23. ....f4; on 23.Cc4
there would follow Ag5 24.Cg2 Aa6
25.b3 Tac8 26.h4 Af6 with a rapid
win. ]
22.Cg2 Rg8 23.h4 Tb6 24.Cc4 Tc6
25.b3 b6 26.Tf2
[This defensive move does not achieve
its aim. More practical chances were
offered by 26.gxf5 exf5 27.Cf4 Aa6
28.d5 Black's best continuation is
Axc4! 29.Tg1+ Rf7 30.dxc6 Axf4
31.bxc4 Tc8 Now Black's passed
pawn, supported by two bishops, must
decide the game. ]
26...Aa6 27.Ce5 Td6 28.g5
[Or 28.Td1 e3 29.Tf3 Ab7 ]
28...Ag7 29.c3
[If 29.Td1 Txd4 is decisive 30.Txd4
Axe5 followed by 31. ....Bg3 ]
29...Tc8 30.Cc4
[If 30.Tc1 Txd4 would follow. ]
30...Axc4 31.bxc4 Txc4 32.Ta3 Tdc6
33.Rd2 Af8 Winning a second pawn.
The rest is clear without commentary.
34.Tb3 Txa4 35.Ce3 Ta2+ 36.Re1
Txf2 37.Rxf2 a4 38.Tb1 a3 39.Cd1
f4 40.Re2 Rf7 41.h5 Ae7 42.Ta1 b5
43.Rf1 e3 44.Re2 b4 45.cxb4 Tc2+
46.Rd3 Td2+ 47.Rc4 Txd1 48.Txd1
e2 49.Tb1 f3 50.Rd3 a2 51.g6+ hxg6
52.hxg6+ Rg7
0-1
C97
Boleslavsky,Isaak
Smyslov,Vassily
[Boleaslavsky]
1.e4 e5 2.Cf3 Cc6 3.Ab5 a6 4.Aa4
Cf6 5.0-0 Ae7 6.Te1 b5 7.Ab3 d6
8.c3 0-0 9.h3 Ca5 10.Ac2 c5 11.d4
Dc7 12.Cbd2 Te8 13.Cf1 Ab7
With the combinat ion of of 12. ....Re8
and 13. ....Be7, Black prevents the white
knight from occupying the e3 square,
since now the e4 pawn is hanging, while
the bishop on e7 is defended in advance
by the rook, in the event of the attack
Nf5. 14.d5
[By removing the pressure from the
centre and locking the game, White
can hardly achieve much. 14.Cg3
is worth considering followed by Af8
15.Ad3 maintaining the tension. ]
14...c4?
[A tactical mistake, leading to serious
consequences. 14...Ac8
the prophylact ic move was neccessary
here, freeing the b7 square for the
knight on a5. After this Black could
play 15.-- c4 setting up play on the
queen's flank. ]
15.b4! But now White begins play on the
queen's wing with great effect. cxb3
16.axb3 Ac8 17.Ad2 Cb7 18.b4!
Taking away the important c5 square
from the knight on d7; Black is not able
to exploit the weakness of the c4 square.
Cd7 19.Ad3 Db8
[ 19...Cb6 is not possible because of
20.Txa6 Txa6 21.Axb5 with the win of
two pawns. ]
20.c4
[This break would be even stronger if
White were to prepare it with the move
20.Ce3 Black has no useful reply. If,
for example Ad8 then ( 20...Cb6
is not possible because of 21.Txa6 )
21.c4 bxc4 22.Cxc4 and the white
knight, instead of being passive on f1,
is actively engaged on c4. In reply to
a5 White need not now hurry with the
capture, but simply pin the a-pawn with
the move 23.Da4! The continuation
Tf8 (after 23...Cf6 24.Cxa5 Axa5
25.Ab5 Td8 26.Ac6 there is no doubt
as to White's victory. ) 24.Dc6 axb4
25.Txa8 Dxa8 26.Cxd6
is unsatisfactory for Black. Therefore, if
White were to carry out the break c4 a
move later, Black would not obtain the
counterplay which he has in the
game. ]
20...bxc4 21.Axc4 a5!
[The right decision. After the passive
21...Cd8 Black sooner or later would
lose the a-pawn, without obtaining any
counter-chances at all. Now however,
he succeeds in unravelling his tangled
pieces and creating pressure on the e4-
pawn. ]
22.bxa5
[ 22.Da4 gives White nothing, since on
this Tf8 would follow with the threat of
23.-- Cb6 ]
22...Cbc5 23.Dc2 Aa6 24.Teb1 Dc8
25.Tc1 Axc4 26.Dxc4 Da6 This is the
best move: after the exchange of queens,
the e4-pawn and the b3 and d3 squares
become vulnerable. 27.Ce1 Teb8
28.Tab1!
[White gives up the e4 pawn, but
preserves the a5 pawn, guaranteeing
him an advantage in the endgame.
The attempt to maintain the material
balance by 28.Dxa6 Txa6 29.Tc4
would lead, after Cb3 30.Ta3 Cdc5
31.Ab4 Ad8 to the loss of the a5 pawn
and a quick draw. ]
28...Txb1 29.Dxa6 Txa6 30.Txb1 Ad8
31.Tb5 Cxe4 32.Ab4 Despite Black's
inventive play, the mistake on the 14th
move proves irreparable. The pawn
severly hampers Black and reduces him
to passive defence. Cec5 33.Ce3 Rf8
34.C1c2 Ac7 35.Cc4 Ta8 36.Rf1 Re8
37.Aa3
[ 37.Aa3 freeing the b4-square for the
transfer of the knight to c6. If Rd8 then
38.Cb4 Rc8 39.Cc6 with the threats
of -- ( 39...-- 40.Ce7+ Rd8 41.Cf5 )
40.C6xe5 ]
37...Ce4 38.Cb4 Cdc5 39.Ca2
Defending the c3 square and creating
the threat 40.f3, forcing Black's knights
to retreat. Ca6 40.f3 Cec5 41.Cb4
Ca4
[Here the knight is caught in a trap, but
there is no good move for Black. If
41...Cd7 then 42.Cd3 Re7 43.Cdxe5 ]
[On 41...Rd7 there would follow
42.Cxa6 Cxa6 43.Tb6! ]
[And finally, after 41...Cb8 42.Cc6
Cxc6 43.dxc6 d5 44.Cb6
Black would also lose. ]
42.Cxa6 Txa6 43.Ab4 Rd8 44.Re2 f5
45.Rd3 The white king makes its way to
b3. h5 46.Rc2 h4 47.Rb3 Cc5+
48.Axc5 dxc5 49.Txc5 e4
[ 49...Tg6 does not help because of
50.Tb5 Txg2 51.a6 Tg6 52.d6 Axd6
53.a7 ]
50.fxe4 fxe4 51.Rc3 Ah2 52.Tb5 Tg6
53.Rd4 The g2-pawn has no significance
here. The game is decided by the a5 and
d5-pawns, supported by the king and
rook. Txg2 54.Tb7 Rc8
[If 54...Ta2 55.d6 Axd6 56.Cxd6
Txa5 57.Txg7 Ta3 58.Re5!
and White wins. ]
55.a6 Ag1+
[The struggle is prolonged somewhat
by 55...Ta2 56.Cb6+ Rd8 57.a7
Ag1+ 58.Rxe4 Axb6 59.Tb8+ Rd7
60.a8D Txa8 61.Txa8 The endgame
is won by White. If Ad8 then 62.d6 ]
56.Rxe4 Te2+ 57.Rd3 Th2
[Also if 57...Ta2 the same reply would
follow. ]
58.Cd6+ Rd8 59.Cf7+ Re8 60.d6
1-0
C04
Boleslavsky,Isaak
Rudakovsky,Iosif
[Boleslavsky]
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Cd2 Cc6
The idea of this move, is by refraining
from the usual advance of the c-pawn, to
create pressure on the e5 square. After
forcing the advance e5, Black wants to
undermine White's centre with the move .
..f6, and then play ....e5, freeing his
game. However, on correct play by
White, this plan comes up against
insurmountable difficulties. 4.Cgf3
[ 4.c3 e5 5.exd5 Dxd5 6.Cgf3 exd4!
( 6...Ag4 7.Ac4 Axf3 8.Db3! Ca5
9.Da4+ Dd7 10.Axf7+!
Keres - Botvinnik, 22nd USSR
Championship. ) 7.Ac4 Dh5 8.0-0 Cf6
(but not 8...dxc3 9.Ce4 with a strong
attack ) 9.De1+ Ae7 10.cxd4 0-0
with equal chances for both sides. ]
4...Cf6 5.e5 Cd7 6.c3
[After this move, White, on correct play
by Black, cannot count on obtaining an
advantage. There are two good
continuations for White in the present
position. The first - this is Botvinnik's
continuation - is 6.Cb3 On f6
White replies 7.Ab5 neutralising the
pressure on the e5 square; after fxe5
8.dxe5 there arises the unpleasant
threat of -- 9.Cbd4 The second - is
Simagin's continuation ]
[ 6.Ae2 f6 7.exf6 Dxf6 8.Cf1! After
e5 9.Ce3 Black gets into a very
difficult position, since the game is
opened but his pieces are insufficiently
developed. If, however, ]
[ 6.Ae2 f6 7.exf6 Dxf6 8.Cf1 Ad6
then 9.Ce3 0-0 10.0-0 and White has
strong pressure in the centre. ]
6...f6 7.Ch4 The idea of this move is, by
threatening a check on h5, to free the
way for the f=pawn and, by supporting
the e5 pawn by the move f4, to create a
strong centre. But infortunately the whole
of this plan runs into a tactical refutation.
De7
[The right reply. 7...g6 would have
been followed by 8.Dg4 and if fxe5
then ( 8...De7 9.f4 ) 9.Cxg6! Cf6
( 9...hxg6? 10.Dxg6+ Re7 11.Ce4
and wins. ) 10.Dh4 to White's
advantage. ]
8.Ad3 Df7?
[after this timid move, Black obtains a
cramped position without any counter
chances. Meanwhile, with the bold
sacrifice of the exchange 8...fxe5
9.Dh5+ Df7 10.Ag6 hxg6 11.Dxh8
e4 Black could set the opponent very
difficult problems. This sacrifice was
later made in the game, Rovner -
Tolush, from the Leningrad
Championship 1946. The game ended
in victory for Black, who gradually
developed a strong attack on white's
castled position. ]
9.f4 Ae7 10.0-0 f5 11.Cdf3 Cf8
12.Cg5 Axg5 13.fxg5 Cg6 14.Cf3
Ad7 15.b4?
[ 15.b3 was correct and, in view of the
threat of c4, Black must castle on the
king side. In the event of 0-0-0
the storm by the a and b-pawns is
decisive. After 15. ....0-0 White once
and for all would restrain Black by
transferring the knight via d3 to f4,
playing h4-h5, and placing his bishops
on f3 and a3. Then would follow the
decisive break c4. ]
15...a6 16.a4 0-0 17.h4 Cge7 18.Ce1
De8 19.Ae2 Cd8 20.Cd3 b6 21.Ah5!
g6 22.Af3 Cb7 23.Cf4 b5!
The consequences of 15.b4 have telling
effect; Black radically prevents the break
c4. White cannot extract anything out of
the a-file and so he locks the queen's
flank and places all his hopes on the
opening of the h-file. 24.a5 c6?
Not only a loss of time, which could
prove fatal, but also weakening the d6
and b6 squares. 25.Rf2 Rg7 26.Th1
Th8 27.Ae3 Dg8 28.Dd2?
[White should occupy the h-file at once
with his heavy pieces. for example
28.Th3 Rf7 29.Dh1 Dg7 30.Dh2
Taf8 31.Th1 Cd8 32.h5 and there is
no defence against hxg6, since the f7
square is occupied by the king. White's
inconsidered move gives Black more
time. ]
28...Tf8 29.Th3 Rf7 30.Tah1 Re8
31.h5 Dg7 32.hxg6 hxg6 33.Th6
Cd8?
[Finding himself so close to the longed-
for drawing harbour, Black, with this
hasty move, plunges his ship into the
storm zone. The white queen needs
three moves to get onto the h-file. He
should exploit this fact to take away his
king a little 33...Rd8 34.g3 Rc7
35.Rf1 Cd8 36.Dh2 Cf7 37.Th7
Txh7 38.Dxh7 Tg8 and White has no
possibility of improving his position. ]
34.Ah5!
[Immediately exploiting the tasctical
chance which has been presented. If
34.Ah5 gxh5 then 35.Cxh5
followed by -- 36.Cf6+ and wins. To
defend the g6 square, Black is forced
to exchange on h6. ]
34...Txh6 35.gxh6 Dh7 36.Af3 g5
37.Ah5+
[ 37.Ch5 is less clear f4 38.Cf6+
Txf6 ]
37...Cf7 38.Ch3 f4 39.Axf4!
[Now after 39.Axf4 gxf4 40.Cg5 Df5
41.Cxf7 Txf7 42.Axf7+ Dxf7 43.h7
White wins easily. Black finds the best
reply. ]
39...Rd8 40.Axf7!?
[This tempting move is an entry intoa
variation which both opponents
estimated in their favour, andnamely
40.Axf7 Dxf7 41.Cxg5 Dxf4+ 42.Dxf4
Txf4+ 43.Re3 Tf8 44.h7 Cg6 45.h8D
Cxh8 46.Txh8 Txh8 47.Cf7+ Re7
48.Cxh8 Ae8 Black thought that he
could win the knight on h8. White,
however, calculated a little further and
ascertained thatafter 49.Rf4 Rf8
50.Rg5 Rg7 51.g4 Rxh8 52.Rf6
he would win, despite being a piece
down! Carried away with this beautiful
win, White did not foresaee the
opponent's clever move, forcing the
transfer of the struggle into a
protracted difficult ending. Objectively
stronger therefore was ]
[ 40.Ae3 after Cxe5+ 41.Rg1 Cc4
42.Dc1 Cxe3 43.Dxe3 Dxh6 44.Cxg5
Df6 45.Ch3 White would win without
particular difficulty. ]
40...Dxf7 41.Cxg5 Dxf4+ 42.Dxf4
Txf4+ 43.Re3
[White reckoned on the following Black
replies: 1) 43.Re3 Th4 44.Cf7+ Rc7
45.Txh4 Cf5+ 46.Rf4 Cxh4 47.Rg5
and the h-pawn goes on to queen. 2) ]
[ 43.Re3 Tg4 44.Cf7+ Re8 45.Cd6+
Rf8 46.h7 Cg6 47.h8D+ Cxh8
48.Txh8+ Re7 49.Rf3 and wins.
However, there followed: ]
43...Cg6 44.h7 Tg4! 45.h8D+ Cxh8
46.Txh8+ Rc7
[Thanks to the clever transposition of
moves, Black has avoided worse.
46...Rc7 47.Tg8 is unclear now, as
after Tg3+ 48.Rf2 Txc3 49.Cf3 c5!
50.dxc5 Tc4 51.g4 Txb4 the b-pawn
is very dangerous. Therefore White
gives up the g-pawn and the game
passes on to a new phase. ]
47.Cf3 Txg2 48.Ce1! Now the decisive
manoeuvre Nf3-c5 is threatened! After
correctly assessing the situation, Black
sacrifices two pawns, in order to liberate
his bishop. Tg3+ 49.Rd2 c5 50.dxc5
d4 51.cxd4 Ac6 52.Th7+ Rb8 53.Th2
Tb3 This does no t achieve its aim, but
also on other replies, White, by Re2-e3,
occupies the third rank, places his king
on c3 and, after transferring the knight to
an active position, decides the game
with the breakthrough d5. 54.Cd3 Ae4
55.Th8+ This is why it was necessary to
check on the 52nd move. Rc7 56.Cf4
Rd7 57.Th6 Txb4 58.Txe6
[ 58.Cxe6 won more simply. For
example; Ad5 59.c6+! etc. ]
58...Txd4+ 59.Re3 Ta4 60.Txa6
[Also here 60.c6+ was simpler Axc6
61.Td6+ Rc7 62.Ce6+ Rb7
63.Cd8+ ]
60...Ac6 Black has obtained counterplay
(.....Re4 is threatened) and so White
sacrifices the e-pawn in order to
exchange rooks. 61.e6+ Rc7 62.e7!
Te4+ 63.Rd3 Txe7
[If 63...Txf4 64.Txc6+ Rd7 65.Tc7+
Re8 66.a6 ]
64.Ta7+ Rd8 65.Txe7 Rxe7 66.Rc3
Rd7 67.Rb4 Rc7 68.Ce6+ Rb8
69.Cd4 Ag2 70.Rxb5 Ra7 71.Cc6+
[Making the win difficult. 71.c6 Af1+
72.Rc5 Ra6 73.Cb3 would conclude
the struggle at once. ]
71...Rb7 72.Cd8+ Rc7
[ 72...Ra7 prolongs the game
somewhat but of course would not
save it. For example 73.c6 Af1+
74.Rc5 Ra6 75.c7 Ah3 76.Cc6 Ac8
77.Rd6 Ab7 78.Rd7 Rb5 79.Ce5!
Rxa5 80.Cc4+ Rb4 81.Cd6 Ag2
82.Re6 Ah3+ 83.Cf5 ]
73.Ce6+ Rb7 74.a6+ Ra7 75.Ra5 Af1
76.Cc7
1-0
C71
Boleslavsky,Isaak
Goldberg,Grigory Abramovich
[Boleslavsky]
1.e4 e5 2.Cf3 Cc6 3.Ab5 a6 4.Aa4
d6 5.c4 The continuation of the Czech
grandmaster Duras, introduced into
contemporary practice by Keres; for
several years the strongest retort to the
improved Steinitz Defence. Ad7
[After this passive defensive move,
White carries out d4 and obtains a
good game. a telling blow for the move
5.c4 was a game of the 15th USSR
Championship, Goldenov - Yudovich,
in which Black continued 5...Ag4!
explooiting the weakening of the d4
square. The continuation was 6.Cc3
Cf6 7.h3 Axf3 8.Dxf3 Ae7 9.d3 0-0
10.Ae3 Cd7 11.Cd5 Cc5 12.Axc5
dxc5 13.Axc6 bxc6 14.Cxe7+ Dxe7
and despite the pawn structure Black's
position is preferable. ]
6.Cc3 g6 7.d4 Ag7 8.Ag5
[A move dictated by the following
considerations. Whiter intends to lock
up the game with the move d5,
obtaining an advantage in space. 8.d5
at once is not good because of Cd4 ]
[If, however, 8.Ae3 then exd4 9.Cxd4
Cge7 with an approximately equal
game. therefore White wants to first of
all provoke an advance of the f-pawn.
After ]
[ 8.Ag5 f6 9.Ae3 the exchange exd4
is already unfavourable for Black,
since the bishop at g7 is locked in and
the e6 square is weakened. Black has
no better reply than 8. ...f6 since ]
[ 8.Ag5 Cge7 is bad because of
9.Cd5 ]
[while after 8.Ag5 Cce7 9.dxe5 dxe5
10.Axd7+ Dxd7 11.Dxd7+ Rxd7
12.0-0-0+ White has a clear
advantage. ]
8...f6 9.Ae3 Cge7
[On 9...Ch6 10.dxe5 dxe5 11.Ac5
is unpleasant. ]
10.d5 Ca5?
[This retreat of the knight, quite
possible in the King's Indian Defence,
proves to be bad here. After 10...Cb8
11.Ac2 0-0 12.b4 White has the
better chances. ]
11.Axd7+ Dxd7 12.Cd2 c5
[A second mistake, leading to a loss. It
was necessary to play 12...b6
reconciling himself to the worse
position. ]
13.b4! A surprising tactical blow, not
foreseen by Black. cxb4 14.Ca4 0-0
[Black loses his head and gives up a
clear piece. After 14...b5 15.Cb6 Db7
16.Cxa8 Dxa8 17.cxb5 axb5 18.Db1
he is left the exchange down with the
worse position. By ]
[ 14...Cc8 15.Cb6 Cxb6 16.Axb6 Cc6
Black could obtain two pawns for the
knight, though also here, after, 17.dxc6
bxc6 18.c5 d5 19.Da4 a5 20.exd5
Dxd5 21.0-0 there is no doubt about
the outcome of the game. ]
15.Cb6 Dc7 16.Da4 Tad8 17.Dxa5 f5
18.f3 fxe4 19.fxe4
1-0
C14
Boleslavsky,Isaak
Guimard,Carlos E
Groningen (1) 1946
[ChessBase]
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Cc3 Cf6 4.Ag5
Ae7 5.e5 Cfd7 6.Axe7 Dxe7 7.f4 a6
8.Cf3 c5 9.dxc5 Cc6 10.a3 Dxc5
11.Dd2 b5 12.Df2 Ab7 13.Dxc5 Cxc5
14.Ce2 f6 15.Ced4?
