Reuben Fine vs Max Euwe (1936)

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Reuben Fine vs Max Euwe
Zandvoort (1936), Zandvoort NED, rd 5, Jul-23
Slav Defense: General (D10) · 1/2-1/2

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Sep-25-05		tamar: 24...Bc5! can't be taken-25 Nxc5 R8-g3+ 26 Ke4 Re2# Fine was in tremendous form at Zandvoort (+6 1st place) but missed the only defense 25 h4 and was on the ropes after he lost the exchange with 25 Ng5? Rf2+ 26 Ke4 Ng3+

Sep-26-05		tamar: 28...Rxf4 grabs an undefended pawn, and is okay, but the win is ironclad if Euwe holds onto the e pawn with 28...Kd7. With the definite error 30...Rf2+ the win is gone. The rooks are lined up on the diagonal and can't get away with the bishop also hanging. Fine and Euwe played near their peak in 1936, and along with Keres, a defeat-stung Alekhine and a resurgent Capablanca, gave us a trove of good games to study.

Sep-26-05		RookFile: This looks like a complex game. Fine had his own ideas in the opening, and was hard to prepare against. Once, I read that after 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5, Fine recommended 3. dxc5. This is a typical example of an opening where black has probably done 0 research, but if Fine played this, he'd go into the game having looking at it very deeply, with all kinds of interesting ideas.

Sep-26-05		tamar: <Rookfile> Fine may have improvised 3 Nc3 dxc4 4 a4 on the spot. It is the first record I find in the Opening Explorer. The main defect for White is how does he deal with 5...e5 Usually 3 Nf3 Nf6 are played first, when it becomes D17, a very popular variation even today. Alekhine vs Euwe, 1935 was one game both would have been familiar with from the WC match the previous year.

Sep-26-05		RookFile: Well Euwe was very strong in the QGD Slav.... very strong. Alekhine himself had problems against Euwe in this opening. It's understandable that Fine would want to take Euwe off the beaten track.

Sep-26-05		fgh: I must say this is the kind of game I would hate to play as white.

Dec-24-05		beatgiant: <tamar> <With the definite error 30...Rf2+ the win is gone.> What I've been looking at is <31...Ba3!?> A plausible outcome is 31...Ba3 32. Bd4 Rb3 33. Ka2 Rff3 34. bxa3 Rxa3+ 35. Kb2 Rxa4, and I'd say Black still has good winning chances. He's got rook and two pawns for bishop and knight, three connected passers versus two isolanis, and White's king is exposed to the marauding rooks.

Dec-24-05		tamar: <beatgiant> wrote: <A plausible outcome is 31...Ba3 32. Bd4 Rb3 33. Ka2 Rff3 34. bxa3 Rxa3+ 35. Kb2 Rxa4, and I'd say Black still has good winning chances. He's got rook and two pawns for bishop and knight, three connected passers versus two isolanis, and White's king is exposed to the marauding rooks.> I looked at this a bit with Shredder. White's saving grace from the diagram position may be the mate threat, Rd1-d8 that allows him to co-ordinate his pieces and set up perpetuals. click for larger view 36 Bc3 Rc4 37 Rd1 b5 38 Rd8+ Kb7 39 Bd4 Rxh3 40 Rd7+ Ka8 41 Rd8+ Kb7 42 Rd7+ Kc8 43 Rd8+ =

Dec-24-05		tamar: "In Zandvoort many debated how best to characterize the style of Fine, who imperceptibly wins and saves himself with clever somersaults..." Tartakower

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