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| Jan-24-03 | | Sarimanok: Sligthly better 8...Nf5, preventing Nd6 and exerting pressure on the d pawn. After 14...a5 15.Bb5 axb4 16.0-0 White with a minimal advantange and black can still offer resistance. |
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| Jan-24-03 | | Kenneth Sterling: Yes, 14...f5 looks very much as if it lost the day. |
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| Jan-24-03 | | Sylvester: I looked this game up in my Alekhine book. He agrees with both of the kibitzs above. |
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| Jan-28-03 | | eannamage: zugzwanged the zugzwanger. zweet! |
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| Jan-28-03 | | Sylvester: Alekhine says 14...a5 was black's best move. |
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| Jan-29-03 | | Sarimanok: You have a way with words eannamage. :) |
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| Dec-02-03 | | Catfriend: <Sarimanok> GM Kotov writes:
"8 ..b6? is a grave mistake. Black had to prevent the white knight's infiltration to d6, which could be achieved by 8.. Nf5, and black has an equal game. Now, Alekhin manages to gain a serious advantage."
Later, when annotating 12.b4!,
Kotov cites Alekhin:
"It's quite strange that this natural, dictated, more or less, by the circumstances, move (by which white disrupts Na5 and at the same time clears the situation in the centre) caused such a sensation. Tarrasch, for example, called it in his comments "highly original". Personnaly, I am surprised not by the move, but by the fact a player of a grandmaster level didn't even consider the possibility of such a response, when making a plan starting with 8.. b6" |
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| Dec-02-03 | | Catfriend: <Sylvester> "Nimzowitsch fears a kingside attack, so he tries to disrupt the development of white's operations int the area. Instead, he should care for his pieces' freedom. This could be accomplished by 14.. a5 15. b5 Nb4 or 15. Bb5 a:b4, and in both caes black gains some squares fir his knight on the Q-side" |
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| Dec-02-03 | | chessworshipper: the formation for white on the c-file is called alekhine's gun |
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| Dec-02-03 | | Catfriend: Yep, though he didn't get it too frequently! |
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| Dec-03-03 | | Bears092: 22. Rac1 is a slight inaccuracy.
After 22. Ra3 ~ 23. Rc3 ~ 24. Qc1, Alekhine gets the same position, where black has 2 less defensive moves. |
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| Mar-14-04 | | iluvpvd: If black plays 22. Ra3 then black can play 22...Qf7 or a number of other moves to release the pin. Just a slight inaccuracy though ;). |
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| Mar-30-04 | | ConLaMismaMano: In the years following his match with Capablanca, Alexander Alekhine dominated the international Chess scene. He was not satisfied with winning a tournament by a small margin, but played every game with a fierce will to win. San Remo 1930, was one of his greatest triumphs, as he won by a margin of 3 ½ points, and would not agree to draws even in the final rounds. Here his artful use of pins reduces Nimzovich, who finished second, to virtual Zugzwang in only 30 minutes. |
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| Mar-30-04 | | TrueFiendish: And only 30 moves too--what a coincidence! |
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| Jun-15-04 | | kevin86: Is the c-file a chess version of the Battle of Kursk? Kursk was the largest tank battle of all time. |
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| Aug-11-04 | | misguidedaggression: <chessworshipper: the formation for white on the c-file is called alekhine's gun> Oddly enough, Blackburne used this same setup against Marshall 21 years earlier But it's not called "Blackburne's gun." Maybe it's because he lost! Marshall vs Blackburne, 1909 |
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| Apr-11-05 | | RookFile: Nxb7 is a shocking move. The knight
on d6 is very strong, and it comes
off for a relatively worthless bishop. Of course, Alekhine knows what he is doing. |
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| Apr-11-05 | | Rama: Notice that AA avoids 5. a3 cxd, 6. axb4 dxc3, 7. bxc3 Qc7, which he accorded a plus in his notes to Lasker-Maroczy 1924. With 17. ... Qf7 I would give black equality. The Knight-exchange was forced, wasn't it? The problem comes with 21. ... Qe8. This just encourages white to pile on the c-file. The trouble is, I can't come up with anything better! |
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| Apr-11-05 | | RookFile: I actually used to play this....
So, 5. a3 Bxc3+ is normal, but
in the line you're talkig about,
which I played, 5. a3 cxd4 6. axb4
dxc3 7. Qg4 is a good move for white. |
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| Jun-08-05 | | blackjacki2: This is the game where Alekhine's Gun coined? |
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| Jun-28-05 | | aw1988: Zugzwang! |
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| Jun-29-05 | | micartouse: I hereby propose to all chess fans that the term "Alehine's Gun" be replaced by "AAA Battery," (spoken as "Triple-A Battery") which simultaneously combines the initials of his name, the tactic in question, the word "triple" which is how many pieces dominate the file, and the fact that such batteries are often of the 'alkaline' variety. How has this obvious pun been overlooked? Try it yourself and you'll agree "Alekhine's Gun" doesn't have the same magic at all ... |
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Jun-29-05
 | | offramp: I like the name AAA Battery - that is a good one.
I don't think this is Zugzwang. Zugzwang is where having the move gives you a worse result than if you didn't have the move. Black is clearly lost in this game whether he has the move or not. |
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| Jun-29-05 | | notyetagm: No, if it was White's move again after 30 h4, how can he improve his position? He can't, because all of his pieces are already on their optimal squares. But that is the whole point of zugzwang: <it is not his turn to move but his opponents turn and any move his opponent makes immediately loses>. Black would love to pass on his 30th move, leaving all of his pieces and pawns exactly where they are, and let White move again but passing is not legal in chess so Nimzowitsch has to resign. |
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Jun-29-05
 | | OhioChessFan: 8...b6 is awful. A lot of players would give up a pawn to get the Knight to d6 and Nimzo just lets it happen? I think he had too much confidence in his ability to lock up the position and figure out how to get the Zugzwang. Alekhine turned the tables. And nobody's mentioned it, but shouldn't Nimzo have played the Queen Rook to c8 on his 20th move? Does it matter? Sure looks more natural. And I really don't understand the Rb8 move? What was that all about? Trying to lose a tempo? |
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