Half a century of chess

286 Pages·1996·16.3 MB·English

by  Botvinnik, M. M. (Mikhail Moiseevich), 1911-1995

CADOGAN CHESSB OOKS
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CADOGAN CHESSS ERIES
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Othegra mecso llectbiyol nesa ding pilnacyleurdse :
DAVIDB RONSTEINa ndT OM FORSTENBERG
TheS orcerAeprp'rse ntice
YEFIMG ELLER
TheA pplicaotfiC ohne sTsh eory
GARRY KASPAROV
TheT esotf T ime
LYEVPOLUGAYEVSKY
GrandmasAtcehri evement
GrandmasPtreerp aration
VASIYL SMYSLOV
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MARK TAIMANOV
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JANTIMMAN
TimmanS'esl ecGtaemde s
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FOREWORDT OT HEE NGLISEHD ITION
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annotabtyec dh esmsa stewrhsi,l e otheprasr tmulysyo e wdn c ommenttask efnr opmr eviously
publisghaemde s. thisF obro okh,o weveIrh ,a ve personallnyi nesotefylm eycm toesdnt o te­
worthy games ov(eparl p aeyreidoo fdo vefro rtyye arasn)dI h avper ovidtehde mw itnhe w
annoattions.
Mr.Y u.M etayev, Doifrt ehcMeto osrc oPwu blisHhoiunsg"e F izkulitS uproar t",b eheand
tryifnogsr o met imteo t almke i ntwor itianb go okl ikteh ifso Sro vireeta debrustI, j uscto uld
notb rinmgy setol fg edto wnt oi tI.tw asE manueSlt raumsysc ,o lleaigntu heee lectrfieolndi,c
whod urionugr t aliknsM oscopwe rsuamdeet do w ritteh ibso okI.h avien clumdyei dm pres­
sionofst hec hesasn dh umana specotfms y o ppone(nittfsh eayr we ell-knpolwany earssw )e,l l
as typiecpails ofdreostm o urnamelnitf e.
My firsatp pearaanbcer oawda si nE nglaantdH asting(sa laIs w,a Sn otv ersyu ccessful).
Butm y firsgtr eastu cceswsa sa lsion E nglanadtN, o ttingihna1 m9 3.6I ncidenttahleunl­ y,
reaIizem<ja tcfho trh eW orlCdh ampionsbheitpw eAelne khiannedm ysewlafs a lspol anned
tob eh elidn E nglanIdnt. h es ubsequyeenatrt sh en umbeorfm y chesfsr ienidnEs n glahnads
inn ow ayd iminisIhh eodp.te h abty p ublisthhiinbsgo onko h arm wbiedl oln teo t hpeo pular­
itoyf a past chessH ipsgl aamyeeasrn .dh icso mmensthso uld tcooh mieds e fence!
Moscow M. M.B OTVINNIK
EDIOTR'S TNEO
The remainpienrgi oofdB otvinnciakr'eise scr o verienad n othbeoro bky h imS,e lecGtaemde s
1967-1(9Pe7r0g amPorne s1s9, 81i)n,w hichhe d raws particulatrot hafet otlelnotwiionng
games:
No.7B otvin-nDiikedze Clo rr(aPla lmdaeM allor1ca9,6 7)
No.9G ligoric-Bo(tPvailnmdnaeiM ka llor1ca9,76 )
No.1B2o tvinnik-(LPaarlsmedaneM allor1c9a76,)
