My Great Predecessors - Volume II (Corrections and New Analysis)

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FOLLOWING VOLUME II
Here we present the most interesting and important corrections to Volume II which were
made for the 2nd edition of "On My Great Predecessors". Sergey Sorokhtin deserves a
special mention. The analytical successes of this club player from St. Petersburg (who has
made many 'happy finds' published on popular chess sites) can be explained partly by his
contacts with grandmasters but mainly by his excellent use of modern computer
programmes which have now become an indispensable chess player's aid.
(Editor's note: Changes to the original text are in red)
Game 5
M.EUWE– A.ALEKHINE
Amsterdam 8th matchgame 1926/27
Reti Opening A09
24.Qd2.
24.Nc5! was winning more quickly, without danger to the pawn d3 (Sorokhtin): 24...Nxd3
25.b7 Qb8 26.Nxd3 Bxd3 27.Bxc6 or 24.Bh3 25.b7 (25.Bh1 and 25.f4 is also good) 25...Qf5
(g4) 26.Rxe5! Bxe5 27.Bxc6, and the approach of the strong passed pawns is inevitable.
24.Qa6.
'•ny action on the kingside would be futile: if 24...Bh3 25.Bh1, while 24...Bg4 is refuted by
25.f4 Nf3+ 26.Bxf3 Bxf3 27.Nc5.' (Euwe)
25.a5 Nxd3 <.> 26.Nc5!
The only move that retains the advantage.
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Game 18
M.EUWE – A.ALEKHINE
World Championship Match,
Holland 1935, 26th game
Dutch Defence A90
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38.Re1.
'The right way was 38.Rg5! Rxg5 39.Nxg5 Kg7 (39...h6 40.d6!; 39...Rg7 40.d6 Kg8 41.e6.-
G.K.) 40.d6! and White wins - for example, 40...Rxe5 41.d7 Re1+ 42.Kg2 Rd1 43.d8Q Rxd8
44.Ne6+. Or 40.Rd7 41.Ne6+ Kf7 42.Nf4 Ke8 43.Kg2 Rg7+ 44.Kf3 Kd7 45.Ke4 Kc6 46.Nd5
etc.' (Euwe) However, after 45.Rg1! there is no clear win! In fact, instead of 42.Nf4, 42.
Nc7! Kf8 43.Kg2 a5 44.Kf3 is decisive. (Sorokhtin) Also strong is 40.e6! Kf8 41.d6 Rg7 42.
h4 h6 43.d7 Ke7 44.Nf7 Rg8 45.h5, and Black, being in zugzwang, is unable to prevent Kh2-
h3 and d8Q winning.
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Game 24
P.KERES – M.EUWE
Holland 14th matchgame 1939/40
Queen’s Gambit Accepted D28
21...Bf3!!
Very fine! 'The consequence of Black's previous move. White cannot accept this second
sacrifice, as witness 22.gxf3 22...Qxh3 <.>
3) 23.f4 Bxb4, and Black has recaptured his piece in a very good position, as 24.Qxb4 fails
to 24...Qg4+ and 25.Qxd1.' (Euwe)
Of course, instead of 24.Qxb4? here, 24.Bd2 Qg4+ 25.Kf1 is essential. But for Black,
instead of 23...Bxb4 it is stronger to play 23...f5! 24.Rd3! Bxb4 (quicker than 24...Rf6 25.
e4 Rg6+ 26.Rg3 Rxg3+ 27.fxg3 Bxb4 28.Qxb4 Qxg3+ 29.Kf1 Qf3+) 25.Qf1 Qh4 26.Qd1
Rf6 27.Kf1 Rg6 etc.
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Game 27
M.EUWE – A.DENKER
Groningen 1946, 11th round
Nimzo-Indian Defence E49
34...a5?
Here there were many decisive continuations: 34...Qe6 and .h7-h6 (Chistyakov), 34...Kg6
(Ragozin) 35.Be5 Qxe7 36.Qf3 Nd7! 37.Qxd5 Nxe5 38.dxe5 Qc5+ or, finally, 34...Qa4! with the
threat of .Qd1+ (Kmoch, Euwe) - I tried to find a defence after 35.Qf3!, but without success: 35...
Qa1+ 36.Kh2 Qb2+ 37.Kg1 (37.Kg3 Qxc3!) 37...Qc1+ 38.Kg2 Qd2+ 39.Kg1 Qe1+ 40.Kh2 Qe6 41.
Ba3 Qe4 and Black wins.
Denker's inaccuracy apparently throws away the win - anyway, it gives White practical chances,
which Euwe exploits simply splendidly!
35.Ba3! Qa4 36.Qd6 Qd1+ 37.Kg2 Qe2+ 38.Kg1 Qe3+ 39.Kg2 Qe4+ 40.Kg1 b5 41.Qd8
b4.
For the moment Denker is equal to the occasion: it was worse to play 41...Ne8?! 42.Qxa5 or, of
course, 41...Qb1+ 42.Kg2 Qa2+ 43.Kg1 Qxa3?? 44.Qf8+ Ke6 45.e8Q+ Nxe8 46.Qxa3 and wins.
42.Qf8+ Kg6 43.cxb4 Qxd4+ 44.Kg2 Qe4+ 45.Kg1 axb4 46.Bxb4 d4 47.Ba5!
Euw• finds the only way to resist: the manoeuvre of his bishop to d8 with the threat of Qxf6+ and
•8Q+.
47.c3.
The most obvious move. According to Denker, '47...Qe6 was better', but after 48.Bd8! (with the
threat of Q•f6+) 48.Qf7 49.Bb6! White would have gained a draw, for example: 49.d3 50.h4! gxh4
51.Be3 Qe6 52.Qh6+ Kf7 53.Qf8+ with perpetual check.

