Zurich 1953 round 4: Smyslov vs. Stahlberg

Vasily Smyslov vs. Gideon Stalberg in a classical French defense. A nice example of Smyslov’s style, using tactics to convert a positional advantage. From the book “Zurich International Chess Tournament 1953“, by David Bronstein. The game Taimanov vs. Najdorf that I referred to in the video is here: and annotated by Kingscrusher in this video:
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