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ANNOTATED GAME
Semifinal USSR Championship - Omsk 1944
Boleslavsky vs. Ufimtsev
Annotated by: sarasani (1868)
Chess opening: French (C10), Fort Knox variation
Boleslavsky vs. Ufimtsev
Annotated by: sarasani (1868)
Chess opening: French (C10), Fort Knox variation
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C10: French, Rubinstein variation | |||||
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1. e4 |
Don't you just love those beautiful combinations we see in an attack against the enemy king? In this game we see Isaac Boleslavsky go down with the white pieces against Anatoly Ufimtsev, where some good attacking play and even a nice queen sacrifice lead to some pretty fireworks! | ||||
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1... e6 2. d4 d5 |
French defence. | ||||
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3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 |
The Rubinstein variation. | ||||
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5. Nxf6+ gxf6 |
Doubled pawns are usually a weakness, but in this case black hopes to benefit from the open g-file by eventually playing a rook to g8, especially if white castles kingside. | ||||
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6. Nf3 b6 7. Bb5+ |
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7... c6 8. Bc4 Ba6 |
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9. Bb3 |
A key move. Is this is a mistake? Well, 9.Bd3 or even 9.Bxa6 would certainly have been better here. | ||||
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9... Qc7 10. c4 Nd7 |
Preparing a queenside castle. | ||||
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11. O-O O-O-O 12. Qe2 Bd6 |
The dark-squared bishop keeps a fixed eye on the h2-pawn. Still, you might say 12... c5 is worth considering here and perhaps even gives black a slightly better position. | ||||
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13. a4 |
Now the position is about equal. | ||||
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13... Rdg8 |
As expected. | ||||
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14. a5 c5 15. axb6 Qxb6 16. Be3 |
White has active play here. 16.dxc5 [Worth some further analysis] Bxc5 17.Ba4 looks better for white. | ||||
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16... Bb7 17. dxc5 Nxc5 |
17... Bxc5 [ Seems like a good alternative] 18.Ba4 and now 18...Rxg2 ! 19.Kxg2 Ne5 20.Bxc5 Qxc5 looks very interesting. | ||||
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18. Bd1 Rg4 19. Qd2 |
This is where the real fun starts. | ||||
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19... Ne4 |
! The first surprise! | ||||
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20. Qa5 |
Ofcourse not 20.Bxb6? Nxd2 21.Nxd2 Rxg2 22.Kh1 Rxh2 5.Kg1 Rh1#. But what's black going to do now? | ||||
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20... Rhg8 |
!The second surprise! If white takes the queen it's mate in three: 21.Bxb6? Rxg2 22.Kh1 Rxh2 23.Nxh2 Nxf2#! And if he tries to defend with 21.g3, black can play a crushing 21...Nxg3 sacrifice: 22.hxg3 (22.Bxa6 Ne2 23.Kh1 Bxf3 mate.) 22...Rxg3 23.fxg3 Qxe3 24.Kh1 Qh6 25.Kg2 Rxg3 26.Kf2 Rg2 ! also leads to mate! | ||||
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21. Ne1 |
.. | ||||
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21... Rg4xg2+ |
!! | ||||
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22. Nxg2 Nd2 |
!! Fantastic! Though there's basically only one threat, there's nothing white can do about it. Again, taking the queen: 23.Bxa6 Rxg2 and 24...Rxh2 leads to mate while 23.f3 Qxe3 24.Kh1 Qh6 also leads to mate. | ||||
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