☑️ #about_Bronstein
▪️ David Bronstein
▪️ Soviet Chess Grandmaster
▪️ Chess Author
🔰 David Bronstein, who died on Tuesday aged 82, was a leading Soviet chess grandmaster and writer; like Viktor Korchnoi, he was often described as the greatest player never to have won a world championship.
🔘 Full name: David Ionovich Bronstein
🔘 Country: Soviet Union
🔘 Born: February 19, 1924
Bila Tserkva, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
🔘 Died: December 5, 2006 (aged 82)
Minsk, Belarus
🔘 Title: Grandmaster (1950)
🔘 Peak rating: 2595 (May 1974)
🔰 Some great chess players take a scientific approach to the game, delving into the intricacies of each position in a search for mathematical precision; others see it as an intellectual sport, with each player straining to overcome the opponent by force of will; but, among all the top grandmasters of the second half of the 20th century, David Bronstein was perhaps the one true chess artist.
🔰 In the opinion of many, he was the finest player who never won the world championship (though he came very close when he tied a match 12-12 with Mikhail Botvinnik in 1951); in the opinion of others, he was quite simply the most creative player of all.
🔰 He also wrote a number of highly individualistic chess books, of which his Mezhdunarodny Turnir Grossmeisterov account of the 1953 candidates' tournament in Zurich (published in 1956 and translated into English as The Chess Struggle in Practice, 1978) stands out as maybe the finest tournament book ever.
♦️ A memorable game by Bronstein from URS Championship(1945) which named "Scotch on the Rocks" in chessgames.com site!! 👇
🔸 Igor Bondarevsky vs David Bronstein
🔸 Ch URS (1/2 final) (1945), Moscow URS, rd 5
🔸 Four Knights Game: Scotch Variation. Accepted (C47)
♦️ Review and download PGN file👇
@unitychess
▪️ David Bronstein
▪️ Soviet Chess Grandmaster
▪️ Chess Author
🔰 David Bronstein, who died on Tuesday aged 82, was a leading Soviet chess grandmaster and writer; like Viktor Korchnoi, he was often described as the greatest player never to have won a world championship.
🔘 Full name: David Ionovich Bronstein
🔘 Country: Soviet Union
🔘 Born: February 19, 1924
Bila Tserkva, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
🔘 Died: December 5, 2006 (aged 82)
Minsk, Belarus
🔘 Title: Grandmaster (1950)
🔘 Peak rating: 2595 (May 1974)
🔰 Some great chess players take a scientific approach to the game, delving into the intricacies of each position in a search for mathematical precision; others see it as an intellectual sport, with each player straining to overcome the opponent by force of will; but, among all the top grandmasters of the second half of the 20th century, David Bronstein was perhaps the one true chess artist.
🔰 In the opinion of many, he was the finest player who never won the world championship (though he came very close when he tied a match 12-12 with Mikhail Botvinnik in 1951); in the opinion of others, he was quite simply the most creative player of all.
🔰 He also wrote a number of highly individualistic chess books, of which his Mezhdunarodny Turnir Grossmeisterov account of the 1953 candidates' tournament in Zurich (published in 1956 and translated into English as The Chess Struggle in Practice, 1978) stands out as maybe the finest tournament book ever.
♦️ A memorable game by Bronstein from URS Championship(1945) which named "Scotch on the Rocks" in chessgames.com site!! 👇
🔸 Igor Bondarevsky vs David Bronstein
🔸 Ch URS (1/2 final) (1945), Moscow URS, rd 5
🔸 Four Knights Game: Scotch Variation. Accepted (C47)
♦️ Review and download PGN file👇
@unitychess
25.Qa8!
Parham keeps his opponent under constant pressure.
25...Nb6
25...g6 26.Ne1 +-)
26.Qa5 Bd6
26...Nd5 27.Q×c7 N×c7 28.Ne5
27.Ne5! B×e5 28.d×e5 Kf8 29.Ne4 +/-
Parham keeps his opponent under constant pressure.
25...Nb6
25...g6 26.Ne1 +-)
26.Qa5 Bd6
26...Nd5 27.Q×c7 N×c7 28.Ne5
27.Ne5! B×e5 28.d×e5 Kf8 29.Ne4 +/-
24... e4?
Black was worried about 25.Bh5, However, He did not find the best solution. Better is 24... Rd2! 25. Bh5 Qd5 (or 25...Kf8).
25. Qxe4 Qd5 26. Qg4 h5 27. Qg7 Nxg7 28. fxg7 Kd7 29. gxh8=Q 1-0
Black was worried about 25.Bh5, However, He did not find the best solution. Better is 24... Rd2! 25. Bh5 Qd5 (or 25...Kf8).
25. Qxe4 Qd5 26. Qg4 h5 27. Qg7 Nxg7 28. fxg7 Kd7 29. gxh8=Q 1-0
43. Rb4??
Lorparizangeneh could have obtained a draw with 43. Bg8!