Also unclear is 47...Qe5 48.Kg2! (but not 48.Bd8? Qg3+ 49.Kf1 Qxh3+ 50.Ke1 Qh1+ 51.Ke2 Qg2+
52.Ke1 Qg1+). •nd 47...Qb1+ 48.Kg2 Qa2+ 49.Kf1! is right. (Sorokhtin) 49.Qxa5 (after 49..Qa4
50.Bd8! Qd1+ 51.Kg2 the terrifying threat Qxf6+!! forces Black to perpetual check) 50.e8Q+ Nxe8
51.Qxe8+ Kf6 52.Qf8+! Ke6 53.Qh6+ Kd7 54.Qxh7+ Kc6 55.Qg6+ with a simple draw. <.>
48.Bd8 c2??
Denker attaches as many as three question marks to this move and writes: '48...Qb1+! 49.Kh2 Qa2
+ and .Qf7 would have won'. Let us check: 50.Kg1 (not 50.Kg3? Qf7 51.Bb6 c2 52.Qc8 Ne4+ or 51.
Qxf7+ Kxf7 52.e8Q+ Nxe8 53.Bxg5 Ke6 and wins) 50...Qf7 51.Bb6! c2! (the only move) 52.Qc8!
(also the only move) 52.d3 53.Qf5+ Kg7 54.Be3! Qxe7 (54.h6!?) 55.Qxd3 h6! (55...Qe5 56.Bxg5!
Qxg5 57.Qxc2 is less clear) 56.Kf1 (56.Kf2?! Qc7 57.Bc1 Qh2+ 58.Ke1 Qg1+ 59.Qf1 Qd4 60.Qe2
Qc3+) 56...Qc7 57.Bc1 Qc6 58.Ke1, and the win for Black is not simple. If, say, 58...Qh1+ 59.Qf1
Qxf1+?! 60.Kxf1 Nd5 61.Ke2 Nf4+ 62.Kd2 Nxh3 there is the pretty 63.Bb2+ (but not 63.Kxc2? Nf2
and wins) 63...Kf7 64.Bd4! with a draw.
Euwe and Kmoch also gave 48...Qe3+ 49.Kg2 c2 50.Qxf6+ Kxf6 51.e8Q+ Kg7 52.Qd7+ Kf8 53.Be7
+?! Qxe7 54.Qc8+ Kg7 55.Qxc2, and White has a difficult position, but the computer finds a draw
immediately: 53.Qf5+! Ke8 54.Bxg5=.
49.Qxf6+! Kxf6 50.e8Q+.
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Game 58
D.BRONSTEIN – P.KERES
Interzonal Tournament,
Gothenburg 1955, 7th round
Nimzo-Indian Defence, E41
15..Nh7?
The general opinion is that this is the decisive mistake. <.>
But, as analysis shows, even after the best continuation 15...Nc5! 16.Rae1 Nd3 Black would have
had to avoid a number of dangerous pitfalls. <.>
It is stronger for White to play 17.Bxd3! cxd3 18.Nf5! <.> 18...Be4 <.> 19.Nbd4 Re8 20.Nxh6+
Kf8 21.Qg5.
Analysis diagram
The saving path, if it exists at all, is thorny and lies through a mass of wild complications: <.
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2) 21...Bc5! 22.Rxe4! Rxe4 23.Ndf5 Ke8 24.Qg7 Qc7 25.b4 Be7 26.Qxf7+ Kd8 27.Nxe7
(Burgess) 27.Qf4! with hopes of a defence (28.Qf8+ Kc7 29.Qxf6 Qxf6 30.Nd5 Kc6 31.Nxf6 Re6
etc.)
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Game 60
D. BRONSTEIN – L.LJUBOJEVIC
Petropolis 1973, 11th round
Alekhine Defence B03
17...Bxg1.
<.> Another 'improvement' - 17...Re8 is parried by Vasyukov with 18.d6 Bxd6 19.Nb5, but this is
bad because of 19...Rxe5+ 20.Qxe5 Bb4+. After 18.Ne4 Qxe5 (18...Rxe5?! 19.Kf1) 19.0-0-0 Qxf4
+ 20.Bxf4 N8d7 21.Rge1 White keeps the initiative. The most accurate was 18.Bf6! N8d7 19.Ne4
Rxe5 20.d6 Bxd6 21.Bxf7+ Kf8 22.Qh6+! (Sorokhtin; unclear is 22.Bxe5 Bxe5 23.Qh6+ Bg7 24.
Qxh7 Nf6 25.Nxf6 Qxf7 26.Qxg6 Qxf6) 22...Kxf7 23.Qxh7+ Ke6 24.Bxe5 Nxe5 25.Rxg6+ Nxg6 26.
Qxg6+ Ke7 27.Qf6+ Kd7 28.Rd1 Re8 29.Qxd6+ with a win.
18.d6.
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Game 63
D.BRONSTEIN – M.BOTVINNIK
Moscow 1951, 18th game
44.hxg5?!
Neither Bronstein nor Botvinnik pays attention to this idea. White missed the opportunity of
presenting a serious challenge to Black: 44.Qxe6! Qd3 45.Qf6+, and 45..Kh7? is bad because of 46.
Qf7+ Kh8 47.Bxf4! (after 47.Bd2 Qg3+ 48.Kg1 f3! 49.Qxf3 Qxf3 50.gxf3 Bc8 51.hxg5 hxg5 52.

