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Bronstein games
The 17-year-old Bronstein meets the Chairman of the USSR
Classification Committee, who had just awarded him the title of
Master; the youth shows that it was the right decision!
[Event “URS”]
[Site “URS”]
[Date “1941.??.??”]
[EventDate “?”]
[Round “?”]
[Result “0-1”]
[White “S Belavenets”]
[Black “David Bronstein”]
[ECO “A54”]
[WhiteElo “?”]
[BlackElo “?”]
[PlyCount “48”]
…
A stunning original tactical onslaught which attracted worldwide
acclaim.
[Event “Prague (Czech Republic)”]
[Site “Prague (Czech Republic)”]
[Date “1946.??.??”]
[EventDate “?”]
[Round “2”]
[Result “0-1”]
[White “Ludek Pachman”]
[Black “David Bronstein”]
[ECO “A54”]
[WhiteElo “?”]
[BlackElo “?”]
[PlyCount “62”]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. g3 g6 6. Bg2 Bg7
7. O-O O-O 8. b3 Re8 9. e4 exd4 10. Nxd4 Nc5 11. Re1 a5
12. Bb2 a4 13. Rc1 c6 14. Ba1 axb3 15. axb3 Qb6 16. h3 Nfd7
17. Rb1 Nf8 18. Kh2 h5 19. Re2 h4 20. Rd2 Rxa1 21. Rxa1 Bxd4
22. Rxd4 Nxb3 23. Rxd6 Qxf2 24. Ra2 Qxg3+ 25. Kh1 Qxc3 26. Ra3
Bxh3 27. Rxb3 Bxg2+ 28. Kxg2 Qxc4 29. Rd4 Qe6 30. Rxb7 Ra8
31. Qe2 h3+ 0-1
Bronstein offers a far-seeing exchange sacrifice, which ties
Black up, leading to a beautiful strategical win.
[Event “Cm ( f )”]
[Site “Moscow”]
[Date “1950.??.??”]
[EventDate “?”]
[Round “1”]
[Result “1-0”]
[White “David Bronstein”]
[Black “Isaac Boleslavsky”]
[ECO “D89”]
[WhiteElo “?”]
[BlackElo “?”]
[PlyCount “63”]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3
c5 7. Bc4 Bg7 8. Ne2 O-O 9. O-O cxd4 10. cxd4 Nc6 11. Be3 Bg4
12. f3 Na5 13. Bd3 Be6 14. d5 Bxa1 15. Qxa1 f6 16. Bh6 Qb6+
17. Kh1 Rfd8 18. Rb1 Qc5 19. Bd2 b6 20. Bb4 Qc7 21. Rc1 Qb7
22. Qb1 Rab8 23. dxe6 Nc6 24. Bc3 Ne5 25. Bb5 Rbc8 26. Bxe5
Rxc1+ 27. Qxc1 fxe5 28. Bd7 Qa6 29. Ng3 Qxa2 30. h4 Rf8
31. Qg5 Rf6 32. Qxf6 1-0
[Event “Zurich”]
[Site “ct”]
[Date “1953.??.??”]
[EventDate “?”]
[Round “?”]
[Result “0-1”]
[White “Samuel Reshevsky”]
[Black “David Bronstein”]
[ECO “E68”]
[WhiteElo “?”]
[BlackElo “?”]