No.1B4o tvinnik-(LMaornsteCena rl1o9,86 )
No.IBSe nko-Botv(iMnonnitke Ca1r98l6)o ,
No.1B6o tvinnik-P(oMrotnitCseac rhl ,1o 986)
No.2B3o tvinnik-Lo(mBbeavredryw 1i96j9k),
No.2M8a tanovic-Bo(tBevlignrnai1dk9e 96,)
No.3M4a tulovic-Bo(tMvaitncnohift kh Cee ntuBrey,l gra1d9e7,0 )
No.39. Botvinnik-Larsen (Leiden, 1970)
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CONTENTS
SelecGtaemeds
No. 1 Nadpoorzhsky-Botv1i9n2n5i k, 1
No. 2 Capbalana-cBotvin1n9i2k5, 3
No. 3 Botvinnibka-rSshhe1i9n2,6 5
No. 4 Rokhlin-Botv1i9n2n6i..k , 9
No. 5 Botvinnibkin-oRvaic1h9,2 6 12
No. 6 Botvinnik -Stol1t9z2,6. . . 15
No. 7 Botvinnik-Gr1i9g2o7r. i ev, 17
No. 8 Rabinovich-Bot1v9i2n7n ik, 19
No.9 Botvinnik-Y1u9r2i7e/v.2, 8 22
No.1 0 Ragozin-Botv1i9n30n.i .k , 24
No.1 1 Botvinnik-B1a9t3u0y/e3v1, 28
No.1 2 Yurgis-Botv1i9n3n1.i k,. 30
No.1 3 Botvinnik-Sorokin, 1931 . 32
No.1 4 Botvinnik-R1y9urni3n1, . . 35
No.1 5 Chekhover-Bot1v9i3n2n ik, 38
No.1 6 Botvinnik-Ala1t9o3r2t/s3e3v , 40
No.1 7 Lisitsyn-Bo1t9v3i3n n.i k, 43
No.1 8 Rauzer-Botv1i9n3n3i. k ,. 46
No.1 9 Botvinnik-1F913o3h r, 49
No.2 0 Botvinnik-Bel1a9v3e.4n ets, 51
No.2 1 Botvinnik-Rab1i9n3o4v. ic.h , 53
No.2 2 Milner-BBaortrvyi-nn1i9k3,4 /35 57
No.23 Botvinnpiiekl-mSan1n9,3 5. 60
No.2 4 Ryurnin-Botvinn1i9k3,5 . . 61
No.2 5 Botvinnik-Che1k9h3o5v er, 64
No.26 Botvinnik-Li1l9i3e6n. t hal, 67
No.2 7 Botvinnliokh-1rF9,3 6 70
No.2 8 Bogolbjouw-Botvi1n9n3i6k , 74
No.29 BotvinTnairkt-ako,1w 9e3r6 76
No.3 0 Alekhine-Bot1v9i3n6n. i k, 78
No.3 1 Botvinnik-V1i9d3rna6r. , 80
No.3 2 Botvinniken-fLise1hv9,3 7. 83
No.33B otvinnik-Che1k9h3o8v er, 86
No.3 4 Botvinnik-A,l1 e9k3h8i. n e 89
No.3 5 Botvinnik-Capa1b9l3a8n ca, 92
No.3 6 Tolush-Botv1i9n3n9i. k , 96
No.3 7 Kotov-Botvi1n9n3i9.k , 99
No.3 8 Ragozin-Botv1i9n4n.0i k, 102
No.3 9 Botvinnieknf-iLse1hv9,4 0 104
No.4 0 Panov-Botvi1n9n4i0k ., 106
No.4 1 Keres-Botvi1n9n4i1.k ,. 109
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No.42 Bondarevsky-Bo1t9v4.i1 n nik, 111
No.4 3 Smyslov-Bot1v9i4n1n..i k,. 113
No.44M akogonov-Botv1i9n4.n3 i k, 117
No.4 5 Lyublinsky-Bo1t9v4i3n/n4i4k , 120
No.4 6 Veresov-Bot1v9i4n4n ik, 123
No.4 7 Botvinnik-1F9l44o hr, 125
No.4 8 Tolush-Botv1i9n4n5.i k., 128
No.49B otvinnik-Bol1e9s4l5a vsky, 131
No.5 0 Denker-Botv1i9n4n5.i k,. 134
No.5 1 Botvinnik-V1i9d4rna.6r ,. 136
No.5 2 Botvinnik-1E9u4w6e , 140
No.5 3 Reshevsky-Bot1v9i4n.6n ik, 144
No.5 4 Keres-Botvi1n9n4i.7k , 148
No.55K eres-Botv1i9n4n.8i. k , 152
No.5 6 Botvinnik-1K9e4r.8e . s , 156
No.5 7 Botvinnik-Euwe, 1948 158