[ 15.exf6 ]
15...Cxd4 16.Cxd4 fxe5 17.fxe5 Re7
18.0-0-0 Taf8 19.Ae2 Tf4 20.Af3 Tc8
21.Rb1 Ac6 22.g3 Tff8 23.Thf1 Ad7
24.Ae2 Txf1 25.Txf1 Ae8 26.Tf3 Cd7
27.Te3 Ag6 28.Rc1 Ae4 29.Af3 Cxe5
30.Axe4 dxe4 31.Txe4 Rd6 32.c3
Rd5 33.Te2 Tf8 34.Rc2 Tf6 35.Rb3
Cd3 36.Td2 Cc5+ 37.Rb4 Ce4
38.Td1 Cf2 39.Td2 Ce4 40.Td1 Cf2
41.Td2=
-
A53
Najdorf,Miguel
Boleslavsky,Isaak
Groningen (2) 1946
[ChessBase]
1.d4 Cf6 2.c4 d6 3.Cc3 e5 4.dxe5
dxe5 5.Dxd8+ Rxd8 6.Cf3 Cfd7!
[ 6...Cbd7 7.Cg5 ( 7.Tg1! c6 8.g4 )
7...Re8 ( 7...Re7 ) 8.Cb5 ]
7.g3
[ 7.Ae3!? c6 8.g4 Ab4 9.Ad2 ]
[ 7.Ad2! c6 8.g4 a5 9.g5 Ca6 10.h4
Cac5 11.Ae3 Spassky,B-Gheorghiu,
F/Siegen ol/1970/ ]
7...f6 8.Ag2
[ 8.Ah3 c6 9.Ae3 Ab4 10.Tc1 a5
11.0-0 Ac5 12.Ad2 Cb6= Letelier-
Tatai/Havana ol/1966/ ]
8...Ca6
[ 8...a5 /\Na6 Kmoch ]
[ 8...c6 9.0-0 a5?! 10.Ae3! Ca6
11.Tfd1 Rc7 12.Tac1 Cdc5 13.Cd2
Af5 14.Cde4 Ae7 15.Cb5+
Gershman-De la Vega/Mar del Plata/
1967/ ]
9.0-0 c6 10.b3
[ 10.Ce1 Rc7 11.f4 Ac5+ 12.Rh1
exf4 13.Axf4+ Ad6 14.Tc1 Axf4
15.gxf4 Te8= Pomar-Darga/Beverwijk/
1967/ ]
10...Rc7 11.Ab2 Cac5?
[ 11...Cdc5! 12.Cd2 /\a3,b4 ( 12.Aa3
Ce6 ) 12...Ae6 13.a3 Td8 14.Tad1
Txd2 15.Txd2 Cxb3 16.Tc2 Axc4 ]
12.b4! Ce6
[ 12...Ca6 13.a3 Cb6 14.Cd2 Ae6 ]
13.c5! Ae7 14.Ce4 b6 15.cxb6+ Cxb6
[ 15...axb6 16.a3 /\Rac1,Bh3 ]
16.a3 Ca4
[ 16...a5! ]
17.Ac1 Aa6 18.Te1 Thd8
[ 18...c5 19.bxc5 Cexc5 20.Cxc5
Cxc5 21.Ad2! ]
19.Ae3 Cb6
[ 19...c5 20.Tac1+ ]
20.Ah3 Cf8 21.Tac1 Cfd7 22.Ae6
><c6 Ab5 23.Cfd2 Ca4 24.Cb3 Cdb6
25.Ca5+ ><Pc6 Te8 26.Ah3
[ 26.Cxc6 Axc6 27.b5 Axa3 28.Txc6+
Rb7 ]
26...Tad8 27.Tc2 /\Rec1,Nc6 Td5
28.Cxc6! Axc6 29.Tec1 Rb8 30.Txc6
Ted8 31.Rg2 Td1 32.T1c2 Cd5
33.Ac5 Cab6 34.Ae6 Ta1 35.Td2!
Rb7 36.Axe7 Te8
[ 36...Cxe7 37.Txb6+!+ ]
37.Txd5
[ 37.Txd5 Rxc6 ( 37...Cxd5 38.Axd5
Txe7 39.Cd6+ Rb8 40.Tc8# )
38.Tc5+ Rb7 39.Cd6+ ]
1-0
C82
Boleslavsky,Isaak
Szabo,Laszlo
Groningen (3) 1946
[ChessBase]
1.e4 e5 2.Cf3 Cc6 3.Ab5 a6 4.Aa4
Cf6 5.0-0 Cxe4 6.d4 b5 7.Ab3 d5
8.dxe5 Ae6 9.c3 Ac5
[ 9...Ae7 ]
10.Cbd2 0-0 11.Ac2 f5 12.Cb3 Ab6
[/\ 13.Nbd4 Nxd4 14.Nxd4 Bxd4 15.cxd4
f4 16.f3 Ng3 17.hxg3 fxg3 18.Qd3 Bf5 19.
Qxf5 Rxf5 20. Bxf5 Qh4 21.Bh3 Qxd4+
22.Kh1 Qxe5]
[ 12...Aa7!? >= Szabo ]
13.a4 b4 14.a5 Aa7 15.Cbd4 Cxd4
16.Cxd4 Axd4 17.cxd4 f4 18.f3 Cg3
19.Tf2 Dh4 20.Ta4 Tae8 21.Txb4 Ac8
22.Ab3 c6 23.Tc2 Ad7 24.Tb7
[ 24.De1 (/\ 25.Bxf4) g5 25.Tb7 Tf7
26.Aa4+ ]
24...Te7 25.Axf4 Txf4 26.hxg3 Dxg3
27.Txd7 Txd7 28.Txc6 Td8!
[ 28...Th4? 29.Tc8+ Rf7 30.e6+ Rxe6
31.De2++ ]
29.e6 Th4 30.De2 Th2 31.Df2??
[ 31.e7 Te8 32.Axd5+ Rh8 33.Tc8
Txg2+ 34.Dxg2 De1+ 35.Df1!
( 35.Rh2? Txc8! ) 35...Dg3+
( 35...Dxf1+? 36.Rxf1 Txc8 37.Ac6! )
36.Dg2! De1+ O = ]
31...Th1+
0-1
E95
Lundin,Erik
Boleslavsky,Isaak
Groningen (4) 1946
[ChessBase]
1.d4 Cf6 2.c4 d6 3.Cc3 e5 4.Cf3
[ 4.dxe5 dxe5 5.Dxd8+ Rxd8 6.Cf3
Cfd7 7.g3 f6 8.Ag2
Najdorf-Boleslavsky (2), a5
/\ 9...Na6= ]
4...Cbd7 5.e4 g6 6.Ae2 Ag7 7.0-0
0-0 8.Te1 Te8 9.Af1 exd4 10.Cxd4
c6 11.Ag5
[ 11.Cc2!? ]
11...h6 12.Af4 Db6 13.Ca4 Da5
14.b4?
[ 14.Cc3 ]
14...Dd8
[ 14...Dxb4? 15.Ad2 Da3 16.Te3+ ]
15.Cc3 Ce5 16.f3?
[ 16.Tc1 ]
16...a5 17.b5 Ch5 18.Axe5
[ 18.Ae3 c5 19.Cde2 ( 19.Cb3
- or 19.Nc2 - Cxf3++ ) 19...Cxc4+ ]
18...Axe5 [/\ 19...Qh4, 19...Qf6 +]
19.Dd2 Dh4 20.g3 Cxg3! 21.hxg3
Dxg3+ 22.Ag2
[ 22.Rh1 c5 ]
22...Ah3 [/\ 23...Bxd4+, 23...Qh2+, 23...
Bxg2]
0-1
C97
Boleslavsky,Isaak
Smyslov,Vassily
Groningen (5) 1946
[ChessBase]
1.e4 e5 2.Cf3 Cc6 3.Ab5 a6 4.Aa4
Cf6 5.0-0 Ae7 6.Te1 b5 7.Ab3 d6
8.c3 0-0 9.h3 Ca5 10.Ac2 c5 11.d4
Dc7 12.Cbd2 Ad7 13.dxe5 dxe5
14.Cf1 Cc4 15.b3 Cb6 16.a4
[ 16.Ag5 /\ Ne3 ]
[ 16.Ce3 ]
[ 16.De2 ]
16...c4! 17.a5 cxb3 18.axb6 Dxc3
[ 18...bxc2! 19.bxc7 cxd1D 20.Txd1
Tfc8 21.Cxe5 Txc7 22.Af4 Tb7 ]
19.Axb3! Dxa1 20.Dd2 /\ Bb2 Aa3!
[ 20...b4 21.Ab2 Da5 22.Cxe5 Ab5
( 22...Ae6 23.Cc6 Dc5 24.Tc1+ )
23.Cxf7 Txf7 24.e5 ]
21.b7?
[ 21.Aa2 Ae6! 22.Axa3 Dxa2
23.Dxa2 Axa2 24.Axf8 Rxf8
25.Cxe5 Te8 26.Ta1 ( 26.Cc6
Ad5! ) 26...Txe5 27.Txa2 b4 28.Txa6
Tb5 ]
21...Tab8 22.Aa2 Ae6 23.Axe6
[ 23.Axa3 Dxa2 24.Dxa2 Axa2
25.Axf8 Rxf8 26.Cxe5 Txb7+ ]
23...fxe6 24.Da5 Ab2 25.Dc7 Axc1
26.Txc1
[ 26.Cg5 Dd4 27.Cxe6 ( 27.Txc1
Da7+ ) 27...Dd7!+ ]
26...Txb7!+ 27.Dc6 Tb6 28.Dc7 Da3
29.Dxb6 Dxc1 30.Dxa6
[ 30.Dxe6+ Rh8 31.Dxa6 ( 31.Cxe5
Dc7+ /\b5-b4-b3-b2-b1 ) 31...Dc5 ]
30...Cxe4 31.Dxb5 Cxf2! 32.Cxe5
[ 32.Rxf2 e4 ]
32...Dg5 33.Rh2 Df4+ 34.Rg1 Cxh3+
[ 34...Cxh3+ 35.gxh3 Df2+ 36.Rh1
Dxf1++ ]
0-1
E69
Steiner,Herman
Boleslavsky,Isaak
Groningen (6) 1946
[ChessBase]
1.d4 Cf6 2.c4 g6 3.Cc3 Ag7 4.g3
0-0 5.Ag2 d6 6.Cf3 Cbd7 7.0-0 e5
8.e4 c6 9.h3 Te8 10.Te1
[ 10.Ae3 Denker-Najdorf (4) ]
10...exd4 11.Cxd4 Cc5 12.Cc2
[ 12.Dc2? Cfxe4 ]
12...Ae6 13.Ce3 Dd7 14.Rh2 Dc7
15.Dc2 h5 16.h4 a5 17.f4?
[ 17.f3 ]
17...Ad7 18.Ad2 Te7 19.Rh1 Tae8
20.Cf1 Cg4 21.Cd1 f5!+ 22.e5 dxe5
23.fxe5 Txe5! 24.Af4 Txe1! 25.Axc7
T8e2 26.Dxe2 Txe2 27.Axa5 Cd3
28.Tb1 f4 29.gxf4 Cxf4 30.Af3 Af5!
31.Ta1
[ 31.Axe2 Ae4+ 32.Rg1 Ch3# ]
31...Axb2 32.Cxb2 Txb2 33.Ad2 Cd3
34.Rg1 Cge5 35.Ae2 Cxc4 36.Axd3
Axd3 37.Ac3 Tc2 38.Af6 Ae4 39.Te1
Tg2+ 40.Rh1 Te2+
0-1
C92
Boleslavsky,Isaak
Botvinnik,Mikhail
Groningen (7) 1946
[ChessBase]
1.e4 e5 2.Cf3 Cc6 3.Ab5 a6 4.Aa4
Cf6 5.0-0 Ae7 6.Te1 b5 7.Ab3 d6
8.c3 0-0 9.h3 Cd7 [Chigorin] 10.d3
Af6 11.Cbd2 Cb6 12.Cf1 Ae6 13.Ce3
Dd7 14.d4
[ 14.Ch2!? ]
14...exd4 15.Cxd4
[ 15.cxd4 Axb3 16.axb3 d5 ]
15...Axb3 16.axb3 Tfe8 17.Cxc6 Dxc6
18.Cg4 Cd7 19.Df3?
[ 19.f3 ]
19...Te6 20.Af4 Tae8 21.b4 Ad8
22.Te3?
[ 22.Ad2 e.g. Txe4? 23.Txe4 Txe4
24.Txa6! Te1+ 25.Axe1 ]
22...h5! 23.Ch6+
[ 23.Ch2 g5 24.Ag3 ( 24.Dg3 Tg6 )
24...h4 ]
23...gxh6 24.Dxh5 Tg6 25.Dd5 Dxd5
26.exd5 Txe3 27.Axe3 Cf6 28.Txa6
Rf8 29.Ta8 Re8 30.f4 Cxd5 31.f5 Tf6
32.Ad2 Cb6 33.Ta1 Cc4
0-1
E68
Denker,Arnold S
Boleslavsky,Isaak
Groningen (8) 1946
[ChessBase]
1.d4 Cf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Ag7 4.Ag2 d6
5.Cf3 Cbd7 6.Cc3 0-0 7.0-0 e5 8.e4
c6 9.b3
[ 9.h3! Denker-Najdorf (1) ]
9...Te8 10.Ab2 exd4 11.Cxd4 Cc5
12.Dc2 a5 13.Tad1 Db6 14.h3 a4
15.bxa4 Dc7
[ 15...Db4! e.g. 16.a3 Dxc4 17.Tfe1
[/\ 18.Bf1 +] Cxa4 18.Af1 Dc5
19.Cb3 Dh5 20.Txd6 Cxb2 ]
16.Rh2 h5 17.Rh1 [/\ 17...h4 18.g4]
Ad7 18.f4 Ch7 19.Cb3?
[ 19.Tfe1 ]
19...Ae6! 20.e5
[ 20.Cxc5 dxc5 21.De2 Axc3 22.Axc3
Txa4+ ]
20...Af5! 21.Ce4 Cxe4 22.Axe4 Axe4+
23.Dxe4 f5!
[ 23...dxe5? 24.f5 ]
24.Dd3 dxe5 25.Dd7 Db6! [/\ 26...Nf6,
26...Nf8, 26...Rad8 or 26...Qe3] 26.Dd6
Cf8 27.Axe5 Axe5 28.fxe5 De3
29.Dd3 Dxd3 30.Txd3 Txa4 31.Te1
Txc4 32.Ca5 Te4 33.Txe4 fxe4
34.Te3 Txe5 35.Cxb7 Cd7 36.a4 Cb6
37.Cd6 Cxa4 38.Txe4 Txe4 39.Cxe4
Rf7 40.Rg2 Re6 41.Rf3 Re5 42.Re3
c5 43.Cd2?
[ 43.g4!= e.g. h4 ( 43...hxg4 44.hxg4
Rd5 45.Cf6+ Rc4 46.Rf4! ) 44.Cd2
g5 45.Ce4 ]
43...Cb6 44.g4 hxg4 45.hxg4 Cd5+
46.Rd3 Cf6 47.g5 Cd7 48.Rc4 Rf4
49.Rd5 Rxg5 50.Rd6 Rf4! 51.Rxd7
g5 52.Cb3
[ 52.Rd6 g4 53.Rd5 g3 54.Ce4 g2
55.Cf2 Rg3+ ]
52...c4 53.Cd4 Re4 54.Cc2 g4
55.Rd6 g3 56.Ce1 c3
0-1
C92
Boleslavsky,Isaak
Vidmar,Milan Sr
Groningen (9) 1946
[ChessBase]
1.e4 e5 2.Cf3 Cc6 3.Ab5 a6 4.Aa4
Cf6 5.0-0 Ae7 6.Te1 b5 7.Ab3 d6
8.c3 0-0 9.h3 Ae6 10.d4 Axb3
11.Dxb3 exd4 12.Cxd4 Cxd4 13.cxd4
c5 14.dxc5 dxc5 15.e5 Cd7 16.a4
[ 16.Dg3!? ]
16...c4 17.Dg3 Cc5 18.Ah6 Ce6
19.Cc3 Rh8 20.Ted1 De8 21.Ae3 Dc6
22.f4 Tad8 23.axb5 axb5 24.Df3
Dxf3 25.gxf3 Txd1+ 26.Txd1 b4
27.Ce4 Td8 28.Tc1 Cd4 29.Txc4
Cxf3+ 30.Rf2 Ch4 31.Ab6 Ta8
32.Cd6 f6 33.Txb4 fxe5 34.fxe5 Tf8+
35.Re2 Cg6 36.Ad4 Cf4+ 37.Rd1 Rg8
38.Tb7 Ah4 39.b4 Ce6 40.Ac3 h5
41.b5 Tf1+ 42.Re2 Tf2+ 43.Re3 Th2
44.Tb8+ Rh7 45.Re4?
[ 45.b6 Txh3+ 46.Rd2+ ]
45...Txh3 46.Rd5 Cc7+ 47.Rc4 Af2
48.Ce4 Th4 49.Rd3 Th3+ 50.Rc2 Th2
51.Rb3 Cd5 52.Td8 Cxc3 53.Rxc3
Ae1+ 54.Rd3 Tb2 55.e6 Ah4 56.Td5
Rg6 57.Rc3 Tb1 58.Rc4 Tc1+
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C77
Boleslavsky,Isaak
O'Kelly de Galway,Alberic
Groningen (10) 1946
[ChessBase]
1.e4 e5 2.Cf3 Cc6 3.Ab5 a6 4.Aa4
Cf6 5.d3 d6 6.c3 Ae7 7.Cbd2 0-0
8.h3 Cd7 9.0-0 Cb6
[ 9...b5 10.Ab3 Af6 11.Te1 Cb6
12.Cf1 Ae6 Boleslavsky-Botvinnik (7) ]
10.Ac2 Af6 11.Cb3 a5?! (.)
[ 11...d5!? 12.Ae3 dxe4 13.dxe4
( 13.Axb6 exf3! ) 13...Cc4 ]
12.Ae3 d5
[ 12...a4 13.Cbd2 a3 14.b4 ]
13.Axb6 cxb6 14.a4 dxe4 15.dxe4
Dc7?!
[ 15...Dxd1 ]
16.Cbd2 Ce7 17.Ab3 Cg6 18.Cc4
Td8 19.Dc2 Cf4 20.Ce3 Ae7 (.)
[ 20...Ad7 P b6-b5 ]
21.h4 [P g2-g3] Ac5 22.Tad1 Te8?! (.)
[ 22...Ae6 or 22... f8 ]
[ 22...Axe3? 23.fxe3 ]
23.Cg5 Tf8 24.Cd5! Cxd5
[ 24...Dc6 25.Cxf4 exf4 26.e5 Dg6
( 26...g6 27.Ad5! ) 27.Dxg6 hxg6
28.Cxf7 Txf7 29.Td8+ Af8
30.Tfd1!+ ( 30.e6? Axe6! )]
25.exd5 g6 26.De2
[ 26.d6?! Axd6 27.Axf7+ Txf7 28.Db3
Af8 ]
26...h5?
[ 26...Ad6 ]
27.d6! Dc6
[ 27...Axd6 28.Dd3+ [P 29. xg6+, 29.
xd6 ]
28.Dxe5 Af5 29.Df6 Dd7 30.Tfe1
1-0
B07
Bernstein,Ossip
Boleslavsky,Isaak
Groningen (11) 1946
[ChessBase]
1.d4 Cf6 2.Cf3 g6 3.g3 Ag7 4.Ag2
0-0 5.0-0 d6 6.Cc3
[ 6.c4 ]
6...Cbd7 7.e4 e5 8.dxe5 dxe5 9.b3
Te8 10.Aa3 c6 11.Dd2 Da5 12.Ca4
Dxd2 13.Cxd2 Af8 14.Axf8 Rxf8
15.Cb2
[ 15.Cc4? b5 ]
15...Cc5 16.Cbc4 b5 17.Ca5
[ 17.Cd6? Td8 18.Cxc8 Txd2!+ ]
17...Ad7 18.Tfd1 Ce6 19.Cf3 Cc5
20.Cd2 Ce6= 21.Cf3 Cc5 22.Cd2
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C83
Boleslavsky,Isaak
Euwe,Max
Groningen (12) 1946
[ChessBase]
1.e4 e5 2.Cf3 Cc6 3.Ab5 a6 4.Aa4
Cf6 5.0-0 Cxe4 6.d4 b5 7.Ab3 d5
8.dxe5 Ae6 9.c3 Ae7
[ 9...Ac5 ]
10.Cbd2 0-0 11.Ac2 f5 12.exf6 Cxf6
13.Cb3 Ag4 14.Dd3 [/\ 15.Bg5, 15.