Bxg5 Nc6 53.Be3 Kh7 54.Kf2 Kg6 Black has a fortress) 47.gxf4 48.Qxf4 Qg6 (48.Bc6 49.Qxh6+)
49.Qf8+ Qg8 (49...Kh7 50.Qxb8 Qf7 51.Qc7+-) 50.Qxh6+ Qh7 51.Qxh7+ Kxh7 52.e6, playing
back one of pieces and winning: 52...Bc6 53.d7 Bxd7 54.exd7 Nxd7 55.c6 or 53.Nxd7 54.exd7
Bxd7 55.Kg3.
•n finding this out Khalifman showed a thorny path to a draw: 45...Kg8! 46.Bd2! (my idea, but in a
much more appropriate version) 46...Qg3+ 47.Kg1 f3 48.Qg6+ Kh8 49.Qxh6+ Kg8 50.Qxg5+
Qxg5 51.Bxg5 Kf7 52.gxf3 Bc8 53.h5 (White has 5 pawns for one piece but nevertheless they may
be blocked!) 53...Bf5 54.Be3 Nc6 55.h6 Ke6 56.Kf2 Bd3 57.Ke1 Kd7 58.Kd2 Bh7 59.Kc3 Nd8! (not
59...Ke6? 60.Kb3 Kd7 61.Ka4 Bd3 62.f4 Nd8 63.f5 Bxf5 64.Kb5+-) 60.Kb4 Kc6 61.Ka5 Bd3 62.Bf2
Ne6=.
44...hxg5 45.Qxe6 Qd3!= <.> 46.Qf6+ Kh7 47.Qf7+.
After 47.Qxg5 Qg3+! 48.Qxg3 fxg3+ 49.Kxg3 Bc8 50.Kf4 Kg6, then .Nc6 and Bd7 there is again a
fortress on the board.
47...Kh8 48.Qf6+ Kh7 49.Bxf4 gxf4 50.Qf7+
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Game 65
D.BRONSTEIN – M.BOTVINNIK
Moscow 1951, 22nd game
32.fxg4?
The decisive mistake - Botvinnik is unsettled by the sudden change in the situation. The machine
correctly considers the fearless 32...Bxe5!? to be necessary: 33.dxe5 Rg7! (but not 33...Bg6?! 34.
Bxe4 fxe4 35.Qc3 Re6 36.Bh4 Qf3 37.Bf6+ Rxf6 38.exf6 Qxg4+ 39.Kf2 Qf3+ 40.Ke1 Kg8 41.Ra8
Qh1+ 42.Kd2 Qg2+ 43.Kc1 Qf1+ 44.Kb2 Qe2+ 45.Qc2 and wins), for example: 34.Rxg7 Qxg7 35.
gxf5 Qxe5 36.Ra7 Kg8!, and Black has his potential trumps (the bishop at f7 is covering the 7th
rank), or 34.gxf5 Qxf5 35.Rxg7 Kxg7 36.Ra7+ Bf7 37.Qc2 with some advantage, but by no means
a guaranteed win for White.
33.Bxe4 dxe4 34.Bh4!
But now Black's position is indeed very difficult, almost without practical saving chances.
34.Rxe5?
A blunder after which the game concludes. 34.Rg7? 35.Qe6! was also weak, but White would have
been set more difficult problems by 34...Rxa7 35.Rxa7 Qf5!? (not 35...Qh6 36.Bg3 Rd8 37.Bf4 Qf6
38.Rf7! (Sorokhtin) 38...Bxf7 39.Nxf7+ Kg7 40.Nxd6 Qg6 (40.Rxd6 41.Be5) 41.Bh6+! Kf6 42.Bg5
+! with a stylish crush) <.>
It would appear that only the paradoxical machine move 36.Qa2!! is decisive. Typical computer
geometry: the queen bursts into play from an unexpected side. Black is in zugzwang: after 36...
Rc8 there is now 37.Rf7!, while if 36...Bxb4 (or 36...Bf8), then 37.Nf7+ Bxf7 38.Rxf7 Qd5 (closing
the diagonal) 39.Qa7! and wins.
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Game 77
M.BOTVINNIK – R.FISCHER
Varna Olympiad 1962
Gruenfeld Defence D98
Analysis diagram
Analysis
61.Rg4+!
Botvinnik's 61.Rh5!? (61.Rg7? a5) 61.b2 62.h7 b1Q 63.h8Q Qd3+ 64.Kf4 Re1! 65.
Qh7! (but not 65.Re5? Qd4+ 66.Kf5 Qxf2+ 67.Ke6 Qb6+) does not lose either,
though in my opinion, after 65.Qd6+ 66.Kg4 Qd1+ 67.Kf4 a5 the defence faces
practical problems.
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Game 80
M.BOTVINNIK – L.PORTISCH
Monte Carlo 1968, 7th round
English Opening A29
15.Nb8?
Portisch wanted to play 16...c6, thinking his c7-pawn to be immune, but overlooked White's
brilliant 17th move. It was better to play 15...e4 16.dxe4 Bxe4 (16...Rxe4?! 17.Qb5!) planning 17.
Rd2 Bd6! (Botvinnik and Nann considered 17.Qf6, missing 18.Rc4! with extremely unpleasant
pressure) 18.Bc5 (18.Rc4 Qe7) 18.Qe7(f6) 19.Bxd6 cxd6. But here also after 17.Rc4! Bd5 18.Rd1
Ne7 19.Qc2 c6 20.Ng5 g6 21.Rf4 White still keeps the initiative.
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Game 86
V.SMYSLOV – M.EUWE
Groningen 1946, 8th round
33.Bd2.
Black tries to activate his 'bad bishop' and then also his crippled knight. But saving the game was
possible by aiming for a pawn endgame - 33...Bg5! 34.Kb3 Bxh4 35.gxh4 Ne7 36.Nxe7 Kxe7 37.
Kc4, and now not 37...f5? 38.f3! f4 39.Kb5 Kd7 40.c4 Kd8 41.Kc6 Kc8 42.fxg4 hxg4 43.h5+-, but
37...Kd7! 38.Kb5 (+- Smyslov) 38...Ke7 39.c4 (39.Kc6 g3!; 39.g3 Kd7=) 39...g3!! 40.f3 Ke8 41.c5
dxc5 42.Kxc5 Kd7 or 40.fxg3 f5 41.exf5 Kf6 42.g4 hxg4 43.c5 Kxf5 44.Kc6 e4 45.Kxc7 e3 46.cxd6
e2 47.d7 e1Q 48.d8Q Qa5+ 49.Kc8 Qa8+ 50.Kc7 Qa5+ with a draw. (Sorokhtin)
34.Kc2 Be1?

