[Event “Moscow Championships”] [Site “Dortmund”] [Date “1946.06.23”] [Round “3”] [White “Bronstein, David”] [Black “Kotov, Alexander”] [Result “1-0”] [ECO “B17”] [Annotator “Salimu,Reuben”] [PlyCount “41”] [EventDate “2007.06.23”] [SourceVersionDate “2021.01.27”] 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Nc3 $1 ({The vastlly more popular book moves are} 6. Nxf6+) (6. Ng3) ({We normally advise against backward moves! } 6. Bd3) 6… e6 7. Bd3 Be7 8. O-O c5 9. Qe2 cxd4 10. Nxd4 O-O 11. Bg5 Nc5 12. Rad1 Nxd3 $2 {To take is a mistake. This simply means if the capture does not benefit you, you must avoid it.} (12… Qxd4 $2 {Would be an obvious tactical mistake becuase of Bh7, discovered check.}) 13. Rxd3 {The difference becomes clear now, with the Knight on g3, the rook would not have the square g3 for a kingside attack.} Qc7 14. Ndb5 Qc6 15. Rfd1 ({Even better was} 15. Ne4 Nxe4 16. Bxe7 Re8 17. Nd4) 15… b6 {Black has to complete his development somehow.} 16. Nd4 Qc7 17. Rg3 Kh8 18. Ncb5 Qb7 19. Qe5 ({A sneakier tactical trick was} 19. Rc3 Ne8 20. Rc7 Nxc7 21. Bxe7 Rg8 (21… Re8 22. Nd6) (21… Nxb5 {May offer some drawing chances.}) 22. Nd6) 19… a6 20. Nc3 Nd7 $2 {[#] Find the winning move for white} 21. Bh6 $3 1-0