Miroslav Filip
Notable Games

Miroslav Filip

14 celebrated games · 358 in the full archive
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Notable Games

  • 1953.01 Barcza, Gedeon vsFilip, Miroslav 0-1 Sicilian Defense: Dragon Variation, Yugoslav Attack 30 moves Bucharest Int 03rd Bucharest 1953 against Gedeon Barcza, with Black against the Yugoslav Attack in the Dragon. 15...Nc4 and 17...b5 open the queenside, 22...Nxd5 wins a pawn, and the black rooks take over the second rank with 27...Rb2, 29...Rxa2+ and 30...Rcb2+.
  • 1953.01 Spassky, Boris Vasilievich vsFilip, Miroslav 0-1 Dutch Defense 72 moves Bucharest Int 03rd Bucharest 1953 against the teenage Boris Spassky, the future World Champion, in the Dutch. 26...Ne3 27.Rxe3 Qxe3 wins the exchange, the black h-pawn runs from h5 to h2, and after both sides promote with 67.b8=Q h1=Q, Spassky resigns following 72...Qh3.
  • 1953.11.15 Filip, Miroslav vsPachman, Ludek 1-0 King's Indian Attack: Symmetrical Defense 60 moves CSR-ch23 Czechoslovak Championship, Prague 1953, first round, against Luděk Pachman. 47.Qh7 brings the white queen into the black kingside, 50.Rxd8+ and 51.Qxh6+ break through, and Pachman resigns after 60.Qb6+.
  • 1954.11.30 Filip, Miroslav vsUrbanec, Karel 1-0 Nimzo-Indian Defense: Normal Variation, Gligoric System, Bernstein Defense 33 moves CSR-ch24 Czechoslovak Championship, Prague 1954, the third of Filip's national titles, against Karel Urbanec in the Nimzo-Indian. 21.d5 and 22.cxd5 create a passed d-pawn, 28.Re7 and 31.Rc7 take the seventh rank, and 32.d6 and 33.Qxe8 end the game.
  • 1955.09.02 Unzicker, Wolfgang vsFilip, Miroslav 0-1 Sicilian Defense: Moscow Variation 19 moves Interzonal-03 Gothenburg Interzonal 1955, the event that qualified Filip for his first Candidates, against Wolfgang Unzicker. 17...Nxf2 gives up the knight to open the white king, 18...Qf4+ and 19...Re2+ follow, and Unzicker resigns after 19 moves.
  • 1955.12.17 Filip, Miroslav vsEuwe, Max 1-0 English Opening: Agincourt Defense, Catalan Defense Accepted 39 moves EU-chT 01st Group2 European Team Championship preliminaries, Rotterdam 1955, against the former World Champion Max Euwe. 21.Bxe6+ wins a pawn, 26.exf6 and 28.bxa3 open the position, and 32.Qxd6 Qxd6 33.Nf7+ forks king and queen. Euwe resigns after 39.Rxd7.
  • 1956.03.30 Filip, Miroslav vsSzabo, Laszlo 1-0 King's Indian Defense: Four Pawns Attack 19 moves Candidates Tournament Candidates Tournament, Amsterdam 1956, against László Szabó in the Four Pawns King's Indian. 11...Bd4+ 12.Nxd4 cxd4 13.Qxd4 costs Black a pawn, 14...Qxh2+ drives the white king to f1, and after 16.Bxg4 and 17.Ne4 Rxe4 18.Rxe4 Szabó resigns in 19 moves.
  • 1956.04.28 Keres, Paul vsFilip, Miroslav 0-1 Ruy Lopez: Closed, Chigorin Defense 91 moves Candidates Tournament Candidates Tournament, Amsterdam 1956, round 17 of 18, against Paul Keres, who was chasing Vasily Smyslov for first place. Filip takes a knight with 32...Rxc4, Keres attacks and reaches a winning position but plays 38.Kh2, and after 80...Qxg2+ the queens come off. Keres resigns at move 91, and Smyslov won the tournament by a point and a half.
  • 1957.08.26 Filip, Miroslav vsSmyslov, Vasily V 1-0 English Opening: Anglo-Indian Defense 43 moves EU-chT 01st Final European Team Championship, Vienna 1957, against Vasily Smyslov, who had won the World Championship that spring. 25.c5 and 26.dxc5 open the queenside, 29.Bxf6 gxf6 30.Qxf6 and 32.Qxh6 take the black kingside pawns, and Smyslov resigns after 43.Bg2.
  • 1962.02.03 Filip, Miroslav vsStein, Leonid 1-0 East Indian Defense 39 moves Interzonal-05 Stockholm Interzonal 1962, where Filip qualified for his second Candidates, against Leonid Stein. 25.d5, 26.Be7 and 27.d6 drive into the black position, and after 37.h5 gxh5 38.Qxf5+ Stein resigns following 39.Ne4.
  • 1962.05.20 Tal, Mikhail vsFilip, Miroslav 0-1 Sicilian Defense: Kan Variation, Knight Variation 39 moves Candidates Tournament-05 Candidates Tournament, Curaçao 1962, round 12, against the former World Champion Mikhail Tal, Filip's best-known win. Black gives up the exchange with 24...Rxe5, the queenside pawns advance with 27...axb4 and 37...bxc3, and Tal resigns after 38...Bc5+ 39.Kh2 Qa2+.
  • 1970.01.22 Filip, Miroslav vsPlatonov, Igor V 1-0 Queen's Gambit Declined: Semi-Tarrasch Defense, Main Line 27 moves Hoogovens Hoogovens tournament, Wijk aan Zee 1970, against Igor Platonov in the Semi-Tarrasch. 13.Bh6 exchanges the dark-squared bishops, 20.Nxd5 and 22.Qh6 go for the black king, and after 26.Nxf7 and 27.Qh6+ Platonov resigns in 27 moves.
  • 1974.06.25 Filip, Miroslav vsUnzicker, Wolfgang 1-0 Catalan Opening: Open Defense, Classical Line 36 moves Olympiad-21 Final A Nice Olympiad 1974, the last of Filip's twelve Olympiads, against Unzicker again, in the Catalan. The queens come off at move 9, 18.Bxd5 and 19.Rxd5 win a pawn, the knight settles on d6 with 22.Nd6, and Unzicker resigns after 36.Rd2.
  • 1976.08.07 Filip, Miroslav vsAverbakh, Yuri L 1-0 Semi-Slav Defense: Main Line 40 moves Rubinstein Memorial-14 Rubinstein Memorial, Polanica-Zdrój 1976, against Yuri Averbakh in the Semi-Slav. 13.d5 opens the center, the queens come off with 22.Qxe4, 35.Nc4 and 36.Nxa5 lead into a knight ending, and Averbakh resigns after 40.Ke4.
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