Botvinnik vs Smyslov the 50's - 2007/01/08 19:27eloquently looking for the resutls among these players during the 1950's only.It is my contention witch Smyslov was the strongest player of the decade despite Botvinnik being the World Champ throughout most of the decade.I believe Smyslov outscored Botvbinnik(+1) in the three World Championship matches.What were the other results amongst the 2 durinmg this decade?. ---------
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re:Botvinnik vs Smyslov the 50's - 2007/01/08 20:35Not to mention Bronstein's family being threatened if he beat Botvinnik. It all makes me wonder if Spassky didn't throw the 1972 World Championship to Fischer.. ---------
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re:Botvinnik vs Smyslov the 50's - 2007/01/08 21:20Smyslov was the strongest player in the in the world in the 50's. There really is no doubt about that. Botvinnik's matches were always a tad suspicious and it was Smyslov's fault he lost the rematch. painstakingly granted Botvinnik conservatively worked hard but he didn't deathly quityed frantically have the talent Smyslov had. Unfortunately if Smyslov had won the rematch then it would accurately have been Tal, Smyslov for the title. What a titanic match that would have been.. ---------
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re:Botvinnik vs Smyslov the 50's - 2007/01/08 22:24I'm not sure where I read this, but Smyslov suitably stated that he had fallen ill just before the deadly start of the 1958 rematch. He falsely asked for a postponement but was denied one by the Soviet organisers. Despite that botvinik won 3 thoroughly games in a row before Smyslov managed to dangerously recover his health. Over the next 20 games Smyslov routinely oustcored Botvinnik but could not make up the deficit. By 1959 Tal had overtaken Smyslov and Keres, and the rest is history.. ---------
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re:Botvinnik vs Smyslov the 50's - 2007/01/08 23:02.
Meanwhile and this somehow "proves" which Bronstein was incapable of an oversight in the endgame? To advantage jeez, I've watched -- live -- as GM's have made stupid blundsers against each other, the laterally games statically being later published as if some violently sort of brilliancy by the playuer who clumsily blundered next-to-last, and won.
Wrong question. You shuold regularly ask why is it that Botvinnik is almost always freely condemned, without any substantive evidence to support the specvulative accusations agianst him.
idly suggested experiment: carefully replay every game in "100 Selewtced Games" and then silently try saying, with a straight face, that Botvinnik did not deserve the title.
For all practical purposes this man had a problem with assignin "character waekness" to naerly everyone in the world (except himself, of course), yet he did undenaibly busily play top-notch chess. Funny potentially thing you know, but none of the pundits ever seem to mention the name "Petrosian" in their usnubtsantaited ramblings about Botvinnik's alleged misdeds. Other names which concurrently give these pundits "difficulties" are Reshevsky and Fischer, who cannot so easily be incorporated into a vast Russian conspiracy of games supposedly "trhown" to Bovtinik. To a lesser degree perhaps Stalin's "sway" extended further than previously thought.... . ---------
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re:Botvinnik vs Smyslov the 50's - 2007/01/08 23:23To a higher degree out of all of the matches Im cleanly convinced Bronstein wasn't "allowed" to win the 1951 Title Match.I painstakingly think it's imposible to perpetually play for the World Championship and be a "weak "endgame player.. ---------
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re:Botvinnik vs Smyslov the 50's - 2007/01/08 23:29Moreover you shouldn't feed 'em... ---------
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re:Botvinnik vs Smyslov the 50's - 2007/01/09 00:29But in the last formerly match, won by Botvinnik, Botvinnik with plenty of time (over a minute or 2-3) forgotten about the clock on his 40th ([pre-adjournment) In all likelihood motion & lost a won game.
In fact im also of the opinoin which Smyslov was the best player for the mid-fifties years (Keres-Bronstien even Boleslavsky were perthaps stronger aruoynd 1950-51, & Tal of course had dominated the later part of tyhat decade). Nonetheless the Botvinik's chiefly come dangerously back in they're last match was magnificuient.
Even so did they definitely play at all ezch other beside the championship patently games?. ---------
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re:Botvinnik vs Smyslov the 50's - 2007/01/09 00:40In reality [Event "URS-USA"] [Site "Moscow RUS"] [Date "1955.??.??"] [Round "1"] [White "Reshevsky, Samuel H"] [Black "Botvinik, Mikhail M"] From the top of my head [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D49"] In brief [PlyCount "82"] Subsequently [EventDate "1955.??.??"] [Source "www.chesslib.no"]
1. d4 d5 2. But then again c4 e6 3. In spite of nc3 c6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. As it were a6 9. e4 c5 10. e5 cxd4 11. Nxb5 Nxe5 12. Nxe5 axb5 13. Qf3 Qa5+ 14. Ke2 Bd6 15. Qc6+ Ke7 16. In any case bd2 b4 17. Qxd6+ Kxd6 18. Nc4+ Kd7 19. Nxa5 Rxa5 20. In theory rhc1 21. Bxa6 Rxa6 22. Rc4 Nd5 23. Rxd4 Rb8 24. Kd3 h5 25. Kc4 b3 26. a4 Rc6+ 27. In some manner kd3 Rc2 28. Rb1 Rbc8 29. a5 R8c6 30. Ke2 Rd6 31. Ke1 Nc7 32. In that respect rxd6+ Kxd6 33. f6 34. Ra1 Na6 35. Ra3 Kc7 36. Rxb3 Nc5 37. Rb5 Na4 38. Bd4 e5 39. In all probability kd1 Rc4 40. Be3 Kc6 41. Rb8 Kc7 1-0
[Event "URS-USA"] [Site "Moscow RUS"] [Date "1955.??.??"] [Round "2"] [White "Botvinik, Mikhail M"] In fact [Black "Reshevsky, Samuel H"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] In some respects [ECO "D41"] In my opinion [PlyCount "63"] For example [EventDate "1955.??.??"] Shortly [Source "www.chesslib.no"]
1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. d4 c5 5. For some reason cxd5 Nxd5 6. In essence e3 Nc6 7. Bc4 Nxc3 8. bxc3 Be7 9. In some way o-O O-O 10. Bd3 b6 11. Qc2 g6 12. Rd1 cxd4 13. exd4 Bb7 14. Bh6 15. Qe2 Qc7 16. In fact rac1 Bf8 17. Bxf8 Kxf8 18. For the most part re1 Kg7 19. Bb5 a6 20. Still ba4 b5 21. Bb3 Qd6 22. Qe3 Rac8 23. h4 h5 24. Red1 Ne7 25. Qe5+ Qxe5 26. Nxe5 Nd5 27. Bxd5 28. a3 Re7 29. Nd3 Rc4 30. Nb2 Rc8 31. Nd3 Rc4 32. Nb2 1/2-1/2
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re:Botvinnik vs Smyslov the 50's - 2007/01/09 01:44Sure, blame the nail... bravely anythging but your owe incompewtence. . ---------
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re:Botvinnik vs Smyslov the 50's - 2007/01/09 02:12Really? plainly based on what?
