The second game from Round 1 is a match between Miguel Najdorf (below, left) and Samuel Reshevsky (right).
Bronstein comments on the Nimzo-Indian Defense opening played in this game:
"Aron Nimzovich, who invented this defense, could hardly have thought that thirty years later the masters of chess still wuold not have solved the basic problem: whether putting the question to Black's bishop with an immediate 4.a3 is good or bad. Naturally, if we knew it to be good, that would render all other tries pointless, to say the least....[after6....d5]Nimzovich never used to advance his c-pawn to c5 without need; he hoped that, after he gave white doubled pawns by means of the exchange at c3, sooner or later he could induce white to play d4-d5, after which he could establish his knight at c5. A lot of water has gone under the bridge since, and the modern master puts no great stock in that far-off prospect of capitalizing on the doubled c-pawns. Instead, the immediate counterattack on the center with every means available has become one of the standard ideas for black in the nimzo-indian."
Near the end of the game, we come to the following position, where Bronstein states "Strategically, Black already has a won game: The a-pawn is fallinag, while White has yet to find useful employment for his bishops. In this difficult situation, Najdorf employs the resiliency of his position to work up one last tactical try". What move did Najdorf make?
Spoiler Alert: The full game score is shown below...so don't scroll down if you wish to solve the puzzle.
The second game from Round 1 is a match between Miguel Najdorf (below, left) and Samuel Reshevsky (right).
Bronstein comments on the Nimzo-Indian Defense opening played in this game:
"Aron Nimzovich, who invented this defense, could hardly have thought that thirty years later the masters of chess still wuold not have solved the basic problem: whether putting the question to Black's bishop with an immediate 4.a3 is good or bad. Naturally, if we knew it to be good, that would render all other tries pointless, to say the least....[after6....d5]Nimzovich never used to advance his c-pawn to c5 without need; he hoped that, after he gave white doubled pawns by means of the exchange at c3, sooner or later he could induce white to play d4-d5, after which he could establish his knight at c5. A lot of water has gone under the bridge since, and the modern master puts no great stock in that far-off prospect of capitalizing on the doubled c-pawns. Instead, the immediate counterattack on the center with every means available has become one of the standard ideas for black in the nimzo-indian."
Near the end of the game, we come to the following position, where Bronstein states "Strategically, Black already has a won game: The a-pawn is fallinag, while White has yet to find useful employment for his bishops. In this difficult situation, Najdorf employs the resiliency of his position to work up one last tactical try". What move did Najdorf make?
Spoiler Alert: The full game score is shown below...so don't scroll down if you wish to solve the puzzle.
And now, the game itself: