Smyslov – Stahlberg Smyslov Stahlberg Result: 1-0 Metadata » Click to open. Date: 1953.??.?? Location: ? Tournament: Candidates Tournament Round: Opening: Submitted by: Published on: February 9, 2020 [Event "Candidates Tournament"] [Site "?"] [Date "1953.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Smyslov"] [Black "Stahlberg"] [Result "1-0"] [PlyCount "65"] 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 {The Classical Variation of the French Defense which gives Black a solid but somewhat passive position. As with most French's Black's light squared bishop is a bad piece since it is blocked by his own pawns.} 4.Bg5 dxe4 5.Nxe4 Be7 6.Bxf6 {Not 6.Nxf6+ Bxf6 7.Bxf6 Qxf6 when all the exchanges give the cramped Black army room to move.} Bxf6 7.Nf3 Nd7 8.Bc4 O-O 9.Qe2 Nb6 10.Bb3 Bd7 11.O-O Qe7 12.Rfe1 Rad8 13.Rad1 {White has finished his development while enjoying control of more space, which allows the pieces to move about the board more freely.} Ba4 14.Bxa4 Nxa4 15.Qb5 Nb6 16.c4 {With the advance of the c-pawn White threatens to drive away the Black knight and then take the b-pawn.} c6 17.Qb3 Qc7 {This move is a mistake since it allows White to weaken the Black kingside. Better was 17...Rd7. 17...Rd7 18.a4 Rfd8 19.a5 Nc8 would give White an even greater space advantage.} 18.Nxf6+ gxf6 19.Qe3 {The queen heads for h6 which is no longer defended by Black's g-pawn.} Kg7 20.Ne5 {White uses his space advantage to prepare a rook lift if Black takes the knight.} Qe7 21.Ng4 Rg8 {A mistake which costs Black the exchange. However, some material loss was unavoidable. 21...Kh8 22.Qh6 Rg8 23.Nxf6 Rg7 24.Re3 when White is a pawn up while retaining his kingside initiative.} 22.Nh6 Qc7 {22...Rgf8 would allow White to win Black's queen.} 23.Nxg8 Rxg8 24.b3 {White has won the exchange and for a player with Smyslov's technique the rest is easy.} Kh8 25.Qh6 Rg6 26.Qh4 Nd7 27.Re3 Qa5 28.Rh3 Nf8 29.Rg3 Qxa2 30.Rxg6 Nxg6 31.Qxf6+ Kg8 32.Qf3 Qc2 33.Qd3 {Black resigned, since there is no compensation for the missing exchange.} 1-0 [Event "Candidates Tournament"] [Site "?"] [Date "1953.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Smyslov"] [Black "Stahlberg"] [Result "1-0"] [PlyCount "65"] 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 {The Classical Variation of the French Defense which gives Black a solid but somewhat passive position. As with most French's Black's light squared bishop is a bad piece since it is blocked by his own pawns.} 4.Bg5 dxe4 5.Nxe4 Be7 6.Bxf6 {Not 6.Nxf6+ Bxf6 7.Bxf6 Qxf6 when all the exchanges give the cramped Black army room to move.} Bxf6 7.Nf3 Nd7 8.Bc4 O-O 9.Qe2 Nb6 10.Bb3 Bd7 11.O-O Qe7 12.Rfe1 Rad8 13.Rad1 {White has finished his development while enjoying control of more space, which allows the pieces to move about the board more freely.} Ba4 14.Bxa4 Nxa4 15.Qb5 Nb6 16.c4 {With the advance of the c-pawn White threatens to drive away the Black knight and then take the b-pawn.} c6 17.Qb3 Qc7 {This move is a mistake since it allows White to weaken the Black kingside. Better was 17...Rd7. 17...Rd7 18.a4 Rfd8 19.a5 Nc8 would give White an even greater space advantage.} 18.Nxf6+ gxf6 19.Qe3 {The queen heads for h6 which is no longer defended by Black's g-pawn.} Kg7 20.Ne5 {White uses his space advantage to prepare a rook lift if Black takes the knight.} Qe7 21.Ng4 Rg8 {A mistake which costs Black the exchange. However, some material loss was unavoidable. 21...Kh8 22.Qh6 Rg8 23.Nxf6 Rg7 24.Re3 when White is a pawn up while retaining his kingside initiative.} 22.Nh6 Qc7 {22...Rgf8 would allow White to win Black's queen.} 23.Nxg8 Rxg8 24.b3 {White has won the exchange and for a player with Smyslov's technique the rest is easy.} Kh8 25.Qh6 Rg6 26.Qh4 Nd7 27.Re3 Qa5 28.Rh3 Nf8 29.Rg3 Qxa2 30.Rxg6 Nxg6 31.Qxf6+ Kg8 32.Qf3 Qc2 33.Qd3 {Black resigned, since there is no compensation for the missing exchange.} 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.
