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594:(1995), with his friend Tom Fürstenberg. Both have become landmarks in chess publishing history; Bronstein sought to amplify the ideas behind the players' moves rather than burdening the reader with pages of analysis of moves that never made it onto the scoresheet. Bronstein's romantic vision of chess was shown with his very successful adoption of the rarely seen
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Korchnoi remained unruffled. He wrote down my move on his scoresheet and began carefully studying the position. I think it seemed incredible to him that White could sacrifice his last rook (I myself could not believe my eyes!). And only when he had convinced himself, did he stop the clocks. These are
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technique, and a lack of ability in simple positions. Botvinnik won four virtually level endgames after the adjournments, and his fifth win came in an endgame that
Bronstein resigned at move 40. These adjourned games made up four of Botvinnik's five match wins; Botvinnik had no more than a minimal
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Swiss of 1994–95 at the age of 70), wrote several important chess books, and inspired young and old alike with endless simultaneous displays, a warm, gracious attitude, and glorious tales of his own rich chess heritage. Bronstein died on
December 5, 2006, in
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Beforehand, Bronstein was ordered by Soviet chess authorities to win this crucial game, in order to stop
Reshevsky's chances of winning the tournament. He gives it everything he has, and triumphs over stout defense. This game was chosen by Grandmaster
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1204:, by Bronstein and Fuerstenberg, 1995, London, Cadogan Chess; copies of the relevant documents for Johonon Bronstein's case are reproduced in this volume, both in the original Russian language and in English translation
590:(English translation 1979). This book was an enormous seller in the USSR, going through many reprints, and is regarded among the very best chess books ever written. More recently, he co-authored the autobiographical
392:, published in 2007, shortly after his death, Bronstein went further and alleged that he and Keres were pressured to draw their games with Smyslov, in order to ensure that Smyslov would win ahead of Reshevsky (see
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throughout eastern Europe in the early 1940s. He had begun play in the 1941 semifinal of the Soviet
Championship, but this event was cancelled as war began. Shortly after the war's conclusion, he began attending
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A surprising and deep positional breakthrough. The most interesting part of the game starts with White's 42nd move, trying to sacrifice an exchange in order to achieve a seemingly sterile blocked position.
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the variations: A) 39...Kf7 40.Qc7+ Kg8 41.Qc8+ Kf7 42.Qe6+ Kf8 43.Rh8 mate; B) 39...Kg5 40.Qe5+ Kxg4 41.Rg6+ Kh4 42.Qg5 mate; C) 39...gxh6 40.Qg8+ Kf6 41.Qf8+; D) 39...Kxh6 40.Qh8+ Kg6 41.Qh5+ Kf6 42.g5+!
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and was detained without substantial evidence of committing any crimes, it was later revealed. The rumor that
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In a very deep theoretical variation, Bronstein comes up with some new ideas, and even
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Bronstein's father was sometimes secretly in the audience during the 1951 title match games, at a time when he was not officially permitted in Moscow.
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Bronstein is widely considered to be one of the greatest players not to have won the World Championship. He came close to that goal when he tied the
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from a distrusted, obscure variation into a popular major system should be remembered, and is evidenced in his key contribution to the 1999 book
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stage for the 1962 cycle. Then at the Amsterdam 1964 Interzonal, Bronstein scored very well, but only three Soviets could advance, by a
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Interzonal, which he won with an unbeaten score. From there it was on to another near miss in the 1956 Candidates' tournament in
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A long-range rook sacrifice eventually brings home the point in scintillating style to win the First Brilliancy Prize.
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one of the strongest female chess players of the 1950s. He went on to marry Boleslavsky's daughter, Tatiana, in 1984.
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for each move made, a variant of which has become very popular in recent years and is implemented on almost all
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1408:, Hamlyn Publishing Group, pp. 66–67,
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1676:Honoured Masters of Sport of the USSR
1591:Download all games of David Bronstein
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1388:Play better CHESS with Leonard Barden
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1406:An Illustrated Dictionary of Chess
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1184:List of Jewish chess players
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192:David Bronstein was born in
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1247:The Sorcerer's Apprentice
1223:The Sorcerer's Apprentice
1202:The Sorcerer's Apprentice
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631:Scandinavian Defence
484:Moscow Championships
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1731:Soviet male writers
1696:Chess theoreticians
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521:1957, Moscow 1959,
437:Rodolfo Tan Cardoso
260:Towards Grandmaster
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408:Bronstein in 1963
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218:Isaac Boleslavsky
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