Nbd4, 14.Nfd4] Ah5 15.Cbd4 Cxd4
16.Cxd4 Ag6 17.De2 Axc2 18.Cc6
[ 18.Ce6? Dd6 19.Cxf8 Af5 ]
18...De8
[ 18...Dd6? 19.Cxe7+ Rh8 20.Cxd5 ]
19.Cxe7+ Rh8 20.Dxc2 Dxe7= 21.Af4
Tae8 22.a4 c5 23.axb5 axb5 24.Dd3
c4 e.g.
[ 24...Db7? 25.Ad6 ]
25.Dd4 De2 26.Ae3 Dxb2 27.Tfb1?
[ 27.Tab1 e.g. De2 28.Txb5 Cg4 ]
27...Ta8!+ 28.Dd1 Txa1 29.Txa1
Dxc3 30.Ad4 Db4 31.Tb1 Da4
32.Dd2 Da6 33.f3 h6 34.g4 De6
[/\ 35...Nxg4] 35.h3 Ch7 [/\ 36...Ng5]
36.Dc3 Dg6 37.Txb5 Cg5 38.Txd5
Cxf3+ 39.Rg2 Df7 40.Dxc4 Cxd4
41.Dxd4 Df1+
0-1
B58
Stoltz,Goesta
Boleslavsky,Isaak
Groningen (13) 1946
[ChessBase]
1.e4 c5 2.Cf3 Cc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Cxd4
Cf6 5.Cc3 d6 6.Ae2 e5 7.Cf3
[ 7.Cb3 - O'Kelly-Tartakower (16),
Yanofsky-Boleslavsky (17) ]
7...h6 8.Ac4?
[ 8.0-0 Ae6 9.b3! Znosko_Borowsky-
Kramer, Zaandam 1946, e.g. d5
( 9...a6 10.Ab2 d5 11.exd5 Cxd5
12.Cxd5 Axd5 13.Cxe5 ) 10.Ab5! ]
8...Ae7 9.De2 0-0 10.h3 Ae6 11.0-0
Tc8 12.Ab3 Ca5 13.Td1 Dc7 14.g4
Cxb3 15.axb3 a6 16.Rh1 b5!
[/\ 17...b4, ...18...Qxc2] 17.b4 Dc4
18.Dxc4
[ 18.De1 ]
18...Txc4 19.Te1?
[ 19.Cd2 Txb4 20.Txa6 ]
19...Ac8+ 20.g5 hxg5 21.Axg5 Ab7
22.Rh2 Txb4 23.b3 Tc8 24.Te3 Td4!
25.Tg1 Rf8 26.Axf6 Axf6 27.Tg4 b4
28.Ca4 Txc2 29.Cxd4 exd4 30.Te1
Txf2+ 31.Tg2 Tf3 32.Tc2 d3 33.Tc7
Ae5+ 34.Rg1 d2 35.Td1 Ad4+ 36.Rh2
Tf2+ 37.Rg3 Axe4 38.Tc4 Tf3+
39.Rh2 Ae5+ 40.Rg1 d5 41.Tc8+ Re7
42.Txd2 Af4 43.Tb2 Ae3+ 44.Rh2 Tf1
45.Rg3 Tg1+ 46.Rh2 Tg6
0-1
C92
Boleslavsky,Isaak
Flohr,Salo
Groningen (14) 1946
[ChessBase]
1.e4 e5 2.Cf3 Cc6 3.Ab5 a6 4.Aa4
Cf6 5.0-0 Ae7 6.Te1 b5 7.Ab3 d6
8.c3 0-0 9.h3 Cd7 10.d4
[ 10.d3 Boleslavsky-Botvinnik (7) ]
10...Af6 11.Ae3!?
[ 11.Ad5 Yanofsky-Smyslov (13) ]
11...Cb6 12.Cbd2 Ca5 13.Ac2 Cac4
14.Cxc4 Cxc4 15.Ac1 Te8 16.b3 Cb6
17.dxe5 dxe5 18.Dxd8 Txd8 19.Ae3
h6 20.Ted1 Ae6 21.Txd8+ Txd8
22.Td1 Txd1+ 23.Axd1= Cd7 24.Rf1
Rf8 25.Rg1 Rg8 26.Rf1 Rf8 27.Rg1
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B31
Tartakower,Saviely
Boleslavsky,Isaak
Groningen (15) 1946
[ChessBase]
1.e4 c5 2.Cf3 Cc6 3.Ab5 g6 4.0-0
Ag7 5.c3! d5 6.Da4! dxe4
[ 6...Dd7? 7.exd5 Dxd5 8.d4 ]
7.Axc6+ bxc6 8.Dxc6+ Ad7 9.Dxe4
Cf6 10.Dh4 0-0 11.Ca3?
[ 11.d4 +/=/+/- ]
11...Ac6 12.Ce5 Ab7 13.d4 Dd5
14.Cf3 cxd4 15.cxd4 Df5 16.Df4
Dh5 17.Ce5 Tad8 18.Ae3 Cd5 19.Df3
Dh4 20.Tac1
[ 20.Tfe1 Cxe3 21.Dxb7 Axe5
22.dxe5 Cg4! ]
20...Cxe3 21.Dxe3 Dxd4 22.Dxd4
Txd4 [^^] 23.Cec4 Aa6 24.b3 Tfd8
25.Cc2 Te4 26.Cb4 Ab5 27.a4 Axc4
28.bxc4 Tc8 29.Cd5 Tcxc4 30.Cxe7+
Rf8 31.Cd5 Txc1 32.Txc1 Ab2
[ 32...Txa4?? 33.Tc8# ]
33.Tc8+ Rg7 34.Rf1 Txa4 35.Ce3
Ad4 36.Cc2 Ab6 37.f3 Rf6 38.Re2
Re6 39.Rd3 Rd7 40.Tf8 Re7 41.Tb8
h5+ 42.g3 Ag1 43.h3 Ab6 44.g4 h4
45.Th8 g5 46.Tg8 f6 47.Tc8 Rd6
48.Te8 Rd5 49.Ce3+ Axe3 50.Rxe3
a5 51.Td8+ Rc6 52.Tc8+ Rb7 53.Te8
Tf4 54.Re2 Rb6 55.Te3 Rb5 56.Rd2
a4 57.Rc3 Tb4 58.Rc2 Rc5 59.Te6
Tb6 60.Te4 Tb3! 61.Txa4
[ 61.f4 Tb4! ]
61...Txf3 62.Ta6 Rd4 63.Rd2 Re5
64.Re2 Txh3 65.Rf2 Td3 66.Ta5+
Td5 67.Ta3 Td4 68.Ta5+ Re6
69.Ta6+ Rf7
0-1
B10
Boleslavsky,Isaak
Kotov,Alexander
Groningen (16) 1946
[ChessBase]
1.e4 c6 2.Cc3 d5 3.Cf3 dxe4 4.Cxe4
Cd7 5.Ac4 Cgf6 6.Cxf6+ exf6
[ 6...Cxf6!? ]
7.0-0 Ae7 8.d4 Cb6? >=
[ 8...b5 /\ 9...Nb6 ]
9.Ab3 0-0 10.h3 Te8 11.c4 Ae6
12.Dd3 g6?!
[ 12...Cd7 /\ 13...Nc5, e.g. 13.Rd1;
13.Bc2 g6, /\ 14...Bf5 ]
13.Af4 Dd7 14.Tad1 Tad8 15.Dc3
Dc8 16.Tc1 Ad6?+ 17.Axd6 Txd6
18.d5!
[ 18.c5? Cd5 ]
18...Ad7
[ 18...cxd5 19.c5+ e.g. d4 20.Dd2! ]
19.Dd2 c5?! >=
[ 19...Te4 20.c5 Txd5 ]
20.Df4 Db8 21.Tce1 Td8 22.Cd2
[/\ 23.Ne4] f5 23.Cf3 f6 24.h4 Ae8
25.a4! a5
[ 25...Cxa4 26.Txe8+ ]
[ 25...Axa4 26.Axa4 Cxa4 27.Te7
/\ 28.Qh6, e.g. T6d7 ( 27...T8d7
28.Txd7 ) 28.Dxb8 Txb8 ]
26.Te7 Af7 27.Tfe1 Cc8 28.T7e3 Dc7
29.h5 T6d7 30.Dh6 Dd6 31.hxg6
hxg6 32.Cd4! [/\ 33.Rh3!] Df8 33.Cxf5!
Dxh6 34.Cxh6+ Rg7 35.Cxf7 Rxf7
36.Ac2 Th8 37.g3 Cd6 38.b3 Cc8
39.Rg2 Tg8 40.g4 Th8 41.Rg3 Tdd8
42.Te6 Td6 43.Txd6 Cxd6 44.Te6
Cc8 45.g5! f5 46.Ad1 Te8 47.Tf6+
Rg7 48.Af3 Td8 49.Rf4 Cd6 50.Ag2
Cf7 51.Tb6 Cd6 52.Re5 Cf7+ 53.Rf4
Cd6 54.Re5 Cf7+ 55.Re6 Te8+
56.Rd7 Te2 57.d6 [57...Rxf2 58.Bd5]
1-0
B59
Yanofsky,Daniel Abraham
Boleslavsky,Isaak
Groningen (17) 1946
[ChessBase]
1.e4 c5 2.Cf3 Cc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Cxd4
Cf6 5.Cc3 d6 6.Ae2 e5 7.Cb3 Ae7
8.Ag5 0-0 9.Dd2? - Stoltz-Boleslavsky
(13), O'Kelly-Tartakower (16) a5 10.a4
Cb4! 11.0-0 h6 12.Ae3
[ 12.Axf6 Axf6 13.Cd5 Cxd5 14.Dxd5
Dc7 /\ ...Be6-/+ ]
12...d5! 13.exd5 Cfxd5 14.Cxd5 Cxd5
15.Ac5 Cf4 16.Axe7
[ 16.Tfd1!? ]
16...Dxe7 17.Af3 Af5 18.Tfe1 Tfe8
19.Rh1
[ 19.Cxa5? Dg5! (/\ 20...Nh3+) 20.Cb3
e4 ]
19...Tac8 20.Ae4 Axe4 21.Txe4 Dg5
22.f3 f5 23.Tee1 e4! [/\ 24...e4] 24.g3
Ch3 25.Dxg5 Cxg5 26.f4
[ 26.fxe4 Txc2+ e.g. 27.exf5 Txe1+
28.Txe1 Cf3 ]
26...Cf3 27.Te2 b6 28.Tc1 Ted8
29.Rg2 Tc4 30.Ta1 Rf7
[ 30...g5!? ]
31.h4 Tdc8 32.c3 Td8 33.Tf2 Td3
34.Tff1 Tc6 35.Tfd1 Tcd6 36.Txd3
Txd3 37.Tf1 Re6?
[ 37...Cd2! 38.Cxd2 Txd2++
(39.Rf2 e3!) ]
38.Tc1 g6
[ 38...Rd5!? ]
39.Rf2 Re7 40.Re2 Ch2 41.Tg1 Cf3
[ 41...Cg4!? ]
42.Td1 Txd1 43.Rxd1 Rd6 44.c4 Ch2
-
B76
Boleslavsky,Isaak
Kottnauer,Cenek
Groningen (18) 1946
[ChessBase]
1.e4 c5 2.Cf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Cxd4
Cf6 5.Cc3 g6 6.f3 Ag7 7.Ae3 Cc6
8.Dd2 0-0 9.0-0-0 Cxd4! 10.Axd4 Ae6
11.g4 Da5!
[ 11...a6? 12.h4 b5 13.Cd5 Axd5
14.exd5 Dc7 15.h5 Tac8 16.hxg6
fxg6 17.Ad3 Tf7 18.Dg5 Ce8
19.Txh7! Rxh7 20.Dxg6+ Rg8 21.Th1
Katetov-Golombek, Prague 1946 ]
12.a3
[ 12.Rb1 Tfc8 13.h4 Txc3! 14.Dxc3
Dxa2+ 15.Rc1 Axg4! 16.fxg4 Da1+
17.Rd2 Cxe4+ 18.Re1 Cxc3 19.Txa1
Axd4 20.bxc3 Axc3+ 21.Rf2
Axa1+ ]
12...Tfc8 13.h4 Tab8! [/\ b7-b5-b4]
14.Cd5 Dxd2+ 15.Txd2 Cxd5 16.exd5
Axd4 17.Txd4 Ad7 18.Ac4= Tc7
19.Te1 Rf8 20.Rd2 Tbc8 21.Ad3 a6
22.c3 Tc5 23.Ab1 Ab5 24.Aa2 Ac4
25.Axc4 Txc4 26.Rd3 Txd4+ 27.Rxd4
Re8 28.Te4 Rd7 29.Tf4 f6 30.Rd3
Tc5 31.Td4 e5 32.dxe6+ Rxe6
33.Te4+ Te5 34.f4 Txe4 35.Rxe4 d5+
36.Rd4 Rd6 37.a4 b6 38.b3 h5
[ 38...h5 39.f5 hxg4! 40.fxg6 Re6
41.h5 g3 42.Re3 f5 43.h6 Rf6 44.h7
Rg7 45.Rf3 f4= ]
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E95
Christoffel,Martin
Boleslavsky,Isaak
Groningen (19) 1946
[ChessBase]
1.d4 Cf6 2.c4 g6 3.Cc3 Ag7 4.e4
0-0 5.Ae2 d6 6.Cf3 Cbd7 7.0-0 e5
8.Te1 Te8 9.Af1 c6 10.d5 c5
[ 10...De7 Vidmar-Christoffel ]
11.a3 Tf8 12.b4 Ce8 13.g3 h6
14.Ch4 Cdf6 15.bxc5 dxc5 16.a4 a5
17.Tb1 Cd6 18.Aa3?
[ 18.f3!? /\ 19.Be3 ]
18...b6 19.Db3 Ta6
[ 19...Tb8? 20.Axc5 ]
20.Dc2 Ch7 21.Cb5 Cg5 22.Rh1
Cxb5! 23.cxb5
[ 23.Txb5? Ad7 /\ 24...Qe8 + xPa4 ]
23...Ta7 24.Ab2 Dd6 25.Dd2 Te7
26.Ag2 Ah3 27.Axh3 Cxh3 28.Cg2
Cg5 29.Dd1! f5 30.exf5 gxf5 31.f4
Ce4 32.Rg1
[ 32.Te2 exf4! ]
[ 32.Tf1!? ]
32...c4 33.fxe5 Axe5 34.Axe5 Txe5
[/\ 35...Rxd5, 35...Nc3] 35.Ce3 Cc3
36.Dd4 Cxb1 37.Txb1 Te4 38.Cxf5
Txd4 39.Cxd6 c3 40.Tc1 Txd5
41.Ce4 Td4 42.Cxc3 Tc8
0-1
C99
Boleslavsky,Isaak
Goldenov,Boris Petrovich
URS-ch15 Leningrad (10) 1947
[Chekhov]
1.e4 e5 2.Cf3 Cc6 3.Ab5 a6 4.Aa4
Cf6 5.0-0 Ae7 6.Te1 b5 7.Ab3 d6
8.c3 Ca5 9.Ac2 c5 10.d4 Dc7
11.Cbd2 0-0 12.h3 cxd4 13.cxd4 Cc6
[ 13...Ab7 14.Cf1 Tac8 15.Ad3 d5! ]
14.Cb3 a5
[ 14...Td8 Keres 15.Ad2! /\16.d5 ]
15.Ae3 a4 16.Cbd2 Cb4
[ 16...a3? 17.bxa3 Txa3 18.Dc1! ]
[ 16...Aa6 17.Tc1 Db7 18.Ab1 Ad8
19.b4 Keres/ ]
[ 16...Ae6 17.a3 Ca5 18.Ad3 Db8
19.De2 b4 20.axb4 Dxb4 21.Teb1
exd4 22.Axd4 Cc6 23.Ac3 ]
[ 16...Ad7 ]
17.Ab1 Ad7
[ 17...a3 18.Db3! Da5 19.dxe5 dxe5
20.Dxa3 Dxa3 21.bxa3 Txa3
22.Cxe5 Ae6 23.Cef3 ( 23.Cdf3!
Axa2 24.Axa2 Txa2 25.Cc6! )
23...Cxa2 24.Cd4 Cc3 25.Txa3 Axa3
26.Cxe6 fxe6 27.Ac2 ]
18.a3 Cc6 19.Ad3
[ 19.Aa2 Tac8 20.De2 ]
19...Db8?!
[ 19...Ca5! 20.De2 Db8 21.Ch2 Ad8
22.f4 Te8 23.Chf3 Gruenfeld,J-
Olafsson,H/Luzern/1979/ ]
20.b4! axb3 21.Dxb3 exd4 22.Cxd4
Cxd4 23.Axd4 Ce8 24.e5!
[ 24.Cf1 Cc7 25.Ce3 Ce6 26.Ab2
Cc5 27.Dc2 Cxd3 28.Dxd3 f6 ]
24...dxe5
[ 24...Cc7 25.exd6 Axd6 26.Ac2! Ce6
27.Dd3 g6 28.Ab2 ]
25.Axe5 Ad6 26.Cf3
[ 26.Ab2 b4 ]
26...Ta4
[ 26...Ac6? 27.Axh7+! Rxh7
28.Dc2++ ]
[ 26...Db7 27.Ae4 Ac6 28.Axc6 Dxc6
29.Cd4! ]
27.Ab2 Tf4
[ 27...b4 28.Ce5! Ab5 29.Axb5 Dxb5
30.Cd3 ]
28.Ce5 Da7 29.Te2
[ 29.Cxd7! Txf2 30.Axh7+
A) 30...Rxh7! 31.Dd3+ /\Ld4 Tf5+
32.Rh1 ( 32.Dd4 Dxd7 33.Txe8
Ac5+ ) 32...Dxd7 33.Tad1 ( 33.g4
Dc6+ 34.Rg1 Ac5+ 35.Rh2 Dd6+
36.Dxd6 Tf2+ 37.Rg1 Cxd6+ ;
33.Te5 g6 34.Td1+ ) 33...f6 ;
B) 30...Rh8 31.De3 Dxe3 32.Txe3
Txb2 33.Rh1!+ ( 33.Cxf8 Ac5!
34.Tae1 Cf6! /\35... Kh7, 35...
Sd5= )]
29...Ae6 30.Dc2!
[ 30.Dxb5 Cc7 ( 30...Cc7 31.Dc6
Ac5 /\Ld5 )]
30...Cf6 31.Axb5 Tc8
[ 31...Ad5 32.Dd2 Te4 33.Cd7 Cxd7
34.Txe4 Axe4 35.Dxd6+ ]
32.Dd2 Axe5
[ 32...Cd5 33.Ac6! Da6! 34.Axd5
Axd5 35.Tae1 Axe5 36.Txe5+ ]
33.Txe5+ Te4
[ 33...Tf5 34.Txf5 Axf5 35.Dg5 Ag6
36.Axf6+ ]
34.Tg5 De7
[ 34...h6 35.Axf6 hxg5 36.Dxg5 g6
37.Dh6+ ]
35.Txg7+!
[ 35.Txg7+ Rxg7 36.Dg5+ Rf8
37.Axf6+ ]
1-0
C10
Boleslavsky,Isaak
Thomas,George Alan
ENG-URS London (1) 1947
[ChessBase]
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Cc3 dxe4 4.Cxe4
Cd7 5.Cf3 Cgf6 6.Cxf6+ Cxf6 7.c3
[ 7.Ad3 b6 8.Ce5 Ab7 9.Ab5+ c6
10.Cxc6 ( 10.Axc6+ Axc6 11.Cxc6
Dd5 12.Df3 Dxf3 13.gxf3 Tc8
14.Cxa7 Txc2 ) 10...Dd5 11.c4 Dxg2
12.Ce5+ Rd8 ]
7...Ad6?!
[ 7...b6 8.Ab5+ Ad7 9.Ad3 ]
[ 7...c5 ]
8.Ag5 h6 9.Ah4 Ae7 10.Ad3 0-0
11.De2 Te8?!
[ 11...Dd5 ]
12.0-0-0 Cd5 13.Ag3 Ad6 14.Rb1
Ad7 15.Ce5 Aa4?! This move isn't
linked to any plan.
[ 15...Tb8 P b5 ]
16.Td2 f5?! <-> e5 17.h4!
P 1.Occupation of the square g6 2. h5,
h4, g4~/= Axe5?
