John Van der Wiel vs Rafael Vaganian (1993)

John Van der Wiel vs Rafael Vaganian
Ter Apel (Netherlands) 1993 · Alekhine Defense: Four Pawns Attack. Main Line (B03) · 0-1

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Sep-21-04		Rowson: f5! is coming.

Nov-12-05		DeepBlade: en passant capturing fixes the f5

Nov-12-05		radu stancu: Yeah, but capturing en passant will open the e file for black's f rook. Notice that defending against f5 with Rg5 runs into Qxf4#. White's best move seems to be Kf5 but even that one won't save him after 28. Ne7+ Kg5 29. Rxe5+ Kh4 30. Nf5+ Kg3 31. Re6

Nov-12-05		Saruman: <radu stancu> 28.Ne7+ Kg5 29.Rxe5+ 29.Kh4 <Qf2+> 30.Rg3 Nf5+ 31.Kh3 (Kg4 Ne3+ wins the Q) Nxg3 32.fxe5 Qxf3 .

Jul-25-06		plang: This one definitely belongs in the Alekhines Defense Hall of Fame. It is too bad the Four Pawns Attack isn't played anymore. It sure leads to wild games. ..20 b5 is a nice deflection sacrifice.

May-13-09		PBE6: I just got a copy of John Nunn's "Understanding Chess Move By Move", and as the title suggests, it present a great detailed description of this game "move by move". Nunn considers 12. f4? to be too ambitious, with white seeking to reinforce the e-pawn and push his d-pawn but at the expense of king safety. He considers 12. Qd2 followed by 13. 0-0-0 to be much more solid. He also considers black's follow-up, 12. ... Rd8! to be an excellent alternative to the natural 12. ... 0-0-0, as it avoids a bishop pin after 12. ... 0-0-0 13. c5 Nd5 14. Nxd5 Qxd5 15. Bf3 Qd7 16. d5. Now black can't play 16. ... exd6 as it leaves his queen and king skewered after 17. Bg4. Great game by Vaganian!

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