French Defense: Smyslov vs Stahlberg Zurich 1953

Vasily Smyslov vs Gideon Stahlberg [C13]
Zurich Intentional chess tournament 1953
[Mato]
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 dxe4 5.Nxe4 Be7 6.Bxf6 Bxf6 7.Nf3 Nd7 8.Bc4 0--0 9.Qe2 Nb6 10.Bb3 Bd7 [10...Bxd4 11.0--0--0 e5 12.c3] 11.0--0 Qe7 [11...Ba4 12.Nxf6+ Qxf6 13.Bxa4 Nxa4 14.Qc4 Nb6 15.Qxc7] 12.Rfe1 Rad8 13.Rad1 Ba4 14.Bxa4 Nxa4 15.Qb5 Nb6 16.c4 c6 17.Qb3 Qc7 [17...Kh8 18.Nxf6 Qxf6 19.c5 Nd5 20.Qxb7; 17...Rd7 18.Ne5 Bxe5 19.dxe5 Rfd8 20.Nd6²] 18.Nxf6+ gxf6 19.Qe3 Kg7 Killer move [19...Nxc4 20.Qh6 Qe7 21.Rd3 Rd5 22.Ne5 fxe5 23.Rg3+ Kh8 24.Qg7#] 20.Ne5 Qe7 [20...fxe5 21.Qg5+ Kh8 22.Qf6+ Kg8 23.Re4 Rfe8 24.Rg4+ Kf8 25.Rg7 Qe7 26.Qh6 Qc7 27.Qg5] 21.Ng4 Rg8 22.Nh6 [22.Qh6+ Kh8 23.Nxf6 Rg7 24.d5+-] 22...Qc7 [22...Rge8 23.Nf5+ exf5 24.Qxe7 Rxe7 25.Rxe7+-] 23.Nxg8 Rxg8 24.b3 Kh8 25.Qh6 Rg6 26.Qh4 Nd7 27.Re3 Qa5 28.Rh3 Nf8 29.Rg3 Qxa2 30.Rxg6 Nxg6 31.Qxf6+ Kg8 32.Qf3 Qc2 33.Qd3 Black resigned
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[@TheForeman847]

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[@mberg1974]

"Stahlberg was the best combination player in the history of chess, that means the best at combining alcohol with chess" - Bent Larsen Stahlberg was a great player, and he did beat Smyslov at least one time that I know of. Stahlberg also beat the almost unbeatable Petrosian in a game in the early 50s.

[@skyboyq]

Thanks, Mato. I always learn so much from your patient tutelage.

[@MatoJelic]

Hvala Filipe. Dobro si objasnio

[@dubstepforce3804]

Puno si mi pomogao, hvala :D zapisano

[@antonreiser1376]

Great videos Mato!!

[@DaRza17]

i also noticed that most chess videos have almost NO dislikes or very less

[@MatoJelic]

Thank you

[@elmiravdicofficial4038]

Odlican video Mato

[@meshullam3180]

"...and black resigned" in every video its just so so great!

[@milanrajne3023]

excellent video to build french defence repertoire

[@rpralica]

I think on 7:43 it is better 1.Qg3 + Kf8 2.Re7 with winning position.This is also winning but white has only quality and who knows what is heapend than.

[@danisafo]

sure, thank you a lot!

[@MatoJelic]

Hvala na komentaru

[@MatoJelic]

Well done

[@sharmila21ster]

Nice

[@Szabest1797]

Thank you, Mato, for another great game from the Zurich 1953! I assume that you've dug into the Bronstein book?

[@bilupp]

In Mato's variation, white wins a whole rook and gets the queen off the board, leading to a won endgame. In your variation, white wins a queen for a rook. Point wise, his variation is better, and it also gets more material off the board.

[@MatoJelic]

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[@danisafo]

Why not KxKe4 in 0:40?

[@parkerhboyd]

MATO WATCHING UR VIDEOS ARE A HIGHLIGHT OF MY DAY. LIKE IF YOU AGREE

[@MatoJelic]

LOL

[@wreynolds1995]

Zurich Intentional Chess Tournament, Mato? xD

[@danisafo]

Sorry NxNe4 i think, new to chess

[@dubstepforce3804]

Filipe gde bih mogao da naucim to nzm ni kako se zove (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 dxe4 5.Nxe4 Be7 6.Bxf6 Bxf6 7.Nf3 Nd7 8.Bc4 0--0 9) taj vid pisanja partija? :)

[@filipjelic8980]

ako uzmes neku knjigu o sahu doci se samo s vremenom. to se zove PGN. imas pgn viewer na internetu, samo kopiras poteze i on prikaze. a ako oces sazna sta znaci koja oznaka: K kralj(king), Q kraljica(queen), R top(rook), B lovac(bishop), N konj(knight, ali k je zauzeto pa pisemo n), a pijun bez oznake, samo potez. x znaci jede, 0-0 mala rohada. 0-0-0 velika. ako mogu npr 2 konja na isto mjesto moras rec redak ili stupac po kojem se razlikuju. npr Nbd7... nadam se da sam pomogao

[@Tuxcz]

Because then bishop takes queen.

[@filipjelic8980]

are you serious? take a better look

[@claudiovillarroel6015]

Sorry ..this game is bored...