[ 17...f4 18.De4+ ]
18.Axe5 Cf6 19.f3 De7 20.g4 Ac6
21.gxf5 exf5 22.Tg1
[ 22.Axf5 Cd7 ]
22...Ad7 23.De3 Rh7 24.Tdg2 Tg8
25.Ac4 g6 26.Axg8+ Txg8 27.Df2
[ 27.c4! c6 28.Dc3 P 29.d5 + ]
27...Ac6 28.Te1 Ad5 29.b3 b5 30.Df1
a6 31.Tge2 P 32. c7 c7 33. e7+ Tg7
32.Te3 Tf7 33.Dg2?!
[ 33.c4 bxc4 34.bxc4 Db4+ 35.Tb3
Dxc4 36.Dxc4 Axc4 37.Tc3+ ]
33...Cg4 34.T3e2 Dd7 35.Dg3 Cxe5
36.dxe5 Dc6
[ 36...De6 ]
37.e6 Te7 38.Tg1 De8 39.Tge1 Dc6
40.h5 g5 41.De5!
[ 41.De5! Axe6 ( 41...Axf3 42.Dxf5+
Rg8 43.Dg6+ Tg7 44.e7+ )
42.Df6+ ]
1-0
B25
Thomas,George Alan
Boleslavsky,Isaak
ENG-URS London (2) 1947
[ChessBase]
1.e4 c5 2.Cc3 Cc6 3.g3 g6 4.Ag2
Ag7 5.d3 d6 6.Cge2 e6 7.0-0 Cge7
8.Ad2 P c1, h6
[ 8.Ae3 Cd4 9.Dd2 Ad7 10.Ah6??
Axh6 11.Dxh6 Cxc2 ]
8...Ad7 9.Dc1 Cd4?!
[ 9...h5 10.h3 Tb8 P 11... b5 ]
10.Cxd4 cxd4 11.Ce2 P 12. h6 h5
12.c4?
[ 12.h3 h4 13.g4 P f4 or,depending on
Blacks play, c3 ]
12...h4 13.f4 hxg3 14.Cxg3
[ 14.hxg3?! Cg8 P h6-g4 ]
14...Cc6 P h4 15.Tf3 g5! 16.Cf1?
[ 16.fxg5!? Ce5 17.Dd1 De7! 18.De2
Cxf3+ 19.Dxf3 Ae5 P 20... h4 20.Ch5
0-0-0 21.Tf1 f6! 22.gxf6 Df7 23.Cg3
Tdg8 ]
[ 16.fxg5 Ce5 17.Tf1 Cxd3 18.Dc2
Ce5+ ]
16...gxf4 17.Axf4 Ce5 18.Tg3 Af6
19.Dd2 De7 20.Db4 Ac6 21.Tc1 b6
22.Cd2
[ 22.a4 Ah4 23.Th3 ( 23.Axe5 dxe5
24.Dxe7+ Rxe7+ <-> a4 ) 23...Df6
24.Axe5 Dxe5 ]
22...0-0-0 23.Tf1 Thg8 24.Da3 Cg4
P 25... e3 25.Tgf3 Ae5! 26.Axe5
Cxe5+ 27.Tf6
[ 27.Tg3 Txg3 28.hxg3 Dg5 29.Cf3
De3++ ]
27...Tg7 28.Rh1 Tdg8 29.T6f2 Cg4
30.Te2 Ce3 31.Tff2 Cxg2 32.Txg2
Txg2 33.Txg2 Txg2 34.Rxg2 Dg5+
0-1
C03
Boleslavsky,Isaak
Bondarevsky,Igor
Parnu 1947
[ChessBase]
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Cd2 Cc6 4.Cgf3
f5 5.exf5 exf5 6.Ab5
[ 6.c3!? ]
6...Ad6 7.0-0 Cf6 8.c4
[ 8.Te1+ Ce4 9.Cxe4 fxe4 10.Cg5
0-0 11.c4 Df6 12.Ae3 ]
8...0-0 9.c5 Ae7 10.Axc6 bxc6
11.Ce5 Ad7 12.Te1 Ce4 13.f3 Cg5
14.Cb3 Cf7 15.Cd3 Af6 16.Af4 g5
17.Ae5 f4 18.Dd2 Te8 19.Axf6 Dxf6
20.Txe8+ Txe8 21.Te1 Txe1+
22.Dxe1 Df5 23.Dd2 Cd8 24.h4 h6
25.Ce5 Cf7 26.Cxd7 Dxd7 27.Ca5
De6 28.Rf2 Df6 29.hxg5 hxg5
30.Cb3 g4 31.fxg4 Dh4+ 32.Rg1
Dxg4 33.Dd3 Ch6 34.Df3 Dh4
35.Dh3 De7
-
C87
Boleslavsky,Isaak
Pytlakowski,Andrzej
Warsaw (8) 1947
[Chekhov]
1.e4 e5 2.Cf3 Cc6 3.Ab5 a6 4.Aa4
Cf6 5.d3 d6 6.c3
[ 6.c4 Ae7 ( 6...g6!? ) 7.h3 0-0 8.Ae3
Ce8 9.Cc3 f5 10.Axc6 bxc6 11.d4
fxe4 12.Cxe4 exd4 13.Cxd4 Ad7
14.Dc2 c5 15.Ce2 Yudasin,L-
Beliavsky,A/Munich/1991/0:1/ ]
6...Ae7
[ 6...Ad7!? 7.Cbd2 g6 ]
7.0-0 0-0 8.Te1 Ag4?!
[ 8...b5!? ]
[ 8...Te8!? ]
9.h3 Ah5 10.Cbd2 Cd7 11.Cf1 Cc5
12.Ac2 d5 13.De2 d4 14.g4! Ag6
15.Cg3 Te8
[ 15...Ce6!? ]
16.Cf5 Af8 17.cxd4 exd4 18.C3h4
Dd7 19.Cg2 Tad8 20.Cf4
[ 20.Cg3!? Pf4/ ]
20...Cb4
[ 20...Ce5!? ]
21.Ab1 Ce6 22.a3 Cxf4 23.Axf4 Cd5
24.Ad2
[ 24.Ah2?! Axf5 25.gxf5 Ad6 ]
24...c5 25.Aa2 Ce7 26.Ch4 Cc6 27.f4
Ae7 28.Cf3 h6 29.f5 Ah7 30.e5+
Dc7 31.Af4 Tf8 32.Dd2 Da5 33.Axh6!
Dxd2
[ 33...gxh6 34.Dxh6 Pf6/ Tfe8
35.Axf7++ ]
34.Axd2 Tfe8 35.h4 Rf8 36.h5 Tc8
37.h6 Ad8 38.Tac1 b6 39.Rg2 f6
40.hxg7+ Rxg7 41.exf6+ Axf6 42.Ae6
1-0
C15
Boleslavsky,Isaak
Bondarevsky,Igor
Saltsjobaden Interzonal (10) 1948
[ChessBase]
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Cc3 Ab4 4.Ad2
dxe4 5.Dg4 Cf6 6.Dxg7 Tg8 7.Dh6
Cc6 8.Cge2 Ad7 9.0-0-0 Tg6 10.Dh4
Tg4 11.Dh3 De7 12.De3 Cd5
13.Cxd5 Axd2+ 14.Txd2 exd5 15.Cc3
Ae6 16.Ca4 f5
[ 16...0-0-0!? 17.Cc5 b6 18.Aa6+
Rb8 19.Ab5 bxc5 20.Axc6 c4 ]
17.g3 b6 18.Ab5 Ad7 19.Ae2 Tg8
20.Ah5+ Rd8 21.Cc3 Ae6 22.Ce2
Rc8 23.Cf4 Ca5 24.Ae2 Rb7 25.Dc3
Af7 26.b4 Cc4 27.Axc4 dxc4 28.d5
a5 29.Dxc4 Df6 30.Rb1 axb4
31.Dxb4 Ta5 32.c3 Tga8 33.Tc1 Ta4
34.Db3 Ta3 35.Db2 Dd6 36.Db4 De5
37.Dc4 Ae8 38.Dd4 Dxd4 39.cxd4 c6
40.dxc6+ Axc6 41.Tdc2 Ab5 42.Tc7+
Ra6 43.T1c3 Txc3 44.Txc3 Rb7
45.Rb2 Ta4 46.Tb3 Af1 47.d5 Ac4
48.Ta3 Txa3 49.Rxa3 Rc7 50.Rb2
Rd6 51.a3 Axd5 52.Rc3 Rc5 53.Ce2
Ab7 54.Cf4 Aa6 55.Cg2 Ab5 56.Cf4
Af1 57.Ch5
-
D70
Petrosian,Tigran V
Boleslavsky,Isaak
[ChessBase]
1.d4 Cf6 2.c4 g6 3.Cc3 d5 4.cxd5
Cxd5 5.e4 Cb6
[ 5...Cxc3! ]
6.h3! Ag7 7.Cf3 0-0 8.Ae2 c6
[ 8...Cc6 9.Ae3 f5 10.d5 Ce5 11.exf5
Axf5 12.0-0 Cxf3+ 13.Axf3 Cc4
14.Ag5 Bondarevsky-Averbakh,
1950 ]
9.Ag5 Ae6 10.0-0 f6
[ 10...Ac4 ]
11.Ae3 Af7 12.Dd2 Te8
[ 12...Cc4 13.Axc4 Axc4 14.Tfd1
/\ d4-d5 ]
13.Tfd1 Ca6 # 14.Axa6 bxa6 15.b3
a5 16.Tac1 Dd7 17.Ce1 (/\ Nd3-c5) f5
18.e5
[ 18.f3 Tad8 /\ ...f4 ]
18...Tad8 19.Cd3 Dc8
[ 19...g5 20.Cc5 Dc8 21.Axg5 Axe5
22.De3 ]
20.Db2
[ 20.f4 ]
20...g5 21.f4
[ 21.Axg5 Txd4 ]
21...g4 22.Cc5
[ 22.Da3 a4! 23.Cxa4 Cd5 24.Ad2
( 24.Af2 gxh3 25.gxh3 Ah6 )
24...gxh3 25.gxh3 Da6 ]
22...Cd5 23.Cxd5 Axd5 24.Rh2 Rh8?
[ 24...gxh3 25.gxh3 Rh8 26.Tg1 Tg8
27.Df2! ( 27.Tg3 Ah6 ) 27...Tdf8
28.Dh4 Tf7 29.Tg5 Af8 30.Tcg1
( 30.e6 Axe6 31.d5 Axd5 32.Ad4+
Ag7 33.Tcg1 Axd4 34.Txg8+ Dxg8
35.Txg8+ Rxg8 ) 30...Txg5! ( 30...Tfg7
31.e6! ) 31.Txg5 ( 31.fxg5 f4! 32.g6
Tg7 33.Axf4 Df5! ) 31...e6! ]
25.hxg4! fxg4 26.Rg3 Tf8
[ 26...Df5 27.Dc2 ]
27.Th1 Tf5 # 28.Th4
[ 28.Dc3! Dc7 ( 28...h5 29.Dxa5 Ah6
30.Dxa7 ) 29.Th4 h5 30.Tch1 Af7
31.Txg4 Ah6 32.Tgh4 Tg8+ 33.Rf2
Ad5 34.T1h2 (/\ g2-g4) ]
28...h5 29.Tch1
[ 29.Dc3 ]
29...Af7 30.Dc3 Ah6!
[ 30...Dc7 31.Txg4 ]
31.Tf1
[ 31.Dxa5 Txd4! ]
[ 31.e6! Dc7 32.exf7 Txf4!! ]
31...Dc7 32.Dc2 e6 33.Dc4
[ 33.Ce4 ]
33...Af8! 34.Tfh1
[ 34.Cxe6 De7! ]
34...Rg8 35.De2 Axc5 36.dxc5 Td5
37.Dxg4+
-
D72
Geller,Efim P
Boleslavsky,Isaak
[Ftacnik]
1.d4 Cf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Ag7 4.Ag2 d5
5.cxd5 Cxd5 6.e4 Cb6 7.Ce2 Ag4
8.d5
[ 8.Cbc3 Cc6 9.d5 Cd4 10.0-0 ]
8...c6 9.0-0 0-0 10.Cbc3 cxd5
11.exd5 Ca6 12.h3 Ad7 13.Ag5 h6
14.Ae3 Cc4
[ 14...Cc7 15.Ad4 Cb5 16.Axg7
Rxg7 /\17... Sd6 ]
15.Ad4! Cxb2 16.Db3 Axd4 17.Cxd4
Cd3
[ 17...Db6? 18.Ccb5! ]
18.Ce4!
[ 18.Dxb7 Cac5 19.Db1 Tb8 ]
18...Cdc5 19.Cxc5 Cxc5 20.De3 Rh7
21.Cc6! Axc6
[ 21...bxc6 22.dxc6 Ce6 23.Tfd1 ]
22.dxc6 b6 23.c7 Dxc7 24.Axa8
Txa8 25.Tad1 Te8 26.Td4 e5 27.Td5
[ 27.Th4 h5 28.g4 De7 ]
27...Te7 28.Tfd1 /\29.Dc3, 30.Td8, 31.f4
e4 29.Td8 Cd3 30.Dd4 De5 31.Dxe5
Cxe5 32.Tc1 Rg7 33.Rf1 Cd3
34.Tcc8 Cc5 35.Re2 Rf6 36.Re3 h5
37.Td4 Te5 38.Td6+ Re7 39.Td4 Rf6
40.Tc6+ Rg7 41.a4 Tf5 42.Re2 h4
43.g4 Tf3 44.Txe4! Txh3 45.Te7 Cd3!
46.g5!
[ 46.Tcc7 Cf4+ 47.Rd2 Rf6 48.Txf7+
Rg5 ]
46...Cf4+ 47.Rd2 Ch5 48.Tc8 Tf3
49.Tee8 Cf6
[ 49...h3?? 50.Tg8+ Rh7 51.Th8+
Rg7 52.Tcg8# ]
50.gxf6+ Rxf6 51.Re2 Tf4 52.a5 bxa5
53.Tc6+ Rg5 54.Ta6 a4 55.Txa7 f5
56.Tg8 h3 57.Ta6
1-0
C15
Boleslavsky,Isaak
Mikenas,Vladas
[ChessBase]
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Cc3 Ab4 4.Ad2
dxe4 5.Dg4 Cf6 6.Dxg7 Tg8 7.Dh6
Tg6 8.De3 Cc6 9.Cge2 Axc3
[ 9...e5!? ]
10.Dxc3!
[ 10.Axc3 Dd6 11.0-0-0 Cb4 ]
10...Cd5 11.Db3 a5 12.0-0-0
[ 12.c4 Cdb4 ]
12...a4
[ 12...Dd6 13.c4 Cdb4 14.Af4 De7
15.Cc3 f5 16.Cb5 (Boleslavsky) ]
[ 12...De7 13.Cf4 a4 14.Dc4 Cxf4
15.Axf4 a3 16.b3 Cb4 17.Ad2 Cd5
18.Te1 f5 19.f3 (Schwarz 67) ]
13.Da3 Dd6?
[ 13...Df6= ]
14.c4! (Zeuthen/Jarlnaes 71) Dxa3
15.bxa3 Cf6
[ 15...Cb6 16.Cf4 Tg8 17.Ac3 Ca5
18.f3! exf3 ( 18...Cbxc4 19.fxe4 Cxa3
20.Ch5 Tg6 21.e5 C3c4 22.Cf6+
Rd8 23.Ad3 Tg7 24.Ae1+
(Boleslavsky) ) 19.gxf3 Caxc4 20.Ad3
f5 21.Thg1 (Boleslavsky) ]
16.Cf4 (Schwarz 67) Tg8 17.Ac3 Cg4
18.Td2 Ca5 19.Tb2 b6
[ 19...e3 20.f3 Cf2 21.Tg1 b6 22.d5!
Aa6 23.Tb4 (Boleslavsky) ]
20.h3 Ch6 21.d5 Cf5 22.Ch5 Tg6
23.Cf6+ Re7 24.Cxe4 Ab7 25.g4 Cd6
[ 25...Ch4 26.Ab4+ Re8 27.Ad3 exd5
28.cxd5 Axd5 29.Te1 Rd7 ( 29...Ae6
30.f4 ) 30.Cc3 Tc6 31.Ab5+
(Boleslavsky) ]
26.Cxd6 Rxd6 27.Ad3 Tgg8 28.Ab4+
Rd7 29.Te1 Tge8
[ 29...exd5 30.Af5+ Rc6 31.cxd5+
Rxd5 32.Td2++ (Boleslavsky) ]
30.dxe6+ fxe6 31.Td2 Rc8 32.Txe6
Txe6 33.Af5 Ag2 34.Axe6+ Rb7
35.Axa5 Txa5 36.Ad5+ Axd5 37.Txd5
Ta8 38.f4 Te8 39.f5 Te1+ 40.Rd2 Tf1
41.Re2
1-0
B03
Boleslavsky,Isaak
Kopylov,Nikolai G
[Ftacnik]
1.e4 Cf6 2.e5 Cd5 3.d4 d6 4.c4 Cb6
5.exd6 exd6 6.Cc3 Ae7 7.Ad3 Cc6
[ 7...C8d7 /\8... Sf6 ]
8.Cge2 Ag4
[ 8...0-0 ]
9.f3 Ah4+
[ 9...Ah5 10.Cf4 Ag6 ]
10.Cg3 Ah5 11.0-0 Axg3 12.hxg3
Ag6
[ 12...Cxd4 13.g4 Ag6 14.Axg6+
/\15.Dd4+ ]
13.Te1+ Rf8?
[ 13...Ce7 14.Axg6 hxg6 15.De2 ]
14.b3 Df6 /\Se7, h6, Kg8-h7 15.Ae3
Te8
[ 15...a6 ]
16.Dd2 Axd3
[ 16...h6 17.Axg6 Dxg6 18.Af4
( 18.c5 )]
17.Dxd3 Dg6 18.Dd2!
[ 18.Dxg6 hxg6 19.Cb5 Te7
( 19...Tc8 20.d5 ) 20.d5 ]
18...Dxg3 19.c5 Cd7
[ 19...dxc5 20.dxc5 Td8 21.De2 Cc8
( 21...Cd7 22.Tad1 ) 22.Cd5 Txd5
23.Af4+ ]
20.Af4 Dg6 21.Cb5 dxc5
[ 21...Tc8 22.cxd6 ( 22.Cxc7 Txc7
23.Axd6++ )]
22.Cxc7 Td8
[ 22...Txe1+ 23.Txe1 Cf6 24.De3+ ]
23.dxc5 /\24.Dd7 Df5 24.Tad1 Ccb8
[ 24...Dxc5+ 25.Rf1 /\26.Dd7, 26.Ld6 ]
25.Dd6+
[ 25.De3 Rg8 26.Cd5+ ]
[ 25.Dd6+ Rg8 26.Cd5+ ]
1-0
C99
Boleslavsky,Isaak
Keres,Paul
Candidats Tournament (2) 1950
[Ftacnik]
1.e4 e5 2.Cf3 Cc6 3.Ab5 a6 4.Aa4
Cf6 5.0-0 Ae7 6.Te1 b5 7.Ab3 d6
8.c3 0-0 9.h3 Ca5 10.Ac2 c5 11.d4
Dc7 12.Cbd2 cxd4 13.cxd4 Ab7
14.Cf1 Tac8 15.Ce3?
[ 15.Ab1 Ch5 ( 15...Cd7 16.Ce3 exd4
17.Cxd4 g6 18.a4 Unzicker,W-
Keres,P (05)/Hamburg m/1956/0-1/ )
16.Ce3 ]
[ 15.Ad3 Cc6?! ( c15...d5 ) 16.Ce3
Fischer,R-Keres,P/Zuerich/1959/1-0/ ]
[ 15.Te2! Tfe8 ( 15...d5 16.dxe5
Cxe4 17.Cg3 ) 16.Cg3 g6 17.b3
Matanovic,A-Keres,P/EU-chT Wien/
1957/1/2-1/2/ ]
15...Cxe4 16.Cf5 Dxc2 17.Cxe7+ Rh8
18.Dxc2
[ 18.Cxc8? Dxf2+ 19.Rh1 ( 19.Rh2
Dg3+ 20.Rg1 Cf2+ ) 19...Txc8 ]
18...Txc2 19.dxe5 dxe5 20.Cxe5 f6!
