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Apollon Viakhirev vs Alexander Alekhine
corr (1906/07) (correspondence)
Bishop's Opening: Vienna Hybrid (C28)  ·  0-1

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Feb-09-04  Hidden Skillz: whata nice finish..
Jun-30-04  Sj17: Is there no way for white to trade down to a better position at move 32?
Jun-30-04
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  Chessical: Having not played <18.d5>, Viakhiev's game goes downhill fast under Alekhine's pressure. By move 32 Viakhiev has a completely lost position. His K is stranded, and if he moves the Bf2, he will be mated.
Sep-18-04  Knight13: I guess chasing the black queen wasn't a good idea. It drives the black queen to more useful position lol.
Feb-13-10
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  GrahamClayton: <Chessical>Having not played <18.d5>

<Chessical>,
18.d5 ♘b8 19.d6 with the threat of 20.♕f7 looks a lot better than 18.♕c3.

Alekhine considered this game to be one of his favourite CC games played during his youth.

Oct-23-12  lentil: An astonishing mate!
Dec-23-18  Violin sonata: Great game by Alekhine!!!
May-09-23
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  fredthebear: Correspondence chess as a lad had much to do with Alekhine's development.
May-09-23  Captain Hindsight: Better would have been < 12. fxe5 Bc5+ 13. Kh1 Nxe5 14. d4 Ng4 15. h3 > after which the position appears balanced.


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