Botvinnik a great lesson

Some time ago I began to study the of games of Mickael Botvinnik who was word champion from 1948 to 1963 with some breaks(more on this (French) :http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikhael Botvinni),(English) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikhail_Botvinnik until now I had not looked at Botvinnik games because I don’t find him a very funny guy nor do I like too much his political choices, well ok can be poor or strange explanations but I like to study people I would like in real life, BTW it is the same in literature ,I prefer to read people who fit my personal tastes in real life, so no Celine for example even if I know he is a great writer. Well all this being said each of the games of Botvinnik is a great lesson and I am very impressed ,this man discovered most of the systems we use today and his comments are very deep and instructive in such books as "100 selected games” or his trilogy Analytical works(in Spanish for me).
here is a game he played in a world championship against Smyslov:
What is also very interesting is that a lot of chess authors wrote about this games in their books, for example, Khalifman, Keene, Odessky (in his great book :Play 1.b3) Prins and of course Botvinnik himself ;,sometimes they disagree so you and I are also allowed to have our own opinions !




Botvinnik,Mikhail - Smyslov,Vassily World Championship 22th Moscow (12), 03.04.1958

1.c4 Nf6 2.g3 c6 3.Nf3 d5 4.b3 Bf5 5.Bg2 e6 6.Bb2 Nbd7 7.0-0 h6 8.d3 Be7 9.Nbd2 0-0 10.a3
10.Ne5 Nxe5 11.Bxe5 Bd6!? 12.Bb2 Bh7 13.Nf3 Qe7 14.Rc1 e5 15.cxd5 cxd5 16.d4 e4 17.Ne5 1/2:1/2,Kavalek,L-Karpov,An,Amsterdam 1981
10...a5
10...Bh7!? … 11.b4 a5 is possible
11.Qc2
11.Rc1 Re8 12.Rc2 Bh7 13.Qa1 Bf8 14.Re1 Qb6 15.Bh3 Bc5 16.Rf1 Bf8 17.Rcc1 Rad8 18.Rfe1 Bc5 19.Rf1 Bf8 20.Bg2 Bd6 21.Ne5 Bxe5 22.Bxe5 Nxe5 23.Qxe5 Nd7 24.Qb2 Nf6 25.b4 axb4 26.Qxb4 Qxb4 27.axb4 Ra8 28.Ra1 Nd7 29.Nb3 Kf8 30.Ra5 dxc4 31.dxc4 Nb6 32.Rxa8 Rxa8 33.Na5 Ra7 34.Rd1 Ke8 35.Nxb7 Rxb7 36.Bxc6+ Rd7 37.c5 Ke7 38.Bxd7 Nxd7 39.c6 Nb6 40.c7 Bf5 41.Rd8 e5 42.Rb8 Nc8 43.b5 Kd6 44.b6 Ne7 45.Rf8 Bc8 46.Rxf7 Nd5 47.Rxg7 Nxb6 48.Rh7 Nd5 49.Rxh6+ Kxc7 50.e4 Ne7 51.f3 Kd7 52.h4 Ke8 53.Rf6 Ng8 54.Rc6 1-0 Capablanca,J-Lilienthal,A Moscow 1936;
11.Ra2!? and Qa1 could also be tried
11...Bh7!
11...Qb6?! 12.Bc3
12.Bc3 b5!
12...Qb8 13.Qb2 Bd6=
13.cxb5 cxb5 14.b4= (?)
According botvinnik this is a mistake and he wrote some ironical comments about GM Psakhis who long time after this game played the same(ugly in botvinik wiew )move and he recommand 14.Bd4  with the idea to answer 14..b4 with 15.a4 he also write the variation: 14...Ne8  15.Bh3!to prevent e5  ok very well but there are other and more naturals way to try for ..e5 and Odessky write a lot about this : 14...Bd6?! 15.Qb2 Qe7 16.Ne5;  and show the right idea:14...Qb8! 15.Rfc1 Bd6 16.Bh3 e5! and in fact white really got nothing) 
