Munich Unofficial Olympiad 1936 (17 Aug-1 September) Game Collection: Munich Unofficial Olympiad 1936 (Petrovs' games) <Petrovs scored 67.5%> on first board for Latvia. Fride pp.11-12; Di Felice, "Chess Results 1936-1940" pp.68-74; http://www.olimpbase.org/1936x/1936...

Event "non-FIDE Munich ol (Men)"
Site "Munich GER"
Date "1936.08.26"
EventDate "1936.08.17"
Round "14"
White "Petrov, Vladimir"
Black "Rejfir, Josef"
Result "1-0"
Source "Fride, Andris 'Vladimirs Petrovs: A Chessplayer's Story from Greatness to the Gulag', Caissa Editions, 2004, p.150 "

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 dxc4 4.e3 a6 5.a4 c5 6.Bxc4 e6 7.Nc3 Nc6 8.0-0 Be7 9.d5 Na5 10.Ba2 exd5 11.Nxd5 Be6 12.e4 c4 13.Nxe7 Qxd1 14.Rxd1 Kxe7 15.Ng5 Rhd8 16.Bd2 Nb3 17.Bb4+ Ke8 18.Nxe6 fxe6 19.Bxb3 cxb3 20.f3 b6 21.Rxd8+ Rxd8 22.Ra3 Rd1+ 23.Kf2 Nd7 24.Rxb3 a5 25.Bc3 Ra1 26.Bd4 Rxa4 27.Bxb6 Rb4 28.Rxb4 axb4 29.Ba7 Kd8 30.Ke3 Kc7 31.Kd4 Kc6 32.Kc4 Ne5+ 33.Kxb4 Nd3+ 34.Kc3 Ne1 35.Bf2 Nxg2 36.Bg3 g5 37.Kd2 h5 38.Ke2 h4 39.Kf2 h3 40.Be5 Kc5 41.Kg3 Ne1 42.Bc3 1-0

Event "non-FIDE Munich ol (Men)"
Site "Munich GER"
Date "1936.08.31"
EventDate "1936.08.17"
Round "20"
White "Mikenas, Vladas"
Black "Petrov, Vladimir"
Result "0-1"
Annotator "Vladimir Petrov"
[Source "Fride, Andris 'Vladimirs Petrovs: A Chessplayer's Story from Greatness to the Gulag', Caissa Editions, 2004, pp. 128-129 "

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.Bg5 Be7 7.Nb3 This unnecessary move allows ♗lack to equalize easily. a6 8.Qd2 h6 The last two ♗lack moves are the same as in the game Alekhine-Frydman at ♙odebrady 1936. 9.Bh4 0-0 The last three ♗lack moves have been developing an indirect threat on the pawn e4. 10.Rd1 Thus an error would have been 10.0-0-0 ♘xe4 11.♗xe7 (11.♘xe4 ♗xh4) 11...♘xd2 12.♗xd8 ♘xb3+ 13.axb3. Qc7! Again ♘xd4 is a threat. 11.Bg3 Rd8 The d-pawn is sufficiently guarded now, so ♗lack's attention is directed towards an attack via the c-file. 12.Be2 b5 13.a3 Bb7 14.Bf3 An inactive square for the bishop, better 14.f3. Nc6 Finally! 15.0-0 Ne5 16.Bxe5 dxe5 17.Qe2 Rac8 ♗lack now has the pair of bishops, the open c- and d- files and a strong center limiting the activity of White's knights. 18.Rxd8+ Rxd8 19.Rd1 Rc8 20.Rd3 The threat was 20...♗xa3. a5?! Unnecessarily fast! The b5-pawn should have been guarded first. 21.Nxb5 Qxc2 22.Qxc2 Rxc2 23.Rd2 Rc8 24.Nxa5 Bxe4 25.Be2 Bd5 26.Nc3 Bd8! 27.Nc4 not good, but also after 27.♘xd5 exd5 28.♘b3 black's center is worth more than White's passed pawns. Bxc4 28.Bxc4 Ba5 29.Bf1 Bxc3 30.bxc3 Ne4 31.Rc2 Ra8! After 31...♖xc3 32.♖xc3 ♘xc3 White's distant a-pawn is a good compensation for ♗lack's pawn plus. ♘ow ♗lack will blockade the passed pawns and try to win with the center pawns. 32.f3 Nc5 33.Ra2 Na4 34.c4 Kf8 35.Kf2 Ke7 36.Ke3 Kd6 37.Rd2+ Kc6 38.f4 Nc5 39.Ra2 e4 The bishop is shut in now. 40.g4 f5 41.gxf5 exf5 42.h4 Rb8 ♗lack finally penetrates the White camp. 43.a4 Rb3+ 44.Kd2 Kb6 45.Be2 Ka5 46.Bd1 Rh3 An ideal position: the passed pawns are blockaded, but ♗lack's rook is free. 47.Rb2 e3+ 48.Kc2 Rh2+ 49.Kb1 Rxb2+ 50.Kxb2 Nd3+ 51.Kc3 Nxf4 52.Bc2 g6 White is finished now. 53.c5 Nd5+ 54.Kd3 Nb4+ 55.Kxe3 Nxc2+ 56.Kf4 Nd4 57.h5 g5+ 58.Ke5 Nc6+ 59.Kxf5 Kxa4 0-1