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    Furman-Taimanov, 16th USSR-ch, Moscow 1948

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    1. In a 1948 USSR Championship game, Furman sacrificed a pawn with 17.d5! against Taimanov's King's Indian Defense, launching a decisive attack. 2. After Taimanov accepted the sacrifice with 17...exd5, Furman gained space and attacking chances with 18.cxd5. 3. Furman's precise play in the opening and middlegame led to a winning attack, culminating in mate threats from his queen and bishop that forced Taimanov's resignation.

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    Furman-Taimanov, 16th USSR-ch, Moscow 1948

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    1. In a 1948 USSR Championship game, Furman sacrificed a pawn with 17.d5! against Taimanov's King's Indian Defense, launching a decisive attack. 2. After Taimanov accepted the sacrifice with 17...exd5, Furman gained space and attacking chances with 18.cxd5. 3. Furman's precise play in the opening and middlegame led to a winning attack, culminating in mate threats from his queen and bishop that forced Taimanov's resignation.

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    1. In a 1948 USSR Championship game, Furman sacrificed a pawn with 17.d5! against Taimanov's King's Indian Defense, launching a decisive attack. 2. After Taimanov accepted the sacrifice with 17...exd5, Furman gained space and attacking chances with 18.cxd5. 3. Furman's precise play in the opening and middlegame led to a winning attack, culminating in mate threats from his queen and bishop that forced Taimanov's resignation.

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    Furman-Taimanov, 16th USSR-ch, Moscow 1948

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    1. In a 1948 USSR Championship game, Furman sacrificed a pawn with 17.d5! against Taimanov's King's Indian Defense, launching a decisive attack. 2. After Taimanov accepted the sacrifice with 17...exd5, Furman gained space and attacking chances with 18.cxd5. 3. Furman's precise play in the opening and middlegame led to a winning attack, culminating in mate threats from his queen and bishop that forced Taimanov's resignation.

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    (The annotations to this game, by S. A.

    Furman, are from the biographical work Semyon Furman


    (Fizkultura i Sport, Moscow 1988). Their original source is not indicated. The translation from
    the Russian is by Douglas Griffin.)

    Furman – Taimanov
    10 round, 16 USSR Championship, Moscow, 28th November 1948
    th th

    1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Bb7 5.Bg2 Be7 6.0–0 0–0 7.Nc3 Ne4 8.Qc2 Nxc3 9.bxc3
    Leading to more substantive play than 9.Qxc3.

    9...Nc6
    On 9...f5 there follows 10.d5 followed by Nd4.

    10.Nd2
    The knight is transferred to the queen's flank in order not to permit its opponent to reach a5,
    from where it would conveniently have attacked the c4–pawn.

    (Translator’s note: The move 9...Nc6 had been introduced in the game Kan-Lisitsyn (11th USSR
    Championship, Leningrad 1939), in which White preferred the continuation 10.e4 Na5 11.Nd2
    Ba6 12.e5 Rc8 13.Be4 h6 14.Bd3, etc.)

    10...Na5 11.Bxb7 Nxb7


    XIIIIIIIIY
    8r+-wq-trk+0
    7zpnzppvlpzpp0
    6-zp-+p+-+0
    5+-+-+-+-0
    4-+PzP-+-+0
    3+-zP-+-zP-0
    2P+QsNPzP-zP0
    1tR-vL-+RmK-0
    xabcdefghy
    12.Nb3
    (Translator’s note: In the later game Averbakh-Pogáts (Przepiorka Memorial Tournament,
    Szczawno Zdrój, 1950) White varied with 12.e4 d6 13.Nb3 Bf6 14.f4, etc.)

    12...c5 13.e4 Nd6 14.Qe2 Qc8 15.e5 Ne8 16.f4 Nc7


    As a result of the opening White has obtained the freer game, but he cannot delay, since Black
    threatens to achieve equality with 17...cxd4 18.cxd4 d5. Therefore I decided on a pawn-sacrifice,
    the consequences of which were difficult to calculate.
    XIIIIIIIIY
    8r+q+-trk+0
    7zp-snpvlpzpp0
    6-zp-+p+-+0
    5+-zp-zP-+-0
    4-+PzP-zP-+0
    3+NzP-+-zP-0
    2P+-+Q+-zP0
    1tR-vL-+RmK-0
    xabcdefghy
    17.d5! exd5
    The attempt to decline the sacrifice with the move 17...d6 after 18.f5! also gave White good
    attacking possibilities. For example: 18...dxe5 (or 18...exf5 19.Bf4; or 18...exd5 19.f6) 19.d6! Bxd6
    20.f6.

    18.cxd5 Nxd5 19.Qc4!


    If immediately 19.f5, then 19...c4 with good counter-chances.

    XIIIIIIIIY
    8r+q+-trk+0
    7zp-+pvlpzpp0
    6-zp-+-+-+0
    5+-zpnzP-+-0
    4-+Q+-zP-+0
    3+NzP-+-zP-0
    2P+-+-+-zP0
    1tR-vL-+RmK-0
    xabcdefghy
    19...Nc7?
    After 19...Qc6 it would have been a little more difficult for White to conduct the attack.

    20.f5 d5 21.Qg4 Re8 22.Bh6 Bf8 23.Rae1 Qd7 24.Nd2


    White brings up the last reserves for the decisive offensive on the king. The knight returns to its
    place via a familiar route.
    24...Kh8 25.Bg5 c4 26.Nf3 Bc5+ 27.Kg2 Qc6 28.Qh4
    Preventing the attempt to create a defensible position with 28...f6.

    28...Nb5
    XIIIIIIIIY
    8r+-+r+-mk0
    7zp-+-+pzpp0
    6-zpq+-+-+0
    5+nvlpzPPvL-0
    4-+p+-+-wQ0
    3+-zP-+NzP-0
    2P+-+-+KzP0
    1+-+-tRR+-0
    xabcdefghy
    There now follows a decisive pawn breakthrough.

    29.e6! Nd6
    If 29...f6, then 30.Bxf6 with a rout.

    30.f6! Rxe6
    On 30...fxe6 there follows 31.Ne5 Qa4 32.f7 Qc2+ 33.Kh1 Rf8 34.Re2!, and Black is mated or
    loses the queen, while on 30...g6 there follows 31.Ne5 Qb7 32.Nxg6+ fxg6 33.f7, and White wins.

    31.Rxe6 fxe6 32.Ne5


    XIIIIIIIIY
    8r+-+-+-mk0
    7zp-+-+-zpp0
    6-zpqsnpzP-+0
    5+-vlpsN-vL-0
    4-+p+-+-wQ0
    3+-zP-+-zP-0
    2P+-+-+KzP0
    1+-+-+R+-0
    xabcdefghy
    32...Qa4
    If 32...Qb7, then 33.f7 with the threats of 34.f8=Q+ and 34.Ng6#.
    33.fxg7+
    Leading forcibly to mate.

    33...Kg8 34.Rf8+ Rxf8 35.gxf8=Q+ Kxf8 36.Qh6+ Kg8 37.Qxe6+ Kg7 38.Bh6+
    XIIIIIIIIY
    8-+-+-+-+0
    7zp-+-+-mkp0
    6-zp-snQ+-vL0
    5+-vlpsN-+-0
    4q+p+-+-+0
    3+-zP-+-zP-0
    2P+-+-+KzP0
    1+-+-+-+-0
    xabcdefghy
    Black resigned.

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