Championship Chess Match Tournament for the Absolute Chess Championship of the USSR Leningrad Moscow 1941

194 Pages·1950·4.64 MB·English

by  Mikhail Botvinnik

CHAMPIONSHCIHPE SS
BOTVNINIK
M.M .
CHAMPIONSHIP
CHESS
MatcTho urnamefnottr he
Absolute
ChesCsh ampinoshiopf t he
U.S.S.R.
Leningraods-cMow
1941
CompletTee xto f'G amesw ith
DetailNeodt es anI ntroduction
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TRANSLATEDB Y STEPHENG ARRY
LONDON
MACGIBBON & KEELT D
1950
..M atchT urninra Z vaniAeb solutnCohveom pioSn.aS .pRo.S hakhmatam
Leningrad-Mo1s9k4v"1a F irsPtu blisUh.eSd. S.-R. 1'47
"ChampionsChhieps sF"i rsEtn gliEsdhi tion - 1'50
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brotIh.e rB,o tvki,n ni
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whow aksi llienda ction,
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graSde,p te1m9b4e1r.
TranslaNtootre' s
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pubslheidi nM ocsow in1 94a7n,,d a sB ovtinnsiaskyi nh si
forewotrotd h aetid toin,r eepesrtnst her euslotf t hreyeae rs of
stduy.T heen rteti exotft hsiE nlgsiht arnlsaotnhi asb eerne vised
aganitst heR usisna pubslheidt xeta,n d maovlelis n t xeta nd
commetnarhya evb eecnh ceke.d amg latdoa cknwoledgmey
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graeti nbdteednetsosM issE lieeTnra nmerB,ri tsihW ome'ns
ChesCsh amopn,if rom uchh elpi nc heciknagn di ns uggtenisg
textiumarplvo meetn.s
S.G .
ForewotroEd n gliEsdhi tion
match-topulranyiane1m d9e 4nf'o1rt tthieot flA ebs olute
TCHhE eCshsa mpoifto hnUe . S.iSns.o Raw.m atotfhe ir stsoirxy :
yeahrasvp ea ssseidni cwtea psl ayoffe.dE vesnot ,h gea mes
playientd h teo urnaamresent tio lfcl o nsaibldeie nrterest,
especitahfolerel myo Ssaotsv miaestt teoropska iritn t .
Myo bjecitnt hien turcotdoarryt iacdnl ienms y d etailed
commetnott hsge a mhesab se etnop rovtihdreee adweirt h
ifnormactoinocne trhnbeia kncggr oaunncddo ndiotfti hoen s
tuornamtehcneot u,or fst ehs et ruagngsdlo oe n,a, n adl tsoo
acquhaiiwmni ttt hhc er eaqtuiavleoi ftt hileee sa drienpgr esent­
atiovfSe osv ciheets s.
I sincheorpetelh ya tw itblheoli n slt yhfi er osftas uccession
ofS ovciheetbs oosk tsob ep builshiend GBrreiatatan tidhn a,t
in rnr Seotvuciheeptsl sa yweihrlaslva eno poprtuonfsi ttuyd ying
Bribtoiosokhns t hgea meS.u cehx chacnaglnee sao dn lya to
strengotfth hecenu ilntlgui rnbaktelsw e oeuntr w gor ecahte ss­
playcionurgni taenstd,of urtdheevre loopftm haeerno ttfc hess.
M.B oTVI.N NIK
Moscow.
Decemb1e0r, 1948,
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CONT ENTS
TRANSLATOR'S vii
NOTE
ENGLISEHD ITION viii
FOREWOTROD
INTRODUCTION
SOME RESULTS TOURNAMENT 10
THEORETICAL OFT llE
RuLyo pez 10
Ca-rKoann 10
FrenDcefnhec e 11
QueeGna'bmsi t
11
NimtzoDvefietncche 12
Kign's Defence 12
Indian
GAMEASN DC OMMENTARY 15
INDEX OPENINGS
OF 185
OF GAMES
INDEX 186
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INTRODUCTION
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1940f aitloper do daunoc ueat n odu Sto vciheatm pfiotorhn e,r e
wasat eifo rfi srtp labceet wBeoennd araenvLds iklyi enthal.
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thFei fCthha mpiohneslihdn1i 29p7,n, o trh Nei nhtehli,d n
193h4,a hda adc leraers uNlotir.t s h earney tuhniunsgiu na l
thaFto.r turietsoauurlasetl sw paoybssls ieitn o urnawmheenrtes
each ppllaaoyynsel ry g aomnweei th oefta hoceth h ers.
Dowtno1 9 4n0o o nhea pdr oteasgtaeisdnu scats h i tuation,
butth 1e2 Atlhl -UCnhiaomnph iisophn oswtehdta htqe u estion
ofr erfmoitnhgme e thoofpd l ayfiotnrhg he i ghesttti lceh eisns
thSeo vUineitwo anos n oef u rgenWciytB.ho ndaraenvds ky
