[Event "Buenos Aires ol (Men) f-A"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "1939.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "15"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Isaias Pleci"]
[Black "Gunnar Friedemann"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "93"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3
d6 8.c3 Na5 9.Bc2 c5 10.a4 Rb8 11.axb5 axb5 12.d4 Qc7 13.dxe5
dxe5 14.Nxe5 Qxe5 15.Rxa5 Ng4 16.g3 Qh5 17.h4 Bxh4 18.gxh4
Qxh4 19.Qf3 Qh2+ 20.Kf1 Ne5 21.Qg3 Qh1+ 22.Ke2 Qh5+ 23.f3 Nxf3
24.Kf2 Nxe1 25.Kxe1 Qh1+ 26.Kf2 Qxc1 27.Qe5+ Kd8 28.Qd6+ Ke8
29.Ra7 Qxc2+ 30.Nd2 Rb7 31.Ra8 Rc7 32.Ke2 Qa4 33.Rxa4 bxa4
34.Qxc7 Bg4+ 35.Ke3 Rf8 36.Qxc5 f6 37.Kf4 Bd7 38.Nc4 g5+
39.Ke3 Rg8 40.Nd6+ Kd8 41.Nb7+ Ke8 42.Qc7 Ke7 43.Qd6+ Ke8
44.Qxf6 Bh3 45.Qd8+ Kf7 46.Nd6+ Kg7 47.Qxg5+ 1-0

[Event "Munich"]
[Site "Munich GER"]
[Date "1942.09.15"]
[EventDate "1942.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Paul Keres"]
[Black "Braslav Rabar"]
[ECO "C90"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3
d6 8.c3 O-O 9.a4 Rb8 10.axb5 axb5 11.d4 exd4 12.cxd4 Bg4
13.Nc3 Qd7 14.Be3 Bd8 15.Qd3 Bxf3 16.gxf3 Ne7 17.Kh1 Ng6
18.Rg1 Nh5 19.Qf1 Kh8 20.Ne2 c6 21.f4 d5 22.f5 Nh4 23.f3 Qe8
24.Nf4 Nf6 25.Qh3 Nxe4 26.fxe4 Qxe4+ 27.Ng2 Nxf5 28.Bf4 Rb7
29.Rae1 Qxd4 30.Qxf5 Qxb2 31.Be5 Qxb3 32.Re3 1-0

[Event "USA-ch playoff-1pl"]
[Site "USA"]
[Date "1942.12.15"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Isaac Kashdan"]
[Black "Samuel Reshevsky"]
[ECO "C86"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "78"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Qe2 b5 7.Bb3
d6 8.a4 Bg4 9.c3 O-O 10.h3 Bd7 11.d4 Qc8 12.Rd1 b4 13.cxb4
exd4 14.Nxd4 Nxb4 15.Nc3 c5 16.Nf3 Be6 17.Bc4 Bxc4 18.Qxc4 Qe6
19.Qxe6 fxe6 20.e5 dxe5 21.Nxe5 Nfd5 22.Ne4 Rfd8 23.Bg5 Bxg5
24.Nxg5 Nf4 25.g3 Ne2+ 26.Kg2 Nd4 27.Rac1 Rd5 28.Re1 h6
29.Ngf3 Nxf3 30.Kxf3 Rf8+ 31.Kg2 Rxe5 32.Rxe5 Nd3 33.Rexc5
Rxf2+ 34.Kg1 Nxc5 35.Rxc5 Rxb2 36.Rc6 a5 37.Rc5 Ra2 38.Rxa5 e5
39.Rxe5 Rxa4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Salzburg"]
[Site "Salzburg AUT"]
[Date "1942.06.15"]
[EventDate "1942.06.09"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Alekhine"]
[Black "Paul Felix Schmidt"]
[ECO "C86"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Qe2 b5
7. Bb3 d6 8. a4 Bg4 9. c3 O-O 10. Rd1 b4 11. a5 d5 12. exd5 e4
13. dxc6 Bd6 14. d4 Re8 15. Be3 exf3 16. gxf3 Bh5 17. Nd2 Ne4
18. Bxf7+ Kxf7 19. Qc4+ Kf8 20. fxe4 Qh4 21. e5 Bxd1 22. exd6
Qg4+ 23. Kf1 cxd6 24. d5 Qh3+ 25. Ke1 Bc2 26. cxb4 Rxe3+
27. fxe3 Qxe3+ 28. Qe2 Qh6 29. Ra3 Bf5 30. Re3 g6 31. Qf2 Rb8
32. Nc4 Rxb4 33. Nxd6 1-0

[Event "Saragossa m (02)"]
[Site "Zaragoza ESP"]
[Date "1944.04.09"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Alekhine"]
[Black "Ramon Rey Ardid"]
[ECO "C86"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "45"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Qe2 b5
7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 Na5 9. d4 Nxb3 10. axb3 Nd7 11. Rd1 Bf6
12. dxe5 dxe5 13. Na3 c6 14. Nc2 Qe7 15. b4 O-O 16. h3 Re8
17. Nh2 Qe6 18. Ne3 g6 19. Nf3 Bd8 20. Ng4 f5 21. Nh6+ Kg7
22. exf5 Qc4 23. Qc2 1-0

