[Event "Gothenburg Interzonal"] [Site "Gothenburg"] [Date "1955.08.25"] [Round "7"] [White "Bronstein, David I"] [Black "Keres, Paul"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E47"] [Annotator "Llewellyn, Alan"] [PlyCount "77"] [EventDate "1955.09.15"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "21"] [EventCountry "SWE"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.07.01"] {David Bronstein was probably the 3rd best player in the world after the great Mikhail Botvinnik , and Vassily Smyslov, around this era (ie the 1950's). It was dominated by Soviets as the Chess World was then until Bobby Fischer took the crown in 1972. Paul Keres, another Soviet, was being eclipsed by the younger generation but he still packed quite a punch.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 {This is The Nimzo-Indian Defence, known for its uncompromising stance by Black. It is systematically picked apart by David. Notice how he turns around the counter-attacking move of Bishop to b4 into a liability for Black. This game deservedly achieved a best game prize of the Gothenburg Tournament of 1955, which Bronstein won against strong competition with 15/20.} 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 b6 $6 {This mixing of Nimzo-Indian systems did not prove very popular- the main problem is its too slow with two many pawn moves and a Bishop move to b7 which arives too late to make a difference. 4...b6 with the c5 move later is a much better system.} 6. Nge2 Bb7 7. O-O cxd4 8. exd4 O-O 9. d5 $1 h6 10. Bc2 $6 (10. a3 $142 $14) 10... Na6 11. Nb5 $3 {threatening to trap the Bishop on b4 as after a3 chases the Bishop to e7 then d6 move traps it.} exd5 12. a3 $1 Be7 13. Ng3 $1 {having chased away the b4 Bishop now witht he raking bishops, Bronstein decides to turn his attention to the Kingside, notice how he feels the pawn loses are irrelevant to the positional concepts.} dxc4 14. Bxh6 $3 {is this sound?? the jury is out on that.} gxh6 15. Qd2 $1 Nh7 $2 $16 ( 15... Nc5 $13) 16. Qxh6 f5 17. Nxf5 Rxf5 18. Bxf5 Nf8 $1 19. Rad1 {bring up the reserves- in modern play the reserves are often there ready already as the attack is more carefully prepared. Such speculative sacrifices as 14.Bxh6 are only played by a few players these days-at the top level.} Bg5 20. Qh5 Qf6 21. Nd6 $5 Bc6 22. Qg4 Kh8 23. Be4 $6 {adubious attempt at a trap, the thinking is this, after 24.Qxg5?! Qxg5 25.Nf7+ Kg7 26.Nxg5 Kf6!? White just swaps a piece and Queen for piece and Queen as two pieces are attacked by the King on the f6 square. Thus the move Be4 gets David a threat of winning a piece while threatening to swap off the dangerous Keres Bishop on c6.} Bh6 $2 (23... Bf4 24. Rd5 $3 {threatening Rh5+} Bxd5 25. Bxd5 Bxh2+ 26. Kh1 $18 (26. Kxh2 $4 Qxd6+ 27. Kg1 Qxd5 $19)) 24. Bxc6 dxc6 25. Qxc4 Nc5 (25... Bf4 26. Qxc6 Rb8 27. Rfe1 $18 {materially the two pieces for Rook and three pawns is hopeless, usually even two pieces for Rook and two pawns isn't enough to stop the Rook and pawns.}) 26. b4 Nce6 27. Qxc6 Rb8 28. Ne4 Qg6 29. Rd6 Bg7 30. f4 $1 Qg4 31. h3 Qe2 32. Ng3 $5 (32. Rxe6 $4 Nxe6 33. Qxe6 Bd4+ 34. Kh2 Qxf1 $11) 32... Qe3+ 33. Kh2 Nd4 34. Qd5 Re8 35. Nh5 Ne2 36. Nxg7 $6 Qg3+ $1 37. Kh1 Nxf4 $4 (37... Kxg7 $142 $18) 38. Qf3 (38. Nxe8 $3 Nxd5 39. Rxf8+ Kh7 40. Rd7+ Kh6 41. Rh8+ Kg5 42. Rg8+ Kf4 43. Rf7+ Ke5 44. Rxg3 $18) 38... Ne2 $6 39. Rh6+ $3 {all roads lead to mate, if the obvious 39...Kxg7 then 40.Qf6+ Kg8 41.Qf7#. Its hopeless so Paul resigns.} (39. Qxg3 $4 Nxg3+ 40. Kg1 Kxg7 $1 $16) 1-0