Now 34...Bg5 was urgent, for example: 35.Kd3 Bxh4 36.gxh4 Ne7 37.Nxe7 Kxe7 38.Ke3 Kf7 39.f3
Kg6 40.fxg4 hxg4 41.Kf2 f5 42.exf5+ Kf6! (drawing the c3-pawn on •4, where it is more
vulnerable) 43.Kg3 Kxf5 44.c4 Ke4 45.Kxg4 (45.h5 Kf5=) 45.Kd3 46.h5 e4, trying to get a draw.
35.f3 Ne7 36.Nxe7 Kxe7 37.fxg4.
According to Smyslov, the immediate 37.Nf5+ was simpler.
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One of the most splendid moves was not taken into account in the analysis of the following game.
Game 102
E.GELLER – A.KARPOV
USSR Championship,
Moscow 1976, 3rd round
French Defence C16
21.Rxb8+!
A spectacular exchange sacrifice in the style of the old masters! Geller does not miss the
opportunity to play to the gallery, paying homage to his romantic youth. I think that already here
he must have seen the rare mating construction that occurred in the game.
Besides, this sacrifice is the shortest way to success. After the prosaic 21.Qb3 White would have
remained a pawn up with an overwhelming positional advantage (21...Qxa2 22.Qxa2 Rxa2 23.Rb7
and Rfb1 is bad for Black). But that would have been quite a different game.
21...Qxb8 (21...Bxb8? 22.Qxc6+) 22.Qxc6+ Kf8 23.Nf4 (the knight is eyeing the •6- and g6-
squares) 23...Ra7.
A psychologically understandable move: Black is aiming for the exchange of queens. Both 23...
Rxa2? 24.Nh4 Qe8 25.Qxc7, and 23...Ne7? 24.Bxe7+ Kxe7 25.Ng5 (Geller) or 24.Nxe6+ fxe6 25.
Qxe6 Qe8 26.Nh4 (Hartston) were bad.
Black had one more chance which no one had pointed out yet - 23...Bd8!? At first sight no forced
lose can be seen here: 24.Nh4 Rh6! (not 24...Bxg5? because of the pretty 25.Nhg6+! fxg6 26.Nxe6
+ Ke7 27.Nxg5 Nh6 28.Qxg6+-) 25.Bxh6 Bxh4 26.g3 Be7 27.Bxg7+ Kxg7 28.Nxh5+ Kh8 29.a4 -
White has 4 pawns for one piece, but its advantage is rather small according to the computer.
However after 24.Bxd8! Qxd8 25.Ng5 Rh6 a move as stunning as in the game decides:
Analysis diagram

