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[A.J. Goldsby I]Perhaps one of Alekhine's most brilliant games, it is often mentioned by many authors ... Alekhine shows a combinational path in a position that extremely few players would have found. *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** Alekhine begins with a Reti Opening, showing that he both understood and embraced the (then) new ideas of the hyper-modern movement.
While this might lead to several possible openings - with colors switched - this might not be the
[
Perhaps Black should have tried the following continuation here:
A relatively recent contest is: [ See MCO-14, beginning on page # 704 ... for more details on this vibrant opening. ] ]
3.e3 Nc6; ('!?')
[ After the following moves:
Now Black attempts to give White a backward Pawn. (It fails, as Black is mainly using just the Queen.) r1b1kb1r/pp2pppp/2p2n2/8/2Pq4/2NP4/PP3PPP/R1BQKB1R w This is OK for Black, but the direct 7...e5! might have been a fuzz better. (Alekhine called this a "serious loss of time," however, its not really all that bad.)
[ After the moves: </=
7...Ng4!?; 8.Qe2 Bf5?!; 9.Nb5!
Qd7; 10.f3 Nf6; 11.Qe5, '±'
8.Be3 Qd7!?;
(>/= 8...Qd6)
9.d4 g6;
10.Be2 Bg7;
11.h3!? 0-0; 12.0-0 b6!?; ('?!')
13.Bf3 Bb7;
14.a4, "+/=" ('!')
r4rk1/pb1qppbp/1pp2np1/8/P1PP4/2N1BB1P/1P3PP1/R2Q1RK1 b You cannot lay the blame on any one move in Black's opening, however half a dozen (rather tiny) inaccuracies add up to a solid advantage for White.
14...Rad8; 15.a5 Qc7;
16.Qb3 Nd7; 17.axb6 axb6;
18.Ra7 Ra8; 19.Rfa1 e6;
20.Rxa8 Bxa8;
b4rk1/2qn1pbp/1pp1p1p1/8/2PP4/1QN1BB1P/1P3PP1/R5K1 w It is White to move in this position. Alekhine also awarded himself an exclam for this move. Here, he was correct, however, many times he praised moves that were not always worthy or contained any real merit.
21...cxd5;
22.cxd5 Nc5;
23.Qc4 exd5;
24.Bxd5 Bxd5!?;
25.Nxd5 Qe5!?; 26.Rb1!, White now wins a Pawn ... virtually by force. [ </= 26.Nxb6 Qxb2; "=" ]
26...Na4!;
27.b3!, Also good for White was 27.b4.
27...Nb2;
28.Qc6 b5!;
5rk1/5pbp/2Q3p1/1p1Nq3/8/1P2B2P/1n3PP1/1R4K1 w Its time for a close look at the position and a careful evaluation of the overall situation.
29.Bf4,
('!' - GM A. Alekhine.)
[ Maybe
(>/=)
29.Re1
Nd3; 30.Rd1 Nb2; 31.Rd2, '±'
{D?}
Now 29...Qe2 is a decent looking try for Black ... (Alekhine awards his 30th move an exclam, but after many hours of study, I have decided that it was superfluous. There are a few alternatives for [ </= 32.Qc6!? Qe6!; "<=>" ]
32...Qe2;
33.Rf1 Nxf4;
34.Qxf4 Qb5; 35.Qf3!,
35...Rb8;
36.Rb1 Qa6;
37.Rd1!?,
37...Qa3;
38.Rb1 Qa2;
39.Qd3 Bd4; 40.Rf1 Qb2;
41.Ne7+!, (Maybe - '!!')
41...Kf8[];
42.Nc6 Bxf2+!;
43.Kh2!?,
('!!' - A.J.G.)
1r3k2/5p1p/2N3p1/8/8/1P1Q3P/1q3bPK/5R2 b Some GM's have appraised this position as OK for Black, while in reality, White might have a forced win from here.
[ The other main variation was:
43...Re8?!;
('?' - A.R. and M.C.)
44.Qf3 Re2;
45.Nd4!, [ Not as effective was: </= 45.Nd8!? f5!; "~" with some counterplay for Black. ]
45...Rd2;
46.Ne6+ Ke7; 47.Nf4!,
[ After the moves: </=
47.Ng5 Qe5+; 48.Kh1 Qxg5;
49.Rxf2 Rxf2;
The rest does not require a ton of comments from me, Alekhine wins brilliantly, not even a machine can find a successful defense for Black. (In other words, even with a perfect defense, Black must lose.) 47...Qd4;
48.Kh1!!,
8/4kp1p/6p1/8/3q1N2/1P3Q1P/3r1bP1/5R1K b This is the current situation.
[ </= 48.b4!?, "+/=" 48...g5! "<=>" ]
48...Ra2!?;
('?!' - AR & MC) Our two distinguished authors condemn this move, but its far too late to be looking for any real improvements for Black. (Maybe Black can improve with >/= 48...Bh4!, however its all academic, as White has several ways to win.)
49.Ne2 Ra1;
50.Qb7+! Kf6!?; Alekhine himself condemned this move, however, I think this was a somewhat superficial and esoteric comment by the great master. (See my comments before Black's 47th move.) [ (>/=) 50...Kd8; - Fritz. ]
51.Nxd4 Rxf1+;
52.Kh2 Bg1+; 53.Kg3 Bf2+; 54.Kf3 Bxd4+;
55.Ke4 Rd1; 8/1Q3p1p/5kp1/8/3bK3/1P5P/6P1/3r4 w
56.Qd5!?, [ >/= 56.Qc6+!, with the idea of Qc2 next. ]
56...Ke7;
57.g4 h5!?;
[ Or
57...Re1+;
58.Kxd4! Rd1+; 59.Kc5 Rxd5+; 60.Kxd5 Kd7;
61.g5 Kc7;
58.gxh5 f5+;
59.Kf3 Rd3+; 60.Ke2 Re3+; 61.Kd2 Re4; 62.hxg6,
"+/-" An exceedingly brilliant game by Alekhine, I saw this game as a youngster and I understood almost nothing about it. Now as a master, (and with the help of several strong programs); I am able to make some sense of it ... but just barely! See the book, "Alexander Alekhine, Master of Attack," by Alexander Raetsky and Maxim Chetverik ... (beginning on page # 17); for a more complete and thorough analysis of this game. [This game is also annotated in GM A. Alekhine's collection of his best games, Volume Two. (1924-1937.)] (See also this book as well.)
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1 - 0My biography of Alexander Alekhine. The analysis for this page was prepared with the excellent programs, ChessBase 8.0 and ChessBase 9.0. The HTML was polished with several different tools and programs, (mostly FP) ... the text was checked for spelling with MS Word. The diagrams were created with the program, Chess Captor 2.25. ****************************************************************************** This page was first uploaded on: Friday; February 9th, 2007. Posted 02/10/2007. Page last edited: Saturday, January 24, 2015 03:41 PM . [Home] [Site Map] [News page] [Annotated games, # 2] [Best players, Best Games.] Copyright (©) A.J. Goldsby, 2015. All rights reserved.
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