1926: David Zaslavsky x Mikhail Botvinnik

The above photograph (Moscow, 1925) comes from page 27 of Shakhmatnaya pravda by S. Tartakower (Leningrad, 1926).

(in  www.chesshistory.com )
 

[Event "Leningrad ch-city"]
[Site "Leningrad ch-city"]
[Date "1926.??.??"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "David Zaslavsky"]
[Black "Mikhail Botvinnik"]
[ECO "D52"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 d5 4.Nc3 Nbd7 5.Bg5 c6 6.e3 Qa5 7.Nd2
Bb4 8.Qc2 O-O 9.Nb3 Bxc3+ 10.bxc3 Qa4 11.cxd5 cxd5 12.Bd3 b6
13.Qe2 Ne4 14.Be7 Nxc3 15.Qc2 Re8 16.Bxh7+ Kh8 17.Bd3 Rxe7
18.Qxc3 Ba6 19.O-O Rc8 20.Qd2 Bxd3 21.Qxd3 Nf6 22.f3 Rec7
23.Rf2 Rc3 24.Qf1 Rxe3 25.Re1 Rxe1 26.Qxe1 Qc4 27.Rd2 a5
28.Qh4+ Kg8 29.Rd1 a4 30.Rc1 axb3 31.Rxc4 dxc4 0-1

Camp. Mundo Juniores 2013: Milos Pecurica vs. Jorge Viterbo Ferreira

equipa de arbitragem da Campeonato Mundial de Juniores

[Event "World Junior Chess Championships 2013"]
[Site "Kocaeli (The Ness Hotel)"]
[Date "2013.09.19"]
[Round "7.37"]
[White "Pecurica, Milos"]
[Black "Ferreira, Jorge Viterbo"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D52"]
[WhiteElo "2190"]
[BlackElo "2426"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. e3 Qa5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
Qd2 Bb4 9. Rc1 h6 10. Bh4 c5 11. a3 Bxc3 12. bxc3 b6 13. Bd3 Ba6 14. O-O cxd4
15. exd4 Rc8 16. Bxa6 Qxa6 17. Bg3 O-O 18. Qb2 b5 19. Nd2 N7b6 20. Ne4 Na4 21.
Qb3 Rc6 22. Nc5 Nxc5 23. dxc5 Rxc5 24. Be5 Rfc8 25. Bd4 Rc4 26. f4 f6 27. g3
Qb7 28. Rfe1 Qd7 29. Rcd1 a6 30. Qc2 Qf7 31. Rd3 b4 32. Qd1 bxc3 33. f5 exf5
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2013 FIDE Candidates: Boris Gelfand vs. Magnus Carlsen

Está a decorrer como sabem, de 14 de Março a 1 de Abril de 2013, o Torneio de Candidados ao titulo mundial !  

Este evento decorre em Londres, no The IET, 2 Savoy Place. Se estiverem por perto, visitem. Vale com certeza a pena.

Este evento é organizado pela FIDE e pela  AGON  e tem como patrocinador principal a State Oil Company da Republica do Azerbaijan : SOCAR.

É o torneio de candidatos mais forte da história!

 

Vamos já na ronda 3...

Round 3 March 17 at 14:00
Boris Gelfand	0-1	Magnus Carlsen
Vassily Ivanchuk	0-1	Levon Aronian
Peter Svidler	1-0	Teimour Radjabov
Vladimir Kramnik	½-½	Alexander Grischuk

[Event "FIDE Candidates 2013"]
[Site "London, England"]
[Date "2013.03.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D52"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2872"]
[Annotator "Ramirez,Alejandro"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Nbd7 

{A relatively strange movoeuvre, and
I'm surprised Gelfand didn't use this opportunity to go into a Karlsbad type
structure with} 

5. Bg5 

(5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 {Maybe the slight subtlety that
the knight is already on f3 was uncomfortable to him?}) 

5... c6 6. e3 Qa5 

{When I think of the Cambridge-Springs, I always think of the match between
Alekhine and Capablanca! Those heavyweights employed it repeatedly in their
World Championship match, but it hasn't been prevalent since. The theory and
ideas of the position have, however, changed dramatically since that titanic
duel.} 

7. cxd5 

(7. Nd2 Bb4 8. Qc2 dxc4 9. Bxf6 Nxf6 10. Nxc4 $14 {Capablanca-Alekhine, Buenos Aires World Championship Match 1927}) 

7... Nxd5 8.Rc1 

{Unusual, but "trending". The move Qd2 is more common, but Rc1 makes more sense.} 

8...Nxc3 9. bxc3 Ba3 10. Rc2 b6 11. Bd3 Ba6 12. O-O Bxd3 13. Qxd3 O-O 14. e4 Rfe8
{It is clear that White has the edge, but he starts becoming too greedy on his
space grabbing.} 

15. e5 h6 16. Bh4 c5 17. Nd2 cxd4 18. cxd4 Rac8 19. Nc4 Qb5
20. f4 Rc7 21. Qxa3 Rxc4 22. Rxc4 Qxc4 23. Bf2 

{Something has gone wrong for
White, but he is still ok as he will soon get the c-file for himself.} 

23...Qc7 24.Rc1 Qb7 25. Qd6 Nf8 26. g3 Rc8 27. Rxc8 Qxc8 28. d5 exd5 29. Qxd5 g6 30. Kg2 Ne6 

{Logically, this game should almost always end peacefully, but that is not
the case when you play Carlsen.} 

31. Qf3 Kg7 32. a3 h5 33. h4 Qc2 34. Qb7 Qa4 35. Qf3 b5 36. f5 gxf5 37. Qxf5 Qxa3 38. Qxh5 a5 39. Qg4+ Kf8 40. h5 ?! 

(40.Qh5 ! b4 41. Qh8+ Ke7 42. Qf6+ Ke8 43. Qh8+ $11 {It's unclear why Gelfand
didn't force the draw as soon as possible, as only Black's pawns are dangerous.
}) 

40... Qc1 41. Qe4 b4 42. Be3 Qc7 43. Qa8+ Kg7 44. h6+ Kh7 45. Qe4+ Kg8 46.
Qa8+ Qd8 47. Qxd8+ ? 

{Going into a losing endgame, keeping the queens alive
still gave plenty of hope.} (47. Qc6 ! b3 48. Bc1 $1 {Still forces Black to
find good moves, since the piece cannot be taken immediately.} b2 ? 49. Bxb2
Qd2+ 50. Kf1 Qxb2 51. Qe8+ Nf8 52. h7+ ! +/-) 

47... Nxd8 48. Kf3 a4 49. Ke4 Nc6 

{How did Gelfand plan to stop these pawns?} 

50. Bc1 Na5 51. Bd2 b3 52. Kd3 Nc4 ! 53. Bc3 a3 54. g4 Kh7 55. g5 Kg6 56. Bd4 b2 57. Kc2 Nd2 

{Gelfand's endga
me play was very weak, and Carlsen won a point without really doing much
himself.}

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