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Mikhail Botvinnik Top Eight Amazing Chess Sacrifices!

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â–ºPlaylists: http://goo.gl/FxpqEH â–ºFollow me at Google+ : http://www.google.com/+kingscrusher â–ºFREE online chess at http://www.chessworld.net/chessclubs/asplogin.asp?from=1053 or realtime at ht... (Show Full Description)
â–ºPlaylists: http://goo.gl/FxpqEH â–ºFollow me at Google+ : http://www.google.com/+kingscrusher â–ºFREE online chess at http://www.chessworld.net/chessclubs/asplogin.asp?from=1053 or realtime at http://www.chessclub.com/from/kingscrusher [Event "AVRO"] [Site "The Netherlands"] [Date "1938.11.22"] [Round "11"] [White "Mikhail Botvinnik"] [Black "Jose Raul Capablanca"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E40"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "4q3/p5kp/1p2Pnp1/3pQ3/2pP4/1nP3N1/1B4PP/6K1 b - - 0 29"] [PlyCount "24"] [EventDate "1938.11.06"] 29... Qe7 30. Ba3 Qxa3 31. Nh5+ gxh5 32. Qg5+ Kf8 33. Qxf6+ Kg8 34. e7 Qc1+ 35. Kf2 Qc2+ 36. Kg3 Qd3+ 37. Kh4 Qe4+ 38. Kxh5 Qe2+ 39. Kh4 Qe4+ 40. g4 Qe1+ 41. Kh5 1-0 [Event "Monte Carlo"] [Site "Monte Carlo MNC"] [Date "1968.04.10"] [Round "7"] [White "Mikhail Botvinnik"] [Black "Lajos Portisch"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A22"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "r2qr1k1/1pp1bppp/2n5/p2bp3/Q7/P2PBNP1/1PR1PPBP/R5K1 b - - 0 14"] [PlyCount "24"] [EventDate "1968.04.03"] 14... Bf8 15. Rac1 Nb8 16. Rxc7 Bc6 17. R1xc6 bxc6 18. Rxf7 h6 19. Rb7 Qc8 20. Qc4+ Kh8 21. Nh4 Qxb7 22. Ng6+ Kh7 23. Be4 Bd6 24. Nxe5+ g6 25. Bxg6+ Kg7 26. Bxh6+ 1-0 [Event "Moscow"] [Site "Moscow, URS"] [Date "1935.03.08"] [Round "16"] [White "Mikhail Botvinnik"] [Black "Vitaly Chekhover"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A09"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "1q1r1nk1/rb2bppp/pp2pn2/4N3/2PP1P2/3B3N/PB2Q1PP/R4RK1 b - - 0 21"] [PlyCount "44"] [EventDate "1935.02.15"] 21... h6 22. Ng5 hxg5 23. fxg5 N8d7 24. Nxf7 Kxf7 25. g6+ Kg8 26. Qxe6+ Kh8 27. Qh3+ Kg8 28. Bf5 Nf8 29. Be6+ Nxe6 30. Qxe6+ Kh8 31. Qh3+ Kg8 32. Rxf6 Bxf6 33. Qh7+ Kf8 34. Re1 Be5 35. Qh8+ Ke7 36. Qxg7+ Kd6 37. Qxe5+ Kd7 38. Qf5+ Kc6 39. d5+ Kc5 40. Ba3+ Kxc4 41. Qe4+ Kc3 42. Bb4+ Kb2 43. Qb1# 1-0 [Event "Nottingham"] [Site "Nottingham ENG"] [Date "1936.08.25"] [Round "13"] [White "Mikhail Botvinnik"] [Black "Milan Vidmar"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D60"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "2rq1rk1/pp2bppp/5n2/3nNpB1/3P4/1B5Q/PP4PP/3R1RK1 w - - 0 19"] [PlyCount "11"] [EventDate "1936.08.10"] 19. Rxf5 Qd6 {? Losing immediately. The only move was ...Rc7, after which White would increase his pressure against f7 by 20 Rdf1 followed eventually by Qh4 with decisive advantage.