[Event "URS-ch16 Final"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "1948.11.21"] [Round "7"] [White "Alatortsev, Vladimir"] [Black "Kholmov, Ratmir D"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D06"] [Annotator "Monokroussos,Dennis"] [PlyCount "137"] [Beauty "4745578195492"] [GameId "272191654561"] [EventDate "1948.11.11"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "19"] [EventCountry "URS"] [SourceTitle "URS-ch"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 0,137,23,23,19,20,11,11,11,0,0,-22,-10,-10,0,-54,-22,-27,-9,-37,-21,-18,-10,-15,-35,-52,-53,-51,-58,-49,-49,-28,-22,-19,19,-76,-76,-76,-79,-61,-60,-59,-74,-74,-32,-27,0,0,29,-80,84,0,0,0,0,0,0,-54,-44,-43,-40,-40,-55,-51,-9,2,2,2,53,63,50,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,67,0,0,0,105,51,43,37,60,27,23,18,16,5,5,16,16,16,20,10,6,12,12,12,-14,-4,-4,-64,-17,-35,-17,-15,-17,-17,-17,-35,-17,-17,-17,-17,-17,-17,-17,-17,-17,-17,-17,-17,-17,-17,-17,-22,-25,-38,-16,0,0,0,0,-38,0,0]} 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Bf5 3. c4 e6 4. Qb3 Nc6 5. c5 Qc8 6. Bf4 Nf6 7. Qa4 Nd7 8. e3 a6 9. Nbd2 Be7 10. Rc1 O-O 11. Bg3 Bf6 12. Nh4 Bxh4 13. Bxh4 e5 14. Nb3 Re8 15. Bg3 exd4 16. Nxd4 Re4 17. Be2 Nxd4 18. exd4 Qe8 19. Qd1 Qe7 20. f3 Re6 21. Kf2 Re8 22. Re1 Qg5 23. Bxc7 h5 24. Ba5 Bh3 25. Bf1 Rxe1 26. Bxe1 Qe3+ 27. Kg3 Bf5 28. h4 Re4 29. Qd2 {The action starts here.} Rg4+ $1 30. Kh2 Rxh4+ $1 31. Kg3 (31. Bxh4 Qxd2 $19) 31... Qe7 $2 {was played in the actual game, squandering the opportunity for a sparkling and winning finish.} ({Before coming up with the winning combination, the movie's hero analyzes the following lines:} 31... Qxd2 $2 $11 32. Bxd2 Rxd4 33. Bc3 h4+ 34. Kh2 Ra4 35. a3 Nxc5 (35... d4 36. Bb4 Ne5 {White has made another move here, I can't see what, and then meets ...a5 with Bb5.} 37. Be2 {A guess, or at least a useful "pass" to reach what seems to be the correct position.} a5 38. Bb5 Nd3 (38... axb4 39. Bxa4 Nd3 40. Rc2 Ne1 41. Re2 $18) 39. Rd1 (39. Bxa4 Nxc1 40. Bxa5 Nd3 41. Bc2 g6 42. Bxd3 Bxd3 43. Bd8 Bc4 44. Bxh4 d3 45. Be1 {is drawn.}) 39... Nxb2 40. Bxa4 (40. Rxd4 axb4 41. Bxa4 Nxa4 42. Rxb4 Nxc5 43. Rb5 b6 44. Rxb6 Bd7 45. Rb8+ Kh7 46. Rb4 g5 47. Rc4 Na4 48. Rc7 Be6 49. Ra7 Bb3 $11) 40... Nxd1 41. Bxd1 axb4 42. axb4) 36. Bb4 $11 Nd3 $2 37. Bxd3 Bxd3 38. b3 $16) (31... Qg1 $3 32. Kxh4 f6 $1 {The only winning move. White seems to have a great deal of freedom, but in fact the game cannot be saved. We don't get to see the game again until Black gives up the queen at the end and gives mate (32.Kxh4 is only shown in Tal's analysis, but not when showing the game itself), but it's safe to say that the following forced line is how it goes:} (32... Qh2+ $2 33. Kg5 f6+ 34. Kxf5 Kf7 {is given by Tal, which seems at first blush to be winning. Alas, someone points out} 35. g3 $1 $18 {, when it's White who wins.}) 33. Kg3 g5 $1 34. f4 g4 $1 35. Rc3 Nf8 $1 36. Qf2 h4+ $1 37. Kxh4 Ng6+ 38. Kh5 Qh1+ 39. Rh3 gxh3 40. gxh3 Kh7 41. h4 Qg1 $1 42. Qxg1 Nxf4# {is almost certainly how the game went. Whether this analysis goes all the way back to 1948 or as recently as the movie's chess consultants in 1973, it's a fine piece of work.}) 32. Kf2 $11 Rh1 33. Qf4 Bg6 34. Bd2 Nf8 35. Re1 Ne6 36. Qb8+ Kh7 37. Bc3 Qg5 38. Qg3 Qf5 39. Qe5 Qc2+ 40. Qe2 Qxe2+ 41. Bxe2 Rxe1 42. Kxe1 Nf4 43. Bf1 Bd3 44. Bxd3+ Nxd3+ 45. Kf1 Nf4 46. a4 Kg6 47. b4 Kf6 48. Bd2 Ne6 49. Be3 g5 50. Ke2 Ke7 51. Kd3 f5 52. g3 Kd7 53. b5 axb5 54. axb5 h4 55. gxh4 gxh4 56. Bg1 h3 57. b6 f4 58. Bh2 Kc6 59. Bg1 Ng7 60. Bh2 Nh5 61. Ke2 Ng7 62. Kd3 Ne6 63. Bg1 Nf8 64. Bh2 Ng6 65. Ke2 Kb5 66. Kf2 Ka5 67. Kf1 Ka6 68. Ke2 Kb5 69. Kf2 1/2-1/2