26.Ng6+!! Rxg6 27.Nh7+ Ke7 28.Rb1!, and although White has lost a rook, Black is defenceless:
28...Ra7 29.Qd6+!! Qxd6 30.exd6+! Kd7 31.Rb8 Kc6 32.Nf8 Rb7 33.Rc8+ Kb5 34.c6+-
(Sorokhtin). A unique combination!
24.Nh4! (it was for the sake of this that Geller sacrificed the exchange!) 24.Qe8.
24...Ne7 is hopeless after 25.Nxe6+! fxe6 26.Qxe6 Bd8 27.Bxe7+ Bxe7 28.Ng6+ Ke8 29.Qc6+
Kd8 30.Nxh8 with a crushing win.
25.Qxe6!!
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Game 106
M.BOTVINNIK – V.SMYSLOV
Slav Defence D18
26.Qc6?!
Smyslov is tempted by short-term counterplay. According to Botvinnik, 'it was essential to provoke
the exchange of queens - 26...Qd4! 27.Qxd4 Nxd4 28.Rd1 Ne6 29.f5 (29.Bxd5 Kf8 30.f5 Nf4 31.
Bf3 Rxd1+ 32.Bxd1 Nd3! - G. K.) 29...Nc5 30.Rd4 (or 30.Bxd5 Kf8 31.a5 Na4) 30...Kf8 31.Kg2
Ke7 32.a5 g6 with real chances of a draw.'
And indeed, although Black is all the time defending, the position is close to a draw - there is too
little material. For example: 33.fxg6 fxg6 34.Rxd5 Rxd5 35.Bxd5 Nd3 36.Bxb7 Nxb2 37.Kf3 Nd3!
(but not 37...Nc4? 38.Ke4 Nxa5 39.Bd5+-) 38.Kg4 Nxe5+ 39.Kg5 Kf7 40.Bd5+ Kg7 41.h3 Nd7
with a draw.
However, it is hard to have the courage to go into an endgame a pawn down, if you think that, as
it is, everything is fine.
27.f5 Nc5?
Apparently the decisive mistake. It was necessary to play 27...Nc7, to defend g7 without
weakening f7-f6: 28.Qg5 Rd7 29.Rg1 Ne8 30.f6 d4+ 31.Rg2 d3 32.fxg7 Rc7 33.Qg4 Qc1+ 34.Rg1