14.Qb2 was another try wich really goes to nothing good for white: b4 15.axb4 axb4 16.Bd4 Ra3! 17.Ne5 (17.Rac1 Bd6 18.Nb1 Ra5 19.Rc2 Qb8 20.Bh3 e5 21.Be3 d4 22.Bc1 Nb6 23.Nbd2 Nfd5 24.Nc4 Nxc4 25.Rxc4 Nc3 26.Qc2 Ra2 27.Bb2 Qa8 28.Qd2 Rd8 29.Bg2 Qa5 30.Rc1 Bf5 0-1 Spraggett,K (2565)-Arizmendi Martinez,J (2480)/Spain 1998; 17.Rfc1 Qa5 18.Ne5 Nxe5 19.Bxe5 Ra8 20.Bd4 Ng4 21.Nf3 Bd6 and blacks are very ok Ribli-Galliamova koszalin 1997) 17...Nxe5 18.Bxe5 Qa5 19.Rfd1 Ra8 20.Rac1 Ne8
14...Qc7
  14...Rc8! 15.Qb2 Nb6 16.Bd4 Na4 17.Qb3 axb4 18.axb4 Qd6! 19.Rfb1 Nd7,Chomet,P-Sonntag,H,Chanac op 1989
15.Qb2
15.bxa5 Rfc8 16.Rfc1 b4
15...Nb6 16.Be5 Qd7
16...Qb7 17.Rac1 Na4 18.Qd4 Rfc8 19.Nb3 axb4 20.axb4 Qb6 21.Qxb6 Nxb6 22.Nc5 Nfd7 23.Nxd7 Nxd7 24.Bc3 Nb8 25.Nd4 Na6 26.Nxb5 Nxb4 27.Bd4 Rcb8 28.Nc3 Nc6 29.Be3 Ra6 30.Na4 Nb4 31.Bc5 ½-½ Harikrishna,P (2646)-Dominguez,L (2658)/Dos Hermanas 2005
17.Nb3 axb4 18.axb4 Rxa1 19.Rxa1 Na4
19...Bxb4? 20.Qd4+-
20.Qd2
20.Qd4? Ne8  with the idea to play ..f6
20...Rc8 21.Rc1
 21.Bh3 Qb7
21...Rxc1+ 22.Nxc1 Ne8?
22...Qc8!and Nd7-b8-a6×b4 Botvinnik was tested in a game!!:23.Na2 Nd7 24.Ba1 Nb8 25.Nd4 Na6 26.Nxb5 Qb7 27.Nbc3 Bxb4 28.Nxb4 Qxb4 29.Qc2 Nxc3 30.Bxc3 Qb5 31.Bh3 Bf5 32.Bxf5 exf5 33.Bd4 Qb7 34.Qc3 f6 35.Bxf6 gxf6 36.Qxf6 Nb4 37.Qxh6 Qf7 38.Qg5+ Kf8 39.h4 Ke8 40.Qh6 Kd7 41.Qb6 Qe7 42.e3 Nc6 43.Qb5 Kd6 44.d4 Qf7 45.Qe2 Ne7 46.Qf3 Ke6 47.Qf4 Qh5 48.Qe5+ Kf7 49.Kg2 Qh6 50.f3 Qa6 51.Qf4 ½-½ Vukic,M (2500)-Vujosevic,V (2375)/Belgrade 1998
23.Nd4! Kf8
23...f6 24.Bh3!
24.Bh3 Bg8  25.Ndb3 f6 26.Ba1! Qa7
26...Qd6 27.Na2 e5 28.d4
27.d4 !
a move very difficult to play because now c4 is a weakness and a knight can go here but ..e5 must be prevented
Nd6
27...Nb6!?
28.Qa2 Nc4 29.Nc5?!
29.Nd3 Qa6!
29...Bxc5 30.dxc5
if 30.bxc5 Qa5 31.Kf1 Bh7! (31...Nd2+ 32.Kg2 Nc4 33.Nd3 Qd2=) ] 30...e5 [30...Qf7! 31.Qc2 Qh5= Botvinnik
31.Qb1 d4 32.Qf5 Qc7
32...Nxc5? 33.Qc8+ Kf7 34.bxc5 Qxa1 35.Be6+ Kg6 36.Qe8++-
33.Nd3 Bf7 34.Qh7 Bg8 35.Qe4! Bf7 36.Qa8+ Be8 37.Bg2± Ke7 38.f4! Ne3
not the more testing :38...Nc3! 39.fxe5 (39.Bxc3 dxc3 40.Qa1 c2 41.Qc1 Bc6!=) 39...fxe5 40.c6! Prins 40...Nxe2+ (40...Nd6 41.e3 e4 42.Nc5 Qxc6 43.Qa7+ Kf6 44.h4) 41.Kf2 Nc3 42.Qb7 Kd6 43.Bxc3 dxc3 44.Nc5 Bxc6 (44...Bg6 45.Qxb5 Qf7+ 46.Bf3 e4 47.Nxe4+ Bxe4 48.Qc5+; 44...Qf7+ 45.Ke2 Qh5+ 46.Ke1 c2 47.Qb8+ Ke7 48.Qc7+ Kf6 49.Qd8+) 45.Bxc6 Qxc6 46.Ne4+ Kd5 47.Nxc3+ Kd6 48.Nxb5+ Kd5 49.Qf7+!+- analyse de Prins
39.fxe5 fxe5 40.Qe4 Nxg2 41.Nxe5+- ajournement time but Smyslov resigned
41.Nxe5 Ne3 42.Bxd4 Nd1 43.Nc4+ Kf8 44.Nd6 Bc6 45.Qh7
1-0
As usual all questions welcome!

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