The Miraculous Transformation of a Bad Bishop. Taimanov vs Averbakh. Zurich 1953
One of the most interesting games of the legendary tournament in Zurich in 1953. The game is characterized by White's persistent efforts to clear a path for his fianchettoed queen's bishop to reach the weakened kingside dark squares. Another theme of the game is the accumulation of small advantages in order to deliver the final blow at the decisive moment.
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 b6 7. O-O Bb7 8. a3 Bxc3 9. bxc3 dxc4 10. Bxc4 c5 11. Bd3 Nbd7 12. Re1 Ne4 13. Bb2 Rc8 14. c4 Ndf6 15. Ne5 Rc7 16. a4 Nd6 17. a5 Nd7 18. axb6 axb6 19. Qh5 g6 20. Qh6 Nxe5 21. dxe5 Ne4 22. Bxe4 Bxe4 23. Red1 Rd7 24. Rd6 Bb7 25. Rad1 Rxd6 26. exd6 f6 27. d7 Bc6 28. h4 Bxd7 29. h5 gxh5 30. e4 e5 31. f4 exf4 32. Rd6 Qe8 33. Bxf6 Rf7 34. Rd5 1-0
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Them Soviets of that generation, 1950's, played some games that provide excellent instruction. Thanks for showing them.
Very good persistent efforts by Taimanov. After he exchanged his LSB and entered an opposite color bishop position, you notice the contrast in the two bishops from then on. The LSB had an unobstructed diagonal for the entire game but had no real positional effect as it was unassisted by fellow black pieces, whereas the DSB was for almost the entire game locked in but it’s influence was constantly threatening Black in tandem with the active white queen. Finally, the LSB left the long diagonal and was ultimately useless, while the DSB decided the game. Thanks for another very entertaining video.
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My pleasure. Thank you for another deep comment.
Zurich 1953 is one of the greatest tournaments of history - just like Sao Petersburg 1914, Moscow 1925, Avro 1938, Linares 1994, etc...
Great video fully informative
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Always great videos. The ability to attack by creating threats is really demonstrated in this game.
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