[ 20...Cxf2 21.Ae3 Ce4 22.Tad1 h6
23.Td8! Txd8 24.Cxf7+ Rh7 25.Cxd8
Aa8 26.Ce6 ]
21.Cg4
[ 21.Cd3 Td8 22.Cb4 Tc4 ]
21...f5 22.Ce5 Tc7! 23.C7g6+ hxg6
24.Cxg6+ Rg8 25.Cxf8 Rxf8 26.f3
Cf6 27.Ad2 Cc6 28.Af4 Td7 29.Tad1
Cd5
[ 29...Txd1 30.Txd1 Re7 31.Ag5 ]
30.Td2 Rf7 31.Ag5! Cd8 32.Axd8
Txd8 33.Rf2 Rf6 34.Tc1 /\Rc7 Th8
35.Tcd1 Re6 36.Te1+ Rd6 37.Tc1
Ac6 38.Tdc2 Ad7 39.Td2 Th6
40.Tcd1 Ae6 41.Td4 Re5 42.T4d2
Th4
[ 42...f4 ]
43.Te1+ Rd6 44.Tc1 Tb4
[ 44...f4 ]
45.g3! a5 46.Tcc2 Ad7
[ 46...a4 47.Td3 ]
47.Td3 Ta4 48.a3 b4 49.Tcd2 Ac6
50.h4! g6 51.Re1 bxa3 52.Txa3 Txa3
53.bxa3 Re6 54.Te2+ Rd6 55.Td2
Ad7 56.Tc2! a4 57.Rd2 Ae6 58.Tc4
Cb6 59.Tb4 Cc4+ 60.Rc3
-
E68
Stahlberg,Gideon
Boleslavsky,Isaak
[ChessBase]
1.c4 Cf6 2.d4 d6 3.Cf3 g6 4.Cc3
Ag7 5.g3 0-0 6.Ag2 Cbd7 7.0-0 e5
8.e4 c6 9.b3 exd4 10.Cxd4 Cc5
11.Ab2 a5 12.Dc2 a4 13.Tfd1 axb3
14.axb3 Txa1 15.Txa1 Db6 16.Ca4
Cxa4 17.Txa4 Cd7 18.Dd2 Cc5
19.Ta3 Te8 20.Ta8 Ad7
[ 20...Cxb3 21.Cxb3 Dxb3 22.Axg7
Rxg7 23.Dd4+ f6 24.Dxd6 Db1+
25.Af1 Dxe4 ( 25...Ah3 26.Dc7+ Rh6
27.Df4+ Rg7 28.Dc7+= )]
21.Txe8+ Axe8 22.h4 h5
[ 22...Cxb3 23.Cxb3 Dxb3 24.Axg7
Rxg7 25.Dxd6 Dxc4 26.De5+ ]
23.Ac3 Ad7 24.Dc2 Ag4 25.Rh2 Cd7
26.Dd2 Cc5
-
E92
Szabo,Laszlo
Boleslavsky,Isaak
[Ftacnik]
1.Cf3 Cf6 2.c4 g6 3.Cc3 Ag7 4.d4
0-0 5.e4 d6 6.Ae2 e5 7.d5 Ch5
8.Cg1!?
[ 8.0-0 Cf4! ]
[ 8.g3!? Cd7 ( 8...Ca6!? ) 9.Ae3 Chf6
10.Cd2 c6 11.h4 Ce8 12.g4 f5
13.gxf5 gxf5 14.exf5 Petrosian,T-
Olafsson,F/Portoroz izt/1958/ TOP ]
8...Cd7!? 9.Axh5 gxh5 10.Dxh5
[ 10.Cge2!? f5 11.exf5 Cb6 12.b3
Axf5 13.Cg3 Ag4 14.f3 h4
Stahlberg 15.Cge4! ]
10...Cc5 11.Cf3 f5! 12.0-0
[ 12.Ag5!? Dd7 13.0-0 fxe4 ( 13...f4
14.Ah6 ) 14.Cd2 Df5 15.Dh4
Barcza ]
12...f4!
[ 12...fxe4 13.Cg5 Af5 14.De2 ]
13.b4 Cd7 14.Ab2 De7
[ 14...Tf6!? ]
15.Cg5 Cf6 16.Dh4
[ 16.De2? Cxd5 17.Cxd5 Dxg5
18.Cxc7? f3+ ]
[ 16.Dd1!? ]
16...h6 17.Cf3 Df7 18.Cd2 Cg4! 19.f3
Ce3 20.Tfc1 Rh7 21.Cd1 Af6 22.Df2
[ 22.De1? Cxg2! 23.Rxg2 Tg8+
24.Rh1 Dg7 25.Df2 Ah4 26.Df1
Ah3+ ]
22...Tg8 23.Cxe3
[ 23.g4? fxg3! 24.Dxe3 ( 24.hxg3
Cxd1 25.Txd1 Ah4 26.Cf1 Ah3+ )]
23...fxe3 24.Dxe3 Ag5 25.De2 Axd2
26.Dxd2 Ah3 27.g3 Dxf3 28.Tc3
[ 28.Te1? Txg3+ 29.hxg3 Tg8+ ]
28...Dxe4 29.c5
[ 29.Dc2 Dxc2 30.Txc2 Taf8 31.Tf2
Txf2 32.Rxf2 Tf8+ 33.Re3 Ag4! ]
29...Tg7 30.Dc2 Dxc2 31.Txc2 Tf8
32.Tf2 Tgf7 33.Txf7+ Txf7 34.Te1 Tf3
35.cxd6 cxd6 36.Ac1 Td3 37.Ae3 a6
38.Rf2 Txd5 39.Tc1 Rg6 40.Tc7 Tb5
41.Tc4 Ae6 42.Th4 h5 43.a4 Td5
44.h3 Ad7 45.a5 Td3
[ 45...Td3 46.Re2 Sealed move ]
0-1
A53
Alatortsev,Vladimir
Boleslavsky,Isaak
[ChessBase]
1.d4 Cf6 2.c4 d6 3.Cc3 e5 4.e4
exd4 5.Dxd4 Cc6 6.Dd2 g6 7.b3 Ag7
8.Ab2 0-0 9.Ad3 Cg4! 10.Cf3 Cge5
11.Ae2 Cxf3+ 12.Axf3 Cd4 13.Ad1 f5
14.exf5 Axf5 15.Ce2?
[ 15.0-0 Dh4 ]
15...Cxe2 16.Axe2
[ 16.Axg7 Cf4! 17.Axf8 Df6 18.f3
( 18.Dxf4 Te8++ ) 18...Te8+ 19.Rf2
Cd3+ 20.Rg3 g5 /\Qe5+ ]
16...Axb2 17.Dxb2 Dg5! 18.g3 Tae8!
19.0-0 Ah3 20.f4
[ 20.Tfe1 Txf2 21.Rxf2 De3# ]
20...Axf1! 21.fxg5 Txe2 22.Dc3 Ag2
23.Dd3 Af3 24.Tf1
[ 24.Rf1 Txh2 25.Dd4 c5 26.Dc3
Ac6+ 27.Re1 Tf3 28.Da5 Th1+
29.Rd2 Txa1 30.Dd8+ Rg7 31.De7+
Tf7 ]
24...Tg2+ 25.Rh1 Ac6! 26.Txf8+ Rxf8
27.Df1+ Tf2+
0-1
E68
Bronstein,David I
Boleslavsky,Isaak
Candidats Playoff 1pl (11) 1950
[ChessBase]
1.d4 Cf6 2.c4 d6 3.Cc3 e5 4.Cf3
Cbd7 5.g3 g6 6.Ag2 Ag7 7.0-0 0-0
8.e4 Te8 9.Ae3 Cg4 10.Ag5 f6
11.Ad2 Ch6 12.Tc1 Cf8 13.b4
[ 13.h3!? ]
13...Cf7 14.Ae3 Ag4 15.h3 Axf3
16.Axf3 a5= 17.a3 axb4 18.axb4
exd4 19.Axd4 Ah6 20.Cd5 Ce5
21.Ae3 Axe3 22.Cxe3 c6 23.Ag2 Ta3
24.Dd2 Td3 25.Da2
[ 25.De2 ]
25...Da8 26.De2 Da3 27.Cg4 Cxg4
28.Dxg4 Dxb4 29.Tb1 Tb3 30.Tbd1
Rg7 31.h4 h5 32.De2 Cd7 33.Td4
Ce5 34.Dd1 Td8 35.c5 Dxc5 36.Dxb3
Dxd4 37.Dxb7+ Td7 38.Dc8 Da7
39.Ah3 Tf7 40.Td1 Tf8 41.De6 c5
42.Af1 Td8 43.Ae2 Dd7 44.Db3 Dc6
45.Td5 c4 46.Dc3 Db6 47.Rg2 Ta8
48.Dd2 Dc6 49.Txd6 Dxe4+ 50.f3
Db7 51.Df4 De7 52.Td2 c3 53.Tc2
Dc5 54.De4 Tc8 55.f4 Cg4 56.Axg4
hxg4 57.De6 Tb8 58.Dxg4 Tb2
59.De2 Dc6+ 60.Rf2 Db6+ 61.Rf3
Db7+ 62.Re3 Db3 63.Rd3 Db5+
64.Re3 Dxe2+ 65.Txe2 c2
0-1
E68
Bronstein,David I
Boleslavsky,Isaak
[Knaak]
1.d4 Cf6 2.c4 d6 3.Cc3 e5 4.Cf3
Cbd7 5.g3 g6 6.Ag2 Ag7 7.0-0 0-0
8.e4 Te8 9.Ae3 Cg4 10.Ag5 f6
11.Ad2 Ch6 12.h3 Cf7 13.Ae3 Cf8
14.Dd2 Ce6 15.d5 Cf8
[ 15...Ceg5 16.Cxg5 Cxg5
Furman.S-Petrosian,T/URS-ch17/
1949/ ]
16.Tae1
[ 16.b4! ]
16...c5! 17.a3 Ad7 18.b4 Dc8
[ 18...cxb4?! 19.axb4 Dc8 20.c5!
Axh3 21.Axh3 Dxh3 22.c6 ]
19.bxc5 dxc5 20.Rh2 Cd6 21.Dd3
Dc7 22.Cd2 f5 23.f4 h5 24.Rh1 Ch7
25.Cb5 Axb5 26.cxb5 c4 27.Dc2 c3?
[ 27...h4! 28.gxh4 Cf6 29.fxe5 Txe5
30.Af4 Ch5! 31.Axe5 Axe5 32.Tf3
f4 33.Cf1 Cxb5 ]
28.exf5 gxf5 29.Cf3 e4 30.Cd4 Cf8
31.a4 Tac8 32.Tc1 Df7 33.Tfd1 Tc7
34.Af1 Af6 35.Db3 Dg6 36.Ae2 Rh8
37.Tg1 Tec8 38.Dd1 Df7 39.Db3 Dg7
40.Cc2 Cc4 41.Axc4 Txc4 42.d6
[ 42.Axa7!? ]
42...a5 43.Aa7
[ 43.Ab6!? Cd7 44.Axa5 b6 45.Ab4
Ad4 46.Tg2 ]
43...Dh7 44.Ce3 Tb4 45.Dd5 Txa4
46.Tc2 Tb4 47.Cxf5 a4 48.Td1 a3
49.Ad4
[ 49.d7? Dxd7 50.Dxd7 Cxd7
51.Txd7 Tb2+ ]
49...Axd4 50.Txd4 a2! 51.De5+
[ 51.Txa2 c2+ ]
[ 51.Dxa2 Dxf5 52.Txb4 Dxh3+
53.Rg1 ( 53.Th2 Df1# ) 53...Dxg3+ ]
51...Rg8 52.Txb4?
[ 52.Dd5+ Rh8 53.De5+= ( 53.Txb4
a1D+ 54.Rh2 Dd7 55.Ce7 De6! )]
52...a1D+ 53.Rh2 Dd1 54.Tg2 c2
55.Ce7+ Dxe7?
[ 55...Rf7! 56.Td4 Dxd4 57.Dxd4
c1D 58.Dd5+ Re8+ ]
56.dxe7 c1D 57.exf8D+ Txf8 58.Dg5+
-
C15
Boleslavsky,Isaak
Bronstein,David I
[ChessBase]
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Cc3 Ab4 4.Ad2
dxe4 5.Dg4 Dxd4 6.0-0-0 Cf6 7.Dxg7
Tg8 8.Dh6 Af8!? This move, prepared
by Bronstein and Konstantinopolsky, his
second, for this crucial encounter,
caught Boleslavsky by surprise.
[ 8...Cg4 9.Dh4 Cxf2 ( 9...Dxf2?
10.Dd8+! Rxd8 11.Ag5+ Re8
12.Td8# ) 10.Cxe4! ( 10.Cge2!
(Keres 69) )
A) 10...Axd2+? 11.Txd2 Dxe4
12.Dd8# (Schwarz 51) ;
B) 10...Dxe4? 11.Dd8+! Rxd8
12.Ag5+ Re8 13.Td8# (Schwarz
51) ;
C) 10...Cxe4 11.Axb4 De3+
( 11...Dxb4?? 12.Dd8# ) 12.Rb1
Cg5 ( 12...Cc6 13.Td8+ Cxd8
14.De7# ) 13.Cf3 Cc6 14.Ab5 Ad7
15.Txd7+ (Schwarz 51) ;
D) 10...Ae7 11.Cd6+ ( 11.Dxf2
Dxe4 12.Cf3 Cc6 13.Ad3
(Schwarz 51) ) 11...Dxd6 12.Dxf2
Ad7 13.Ae3 Dc6 14.Cf3 Af6
(Schwarz 51) ]
[ 8...Tg6 9.Dh4 Tg4 10.Dh3 Dxf2 ]
9.Dh4
[ 9.Dh3 Dxf2 10.Ab5+ ( 10.Ae3 Df5
11.Cb5 Ca6= = (Zeuthen/Jarlnaes 71)
=/+ (Schwarz 67) ) 10...c6! 11.Tf1
Dxg2 (Schwarz 51) ]
[ 9.De3? Dxe3 10.Axe3 Cg4!
(Keres) 11.Cxe4? f5 12.Cc3 ( 12.h3
Cxe3 ) 12...f4! (Panov, Schwarz 67)
( 12...Cxe3 )]
[ 9.Df4 Ad6 ( 9...Tg4 10.De3! Dxe3
11.Axe3N (Pachman 75) )
A) 10.De3 Dxe3 11.Axe3 Cc6
12.Ab5 ( 12.Cb5 Re7 ) 12...Re7!
(Schwarz 67) ;
B) 10.Cge2! Axf4 ( 10...Db4 )
11.Cxd4 Axd2+ 12.Txd2=
(Panov, Pachman 68) ;
C) 10.Dh6 Tg6 11.Dh4 Tg4
12.Dh3 ( 12.Dh6 Af8? 13.Dxf8+!
(Keres 69) Rxf8 14.Ah6+ Re8
15.Txd4 (Schwarz 67) ) 12...Dxf2
13.Ab5+ ( 13.Ae3 Af4! ) 13...c6
14.Tf1 Dxg2 15.Dxg2 Txg2 16.Txf6
cxb5 (Schwarz 51) ]
9...Tg4! 10.Dh3
[ 10.Ag5 Dxd1+ 11.Rxd1 Txh4
12.Axh4 Cbd7 (Schwarz 51) ]
10...Dxf2! 11.Cb5?
[ 11.Ae2!
A) 11...Th4? 12.Dxh4 Dxh4 13.g3
e3! ( 13...Dh6 14.Axh6 Axh6+
15.Rb1 Ad7= (Gligoric 75) ) 14.gxh4
exd2+ 15.Rxd2 Ah6+ 16.Re1 Ad7
(Boleslavsky) ;
B) 11...Dxg2 12.Axg4 Dxg4
13.Dxg4 Cxg4 14.Cxe4 (Pachman
75) Cd7 15.Cf3 (Gligoric 75) f5
16.Ceg5 ;
C) 11...Tg6 12.g4 Dc5! ( 12...e5?
13.Ae3 ) 13.Ae3 ( 13.g5? Txg5! )
13...De5 14.Ad4 Df4+ 15.Ae3=
(Euwe) ]
[ 11.Ae3!? Df5 ( 11...Dh4!? 12.Dxh4
Txh4 13.Ag5 Ah6! ) 12.Cb5 Ca6 ]
11...Ca6 12.Rb1 Ad7 13.Ae3
[ 13.Ac3 Th4! 14.Ad4 Txh3 15.Axf2
Th5 (Pachman 75) ]
13...Df5+ (eco 74/81) 14.Cd4
[ 14.Cxa7? Cd5 15.Ad4 ( 15.Cb5
Cxe3 16.Dxe3 Axb5 (Pachman 75) )
15...c5 ]
14...Dg6 (Pachman 68) 15.Cb3 Cb4
16.Ce2 Cfd5 17.Cc3
[ 17.Ac1 e3! 18.Ced4 e5 (Pachman
75) ]
17...Cxc3+ 18.bxc3 Cd5 19.Ad4 Tg5!
20.g4 e5 21.Af2 Axg4 22.Txd5 Axh3
23.Axh3 Td8 24.Txd8+ Rxd8 25.Td1+
Ad6 26.Ae3 f5 27.Cc5 f4 28.Ce6+
Re7 "The spectators were perplexed:
why was Boleslavsky making all these
moves, attacking a rook and then not
taking it? The point was that he needed
a few minutes to calm himself."
(Vainstein 76) 29.Axa7 Th5 Here Boles
lavsky stopped the clocks. "I wish you
success in the match," he said, shaking
the hand of his friend. Bronstein would
face Botvinnik for the World
Championship! (Vainstein 76)
0-1
E68
Lipnitsky,Isaak
Boleslavsky,Isaak
[Ftacnik]
1.d4 Cf6 2.c4 g6 3.Cf3 Ag7 4.g3 0-0
5.Ag2 d6 6.0-0 Cbd7 7.Cc3 e5 8.e4
exd4 9.Cxd4 Cc5 10.h3 Te8 11.Te1
a5 12.Dc2 Cg4
[ 12...c6 13.Af4! ]
[ 12...Cfd7 13.Ae3 Ce5 14.b3 ]
13.Cb3
[ 13.hxg4 Axd4 14.g5!? ]
13...Ce5
[ 13...Cxb3 14.axb3 Ce5 15.Ae3 ]
14.Cxc5 dxc5 15.Td1 Ad7 16.Cb5!
Dc8
[ 16...Cc6 17.Ae3 ]
17.Rh2 a4
[ 17...Ae6!? 18.f4 Cxc4 19.f5 c6
20.fxe6 cxb5 21.exf7+ Rxf7 22.e5
( 22.Db3 Ae5 23.Dxb5 Cd6. )
22...Axe5 23.Ah6 Rg8 24.Db3 Dc7 ]
18.f4 Cc6 19.Ae3 Cb4 20.Dc1
[ 20.De2! b6 21.a3 Cc6 22.e5 ]
20...Ac6! 21.Cc3
[ 21.Axc5 Ca6! 22.Ca7 Txa7!
23.Axa7 b6 ]
21...Axc3! 22.bxc3
[ 22.Dxc3 Axe4 23.Axc5 Axg2! ]
22...Ca6 23.Dc2 De6 24.Td5 Axd5
25.cxd5 Dd7 26.Tf1
[ 26.c4!
A) 26...b5 27.e5 b4 ( 27...bxc4?
28.Dxc4 ) 28.Td1 Tad8 29.h4 ;
B) 26...c6 27.e5 cxd5 28.cxd5 b5
29.Td1 Tad8 ( 29...Tac8 30.e6!
Dd6 31.f5 ) 30.h4 ]
26...c6 27.dxc6?
[ 27.c4! cxd5 28.cxd5 b5 29.Td1 ]
27...bxc6!
[ 27...Dxc6 28.e5 Dc7 29.Dxa4 ]
28.f5 De7 29.fxg6 hxg6 30.Dc1
/\Be3-g5-f6 f6 31.Af4 De6 32.Dc2
[ 32.e5?! fxe5 33.Ag5 Tf8 ]
32...c4 33.e5 fxe5 34.Te1 Df6 35.Ah6
Cc5
[ 35...g5? 36.Axg5 Dxg5 37.Te4! ]
36.Tf1 De6 37.Df2 Cd7
[ 37...Cd3! 38.De3 Te7 ]
38.Axc6 Tab8 39.Axa4 Te7 40.Td1
Th7 41.De3
[ 41.Da7 Tb2+ 42.Rg1 Dxh3
43.Da8+ Tb8 44.Dd5+ Rh8+ ]
41...Cf6 42.Td2 Rh8! /\Ng8 43.Ad1
g5!
