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| Jun-20-11 | | Lil Swine: how "aron- ic", that the player of the immortal zugzwang game is headlocked with his own game. |
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| Jul-24-11 | | SoundWave: After 30. h4! Nimzowitsch must have known what it felt like to be Sämisch 7 years earlier! Black is in complete zugzwang. |
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| Jul-29-11 | | ycpl: Why did Nimzowitch get into a pin by playgin 21...Qe8, he could have simply moved the knight away. I mean, he should have seen trouble comming, right? |
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| Jul-29-11 | | Dr. Siggy: <ycpl>: Nimzowitsch must have realized that, after 21... Nd8 22. Rac1 Rxc2 23. Rxc2 Rc8 24. Rxc8 Nxc8 25. Qc3! Ne7 26. Qc7, White would be clearly better. |
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| Jul-29-11 | | LIFE Master AJ: Alekhine seemed to routinely squash poor Nimzo in a French, see also Alekhine vs Nimzowitsch, 1931. |
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Jul-30-11
 | | perfidious: ....and not only in the French at that time: Nimzowitsch vs Alekhine, 1931. |
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| Jul-30-11 | | LIFE Master AJ: <<Jul-24-11
SoundWave: After 30. h4! Nimzowitsch must have known what it felt like to be Samisch 7 years earlier! Black is in complete zugzwang.>> Good call. |
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Aug-22-11
 | | kingscrusher: In this article it implies there were a few more moves: http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/200... "In the game, Nimzowitsch played 1 ... h5, but after a couple more waiting moves from White - 2 Kh2 g6 3 g3 - he resigned. Black's only luxury is that he can choose his own end." |
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| Aug-22-11 | | Kolyas: <kingscrusher> That is true. The San Remo tournament book shows only 30. h4; Alekhine's notes give the additional moves cited above. |
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Aug-22-11
| | kingscrusher: I have video annotated this game here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LN5V... |
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| Nov-01-11 | | knighterrant999: Walking into a pin to defend a piece never turns out well, does it?! Prophylaxis indeed. Considering the treatment he gave Nimzo in this game, Alekhine should have worn a prophylactic! |
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| Nov-16-11 | | talriga25: a zugzwang master fell in zugzwang..that is Aljehin at his best.. |
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Jan-15-12
 | | jessicafischerqueen: <Kolyas> please type out the notes from Alekhine that suggest additional moves were actually played? In the link <kingscrusher> gave, Daniel King does not provide a source for his supposition that a few more moves were played in this game. Here are Alekhine's notes on the end of this game, verbatim: <"30.h4! 1-0
After a couple of irrelevant pawn moves, Black <<<will be>>> obliged to play ...Qe8, after which b5 wins immediately."> There are no extra few moves here given in Alekhine's notes, he's giving a bit of analysis after the resigned position. The notes I cited are from
"Alexander Alekhine's Best Games"
Batsford, 1996.
It's possible that Alekhine wrote more than one set of notes, so I'm keen to read what your source says. |
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Feb-07-12
 | | perfectimpact: Alekhine was a magnificent attacker.This is why I like him so much. |
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| Aug-17-12 | | csmath: Another killing of French by Alekhine. He plays original chess and completely positionally outplayes Nimzowitsch. It clearly shows he was head and shoulders above everybody in 1927-1933. Except perhaps Capa. |
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| Aug-17-12 | | csmath: Nimzowitsch was a contender, author and well respected chess theoretician. Yet here over the board Alekhine totally destroys him playing from nothing (zero advantage from the opening) but creatively, originally and positionaly perfect middlegame. While it is well known that AA was a combinatorial dragon this shows that his understanding of positional principles was above Nimzowitch even when he experimented with new moves. Nobody, nobody but Capa could react this way over the board. Since Lasker was already out of contention this is a confirmation of AA being the king after match with Capa. If you want to see how a serious master gets blown out of the water in otb combat just study the games of AA. |
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| Aug-17-12 | | csmath: I think after San Remo and Bled Capa would not have any advantage with this Alekhine. This is just the time he started drinking really badly and combined with his hypertension and heart disease it led to his downfall in late 1930ies although he remained champ until his death. I share Kasparov's admiration for Alekhine's chess. |
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Nov-10-12
 | | OhioChessFan: <Siggy: Nimzowitsch must have realized that, after 21... Nd8 22. Rac1 Rxc2 23. Rxc2 Rc8 24. Rxc8 Nxc8 25. Qc3! Ne7 26. Qc7, White would be clearly better.> No way Black gives up the back rank like that. 23...Rc8? Not sure what is best, but that is suicide. |
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Nov-10-12
| | OhioChessFan: Lazy tonight. I tried 23...Ng6 which I am pretty sure is best and then tossed it in Fritz. 24. Qc1 Qe7 25. Rc6 Qxb4 26. Bc6 Rb8 27. Be8 Not sure what Fritz is doing, but Black is at least still breathing. |
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Nov-23-12
 | | Eduardo Bermudez: I like too much this game !! |
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| Feb-15-13 | | IndigoViolet: <Happiness is a Warm Gun> |
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| Feb-15-13 | | hyperactivemodernist: Alekhine is celebrated as one of the greatest tacticians in history, but this game shows his mastery of positional chess. By the 18th move, Nimzowitsch is completely smothered. |
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Mar-05-13
 | | Garech: Amazing to see Nimzowitch get himself into such a positional mess; a rare event given his innate understanding of the game. -Garech |
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Mar-06-13
| | perfidious: The next year, Nimzowitsch chose a more open fight in the Winawer French, but this also availed him naught: Alekhine vs Nimzowitsch, 1931. |
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| Mar-06-13 | | JimNorCal: I've read that during the period San Remo 1930 and Bled 1931 Alekhine was at the top of his game. |
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