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| Move | N | Result | Elo | Players |
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Candidate's Tournament 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 d6 Black chooses the Old Indian
Defense 3.Nf3 Nbd7 4.Nc3 e5 5.e4 Main Line of the Old Indian, we are
in for a closed game featuring much maneuvering behind the front lines. Be7 6.Be2 0-0 7.0-0 c6 8.Qc2 Re8 9.Rd1 Bf8 10.Rb1 a5 11.d5 Nc5 12.Be3 Qc7 13.h3 Bd7 14.Rbc1 g6 15.Nd2 Rab8 Both players have posted their pieces
where they hope they have been successful in positioning them optimally, while
concealing their intentions from the other. 16.Nb3 Nxb3 17.Qxb3 c5 18.Kh2 Kh8 The maneuvering continues as each protagonist hopes to position himself
to take advantage when the position is eventually opened. 19.Qc2 Ng8 20.Bg4 Nh6 21.Bxd7 Qxd7 22.Qd2 Ng8 23.g4 f5 Black plays the pawn break and
soon files will be opened. 24.f3 Be7 25.Rg1 Rf8 26.Rcf1 Both players want
to control the soon to be opened highways. Rf7 27.gxf5 gxf5 28.Rg2 f4 29.Bf2 Rf6 Who will take command of the ensuing struggle on the g and h-files? 30.Ne2 Qxh3+ Would you have seen this move, never mind played it?
Black must be confident that the White King will not be able to slip back
behind the cover of his army following the capture of the Queen. 31.Kxh3
White's only real choice, but now the King will be forced from the safety of
his fortress into the enemy stronghold. 31.Kg1 might seem like the wiser
option but it leads to a quick loss: Rh6 32.Bg3 Forced, as the King must
have the flight square, f2. The loss of the Bishop, with Black pieces soon to
swarm on the exposed White King means there is only one outcome to the game. 32.Be1 Qh1+ 33.Kf2 Bh4+ 34.Ng3 Bxg3+ 35.Ke2 35.Rxg3 Rh2+ 36.Rg2 Rxg2# 35...Qxg2+ and Black's advantage is overwhelming. 32...fxg3 33.Nxg3 Rf8 34.Qe2 Bh4 35.Nh1 Nf6 36.Nf2 Bxf2+ 37.Kxf2 Nh5 38.Rgg1 The Knight
Fork must be avoided. 38.Ke1 Nf4 winning a Rook. 38...Qh4+ 39.Ke3 Ng3 40.Qd2 Nxf1+ 41.Rxf1 and Black, up a Rook, must
win. 31...Rh6+ And the King will find that retreat is always impossible,
so forward he must march. 32.Kg4 Nf6+ 33.Kf5 33.Kg5 Rh5# 33...Nd7 34.Rg5 To offer the King g4 and an escape route back to safety. 34.Nxf4
to open the position for White's pieces would not have worked: Rf8+ 35.Kg4 Rg8+ 36.Ng6+ Rgxg6+ 37.Kf5 Rh5+ 38.Qg5 Bxg5 39.Rfg1 Bf4+ 40.Rg5 Bxg5 41.Kg4 Bf4+ 42.Kxh5 Nf6+ 43.Kh4 Rh6# 34...Rf8+ 35.Kg4 Nf6+ Trouble is the
King is now locked out of the 3rd rank and can never return there. 36.Kf5
Having to move into a discovered check is always horrible. Ng8+ 37.Kg4 Nf6+ 38.Kf5 Nxd5+ 39.Kg4 Nf6+ 40.Kf5 Ng8+ Black torments his
opponent with the windmill. 41.Kg4 Nf6+ 42.Kf5 Ng8+ 43.Kg4 Bxg5
He can glean no further advantage from the windmill and so contents himself to
win the exchange and move to the next phase of the attack. 44.Kxg5 Rf7
White's pieces, locked out of the game by their own pawns,
are in a pitiful state, too far from the action to have any influence. 45.Bh4 45.Nxf4 to open the door for White's pieces would again do more harm than
good: Rg7+ 46.Ng6+ 46.Kf5 Ne7# 46...Rgxg6+ 47.Kf5 Ne7# 45...Rg6+ 46.Kh5 Rfg7 47.Bg5 Forced as 47...Rh6# was threatened. Rxg5+ 48.Kh4 Nf6 A similar # is threatened and White must throw another
piece on the fire. 49.Ng3 Rxg3 50.Qxd6 Queen looks for counterplay in
a desparate attempt to deflect Black's circling troops. R3g6 Renews the
threat of # and solidifies the Knight. 51.Qb8+ All that could be done but
now White will run out of road after Rg8 and # can no longer be delayed,
White resigns. 51...Rg8 White does not continue in view of 52.Qxe5 Rh6+ 53.Qh5 Rxh5# All started by the Queen sacrifice. What a bolt from the blue. 0–1
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| White | EloW | Black | EloB | Res | Year | ECO | Event | Rnd |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Averbakh,Y | - | Kotov,A | - | 0–1 | 1953 | A55 | GotM #24 |
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