No.58B otvinnik-Br1o9n5s1t ein, 161
No.5 9 Bronstein-Bo1t9v5i1n nik, 165
No.6 0 SzabO-Botvi1n9n5i2k.., 168
No.6 1 Troianescu-Bo1t9v5i2n nik, 172
No.62B otvinnik-1G9e5l2l er, 175
No.6 3 Suetin-Botvinnik, 1952 177
No.64 Botvinnik-T1a9i5m3a nov, 181
No.6 5 Botvinnik-S1m9y5s.4l ov, 185
No.6 6 Botvinnik-1M9i5n4e v,. 188
No.6 7 Unzicker-Bot1v9i5n4n ik, 193
No.68K otov-Botv1i9n5n5i k, 198
No.6 9 Botvinnik-G1l9i5g.6o ric, 202
No.7 0 Botvinnik-N1a9j5d6o rf, 205
No.7 1 Botvinnik-1S9m5.y7 s lov, 209
No.7 2 Botvinnik-S1m9ys5.l8 o v, 212
No.73 Botvinnik-S1m9y5s.8l o v, 215
No.7 4 Uhlma-nBnotvinn1i9k5,8 219
No.7 5 Tal-Botvinnik, 1960 222
No.7 6 Neukirch-Botv1i9n6n0i k, 225
No.7 7 Botvinnik-S1c9h6m.0i d, 227
No.7 8 Botvinnik1-9T6a1l , 229
No.79B otvinnik1-9T6a1l , 232
No.8 0 Botvinnik-Un1z9i6c1k er, 234
No.8 1 Littlewood-Bo1t9v6i2n nik, 238
No.8 2 Botvinnik-F1i9sc6h2.e r, 240
No.8 3 Botvinnik-Pe1t9r6o3s ian, 246
No.8 4 Botvinnik-Pe1t9r6o3s ian, 250
No.8 5 Botvinnik-D1o9n6n.3e r, 254
No.8 6 Aloni-Botv1i9n6n4i k, 256
No.8 7 Trifunovic-Bo1t96v.5i nnik, 259
No.8 8 GipslBiost-vin1n9i6k5,. 262
No.89S zab6-Botvi1n9n6i.6k. ,. 265
No.9 0 Botvinnik-Zu1i9d6e6m a, 267
Resulint sT ournaments, aMnadt TcehaemsE vent1s9 2-31970 271
Indeoxf O penings 277
Indexo fO pponents 278
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GAME1 . RLUOYP EZ
K.N adoprozhMs.k Byo tvinnIintk h gea meW hithea st hec hantceo e xchange
Blacqku'ese nb'iss hoapf,t wehri chhe c ould
Iba nd2 aC ategoTroyu rnament
stihlaIv dee fendheidm self.
Leningr1a9d2,5
15... Qd7
1e 4 oS 1b36 c5
2N f3 Nc6 17N f3
3B bS a6
17N c6X wasb ettTehre.m ovei nt hgea me
4 Ba4 Nf6
wastetsi maen dw,h ati sm orei mportant,
S0-0 Be7
Blacrke taitnwso g oodb ishopIs s.t arted
6c 3
nowt ol oofko ra no pportuonfie txyc hang­
Whitaev oikdnso wnv ariatibountBs l,a cki ngq ueenssi,n ceB lacekn'dsg amaed vantage
hasn od ifficunlotwi.e s iso bvious.
6 NXe4 17. .. QbS
•••
7Q e2 NcS 18Q e4 b6
8 BXc6 dXc6 19b 3 Qd7
9 NXeS 0-0 20Be 3 BfS
10d 4 Nd7 21Q f4 Bd3
22 Rf2 Qf5
Crediitsd ueto Blacfko rh isc aution.
23Q g3 Qg6
Byt himso desrte trehea wti shtoes e xchange
24Qf4
theo pponencte'nst ralkinziegdh t.
24 Qh2w ass afeErv.e natrsen owf orced.
11f4 NxeS
12fxeS Be6
13N d2
Witht het wob ishoapnsd a sliglheta d
in developmeBnlta,cf ki rst ofa lslt aratns
attaocnkt hee nempya wnce ntrea,n dw ill
att hes amtei mgee rti odf h idso ublpeadw n.
13. .. c5
14N O cXd4
15N Xd4
15c X d 4i sn ob ettwehre nB laccko uld 24 ... Qe4
repl1y5 . .• c,5o rs,t iblelt te1r5., .. Bd5. 25 Q3g