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Vasily Smyslov vs Mikhail Botvinnik
USSR Absolute Championship (1941)

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bc3 6. bc3 Ne7 7. Nf3 Nbc6 8. Bd3 Qa5 9. Qd2 c4 10. Be2 Qa4 11. h4 Bd7 12. h5 h6 13. Nh4 Nf5 14. Nf5 ef5 15. Rg1 Ne7 16. g4 fg4 17. Bg4 Bg4 18. Rg4 Nf5 19. Qe2 Qd7 20. Rf4 Qe6 21. Qf3 g6 22. a4 O-O-O 23. Ba3 b6 24. Kd2 Rhg8 25. Rb1 Kb7 26. a5 Rc8 27. ab6 ab6 28. Qg4 Kc6 29. Rh1 Kd7 30. Rh3 Rce8 31. Rhf3 Kc7 32. Qh3 Rg7 33. Qh1 Ra8 34. Qc1 Rgg8 35. Qb2 Ra4 36. Bd6 Kc6 37. Qb1 Rga8 38. Qh1 Ra1 39. Qh3 Rg1 40. hg6 Raa1 41. Re3 Rad1 42. Ke2 Nd4 0-1

An interesting point, in move 23 Botvinnik offered a draw, which White declined... and loses!

I tried Rge1+ and the sequence was similar except the king had an escape. One I found that it didn't work, the next natural move to try was moving the knight before the rook instead.