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Evolution of Chess Style #161 - Denker vs Botvinnik notable game - "The Botvinnik variation"

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â–ºSupport the channel by donating via PayPal: http://goo.gl/7HJcDq â–ºPlaylists: http://goo.gl/FxpqEH â–ºFREE online chess at http://www.chessworld.net/chessclubs/asplogin.asp?from=1053 or realtime... (Show Full Description)
â–ºSupport the channel by donating via PayPal: http://goo.gl/7HJcDq â–ºPlaylists: http://goo.gl/FxpqEH â–ºFREE online chess at http://www.chessworld.net/chessclubs/asplogin.asp?from=1053 or realtime at http://www.chessclub.com/from/kingscrusher â–ºFollow me at Google+ : http://www.google.com/+kingscrusher [Event "USSR - USA Radio Match"] [Site "Moscow RUS and New York USA"] [Date "1945.09.01"] [EventDate "1945.09.01"] [Round "1.1"] [Result "0-1"] [White "Arnold Denker"] [Black "Mikhail Botvinnik"] [ECO "D44"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "50"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5.Bg5 dxc4 6.e4 b5 7.e5 h6 8.Bh4 g5 9.Nxg5 hxg5 10.Bxg5 Nbd7 11.exf6 Bb7 12.Be2 Qb6 13.O-O O-O-O 14.a4 b4 15.Ne4 c5 16.Qb1 Qc7 17.Ng3 cxd4 18.Bxc4 Qc6 19.f3 d3 20.Qc1 Bc5+ 21.Kh1 Qd6 22.Qf4 Rxh2+ 23.Kxh2 Rh8+ 24.Qh4 Rxh4+ 25.Bxh4 Qf4 0-1

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