ChessBase 14 Printout, chess , 18/05/2021 1

B25 [ 20...g5 ]
Smyslov [ 20...dxe4 21.Nxe4 Nd4 ]
Kotov
Moscow 1943 15.05.2021 a b c d e f g h
[venkat]
8 8

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 7 7

[ 2...e6 3.Nge2 Nc6 4.g3 d5 5.exd5
6 6
exd5 6.d3 Nf6 7.Bg2 Be7 8.Bg5 ]
3.g3 5 5
[ 3.Nge2 e6 4.g3 d5 5.exd5 exd5
4 4
6.Bg2 d4 7.Nd5 Nf6 8.Nef4 Nxd5
9.Nxd5 Bd6 10.0-0 0-0 11.d3 Be6 3 3
12.Nf4 Bf5 13.h3 Rb8 14.Bd2 Re8
2 2
15.Re1 Rxe1+ 16.Qxe1= ]
3...g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.d3 d6 6.Nf3 1 1

a b c d e f g h a b c d e f g h
21.Ne2 Nc6 22.Qh3 Kh7 23.Ng3 f6
8 8
24.Nf5!
7 7 a b c d e f g h

6 6 8 8

5 5 7 7

4 4 6 6

3 3 5 5

2 2 4 4

1 1 3 3
a b c d e f g h
2 2
e6 7.Bg5 Nge7 8.Qd2 h6 9.Be3 e5
[ 9...Nd4 ] 1 1
[ 9...Rb8 10.d4 cxd4 11.Nxd4 ] a b c d e f g h
10.0-0 Be6 11.Ne1 Qd7 12.a3 Bh3 gxf5 25.gxf5 Nc7
13.f4 Nd4 14.Rb1 exf4 15.Bxf4 Bxg2 [ 25...Ng5 26.Bxg5 fxg5 27.Nxg5+ ]
16.Qxg2 26.Rg1 Ne8
[ 16.Nxg2 g5 17.Be3 ] [ 26...Rf7 27.Bxh6 Bxh6 28.Rg6 Kh8
16...0-0 17.g4 Rad8 18.Kh1 Ne6 29.Rxh6+ Rh7 30.Rg1 Rg8 ]
19.Bd2 d5 20.Nf3 d4? [ 26...Rh8 27.Bxh6 Kg8 28.Rxg7+
[ 20...c4 21.exd5 Nxd5 22.dxc4 Qxg7 29.Rg1 ]
Nxc3 23.Bxc3 Nf4 24.Qf2 Bxc3 27.Rg6
25.bxc3 Rfe8 ] [ 27.Bxh6 Bxh6 28.Rg6 Qg7
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29.Rxg7+ Nxg7 30.Rg1 Ne7 31.Rg4

Ng8 32.Rh4 Rd7 33.Qg4 ]
[ 27.Rxg7+ Kxg7 28.Qxh6+ Kg8
29.Rg1+ Ng7 ]
27...Rf7 28.Rbg1 Kg8 29.Rxh6 Kf8
30.Rh7 Ke7 31.Qh5!
[ 31.Rg6 a5 32.Ng5 ]

a b c d e f g h

8 8

7 7

6 6

5 5

4 4

3 3

2 2

1 1

a b c d e f g h
31...Kd6 32.Bf4+ Ne5 33.Bxe5+ fxe5
34.f6 Nxf6 35.Qxe5+ Kc6 36.Rhxg7
[ 36.Nxd4+ Qxd4 37.Qe6+ Qd6
38.Qxf7 Rd7 ]
36...Kb5 37.Nxd4+ Kb6
[ 37...Qxd4 38.Qxd4 Rxd4 39.Rxf7 ]
38.b4 Rc8 39.Rxf7 Qxf7 40.Qd6+
Rc6 41.Nxc6 Nxe4 42.bxc5+
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