Match between Max Euwe and Laszlo Szabo
Event: Christmas Congress 1949/50-25 Premier
Variation: Nimzo-Indian – Spielmann variation
Eco code: E22
Pgn File:
[Event “Christmas Congress 1949/50-25 Premier”]
[Site “Hastings”]
[Date “1950.01.04”]
[Round “6”]
[White “Euwe, Max”]
[Black “Szabo, Laszlo”]
[Result “0-1”]
[ECO “E22”]
[Annotator “Chekhov,V”]
[EventDate “1949.12.29”]
[PlyCount “100”]
[EventType “tourn”]
[EventRounds “9”]
[EventCountry “ENG”]
[Source “ChessBase”]
[SourceDate “1999.07.01”]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qb3 Nc6 (4… c5 $5) 5. Nf3 d5 6. Bg5 (6.
a3 dxc4 7. Qxc4 Bd6 8. Bg5 h6 9. Bh4 g5 10. Bg3 Bxg3 11. hxg3 g4 12. Ne5
Qxd4 13. Qxd4 Nxd4 14. Rd1 Nc6 15. Nxc6 bxc6 $10) 6… h6 7. Bxf6 Qxf6 8.
e3 O-O $6 (8… dxc4 $5 9. Bxc4 O-O 10. O-O Qe7 11. Qc2 Bd6 12. Rad1 Kh8
13. a3 e5 14. Nd5 Qe8 { Eliskases,E-Fisher,R/Buenos Aires/1960/ }) 9. cxd5
exd5 10. Qxd5 (10. Bb5 Qd6 11. a3 Ba5 12. Bxc6 Qxc6 13. O-O Be6 $10 {
Jongsma,W-Medina,M/Amsterdam/ 1967/ }) 10… Re8 (10… Rd8 11. Qb3 Be6 12.
Bc4 $16) (10… Be6 11. Qb5 $1 a6 12. Qd3 Na5 13. Be2 c5 14. O-O $16 {
Roessel-Filipsson/Varna/1958/ }) 11. Be2 g5 $5 12. O-O g4 13. Nd2 Nxd4 14.
exd4 (14. Bxg4 Bxg4 15. Qxd4 Qxd4 16. exd4 Rad8 17. Nb3 Be6 $44) 14… Bxc3
15. bxc3 Rxe2 16. Ne4 Qe7 17. Ng3 Rb2 18. Rae1 $6 (18. Rab1 $1 $16) 18…
Be6 19. Qe4 Qg5 20. f4 Qd5 21. f5 Qxe4 22. Rxe4 Bxa2 23. Rxg4+ Kh8 $13 24.
Ne4 $6 (24. Rh4 $5) 24… a5 25. Rf3 Rg8 26. Rxg8+ (26. Rfg3 Rxg4 27. Rxg4
Rb6) 26… Kxg8 27. Nf6+ Kg7 $1 (27… Kf8 28. Re3 { /\Re8 Kg7 Nh5-Nf6=/ })
28. Ne8+ Kf8 29. Nxc7 Bc4 30. Re3 Re2 $1 31. Rxe2 Bxe2 32. Kf2 a4 $19 33.
Nd5 Bc4 34. Nb4 Bb3 35. Ke3 a3 36. f6 Ke8 37. Kf4 Kd7 38. Kg4 Bd1+ 39. Kf5
b5 40. h3 Kd6 41. g3 Kd7 42. h4 (42. Ke5 Bb3 $19) 42… Kd6 43. g4 Bb3 44.
g5 hxg5 45. Kxg5 (45. hxg5 a2 46. Nxa2 Bxa2 47. Kf4 Ke6 $19) 45… Ke6 46.
d5+ Kd6 (46… Bxd5 47. Nc2 a2 48. h5 Be4 49. Na1 Bd3 50. Nb3 (50. h6 Kd5
$19) 50… Kd5 51. Kh6 Kc4 52. Na1 Kxc3 (52… Be2 $1 $19) 53. Kg7 Kb2 54.
Kxf7 Kxa1 55. Ke7 Kb1 56. f7 a1=Q $19) 47. Kh6 a2 48. Nxa2 Bxa2 49. Kg7
Bxd5 50. h5 Ke6 0-1
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