An Inspiring Game by the 17-Year Old Vasily Smyslov (Smyslov - Rudnev, 1938)

00:00 Background & Smyslov Books
2:36 Smyslov's Opponent and Master Title
6:37 The Game
[Event "All Union First Category"]
[Site "Gorky URS"]
[Date "1938.08.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vasily Smyslov"]
[Black "Nikolay Nikolaevich Rudnev"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[Source "Terekhov, Smyslov vol 1 game 5;64 (#49/1938)"]
[PlyCount "85"]
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Bd3
Nxe4 7. Bxe4 Nf6 8. Bg5 Be7 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. c3 Qd6 11. Qe2
O-O 12. O-O-O c5 13. Kb1 cxd4 14. Nxd4 Qb6 15. f4 Bd7 16. Qc2
h6 17. Nf3 Bc6 18. Bxc6 Qxc6 19. h4 Rfd8 20. Rdf1 Qc4 21. g4
Qd3 22. g5 Qxc2+ 23. Kxc2 Be7 24. gxh6 gxh6 25. f5 exf5
26. Nd4 Rd6 27. Nxf5 Re6 28. Rhg1+ Kh8 29. Re1 Bc5 30. Rgf1
Rae8 31. Rxe6 Rxe6 32. b4 Bb6 33. Rd1 Rf6 34. Rd5 Bf2 35. h5
b6 36. Kd3 a6 37. c4 Rc6 38. a4 Be1 39. b5 axb5 40. axb5 Re6
41. Rd6 Rxd6+ 42. Nxd6 Kg7 43. c5 1-0

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