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Alexander Alekhine vs Alberto Lopez Arce
Buenos Aires Olympiad Final-A (1939), Buenos Aires ARG, rd 12, Sep-14
Spanish Game: Morphy Defense. Tarrasch Variation (C77)  ·  1-0

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ANALYSIS [x]
Notes by Stockfish 9 v010218 (minimum 6s/ply) 8...Nxe4 9.Nxe7+ Qxe7 10.d4 Bb7 11.Bd5 Nf6 12.Bxc6 = -0.30 (38 ply)= +0.49 (23 ply) after 9.d3 Nxd5 10.Bxd5 d6 11.c3 Qc8 12.Re1 Bf6 13.h3 Nd8 10...d6 11.Nxf7 Rxf7 12.Bxf7+ Kxf7 13.d3 Qd7 14.c3 a5 = +0.24 (23 ply) ⩲ +1.13 (21 ply)better is 12...Qc7 13.Bf4 Nfxd5 14.Bg3 Nf5 15.Qg4 Nxg3 16.Qxg3 f6 ⩲ +0.77 (22 ply) ⩲ +1.29 (21 ply) after 13.c3 Nd7 14.d4 Nxe5 15.dxe5 Qc7 16.Qe2 c4 17.Bc2 Rfe8 better is 13...Qd6 14.c3 Rfe8 15.d4 Nd7 16.f4 cxd4 17.cxd4 f6 ⩲ +0.83 (21 ply) ⩲ +1.39 (19 ply) after 14.c3 Rae8 15.a4 b4 16.Bd2 Qc7 17.d4 bxc3 18.bxc3 cxd4 better is 16.Qd2 Qd6 17.Rac1 Ne6 18.cxb5 Nxg5 19.bxa6 Nh3+ 20.gxh3 ± +1.58 (19 ply) ⩲ +0.91 (23 ply)better is 17...Bd5 18.d4 cxd4 19.Bxf6 gxf6 20.Bxd5 Rxd5 21.Nc6 Rg5 ⩲ +0.97 (22 ply) ⩲ +1.48 (22 ply) after 18.Bxf6 gxf6 19.Ng4 Kh8 20.Nh6 Nd5 21.Re4 f5 22.Nxf5 Qf6 19...bxa4 20.Bxa4 Qd5 21.f3 Qd4+ 22.Kf1 Ra8 23.Qc4 Ne6 ⩲ +0.91 (20 ply)better is 20.axb5 Ng4 21.Nxg4 Rxe1+ 22.Qxe1 Qxf4 23.Ne5 Nxb5 ± +1.89 (23 ply) 20...Nh5 21.Qc3 Nxg3 22.Qxd4 cxd4 23.hxg3 Re7 24.Nf3 ⩲ +1.33 (22 ply)+- +3.13 (22 ply)25...Rfc8 26.Rxa8 Bxa8 27.Nxd4 g6 28.Bc4 Nb6 29.b3 Bb7 +- +3.64 (22 ply)1-0

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Kibitzer's Corner
Apr-01-06  alphastrike20: ironic to the proverbial bone
Apr-01-06  lopium: Bxc6, ... Bd4 and I think white is losing, so I don't understand the winner move!
Apr-01-06
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  Benzol: White's threat is 26.♘xb4 ♘xb4 27.♗d6.
Apr-01-06  blingice: <alphastrike20: ironic to the proverbial bone>

I don't understand...

Anyway, why can't black move Nxc6?

Apr-02-06
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  Benzol: <blingice> 25...♘xc6 26.bxc6 and White gets a strong passed pawn supported by both Bishops. Black will have to move his remaining Knight leaving White with the initiative.
Apr-02-06
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  chancho: <Benzol> If 25...Nxc6 26.bxc6, black's Bishop can eat the c6 pawn.
Apr-02-06
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  chancho: I guess after 26...Bxc6 27.Be5 follows winning the d4 pawn.
Apr-02-06
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  Benzol: <chancho> You're quite right, I'm suffering from chess blindness so maybe after 25...♘xc6 then 26.♗xd5
Jan-03-07
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  Honza Cervenka: 25...Nxc6 26.Bxd5 Na5 27.b4 Bxd5 28.bxa5 wins easily.

9...Nxe7 and 20...Ncd5 are moves which are quite difficult to understand.

Nov-19-07  Nasruddin Hodja: This was the France vs. Cuba round of the Olympiad where Capablanca should have played for Cuba but chose to bow out in advance, possibly because he was afraid of Alekhine's effect on his blood pressure. Whether Alekhine knew about Capa's no-show in advance or whether he was taken by surprise and irritated by the replacement is still being debated.
Jun-09-09  WhiteRook48: who is this?
Sep-02-09  WhiteRook48: anyway the the record between Alekhine and Capablanca could have been an improvement of 10-8
Nov-28-23  Mathematicar: Capa protected his score by not playing. To quote Wikipedia: "During the tournament Alekhine and Capablanca had an "extremely sharp rivalry" to log the best individual performance. Alekhine had expected to meet Capablanca in a late 12th-round game; instead, the Cuban team assigned López Arce to play the champion, in order to protect Capablanca's individual performance statistic. Alekhine was "furious", and proceeded to defeat López Arce in a 25-move miniature which opened with the Ruy Lopez."
Nov-28-23
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  perfidious: Capablanca sat three matches in the final: vs (of course) France, Estonia (Keres) and Germany (Eliskases), booking 11.5 from 16 games overall. The killer was that in the preliminary, Capa played all five matches, but only made +1=4, drawing with Keres and Stahlberg. Finals results only counted towards the board medals.

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