[ 43...Cg8 44.Ag4! ]
44.Dxg5 Tg8 45.De3 Ce8 46.Ag4
Dxh6
0-1
E68
Kan,Ilia Abramovich
Boleslavsky,Isaak
[Moiseev]
1.d4 Cf6 2.c4 g6 3.Cf3 Ag7 4.g3 0-0
5.Ag2 d6 6.0-0 Cbd7 7.Dc2 e5 8.Td1
Te8 9.Cc3
[ 9.dxe5 dxe5 10.e4 ]
9...c6 10.e4 exd4
[ 10...De7!? 11.b3 exd4 12.Cxd4 Cc5
13.f3 a5 14.Ae3 Cfd7 15.Af2 Ce5
16.h3 a4 17.Tab1 axb3 18.axb3
Ca6! 19.Ca2 Georgiev,Kir-Knaak,R/
Bulgaria-DDR/1986/1:0/ (45) Cc5!=
Georgiev ]
11.Cxd4 De7 12.h3?
[ 12.Af4 Ce5 ( 12...Cc5?? 13.Cxc6!
bxc6 14.Axd6+ ) 13.b3 h6 14.h3
15 /\ Be3 ]
12...Cc5 13.f3
[ 13.Te1 d5! 14.cxd5 cxd5 15.e5
Cfe4 ]
13...a5 14.g4?!
[ 14.b3!? ]
14...Cfd7 15.Tb1?!
[ 15.Af4? Axd4+! 16.Txd4 Ce6+ ]
[ 15.b3!? ]
15...Ce5 16.b3 f5! 17.exf5?!
[ 17.f4 fxg4! 18.fxe5 dxe5 19.Cde2
gxh3 20.Af3 Tf8 21.Tf1 Dh4 22.Ae3
Ag4! 23.Axc5 Axf3 24.Txf3 Txf3
25.Rh1 Dg4 26.Tg1 Tf1!+
Boleslavsky ]
[ 17.Ae3 ]
17...gxf5 18.gxf5
[ 18.Cxf5 Axf5 19.Dxf5 Tf8+ ]
[ 18.Af4 ]
18...Ced3!+ 19.Txd3
[ 19.Cde2 Axf5+ ]
19...Cxd3 20.Dxd3 De1+ 21.Af1
[ 21.Rh2 De5++ ]
21...Dg3+ 22.Rh1 Te1 23.Ae3
[ 23.Af4 Dxh3+ 24.Ah2 Ae5+ ]
23...Dxh3+ 24.Rg1 Dg3+ 25.Rh1
Dh4+! 26.Rg2 Txe3 27.Dxe3 Axd4
28.De8+ Rg7 29.f6+ Axf6 30.De4
Dg5+
0-1
D33
Boleslavsky,Isaak
Stoltz,Goesta
Bucharest (3) 1953
[Chekhov]
1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Cc3 c5 4.cxd5
exd5 5.Cf3 Cc6 6.g3 cxd4 7.Cxd4
Db6 8.Cxc6 bxc6
[ 8...Ac5
A) 9.Ag2!? Axf2+ 10.Rf1 bxc6
A1) 11.Af4!? Dd4 12.Dc1 Df6?
( 12...Ce7! 13.e3 Df6 14.Rxf2
g5 ) 13.Rxf2 g5 14.Cxd5 cxd5
15.Axd5 gxf4 ( 15...Dd4+
16.De3+ Dxe3+ 17.Axe3+ )
16.Dc6++ ;
A2) 11.Ca4?! Dd4 12.Dc2 Ce7
13.Af4 Ae3 14.Td1 Df6+ ;
B) 9.Cd4 Axd4 10.e3 Axc3+
11.bxc3 Cf6 12.Aa3 Af5 13.Da4+
Ad7 14.Df4 Tc8 15.Tc1 Tc6
16.Ad3 Koskinen,H-Johnsen,S/
Gausdal/1991/0,5/77/ ]
9.Ag2 Cf6 10.0-0 Ae7
[ 10...Aa6?! 11.Da4 Ac4 12.b3 Ab5
13.Df4 Ae7 14.Ae3 Db7 15.Cxb5
Dxb5 16.Dc7 Aa3 17.De5+ Rf8
18.b4!+ Rubinstein,A-Salwe,G/Vilno/
1909/1|0/20/ ]
11.e4 dxe4 12.Ae3!
[ 12.Cxe4 0-0 13.Cxf6+ Axf6 14.Ae3
Dxb2 15.Axc6 Dxa1= Maten,X-Vaglio,
J/Dubai/1986/0,5/18/ ]
12...Dxb2 13.Cxe4 0-0!?
[ 13...Cxe4!? 14.Axe4 0-0 15.Ad4
A) 15...Db5 16.Tb1 Dc4
A1) 17.Tc1!? Dxa2 18.Dh5 h6
A1a) 19.Axc6! Tb8 ( 19...Aa6
20.Dg4 ) 20.De5 Af6 21.Dxb8
Axd4 22.Dd6 ;
A1b) 19.Txc6 Ae6 20.Ta1 Db3
21.Tb1 Da2 ( 21...Da4 22.Txe6
fxe6 23.De5 Af6 24.Dxe6+ Rh8
25.Df5+ ) 22.Ta1= ;
A2) 17.Te1 Td8 18.Axh7+ Rf8
19.Dh5 Dxd4 20.Ac2 g6 21.Dh6+
Dg7 22.Dxg7+ Rxg7 23.Txe7
Ae6= ;
B) 15...Db4 16.Axc6 ( 16.Tb1 Dd6 ;
16.Dh5 g6 17.De5 f6 ) 16...Tb8
17.Tb1 Dxb1 18.Dxb1 Txb1
19.Txb1 ]
14.Ad4 Da3 15.Axf6
[ 15.Cxf6+!? Axf6 ( 15...gxf6
16.Dh5 ) 16.Axf6 gxf6 17.Dh5 ]
15...Axf6
[ 15...gxf6!? 16.Dh5 Rg7 ]
16.Cxf6+ gxf6 17.Dh5
[ 17.Dd4!? ]
17...Rg7 18.Tae1
[ 18.Axc6 Tb8 19.Ae4 h6 20.Af5 ]
18...Tb8 19.Axc6 h6
[ 19...Dxa2 20.Te4 Ae6 21.Th4 Th8
22.Dh6+ Rg8 23.Dxf6 ]
20.Te4 f5 21.Th4 Dd6
[ 21...Th8 22.Ad5 De7 23.Df3 ]
22.Df3 Tb6 23.Ad5 Td8 24.Dc3+
[ 24.Ab3 Dd3 25.Df4 Ab7 ]
24...Df6 25.Dxf6+ Txf6 26.Ab3 f4?!
[ 26...Ae6! 27.Ta4 Axb3 28.axb3 Tb8
29.Tb1 Tfb6= ]
27.Txf4 Txf4 28.gxf4 Rf6
[ 28...Ae6!? 29.Axe6 fxe6 30.Tc1 Rf6
31.Tc7 Td4 32.Txa7 Txf4 ]
[ 28...Td4 29.Tc1 Ah3 30.f3 Td2
( 30...Txf4 31.Rf2 ) 31.Tc2 ]
29.Tc1 Tg8+ 30.Rf1 Aa6+ 31.Re1
Te8+ 32.Rd2 Td8+
[ 32...Te2+ 33.Rd1 ]
33.Re3 Te8+ 34.Rd4 Td8+ 35.Re3
Te8+ 36.Rd4 Td8+ 37.Rc3 Td7
[ 37...Tc8+ 38.Rb2 Txc1 39.Rxc1
Re7 40.Rd2 f6 41.Re3 Rd6 42.Re4
Ac8 ]
38.Rb4 Ab7 39.Tc5 Af3 40.Rc3 h5
41.h4 Te7 42.Rd4 Te1
[ 42...Te4+ 43.Rd3 Te7 ( 43...Txf4??
44.Re3+ )]
43.Tc7 Te7 44.Tc5
[ 44.Txe7 Rxe7 45.Re5 Ag4 46.f5
f6+ 47.Rf4 Rf8 48.f3 Ah3 49.Ac4
Rg7 50.Ad3 Rf7 51.Rg3+ ]
44...Te1 45.Ta5 Te4+ 46.Rd3 Te7
47.Rc3 Te2?!
[ 47...Ag4!? ]
48.Txa7 Rf5 49.Txf7+ Rg4 50.f5 Txf2
51.f6
1-0
B59
Reicher,Emanoil
Boleslavsky,Isaak
Bucharest (6) 1953
[ChessBase]
1.e4 c5 2.Cf3 Cc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Cxd4
Cf6 5.Cc3 d6 6.Ae2 e5 7.Cb3 Ae7
8.Ag5 0-0
[ 8...Cxe4 9.Cxe4 Axg5 10.Cxd6+
Re7= ]
9.Axf6 Axf6 10.Cd5 Ag5 11.Ac4
[ 11.0-0 Ae6 12.Ag4 ( 12.Dd3 Ce7
13.c4 Tc8 14.Cd2 Cxd5 15.cxd5
Ad77 ) 12...Tc8 13.c3 Ce7 14.Axe6
fxe6 15.Cxe7+= ]
11...Ae6 12.h4? Ah6 13.g4 ><f4 Af4
14.De2 Tc8 15.c3 Ce7 16.Td1
[ 16.Cxe7+ Dxe7 17.Axe6 fxe6 ]
16...Cg6!
[ 16...Axg4? 17.Cf6+ gxf6 18.Dxg4+ ]
[ 16...Txc4? 17.Dxc4 Cxd5
( 17...Axg4 18.Cf6+ gxf6 19.Tg1 h5
20.f3 Db6 21.Rf1 De3 22.De2 )
18.Txd5! Axg4 19.Dd3 ]
17.h5?
[ 17.g5 h5!
A) 18.Cf6+ gxf6 19.Axe6 fxe6
20.Dxh5 De8 21.Txd6 Tc7 22.Tg1
Tg7 ( 22...Th7 23.Dg4 f5 24.exf5
exf5 25.Dd1 Cxh4 26.g6 Tg7
27.Dd5+ Rh8 28.Th1 Ag5+ )
23.Dg4 De7 ( 23...f5! 24.exf5 exf5
25.Dh5 e4 26.Tf6 Ce5+ ) 24.Txe6
Dd8 25.gxf6 Txf6 26.h5+ ;
B) 18.gxh6 Axh6 /\19... Sh4, 19...
Sh4 ]
17...Ch4 18.Ad3 Dg5 19.f3 Ag3+
20.Rf1 f5 21.Tg1
[ 21.gxf5 Axd5 22.exd5 Cxf5 23.Axf5
Txf5 24.Td3 e4! 25.Dxe4 Tcf8
26.De6+ Rh8 27.Cd4 Te5+ ]
21...Cxf3
[ 21...f4 22.Cd2 g6! 23.h6
( 23.hxg6 h5!+ ) 23...Dxh6 ]
22.Txg3 fxe4 23.Rg2 exd3 24.Txd3
[ 24.Dxd3 Axg4 25.Ce3 Ce1+
26.Txe1 Af3+ 27.Rh2 Dh4++ ]
24...Axd5 25.Txd5 Dh4! 26.Txf3
Dxg4+
[ 26...Dxg4+ 27.Rf2 Txf3+ 28.Dxf3
Tf8+ ]
0-1
B18
Boleslavsky,Isaak
Sliwa,Bogdan
Bucharest (7) 1953
[Boleslavsky]
1.e4 c6 2.Cc3 d5 3.d4 dxe4 4.Cxe4
Af5 5.Cg3 Ag6 6.Ch3 Cd7 7.Ac4 e6
8.Cf4 Ad6 9.h4 Dc7 10.Cxg6
[ 10.h5 Axc2 11.Cxe6 fxe6 12.Dxc2
Axg3 13.fxg3 Dxg3+ ]
10...hxg6 11.Df3 Cgf6 12.Ag5 Da5+
13.c3 0-0-0 14.0-0-0 Thf8 15.The1
Tde8 16.Rb1 Rb8 17.Ab3 Ra8 18.Te2
Ab8?
[ 18...Ae7 /\19... Sd5 ]
19.Tde1 Tc8 20.Ac2 Db6 21.Ce4
Cxe4 22.Txe4 Ad6 23.Td1 Dc7 24.g4
Tce8 25.h5 f6 26.Ac1 g5 27.Te2 e5
28.d5 c5 29.c4 Cb6 30.b3 Cc8
/\31... Le7 32... Sd5 31.Af5! Ae7
32.Axc8 Txc8 33.De4 Th8?
[ 33...Ad6 ]
34.f4! gxf4 35.Axf4 Ad6
[ 35...exf4 36.Dxe7 Dxe7 ( 36...f5
37.Dg5 fxg4 38.Te7 Txh5 39.Dxg7
Db6 40.Dxg4+ ) 37.Txe7 f5 38.Txg7
fxg4 39.Txg4+ _|_ ]
36.Ac1 Df7 37.Tf1 a6 38.Tef2 Dd7?!
39.h6 gxh6 40.Txf6 Tcg8 41.T1f5
The sealed move!
1-0
E61
Filip,Miroslav
Boleslavsky,Isaak
Bucharest (8) 1953
[Boleslavsky]
1.d4 Cf6 2.c4 g6 3.Cc3 Ag7 4.Cf3
0-0 5.e3 d6 6.Ae2 Cbd7 7.0-0 e5
8.Dc2 Te8 9.dxe5 dxe5 10.Td1 c6
[ 10...De7!? 11.b3 c6 12.Cg5 e4 ]
11.Cg5 De7 12.Cce4?
[ 12.Cge4 Cxe4 13.Cxe4 Cc5 14.Cd6
Td8 15.Cxc8 Txd1+ 16.Dxd1 Txc8= ]
12...h6! 13.Cxf6+
[ 13.Cxf7? Cxe4 ]
13...Cxf6 14.Cf3
[ 14.Ce4 Cxe4 15.Dxe4 Af5 16.Df3
e4 17.Dg3 Ae5 ]
14...Af5 15.Da4 Ce4 16.Ad2 a5! /\->Q
17.Ae1 Af8 /\Dc7, Sc5 18.Cd2 Cc5
19.Da3 Dc7 20.Dc3 Db6 /\Sa4 21.Cb3
Ce4 22.Dc1 a4 23.Cd2 Cc5
/\e4+,><tangled pieces 24.Cf3 Ag7
25.Dd2 Ce4
[ 25...Ted8 26.Db4 Dxb4 27.Txd8+
Txd8 28.Axb4 Cd3 29.Td1 ]
26.Dc1
[ 26.Db4 Dc7 /\27...Lf8 ]
26...Tad8 27.Ch4! Ae6 28.Dc2 Cc5
29.Ac3 Rh7 30.e4? ><d4
[ 30.Txd8 Txd8 31.Td1 Txd1+
32.Axd1 ( 32.Dxd1 Ce4! ) 32...Axc4
33.Axe5 Axa2 34.Axg7 Rxg7
35.Dc3+ Rh7 36.Ac2 ]
30...f6! 31.Af1 Af7 32.g3 Af8 33.Rg2
Ae7 34.Cf3?! g5! 35.Te1 Ah5
36.Tab1 Af8 37.Cg1
[ 37.Cd2 Td7 /\Ted8 ]
37...Ag6 38.b4?
[ 38.f3 Da7 /\Se6-d4-/+ ]
38...axb3 39.axb3 Ca6! 40.De2 Ab4
41.Dc2 The sealed move.
[ 41.Dc2 Cc5 42.f3 g4 43.Axb4 Dxb4
44.Te2 Td3 45.fxg4 Ted8 46.Tb2
Cxe4+ ]
0-1
B62
Barda,Olaf
Boleslavsky,Isaak
Bucharest (11) 1953
[Boleslavsky]
1.e4 c5 2.Cf3 Cc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Cxd4
Cf6 5.Cc3 d6 6.Ag5 e6 7.Ae2
[ 7.Dd3 /\0-0-0 Keres ]
7...Ae7 8.0-0 0-0 9.Dd3 Keres Ad7
10.Tad1 /\11.Dg3 Cxd4 11.Dxd4 Ac6=
12.f4?
[ 12.e5 dxe5 13.Dxe5 Db6 ]
[ 12.Rh1 ]
12...h6 13.Ah4 Cxe4 14.Cxe4
[ 14.Axe7 Cxc3 15.bxc3 Dxe7
16.Dxd6+ _|_ ]
14...Axh4 15.Cxd6 Af6 ^^,->black
squares 16.Df2 Dc7
[ 16...Da5 17.a3 Axb2? 18.Cc4 Dc3
19.Tb1+ ]
17.b3
[ 17.c3 Ae7 18.Cc4 Aa4! 19.b3 Ac5
20.Ce3 Db6 21.Td3 Tad8 ]
17...Ae7 18.Cc4 Ae4 19.Ad3 Ac5
20.Ce3 Db6 21.Tfe1 Tfd8 22.Rh1
Axd3 23.cxd3 Tac8+ Lc5, c<->,><d3
24.Df3 Da6 25.Cc4
[ 25.a4 Db6 ]
25...Dxa2 26.Dxb7 Tb8 27.Dc7 Tdc8
28.Dd7 Dxb3 29.Ce5 Db7 30.Tc1 Tc7
31.Da4 Db4 32.Dd1 Dxf4 33.Tc4 Dg5
34.Df3? Dxe5
0-1
B91
Boleslavsky,Isaak
Ciocaltea,Victor
Bucharest (16) 1953
[Boleslavsky]
1.e4 c5 2.Cf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Cxd4
Cf6 5.Cc3 a6 6.g3
[ 6.Ag5 e6 7.Df3 h6!? 8.Ah4 Ad7
9.0-0-0 Cc6 Soloviev ]
6...e5 7.Cde2 Ae6?
[ 7...Ae7 8.Ag2 0-0 9.0-0 Cbd7
10.h3 b5 11.a3? Ab7 12.Ae3 Cc5
13.f3 d5 ]
8.Ag2 Ae7 9.0-0 Cbd7 10.h3
[ 10.a4 ]
10...b5 11.a4 b4 12.Cd5 Cxd5!
[ 12...Axd5 13.exd5 () ]
13.exd5 Af5 14.f4
[ 14.Ad2 ]
14...Dc7!
[ 14...exf4 15.Cd4! Ag6 16.gxf4+ ]
15.c3
[ 15.fxe5 Axc2 16.exd6 Axd6
( 16...Axd1? 17.dxc7 Axe2
18.Te1+ )]
15...bxc3 16.Cxc3
[ 16.bxc3 Dc4 17.fxe5 Ad3 18.exd6
Axe2 19.De1 Axd6 20.Tf2 Ac5 ]
16...exf4 17.Axf4 0-0 18.Rh2 Ag6?
[ 18...Tab8 19.De2 Cc5 ]
19.Tc1 Db7?
[ 19...Cc5 /\20... Sd3 20.Ce4 Axe4
21.Axe4 Tab8= ]
20.Te1 Cc5 21.Te3 /\22.De2, 22.b4
Tfe8 22.De2 f6 23.b4! Cb3
[ 23...Dxb4 24.Txe7 Cd3 25.Ca2!
Dxa4 ( 25...Dd4 26.De6+ Rh8
27.Txe8+ Txe8 28.Tc8 ) 26.Ah6!+ ]
24.Te1 Dxb4
[ 24...Af8 25.Dc4 Txe3 ( 25...Cd2
26.Da2 ) 26.Axe3 Ac2! 27.Ce4! Tc8
28.Cc5! Cxc5 ( 28...dxc5? 29.d6+
Df7 30.Ad5+ ) 29.bxc5+ Ab3
( 29...Db3 30.Af1 dxc5 31.d6+ Dxc4
32.Axc4+ Rh8 33.d7 Td8
34.Axc5+ ) 30.c6! Axc4 31.cxb7 Tb8
32.Tb1 /\33.La7 ]
25.Txe7 Txe7 26.Dxe7 Te8
[ 26...Dxc3 27.Te3 ]
27.Dxd6
[ 27.Dxe8+ ]
27...Dxc3 28.Txe8+ Axe8 29.De7
Axa4 30.d6 Dd3
[ 30...Dc8 31.Ah6 gxh6 32.Ad5+ Rh8
33.Dxf6# ]
31.De6+
[ 31.De6+ Rf8 32.d7 Axd7
33.Ad6++ ]
1-0
B56
Boleslavsky,Isaak
Bondarevsky,Igor
URS-training (1) 1953
[Averbakh]
1.e4 c5 2.Cf3 Cc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Cxd4
Cf6 5.Cc3 d6 6.g3 e5 7.Cde2 Ae7
8.Ag2 0-0 9.0-0 a6
[ 9...Ae6 10.Cd5 ]
10.h3 b5 11.Ae3 b4
[ 11...Ca5 12.b3 Dc7 13.Dd2 Ab7
14.a4 b4 15.Cd5 Cxd5 16.exd5
Tab8 17.f4 Inkiov,V-Spassov,L/
Pernik 1981 ]
12.Cd5 Cxd5 13.exd5 Ca5 14.b3 Cb7
15.Dd2 a5 16.a3 bxa3 17.Txa3 Ad7
18.f4! /\ 19.fxe5 dxe5 20.d6 Tc8 19.f5
a4 20.b4!
