Annotated chess game: King's Indian attack

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ANNOTATED GAME

King's Indian attack
Smyslov vs. Botvinnik
Annotated by: sahadeo (1404)
Chess opening: Reti (A05), King's Indian attack

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King Indians attack does not require alot of memory. white can develop in isolation without devoting any attention at all to how black is proceeding.

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O O-O 5. d3 c5 6. e4 Nc6 7. Nbd2 d6 8. a4 Ne8	Botvinnik prepares a vigorous counterattack in the f-file, but the safest and best treatment is ..Rb8 followed by ..a6 shifting the weight of the struggle to the queen's side.
	2 comments ruachessnut2 (1200) on 19-Mar-09: Why is a D rated player telling a 3 time world champ how to play? vincerino (1200) on 19-Mar-09: he's not telling the world champ how to play. nothing wrong with him annotating a game, we all have our own interpretations and our own insights on games. kibitzing is one way to improve. i was also wondering where and when this game was held


9. Nc4 e5 10. c3 f5	rather too enterprising..sounder is 10..h6 followed by ..Be6



11. b4	a well found sacrifice ..the b-file is opened and white diminishes blacks' influence in the center by attackin the pawn on c5



11... cxb4 12. cxb4 fxe4	if 12...Nxb4 then 13. Qb3! with fierce diagonal pressure towards the black king.



13. dxe4 Be6 14. Ne3 Nxb4 15. Rb1 a5 16. Ba3 Nc7 17. Bxb4 axb4 18. Rxb4 Bh6	Botvinnik relies on active defense. he hopes to meet 19. Rxb7 with 19..Bxe3 20. fxe3 Na6 followed by ...Nc5



19. Rb6	establishing pressure on blacks d-pawn is more important than captureing



19... Bxe3 20. fxe3 Bc4 21. Rxd6 Qe8 22. Re1	whites material advantage is of little importance, as black can easily regain his pawn.



22... Rf7 23. Ng5 Re7 24. Bf1 Bxf1 25. Rxf1	threatening Qb3



25... Qxa4	if 25..h6 then 26 Rff6



26. Rd8+ Re8 27. Qf3 Qc4 28. Rd7 Ref8 29. Rxc7 Qxc7 30. Qxf8+ Rxf8 31. Rxf8+ Kxf8 32. Ne6+ Ke7 33. Nxc7 Kd6 34. Ne8+ Kd7 35. Nf6+
	2 comments blake84120 (1200) on 19-Mar-09: Good question, Chessnut. Looking at the position, it seems white can capture on h7 and still get back to stop the b-pawn from promoting. Using the king+knight, white can probably just kill the b-pawn leaving a decisive material edge. I hopped over to an endgame tablebase and entered the position, but it was too many pieces, so I assumed black would lose those two pawns, removed e3 since it's doubled anyway, then traded 1-for-1 on the g-file and it was an easy win with no draws for white. Maybe a world champ like Botvinnik would have played it much better than my endgame analysis and held onto a draw (dare I assume he could find a win here?). ruachessnut2 (1200) on 20-Mar-09: Did world champ Symslov resign at this point? Botvinnik won this game. View says, "0-1 & black won."