Paul Keres vs Vladimir Alatortsev (1939)

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Paul Keres vs Vladimir Alatortsev
Leningrad / Moscow training (1939), Leningrad / Moscow URS, rd 17, Jan-31
Slav Defense: Quiet Variation (D11) · 0-1

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Mar-18-04		Whitehat1963: Was this just a plain, horrible, blind mistake at the end?

Mar-18-04		caballos2: Very strange indeed for Keres...

May-25-04		Honza Cervenka: It was rather a mixture of desperation and exhaustion. White was already lost.

Aug-24-05		Resignation Trap: 25...h5! sets up the threat of 26...Bg3 and 27...Nf4, winning White's Queen. This should explain Keres' desperate reply.

Dec-08-06		twin phoenix: resignation, very nice wouldn't have seen it without your kibitz. was wondering what happened to my hero (paul) tks! mike

Aug-05-22		andrewjsacks: Odd, but I guess true.

Aug-06-22		Brit Griner: Kind of like Rubinstein's Immortal using black bishops across, rooks on open files, and the queen wants in.

Aug-06-22		whiteshark: The position after <25...h5> is already dead lost: click for larger view White to move 1) -10.16 (30 ply) 26.Qf3 Qxh4+ 27.Kg1 b4 28.Qh3 Qxh3 29.gxh3 bxc3 30.Bc2 a5 31.h4 Ba6 32.Kf2 Kf8 33.Rd7 Bb5 34.Rd1 Ke7 35.Ke3 Ba6 36.Kf3 Nf4 37.Ke3 Bb8 38.e5 Ne2 39.Kf3 Ba7 40.Kg2 Bb7+ 41.Kh2 Bf2 42.Rf1 Bg3+ 43.Kh3 Bf4 44.Rxf4 Nxf4+ 45.Kg3 Ne2+ 46.Kh3 Nd4 47.Bd1 2) -12.69 (30 ply) 26.Qd3 Nxh4 27.Qf1 Qg3 28.Kg1 Qh2+ 29.Kf2 Bxc3 30.Bxc3 Rxc3 31.Rd3 Qf4+ 32.Kg1 Qxf1+ 33.Kxf1 Rc1+ 34.Ke2 Rxb1 35.Rd8+ Kh7 36.g3 Rb2+ 37.Rd2 Rxd2+ 38.Kxd2 Nf3+ 39.Kd3 Ng5 40.e5 Bd5 41.Kc3 a5 42.Kd3 Nf3 43.Ke2 Nxe5 44.Ke3 Kg8 45.Kf4 Nf3 46.Ke3 Ng5 47.g4 h4 48.Kf4 Nf3 49.Ke3 g5 50.Ke2 Ne5 3) -13.03 (30 ply) 26.g3 Bxc3 27.Qg2 Qxg2+ 28.Kxg2 Bxa1 29.Rd7 Bc6 30.Rd1 Ne5 31.a4 Bb7 32.axb5 axb5 33.b4 Bc3 34.Kf1 Bxb4 35.Ke2 Rc4 36.Rd8+ Kh7 37.Kd1 Rc3 38.Bc2 Rxg3 39.Kc1 Rh3 40.Rb8 Bc6 41.Kb2 Bc3+ 42.Kb3 Kg6 43.Rd8 b4 44.Bb1 Rxh4 45.Bc2 Bxe4 46.Bxe4+ Rxe4 1.0 minute analysis by Stockfish 11 v064

Aug-06-22		whiteshark: Position after <16...Qb6>: click for larger view White to move 1) -0.39 (35 ply) 17.a3 Rad8 18.Nf3 Ng6 19.Rxd8 Rxd8 20.Rd1 Rxd1+ 21.Nxd1 Qd8 22.Nc3 Bc5 23.g3 Qd7 24.Qd2 Qc7 25.Qe2 h5 26.b4 Bb6 27.Nd1 h4 28.Kg2 Bc6 29.Bc3 e5 30.h3 Bb7 31.Bb2 Qd6 32.Ng5 Qc6 33.Ba2 Nxe4 34.Bxf7+ Kf8 35.Qxe4 Qxe4+ 36.Nxe4 Kxf7 37.f3 hxg3 38.Kxg3 2) -0.49 (34 ply) 17.g3 Rad8 18.Nf3 Nxf3+ 19.Qxf3 Bc5 20.Ne2 Rxd1 21.Rxd1 Rd8 22.Rd3 Rxd3 23.Bxd3 Nd7 24.Bb1 a5 25.Kg2 Bc6 26.Bd3 h6 27.Qg4 e5 28.Nc3 Bxf2 29.Nd5 Qc5 30.Bxe5 Nxe5 31.Qc8+ Kh7 32.Qf5+ g6 33.Qxe5 Bd4 34.Qc7 Kg7 35.Ne7 Qc1 36.Nxc6 Qd2+ 37.Kh3 Qxd3 3) (or even worse / as in the game) <17. Nc2> 3.1) -1.30 (36 ply) 17...Ng6 18.e5 Bxg2 19.exf6 Bxf1 20.Rxf1 Bxf6 21.Ne1 Rfd8 22.Nf3 Qc7 23.Bxg6 hxg6 24.Ne4 Bxb2 25.Qxb2 Qf4 26.Qe2 e5 27.Ng3 Rd5 28.Rd1 Rad8 29.Rxd5 Rxd5 30.Kg2 f5 31.Qe3 Qxe3 32.fxe3 Rc5 33.e4 Rc2+ 34.Kg1 Kf7 35.exf5 gxf5 36.Nxf5 Kf6 37.Nd6 Rxa2 3.2) -1.15 (35 ply) 17...Bd6 18.Ne1 Rad8 19.Nd3 Qc7 20.Rc1 Qb8 21.g3 Nxd3 22.Bxd3 Be5 23.a4 Qd6 24.Bb1 Qd2 25.Qxd2 Rxd2 26.Ba3 Rb8 27.axb5 axb5 28.Rfe1 Bd4 29.Nd1 Bb6 30.Bb4 Rd4 31.Bc3 Rc8 32.Ne3 Rdd8 33.Bxf6 gxf6 34.Rxc8 Rxc8 35.Bd3 Rc3 36.Bxb5 Rxb3 37.Bf1 Bxe3 38.Rxe3 Rxe3 39.fxe3 Bxe4 40.Be2 Kg7 41.Kf2 f5 42.Bf3 Bxf3 43.Kxf3 3.3) -0.92 (35 ply) 17...Rfd8 18.Rxd8+ Rxd8 19.Rd1 Ng6 20.Ne1 Bc5 21.Nf3 Rc8 22.h3 Qc7 23.Qe1 Bb6 24.Rc1 Qf4 25.Kf1 Qb8 26.Rd1 Bc6 27.a3 h6 28.Na2 Bb7 29.Kg1 Nh5 30.Kf1 a5 31.b4 a4 32.Nc3 Nhf4 33.Ne2 Nxe2 34.Qxe2 Nf4 35.Qd2 Rd8 All 6.0 minute analysis by Stockfish 11 v064

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