43..a2 44. Rd4+ Kc5 45. Rd1 Nd5 46. Ra1 Nc3 47. Kg2 Kb4 48. Kg3 Ka3 49. Kg4 Kb2 50. Rxa2+ Nxa2 51. Kh5 Kc3 52. Kg6 Kd4 53. Kxf6 e5 54.Kg7 Rxh7+ 55. Bxh7=
43... Nd5 44. Ra4 Rxh7 45. Ra6+ Kc5 46. Bxe6 Nc7 47. Rxa3 Nxe6 -+
Lorparizangeneh could have obtained a draw with 43. Bg8!
43..a2 44. Rd4+ Kc5 45. Rd1 Nd5 46. Ra1 Nc3 47. Kg2 Kb4 48. Kg3 Ka3 49. Kg4 Kb2 50. Rxa2+ Nxa2 51. Kh5 Kc3 52. Kg6 Kd4 53. Kxf6 e5 54.Kg7 Rxh7+ 55. Bxh7=
43... Nd5 44. Ra4 Rxh7 45. Ra6+ Kc5 46. Bxe6 Nc7 47. Rxa3 Nxe6 -+
41... b6??
Not only missing an opportunity to gain a winning advantage but also falling into a losing position.
41... g5 ! -+
A) 42. hxg5 h4 43. Ke3 Kf7 44. Kf2 Kg6 45. Kg2 Kxg5 46. Kh3 b6 47. Kg2 e4 48. fxe4 Kxg4 -+
B) 42. gxh5 gxh4 43. h6 Kf7 -+
42. gxh5 gxh5 43. f4 exf4 44. Kxf4 Kf6 45. Ke4 Ke6 46. Kf4 Kf6 47. Ke4 Ke6 48. Kd4 Kf5 49. Kxc4 Kg4 50. Kb5 Kxh4 51. Kxb6 Kg3 52. c4 h4 53. c5 h3 54. c6 h2 55. c7 h1=Q 56. c8=Q +-
Not only missing an opportunity to gain a winning advantage but also falling into a losing position.
41... g5 ! -+
A) 42. hxg5 h4 43. Ke3 Kf7 44. Kf2 Kg6 45. Kg2 Kxg5 46. Kh3 b6 47. Kg2 e4 48. fxe4 Kxg4 -+
B) 42. gxh5 gxh4 43. h6 Kf7 -+
42. gxh5 gxh5 43. f4 exf4 44. Kxf4 Kf6 45. Ke4 Ke6 46. Kf4 Kf6 47. Ke4 Ke6 48. Kd4 Kf5 49. Kxc4 Kg4 50. Kb5 Kxh4 51. Kxb6 Kg3 52. c4 h4 53. c5 h3 54. c6 h2 55. c7 h1=Q 56. c8=Q +-
11.Nce2
In this structure, White's plan is to advance the pawn to c4. Depending on the situation, he may exchange on d5 and, after some exchanges, saddle Black with an isolated d-pawn. Alternatively, he can continue to push the pawn to c5 followed by a general pawn advance on the queenside as occurs in the game.
11...Bh6 12.0-0 Qe7 13.Qg3 Nd7 14.Nxe6 Qxe6 15.Rfc1 Nf6 16.c4 0-0 17.Nf4
In this structure, White's plan is to advance the pawn to c4. Depending on the situation, he may exchange on d5 and, after some exchanges, saddle Black with an isolated d-pawn. Alternatively, he can continue to push the pawn to c5 followed by a general pawn advance on the queenside as occurs in the game.
11...Bh6 12.0-0 Qe7 13.Qg3 Nd7 14.Nxe6 Qxe6 15.Rfc1 Nf6 16.c4 0-0 17.Nf4
14.a4
QUESTION: Where is White planning to castle after this move? Surely the kingside is out of the question with all those advanced kingside pawns? ANSWER: White definitely wants to castle on the queenside as long as he is safe there. At the moment he does not have enough going on the kingside and a premature queenside castling might be detrimental to his king's health. Thus 14 a4 secures the knight on b5 and is actually a waiting move as well. White may want to forgo castling and put his king on d2 or f2 instead. Note especially that Black has no great move for the moment and he cannot eject the b5-knight.
14...Bf6 15.Bd6 Re8 16.f4 Nb6? 17.g5!+/-
Jobava does not need any further invitation to start opening the kingside with some sacrifices.
QUESTION: Where is White planning to castle after this move? Surely the kingside is out of the question with all those advanced kingside pawns? ANSWER: White definitely wants to castle on the queenside as long as he is safe there. At the moment he does not have enough going on the kingside and a premature queenside castling might be detrimental to his king's health. Thus 14 a4 secures the knight on b5 and is actually a waiting move as well. White may want to forgo castling and put his king on d2 or f2 instead. Note especially that Black has no great move for the moment and he cannot eject the b5-knight.
14...Bf6 15.Bd6 Re8 16.f4 Nb6? 17.g5!+/-
Jobava does not need any further invitation to start opening the kingside with some sacrifices.