Mikhail Botvinnik vs Ilia Abramovich Kan - USSR Championship 1955.02.21

Tags:

Mikhail Botvinnik vs Ilia Abramovich Kan
USSR Championship Moscow URS round 7 1955.02.21
English Opening: Drill Variation 1-0

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1955.02.21"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Botvinnik"]
[Black "Ilia Abramovich Kan"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "149"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nf3 e4 3.Nd4 Nc6 4.Nxc6 dxc6 5.Nc3 Nf6 6.e3 Bd6 7.d4
exd3 8.Bxd3 Qe7 9.Qc2 Be6 10.b3 O-O-O 11.Bb2 h5 12.O-O-O h4
13.h3 Nd7 14.Bf5 Rde8 15.Bxe6 Qxe6 16.Ne2 Rh5 17.Nd4 Qe4
18.Qxe4 Rxe4 19.Nf3 g6 20.Rhe1 Nc5 21.Kc2 a5 22.Rd4 f5 23.Re2
g5 24.Rxe4 Nxe4 25.Nd2 Nxd2 26.Kxd2 Rh6 27.e4 Bf4+ 28.Ke1 fxe4
29.Rxe4 c5 30.Bc3 a4 31.bxa4 Rb6 32.Ke2 Kd7 33.Kd3 Rb1 34.Re1
Rb6 35.Kc2 Rg6 36.Re4 Rd6 37.Re1 Rg6 38.Re2 b6 39.Re4 Rd6
40.Re1 Rg6 41.Re4 Rd6 42.a3 Rg6 43.a5 Rg8 44.a4 Rf8 45.Re2
bxa5 46.Kd3 Rd8 47.Re4 Kc6 48.Ke2 Kb6 49.Re6+ c6 50.Re7 Ka6
51.Re4 Kb6 52.Re6 Kb7 53.Re7+ Ka6 54.Re4 Kb6 55.Be1 Bc1 56.g3
hxg3 57.fxg3 Rh8 58.h4 gxh4 59.gxh4 Bb2 60.Bd2 Bd4 61.Kf3 Bb2
62.Bg5 Rf8+ 63.Rf4 Rg8 64.Rf5 Bd4 65.h5 Kc7 66.h6 Kd7 67.Kg4
Ke6 68.Rf4 Rb8 69.Re4+ Kf7 70.Re7+ Kg8 71.Kf5 Rf8+ 72.Kg6 Kh8
73.Rh7+ Kg8 74.Rd7 Kh8 75.Rd8 1-0

Download PGN

Updated: 18 January, 2022
Created: 18 January, 2022