Victor Berger vs Georges Koltanowski
London (1932)  ·  King's Indian Defense: Orthodox Variation. Positional Defense Closed Line (E94)  ·  1/2-1/2

[Event "London"] [Site "London (ENG)"] [Date "1932.02.01"] [EventDate "1932.02.01"] [Round "1"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Victor Berger"] [Black "Georges Koltanowski"] [ECO "E94"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "81"] 1.d4 {Notes by Alekhine} Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 {The newer system inaugurated by 5.f3 seems to be preferable, but even after the text move White could play more aggresively, without any risk. For instance at his 7th move (instead of O-O) h3 followed by Be3, Qd2, etc.} O-O 6.Be2 Nbd7 7.O-O e5 8.d5 a5 {Owing to the passive play of his opponent, Black could try to take the initiative by playing here 8...Nh5, etc.} 9.Ne1 Nc5 10.Qc2 Nfd7 {Rather complicated and not very convincing chess. Why not make at once the unavoidable move 10...b6 (11.Be3 Ng4; or 11.f3 Nh5, etc.} 11.Be3 b6 12.Rd1 Nb8 13.a3 f5 14.f3 Nba6 15.Rb1 fxe4 16.fxe4 Rxf1+ 17.Bxf1 a4 {! The only continuation in this rather dull game which permits Black to obtain a kind of harmless initiative. By Buerger's accurate defensive play, of course, the game has to end as it did.} 18.Nd3 {And not 18.Nxa4 Nxe4 19.Qxe4? Bf5, etc.} Bd7 19.Be2 Bf6 20.Bd1 Bg5 21.Qd2 Bxe3+ 22.Qxe3 Nxd3 23.Qxd3 Qg5 24.Bf3 Nc5 25.Qe2 Rf8 26.Re1 Kg7 27.Qe3 Qxe3+ 28.Rxe3 h5 29.Bd1 Kh6 30.Rf3 Rxf3 31.Bxf3 g5 32.Be2 g4 33.Kf2 Kg5 34.g3 h4 35.Ke3 hxg3 36.hxg3 Be8 37.Bd1 Bd7 38.Bc2 Be8 39.Kd2 Bd7 40.Ke3 Be8 41.Bd1 1/2-1/2

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Annotations by Alexander Alekhine.      [76 more games annotated by Alekhine]

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Dec-07-05    aw1988: This really is something. An early KID, and heaps upon heaps of criticism by Alekhine. Don't follow the annotators blindly... Dec-07-05    KingG: Wow! This actually looks quite modern. The Nf3, Be2, O-O, d5, Ne1, Be3, f3 setup is very similar to the Aronin-Taimanov variation of the KID. Although in that variation, Black plays ...Nc6 instead of ...Nd7.

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Featured in the Following Game Collection [what is this?] Round One, Game Three from London International Chess Congress, 1932 by Resignation Trap

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