^ Click here to remove ads! ^

Averbakh in Buenos Aires

Submitted by kenytiger on Mon, 03/24/2008 at 10:24am.

In 1949 and 1950, Yuri Averbakh wins the Moscow Championship and displays an excellent performance in the international tournament in Szczawno-Zdrój and in the U.S.S.R. championships.

He also scores a good result in the Stockholm Interzonal Tournament of 1950, like his other Soviet competitors. He ties for fifth with Grandmasters Stahlberg, Gligoric, and Szabo, qualifying for the challenger's tournament.

The game below, from the 1954 match between U.S.S.R. and Argentina, is typical of Averbakh combinative skill.

(Notes by Soviet Correspondence GM Michael Yudovich)


» posted in Amazing Games
 

Comments:

by bateooaaya - 3 months ago
New Delhi India
Member Since: Feb 2008
Member Points: 135
what a game.
by NM GreenLaser - 3 months ago
Chester, NY United States
Member Since: Oct 2007
Member Points: 488
Here is the game from my database with notes from Yudovich added only if they added to what I already had. Most of what I have is from Averbakh himself.  1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Bg5 c5 7. d5 a6 8. a4 Qa5 9. Bd2 !  (9. Qd2 b5 ! Petursson  ) 9... e5 ?  (9... e6 10. Nf3 exd5 11. exd5 Qc7 12. O-O Bg4 13. h3 Bxf3 14. Bxf3 +/=Averbakh-Boleslavsky,Gagra Training Tournament 1953  ) 10. g4 !  10... Ne8 11. h4 f5 (11... Qd8 Yudovich  ) 12. h5 f4 13. g5 !  13... Rf7 14. Bg4 Qd8 (14... Bxg4 15. Qxg4 Qb4 16. hxg6 hxg6 17. Qc8 !  17... Re7 18. b3 with the idea  18... Qxb3 19. Rb1 Averbakh  19... Qxc4 20. Rxb7 Yudovich  ) 15. Bxc8 Qxc8 16. Nf3 Bf8 17. Ke2 !  17... Rg7 18. Rh4 Nd7 19. hxg6 hxg6 20. Qh1 Be7 (20... Kf7 Yudovich  ) 21. Rh8+ Kf7 22. Qh6 Nf8 23. Rh1 !  23... Rb8 24. Bxf4 !  24... Qc7 (24... exf4 25. Rh4 Averbakh  ) 25. Qh2 Nd7 26. Qh3 Nf8 27. Rxf8+ !  27... Kxf8 28. Qe6 Rg8 29. Nh4 !  29... Bd8 30. Nxg6+ Kg7 (30... Rxg6 31. Rh8+ Kg7 32. Qg8# Yudovich  ) 31. Nxe5 Resigns  (31. Nxe5 dxe5 32. Rh7+ (32. Bxe5+ Yudovich  ) Kxh7 (32... Kf8 33. Qf5+ +-Kwartler  (33. g6 Ng7 (33... Rxg6 34. Rh8+ Kg7 35. Rg8+ Kh7 36. Qxg6#) 34. Bh6 +-Kwartler  )) 33. Qh6# Averbakh  )
by claypot - 3 months ago
California United States
Member Since: Feb 2008
Member Points: 854

The depth of strategy...

Nice commentary by Yudovich.

Thanks again kenytiger...


 

Add your comment:

Join Chess.com for free to add your comment! Already a member? Then login now to comment.