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    Botvinnik-Keres WCC FIDE Tournament (Hague & Moscow 1948)

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    This summary covers 4 chess matches between Mikhail Botvinnik and Paul Keres from the 1948 FIDE World Championship Tournament: 1) In round 10, Botvinnik defeated Keres using the Black pieces in 45 moves. 2) In round 15, Keres defeated Botvinnik using the White pieces in a 144 move game. 3) In round 20, Botvinnik again defeated Keres, this time using the White pieces in a 119 move match. 4) In the final game summarized, Keres defeated Botvinnik in round 25 using the White pieces in 77 moves. The results were close throughout their series.

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    This summary covers 4 chess matches between Mikhail Botvinnik and Paul Keres from the 1948 FIDE World Championship Tournament: 1) In round 10, Botvinnik defeated Keres using the Black pieces in 45 moves. 2) In round 15, Keres defeated Botvinnik using the White pieces in a 144 move game. 3) In round 20, Botvinnik again defeated Keres, this time using the White pieces in a 119 move match. 4) In the final game summarized, Keres defeated Botvinnik in round 25 using the White pieces in 77 moves. The results were close throughout their series.

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    This summary covers 4 chess matches between Mikhail Botvinnik and Paul Keres from the 1948 FIDE World Championship Tournament: 1) In round 10, Botvinnik defeated Keres using the Black pieces in 45 moves. 2) In round 15, Keres defeated Botvinnik using the White pieces in a 144 move game. 3) In round 20, Botvinnik again defeated Keres, this time using the White pieces in a 119 move match. 4) In the final game summarized, Keres defeated Botvinnik in round 25 using the White pieces in 77 moves. The results were close throughout their series.

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    Botvinnik-Keres WCC FIDE Tournament (Hague & Moscow 1948)

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    navaro kastigias
    This summary covers 4 chess matches between Mikhail Botvinnik and Paul Keres from the 1948 FIDE World Championship Tournament: 1) In round 10, Botvinnik defeated Keres using the Black pieces in 45 moves. 2) In round 15, Keres defeated Botvinnik using the White pieces in a 144 move game. 3) In round 20, Botvinnik again defeated Keres, this time using the White pieces in a 119 move match. 4) In the final game summarized, Keres defeated Botvinnik in round 25 using the White pieces in 77 moves. The results were close throughout their series.

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    [Event "FIDE World Championship Tournament"]

    [Site "The Hague NED"]


    [Date "1948.03.25"]
    [EventDate "?"]
    [Round "10"]
    [Result "1-0"]
    [White "Mikhail Botvinnik"]
    [Black "Paul Keres"]
    [ECO "E28"]
    [WhiteElo "?"]
    [BlackElo "?"]
    [PlyCount "45"]

    1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 Re8
    7.Ne2 e5 8.Ng3 d6 9.Be2 Nbd7 10.O-O c5 11.f3 cxd4 12.cxd4 Nb6
    13.Bb2 exd4 14.e4 Be6 15.Rc1 Re7 16.Qxd4 Qc7 17.c5 dxc5
    18.Rxc5 Qf4 19.Bc1 Qb8 20.Rg5 Nbd7 21.Rxg7+ Kxg7 22.Nh5+ Kg6
    23.Qe3 1-0

    [Event "FIDE World Championship Tournament"]


    [Site "Hague NLD/Moscow RUS"]
    [Date "1948.04.20"]
    [EventDate "?"]
    [Round "15"]
    [Result "0-1"]
    [White "Paul Keres"]
    [Black "Mikhail Botvinnik"]
    [ECO "C07"]
    [WhiteElo "?"]
    [BlackElo "?"]
    [PlyCount "144"]

    1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5 4.exd5 exd5 5.Ngf3 a6 6.dxc5 Bxc5


    7.Nb3 Ba7 8.Bg5 Nf6 9.Nfd4 O-O 10.Be2 Qd6 11.O-O Ne4 12.Be3
    Nc6 13.Nxc6 Bxe3 14.fxe3 bxc6 15.Bd3 Nf6 16.Qe1 Ng4 17.Qh4 f5
    18.Rf4 Ne5 19.Qg3 Ra7 20.Raf1 Raf7 21.Nd4 Nxd3 22.cxd3 c5
    23.Nf3 Qb6 24.Rh4 h6 25.Ne5 Rf6 26.d4 cxd4 27.Rxd4 Qxb2
    28.Rxd5 Be6 29.Rd4 Kh7 30.Nd7 Bxd7 31.Rxd7 Rg6 32.Qf2 Qe5
    33.Rd4 Rb8 34.Qf4 Qe6 35.Rd2 Rb5 36.h3 Re5 37.Kh2 Rf6 38.Rfd1
    Re4 39.Qb8 Rxe3 40.Rd8 Qe5+ 41.Qxe5 Rxe5 42.R1d2 g5 43.g4 Rf7
    44.R8d7 Kg7 45.gxf5 Rxf5 46.a3 Rf2+ 47.Kg3 Rxd2 48.Rxd2 Rc7
    49.Rd4 Rc6 50.a4 Kg6 51.h4 Kh5 52.hxg5 hxg5 53.Rd3 Rc4 54.Ra3
    a5 55.Kh3 Rb4 56.Kg3 Rf4 57.Ra1 Rg4+ 58.Kh3 Re4 59.Ra3 Kg6
    60.Kg3 Kf5 61.Kf3 Ke5 62.Kg3 Rd4 63.Ra1 Kd5 64.Rb1 Rb4 65.Rf1
    Ke4 66.Re1+ Kd4 67.Kh2 Rxa4 68.Rg1 Rc4 69.Rxg5 a4 70.Kg2 Kc3
    71.Kf3 a3 72.Ra5 Kb3 0-1

