Alexander Alekhine vs Oscar Chajes (1911)

Alexander Alekhine vs Oscar Chajes
Karlsbad (1911) · English Opening: Agincourt Defense (A13) · 1-0

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Dec-21-04		notyetagm: Tactical demolition by Alekhine, from Seirawan's tactics book.

Dec-30-05		notyetagm: This game is a tactical tour de force by Alekhine.

Oct-07-06		Gypsy: <17...Ba6> Nothing works: I. 17...Qa5 18.Bd2... II. 17...Qc5 18.Rc1... III. 17...Qc4 18.Qa4...

Jun-16-07		notyetagm: Position after 17 a1-b1 click for larger view <Gypsy: <17...Ba6> Nothing works: I. 17...Qa5 18.Bd2... II. 17...Qc5 18.Rc1... III. 17...Qc4 18.Qa4...> I simply adore this combination played by Alekhine, how it exploits the <ALIGNMENT> of the Black pieces in every variation given above. <I. 17...Qa5 18.Bd2...> Exploits the <DIAGONAL ALIGNMENT> of the Black a5-queen and Black b4-knight with the <PIN> 18 f4-d2: click for larger view <II. 17...Qc5 18.Rc1... > Exploits the <VERTICAL ALIGNMENT> of the Black c5-queen and Black c8-bishop with the <SKEWER> 18 b1-c1: click for larger view <III. 17...Qc4 18.Qa4...> Exploits the <LATERAL ALIGNMENT> of the Black c4-queen and Black b4-knight with the <LATERAL PIN> 18 d1-a4: click for larger view Note that Alekhine (White) saw that the <SKEWER> 17 ... b5-c4 18 b1-c1? does -not- work in this variation because Black has the <RUBBERBAND> 18 ... a4-c6!. Black's problems in this position all stem from the simple fact that his queen is both <PINNED> to the Black b4-knight as well as being the knight's <ONLY DEFENDER>. So in attempting to <UNPIN> the queen, Black must also keep her in contact with the Black knight in order to <DEFEND> it. Keeping the Black queen in contact with the Black knight results in either a <DIAGNONAL>, <VERTICAL>, or <LATERAL> alignment that White can exploit with a <PIN> or <SKEWER>. A masterful tactical display by Alekhine in exploiting the forced <ALIGNMENT> of his opponent's pieces.

Dec-15-07		nionios: A very nice tactical game that required deep calculation from White's part!But it must be noted that Alekhine used some very good opening play to exploit his opponent's opening mistake(4...g6?).In fact the game was stratigecally won on move 7(7.Ndb5!) and Alekhine's tactical ability finished off the game!The move 13.b4 was brilliant and crowned Alekhine's excellent play by giving him a won position after a number of practically forced moves!

Jul-08-08		notyetagm: <nionios: A very nice tactical game that required deep calculation from White's part!But it must be noted that Alekhine used some very good opening play to exploit his opponent's opening mistake(4...g6?).In fact the game was stratigecally won on move 7(7.Ndb5!) and Alekhine's tactical ability finished off the game!The move 13.b4 was brilliant and crowned Alekhine's excellent play by giving him a won position after a number of practically forced moves!> Alekhine simply overwhelming a weaker opponent.

Apr-07-11		aliejin: "Alekhine simply overwhelming a weaker opponent." In this game black plays weak but chajes was a good chessplayer , for instance two times won to capablanca And by no means this is a simply way to win

Sep-28-11		SeanBurdine: Alekhine's 13th move destroyed Chajes' position. After that it was all over but the shouting.

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