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Botvinnik Is Too Good For Keres Who Plays Too Bad

June 14, 2021 NHaselton Chess Lectures

Chess with SurenMon, June 14, 2021 4:00pmURL:
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Mikhail Botvinnik vs Paul Keres
FIDE World Championship Tournament (1948), The Hague NED, rd 10, Mar-25
Nimzo-Indian Defense: Saemisch Variation (E28)
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 Re8
7.Ne2 e5 8.Ng3 d6 9.Be2 Nbd7 10.O-O c5 11.f3 cxd4 12.cxd4 Nb6
13.Bb2 exd4 14.e4 Be6 15.Rc1 Re7 16.Qxd4 Qc7 17.c5 dxc5
18.Rxc5 Qf4 19.Bc1 Qb8 20.Rg5 Nbd7 21.Rxg7+ Kxg7 22.Nh5+ Kg6
23.Qe3
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Video Thumbnail Credits:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Botvinnik_1936.jpg
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https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Paul_Keres_in_1954.jpg
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