Fyodor Duz-Khotimirsky vs Alexander Alekhine (1912)

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Fyodor Duz-Khotimirsky vs Alexander Alekhine
Simul (1912), St. Petersburg RUE, Dec-17
Spanish Game: Morphy Defense. Anderssen Variation (C77) · 1-0

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Given 11 times; par: 38 [what's this?]

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Jun-13-23		jrredfield: Guess he was quite young at the time of that match, perhaps not yet a GM.

Jun-13-23		takebackok: Easy peasy Tuesday,

Jun-13-23		Brenin: Black threw away a winning advantage with 31 ... Bxg1, giving up an active B for a poorly placed N; instead, 31 ... Bd6 would have kept the B pair and threatened Qxb2. Then 33 ... e3 was a horrible oversight, when simply 33 ... Kg8 would have been safe.

Jun-13-23		faulty: No one was a GM in 1912

Jun-13-23		mel gibson: Easy - took me about 20 seconds.

Jun-13-23		perfidious: Nice simple clearance to pave the way for a deadly discovery for this Tuesday POTD.

Jun-13-23		geeker: Easy (34. Rf8+ was first candidate move considered), but nice illustration of themes (remove the guard and discovery).

Jun-13-23		King.Arthur.Brazil: I guess that already saw this game before, although is very simple: 4. Rf8+ Rxf8 35. d5+ Qe5 36. Qxe5+ Rf6 37. Qxf6+ Kg8 38. Qf8#

Jun-13-23		agb2002: White is one pawn down. The white queen x-rays the black king and the square g7, and the black heavy pieces control the blockade square e5. Hence, 34.Rf8+ Rxf8 35.d5+ and mate in two.

Jun-13-23		Mayankk: Nice puzzle even if an obvious one. White Queen threatens mate at g7 but the Rook and pawn stand in between. Also Black can defend at e5 square using either Queen or Rook. Rf8+ solves all these problems. It distracts the Rook from e file, and clears the road for d5+. All Black can do is delay mate by a couple of meaningless blocks. 34 Rf8+ Rxf8 35 d5+ Qe5 36 Qxe5+ Rf6 37 Qxf6+ Kg8 38 Qg7#.

Jun-13-23		stst: 34.Rf8+ RxR (forced) 35.Pd5 dis+ Kg8 (Qe5 no effect, as QxQ+ same diagonal) 36.Qg7#

Jun-13-23		Mayankk: Black's 33 ... e3 was probably intended to threaten 34 ... Qg3+ and 35 Kf1 Qf2# or 35 Kh1 Be4+ etc. As it sometimes happens with smart mating ideas, we fail to appreciate dangers to our own King. Happens to me often.

Jun-13-23		TheaN: <34.Rf8+ Rxf8 35.d5+ Qe5 36.Qxe5+ Rf6 37.Qxf6+ Kg8 38.Qg7#> what a weird combination, a deflection and clearance followed by a discovered check that could have been thwarted <if> the clearance wouldn't have been neccesary.

Jun-13-23		stacase: <takebackok: Easy peasy Tuesday,> All forced and obvious.

Jun-13-23		Diademas: I guess Black was rather pleased with himself comming up with 33.e3??, believing Qg3 would make a slam dunk mate.

Jun-13-23		Socrates2: Beating Alekhine when he was 20 was quite a feat.

Jun-13-23		Damenlaeuferbauer: After taking oceans of time (thank you, <perfidious>), the later Russian IM Fyodor Duz-Khotimirsky, who defeated Emanuel Lasker and Akiba Rubinstein in the same tournament (St. Petersburg 1909), finally found the mate in 5 moves with the nice rook sacrifice 34.Rf8+!,Rxf8 35.d5+,Qe5 36.Qxe5+,Rf6 37.Qxf6+,Kg8 38.Qg7/Qf8#.

Jun-13-23		perfidious: <dlb>, in my playing days I was 2700-level at taking oceans of time.

Jun-13-23		saturn2: Black threatens the nasty Qg3+ so white starts with the check Rf8+ and then d5+

Jun-13-23		Refused: 34.Rf8+ forces mate. on g7. Weird oversight by such a strong tactical player like Alekhine.

Jun-13-23		johnnydeep: Easy peasy.

Jun-13-23		chrisowen: I pass quick its hem fun it was Rf8+ axiom jack affable its pack forth its age its que finish Rf8+ doh :)

Jun-13-23		benveniste: Gee, if only my pesky rook wasn't in the way . . .

Jun-13-23		whiteshark: <34.Rf8+ Rxf8 35.d5+>, and that's it.

Jun-13-23		whiteshark: <Socrates2: Beating Alekhine when he was 20 was quite a feat.> Chessbase described it as a simultaneous game by Alekhine. In 1912 A.A. played only 2 tournatents: the Vilnius All-Russian Masters (1912) and Stockholm (1912).

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