} 20. Nxf7 {! Simple and neat. Black cannot avoid serious material loss.} Rxf7 21. Bxf6 Bxf6 22. Rxd5 {Much stronger than 22 Bxd5.} Qc6 {Or 22...Bxd4+ 23 Kh1.} 23. Rd6 Qe8 24. Rd7 1-0 Botvinnik variation! [Event "USSR - USA Radio Match"] [Site "Moscow RUS and New York USA"] [Date "1945.09.01"] [Round "1.1"] [White "Arnold Denker"] [Black "Mikhail Botvinnik"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D44"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "2kr3r/pb1n1p2/2q1pP2/2b3B1/PpB5/3p1PN1/1P4PP/R1Q2R1K b - - 0 21"] [PlyCount "9"] [EventDate "1945.09.01"] 21... Qd6 22. Qf4 Rxh2+ 23. Kxh2 Rh8+ 24. Qh4 Rxh4+ 25. Bxh4 Qf4 0-1 [Event "Leningrad tt"] [Site "Leningrad tt"] [Date "1931.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "A Yurgis"] [Black "Mikhail Botvinnik"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A15"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "6k1/p3b1pp/4p3/4Pp2/Pp1r1P1P/1P1b2P1/2p2R2/2R2BK1 b - - 0 33"] [PlyCount "9"] [EventDate "1931.??.??"] 33... Bxf1 34. Rcxf1 Rc4 35. bxc4 Bc5 36. Kg2 Bxf2 37. Kxf2 b3 0-1 [Event "USSR Team ch"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "1966.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Mikhail Botvinnik"] [Black "Paul Keres"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A29"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "3q1rk1/r5p1/2bpnpP1/p1pN4/P1PnP2p/3PB2P/5Q1K/1R1B1R2 b - - 0 26"] [PlyCount "2"] [EventDate "1966.??.??"] 26... f5 27. Rb8 1-0 [Event "Soviet Union"] [Site "Soviet Union"] [Date "1924.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "G Abramovic"] [Black "Mikhail Botvinnik"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A80"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "r5k1/p1pp2pp/Qp2p1r1/5pq1/2PP4/P1RBPbP1/1P3P1P/4R1K1 b - - 0 16"] [PlyCount "3"] [EventDate "1924.??.??"] 16... Qh5 17. e4 Qxh2+ 0-1 Using the 4 CPU option got Ba3 mentioned funny enough on Depth 29 Mikhail Botvinnik - Jose Raul Capablanca, AVRO The Netherlands 1938 8/p3q1kp/1p2Pnp1/3pQ3/2pP4/1nP3N1/1B4PP/6K1 w - - 0 1 Analysis by Stockfish 5 64 SSE4.2: 1. +- (3.60): 30.Ba3 Qxa3 31.Nh5+ gxh5 32.Qg5+ Kh8 33.Qxf6+ Kg8 2. +/- (1.37): 30.h4 h5 31.Ne2 Nd2 32.Nf4 Nde4 33.Nxd5 Qd6 34.Nxf6 Qxe5 35.dxe5 Nxf6 36.exf6+ Kxf6 37.e7 Kxe7 38.Ba3+ Ke6 3. +/= (0.50): 30.h3 h6 31.Ne2 Na5 32.Ba3 Qd8 33.e7 Qd7 34.Qb8 Qe8 35.Qd6 Kf7 36.Nf4 Qd7 37.Qxd7 Nxd7 38.Nxd5 Nc6 39.Kf2 b5 40.Ke3 Nb6 41.Nxb6 axb6 42.d5 Nxe7 43.Kd4 Nf5+ 44.Ke4 Kf6 45.g4 Ng3+ 46.Kf3 (Doe, 03.08.2014) Within my Chessbase UCI interface, the default tick is intelligent use of CPU "Smart CPU usage"... â–ºSupport the channel by donating via PayPal: http://goo.gl/7HJcDq Thumbnail Botvinnik Smiling Harry Pot [CC BY-SA 3.0 nl (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/nl/deed.en)], via Wikimedia Commons
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