| Oct-03-04 | | Hanada: No kibitzing on the most amazing draw of all time? First saw this game in Znosko-Borovsky's book when I was younger and I just remember thinking....look at the balls on Alekhine. What a genius! |
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| Oct-03-04 | | chesscookie: incredible!! Alekhine has some nerve.. |
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Nov-17-04
 | | suenteus po 147: I bet Alekhine leaned over the board after 13.Bxd8 and said (in a thick accent), "When this is all over YOU will be asking ME for a draw." |
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Nov-17-04
 | | Gypsy: <... and said (in a thick accent)...> Why not in Russian? |
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Nov-17-04
| | suenteus po 147: Whenever we speak in our native language we still speak in a thick accent :) |
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Nov-17-04
 | | Gregor Samsa Mendel: Especially if one of us is a serious boozer. |
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Apr-20-05
 | | RookFile: This was quite a game. |
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| Apr-20-05 | | chess man: Great game. |
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| Apr-20-05 | | paladin at large: Is N f3 an improvement on 23. Qc8+ ? |
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Apr-20-05
| | aw1988: I think after Nf3 black simply plays Be7. |
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| Apr-20-05 | | paladin at large: <aw1988>The point is, does 23. Nf3 save material for white? 23. Qc8+, the text move, loses the knight. |
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Apr-20-05
| | aw1988: Qc8+ is a brilliant move, Znosko-Borovsky realizes his resources are just dandy. |
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| Apr-20-05 | | Knezh: On 23 move Znosko consciously forces a draw. |
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Apr-20-05
 | | Boomie: White had better than 12.  g5 but what fun would that be?12.  xd4 c6 13. xf5 exf5 14. b5 xe5 15. e2  Black also can improve on move 12 but that would cheat us of a queen sac. 12... f6 13. exf6 gxf6 14. xd4 fxg5 15. xf5  xd1+ 16. xd1 exf5 17. c5 6d5 18. axb4 xb4 19. b5+  f7 20.  f1 g6  13. xd8 seems automatic but better is:
13... cxb2 14. c7 bxc1= 15. xc1 c2+ 16. f2 xa3 17. b1 O-O 18.
xb6 b4 19. b3 axb6
The other knight check is better.
16... d3+ 17. xd3 xd3 
g6 is a dreary post for the bishop compared to:
18... e4 19. b5 d7 20. d6+ xd6 21. exd6 O-O 22. d4 c6 23. e2 = White's last chance to win is:
19. b5 d7 
If 23. f3 e4 24. O-O e7 25. e1 d5 |
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Apr-20-05
| | aw1988: "This is better, but what fun would that be?" Lol. You sound just like Bronstein. |
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Sep-24-05
| | Averageguy: Why not 34...Kf8 ? |
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Nov-16-05
| | aw1988: <Averageguy> Sorry to answer this at such an un-average time, but Kf8 still runs into perpetual with Qd6+... |
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| Apr-14-07 | | ChessNe1: Is 7.c5 Nd5 8.Nf3 Bg4 9.Bb5 a worthwhile replacement? |
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| Apr-01-08 | | Knight13: That queen sac is crazy! |
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| Jan-05-09 | | WhiteRook48: Two bishops vs queen. what I wonder is why white did check... oh. black is one piece ahead. Didn't notice that. |
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| Mar-25-09 | | WhiteRook48: that was quite a game |
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Oct-05-09
 | | OBIT: Alekhine actually had a better line after the queen sac: 13...cxb2 14. Bg5 bxc1(Q) 15. Bxc1 Rd8 "and White's position is tottering" (Tartakover). Anyway, Black gets rook + minor piece + pawn in exchange for the queen, both in this line and eventually in the game continuation, so it's not really a sacrifice, right? :) Also from Tartakover's notes, "White would be justified in trying for a win" by 31. a4. Then 31...Bxa4 or 31...Bd7 is met by 32. Qxa6, while 31...Rf8 can be met by 32. g4, "mastering Black's counter-action." |
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Dec-26-11
 | | plang: Great game. 9..Nb4?! would have led to a White advantage after 11 Be2. As has been pointed out 13..cxb! leads to a position with a close to decisive advantage for Black. Znosko-Borovsky's defense with 18 Nd4! and 19 c5! was inspired and after Alekhine missed 21..Be7 the game ended in a perpetual. |
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Aug-16-12
 | | Cemoblanca: Anything to draw! ;0) Great game by Eugene Aleksandrovich Znosko-Borovsky.. puhhhhhh.. what a name!! Just the very sight makes my head dizzy & tired! :D |
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