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Alexander Alekhine vs Jan Foltys
Podebrady (1936), Podebrady CZE, rd 8, Jul-14
Queen's Gambit Declined: Orthodox Defense. Rubinstein Variation (D61)  ·  1-0

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ANALYSIS [x]
Notes by Stockfish 9 v010218 (minimum 6s/ply)9...dxc4 was played in Vidmar vs Leonhardt, 1908 (0-1)10...cxd4 was played in Lasker vs Capablanca, 1921 (0-1)better is 11.dxc5 Nxc4 12.Bxc4 dxc4 13.O-O Qxc5 14.Ne4 Qf5 = +0.19 (23 ply)better is 11...Nbxd5 12.dxc5 b6 13.c6 Nb4 14.Qa4 Qxa4 15.Nxa4 g5 = -0.38 (22 ply)= +0.29 (22 ply)better is 13...dxc3 14.Bxc3 Bb4 15.Bd2 Nd5 16.a3 Bxd2+ 17.Qxd2 = +0.01 (23 ply) ⩲ +0.63 (20 ply)better is 20.Qg4+ Kf8 21.Be2 Ke7 22.Qf4 Nd7 23.Rb1 Qd6 24.Qh4 Rg8 ⩲ +0.88 (18 ply) 20...Qf8 21.f4 Bc6 22.Nd4 Rd8 23.Nxc6 bxc6 24.Be4 Rac8 = +0.26 (20 ply) ± +2.07 (24 ply)better is 28.f4 Bc6 29.g3 Rf8 30.fxe5 fxe5 31.Rxf8+ Qxf8 32.Qg4 ± +2.29 (24 ply) ± +1.64 (26 ply)better is 34.Qa8 Qe6 35.Rb8 e4 36.a5 Kg6 37.Re8 Re7 38.Rg8+ Kh7 +- +2.90 (27 ply) ± +1.91 (25 ply) after 34...Qe6 35.Qb4 h5 36.Qh4 Qe8 37.a5 Qg6 38.Rb8 Kh6 39.Kh2 better is 35.Qb8 Kg6 36.a5 Rc8 37.Qb7 Qxb7 38.Rxb7 Ra8 39.Kh2 Kf5 ± +2.06 (26 ply) ± +1.55 (34 ply) 40.Rc5 Rb6 41.Kg3 a6 42.Rc7 Kh6 43.Ra7 e4 44.Kf4 Kg6 ± +2.42 (34 ply) ± +1.66 (38 ply) 43...Kg7 44.Kh4 Kh6 45.Rf5 Kg6 46.Rd5 Kf7 47.f5 Ke8 48.a5 +- +2.53 (33 ply)+- +4.00 (31 ply)48...Kg7 49.f5 Rb1 50.Ra7+ Kh6 51.Rf7 Rh1+ 52.Kg3 Rg1+ +- +5.31 (32 ply)1-0

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Kibitzer's Corner
Jul-11-08  tomfoolery: There's absolutely no way the rook endgame after move 35 is lost for black.
Jul-11-08  syracrophy: 48...♖xf4 49.♖xf6+! ♖xf6 50.g5+ ♔g6 51.gxf6 ♔xf6 52.a5 wins
Sep-08-14  ssitimefill: Very instructive knight sacrifice! I am surprised this game is not better known.
Sep-08-14  visayanbraindoctor: The multi-combinational sequence

20. Rb1 Nc4 21. Nd4 Qc5 22. Ne6 fe6 23. Qg4 Kh8 24. Rb7 Rc7 25. Rc7 Qc7 26. Bc4

was probably calculated by the great Alekhine from start to finish. It nets him a pawn and exposes the Black King.

It isn't everyone that can even regard 22. Ne6 as an option from the starting position. IMO very difficult to spot. Yet AAA made a career in spotting just these kinds of moves. His combinational sequences often contained unexpected twists right in middle or at the end.

This is much easier said than done. IMO no master presently active today can find such Alekhine combinational sequences as consistently or well as AAA himself. (Except for the now retired Kasparov.)

Jan-14-17  nummerzwei: Conceivably, Black missed that 11...c4 is met by 12.Bh7+, winning.

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