" COUNTER-ATTACK"|| Max Euwe - Paul Keres || FIDE World Championship Tournament 02.03.1948||

Описание: " COUNTER-ATTACK"|| Max Euwe - Paul Keres || FIDE World Championship Tournament 02.03.1948||

FIDE World Championship Tournament(1) 02.03.1948

Max Euwe - Paul Keres 0-1

Spanish Game: Morphy Defense. Modern Steinitz Defense (C75)


1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 d6 5.c3 Bd7 6.d4 Nge7 7.Bb3 h6 8.Nbd2 Ng6 9.Nc4 Be7 10.0-0 0-0 11.Ne3 Bf6 12.Nd5 exd4 13.Nxd4 Re8 14.Nxf6+ Qxf6 15.f3 Nf4 16.Nxc6 Bxc6 17.Be3 Rad8 18.Qd2 Ng6 19.Bd4 Qe7 20.Rae1 Qd7 21.c4 Ba4 22.Bxa4 Qxa4 23.Qc3 f6 24.f4 Kh7 25.63 Qd7 26.Qf3 b5 27.Qd3 bxc4 28.Qxc4 Rxe4 29. Rxe4 d5 30.Qxa6 dxe4 31.Be3 Qg4 32.Qc4 Rd3 33.Bc1 Nh4 34.Qxe4+ f5 35.Qb7 c6 36.Qxc6 Rc3 37.Qd5 Rc5 38.Qd2 Rxc1 39.h3 Qg3 40.Qe2 Oxf4 41.Rxc1 Qxc1+ 42.Kh2 Of4+ 43.Kg1 Ngô 44.Qc2 Ne7 45.a4 Qd4+ 46.Kh2 Qe5+ 47.Kg1 Nd5 48.Qd1 Nc3 49.Qc2 Kg6 50.Kh1 Qe1+ 51.Kh2 Ne2 52.Qc6+ Kh7 53.Qc5 Ng3 54.Qd6 Nf1+ 55.Kg1 h5 56.Qf4 0-1

IF :
1. 56... Ne3+ 57. Kh2 h4 58. b4 Nf1+ 59. Qxf1 Qxf1 60. b5 Qf2 61. Kh1 Qe3 62. Kh2 Qa7 63. Kh1 Kg6 64. Kh2 Qxa4 65. b6 Qa6 66. g4 fxg4 67. hxg4
2. 56... Ng3+ 57. Kh2 Nf1+ 58. Qxf1 Qxf1 59. b4 h4 60. b5 Qf2 61. Kh1 Qe3 62. Kh2 Qa7 63. Kh1 Kg6 64. Kh2 Qxa4 65. b6 Qa6 66. g4 fxg4 67. hxg4
3. 56... Nd2+ 57. Kh2 Nf1+ 58. Qxf1 Qxf1 59. b4 h4 60. b5 Qf2 61. Kh1 Qe3 62. Kh2 Qa7 63. Kh1 Kg6 64. Kh2 Qxa4 65. b6 Qa6 66. g4 fxg4 67. hxg4

Paul Keres was an Estonian grandmaster and chess author. He was born on January 7, 1916, and he passed away on June 5, 1975.

From the middle of the 1930s through the middle of the 1960s, he was one of the best players in the world and five times came very close to playing in a World Chess Championship match.

Due to the successive invasions and occupations of Estonia during World War II, Keres was compelled to compete internationally for both Nazi Germany (1941–1944) and the former Soviet Union (1940–1941, 1944–75).
As a result of Keres' victory in the AVRO 1938 chess competition, talks for a title match against Alexander Alekhine, the current World Champion, were pursued; however, the match was never held because of the start of World War II in 1939.

In the years 1953–1962, Keres finished second in the Candidates Tournament four times in a row.

Many chess historians regard Keres as one of the best players in history and the strongest player who never won the world championship because of these and other impressive performances.

The phrase "super grandmaster" is used colloquially to describe the best players in the world, who are typically contenders for the World Championship. Keres fits this definition.

Paul the Second, The Eternal Second, and The Crown Prince of Chess were some of his nick names.