[Event "USSR Absolute Championship"] [Site "Leningrad- Moscow URS"] [Date "1941.03.28"] [Round "1"] [White "Mikhail Botvinnik (?)"] [Black "Isaac Boleslavsky (?)"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "-"] [ECO "C08"] [Opening "French Defense: Tarrasch Variation, Open System"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "lichess.org"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 exd5 { C08 French Defense: Tarrasch Variation, Open System } 5. Bb5+ Nc6 6. Ngf3 Bd6 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. O-O Ne7 9. Nb3 Bb6 10. Be3 Bxe3 11. fxe3 O-O 12. Qd2 Qb6 13. a4 Bf5 14. Nfd4 Nxd4 15. exd4 Rac8 16. Nc5 a6 17. Rae1 Rc7 18. Bd3 Bxd3 19. Qxd3 Qd6 20. c3 a5 21. Qf3 Ng6 22. Re3 b6 23. Nd3 Rd7 24. Rfe1 Qc6 25. g3 Rd6 26. h4 f6?! { (0.50 → 1.20) Inaccuracy. Rfd8 was best. } (26... Rfd8 27. Qd1 Rf6 28. Kg2 Nf8 29. Ne5 Qb7 30. Rf3 Rxf3 31. Nxf3 Qc6 32. Ne5 Qb7 33. Nd3 Ne6 34. Qe2 Re8 35. Qf3 f6 36. b3) 27. Qf5 Qc8 28. Qxc8 Rxc8 29. h5 Nf8 30. Re7 Rcd8 31. Nf4 R8d7 32. g4 Rxe7 33. Rxe7 g5 34. hxg6?! { (1.81 → 0.76) Inaccuracy. Ng2 was best. } (34. Ng2 Ne6 35. Ne3 Nf4 36. Nf5 Kf8 37. Rxh7 Re6 38. b4 Ne2+ 39. Kg2 Nxc3 40. bxa5 bxa5 41. Ra7 Nxa4 42. Rxa5 Nb6 43. Kf3 Kf7) 34... Nxg6 35. Nxg6 hxg6 36. Rb7 Kf8 37. Kf2 Ke8 38. Ke3 g5 39. Kd3 Re6 40. b4 axb4 41. cxb4 Kd8 42. a5 Kc8 43. a6 b5 44. Rxb5 Rxa6 45. Rxd5 Ra1 46. Rc5+ Kb7 47. d5 Rf1?! { (0.89 → 1.52) Inaccuracy. Rg1 was best. } (47... Rg1 48. Rc4 Rg3+ 49. Kd2 Kb6 50. Ke2 Rg1 51. Kf2 Rb1 52. Ke3 Rg1 53. Kf3 Rf1+ 54. Ke4 Rf4+ 55. Kd3 Rf3+ 56. Ke2 Rg3 57. Kd2) 48. Rc4?! { (1.52 → 0.93) Inaccuracy. Rc2 was best. } (48. Rc2 Rg1 49. d6 Rd1+ 50. Rd2 Rg1 51. Kc4 Kc8 52. d7+ Kd8 53. Rd4 Rc1+ 54. Kb5 f5 55. gxf5 Rf1 56. Kc6 Rxf5 57. b5 Rf6+) 48... f5?? { (0.93 → 3.10) Blunder. Kb6 was best. } (48... Kb6 49. Kc2 Rf2+ 50. Kc3 Rf3+ 51. Kd2 Rf2+ 52. Ke3 Rg2 53. Kd3 Rg3+ 54. Kc2 Rg2+ 55. Kb3 Rf2 56. Rc6+ Kb5 57. Rc8 Rf3+ 58. Kc2) 49. Ke2 { Black resigns. } 1-0