Grigory Ravinsky 1909-1994, 64 years old) was born in St. Petersburg. When he was 19, he made his debut in the city championship where he met some stiff competition: played against Botvinnik, Romanovsky, Ilyin-Genevsky, Levenfish and Rabinovich.
It wasn’t until 1941that he became a Master of Sport and qualified from the Leningrad championship to the semi-final of the USSR championship. This tournament was interrupted by the War.
After WWII ended Ravisky lived in Moscow where lived in a communal apartment until the end of his days. He played in several city championships and qualified several times for the USSR Championships.
Never married, he loved the theater and the Prague Cafe, famous for its chocolate cake, which was his true home and he visited it regularly.
His main calling was that of a trainer. He was described as a kind man who was very strict when it came to chess.
Soviet Master Evgeny Gik told of the time he was to play in a simultaneous exhibition Ravinsky was giving and when Gik arrived a few minutes late Ravinsky refused to allow him to play.
In 1957, Ravinky became a recognized trainer and two years later he was mage an International Arbiter. In 1965, Ravinsky retired from competition.
His opponent, Vasily Panov (1906-1973, 66 years old), was born in Kozelsk, Russia. Awarded the IM title in 1950 he won the Moscow Championship of 1929. As the chess correspondent for Izvestia he contributed much to the theory of the Caro-Kann and the Ruy Lopez.
Grigory Ravinsky–Vasily Panov1–0B80Red Army 25 yr JubileeMoscow URS02.1943Stockfisj 16
B80: Sicilian Scheveningen 1.e4 c5 2.f3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.xd4 f6 5.c3 d6 6.g3 In modern times white usually plays 6.Be2, or, if he is feeling
aggressive, 6.g4m the Keres Attack. Of course at the time this game was played
the theory on 6.g4 was not known. c6 7.g2 d7 8.0-0 a6 9.e3 c8 10.e2 b5 10...xd4 11.xd4 e5 12.e3 e7 13.a4 0-0 equals. Hernandez Guerrero,
G (2551)-Duarte Barahona,R (2082) Aguascalientes 2007 11.a3 e5 Black's
play here is a bit suspect...he is negelecting to get castled. 11...e7
remains equal. 12.f4 0-0 is fully equal. 12.ad1 c4 13.c1 xa3
This tactical idea is faulty. True, it wins a P, but even if white plays 14.
bxa3 he would get plenty of compensation for it. However, white has an even
better line...the crushing 14.e5! 14.e5 This opens up the e-file for
white's pieces. Exactly how he will use the e0file will become clear as the
game progresses. dxe5 15.c6 This is the correct way to recapture on e5
because it allows white to eliminate a defender of e6 the importance of which
will soon become clear. c7 16.xe5 c4 Returning to safety. 17.xd7 xd7 18.d5 Attacking the Q with a gain of time for the next phase of his plan. a7 This is not the optimal square for the Q. 18...e5 would have kept
white's advantage at a bare minimum. 19.g4 keeping an eye on e6 and g7. In
this position black should be able to finmd moves that are good enough to hold
on. 19.f4 One suspects white has in mind a sacrifice on e6. aiming for
Nxe6! ce5 Black is tryinh to shield e6. 19...e7 This blocks the e-dile
and, hopefully, will enable him to castle, but it to is ineffective. 20.xe6! fxe6 21.xe6 Black must now prevent Rfe1. ce5 22.g5 c5 23.d5 c6 24.xc5 xe6 25.c8+ f7 26.xh8 xg5 27.f4 White is winning. 20.xd7
Crushing. Now e6 is exposed. xd7 20...xd7 is no better. After 21.xe5 Even though white has the more active pieces and black is
undeveloped and his K is stuch in the center, how does white capitalize on his
advantage? c7 22.g5 h5 23.xh5 e7 24.xg7+ f8 25.xe6+! fxe6 26.g6 e5 27.b7 c4 28.h6+ xh6 29.xh6+ and white is winning. 21.xe6
Of course! fxe6 22.xe6+ e7 22...d8 An attempt to flee will
prove unsuccessful. 23.g5+ c7 24.c6+ b8 25.f4+ and the K is in a
devastating crossfire. d6 26.xd6+ c7 27.xc7+ c8 28.b6+ b8 29.xa7+ xa7 30.b7# 23.e1 c5 [This defends against Bg5 and now white must find
the one move that keeps his winning advantage. ...Rf8 is the strong threat. 24.b4! The only move; black cannot defend the B. f8 25.g4 Avoiding
exchanges and keeping an eye on c8 and attacking g7. There is no reason to
settle for 25.Qxa6 c3 This defends both the R and g7, but white is not done
sacrificing. 26.xe7+! xe7 Black is way ahead in material,
but his K is exposed in the miffle of the board. 27.g5+ d6 Stockfish now
informs us that white has a mate in 15. 27...f6 Giving back some material
avoids mate, but black is still lost after 28.xf6+ gxf6 29.xc8 28.d1+ c7 28...e5 29.d5# 28...e6 29.d5# 29.f4+ b6 30.d6+ a7 31.e7+ c7 32.xc7 a1+ 33.f1 g6 34.c5+ b7 35.a5 f8 36.b6+ Black
resigned. White mates a move sooner with 36.Qc7+ 36.b6+ a8 37.c6+ b8 38.c7+ a7 39.b6+ b8 40.c7+ a8 41.a7# 1–0
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