Hello everyone and welcome back to Season 4 of the Blindfold Chess Podcast! 

This week, we are looking at one of the strongest players of the 1940 and 50s, a member of the inaugural class of Grandmasters, and someone who some have said was “Best player to never become world champion” - David Bronstein.

For today’s game, we are going back to the USSR Championship of 1959 - David Bronstein versus Nikolai Krogius. 

Now… if we’re ready - let’s begin.

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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Qc7 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3

Nxe4 7. Ndb5 Qa5 8. b4 Qxb4 9. Bd2 Nxd2 10. Nc7+ Kd8 11. Qxd2

Rb8 12. N7d5 Qa5 13. Be2 e6 14. O-O exd5 15. cxd5 Bb4 16. Rac1

Ne7 17. Qf4 Bxc3 18. Qxb8 Nxd5 19. Bf3 Nb6 20. Qf4 f6 21. Qg3

g5 22. Bh5 Be5 23. f4 gxf4 24. Qg7 f5 25. Qg5+ 1-0

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https://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1034064 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Bronstein 

http://cassidynoble.com/