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Henry Atkins vs Alexander Alekhine
London (1922), London ENG, rd 5, Aug-05
Queen's Indian Defense: Kasparov Variation (E12)  ·  0-1

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ANALYSIS [x]
Notes from THE FIELDWhite plays for a draw.Better would have been 12 Nd2 or b4.Much better was here 15 b4 to prevent a5; White would have advantage on the queen side.The bishops being on different colors, White would have had a better chance of drawing had he retired his bishop to b2 instead of making this exchange.Threatening ...Ra2.If 46 Nxf5 then 46...Ra2 47 Qb1 Bxf5 48 Qxf5 Rxg2 with a dangerous attack.Threatening Rd2.It was not good to open the long diagonal for his opponent’s bishop. Atkins, however, was very short of time at this point, having ten moves to make in seven minutes. This loses at once, but White had a loss game in any case.0-1

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Aug-13-07  Cactus: What is 'THE FIELD'?
Aug-13-07  whiteshark: I think it was a chess magazine, previously published or edited by Wilhelm Steinitz. But Steinitz died 1900...
Aug-13-07  Gejewe: "The Field" was a newspaper with a famous chess column, that has been done by Steinitz, and later also by his arch-enemy Hoffer.
Aug-13-07  Gejewe: Just looked it up in Whyld's "Chess columns - A list " [ Olomouc 2002 ] Editors of the chess column :
Williams 1853-1854 ; Boden 1870-1873 ; De Vere 1871 ; Steinitz 1873-1882 ; Hoffer 1882-1913 ; Burn 1913-1925 ; Smith 1925-1935 ; du Mont 1935-1955 ; Barden 1955-1994 The notes in this game thus stem from Amos Burn.
Aug-13-07  Cactus: Thanks!

Jun-02-22  tbontb: Excellent technique by Alekhine, who manoeuvred patiently as Black against White Atkins' several weaknesses (e3,b3,g2) and was clearly better from around move 30 onward. Atkins' defended extremely well under pressure but ultimately the mistake 50.f4 (better Qc2) in time-trouble lost immediately, as Alekhine demonstrated.

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