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Aron Nimzowitsch vs Milan Vidmar
New York (1927), New York, NY USA, rd 10, Mar-05
Van't Kruijs Opening: General (A00)  ·  0-1

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ANALYSIS [x]
Notes by Stockfish 9 v010218 (minimum 6s/ply)5...Bxf3 was played in D Anton Guijarro vs Topalov, 2015 (0-1)6.g4 was played in Grischuk vs Caruana, 2018 (1-0)6...c6 was played in S A Kislov vs M V Novikov, 2005 (0-1)better is 7.d4 c6 8.O-O Bb4 9.c3 Bd6 10.Nbd2 O-O 11.c4 Re8 = +0.33 (23 ply)= -0.35 (26 ply)better is 8...Nxe5 9.Bxe5 Bd6 10.Bb2 c6 11.O-O a5 12.a4 O-O 13.c4 = -0.35 (25 ply)= +0.18 (25 ply)better is 12.d3 e5 13.c5 Bxc5 14.Bxe5 Qe6 15.d4 Rhg8 16.f4 Bd6 = +0.28 (21 ply)= -0.31 (21 ply)better is 14.Rad1 Kb8 15.e4 Nxe4 16.Nxe4 dxe4 17.Qxe4 g5 18.Rfe1 = -0.34 (19 ply) ⩱ -0.90 (22 ply) 19.Qa6+ Kd8 20.Ne2 f5 21.Kf2 g4 22.Bc3 gxf3 23.gxf3 Ke7 ⩱ -0.51 (22 ply) ∓ -2.17 (20 ply) 20.Rf2 fxe4 21.Qa6+ Kd8 22.Raf1 Ng3 23.fxe4 Nxf1 24.Qxf1 ∓ -1.81 (19 ply)-+ -4.39 (21 ply)36.Rf3 Nf4+ 37.Kg3 Nd3 38.Be3 Ne5 39.Rf8+ Kb7 40.Bg1 -+ -10.69 (25 ply)0-1

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Oct-08-04  IT4LICO: is there any other comment but "A good move"????...
Oct-08-04  percyblakeney: 19. ... f5 is even better... :)
Nov-15-07  whiteshark: Don't know why, but I always thought this was the last round game and that Nimzowitsch had to win it to get tie with Alekhine.

Could someone with the <New York 1927> tournament book please check this. Thx in advance !!

NY1927 crosstable:
http://www.alekhinechess.com/englis...

Dec-04-08  paladin at large: <whiteshark>< I always thought this was the last round game > No, this was a tenth round game. They also met in the last round (20th) with the same pieces, but that game was a draw.
Dec-04-08  whiteshark: Thank you for your efforts, <paladin at large>!

(When I looked at the crosstable Aljechin and Nimzowitsch were finally only separated by one point - and a must win situation would have been quite theatrically. Well, it's the facts that count.)

:D

Feb-02-12  RookFile: Vidmar castles queenside, and not even the slightest pressure is put on his king.
Jun-28-12  Old King Cole: I have the 1924 book of the New York City international tournament, at the Hotel Alamac (on Broadway and 71st), annotated by Alekhine, but not the 1927.
Feb-10-13  andrewjsacks: This may be the game of the famous cigar smoke-threatening incident.
Apr-08-20
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  plang: Three rounds earlier in round 7 Nimzovich had played 6 d3 against Marshall and the game had ended in a draw. 7 Ne5 doesn't seem to pose any problems for Black; in fact, after 11...0-0-0 Black is ahead in development. Alekhine recommended the pawn sacrifice 14 c4..dxc 15 Rfd1 with better piece activity than in the game.

Early on in my amateur "career" I learned the dangers of playing h3 (or ..h6) followed by kingside castling when my opponent had not yet committed his king.

Aug-07-20  SChesshevsky: < RookFile: Vidmar castles queenside, and not even the slightest pressure is put on his king.>

It was kind of amazing. Especially with from move 17...bxc6 White can get the first direct King hit with Qa6+, which Nimzowitsch never does do. Appears the CG computer says the King can even go back toward d & e and be safe after that check.

Guess his pawns were slow enough and his N and B so badly placed for a Qside attack Nimzo figured opening up the center was the way to go. He did get the first couple of checks in with 25. Ne7 and 29. Rb3 and does avoid getting mated. Hollow plusses in a game that had to be upsetting to Nimzo.

Kudos though for his inclusion of this loss in his "Chess Praxis" book. Not a full score or analysis but he does praise Vidmar's king side attack.

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