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World Chess Championship
1948 Title Tournament
Highlights

Rounds 1-10; The Hague

Round 1 : Euwe - Keres
Position
after 35...c7-c6
(36.Qxc6 Rc3)

A few moves later...
Position
after 39...Qg4-g3?
(39...Nf3+ wins)

Round 2 : Botvinnik - Euwe
Position
after 30.Rb6-c6(xB)
(30...Nxc6 31.e7+ Rf7 32.Bd5 1-0)

Round 4 : Botvinnik - Reshevsky
Position
after 26.Nc3-d5

Round 4 : Euwe - Smyslov
Position
after 33.Ne5-g6(xP)
(33...fg 34.Qg4 should win)

After rd.5
Botvinnik 3.5
Reshevsky 2.5
Smyslov 2.0
Keres 2.0
Euwe 0.0

Round 7 : Smyslov - Keres
Position
after 42...Nf6-g4

Round 9 : Smyslov - Euwe
Position
after 41.g2-g4
(sealed)

Round 10 : Botvinnik - Keres
Position
after 21.Rg5-g7(xP)+
(21...Kxg7 22.Nh5+ Kg6 23.Qe3 1-0)

Round 10 : Euwe - Reshevsky
Position
after 43...g7-g6

After rd.10
Botvinnik 6.0
Reshevsky 4.5
Smyslov 4.0
Keres 4.0
Euwe 1.5

Rounds 11-25; Moscow

Round 11 : Euwe - Keres
Position
after 19...Bd6-f4(xP)
(20.gxf4 Nxf4 21.Ndf3 Ne2+ 22.Kg2 h6)

Round 11 : Smyslov - Reshevsky
Position
after 26.Qg4-h4
(wins a pawn)

Round 12 : Botvinnik - Euwe
Position
after 22.Qd3-g3
(22...fxe5 23.Qg7 Rf8 24.Rc7)

Round 13 : Smyslov - Botvinnik
Position
after 30...Re3-e1
(wins material)

Round 14 : Botvinnik - Reshevsky
Position
after 14...f7-f5

Round 14 : Euwe - Smyslov
Position
after 27.Qe7-e3?
(27.Qxf7+ should win)

After rd.15
Botvinnik 9.0
Keres 6.5
Reshevsky 6.0
Smyslov 5.5
Euwe 3.0

Round 17 : Smyslov - Keres
Position
after 22.Rb1-b7

Round 18 : Keres - Reshevsky
Position
after 34...Rd8-d3(xN)
(35.Rxd3 Bxb2 wins)

Round 19 : Smyslov - Euwe
Position
after 12.c2-c4
(12...dxc4 13.bxc4 Bxc4 14.Qe4 Ne7 15.Na3)

After rd.20
Botvinnik 12.0
Smyslov 8.5
Reshevsky 8.5
Keres 7.5
Euwe 3.5

Round 24 : Botvinnik - Reshevsky
Position
after 26.Qd2-g5

Round 24 : Euwe - Smyslov
Position
after 19...Bg7-b2(xP)

Round 25 : Keres - Botvinnik
Position
after 15.d4-d5
(opening lines with Black King in center)

After rd.25
Botvinnik 14.0
Smyslov 11.0
Reshevsky 10.5
Keres 10.5
Euwe 4.0

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