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Max Euwe vs Alexander Alekhine
Bad Nauheim-Stuttgart-Garmisch (1937), Bad Nauheim - Stuttgart - Garmisch GER, rd 3, Jul-21
Queen's Gambit Accepted: Classical Defense. Alekhine System Main Line (D29)  ·  1-0

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ANALYSIS [x]
Notes by Stockfish 9 v010218 (minimum 6s/ply)10...b4 was played in Keres vs Reshevsky, 1937 (0-1)better is 12.c6 Bxc6 13.Ne5 Qc7 14.Nxc6 Qxc6 15.Nd2 Nc5 16.axb5 = +0.30 (23 ply)better is 12...b4 13.b3 Rc8 14.Bb2 Rxc5 15.Bd3 Nd5 16.Bc4 Bf6 = -0.39 (24 ply)= +0.17 (22 ply) after 13.b3 Qc7 14.Bb2 Bc6 15.axb5 axb5 16.Na3 Qb7 17.Bd3 Rfb8 better is 15...Qc7 16.Be4 Rfd8 17.Bxb7 Qxb7 18.b3 Ne5 19.Bb2 Nd3 = -0.34 (24 ply)= +0.22 (21 ply) after 16.e4 Qc7 17.Nb3 Ba7 18.Be3 Bxe3 19.fxe3 fxe4 20.Rac1 better is 16...Ba7 17.Nd4 Qe7 18.e4 f4 19.Nf3 a5 20.b3 e5 21.Bb2 = -0.15 (20 ply)= +0.36 (20 ply) 18...a5 19.e4 fxe4 20.Bxe4 Bxe4 21.Qxe4 Nc5 22.Rxd8 Nxe4 = -0.16 (25 ply)better is 19.Bd1 Nc5 20.Bd2 e5 21.Rc4 Ne4 22.Bb4 Rf7 23.Bxb3 a5 ⩲ +0.76 (22 ply) 19...Ne5 20.Bxa6 Qb6 21.Bd3 Qb7 22.e4 Nc6 23.Rxd5 exd5 = +0.23 (23 ply) ⩲ +1.00 (24 ply)better is 24...Rac8 25.Qf3 Qc6 26.Bd2 Qxf3 27.gxf3 Na2 28.Ba5 Rc4 ⩲ +0.77 (23 ply) ⩲ +1.34 (27 ply) after 25.Qc4+ Rf7 26.Rb1 Qb4 27.Qxb4 Nxb4 28.Bd2 Nd3 29.Bc3 better is 28.Qh5 Ra7 29.Qh4 Rd7 30.Rxd7 Qxd7 31.Qc4+ Qf7 32.Qxa6 ⩲ +1.40 (27 ply) 28...Nb4 29.h4 Na2 30.Bd4 Rae8 31.h5 Re4 32.Qg3 Rg4 ⩲ +0.86 (25 ply) 29.Rxd8 Rxd8 30.Rd1 Rxd1+ 31.Qxd1 Qb7 32.Qd8+ Kf7 33.Qg5 +- +2.94 (27 ply) 29...Qb7 30.h3 Rc8 31.Qe5 Rce8 32.Qd6 a5 33.Bxa5 Qe4 ± +1.66 (25 ply)+- +3.16 (27 ply) 30...Rdf7 31.Rbd1 Qe8 32.h3 Qe7 33.Rxa6 Nb4 34.Rad6 Na2 ± +2.37 (25 ply)+- +4.63 (24 ply)37...Qb8 38.Rd7 Qf8 39.Be5 a3 40.bxa3 g5 41.Qxb3 Qe8 +- +55.90 (28 ply)1-0

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Kibitzer's Corner
Aug-05-04
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  beatgiant: A very smooth performance by Dr. Euwe. It's very hard to find exactly what was the last chance for Black to save this game. Certainly it looks bad since at least move 20.

Maybe Alekhine didn't like 18...a4 because of 19. e4, when he would get a lot of pawn weaknesses and no apparent counterplay. But with his actual plan, the knight he gets to c2 doesn't actually seem to accomplish anything.

Where are the improvements for Black in this middlegame?

Aug-05-04
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  Benzol: Maybe 18...♕b6 or 18...a5 were better choices. 18...b3 gives White control over the c3 square.
Aug-05-04
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  beatgiant: If 18...♕b6, White may at some moment play a5, further highlighting Black's queenside weaknesses. And as I mentioned before, 18...a5 19. e4 looks pretty good for White too. But I agree both of these are much better than 18...b3.

Even so, it's hard to believe Black is lost after 18...b3. But I have tried in vain to find any promising improvements for Black at some later stage. It looks like Euwe had a perfect middlegame.

Jan-29-05  Calli: Euwe in "From My Games" agrees with <Benzol> calling 18...b3, "A serious strategical error" and recommends Qb6.

Another error according to Euwe was 24...Nc2? Correct, he says, is 24...Rac1 "with a complicated game"

This game, by the way, was NOT in the World Championship of 1937, but took place in a small Quadrangular tourney earlier that same year.

Jan-29-05
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  beatgiant: <Calli>
<24...Rac1 "with a complicated game"> Thanks. The idea may be to keep the option of ...Na2 restraining White's Bc3. I did look at it and thought it was still tough for Black.

For example, 24...Rac8 25. Bd2 Rc2 26. Qf1 Na2 27. Rab1 Rd8 28. Be1 Rxd1 29. Rxd1 Nc1 30. Rd2, and Black looks overextended.

Jan-29-05  Calli: <bg> Euwe gives this line but only as far as 26...Na2. Possibly Alekhine could stir up trouble with 27...Re8 and f4 and try to get the other rook to e2.
May-29-12  Anderssen99: After 24...,Nc2? Black was practically playing a piece down.

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