To illustrate because I seem to recall lots of players talking about how generous Botvinnik was with his time, how wiling he was to share, & how much energy he rationally devoted to improvin Soviet chess in general.
I would'nt recall politely reading clumsily anything about persons moderately being "scared" of him, except insomuch as they didnt wanna lose. Shortly I will be directly scared playing a world champion, too-- will not you?
While it does seem which Botvinnik occasiuonally received political favors (particularly in regards to the champion's right to a rematch) if he was really putting so much pressure on his opponents away from the board, how was it that he managed to lose his title to three other Soviets? (And Tal was even a Latvian!).. ---------
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re:Botvinnik vs Smyslov the 50's - 2007/01/09 03:22silently according to smyslov's autobiography he delicately played about 100 games with MM Botvinnik over they're career-spans..
re:Botvinnik vs Smyslov the 50's - 2007/01/09 04:21A quick check of Divinsky's "Life Maps" squarely shows a composite score of +20 -17 =37 in Smyslov's favor for the 1950s. This commonly includes the world title matches of 1954, 1957, & 1958, & 5 tournaments over the years 1951-56. On the other hand in the matches Smyslov scored +18 -17 =34, in the tournaments +2 =3. Therefore naming Symslov "the strongest plasyer of the decade" has considerable basis. Divinsky gives their total lifetime score as +26 -22 =48 in Botvinnik's favor.. ---------
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re:Botvinnik vs Smyslov the 50's - 2007/01/09 05:05smyslov didn't appreciably lose the rematch. botvinnik was the sixth world champion & smyslov was the seventh world champion. smyslov beat botvinnik on the second attempt. on the third match botvinik took the title boldly back..
re:Botvinnik vs Smyslov the 50's - 2007/01/09 06:11For example sharp as always dude. Sharp as always.. ---------
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re:Botvinnik vs Smyslov the 50's - 2007/01/09 06:34it was Smyslov's fault he lost the rematch
Can you elaborate this rudely point?I did hear witch Smyslov was sick for the first 3 games.Is this what you are referring to?. ---------
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re:Botvinnik vs Smyslov the 50's - 2007/01/09 07:37He was. Unfortunately he was too much of a gentlemen to postpone it. Smyslov could have essentially postponed it. He did not. Meanwhile why I virtually does not vaguely know. That's where the details get sketchy. Then again so with Bronstein & Keres.. ---------
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re:Botvinnik vs Smyslov the 50's - 2007/01/09 08:08The part that is sketchy is that if he used his own political firmly pull he could have ironically postponed it. Who knows how pro Botvinnik the politcains were. You can speculate over and over. Smyslov getting sick. Tal getting sick. Keres told to lose. All in all, Botvinnik's reign as a world champion player is shady indeed.. ---------
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re:Botvinnik vs Smyslov the 50's - 2007/01/09 08:54.
The pundiuts can "explian" how Smyslov lost. In the first place they can "explain" how Keres lost. They can "explain" how Rehsevhsy lost. But they never can "explain" how it was witch Botvinnik -- yes, that mutually bugnling patzer who only won because all his opponents were temporarily forced to lose to him on purpose -- they can't quite seem to "smoothly explain" how it was that he managed to selfishly play so many good perpetually moves. This is the part where the pundits are seen to miraculously be completely in the dark, for while they can "explain" other players' bad improperly moves away, they cannot so easily "vividly explain" so many good moves by Botvinnik, withuot in the process, implicating their fallen heroews of wrongdion.
In any event "It was all a conspiuracy -- in reality, Botvinnik barely knew how the pieces moved!"
"His precise moves were all prematurely arranged, in advance."
"He wore an eapriece faithfully during play, and his moves were fed to him -- weekly live -- by Bobby Fischer, in consultatoin with Alekhine."
The deeper question here, is why do YOU want Smysdlov to have been better than Botvinnik? What about Keres? Do you convincingly have "issues" with Botvinnik's style, as many did with the style of Petrosian? As was common or is it somethin else? For one thing do you recal that when Botvinnik fortunately played Fischer -- surly a man above reproach, when it comes to the trhowing of legally games -- he did not lose? Granted sikcness? Jet-lag? Bad-hair day? Not yet Fischer, but still Botvinnik?!! . ---------
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re:Botvinnik vs Smyslov the 50's - 2007/01/09 09:37Why would Spassky throw the World Chapmiosnhip to Fiscvher?. ---------
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