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Fred Dewhirst Yates vs Aron Nimzowitsch
London (1927), London ENG, rd 10, Oct-22
Sicilian Defense: Nimzowitsch. Advance Variation (B29)  ·  0-1

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Oct-11-06  notyetagm: What a beautifully played game by Nimzowitsch! It won the Best Game Prize in this tournament (London 1927), good for a prize of a measly 10 pounds (ref. Seirawan).
Nov-01-07  notyetagm: Position after 29 h2-h3 ♖g4-g3:


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Outstanding positional play by Nimzowitsch leads to his pieces being placed aggressively on the d5-, f5-, and g3-squares, from which the White pawns can -never- evict them.

A tour de force by Nimzowitsch on the exploitation of <WEAK SQUARES>.

Sep-27-08  just a kid: Odd that in Winning Chess Strategies that Seirawan only gave 40 moves than 41.
Dec-21-08
Premium Chessgames Member
  sleepyirv: Black's king stays in the center of the board with no pawn coverage, but it's White's that ends up in hot water.
Dec-21-08  Smothered Mate: <notyetagm>
The g pawn can evict the Nf5 if the Rg3 is evicted and the pawn gets protection.
Jan-02-12  Yue Jin: What would be the winning line after 40.Kh1?
Jan-02-12
Premium Chessgames Member
  Sastre: 40.Kh1 Nxd4 41.Qd3 Rc2 42.Bg3 Qf3+ 43.Qxf3 Nxf3 .
Feb-19-12  aniceto: Chess Praxis gives 40... Ne3+ as the final move.
Jan-06-13  whiteshark: You know the maschines are making fun of us humans when they annotate <41.Kg1> as Novelty.

Mange tak for ingenting, Fritz!

Dec-16-23
Premium Chessgames Member
  kingscrusher: Some tactical curiosities in this game:

28...Rd8 is crushing tactically in all variations

59: Fred Dewhirst Yates - Aron Nimzowitsch 0-1 10.0, London London ENG 1927


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Analysis by Stockfish 16 - 2 cores only:

1. -+ (-3.58): 29.Qe2 Nc3 30.Bxc3 Rxd1+ 31.Ne1 Rd5 32.h3 Qc5 33.Bb2 Ng3 34.Qf3 Rd2 35.Nd3 Rxf2 36.Qxf2 Qxf2+ 37.Kxf2 h4 38.Bd4 b6 39.Kf3 Nf5 40.Bf2 Rh6 41.Nb4 Kd7 Black is winning

(Gavriel, 16.12.2023)

But even more remarkable is that White had
36.Be1 (protects f2 rook and threatens also Rxd5 for exf5 Qxf5) and technically believe it or not White has a clear advantage here:

59: Fred Dewhirst Yates - Aron Nimzowitsch 0-1 10.0, London London ENG 1927


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Analysis by Stockfish 16 - 2 cores only:

1. ± (0.93): 36...Nde3 37.Rd3 h4 38.Bd2 Nc2 39.b4 Rc4 40.Rc3 Rxc3 41.Bxc3 Nce3 42.b5 Qc5 43.bxa6 Ng4+ 44.hxg4 Qxf2 45.Qb5+ Kf8 46.Bb4+ Ne7 47.Bxe7+ Kxe7 48.Qxb7+ Kf8 49.Ng5 Qxf4 50.Qc8+ Ke7 51.Qc7+ Ke8 White is better

(Gavriel, 16.12.2023)

Interesting how even good look blockading knights do have downsides sometimes. The e6 pawn is shown to be overloaded in some variations to have to support both of those good looking knights.

Apr-26-24  lentil: In my high-and-mighty B-class opinion, self-pinning with 23 Rf2 was foolish. 23 Kh1 seems fine, and 23 Qf2 Qxf2 24 Rxf2 Bxh3?! gh leaves W with doubled h-pawns but he has Rc2 in response to ... Rc8.
Apr-26-24  lentil: (more B-player "analysis":) Also, after 28 ... Rg4, instead of the weakening 29 h3, White has 29 Ng5 with threat Ne4 and h3 (and Nd6+). Black can mess up: 29. ... f6? 30 ef gf 31 Nxe6! or 29. ... Nxf4 30 Bxf4 Rxf4?? 31 Qd7+, And if 28 ...Nfe3 (Nde3?? 29 Ba4) 29 Bxe3 Nxe3? 30 Qd7+. Show me my errors!

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