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Alfredo Olivera vs Alexander Alekhine
Montevideo (1938), Carrasco, Montevideo URU, rd 4, Mar-11
Nimzo-Indian Defense: Classical. Milner-Barry Variation (E33)  ·  1/2-1/2

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Apr-03-08  capanegra: This was a fierce battle between Alekhine and the Uruguayan strong player Alfredo Olivera. At first sight the draw agreement is not so easy to understand. I believe the continuation could have been 32.Rd8 e2 33.Rxa8 Ce3+! 34.fxe3 exd1=Q! 35.Rxe8+ Kg7 36.c8=Q Qe2+ and perpetual check.
Jan-22-09  capanegra: Alekhine played this tournament in March 1938 at the Hotel Casino Carrasco, a luxury and mythical hotel located in the cost of Montevideo. Some photos of the hotel can be seen here: http://www.montevideo.gub.uy/invers...

In spite of the fact that some of the best players of Argentina, Brazil, Chile and Uruguay participated, Alekhine won rather easily with a score (+11, =4, -0), followed by the Argentines Carlos Guimard and Virgilio Fenoglio. Here is the crosstable of the tournament: http://www.rogerpaige.me.uk/tables9...

Feb-10-25
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  Fusilli: <capanegra> <At first sight the draw agreement is not so easy to understand. I believe the continuation could have been 32.Rd8 e2 33.Rxa8 Ce3+! 34.fxe3 exd1=Q! 35.Rxe8+ Kg7 36.c8=Q Qe2+ and perpetual check.>

Exactly. Olivera gives that line in his own analysis, only that he interjects 36.Bf8+ Kf7 before c8=Q, I suppose because it threatens mate (Re7+ Kg8, Bh6 mate), for maximum drama.

Olivera writes, "para ganar hay que aventurarse!" which I would translate as, more or less, "in order to win, you have to go for it." Then says he should have played 28.g4 instead of c5. Then he gives 28...Nh4+ 29.Kg3 Nf4 30.Red1.

Feb-23-25
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  keypusher: I stayed in the Carrasco on a business trip to Montevideo years ago...2019? Quite a place. <capaenegra>'s link doesn't work anymore, but the Carrasco is very much still with us: https://sofitel.accor.com/en/hotels...
Feb-24-25
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  beatgiant: <Fusilli><"para ganar hay que aventurarse!"> sounds like a good translation for the old proverb "Nothing ventured, nothing gained."
Feb-25-25
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  Fusilli: <beatgiant> Right. Maybe even the Latin "Audaces fortuna juvat."
Feb-25-25  stone free or die: Wayback is your friend... here's the archived <capanegra>'s links:

https://web.archive.org/web/2007061...

https://web.archive.org/web/2007080...

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Feb-26-25
Premium Chessgames Member
  keypusher: <stone free or die: Wayback is your friend... here's the archived <capanegra>'s links: https://web.archive.org/web/2007061...

https://web.archive.org/web/2007080...

Thanks, a lot of Bad tournaments in 1938.

Feb-26-25  stone free or die: A regular Bad bath of Bads.
Feb-26-25
Premium Chessgames Member
  perfidious: 'Bad bath of Bads', yet far away from Bad Nauheim, Kissingen or Pistyan, to name several which are immortalised in the pages of chess history.
Feb-27-25  stone free or die: When I say Bad, I don't mean bad.

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