Qc6+ (Sorokhtin).
28.Qg5!
Suddenly White gains a crushing attack. 28.Rd7 <.> 29.Rg1 f6 30.exf6 Ne4 31.f7+!
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Game 112
V.SMYSLOV – M.BOTVINNIK
Analysis diagram
Analysis
66.Bb2.
Also possible is 66.Kg5?! Ke4 67.Kf6 Kd5 68.Bc1. Here (according to Botvinnik) Black
wins by 68...Be6! (if 68...Kxc5, then 69.Kg5! with a draw) 69.Ke7 Kxe5 70.d7 (? - G.
K.) 70.Bxd7 71.Kxd7 f4 72.Kc7 f3 73.Be3 a3, but the correct line is 70.Bb2+! Kd5 71.
Bc1 f4 72.Bxf4 a3 73.Bc1 a2 74.Bb2 Bg4 75.d7 Bxd7 76.Kxd7 Kxc5 77.Ke6 b5 78.Ke5
Kc4 79.Ba1 with a draw.
Game 113
V.SMYSLOV – M.BOTVINNIK
World Championship Return Match,
Gruenfeld Defence D99
21...c5?
'This move loses without a fight. The natural reply was 21...Qxh4, and if 22.Qh6 e5, but as shown
by Konstantinopolsky, White would have won prettily by 23.dxe6 fxe6 24.Nxe6 Rf7 25.Ng5 Re7 26.
Rxd6 cxd6 (or 26...Qh2 27.Rxg6+! Kh8 28.Ne6) 27.Bc4+ Kh8 28.Bf7!! Rxf7 29.Nxf7+ Kg8 30.Ng5
with crushing threats.' (Smyslov)

However 25...Rg7! is better, for there is no interference with 28.Bf7!! (Sorokhtin) But instead of 25.
Ng5 White also has an unexpected resource 25.Qe3! (the queen moves as a pendulum). 25.Qh2 26.
Rg3 Re8 27.Ng5 Rfe7 28.Qb3+ Kh8 29.Qc3+ Rg7 30.Rxd6! cxd6 31.Nf7+ Kg8 32.Nh6+ Kh8 33.Nf5
+-.
If 22...Qh2 (instead of the self-destroying 22.•5?!), then 23.Rg3 Qh1+ 24.Bf1! Bxf3 (24...Qh4? 25.
e5; 24...f6?! 25.Ne6 Rf7 26.Rc1) 25.Rh3 Qxh3 26.Bxh3 Bxd1 27.Kxd1 Nxe4 28.Qf4 Nf6 29.Qxc7
Rad8 30.Ke1! with chances of realizing the material advantage.
22.e5 seems obvious, but it is only weakening his own pawn structure and after 22.Ne8! (22.Nc8?
23.Qh6 Qh2 24.Rg3 f5 25.Ne6 Rf7 26.f4+-) 23.Qh6 Qh2 24.Qg5 Ng7 25.Qg3 Qxg3 26.fxg3 g5
(Sorokhtin) or 23.Qb3 Ng7 24.Qxb7 e6! 25.d6 cxd6 26.exd6 Nf5!? the game is unclear.
22.dxc6 bxc6 23.Qg5! c5 <.> 24.Nc6 Black resigned.
Game 116
V.SMYSLOV – J.RUBINETTI
Palma de Mallorca 1970
41.Rxh7+!?
A stunning sealed move! The rook sacrifice appears to promise White a formidable attack: the
frisky knight at f6 dominates matters. On the resumption there followed:
41...Nxh7 42.Qh2! Nxg5.
'If 42...Kf8 (? - G.K.) there could have followed 43.Qh6+ Ke7 44.Nxh7.' (Smyslov) But what next?
A powerful modern computer finds without difficulty. a draw for White: 44...Rb2!? (44...a1Q 45.Qf6
+ Ke8 46.Qc6+ is more simple-minded) 45.Qf6+ Kd7 46.Qxf7+ Kc6 47.Qf6+ Kc7 48.Bxb2 Qxb2
49.Qb6+ Qxb6 50.cxb6+ Kxb6 51.Nf6 Kc7 52.g6 Rb8! 53.g7 Rb1 54.g8Q Rxd1 55.Qf7+ Kb6 56.
Nxd5+! Bxd5 57.Qxd5 a1Q 58.Qc5+ with perpetual check.
But the stunning move 44.Ng8+! (Sorokhtin) gave White a quick win: 44.Rxg8 (44...Ke8 45.g6!
with a mating attack) 45.Qd6+ Ke8 46.Qxb8+ Ke7 47.Qd6+ Ke8 48.Ba5+-.
43.Qg3 Kf8 44.Qxg5 Qxc3?? <.>
However, 'correct was 44...a1Q! 45.Rxa1 (45.Bxa1? Qh3 is dangerous for White - G.K.) 45...Qxc3
46.Nh7+ Ke8 47.Nf6+ Kf8 (but not 47...Ke7?? 48.Ne4+) 48.Nh7+ with a repetition of
moves.' (Smyslov)
45.e6! <.> Black resigned.
Can it really be true that against accurate defence by the opponent White had only a draw? Let us
return to the adjourned position (before 41.Rxh7) and see whether he had anything better:
41.Qh2!? suggests itself (in his commentary Smyslov attaches an exclamation mark to 41.Rxh7+,
but does not even consider the queen move) with the idea 41.Qxc3? 42.Qh6+ Kh8 43.Qxh7! Nxh7
44.Rxh7 mate. <.>
Only 41...Ng6+ saves the game: 42.Kxf5 and here not 42...Ne7+? because of the familiar 43.Kg4

