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May-02-04
 | | TrueFiendish: Yep, that's true--missed it. I'm not having a good run. |
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Jan-06-06
 | | wwall: Or 20.Qb1 Bb4 21.a3 Qb7 22.b3 (22.axb4 Nb3) Nxb3 (22...Bxa3 23.Rxa3 Rac8 24.Bf4) 23.Qxb3 Bd6 24.Rd1. After 22.Rc4, if 22...f6, Alekhine says 23.Bh4! But why not 23...Rad8 and if 24.b4 Bxb4 25.R1xb4 (25.Rcxb4?? Qxe2) Qxa2 and perhaps a draw. Also, why not 22...h6. If 23.Bh4 Nb7 24.b4 b5 and 25...Bb6. If 23...Rac8, then 24.Rg4! Qxe2 25.Rxg7+ Kh8 26.Rg6 mate. Perhaps 26...Rac8, and if 27.Qh4 (aiming for 28.Qh6 and 29.Qg7), then 27...Rc1+ 28.Ne1 Qe2 29.Re4 Qd2 30.Bg5 Qd1 31.Bxc1 Bxe1. Instead of 27...Rac8, Alekhine wrote in his book, My Best Games of Chess 1908-1937, that the game ended after 27...Qf5 28.Qf4 (or 28.Rf4 Qc2 29.b4) Qc2 (threatening 29...Qxa4) 29.Qh6 (threatening 30.Qg7 mate). |
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Mar-01-06
 | | notyetagm: 23  f6!! |
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Mar-01-06
 | | Calli: Alekhine gives the 20.Qb1 Bb4 21.a3 Qb7 , saying it yeilds only 2 pieces for a rook and "numerous defensive possibilities for Black". However, he was wrong! Nunn pointed out that 20.Qb1 Bb4 21.b3! wins a piece no matter how Black plays it. |
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Mar-01-06
| | MaxxLange: <Calli>: I bought the Huebner CD about Alekhine, and he is very severe in his criticism of Alekhine's annotations. He gives many examples of lazy, misleading evaluations that are refuted by concrete lines. When Alekhine the chess author was good, he was really, really good - but definitely verify his comments if you feel any doubt. |
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Mar-01-06
| | Calli: <MaxxLange> I basically agree. Many of Alekhine's best annotations are in the early years and hard to find. Very searching and passionate writings. In the 1920's, he was trying to make a case for a title match and we get all of the fake games, false endings and slanted opinions. By the 1930's, he could be altogether untrustworthy. Devoretsky showed what hack job that he did on a Euwe game just out of petty jealousy. |
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May-26-07
| | notyetagm: <Calli: One of my favs. It works because 24...Qxc4 25.Qg5 Qc1+ (forced) 26.Rxc1 Rxc1+ 27.Qxc1 gxf6  looks playable for black, but then 28.Qc6 forks the Knight and the rook. This is Alekhine's familar last move "stinger".>Very nice.
(VAR) Position after 28  c1-c6! <STING IN THE TAIL>
click for larger viewNotice how Black cannot save himself from this <QUEEN FORK> by counterattacking against White's <WEAK BACK RANK> with 28 ...  a8-d8 since after 29 c6x a4 the White a4-queen <DEFENDS> the d1-checking focal point. |
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Jul-03-07
 | | ahmadov: It is really very interesting to see Alekhine missing 20.Qb1, which wins a piece... |
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Jul-03-07
| | Calli: errata -Last year, I mistyped the correct line which is 20.Qb1 Bb4 21.a3 Qb7 22.b3! |
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Jun-03-08
| | notyetagm: White to play: 23 ?
click for larger viewHere Alekhine (White) notices the possibilty of using the <DISCOVERED ATTACK CHAIN>
White e2-queen + White c4-rook + <UNDEFENDED> Black a6-queen. He sees that the Black g7-pawn
is critical for <SHIELDING> the Black g8-king from the <SWINGING> White c4-rook, else the possibility of
The <DISCOVERED ATTACK WITH CHECK> c4-g4+ would hang in the air. Well, if the Black g7-pawn <SHIELDS> the Black g8-king from being <CHECKED> along the g-file, then the
Black g7-pawn cannot also <DEFEND> the f6-square. So Alekhine struck with the brilliant 23 g5-f6!!. Position after 23 g5-f6!!
