Botvinnik – Menchik Botvinnik Menchik Result: 1-0 Metadata » Click to open. Date: 1934.??.?? Location: ? Tournament: Hastings Round: Opening: Submitted by: Published on: February 9, 2020 [Event "Hastings"] [Site "?"] [Date "1934.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Botvinnik"] [Black "Menchik"] [Result "1-0"] [PlyCount "57"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Nbd7 5.Bf4 dxc4 6.e3 Nd5 7.Bxc4 Nxf4 8.exf4 {White has doubled pawns, but they control important squares, and he enjoys a big lead in development.} Bd6 9.g3 O-O 10.O-O Nf6 11.Qe2 b6 12.Rfd1 Bb7 {Black's only accomplishment is the establishment of control over the long diagonal, but she has no support for a kingside attack. Still, this position was already known to theory from one of Capablanca's games.} 13.Rac1 Qe7 {13...a6 had previously been played, but that was too slow, allowing White to attack on the kingside.} 14.a3 Rfd8 15.Ne5 c5 16.Nb5 cxd4 17.Nxd4 Bxe5 {A mistake. The bishop should have moved to c5.} 18.Qxe5 {Now White threatens Nf5 followed by Nd6.} Qd6 19.Bb3 Qxe5 20.fxe5 Ne8 {Black defends both c7 and d6. But her forces are in no position to guard the pawns at f7 and e6, which now become targets as White advances the f-pawn.} 21.f4 a6 22.Kf2 Kf8 {22...Bd5 would have been a better defense. The control of the long diagonal cannot bring any real benefits.} 23.f5 Bd5 24.fxe6 Bxb3 {Black seems to have everything under control, as after White captures the bishop with the knight then the pawn on e6 can be recaptured. But White has a powerful intermediate move based on a fork at c6.} 25.e7+ {Here Black resigned, not waiting for the inevitable end.} Kxe7 26.Nc6+ Kf8 27.Rxd8 Rxd8 28.Nxd8 Bd5 29.Nc6 {And White's advantage is sufficient for victory.} 1-0 [Event "Hastings"] [Site "?"] [Date "1934.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Botvinnik"] [Black "Menchik"] [Result "1-0"] [PlyCount "57"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Nbd7 5.Bf4 dxc4 6.e3 Nd5 7.Bxc4 Nxf4 8.exf4 {White has doubled pawns, but they control important squares, and he enjoys a big lead in development.} Bd6 9.g3 O-O 10.O-O Nf6 11.Qe2 b6 12.Rfd1 Bb7 {Black's only accomplishment is the establishment of control over the long diagonal, but she has no support for a kingside attack. Still, this position was already known to theory from one of Capablanca's games.} 13.Rac1 Qe7 {13...a6 had previously been played, but that was too slow, allowing White to attack on the kingside.} 14.a3 Rfd8 15.Ne5 c5 16.Nb5 cxd4 17.Nxd4 Bxe5 {A mistake. The bishop should have moved to c5.} 18.Qxe5 {Now White threatens Nf5 followed by Nd6.} Qd6 19.Bb3 Qxe5 20.fxe5 Ne8 {Black defends both c7 and d6. But her forces are in no position to guard the pawns at f7 and e6, which now become targets as White advances the f-pawn.} 21.f4 a6 22.Kf2 Kf8 {22...Bd5 would have been a better defense. The control of the long diagonal cannot bring any real benefits.} 23.f5 Bd5 24.fxe6 Bxb3 {Black seems to have everything under control, as after White captures the bishop with the knight then the pawn on e6 can be recaptured. But White has a powerful intermediate move based on a fork at c6.} 25.e7+ {Here Black resigned, not waiting for the inevitable end.} Kxe7 26.Nc6+ Kf8 27.Rxd8 Rxd8 28.Nxd8 Bd5 29.Nc6 {And White's advantage is sufficient for victory.} 1-0 White to move: find the best move... click the ? for the solution Black to move: find the best move... click the ? for the solution Warning: This game can only be seen if JavaScript is enabled in your browser. No related posts.
