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ANNOTATED GAME
FIDE Interzonal (Brilliancy Prize)
David Bronstein (2575) vs. Ljubo Ljubojevic (2680)
Annotated by: tag1153
(1700)
Chess opening: Alekhine's defence (B03), four pawns attack, Korchnoi variation
David Bronstein (2575) vs. Ljubo Ljubojevic (2680)
Annotated by: tag1153
(1700)
Chess opening: Alekhine's defence (B03), four pawns attack, Korchnoi variation
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20... Nb8d7 |
? Perhaps 20...Nc6 was better. | ||||||
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21. Rc1 |
Pinning the bishop against the enemy queen. | ||||||
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21... Qc6 |
Fritz gives black the edge in this position. | ||||||
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22. Rxc5 |
!! Removing any control of the dark squares from black. Bronstein can now play Nf6 with lasting effectiveness. | ||||||
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22... Nxc5 23. Nf6+ Kh8 24. Qh4 Qb5+ |
Ljubojevic now seems poised to counter, as his queen and both knights can slip behind white's lines and cause havoc. | ||||||
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25. Ke3 |
! Gaining an "insurance tempo" as black now needs at least two moves or a big sacrifice to follow through with his plans. | ||||||
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25... h5 26. Nxh5 |
! White has to press here or black will gain the time needed to take advantage of white's exposed king. | ||||||
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26... Qxb3+ |
!? In post mortem, Ljubojevic said he felt that move was forced. With this queen sac, black now hopes to storm the queenside if he can only stave off white's attack on his weakened kingside! Use the 'Flip the board' option to see this position from both points of view. Wild stuff! | ||||||
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27. axb3 Nd5+ |
And black starts attacking in earnest. | ||||||
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28. Kd4 |
! Any retreat from conflict only empowers blacks aggression, so Bronstein lashes out with his monarch! The offensive properties of the king are sometimes forgotten. If a queen=9, a rook=5, a bishop=3.5, a knight=3, and pawns=1 point, a king can be considered a '5' and should be used when needed to disrupt an enemy's plan. Brave play by Bronstein. | ||||||
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28... Ne6+ |
As one of the knights is going to fall anyway, black uses this check to retreat forces back towards the action. His plan now should be to secure his king and the real estate directly around it. | ||||||
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29. Kxd5 Nxg5 |
Forced, as 29...gxh5 30.Bf6 Kg8 31.Ke4! | ||||||
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30. Nf6+ |
Correct. White sees that the black knight on g5 is toast anyway, so he is in no hurry to snag it just yet. Better to start positioning the enemy king where he is most vulnerable. | ||||||
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30... Kg7 31. Qxg5 Rfd8 |
Black is now down severely on material and tempo. His saving grace is that white is EXTREMELY short on his clock (I couldn't find out how short, but reportedly the next 10 moves by Bronstein were played VERY rapidly). | ||||||
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32. e6 fxe6+ 33. Kxe6 Rdf8 34. d7 |
This move and the ones that follow can only be described as having "technique". | ||||||
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34... a5 |
Black pins all of his hopes on rushing a pawn towards promotion. | ||||||
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35. Ng4 Ra6+ |
YIKES!!!!! Black's other rook now enters the fray, and enters with a vengeance! Has white screwed up? | ||||||
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36. Kd5 Rf5+ |
DOUBLE YIKES!!!!!!!!! Has white blundered his queen? | ||||||
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37. Qxf5 |
Bronstein saw all of this, and now just simply removes enemy ammunition. | ||||||
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37... gxf5 38. d8=Q fxg4 |
Forced. | ||||||
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