Smyslov – Simagin Smyslov Simagin Result: 1-0 Metadata » Click to open. Date: 1967.??.?? Location: ? Tournament: Soviet Union Round: Opening: Submitted by: Published on: February 9, 2020 [Event "Soviet Union"] [Site "?"] [Date "1967.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Smyslov"] [Black "Simagin"] [Result "1-0"] [PlyCount "71"] 1.Nf3 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.e4 a6 {An unusual plan, playing on both wings. The normal move is 3...d6, while the move 3...c5!? is also popular.} 4.Bd3 d6 5.O-O {Now Black could transpose to a Pirc with 5...Nf6 but Simagin prefers a more original plan of development.} Bg4 6.c3 Nd7 7.Nbd2 e6 8.Qb3 Bxf3 9.Nxf3 Rb8 {Simagin seems inspired by Chigorin, who often moved his rook to b8 in support of the pawn.} 10.Bg5 Ne7 11.Rad1 O-O 12.Rfe1 {Both sides ve completed their development, and White's pieces are better placed. But now Black weakens his kingside, allowing a central counterattack.} h6 13.Bf4 g5 14.Bg3 Ng6 15.e5 {I have played these sorts of formations for Black and always find the advance of the e-pawn an effective method of undermining my position. In the present game Black suffers even more because he has not gained space on the queenside.} d5 16.Qc2 Nf4 {16...Qe8 17.h4 g4 18.Nh2 h5 19.f3 gxf3 20.Nxf3 would allow White to build a strong attack on the f-file, using g5 for the knight.} 17.Bxf4 gxf4 {White must now develop a plan. Smyslov anticipates that Black will have to advance his f-pawn in order defend the pawn at f4. That will weaken the pawn at e6, so doubling rooks on the e-file is called for.} 18.Re2 c5 19.Qd2 f6 {The only way to avoid dropping the pawn at f4.} 20.exf6 Qxf6 21.Rde1 Rbe8 {Now there is a weak diagonal to be exploited.} 22.Bb1 cxd4 23.cxd4 Rf7 24.Qc2 Rfe7 25.Qh7+ Kf8 26.Bg6 Rc8 {White's attack cannot achieve much since it involves only two pieces. But the Black pieces are so tied down that White has time to extricate the queen.} 27.h4 Rc6 28.h5 {The point of the last two moves becomes clear if one mentally removes the pawn at e6. If White had not done this, Black could have complicated matters with e6-e5!} Rc4 29.Bd3 {White tries to get the rook to leave the c-file, so that it can be used as an expressway to the 8th rank.} Rc6 30.Bg6 Rc4 {Obviously Smyslov has to come up with a better plan. He does so with a very clever and unexpected move. Since the bishop is not effective in attacking the rook from d3, Smyslov creates another possibility ata2!} 31.a3 Rc6 32.Bb1 Bh8 {32...Rc4?! 33.Ba2 Rc6 34.Bxd5! exd5 35.Rxe7 Qxe7 36.Rxe7 Kxe7 37.Qxg7+} 33.Qd3 {Finally! Now Black has to keep an eye on h4, otherwise White will play Nh4-g6.} Rg7 {The rooks has finally abandoned the c-file, and White uses it to bring the queen in to deliver the final blow.} 34.Qb3 Rb6 {White has fin ally succeeded in driving the rook from the c-file, and now the queen rushes in to end the game.} 35.Qc3 Rg8 {35...Rc6 36.Qb4+ Kg8 37.Qxb7} 36.Qc8+ 1-0 [Event "Soviet Union"] [Site "?"] [Date "1967.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Smyslov"] [Black "Simagin"] [Result "1-0"] [PlyCount "71"] 1.Nf3 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.e4 a6 {An unusual plan, playing on both wings. The normal move is 3...d6, while the move 3...c5!? is also popular.} 4.Bd3 d6 5.O-O {Now Black could transpose to a Pirc with 5...Nf6 but Simagin prefers a more original plan of development.} Bg4 6.c3 Nd7 7.Nbd2 e6 8.Qb3 Bxf3 9.Nxf3 Rb8 {Simagin seems inspired by Chigorin, who often moved his rook to b8 in support of the pawn.} 10.Bg5 Ne7 11.Rad1 O-O 12.Rfe1 {Both sides ve completed their development, and White's pieces are better placed. But now Black weakens his kingside, allowing a central counterattack.} h6 13.Bf4 g5 14.Bg3 Ng6 15.e5 {I have played these sorts of formations for Black and always find the advance of the e-pawn an effective method of undermining my position. In the present game Black suffers even more because he has not gained space on the queenside.} d5 16.Qc2 Nf4 {16...Qe8 17.h4 g4 18.Nh2 h5 19.f3 gxf3 20.Nxf3 would allow White to build a strong attack on the f-file, using g5 for the knight.} 17.Bxf4 gxf4 {White must now develop a plan. Smyslov anticipates that Black will have to advance his f-pawn in order defend the pawn at f4. That will weaken the pawn at e6, so doubling rooks on the e-file is called for.} 18.Re2 c5 19.Qd2 f6 {The only way to avoid dropping the pawn at f4.} 20.exf6 Qxf6 21.Rde1 Rbe8 {Now there is a weak diagonal to be exploited.} 22.Bb1 cxd4 23.cxd4 Rf7 24.Qc2 Rfe7 25.Qh7+ Kf8 26.Bg6 Rc8 {White's attack cannot achieve much since it involves only two pieces. But the Black pieces are so tied down that White has time to extricate the queen.} 27.h4 Rc6 28.h5 {The point of the last two moves becomes clear if one mentally removes the pawn at e6. If White had not done this, Black could have complicated matters with e6-e5!} Rc4 29.Bd3 {White tries to get the rook to leave the c-file, so that it can be used as an expressway to the 8th rank.} Rc6 30.Bg6 Rc4 {Obviously Smyslov has to come up with a better plan. He does so with a very clever and unexpected move. Since the bishop is not effective in attacking the rook from d3, Smyslov creates another possibility ata2!} 31.a3 Rc6 32.Bb1 Bh8 {32...Rc4?! 33.Ba2 Rc6 34.Bxd5! exd5 35.Rxe7 Qxe7 36.Rxe7 Kxe7 37.Qxg7+} 33.Qd3 {Finally! Now Black has to keep an eye on h4, otherwise White will play Nh4-g6.} Rg7 {The rooks has finally abandoned the c-file, and White uses it to bring the queen in to deliver the final blow.} 34.Qb3 Rb6 {White has fin ally succeeded in driving the rook from the c-file, and now the queen rushes in to end the game.} 35.Qc3 Rg8 {35...Rc6 36.Qb4+ Kg8 37.Qxb7} 36.Qc8+ 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.