h5+ 44.Nxh5+ Kf8 45.Nf6 Ng8 46.e6 Qxc3 47.e7+ mate, but 42.Kf8!
Analysis diagram
43.e6 Qxc3 44.Nxh7+ Ke8 or 43.Nxh7+ Ke8! (Sorokhtin; after 43...Ke7? 44.e6! with
the threat of Qc7+ ) 44.e6 Qxc3 45.Nf6+ Kf8, and White has no more than perpetual
check.
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Game 121
M.TAL – A.TOLUSH
USSR Championship,
Leningrad 1956, 17th round
Sicilian Defence B97
15.Bb5?!
Intuitively sensing that the position demands a sacrifice, Tal immediately sacrifices - at just the
right moment, but. the wrong piece and on the wrong square! Soon afterwards they found 15.
Nxe6!! fxe6 16.Nd6+ Bxd6 17.Qxd6 Rf8+ 18.Kg3 with a very strong attack.
Here are a few typical variations: 18.Nf6 (18...Rf7? 19.Qxe6+ Kf8 20.Bc4 is totally bad) 19.exf6
gxf6 20.Be2! Nd7 21.Bh5+ Kd8 22.Be3 Rg8+ 23.Kh3 Rg6 24.Rc3 Qa5 25.Rc5+- (Sorokhtin) or 20.
fxg5 21.Bh5+ Rf7 22.Bxf7+ Kxf7 23.Rf3+! Kg6 24.h4!, and White's heavy pieces catch the Black
king.
15...axb5 16.Nxb5 ('hinting' at Nc7 mate) 16.f6 17.exf6 <.> 17...gxf6? <.> 18.Re1!!
A brilliant flash of genius, after which White is now out of danger zone (if, of course, one can say
such a thing about this game!): his king is comparatively safe and all his pieces are in play. The
combination of these factors is the best insurance policy in such positions.
18...Ra6!
The only sensible defence. Black loses quickly after 18...fxg5? 19.Nc7+ Kf7 20.Rf3+ Nf6 (20...Kg8
21.Qxg5+ Bg7 22.Nxe6) 21.Rxf6+ Kg8 22.Rxf8+ Kxf8 23.Qd8 + etc.
19.Bxf6 Nxf6 20.Nxf6+ Kf7.
21.Rf3?!

