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Botvinnik-Euwe WCC FIDE Tournament (Hague & Moscow 1948)

The documents summarize chess games from the 1948 FIDE World Championship Tournament between Mikhail Botvinnik and Max Euwe. In the first game detailed, Botvinnik defeated Euwe using the Queen's Indian defense. A later game ended in a draw using the French Defense. The last game summarized saw another draw result between the players using the Queen's Pawn Opening. The tournament was held to determine the new world champion after the previous champion Alekhine's death. Botvinnik would go on to win the tournament and claim the world championship title.

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Botvinnik-Euwe WCC FIDE Tournament (Hague & Moscow 1948)

The documents summarize chess games from the 1948 FIDE World Championship Tournament between Mikhail Botvinnik and Max Euwe. In the first game detailed, Botvinnik defeated Euwe using the Queen's Indian defense. A later game ended in a draw using the French Defense. The last game summarized saw another draw result between the players using the Queen's Pawn Opening. The tournament was held to determine the new world champion after the previous champion Alekhine's death. Botvinnik would go on to win the tournament and claim the world championship title.

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[Event "FIDE World Championship Tournament"]

[Site "The Hague NED"]


[Date "1948.03.04"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Botvinnik"]
[Black "Max Euwe"]
[ECO "D46"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 c6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 Bb4 7.a3
Ba5 8.Qc2 Qe7 9.Bd2 dxc4 10.Bxc4 e5 11.O-O O-O 12.Rae1 Bc7
13.Ne4 Nxe4 14.Qxe4 a5 15.Ba2 Nf6 16.Qh4 e4 17.Ne5 Bxe5
18.dxe5 Qxe5 19.Bc3 Qe7 20.f3 Nd5 21.Qxe7 Nxe7 22.fxe4 b6
23.Rd1 Ng6 24.Rd6 Ba6 25.Rf2 Bb5 26.e5 Ne7 27.e4 c5 28.e6 f6
29.Rxb6 Bc6 30.Rxc6 Nxc6 31.e7 Rf7 32.Bd5 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Championship Tournament"]


[Site "The Hague NED"]
[Date "1948.03.16"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Max Euwe"]
[Black "Mikhail Botvinnik"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5 4.exd5 exd5 5.Bb5+ Nc6 6.Qe2+ Qe7


7.dxc5 Qxe2+ 8. Nxe2 Bxc5 9.Nb3 Bb6 10.Bd2 Ne7 11.Bb4 a6
12.Bc5 Bc7 13.Bxc6+ Nxc6 14.O-O-O Be6 15.Ned4 O-O-O 16.Nxc6
bxc6 17.Rd4 Kd7 18.g3 f6 19.Ra4 Ra8 20.Re1 Rhe8 21.Be3 Bd6
22.Bf4 Bf8 23.Be3 Bf5 24.Rd1 Kc7 25.Rdd4 Be4 26.Ra5 Bg2 27.Nc5
Bf1 28.Nd3 Re4 29.Rda4 Rxa4 30.Rxa4 Bxd3 31.cxd3 c5 32.b3 d4
33.Bd2 Kb6 34.Kd1 Re8 35.a3 Kb5 36.Ra5+ Kb6 37.b4 Re5 38.bxc5+
Bxc5 39.f4 Re8 40.Ra4 Kb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Championship Tournament"]


[Site "Hague NLD/Moscow RUS"]
[Date "1948.04.13"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "12"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Botvinnik"]
[Black "Max Euwe"]
[ECO "D49"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1.d4 {Notes by International Grandmaster Raymond Keene from


"Battle of Bonn", ISBN-13: 978-1-906661-01-4, 2008. ---
Traditionally, the title of world champion is decided by a
mano a mano battle between the world's two top players. This
format was recognised even in the early matches between
Staunton and St Amant and Morphy and Anderssen which predate
the widely accepted year [1886] from which the Championship
officially emanates. The sole expection to this rule hitherto
was 1948 when Alekhine's death as incumbent caused an
interregnum which necessitated a five man match tournament to
decide the destination of the title. The Soviet iron man
Mikhail Botvinnik won easily, ahead of Vassily Smyslov, Paul
Keres, Sammy Reshevsky and in last place the former world
champion Dr Max Euwe. Botvinnik raced away with the tournament
making a clear plus score against all his rivals. He
considered the following to be his best game.} d5 2.Nf3 Nf6
3.c4 e6 4.Nc3 c6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 b5 8.Bd3 a6 9.e4
c5 10.e5 cxd4 11.Nxb5 axb5 12.exf6 Qb6 13.fxg7 Bxg7 14.O-O Nc5
15.Bf4 Bb7 16.Re1 Rd8 17.Rc1 Rd5 18.Be5 Bxe5 19.Rxe5 Rxe5
20.Nxe5 Nxd3 21.Qxd3 f6 22.Qg3 fxe5 23.Qg7 Rf8 24.Rc7 Qxc7
25.Qxc7 Bd5 26.Qxe5 d3 27.Qe3 Bc4 28.b3 Rf7 29.f3 Rd7 30.Qd2
e5 31.bxc4 bxc4 32.Kf2 Kf7 33.Ke3 Ke6 34.Qb4 Rc7 35.Kd2 Rc6
36.a4 {Black resigns. Almost 60 years after this game was
played, eight grandmasters assembled in Mexico City where they
were once again to decide the undisputed World Championship by
means of a tournament. This circumstance reflected the
resolution of the schism that had arisen in the chess world in
1993 and also the confusion surrounding Kasparov�s retirement
from world chess. The chosen ones were: world champion
Vladimir Kramnik, Viswanathan Anand, Peter Svidler, Alexander
Morozevich, Peter Leko, Alexander Grischuk, Lev Aronian and
Boris Gelfand. From this crucible, Anand emerged victorious,
and FIDE claimed that from 2008, the Championship would revert
to its traditional match format.} 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Championship Tournament"]


[Site "Hague NLD/Moscow RUS"]
[Date "1948.04.25"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "17"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Max Euwe"]
[Black "Mikhail Botvinnik"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "57"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5 4.exd5 exd5 5.Bb5+ Bd7 6.Qe2+ Qe7


7.Bxd7+ Nxd7 8.dxc5 Nxc5 9.Nb3 Qxe2+ 10.Nxe2 Nxb3 11.axb3 Bc5
12.Bd2 Ne7 13.Bc3 Nc6 14.O-O-O Bxf2 15.Bxg7 Rg8 16.Bh6 Rxg2
17.Rxd5 Rd8 18.Rxd8+ Nxd8 19.Kd2 Ne6 20.Be3 Ke7 21.Bxf2 Rxf2
22.Ke3 Rf5 23.Ra1 a5 24.Ra4 Rh5 25.h4 Re5+ 26.Kf3 Rf5+ 27.Ke3
Re5+ 28.Kf3 Rf5+ 29.Ke3 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Championship Tournament"]


[Site "Hague NLD/Moscow RUS"]
[Date "1948.05.09"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "22"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Mikhail Botvinnik"]
[Black "Max Euwe"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "28"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 e6 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Nc3 c6 6.Qc2 g6 7.Bg5


Bg7 8.e3 Bf5 9.Bd3 Bxd3 10.Qxd3 O-O 11.O-O Nbd7 12.Ne5 Qe8
13.Nxd7 Qxd7 14.b4 Rfe8 1/2-1/2

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