In the Zone by Cyrus Lakdawala

Author:Cyrus Lakdawala
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: New in Chess

Keres gazes into an unflattering mirror:

1. Black is up a pawn.

2. Black’s king is relatively safe while White’s clearly isn’t, since Black can pry open the kingside with a timely …h5-h4 push.

3. Most of White’s pawns are fixed on light squares, which means the potential of a bad bishop, versus Black’s good knight, if the major pieces are removed from the board.

37.♕e1 ♘f8

The knight heads for e6 and then later f4.

38.♔h2

38.♗h3?? prevents 38…♘e6, at the cost of allowing a disastrous infiltration after 38…♖f3 39.♔g2 ♖xd3 and White can resign.

38…♕f6

Botvinnik seizes control over the f-file. Even stronger was 38…h4! 39.gxh4 ♖h7.

39.♗h3

Keres would love to remove queens from the board to make his king safe. The problem is that the plan means slow death by bad bishop after 39.♔g1 ♘e6 40.♖f2 ♕xf2+ 41.♕xf2 ♖xf2 42.♔xf2 g5 43.♗f3 g4 44.♗d1 ♔c7 45.♗e2 ♘g5 46.♗d1 b6 47.a6 ♔d6 48.♔g2 ♔e6 49.♗e2 ♔f6 50.♗d1 ♘e6 51.♗e2 ♔g5 52.♗d1 h4 53.♗e2 ♘g7! 54.♗d1 ♘h5 55.gxh4+ ♔xh4 and game over.

39…♘h7 40.♕d1 ♘g5 41.b6

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