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Reuben Fine vs Efim Bogoljubov
Nottingham (1936), Nottingham ENG, rd 10, Aug-21
Dutch Defense: Classical. Ilyin-Zhenevsky Variation General (A97)  ·  1-0

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Mar-27-11  chillowack: I wonder if Bogolyubov might have been drunk in this game?

He hangs three(!) pawns in quick succession--surprisingly weak play from a man who had played a World Championship match just two years previously.

Therefore I suspect possible inebriation.

Oct-17-12  wordfunph: from Chess Review 1936..

<Even Bogoljubow had to laugh at the final position. He said in his inimitable German, "Anyway, I made him get into time trouble.">

:-)

Oct-17-12  Petrosianic: <surprisingly weak play from a man who had played a World Championship match just two years previously.>

You're presupposing that he was picked as a challenger because he was deserving, rather than because he was beatable, and, more importantly, that he wasn't Capablanca.

Oct-17-12
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  perfidious: <chillowack> There was this view from Alekhine, to wit, as posted on the CG page of the 1934 match:

<....The match was regarded as little more than an exhibition by all, including Alekhine himself, who said such things as this in My Best Games of Chess, 1924-1937:

'This (fourth) game - more than any other - proves how useless from the sporting point of view was the arrangement of this second match, and at the same time explains my indifferent play on a number of occasions.'>

Alekhine vs Bogoljubov, 1934

Feb-09-24  FM David H. Levin: Alekhine writes, "He could not play 16...Nxb4 17 Rxb4 c5 on account of 18 Nd5, etc." This seems to imply that White would win material. But after 18...Bd8, I don't see how.

Perhaps it would be more accurate to say that Black could not gain by 16...Nxb4.

Feb-09-24
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  beatgiant: <FM David H. Levin> Why assume it means material? Black's position does look pretty unplayable after 16...Nxb4 17. Rxb4 c5 18. Nd5 Bd8 19. Rb3 cxd4 20. Rd1 with the undeveloped pieces, weak d-pawns etc.
Feb-10-24  FM David H. Levin: <<beatgiant>: <FM David H. Levin> Why assume it means material? Black's position does look pretty unplayable after 16...Nxb4 17. Rxb4 c5 18. Nd5 Bd8 19. Rb3 cxd4 20. Rd1 with the undeveloped pieces, weak d-pawns etc.>

I wasn't sure that Black's position after 16...Nxb4, bad as it is, was much worse than the position after 16...Kh8. This and my having seen many annotations by Alekhine gave me the impression that he meant to convey a tactical refutation of 16...Nxb4. But this impression could well be mistaken.

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