    [Event "FIDE World Championship Tournament"]


    [Site "Hague NLD/Moscow RUS"]
    [Date "1948.05.04"]
    [EventDate "?"]
    [Round "20"]
    [Result "1-0"]
    [White "Mikhail Botvinnik"]
    [Black "Paul Keres"]
    [ECO "D02"]
    [WhiteElo "?"]
    [BlackElo "?"]
    [PlyCount "119"]

    1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Bf5 3.c4 e6 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Qb3 Nc6 6.Bg5 Be7
    7.Bxe7 Ngxe7 8.e3 Qd6 9.Nbd2 O-O 10.Rc1 a5 11.a3 Rfc8 12.Bd3
    a4 13.Qc2 Bxd3 14.Qxd3 Nd8 15.O-O Ne6 16.Rc3 b5 17.Qc2 Rcb8
    18.Ne1 Nc8 19.Rc6 Qe7 20.Nd3 Nb6 21.Nb4 Rd8 22.Qf5 Rd6 23.Rfc1
    Rxc6 24.Rxc6 Rd8 25.Rxb6 cxb6 26.Nc6 Qc7 27.Nxd8 Qxd8 28.Qc2
    Qc7 29.Qxc7 Nxc7 30.Nb1 Kf8 31.Kf1 Ke7 32.Ke2 Kd6 33.Kd3 Kc6
    34.Nc3 Ne8 35.Na2 f6 36.f3 Nc7 37.Nb4+ Kd6 38.e4 dxe4 39.fxe4
    Ne6 40.Ke3 Nc7 41.Kd3 Ne6 42.Nd5 Kc6 43.h4 Nd8 44.Nf4 Kd6
    45.Nh5 Ne6 46.Ke3 Ke7 47.d5 Nc5 48.Nxg7 Kd6 49.Ne6 Nd7 50.Kd4
    Ne5 51.Ng7 Nc4 52.Nf5+ Kc7 53.Kc3 Kd7 54.g4 Ne5 55.g5 fxg5
    56.hxg5 Nf3 57.Kb4 Nxg5 58.e5 h5 59.e6+ Kd8 60.Kxb5 1-0

    [Event "FIDE World Championship Tournament"]


    [Site "Hague NLD/Moscow RUS"]
    [Date "1948.05.16"]
    [EventDate "?"]
    [Round "25"]
    [Result "1-0"]
    [White "Paul Keres"]
    [Black "Mikhail Botvinnik"]
    [ECO "C15"]
    [WhiteElo "?"]
    [BlackElo "?"]
    [PlyCount "77"]

    1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Bd2 dxe4 5.Qg4 Nf6 6.Qxg7 Rg8
    7.Qh6 Nc6 8.O-O-O Rg6 9.Qh4 Bxc3 10.Bxc3 Qd5 11.b3 Ne7 12.f3
    Bd7 13.Bb2 Bc6 14.c4 Qf5 15.d5 exd5 16.fxe4 dxe4 17.Nh3 Ng4
    18.Qg3 Qc5 19.Qxc7 Rc8 20.Qf4 Qe3+ 21.Rd2 Qxf4 22.Nxf4 e3
    23.Rc2 Rg5 24.Be2 Nf2 25.Re1 Rd8 26.g3 Rf5 27.Bf1 Rxf4 28.gxf4
    Nd3+ 29.Bxd3 Rxd3 30.Rc3 Rxc3+ 31.Bxc3 Nf5 32.Bd2 Kd7 33.Bxe3
    b6 34.Bf2 f6 35.Kd2 h5 36.Kd3 Nh6 37.Bh4 f5 38.Re7+ Kd6 39.h3
    1-0

    [Event "FIDE World Championship Tournament"]


    [Site "The Hague NED"]
    [Date "1948.03.11"]
    [EventDate "?"]
    [Round "5"]
    [Result "0-1"]
    [White "Paul Keres"]
    [Black "Mikhail Botvinnik"]
    [ECO "A13"]
    [WhiteElo "?"]
    [BlackElo "?"]
    [PlyCount "116"]

    1.c4 e6 2.g3 d5 3.Bg2 d4 4.b4 c5 5.b5 e5 6.d3 Bd6 7.e4 Qc7


    8.Ne2 h5 9.h4 Nh6 10.O-O Bg4 11.f3 Be6 12.f4 Bg4 13.f5 Nd7
    14.Nd2 g6 15.fxg6 fxg6 16.Nf3 Be7 17.Rf2 Qd6 18.Bxh6 Rxh6
    19.Qd2 Rh8 20.Ng5 Nf6 21.Re1 Qb6 22.Nf3 Nd7 23.Ng5 Rf8
    24.Rxf8+ Bxf8 25.a4 Bh6 26.a5 Qf6 27.Nc1 O-O-O 28.Nb3 Rf8
    29.Ra1 Qe7 30.Qc1 Kb8 31.Ra2 Rf7 32.Qa3 Bxg5 33.hxg5 Bd1
    34.Qc1 Bxb3 35.Rb2 Bd1 36.Qxd1 Qxg5 37.Qe1 Nf8 38.Kh2 Qf6
    39.Bh3 Nh7 40.Qd1 Ng5 41.b6 h4 42.Qg4 hxg3 43.Kxg3 Rf8 44.bxa7
    Kxa7 45.a6 Nxh3 46.Qxh3 Qf4+ 47.Kg2 Qf1+ 48.Kh2 Rf2+ 49.Rxf2
    Qxf2+ 50.Kh1 Qe1+ 51.Kg2 Qe2+ 52.Kg1 Qe3+ 53.Qxe3 dxe3 54.axb7
    Kxb7 55.Kg2 Kb6 56.Kf3 Ka5 57.Kxe3 Kb4 58.Kd2 g5 0-1

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