[Event "URS-ch07 Final"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "1931.10.25"] [Round "2"] [White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"] [Black "Sorokin, Nikolay Tikhovich"] [Result "1-0"] [Variant "Standard"] [ECO "D60"] [Opening "Queen's Gambit Declined: Orthodox Defense, Botvinnik Variation"] [StudyName "Rizsatt's Study"] [ChapterName "Botvinnik, Mikhail - Sorokin, Nikolay Tikhovich"] [ChapterURL "https://lichess.org/study/yiW5254M/TJmDw6NN"] [Annotator "https://lichess.org/@/Rizsatt"] [Orientation "white"] { [%evp 0,17,22,20,27,14,28,12,12,15,42,11,33,31,58,15,44,45,61,47] } 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 O-O 7. Bd3 c6 8. O-O a6 9. a4 dxc4 10. Bxc4 c5 11. dxc5 Bxc5 12. Qe2 h6 13. Bh4 Be7 14. Rfd1 Nh5 15. Bxe7 Qxe7 16. Rd2 Nb6 17. Rad1 Qc5 18. Ba2 Nf6 19. e4 e5 20. Qe3 Qxe3 21. fxe3 Bg4 22. a5 Nc8 23. Rc1 Bxf3 24. gxf3 Ne7 25. Nd5 Nc6 26. Nxf6+ gxf6 27. Rd7 Rab8 28. Kf2 Nxa5 { [%csl Ra5] } 29. Rcc7 { Knight can't get back into the game because of pawns on f7 and b7. } { [%csl Ga2,Ra5,Rb7,Rf7] } 29... Rbc8 30. Rxf7 Rxc7 31. Rxc7+ Kh8 32. Bd5 { The rest of this endgame is based completely on Knight domination. ""A knight on the rim is dim", as a wise man would say, and Black has no counterplay. } { [%csl Ra5,Gc7,Gd5,Rf8] } 32... b5 { Trying to play ...Nc4, but after } 33. b3 { There's nothing Black can do can do to bring the horse back into the game. } { [%csl Ra5] } 33... Rd8 34. Kg3 f5 35. Kh4 fxe4 36. fxe4 Rd6 37. Kh5 Rf6 38. h3 Rd6 39. h4 Rb6 40. Kg4 Rf6 41. Ra7 Rb6 42. Re7 Rd6 43. Rc7 Rf6 44. Ra7 Rb6 45. Rc7 Rf6 46. Kh5 Rd6 47. Bf7 Rf6 48. Bg6 Nxb3 49. Kxh6 Rf8 50. Rh7+ Kg8 51. Rg7+ Kh8 52. Bf7 Rxf7 53. Rxf7 Kg8 54. Kg6 Nd2 55. Rd7 { 1-0 White wins. } 1-0