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Moscow · Mar 1951
Botvinnik 12–12 Bronstein
12–12; Botvinnik kept the title.
The score gap, game by game: up is Botvinnik.
The move that cost the match's loser the most, in a game they lost.
Bronstein v Botvinnik · 0–1
57. Kc2 by Bronstein: chances 43% → 1%
The coach: Ne6+ instead (the arrow) — with it, it was about level.
Replay it: Study › Follow a live game › World Championship 1951: Botvinnik v Bronstein › Game 6
Each line is White's chances move by move, as the coach saw them; above the middle, White is better. The mark is the costliest move.
29 moves · d4 e6 c4 f5 · accuracy Botvinnik 89.4, Bronstein 90.4
Costliest move: 21. Rcd2 (Botvinnik, 44% → 32%)
49 moves · d4 Nf6 c4 g6 · accuracy Bronstein 88.8, Botvinnik 89.4
Costliest move: 36... Rb4 (Botvinnik, 54% → 31%)
63 moves · e4 e6 d4 d5 · accuracy Botvinnik 93.4, Bronstein 93.8
No move cost more than 12%.
47 moves · d4 d5 c4 c6 · accuracy Bronstein 95.1, Botvinnik 94.7
Costliest move: 45... a5 (Botvinnik, 45% → 30%)
39 moves · d4 Nf6 c4 e6 · accuracy Botvinnik 86.7, Bronstein 92.2
Costliest move: 38. Rd6 (Botvinnik, 17% → 0%)
57 moves · e4 c5 Nf3 Nc6 · accuracy Bronstein 88.4, Botvinnik 90.7
Costliest move: 57. Kc2 (Bronstein, 43% → 1%)
66 moves · d4 d5 c4 e6 · accuracy Botvinnik 93.7, Bronstein 92.0
Costliest move: 48. Nc5 (Botvinnik, 70% → 52%)
41 moves · d4 d5 c4 c6 · accuracy Bronstein 91.9, Botvinnik 92.8
Costliest move: 27... Rb6 (Botvinnik, 59% → 42%)
41 moves · d4 e6 c4 f5 · accuracy Botvinnik 91.2, Bronstein 91.1
Costliest move: 14... Ba7 (Bronstein, 48% → 32%)
54 moves · d4 e6 c4 f5 · accuracy Bronstein 90.7, Botvinnik 90.6
Costliest move: 19. Rg1 (Bronstein, 48% → 26%)
39 moves · d4 e6 Nf3 Nf6 · accuracy Botvinnik 93.0, Bronstein 95.0
Costliest move: 30. Re1 (Botvinnik, 45% → 10%)
40 moves · d4 e6 c4 f5 · accuracy Bronstein 89.5, Botvinnik 93.6
No move cost more than 12%.
56 moves · d4 Nf6 c4 e6 · accuracy Botvinnik 95.3, Bronstein 94.5
No move cost more than 12%.
66 moves · Nf3 e6 g3 d5 · accuracy Bronstein 91.1, Botvinnik 93.0
Costliest move: 66. Kg4 (Bronstein, 33% → 10%)
33 moves · d4 e6 e4 d5 · accuracy Botvinnik 90.3, Bronstein 89.7
Costliest move: 30. Bf4 (Botvinnik, 65% → 53%)
75 moves · d4 e6 c4 f5 · accuracy Bronstein 91.3, Botvinnik 91.4
Costliest move: 72... Rxg3+ (Botvinnik, 80% → 50%)
35 moves · d4 Nf6 c4 e6 · accuracy Botvinnik 89.3, Bronstein 92.6
Costliest move: 35. Nf6+ (Botvinnik, 40% → 3%)
58 moves · d4 d5 c4 c6 · accuracy Bronstein 86.8, Botvinnik 87.0
Costliest move: 49. Bxf4 (Bronstein, 88% → 61%)
60 moves · d4 Nf6 c4 g6 · accuracy Botvinnik 93.9, Bronstein 90.7
Costliest move: 50... Ne3+ (Bronstein, 19% → 6%)
46 moves · c4 e6 Nf3 Nf6 · accuracy Bronstein 94.8, Botvinnik 95.2
No move cost more than 12%.
64 moves · d4 Nf6 c4 d6 · accuracy Botvinnik 89.0, Bronstein 91.0
Costliest move: 55. Nh7+ (Botvinnik, 25% → 9%)
38 moves · d4 e6 c4 f5 · accuracy Bronstein 91.9, Botvinnik 89.0
Costliest move: 36... Qg8 (Botvinnik, 27% → 1%)
57 moves · d4 Nf6 c4 g6 · accuracy Botvinnik 94.9, Bronstein 93.7
No move cost more than 12%.
22 moves · d4 d5 c4 c6 · accuracy Bronstein 90.9, Botvinnik 91.4
No move cost more than 12%.
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