[Event "Candidates Tournament"] [Site "Budapest"] [Date "1950.??.??"] [Round "3"] [White "Bronstein, David I"] [Black "Kotov, Alexander"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D31"] [Annotator "Llewellyn, Alan"] [PlyCount "63"] [EventDate "1950.04.04"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "18"] [EventCountry "HUN"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.07.01"] {David Bronstein was a Big name in World Chess History. Alexander Kotov was also a famous name but he was known more for his books which are still read avidly today, although he was a great player. Both of the were from the Soviet Union. David Bronstein also wrote some memorable books -possibly the best ever arguably. But whereas Alexander was never in the top 2 in the world, although often in the top 5, David on the other hand WAS in the top 2 and challenged directly for the World Championship in 1951 against Mikhail Botvinnick and he even drew the match 12-12 but Mikhail had stipulated in the event of a drawn match he would retain his title. Davids game here is mainly theoretical (in that they both knew much about the posibilities from books and home analysis) but is a very exciting line, and David comes up with a fabulous win over the board.} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. e4 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Qxd4 7. Bxb4 Qxe4+ 8. Be2 Na6 9. Bc3 Ne7 10. Bxg7 (10. Nf3 {This follows a famous game by the American chess genius Marshall against Schrader in 1904. Obviously both players knew of the game very well and had analysed the positions but Davids 10.Bxg7 was a novelty.}) 10... Rg8 11. Bc3 Qxg2 12. Qd2 $3 Qxh1 {Does David want material, does he heck.} 13. O-O-O Nd5 $3 {this is the only way to avoid a rout with the threat of Qd8+or #.} 14. Nf3 Qxd1+ (14... Qg2 $13) 15. Bxd1 Nxc3 16. Qxc3 Ke7 17. Ne5 $3 {a move which a computer finds as by far the best in a few seconds, I think even Bobby Fischer or Garry Kasparov would struggle to find over the board.} Bd7 18. Qa3+ $3 c5 19. Qf3 Rad8 20. Qxf7+ Kd6 21. Qf4 $3 Rdf8 22. Nf7+ $3 Ke7 23. Bh5 $1 Bc6 24. Qd6+ Kf6 (24... Ke8 $2 25. Qd8#) 25. Nh6 $5 Rg1+ 26. Kd2 Kg7 27. Ng4 $5 Rxg4 (27... h6 28. Qe7+ Kg8 29. Nxh6+ Kh8 30. Qxf8+ Kh7 31. Nf7 Nb4 32. Qh8#) 28. Qe7+ $3 Kh6 29. Bxg4 Rxf2+ $6 (29... Rg8) 30. Ke3 Rf1 31. h4 $1 Kg6 32. Bh5+ $3 {absolutely sublime play, where ever the King goes 33.Qg5# is the end. I think its fair to say that such a technique has not been seen since.} 1-0