[ 20.bxa4? Ca5 ]
20...Tc4 21.g4 h6 22.Cg3 Ag5
23.Axg5 Dxg5 24.Dxg5 hxg5 25.c3
f6 26.Ce4 g6
[ 26...Ta8 27.Te1 Ae8 28.Af1 Tcc8
29.c4 Ta7 ( 29...Af7 30.Tea1 Ae8
31.b5 /\ 32.Txa4 + ) 30.Tc1 Af7
31.Tcc3 Rf8 32.Ad3! Re7 33.Ac2
Tca8 34.Ab1 Cd8 35.Aa2 Td7
36.Td3 /\ 37.c5! + ]
27.fxg6 Rg7 28.Cd2 Tc7
[ 28...Tf4 29.Ae4 Ta8 30.Txf4 gxf4
31.Rg2 Ae8 32.h4 Axg6 33.Rf3+ ]
29.Ae4 Ae8
[ 29...Ta8 30.c4 Ae8 31.Tfa1 ]
30.c4 Cd8 31.Tc1 Axg6 32.Axg6
Rxg6 33.Txa4+ Cf7 34.b5!
[ 34.c5? dxc5 35.bxc5 Td8= ]
34...Th8 35.Rg2 f5 36.gxf5+ Rxf5
37.b6 Tb7 38.Ta7 Cd8 39.Tf1+ Rg6
40.Txb7 Cxb7 41.Ce4
[ 41.Ce4 Th4 42.Tf6+ Rg7 43.Txd6
Txe4 44.Td7+ Rf6 45.Txb7 Txc4
46.Tc7 Tb4 47.b7 e4 48.d6 Re6
49.d7 Re7 50.d8D+ Rxd8
51.Tc8++ ]
1-0
E74
Averbakh,Yuri L
Boleslavsky,Isaak
[Averbakh]
1.c4 Cf6 2.Cc3 g6 3.e4 d6 4.d4 Ag7
5.Ae2 0-0 6.Ag5 c5 7.d5 a6 8.a4
[ 8.Cf3 b5! ]
8...Da5 9.Ad2 e6 10.Cf3 exd5
11.exd5
[ 11.cxd5 ]
11...Dc7
[ 11...Ag4 ]
12.0-0 Ag4 13.h3 Axf3 14.Axf3
Cbd7 15.Dc2 Tfe8 16.Tfe1 Txe1+
17.Txe1 Te8 18.Txe8+ Cxe8 19.Ae2
Dd8 20.g3 Ad4 21.Rg2 Cg7
/\ 22...Nf5 22.Ce4 De7 23.Ac1 Cf6
[ 23...Cf5 24.Ag4 ]
24.Cxf6+ Dxf6 25.Ad3 De7
/\ 26... Qe1 27.Qd2? Bxf2 26.De2 Dd7
[ 26...Dxe2 27.Axe2 ]
27.b3 Ce8 28.Ad2
[ 28.g4!? ]
28...Cf6 29.g4 h5 30.f3 hxg4 31.hxg4
[ 31.fxg4 Ae5 ]
31...Rg7 32.Rg3 Dc8 33.f4 Dh8 34.g5
Ch5+
[ 34...Dh1 35.gxf6+ Axf6 36.Dg2
Ah4+ 37.Rf3 Dd1+ 38.Re3 ( 38.De2
Dh1+= ) 38...Af6 ]
35.Rg2 Rf8 36.Dg4 Cg7 37.Dh3
[ 37.Dc8+ Ce8 38.Dxb7? ( 38.Dh3!? )
38...Dh4 ]
37...Dxh3+ 38.Rxh3 Cf5= 39.Axf5
[ 39.Rg4 Ce3+ ]
39...gxf5 40.Rg3 b6 41.b4 cxb4
42.Axb4 Ac5 43.Ac3 Rg8 44.Rh4 a5?
[ 44...Ae3 45.Rh5 Axf4 46.Ad4 Ad2
47.Axb6 Ab4= ]
45.Rh5 Rh7
[ 45...Ae3 ]
46.g6+!+ fxg6+ 47.Rg5 Ae3 48.Ab2
Ac5 49.Af6 Ab4 50.Ad4 Ac5 51.Axc5
bxc5 52.Rf6 Rh6 53.Re6 g5 54.fxg5+
Rxg5 55.Rxd6 f4 56.Rxc5 f3 57.d6
f2 58.d7 f1D 59.d8D+ Rg4 60.Dd4+
Rg3 61.Rb5 Db1+ 62.Rxa5 De1+
63.Rb5 Db1+ 64.Ra6 Db8 65.a5 Db4
66.Dd5 Db3 67.Dd6+ Rh3 68.Dd7+
Rh2 69.c5 Dc4+ 70.Db5 Dg8 71.Ra7
Dd5 72.Db6 Dd7+ 73.Ra8 Rh3 74.c6
Dd5 75.Ra7
1-0
C08
Ragozin,Viacheslav
Boleslavsky,Isaak
[Averbakh]
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Cd2 c5 4.exd5
exd5 5.Ab5+ Ad7 6.De2+ Ae7 7.Cgf3
Cf6 8.0-0?!
[ 8.dxc5! ]
8...0-0 9.dxc5 Te8 10.Cb3 Axc5
11.Dd3 Ab6 12.Ag5?!
[ 12.Axd7 ]
12...Axb5
[ 12...Cc6 13.a4 h6 14.Ah4 a6
15.Axc6 Axc6 16.Cfd4 Te4!
Prandstetter,E-Uhlmann,W/Decin
1977 ]
13.Dxb5 Cbd7 14.Cbd4?!
[ 14.Tae1 Dc7 15.Axf6 Cxf6
16.Dd3= ]
14...Te4! 15.Tad1 Dc7 16.c3 Tae8
17.Cf5?
[ 17.Axf6 Cxf6 18.Dd3 /\ 19.Nd2 Sg4
20.Qh3 ]
17...a6 18.Db3
[ 18.Dd3 ]
18...Te2 19.C3d4?!
[ 19.Axf6 Cxf6 20.C5d4 ]
19...Cc5 20.Da3 Cg4! 21.Cg3 Txf2!
22.Txf2 Cxf2 23.Rxf2 De5! 24.Ac1?
[ 24.Ad2 Cd3+ 25.Rf1 Axd4 26.cxd4
Df6+ 27.Rg1 Df2+ 28.Rh1 Ce1!+ ]
[ 24.Db4 Dxg5 25.Dxb6 De3+ 26.Rf1
Cd3+ ]
[ 24.Cf3 Ce4+ 25.Re1! ( 25.Rf1?
Dxg3! ) 25...De6 26.Cxe4 h6!! 27.Da4
Dxe4+ ( 27...dxe4? 28.Td6! ) 28.Dxe4
dxe4 29.Cd4 hxg5 ]
[ 24.h4 h6 25.Ac1 Df6+ 26.Rg1
Dxh4 27.Cge2 ( 27.Cgf5 Te1+
28.Txe1 Dxe1+ 29.Rh2 Dxc1+ ;
27.Cdf5 Cd3+ 28.Rf1 Dh2 29.Ae3
Axe3 30.Cxe3 Txe3+ ; 27.Cf1 Dg4
28.Td2 Te1 29.b4 Ce4 30.Td3 De2
31.Tf3 Cg3+ ) 27...Txe2 28.Cxe2
Cd3+ 29.Cd4 Df2+ 30.Rh1 Ce1
31.Td2 Df1+ 32.Rh2 Ac7+ 33.g3
Ae5 34.Te2 Axd4 35.Txe1 Ag1+
36.Rh1 Dxe1+ ]
[ 24.b4! Dxg5! ( 24...Ce6? 25.Ae3 f5
26.Cdxf5 Df4+ 27.Re2 ; 24...Ce4+
25.Cxe4 Dxe4 26.Dc1+ ) 25.bxc5
De3+ 26.Rf1 Df4+ 27.Rg1 De3+= ]
24...Df6+ 25.Rg1?!
[ 25.Cf3 Dg6! /\ 26... Ne4+ 27.Kf1
Qxg3 26.Rg1 ( 26.Cd4 Dg4! )
26...Dc2 27.Tf1 Cd3+ 28.Rh1
( 28.Cd4 Ce1! ) 28...Cf2+ 29.Rg1
Cd1+ 30.Rh1 ( 30.Cd4 Te1! )
30...Dxc1 31.Cd4 ( 31.Da4 Cf2+
32.Rg1 De3 ) 31...Te1! 32.Dd6 h5
33.Dxb6 Ce3+ ]
25...Cd3!+ 26.h3
[ 26.Ch1 Te2 27.Da4 De5 28.Cg3
Te1+ 29.Cf1 De2 30.Txe1 Df2+
31.Rh1 Dxe1+ ]
26...Te1+ 27.Rh2 Txd1 28.Da4 Te1
29.Ad2 Cc5 30.Db4 Te8 31.Ag5
Dxg5 32.Dxb6 Ce4 33.Cxe4 Txe4
34.Cf3 De7
0-1
E69
Stahlberg,Gideon
Boleslavsky,Isaak
Candidates Tournament (1) 1953
[Bronstein.]
1.d4 Cf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Ag7 4.Ag2
0-0 5.Cc3 d6 6.Cf3 Cbd7 7.0-0 e5
8.e4 Te8 9.h3 exd4 10.Cxd4 Cc5
11.Te1 a5 12.Dc2
[About fifteen years ago the King's
Indian was employed in Soviet
tournaments only by those few players
who wanted to avoid the passive and
well-known theoretical variations of the
Queen's Gambit; abroad this opening
was hardly played at all. It suffices to
say that a very short time ago - in the
Match Tournament for the World
Championship in 1948 - the King's
Indian was seen in only two of the fifty
games. In the Zurich tiurnament,
however, every third game beginning
with d4 turned out to be a King's Indian,
and now foreigh players use it no less
than we do. The position reached is
well known to theory, and the move
played is one of the latest. White wants
to develop to e3 but first he has to
defend his e-pawn. It is true that the
knight on d4 is unprotected for the
moment and that Black can win the
central pawn by 12.Dc2 Cfxe4
13.Cxe4 Axd4 but then it will be
White's move, and he gains control of
f6 by 14.Ag5 Dd7 15.Cf6+ Axf6
16.Axf6 depriving Black of his "Indian"
bishop. But without it the whole King's
Indian setup makes no sense, and the
extra pawn would not ease Black's
situation. The few attempts to prove
otherwise all ended in Black's utter
devastation. That is why no one is
tempted by the e-pawn anymore. ]
12...a4 13.Ae3 c6 14.Tad1 Cfd7
The King's Indian is characterised by
intense struggle along the entire front.
The syatem White has chosen in the
present game assures him of the gain of
considerable territory not only in the
centre but also on the kingside. The
reader should be warned against getting
the wrong impression. White's task of
converting his significant spatial
advantage into a material one is not an
easy one. The secret of the durability of
the King's Indian is that in ceding
territory Black obtains some hardly
noticeable but definite advantages. The
main ones are his two long-ranging
bishops, his excellently placed knight on
c5, and his rook on e8 - all constantly
aimed at White's e-pawn. And one must
not forget the pawns. The "weak" pawn
on d6 is merely waiting to advance to d5,
and White must keep a watchful on it.
Black's outside a-pawn serves an
important function, for it always
threatens to move to a3, upsetting
White's plans in that area, and this
forces him to redouble his efforts to
protect b3 and c4. If 12.Qc2 is White's
latest theoretical accomplishment, the
same can be said of Black's 14....Nbd7.
Black used to play ....Qa5, but after 15.
Bf4 he had to place his king bishop or
king rook in an inferir position. Now the d-
pawn can be covered by ...Ne5. 15.f4
Da5 16.Af2 Cb6 17.Af1 Ad7 18.a3
Stahlberg decides once and for all to
safeguard his position by preventing
Black's pawn from getting to a3. The
square b3 is thus deprived f pawn
protection, but the b-pawn and its
surroundings, as well as the a-pawn and
the knight on c3, are strengthened. The
next phase of the game - until around
the 30th move - consists of delicate
manouevring on both sides probe weak
points. White prepares e5 Black ....d5
and .....f5, and each side tries to prevent
the other's breaks. Tad8 19.Rh2 Ac8
20.Ca2 Cbd7 21.Ag2 Cf6 22.Cc3 Td7
23.Cf3 Tde7 The next two moves by
both White and Black are not altogether
customary: Black is bringing maximum
force to bear against the e-pawn, and
White is trying to distract him by
threatening to take the d-pawn.. In the
implementation of this recent highly
characteristic idea, the pride of White's
position - his centralised knight - can find
no better spot than its original g1, for
otherwise it would be in the way of his
other pieces. I think now is the time to
acquaint the reader with the mysteries of
Black's d-pawn in the King's Indian. Even
though it is situated on an open file and
is constantly exposed to attack, it is not
an easy nut to crack. The simplest
method for White is apparentely to
retreat the knight from d4, but d4 is
precisely where White needs the knight
to be: its jobs are to supervise b5, c6, e6,
and f5 and to neutralise the influence of
Black's king bioshop. Only after White
has taken steps against possible Black
attacks (h6, Be6, f5) can his knight leave
the centre, but during that time Black can
regroup his forces. So the weakness of
the d-pawn proves to be imaginary.
Contemporary methods of play in the
opening recognise the illusory weakness
of such pawns. But it was just becauase
of the "eternal" weakness of d6 that the
King's Indian was long considered a
dubious opening. 24.Cg1
[In five movess the knight returns to
help the e-pawn cross the frontier. It is
possible to advance the pawn
immediately and give up control of f5,
which could then be occupied by
Black's queen bishop. After 24.e5 Af5
White would have to resolutely
sacrificxe his queen and play exf6.
This would win for White but the
simple ]
[ 24.e5 dxe5 would give Black
excellent play. White can now win the
d-pawn, but the dark-squared bishop
which is needed by White no-less than
by Black, is far too high a price. With
his 24th move Boleslavsky invites the
white rook finally to capture the long-
attacked point, but after 25......Nb6
Black's knight would invade c5.
Stahlberg makes very probably the
most correct decision; to lay seige to
the d-pawn and force the exchange of
the "Indian" bishop. ]
24...Cfd7 25.Ad4 Cb6 26.Axg7 Rxg7
27.Txd6 Cxc4 28.Tdd1 Ae6
Although the general contours of the
position have not changed, an important
event has occurred; the dark-square
bishops. White's c-pawn and Black's d-
pawn have been laid to rest. The
absence of the dark-square bishops
forces each player to make appropriate
adjustments in his original strategical
plan. For example, Black must first
consider how to protect himself from the
danger on the long diagonal, as well as
from the possible advance of White's f-
pawn to f6. In view of the seriousness of
the danger, Boleslavsky's last move was
very good, his bishop is ready for action
on the g8-a2 diagonal, and the f-pawn
will go to f3 to protect the king from
attack on the long diagonal. The pawns
place will be taken by the bishop.
Meanwhile, White will be constantly
striving to break through his opponent's
new line of defence. He must resolve to
spare nothing in this effort, for otherwise
his opponent will seize the initiative.
Then the weaknesses in White's position
(b3, the lack of pawn control of d3,e3
and f3, the passive role of bishop),
hardly noticeable during the attack, will
become targets for various
combinations. 29.Df2 f6 30.Cf3 Af7
31.e5 A sacrifice in the style of Stahlberg
- an expert tactician and a master of the
kingside attack. White cannot be allowed
to remain on e5 and so the pawn must
be eliminated. But this opens the f-file,
and the black king may find itself in a
dangerous situation. fxe5 32.Cxe5
Cxe5 33.Txe5 Txe5 34.fxe5 Txe5
35.Tf1 Tf5
[Boleslavsky, despite his great time
pressure and the heat of the battle,
refuses the sure draw he can have by
the accurate retreat 35...Dc7
defending agaainst the two threats
Qxf7+ and Qf6+. His hope of exploiting
his extra pawn cannot be reaIised in
view of his exposed king. Even if Black
succeeds in avoiding the many
dangers and wards off the attack,
White is sure to find perpetual check. ]
36.Dd4+ Solving part of White's; the
queen occupies the long diagonal. Rg8
37.Txf5 gxf5 38.De5 Judging by his
last two moves, Black very likely
overlooked this modest move. Now his
position becomes alarming. Db6!
[The pin on the knight must be broken
at once. The threat was not only 38...--
39.Dxf5 ]
[but also 38...-- 39.g4 and if fxg4
40.Ce4 Black's timely transfer of the
queen to b6 averts the main danger.
The attempt to hold the pawn on f5 by ]
[ 38...Ag6 ends sadly because in
addition to having the move g4 White
can set up a new pin to drive Black's
king into a mating net 39.Af1 Db6
40.Ac4+ Rf8 41.Df6+ Re8 42.Cd5
It is not possible to go into such a
variation in time pressure. Now White
reatores the material balance while
Black's king remains insecure. ]
39.Dxf5 Ag6 40.De5 Cd3 This move,
made at the time control, serves to
remind Black's opponent that there are
targets in his camp, too. Black's queen is
ready to take the b-pawn or, under
favourable condition to go to f2 and
threaten Ne1. 41.De6+ Rg7?
[This move was written on the
scoresheet, which was placed in an
envelope and handed to the referee.
Stahlberg did not know the sealed
move, of course, so he had to analyse
both of Black's possibilities, 41...Rg7
and ]
[ 41...Af7 ]
42.De7+
[When adjourning, Boleslavsky was
counting on 42.Cd5 and thought that
after Dxb2 White would have at best
perpetual check. The strong move
actually played changes the situation.
Retreating to g8 is out of the question
now because White continues 43.Nd5
anyway. So the bishop must be
interposed, but now the knight can get
to d6 via e4. Therefore instead of 41.
....Kg7 the preferable sealed move was
41. .. ..Bf7. White could then get
perpetual check or win the a-pawn by
42.Qg4+ but the invasion of White's f7
by Black's queen would fully
compensate for this loss. The most
likey outcome - a draw. Actually the
game does end in a draw, but after
interesting new adventures. ]
42...Af7 43.Ce4 Dxb2 44.Cd6 Df2
45.Ce8+ Though far from obvious, these
moves seem correct ...... Rg8 46.Cf6+
Rg7 47.Ch5+ Rg6 48.g4 Cc5
[Drawn, on Stahlberg's offer. The
attempt to end the game by a mating
combination with a queen sacrifice -
48...Cc5 49.h4 h6? 50.Dxc5 Dxc5
51.Ae4+ would be repulsed by 49. .....
Ne6.48.h4 wouldn't have won either;
Black answers 48. ....h6 and after 49.
Qe4+ Kxh5 50.Kh3 with the apparently
unstoppable mate threat g4, Black has
the counterthrust 50. ....Nf4+
liquidating the danger. However, h4
would have won on his 45th move
(instead of Ne8+) ]
-
D28
Boleslavsky,Isaak
Kotov,Alexander
[Frost,Bill]
1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Cf3 Cf6 4.e3 e6
5.Axc4 c5 6.0-0 a6 7.De2 cxd4
[Usually 7...b5 is played here, but
Kotov deliberately delays this move
until after White's Nc3. Then, when
White answers with the underming a4
Black can play b4 with tempo.
Exchanging in the centre, black plans
to develop his pieces comfortably and
then post a piece on d5. But this
solves White's main difficulty in the
Queen's Gambit accepted - the
development of his queen bishop - and
in addition the e-file is opened.
Boleslavsky concentrates most of his
pieces in the centre, and interesting
complications arise, the pawn on d4
playing the role of detonator. ]
8.exd4 Ae7 9.Cc3 b5 10.Ab3 Ab7
11.Ag5 0-0 12.Tfe1
[A characteristic move in this opening.
White attacks not only the e-pawn but
through it the king bishop. If, for
instance, 12.Tfe1 Cbd7 13.Tab1 Cb6
already posiible is 14.Axe6 fxe6
15.Dxe6+ Tf7 16.Ce5 Kotov therefore
tries to liquidate the threat of Bxe6 as
soon as possiple by exchanging or
driving away the bishop on b3. ]
12...Cc6 13.Tad1 Ca5
[All the commentators agreed that this
is a mistake because it allowed White
a beautiful breakthrough which gave
him active play and thirty moves later,
victory. Stahlberg, and Euwe in his first
commentaries, supposed the 13. ...