[PlyCount “130”]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nc3 d6 6. Nf3 Nbd7
7. O-O e5 8. e4 Re8 9. h3 exd4 10. Nxd4 Nc5 11. Re1 a5 12. Qc2
c6 13. Be3 Nfd7 14. Rad1 a4 15. Nde2 Qa5 16. Bf1 Ne5 17. Nd4
a3 18. f4 Ned7 19. b3 Na6 20. Bf2 Ndc5 21. Re3 Nb4 22. Qe2 Bd7
23. e5 dxe5 24. fxe5 Rad8 25. g4 Ne6 26. Bh4 Nxd4 27. Rxd4 Qc5
28. Rde4 Bh6 29. Kh1 Be6 30. g5 Bg7 31. Rf4 Bf5 32. Ne4 Bxe4+
33. Rfxe4 Na6 34. e6 fxe6 35. Rxe6 Rf8 36. Re7 Bd4 37. R3e6
Qf5 38. Re8 Nc5 39. Rxd8 Nxe6 40. Rxf8+ Kxf8 41. Bg3 Qxg5
42. Qxe6 Qxg3 43. Qc8+ Ke7 44. Qg4 Qc3 45. Kg2 Qb2+ 46. Qe2+
Kd6 47. Kf3 Bc5 48. Ke4 Qd4+ 49. Kf3 Qf6+ 50. Kg2 Kc7 51. Qf3
Qb2+ 52. Qe2 Qd4 53. Kf3 h5 54. Kg2 g5 55. Kg3 Qf4+ 56. Kg2 g4
57. hxg4 hxg4 58. Kh1 Kb6 59. Kg2 Kc7 60. Kh1 Bd6 61. Kg1 Kb6
62. Qg2 Bc5+ 63. Kh1 Qh6+ 64. Qh2 Qe3 65. b4 Bd4 0-1
[Event “Goteborg m”]
[Site “Goteborg m”]
[Date “1955.??.??”]
[EventDate “?”]
[Round “7”]
[Result “1-0”]
[White “David Bronstein”]
[Black “Paul Keres”]
[ECO “E41”]
[WhiteElo “?”]
[BlackElo “?”]
[PlyCount “77”]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 b6 6. Ne2 Bb7
7. O-O cxd4 8. exd4 O-O 9. d5 h6 10. Bc2 Na6 11. Nb5 exd5
12. a3 Be7 13. Ng3 dxc4 14. Bxh6 gxh6 15. Qd2 Nh7 16. Qxh6 f5
17. Nxf5 Rxf5 18. Bxf5 Nf8 19. Rad1 Bg5 20. Qh5 Qf6 21. Nd6
Bc6 22. Qg4 Kh8 23. Be4 Bh6 24. Bxc6 dxc6 25. Qxc4 Nc5 26. b4
Nce6 27. Qxc6 Rb8 28. Ne4 Qg6 29. Rd6 Bg7 30. f4 Qg4 31. h3
Qe2 32. Ng3 Qe3+ 33. Kh2 Nd4 34. Qd5 Re8 35. Nh5 Ne2 36. Nxg7
Qg3+ 37. Kh1 Nxf4 38. Qf3 Ne2 39. Rh6+ 1-0
This virtuoso game sees Bronstein sacrifice three pawns to open
queenside lines into Aloni’s King position.
[Event “Olympiad”]
[Site “Moscow (Russia)”]
[Date “1956.??.??”]
[EventDate “?”]
[Round “2”]
[Result “0-1”]
[White “Izak Aloni”]
[Black “David Bronstein”]
[ECO “E80”]
[WhiteElo “?”]
[BlackElo “?”]
[PlyCount “58”]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 e5 6. Nge2 O-O
7. Be3 Nbd7 8. Qd2 a6 9. g4 exd4 10. Nxd4 c5 11. Nc2 Ne5
12. Be2 Be6 13. Na3 Nfd7 14. O-O-O b5 15. cxb5 axb5 16. Ncxb5
c4 17. Qxd6 Qa5 18. Bd4 Rfc8 19. Bc3 Nd3+ 20. Bxd3 Bxc3
21. Nxc3 cxd3 22. Rxd3 Ne5 23. Re3 Rd8 24. Qe7 Rd7 25. Qf6 Qc5
26. Nc2 Nd3+ 27. Rxd3 Rxd3 28. a3 Qf2 29. Re1 Rd2 0-1
A surprising and deep positional breakthrough. The most
interesting part of the game starts with White’s 42nd move,
trying to sacrifice an exchange in order to achieve a seemingly
sterile blocked position.
[Event “USSR”]
[Site “USSR”]
[Date “1963.??.??”]
[EventDate “?”]
[Round “?”]
[Result “0-1”]
[White “Stefan Brzozka”]
[Black “David Bronstein”]
[ECO “A88”]
[WhiteElo “?”]
[BlackElo “?”]
[PlyCount “140”]
..
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