Terrifying, would you not agree? Impending over the Black king is the deadly threat of a discovered
check. However the «straightforward» 21.Ne4! (Sorokhtin) won immediately. 21...Be7 22.Rf3+
Kg6 23.Qf4 or 21...Nd7 22.Qg5 Be7 23.Qh5+ Kg7 24.Rg3+ Kf8 25.Rf3+ Bf6 26.Qg5 etc.
<.1-0>
Game 125
M.TAL – V.SMYSLOV
CandDV idates Tournament,
Yugoslavia 1959, 8th round
Caro-Cann Defence B10
13...Bd8!
Supporting the knight at f6 - the key piece of the defence. If the bishop, following the queen, had
abandoned its king - 13...Bc5?, then Tal's fantastic idea would have appeared in all its glory: 14.
Qf4! (unclear is 14.Qh4 bxc4 15.Bc3 Qxa2 16.Rxd7?! Bb4!? or 16.h5!?, but 16.Nxg7! Bxf2! 17.Qf4!
Nd5 18.Nf5!! is decisive) 14.bxc4 15.Bc3! Black is defenceless against the numerous threats
(Rxd7, Nxg7, Qg5, Ng5), for example: 15...Qxa2 16.Nxg7! Rd8 (16...Kxg7 17.Rxd7; 16...Bd6 17.
Rxd6!; 16...Nd5 17.Nf5!!) 17.Nf5 Qa1+ 18.Kd2 Qa4 19.Qg5+ Kf8 20.Qg7+ Ke8 21.Rhe1+ Ne5+
22.N5d4 Bxd4 23.Bxd4 Be6 24.Rxe5 Nd7 25.Re4+-.
<.1-0>
Game 126
R.FISCHER – M.TAL
Candidates Tournament,
Yugoslavia 1959, 27th round
22.Qc6+?
This is really a serious mistake which leads White to a boring fight for a draw. 'When after the
game I asked Fischer why he didn't play 22.Rae1!, he replied: 'Well, you laughed when I wrote it
down!' (Tal)

Well, at that time it was customary to turn any annotated game into a poem, whereas now the
impassive machine instantaneously parries 22.Rae1 with 22.Kd8! (but not 22...Rg6? 23.Qxf7+ Kd7
24.Rd1+! Rd6 25.Rxd6+ Kxd6 26.Rf6+!), for example:
1) 23.Rd1+?! Kc7! 24.Qf4+ (24.Rd4 Qb7!) 24...Kb7 25.Rd6 Qe8! (it is stronger than Fischer's
version 25...Qc7 26.Qxb4+ Kc8 27.Rxa6 Qb7! 28.Qxb7+ Kxb7 29.Raf6 Rg7=) 26.Qxb4+ Qb5 27.
Qxb5+ axb5, and White has to fight for a draw;
2) 23.Rxe7 Bxe7 24.Qd5+ Bd6 (24...Kc7 25.Rxf7 Re8 26.Qc4+ and Qxa6=) 25.Rf6 Rg6 26.Rxf7
Qb5 27.Qa8+ Bb8 28.Rf8+ Kc7 29.Rf7+ Kc8 30.Rf8+ with perpetual check. (Sorokhtin)
<.0-1>
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Good afternoon
Game 137
M.TAL – L.PORTISCH
Candidates Match, Bled 1965, 2nd game
Caro-Kann Defence B10
23...Ra8?
<…> Perhaps the only chance of defending was 23...Nc7 (Aronin), but after 24.Re1+ Kf7 25.Qg3
Nd5 26.b5! or 25.Re4 h5 26.Qg3 Nd5 27.b5! White also wins.
<…1-0>
Game 139
M.TAL – M.TAIMANOV
Kislovodsk 1966
15.Bxf6! gxf6.
It is easy to see that there is nothing better: 15...exf5? 16.exf5+ Ne6 17.Bh4; 15...Kf7?! 16.
Bxg7!; 15...exd5?! 16.Bxg7! (unclear is 16.exd5+ Kf7 17.Bxg7 Bxf5 18.Bxh8 Qc8! with good
counterplay) 16...dxe4 17.Nxd6+ Bxd6 18.Bxh8 Qc6 19.Bd4! Bxf4+ (19...Bf5 20.b4! or 19...Rf7 20.
Bxc5 Bxc5 21.Qxe4+) 20.Kb1 Bd6 21.Bxc5 Bxc5 22.Qh5+ Rf7 23.Qe5+ Be7 24.Rxe4 and Black is
in trouble.
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25.a5 Nxd3 <.> 26.Nc5!

The only move that retains the advantage.

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The general opinion is that this is the decisive mistake. <.>

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44...hxg5 45.Qxe6 Qd3!= <.> 46.Qf6+ Kh7 47.Qf7+.

47...Kh8 48.Qf6+ Kh7 49.Bxf4 gxf4 50.Qf7+

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33.Bxe4 dxe4 34.Bh4!

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35.f3 Ne7 36.Nxe7 Kxe7 37.fxg4.

According to Smyslov, the immediate 37.Nf5+ was simpler.

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22.dxc6 bxc6 23.Qg5! c5 <.> 24.Nc6 Black resigned.

41...Nxh7 42.Qh2! Nxg5.

43.Qg3 Kf8 44.Qxg5 Qxc3?? <.>

45.e6! <.> Black resigned.

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