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Botvinnik played what was altogether the "game of his life" against
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the pawn after 42.Qg6+ Kh8 43.e8=Q+, mating after 43...Qxe8 44.Qxe8+ Kg7 45.Qe7+ followed by 46.Kxh6 and 47.Qg7#.
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619:"Mikhail Botvinnik vs. Jose Raul Capablanca, The Netherlands 1938"
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682:"M. Botvinnik - J. R. Capablanca, 1938 AVRO Tournament"
72:" games, it should be called "peerless" or "classical"!
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40:history. The game was played in round 11 of the
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706:Burgess, Nunn, & Emms, 2004, pp. 167-68
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107:White: Mikhail Botvinnik
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111:Black: José Capablanca
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758:My Great Predecessors
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796:Analysis of the game
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493:that wins instantly.
124:Nimzo-Indian Defense
50:World Chess Champion
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95:algebraic notation
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600:Passed pawn
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810:Categories
728:Emms, John
724:Nunn, John
713:References
692:January 2,
630:January 1,
515:30... Qxa3
59:who said:
760:, part II
532:sacrifice
525:31. Nh5+!
70:evergreen
46:Rotterdam
28:(playing
755:(2003),
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589:See also
582:resigned
566:promotes
560:with Qf8
103:The game
66:immortal
800:YouTube
498:30. Ba3
120:Opening
68:" and "
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485:might
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606:Notes
530:This
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30:white
768:ISBN
740:ISBN
694:2012
658:2017
632:2012
558:mate
536:fork
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