Nb4 was necessary. However, many
years ago Rauzer showed in his
analysis that 13...Cb4 14.d5 Cbxd5
15.Cxd5 Axd5 16.Axd5 Cxd5
17.Axe7 Dxe7 18.Txd5 was god for
White. Najdorf, therefore,
recommended ]
[ 13...Cd5 14.Cxd5 Axg5 15.Cc3 Cb4
Euwe later concurred. We should like
to take rather a broader view of this
"Chess mistake". To begin with .....Na5
is revealed as a mistake only later, by
White's clever and far from obvious
play. His endgame advantage - a
strong bishop against Black's knight -
is surely not simple, nor is it very
much! Besides the outcome of the
struggle after ]
[ 13...Cd5 is not known. White has a
hidden attacking possibility in 14.Cxd5
Axg5 15.Cb6 on
A) if Black does not take the knight
but plays 15...Tb8 he loses the
exchange by 16.Cxg5 Dxg5
17.Cd7 ;
B) If he takes the knight 15...Dxb6
Black gets into an extremely
unpleasant situation after 16.Cxg5
B1) 16...Cxd4 does not work
because of 17.Dd3 Cf5 18.Cxe6
fxe6 (or 18...Dc6 19.Cf4 etc. )
19.Axe6+ Rh8 20.Axf5 ;
B2) 16...h6 loses because of
17.Cxf7 Txf7 18.Dxe6 ;
B3) 16...e5 ;
C) 15...Ta7 16.d5 is very strong.
Had the game actually
approximatewd this course 13.....Nd5
would have been considered an error
and 13....Na5 which seems to
contain no particular danger, would
have been recommended. Black's
difficulties, as we shall see, have
another cause. White's pieces, in
contrast to Black's, are three moves
ahead! - he has two rooks on central
files and his bishop is on an
attacking diagonal. If there is logic in
chess, three strong developing
moves should tell. The
grandmaster's task is to prove
White's supiority; in this case his task
takes the path of complex
combinations. The uniting of logic
and combinative play is very
characteristic of Boleslavsky's
artistry. ]
14.d5 Cxb3 It is easy to see that taking
the d-pawn with the bishop, knight or
pawn would cost a piece. 15.dxe6 Db6
[If 15...Axf3 16.exf7+ Rh8 17.Txd8
Axe2 18.Txa8 Txa8 19.Txe2
with two Black pieces under attack,
one of which will fall, leaving White two
pawns up. If this is not enough for
White ]
[If this is not enough for White,
15...Axf3 16.Dxf3 Cd5 17.Dd3
is possible. ]
16.axb3 fxe6 17.Cd4 White does not
need the pawn but the square e6. Ad6
18.Dxe6+ Rh8 19.Cf3 Tad8 20.Af4
White should be given credit for
choosing this of all possible
continuations. The phrase suggests
itself: "Two bishops and good
development for a missing black pawn."
As we see, he does not have two
bishops but a bad knight, and of course
he has no compensatin - but all this had
to be foreseen. Axf3
[Bad is 20...Tfe8 21.Txd6 Txe6
22.Txb6 Txb6 23.Ac7 ]
21.Txd6 Txd6 22.Dxd6 Dxd6 23.Axd6
Te8 24.Txe8+ Cxe8 25.Ae5
Now Boleslavsky has a chance to
demonstrate his skill in the endgame.
White starts with a typical tecxhnical
manoueuvre in the fight between bishop
and knight: the bishop should stand two
squares from the knight on a square of
the opposite colour. As we can see, the
knight has no move. Going to f6 would
be absolutely hopeless for the knight v
bishop endgame is an easy win for
White with the extra pawn. Boleslavsky
continues by fixing the b and a-pawns on
light squares and bringing his king to the
centre, and after a few preparatory
moves he takes the a-pawn with his
knight. Ac6 26.b4 h5 27.f3 Rh7
28.Ce2 g5 29.Rf2 h4 30.g3 hxg3+
31.hxg3 Rg6 32.g4 Ab7 33.Re3 Ac6
34.Cc3 Ab7 35.Ce4 Ad5 36.Cc5 Rf7
37.Cxa6 Re6 38.Ac3 Aa8 39.Cc5+
Rf7 40.Ce4 Rg6 41.Ae5 Ad5 42.Cd2
Rf7
[White would continue 42...Rf7 43.Rd4
Re6 44.Ce4 ]
1-0
D19
Boleslavsky,Isaak
Smyslov,Vassily
[Bronstein and Frost]
1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 The great days of the
Slav were in the '30's, when it enjoyed
an enormous vogue as the result of the
two Alekhine - Euwe matches. After the
war a number of brilliant White wins
caused even Euwe to abandon it, and
Smyslov is the only leading master who
now plays it with success. Even so he
has suffered a number of resounding
defeats e.g. against Lipnitsky in the 18th.
Soviet Championship and Tolush in the
20th. 3.Cf3 Cf6 4.Cc3 dxc4 5.a4 Af5
6.e3 e6 7.Axc4 Ab4 A system of
defence prepared by Smyslov for the
Zurich tournament. He used it four times,
drawing quickly each time. I believe,
nonetheless, that this variation is difficult
for Black. Smyslov had to use great skill
to equalise, and his opponents did not
always take advantage of their
opportunities. After this tournament,
neither Smyslov nor any other master
used this defence, and it passed out of
practice. 8.0-0 Cbd7 9.De2 0-0 10.e4
Ag6 11.e5 More accurate is
[ 11.Ad3 Da5 ( 11...De7 is better )
12.e5 Cd5 13.Axg6 fxg6 ( 13...hxg6
gives White the chance of 14.Cg5
followed by Qg4-h4. ) 14.Ce4 Tae8
15.Ad2 Lilienthal - Furman 17th U.S.S.
R Championship 1948. ]
11...Cd5 12.Cxd5 cxd5 13.Ad3 a6
14.Axg6 fxg6 15.Ae3 De7 16.Tfc1
Tfc8 17.Ad2 h6
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E66
Kotov,Alexander
Boleslavsky,Isaak
[ChessBase]
1.c4 Cf6 2.Cc3 g6 3.g3 Ag7 4.Ag2
d6 5.Cf3 0-0 6.0-0 c5 7.d4 Cc6 8.d5
Ca5
[ 8...Ce5 9.Cd2 Ced7 10.Dc2 e5
11.dxe6 fxe6 12.Cde4 d5 13.cxd5
exd5 14.Cxf6+ Cxf6 15.Ag5
Szabo-Fabian Marianska Lazna 1959 ]
[ 8...Cb8 9.h3 Cbd7 10.e4 Ce8
11.Ae3 Cb6 12.Dd3 Ad7 13.a4
Bertok-Matov Vinkovci 1968 ]
[ 8...Cb4 9.e4 e5 10.Ce1 Ch5 11.a3
Ca6 12.Cd3 Cc7 13.Ae3 Ad7 14.b4
Razuvaev-Kotov URS 1971 12/659 ]
9.Dd3 a6
[ 9...e5 10.dxe6?! Axe6 11.Cd2 a6
( 11...Cc6 12.Cde4 Ce8 13.Ag5 Dd7
14.Tad1 Ce5 15.Dc2 Tc8 16.Cd5
Euwe-Bouwmeester Beverwijk 1958 )
12.b3?! ( 12.Tb1!? ) 12...d5 13.cxd5
Cxd5 Ljungdahl-Rantanen Gausdal
1973 ]
[ 9...Ag4 10.b3 a6 11.Ad2 Tb8
12.Tac1 Ad7 13.e4 Ce8 14.De2 f6
15.Ce1 e5 16.dxe6 Axe6
Levitina-Gaprindasvili URS 1984 ]
10.Cd2 Tb8 11.b3
[ 11.a4 e6 12.dxe6 Axe6 13.Td1=
Gereben-Wade Amsterdam ol 1954 ]
11...b5 12.Tb1 bxc4 13.Cxc4
[ 13.bxc4 Txb1 14.Dxb1 Cd7 15.Cd1
Cb6= Benk-Behrensen Argentina
1965 ]
13...Cxc4 14.Dxc4 Ce8 15.Ab2 Cc7
16.Cd1 Tb4 17.Dc2 Axb2 18.Cxb2
Af5 19.e4 Ad7 20.Cd3 Td4 21.Tfe1
e5! 22.dxe6 Cxe6 23.Tbd1 Ab5
24.Cc1 Da5 25.Af1 Te8 26.Axb5
axb5 27.Ce2 Txd1 28.Txd1 Cg5
29.Rg2
[ 29.Txd6? De1+ 30.Rg2 Cxe4+ ]
29...Cxe4 30.f3 Cg5 31.Txd6 Da8
32.Td3 Ce6 33.Dd2 b4 34.Rf2 Db8
35.Te3 Da7 36.f4 Td8 37.Dc2 Dd7
38.Re1 Dd5 39.Cg1 Dd4 40.De2
Da1+ 41.Rf2 Ta8 42.Dd3 Txa2+
43.Ce2 Dd4 44.Rf3 Dxd3 45.Txd3
Rf8 46.Te3 Re7 47.g4 f5 48.gxf5
gxf5 49.Cg3 Rf6 50.Te5 Cd4+
51.Re3 Tc2 52.Ch5+ Rg6 53.Cg3 h5
54.h4 Tc3+ 55.Rf2 Tf3+ 56.Rg2 Txf4
57.Txc5 Txh4 58.Tc4 Tg4 59.Rh3
Cxb3 60.Tc8 Cd4 61.Tg8+ Rh6
62.Th8+ Rg5 63.Tg8+ Rf4 64.Cxh5+
Rf3 65.Tb8 Ce6 66.Tb5 Cg5+ 67.Rh2
Th4+ 68.Rg1 Ch3+
0-1
E64
Reshevsky,Samuel Herman
Boleslavsky,Isaak
[ChessBase]
1.d4 Cf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Ag7 4.Ag2
0-0 5.Cc3 d6 6.Cf3 c5 7.d5 Ca6
8.0-0 Cc7 9.Cd2 Tb8 10.a4 e6
11.dxe6 Axe6 12.Cde4 Cxe4 13.Cxe4
Axc4 14.Ag5! Dd7 15.Dxd6 Dxd6
16.Cxd6 Axe2 17.Tfe1 Ad3 18.Ae7
Axb2 19.Ta2 Ag7 20.Af1 Axf1
21.Rxf1 Cd5 22.Axf8 Axf8 23.Tae2
Axd6 24.Td2 Af8 25.Txd5 c4
[ 25...a6 26.a5 b5 27.axb6 Txb6
28.Te8 ]
26.Te4 a6
[ 26...Tc8 27.Tdd4 c3 28.Tc4 Txc4
29.Txc4 ]
27.Txc4 b5 28.axb5 axb5 29.Tc7 b4
30.Tdd7 Ta8 31.Rg2 Ta2 32.Txf7 b3
33.Tb7 Ac5 34.Tf3 b2 35.Td3 Af8
36.Tdd7 Ac5 37.Td8+ Af8 38.Tdb8
1-0
E67
Euwe,Max
Boleslavsky,Isaak
[ChessBase]
1.d4 Cf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Ag7 4.Ag2
0-0 5.Cc3 d6 6.Cf3 Cbd7 7.0-0 e5
8.b3 Te8 9.Dc2 c6 10.Td1 e4 11.Ce1
[ 11.Cd2 d5 12.cxd5 cxd5 13.Cb5
Te6 14.Dc7 De8 15.Aa3 Tc6
16.Tac1 Txc7 17.Cxc7 Dd8 18.Cxa8
Ce8 19.Ae7 Dxe7 20.Txc8 Cf8
21.e3 Ce6 22.Tdc1 Af8 Kotov ]
11...De7 12.h3 a6 13.a4 d5 14.cxd5
cxd5 15.a5 b5 16.axb6 Cxb6
17.Dd2 Ae6 18.Cc2 Dd7 19.Rh2 h5
20.Ca4 Cxa4 21.Txa4 Dc7 22.Rg1
Teb8 23.Ca1 Rh7 24.Da2 Tb6 25.Af4
Dd7 26.Rh2 Ce8 27.Tc1 Cd6
28.Axd6 Dxd6 29.e3 h4! 30.b4 Ah6
31.Tc3 Txb4 32.Cb3 Txa4 33.Dxa4
Ad7 34.Da5 Ab5 35.Cc5 Tb8 36.Da1
Ag5 37.Dd1 hxg3+ 38.fxg3 f5 39.De1
Ac4 40.Rg1 Ad8 41.Tc2 Ac7 42.Af1
Axf1 43.Rxf1 Dxg3 44.Dxg3 Axg3
45.Cxa6 Tb3 46.Re2 g5 47.Cc5 Tb6
48.Ta2 f4!? 49.Ta7+ Rg6 50.Ta6 f3+
51.Rf1 Txa6 52.Cxa6 Ad6 53.Rf2 Rf7
0-1
E69
Guimard,Carlos E
Boleslavsky,Isaak
ARG-URS Buenos Aires (1) 1954
[ChessBase]
1.d4 Cf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Ag7 4.Ag2
0-0 5.Cc3 d6 6.Cf3 Cbd7 7.0-0 e5
8.e4 c6 9.h3 Da5 10.Ae3 exd4
11.Axd4 Cb6 12.Dd3 Da6 13.Cd2
Ae6 14.Df3 Cbd7 15.b3 Da5 16.Tac1
Tfe8 17.Cdb1 Ce5 18.Dd1 c5 19.Ae3
Tad8 20.Tc2 a6 21.Td2 Dc7 22.Dc1
Dc8 23.g4 Cc6 24.Cd5 Cd4 25.Cbc3
Axd5 26.cxd5 b5 27.g5 Ch5 28.Ce2
Cxe2+ 29.Txe2 f5 30.gxf6 Axf6
31.Ah6 Ad4 32.Rh2 Dd7 33.f4 De7
34.Af3 Cf6 35.Ag5 Dg7 36.De1 h6
37.Axf6 Dxf6 38.Ag4 Rh7 39.Ae6
Te7 40.e5 Dg7 41.exd6 Tee8 42.d7
Tf8 43.h4 Rh8 44.Ah3 Af6 45.Tg2
Ae7 46.De4 Tf6 47.Tfg1 Tg8 48.Ae6
Ad6 49.Txg6
[ 49.Axg8? Txf4 50.d8D Txh4# ]
49...Txf4 50.Txh6+
1-0
C07
Boleslavsky,Isaak
Guimard,Carlos E
[ChessBase]
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Cd2 c5 4.exd5
Dxd5 5.Cgf3 cxd4 6.Ac4 Dd6 7.0-0
Cf6 8.Cb3 Cc6 9.Cbxd4 Cxd4
10.Cxd4 a6 11.c3 Dc7 12.Ad3 Ad6
13.h3 Ad7 14.De2 Ah2+ 15.Rh1 Af4
16.Axf4 Dxf4 17.Tae1 0-0 18.De5
Dxe5 19.Txe5 Tfd8 20.Ae2 Tac8
21.Af3 Tc7 22.g3 Ae8 23.Tfe1 Cd7
24.T5e2
[ 24.Txe6 fxe6 25.Cxe6 Tcc8
26.Axb7 Cb8 ( 26...Tb8 27.Cxd8
Txd8 28.Axa6 ) 27.Cxd8 Txd8 ]
-
E69
Guimard,Carlos E
Boleslavsky,Isaak
[ChessBase]
1.d4 Cf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Ag7 4.Ag2
0-0 5.Cc3 d6 6.Cf3 Cbd7 7.0-0 e5
8.e4 c6 9.h3 Da5 10.Ae3 exd4
11.Axd4 Cb6 12.Cd2 Ae6 13.Df3
Cfd7 14.Axg7 Rxg7 15.b3 Dc5
16.Ce2 a5 17.Dc3+ De5 18.Cd4 c5
19.Cxe6+ fxe6 20.Dd3 Dd4 21.De2
Df6 22.Tad1 a4 23.Cf3 e5 24.Dd2
axb3 25.axb3 Cc8 26.h4 Cb8 27.Dd5
Cc6 28.Cg5 Cd4 29.Txd4 Ce7
[ 29...cxd4? 30.Ce6+ Rh8 31.Cxf8
Dxf8 32.Dxb7 ]
30.Ce6+ Rh8 31.Dxb7 Tfb8 32.Dd7
cxd4 33.f4 d3 34.Dxd6 Cc8 35.Dd5
Cb6 36.Dd6 Cc8 37.Dd5 Cb6 38.Dd6
-
C11
Boleslavsky,Isaak
Guimard,Carlos E
[ChessBase]
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Cc3 Cf6 4.e5
Cfd7 5.f4 c5 6.Cf3 Cc6 7.Ae3 cxd4
8.Cxd4 Ac5 9.Ab5 0-0 10.Cxc6 bxc6
11.Axc5 Cxc5 12.Dd4!
[ 12.Axc6 Tb8 13.Tb1 Db6 14.Ab5
Ce4 15.Cxe4 dxe4 16.Ae2 Td8
17.Dc1 Ab7 ]
12...Db6 13.b4 cxb5 14.bxc5 Dc7
15.0-0 b4?
[ 15...Ad7 ]
16.Cb5 Dc6 17.Cd6 a5 18.a3 bxa3
19.Tfb1 Ta6 20.Txa3 Da8 21.Tg3 g6
22.c4 Ad7 23.f5 exf5 24.cxd5 a4
25.Ta3 Tb8 26.Txb8+ Dxb8 27.h3 f4
28.Dxf4 Af5 29.Cxf5 gxf5 30.d6
1-0
C81
Boleslavsky,Isaak
Karaklajic,Nikola
URS-JUG Leningrad (4) 1957
[Notkin]
1.e4 e5 2.Cf3 Cc6 3.Ab5 a6 4.Aa4
Cf6 5.0-0 Cxe4 6.d4 b5 7.Ab3 d5
8.dxe5 Ae6 9.De2 Ae7 10.Td1 Cc5
11.Axd5 Axd5 12.Cc3 Ac4
[ 12...Cb4?! 13.Ce1 Dd7 14.a3 Dc6
15.axb4 Ac4 16.Dg4 Kotkov,Y-
Gurgenidze,B/Tbilisi/1956/1:0 (57)/ ]
13.Txd8+ Txd8 14.De3
[ 14.De1? Cb4 ]
14...b4 15.b3 Ae6
[ 15...bxc3 16.Aa3 ]
16.Ce4 Td1+ 17.Ce1 Cd4 18.Ab2
Cxc2 19.De2 Txa1 20.Axa1 Cxa1
21.Cxc5 Axc5 22.Cd3!
[ 22.Db2 Cxb3 23.axb3 0-0 ]
22...Ab6
[ 22...Ae7 23.Cf4 ]
23.Cxb4 0-0 24.Cc6? f6
[ 24...Rh8 25.Dd1! Cxb3 26.axb3 a5
27.h3 h6 28.g4 Ac8 29.Dd2 Ae6
30.Dd3 Ac8 31.Rf1 g5 32.Ce7 Ae6
33.Df3 Boleslavsky,I-Gurgenidze,B/
URS23-qual Riga/1955/1:0 (33)/ ]
25.h4! Rh8?!
[ 25...fxe5 26.Dxe5 Tf6! 27.Cd4
( 27.g4?! Axf2+ 28.Rh1 Axh47
Suetin-Geller/URS-ch25/1958/ )
27...Af7 28.Cf3 Cc2 29.De4 Ag6
30.Dd5+ Rf8 31.h5 Ae8 32.De4
Axh5 33.Dxc2 Axf3 34.gxf3 Txf3=
Suetin,A-Boleslavsky,I/URS-ch25/
1958/ ]
26.Rh2! Ad7?
[ 26...Ag8 27.Db2 Cxb3 28.axb3 fxe5
29.f3 Ac5 30.Cxe5 Ad6
Boleslavsky/ ]
27.exf6! Axc6
[ 27...gxf6 28.De7+ ]
[ 27...Txf6 28.De7 Ae6 29.De8+ Ag8
30.Ce7+ ]
28.De7 Tg8 29.fxg7+!
[ 29.f7 Ad5 30.fxg8D+ Axg8 ]
29...Txg7 30.Df8+ Tg8 31.Df6+ Tg7
32.h5! Rg8 33.Dxc6 Tf7 34.Dc3 Cxb3
[ 34...Tf5 35.Dxa1 Txh5+ 36.Rg3
Tg5+ 37.Rh3 Axf2 38.Df6+ ]
35.Dxb3 Axf2 36.De6 Ac5
[ 36...a5 37.De8+ Tf8 ( 37...Rg7
38.De5+ ) 38.De5 Ab6 39.h6 Tf7
40.Dg5++ ]
[ 36...Ab6 37.Dc8+ ]
37.Dxa6 Ad6+ 38.Rh3 Te7 39.Dd3
Te5 40.g4 Rg7 41.a4 Rf6 42.Dd2
Re6 43.a5 Rd7 44.a6 Rc8 45.Db2
Te3+ 46.Rg2 Tg3+ 47.Rf1 Ac5
48.Db7+ Rd7 49.Dd5+
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