Chess game: Botvinnik x Geller

[Event "URS-ch20 Final"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "1952.12.23"] [Round "16"] [White "Botvinnik, Mikhail Moisevich"] [Black "Geller, Efim P"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E66"] [Annotator "GM Rafael Leitão"] [PlyCount "81"] [EventDate "1952.11.29"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "19"] [EventCountry "URS"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceQuality "1"] [TimeControl "40/4800:2400"] {[%evp 18,81,23,15,39,42,41,36,43,39,73,68,65,60,60,37,47,50,46,51,85,95,110, 32,39,39,32,32,46,46,50,46,54,46,62,59,131,125,129,111,282,292,290,261,264,241, 222,169,218,229,356,348,345,341,573,567,572,565,611,608,564,538,531,502,724, 705] Botvinnik’s games are very good to improve our positional understanding. White to play in the diagram position.} 1. d4 {[%emt 0:00:18]} Nf6 {[%emt 0: 00:16]} 2. c4 {[%emt 0:00:13]} g6 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 3. g3 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Bg7 { [%emt 0:00:09]} 4. Bg2 {[%emt 0:00:19]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:08]} 5. Nc3 {[%emt 0: 00:09]} d6 {[%emt 0:00:36]} 6. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:57]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:52]} 7. d5 {[%emt 0:00:18]} Na5 {[%emt 0:00:20]} 8. Nd2 {[%emt 0:00:52]} c5 {[%emt 0:00: 32]} 9. Qc2 {[%emt 0:00:24]} a6 {[%emt 0:00:53]} 10. O-O {[%emt 0:00:20]} Bf5 $146 {[%emt 0:00:57]} 11. e4 {[%emt 0:00:23]} Bd7 {[%emt 0:02:15]} 12. b3 { [%emt 0:07:42]} b5 {[%emt 0:02:02]} 13. Bb2 {[%emt 0:00:38]} bxc4 {[%emt 0:00: 52]} 14. bxc4 {[%emt 0:00:13]} Rb8 {[%emt 0:00:40]} 15. Rab1 {[%emt 0:01:54]} Rb4 {[%emt 0:05:13]} 16. a3 {[%emt 0:04:51]} Rb8 {[%emt 0:00:31] [#]} 17. Nd1 $1 {[%emt 0:00:59] O cavalo vai a e3 e o bispo a c3, acentuando a falta de jogo do cavalo das pretas em a5.} Qc7 {[%emt 0:02:54]} 18. Ne3 {[%emt 0:01:17]} Rb7 {[%emt 0:03:15]} 19. Bc3 {[%emt 0:01:11]} Rfb8 {[%emt 0:00:49]} 20. h3 { [%emt 0:01:45]} (20. Rxb7 Nxb7 21. f4 $16) 20... Rxb1 $14 {[%emt 0:01:25]} 21. Rxb1 {[%emt 0:00:11]} Rxb1+ {[%emt 0:00:14]} 22. Nxb1 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Qb6 { [%emt 0:04:15]} 23. Nd2 {[%emt 0:01:21]} Ne8 {[%emt 0:02:12]} 24. Bxg7 { [%emt 0:00:34]} Nxg7 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 25. Kh2 {[%emt 0:04:50]} Ne8 {[%emt 0:01: 25]} 26. f4 $16 {[%emt 0:04:40]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:04:35]} 27. e5 {[%emt 0:00:25]} Ne8 {[%emt 0:02:01]} 28. Qc3 {[%emt 0:03:20]} f6 {[%emt 0:00:59]} 29. e6 $18 { [%emt 0:04:47]} Ba4 {[%emt 0:01:09]} 30. Be4 {[%emt 0:02:04]} Ng7 {[%emt 0:02: 31]} 31. Bd3 {[%emt 0:04:43]} Nh5 {[%emt 0:05:10]} 32. Be2 {[%emt 0:04:27]} Ng7 {[%emt 0:04:00]} 33. h4 {[%emt 0:03:43]} Ne8 {[%emt 0:04:13]} 34. Bd3 {[%emt 0: 03:05]} Ng7 {[%emt 0:03:31]} 35. f5 {[%emt 0:01:34]} Nb3 {[%emt 0:02:56]} 36. Qb2 $1 {[%emt 0:02:19]} Qa5 {[%emt 0:02:56]} 37. Nxb3 {[%emt 0:01:17]} Qe1 { [%emt 0:02:56]} 38. Ng2 {[%emt 0:03:26]} Qd1 {[%emt 0:02:56]} 39. Nc1 {[%emt 0: 03:26]} gxf5 {[%emt 0:02:56]} 40. Be2 {[%emt 0:01:43]} Qd4 {[%emt 0:01:28]} 41. Qxd4 {[%emt 0:00:37] Uma partida perfeita de Botvinnik!} 1-0 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization.

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