Liliebnottshhha olw rienmga brlkieam opvremeanntdw, i th
SmysalnoBdvo lesldaevvseklryoa ppiinadgnl dy v,ii enow f
Kereasd'o ptoifSo onv ciietti ztehnneso hrimtpao,lu rnament
method offo trph tleia otyflSi eon vgci heatm pcioouenla idsl y
letaod fortuifotrwo huestn h reierassep u oplxirtamste,eq uality
int hsetn adrado fp laoyft hlee admiansgtt ehrrese soufl ts
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tourndaoml eanrtdg eepleyon nad ls lo rotffas c tors.
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difffuenrdsaa lmlfyer nottmh oafatt ournamaenon rtd.ri yn Ian
tournta mtvehinech taotsrog eatpp rxoimealstye vepnectrey n t
of ptohbsels peio inatnsdso ,t hpel awyhewor a nttocs o moeu t
on tmousppat ly a lmaolsltg ahmitesows i wni,t hroeugtta or d
pobslsreii saknssd,o meel emoefcn hta nicuse n avbolieBd.ua t
inam atcihit ss ffu ciietnost e counraleb y ar em ajoroifpt oyi nts
tow inS.t riscptelayki inan m ga,t tchhse t rpolnargi y sne ot
afroafti ad kingf ohrreci nasc kosu,on nwt i nnlitaneggra mes
ansdo r ecovferrotimhne egfe fcotfsal ogsatm e.
Thtei otfAlb es olCuhtaem pwiaocsnr eaitnoe rddt eodr e cide
thUe. S.cSh.aRm.p iionn schointpie nws hti cchhna cwea s
redutcoae d Thtei ai twslo en tbhvyei citanom ra tch
tournam(imnAeiismnsu wtm e.. lk ln owtnh,se y stoefpm l ayoiffin ng
matcfohret sht ei otflWe o rClhda mphiasob ne etnh oroughly
jufisetdi.)
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At the sy�tcni Ileen
CHAMPIONSHCIfiPES S
reteadfoi rnt htei otflS eo vciheatm pfiotorhn ce u rryeenatr ,
antdh iisos, fc ourpsefeerc,t sloyu nIdnt. h ecshea mpionships
thseto rnygo unpgleasryc eormteot hfoer efroannttd,h s et ern
sporstrtiungaggt lter tahacett tse onflta irongnube mer os fch ess­
lovearnssd,o h eltpops o puilztaeh rgea meI.tg oewsi thout
sanygit hiawtto ubledq uiwtreo tnogg ivuept hter aditional
championships.
Ont hoet hhearn tdh,te i otflA ebs olCuhtaem phiaonsno t
beepnl afyoesrdi n1c49e1 .
Fotrh 1e9 4Ma1t -cTohurnatmheseni ptxir ze-woifntn heer s
Twelf.tSh. S.R. Chaimnptvieiodn sthpoia prtT tahw:kee eyr e
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tournament progurpaE.ma mcpehl arww yaaetsso p d lraayw n
fougra mweist h oehtveperlr ay;y i enor ther ewaocwrhatd sso ,
plaam yini taumraet wcihet ahco hfhs i o pponSeont thmsea. t ch­
toumrentnwa atsoc onsoiffs otus re ctoirlo engtssh,f, eri sttw o
beipnlga yienLd e ngirnaadn,d ltahtsewt io n M oscoTwh.e
progrparmomveai nda edde qnuuabmteeor fd ayfsoa rjd uorned
gamaessw, ela lsf r deaey s,s owa,in fitdevh h orusp'l eaaycd ha y
thpel ayceorucslo du onnct o mpltehtetiiwnreg gn atmye s.
Asu subaeolfr,te h teo urnbaemgetanhnte w reer e mvaenryy
attetmopp itctsk hw ei n:n seomr antyh aal ti st would simply
covaelrtlh sei pxl asy.Oe frc ourseo fue sha ocphte odw in.
Asf omry sewlafss,od isheabrytt hreene seoudftl htTesw fehll
AlUlni-oCnh I ampiownhsehnhi apsd,h eadrlf itahn ds ixth
plactehIsar ,te cktoond eond om I o rteh an impproosviet imoyn
by comparison.
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ordienwr h ipclha sys ehrobuel d loinst thseecd o rew-acsa rd
hleda tth hee adquoaftr hAtele lrn-soiU nC ommiftoPtrhe yes ical
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ifnorimvameta tlei rnai davcaena,n tdh sec hepmreo vveedr y
popuwliattrhh s ep eocrtsa.t
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LeninCgirtayd Soviecto mspheotgwiretehdao otrst sph iet ality.
Thgea mweesr pel ayientd hC eo fenrencHeal lo ft hTeau ride
Palace.
Evesreyia tnt h hea wlalfis t tweidet ahr phaonnddeu sr,ti hneg
plaas yp elcc oimamiossfLi eonni ncghremasadses rtcso,n sisting
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