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Alexander Alekhine vs Paul Johner
Karlsbad (1911), Karlsbad (Karlovy Vary) AUH, rd 9, Sep-01
King's Gambit: Falkbeer Countergambit. Nimzowitsch-Marshall Countergambit (C31)  ·  0-1

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Jan-11-06  KingG: 6.Nf3! is better, as in R Metzger vs Happe, 1990.
Jan-30-08
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  perfidious: The first edition of ECO and Reinfeld, in 100 Instructive Games of Alekhine, give 4.Qe2 a question mark; IMO, after 4....exd5, 5.fxe5 is probably better than Qxe5+, which I faced in Lulic-A Shaw, Burlington 1997. In my only other experience of 3....c6, I played the more common 4.Nc3 in A Shaw-W Kelleher, Cambridge 1987.
Feb-26-10  YoungEd: <Perfidious> may be right that the first two queen moves by White aren't best. The third one, 9. ♕e4, also looks like a mistake. I just don't see its point, since the (Q) has to retreat a bit later; Black gets ahead in development.
Jan-07-15  TheBish: 4. Nc3! is the correct (and book) move.
Jan-08-15
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  perfidious: It should be borne in mind that at the time, this line was in its infancy.
May-13-23
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  Honza Cervenka: 8.Na3!? was a chance to get quite decent play from the opening. For example, 8. Na3 Bf5 9. Nb5 d3 10. Qf2 Nd5 11. Nh4 Be6 12. Bxd3 Nxe5 13. Be2 a6 14. Nd4 Bc5 15. Nhf5 etc.

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