click for larger viewwith the tactical point that Black loses his queen if he captures the White bishop. (VAR) Position after 23 ... g7xf6?? 24 c4-g4+ <discovered attack with check>  g8-h8 25 e2xa6
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| Jun-03-08 | | ughaibu: You dont really think that Alekhine "noticed" the Bf6 idea and sequence at move 23, do you? |
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May-19-09
| | notyetagm: Game Collection: SROP: Swinging Rooks Overload Pawns Alekhine vs K Sterk, 1921
23 Bg5-f6!! Black g7-pawn shields g8-king from c4-rook swinger |
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| Mar-16-10 | | M.D. Wilson: 20.Qb1 is sharp. |
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| Mar-26-10 | | M.D. Wilson: What do the computers say? |
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Mar-26-10
| | Calli: <M.D.Wilson> Its not all that complex. I repeat my post from 2006 without the typo. "Alekhine gives the 20.Qb1 Bb4 21.a3 Qb7, saying it yields only 2 pieces for a rook and "numerous defensive possibilities for Black". However, he was wrong! Nunn pointed out that 20.Qb1 Bb4 21.a3 Qb7 22.b3! wins a piece no matter how Black plays it." |
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| Mar-27-10 | | M.D. Wilson: I know it's not complex, but I don't use chess sofware, so I wanted to know what they suggested. I did not see your earlier posting of the continuation, but I'm glad to see that 20.Qb1 is confirmed as a strong move. |
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Mar-27-10
| | Calli: Alekhine missed it during the game, but did he purposefully omit the line in his annotations? Tend to think he would not have missed it when analyzing. I've come to mistrust his analysis after New York 1924 tournament book. Too many cases of self-serving variations. |
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Mar-27-10
 | | tamar: <M.D. Wilson> Rybka 3 suggests as even stronger after 20 Qb1 Bb4 21 Rc4!
click for larger viewThe point is, I think, that if 21...Ba5 22 b4 Qa6 23 Rh4 White has the Kside attack along with the extra piece. Other interesting lines are 21...h6 22 Bxh6! gxh6 23 Rg4+ Kh8 24 Qc1 mating, which surely would have appealed to Alekhine, or the fatalistic 21...e5 22 Rxb4 e4 23 Nd2 just giving up the piece. <Calli> Given the sensational course of the game, I think Alekhine might have missed that he had an equally dynamic alternative to 20 Qe2, and thought he had a choice between dully winning a piece (21 a3) and enacting his grand scheme. |
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Mar-27-10
| | Calli: <Tamar> Yes, I like 20 Qb1 Bb4 21.Rc4! also. The problem with AA's Qe2 is that 22...f6 puts up a lot more resistance than the Qb1 lines. See my post in Apr-27-2004. 2004? Funny how time slips away! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m20w... |
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Mar-27-10
| | tamar: Yeah, 2004 seems like just the other day... |
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Mar-27-10
| | tamar: <Calli> I've been analyzing 20 Qe2 Bc5 21 Rab1 with Rybka 3 with an eye to see where Alekhine messed up. The variations show that Qe2 is okay if not optimal (20 Qb1 is), but that 21 Rab1 gives away most of White's advantage in the manner you outlined. <22...f6 23.Bc1 (other moves seem worse) Rfd8 24.b4 Rd3! (threatens the rook at c4) 25.Nd2 Bxb4 26.Rbxb4 Qxa2!> That last move is an amazing shot that would be difficult for anyone to see, so I think Alekhine may have missed it even in analysis. There was another move however, 21 Qb5, which leads to safer material gains. 
click for larger viewIf 21...Qe8 22 Rxc5
If 21...a6 22 Qc4 Qb7 23 b4 Bxb4 24 Qxb4 Nd3 25 Qe7 Qxe7 26 Bxe7 Nxc1 27 Bxf8 Nxa2 28 Bxg7 and White has a piece for two pawns which should be enough. |
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Mar-28-10
| | Calli: 21 Qb5 works nicely. Revises my opinion of Qe2. As stands now, the annotation might read 20.Qe2!? (Qb1!) Ba5 21. Rab1?! (Qb5!) Qa6 22.Rc4 Na4? (f6!) |
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Mar-28-10
 | | Gypsy: I looked up what Kotov said about the critical move (Qe2) in his book on Alekhine. In short, practically nothing: <17...Nxe4> After this mistake, White will get an irresistible K-side attack by force. <Qe2! Ba5> (absence of commentary) <... Na4> At first glance, it looks like Black discovered an excuse... But Alekhine applies a long prepared K-side strike. .... |
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Dec-07-11
| | AnalyzeThis: <You dont really think that Alekhine "noticed" the Bf6 idea and sequence at move 23, do you?> Quite right. I'm sure that he thought of it when 21....Qa6 was played, at least. |
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Jan-13-12
 | | jessicafischerqueen: This game was awarded the tournament Brilliancy Prize. From the <Budapest 1921> International Tournament. <Alekhine> finished clear 1st over a decent field including Grunfeld, Kostic, Tartakower, Balla, Euwe, Bogoljubow, and Samisch. An ideologically interesting comment on this tournament from the <British Chess Magazine>: <"Alekhine, who held the lead from soon after the start, came out first with the fine score of six wins and five draws- 8.5 points in 11 games- and proved that, in spite of his <<<Bolshevist experiences,>>> he is still the great player that he was before the war."> <BCM> 1921, p.411 |
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