[Event "Warsaw-Lublin-Cracow"]
[Site "Warsaw-Lublin-Cracow"]
[Date "1942.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Alekhine"]
[Black "Hans Zollner"]
[ECO "C83"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Qe2 b5
7. Bb3 O-O 8. d4 d5 9. dxe5 Nxe4 10. c3 Be6 11. Nbd2 Nc5
12. Bc2 d4 13. Bb1 dxc3 14. bxc3 Qd7 15. Ne4 Rad8 16. Nxc5
Bxc5 17. Qe4 g6 18. Bg5 Be7 19. Qh4 h5 20. Be4 Bxg5 21. Qxg5
Bf5 22. Rfe1 Bxe4 23. Rxe4 Ne7 24. Rae1 Qe8 25. g4 Rd3 26. Nh4
hxg4 27. Rxg4 Rd5 28. Qh6 Qd8 29. Nf3 Nf5 30. Qc1 Rd3 31. Ng5
Nh6 32. Ne6 Qe7 33. Qxh6 Qxe6 34. Rh4 1-0

[Event "Salzburg"]
[Site "Salzburg (AUT)"]
[Date "1943.06.13"]
[EventDate "1943.06.09"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Jan Foltys"]
[Black "Paul Keres"]
[ECO "C86"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "62"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Qe2 b5 7.Bb3
O-O 8.c3 d5 9.exd5 Bg4 10.dxc6 e4 11.d4 exf3 12.gxf3 Bh5
13.Bf4 Re8 14.Be5 Bd6 15.Nd2 Bxe5 16.dxe5 Nd5 17.Ne4 Nf4
18.Qe3 Qh4 19.Ng3 g5 20.Nxh5 Qxh5 21.e6 Qh3 22.exf7 Kg7
23.Qd4+ Re5 24.Qxe5+ Kg6 25.Qxf4 gxf4 26.Rfe1 Rf8 27.Re7 Qxf3
28.Rae1 Qg4+ 29.Kh1 Qf3+ 30.Kg1 Qg4+ 31.Kh1 Qf3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Lublin"]
[Site "Lublin"]
[Date "1942.10.17"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Alekhine"]
[Black "Klaus Junge"]
[ECO "C86"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "54"]

1. e4 {Annotation by Alexander Alekhine.} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5
a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Qe2 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3 {In
connection with the following move this is a safe method of
preparing to counter the aggressive plan of Black which was
indicated by his seventh move.} d5 9. d3 dxe4 {The opening of
the queen's file is to White's advantage. But 9...d4 10. cxd4
Nxd4 11. Nxd4 Qxd4 12. Nc3 followed by 13. Be3 would also have
involved some difficulty for Black.} 10. dxe4 Bg4 11. h3 Bh5
12. Bg5 {Preventing 12...Na5 which would be refuted by 13. g4
Bg6 14. Nxe5 simply winning a pawn.} Ne8 13. Bxe7 Bxf3 {If
immediately 13...Nxe7 then 14. g4 etc.} 14. Qxf3 Nxe7 15. Rd1
Nd6 16. Nd2 c6 {A better defensive idea would have been
16...Kh8 in order to be able to answer 17.Bc2 with 17...c6 and
17.Nf1 with 17...f5.} 17. Nf1 Qc7 18. a4 {The opening of the
a-file in the Ruy Lopez is almost without exception favourable
to White.} Rad8 19. Ng3 Nec8 20. axb5 axb5 21. Nf5 {In order
to maintain, after the possible exchange, a new weapon of
attack in the form of the pawn at f5.} Nb6 22. Qe3 Nxf5 {after
22...Nbc4 White would acquire a decisive positional advantage
by means of 23.Bxc4 bxc4 24.Qc5!} 23. exf5 c5 {It is already
the end. To 23...Nd5 White would have replied 24.Qf3 after
which Black's position could not be held.} 24. f6 gxf6 25. Qh6
f5 26. Bxf7+ {An elegant finish. Whether or not he captures
the bishop Black loses material.} Qxf7 27. Rxd8 Na4 28. b3 {If
28...Nxc3 there follows 29.Raa8.} 1-0

[Event "Munich"]
[Site "Munich GER"]
[Date "1942.09.15"]
[EventDate "1942.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Alekhine"]
[Black "Gedeon Barcza"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "57"]

1. e4 {Notes by Alekhine} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6
5. O-O Be7 6. Nc3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. Nd5 {!? With this intersting
move I defeated Bogoljubov in the Munich tournament last
year. The correct continuation for Black is 8...Na5 when White
has at his disposal no particularly advantageous line.} Bg4
9. c3 O-O {If Black had played ...Nxe4 either now or on his
previous move the reply d4! would have had a demolishing
affect.} 10. h3 {! Forcing the Bishop to declare its plans at
this stage is very precise. After 10...Bh5 White would play 11
d3 without the loss of time.} Be6 11. d4 Kh8 {! Preparing
against 12 Nxe7 which would now be refuted by means of
12...Bxb3 13 Nxc6 Bxd1 14 Nxd8 Bxf3 etc.} 12. Re1 Nd7 {And not
12...Na5 because of the reply 13 Nxe7 Nxb3 14 Nc6 Qd7 15 axb3,
followed by d5.} 13. Bc2 f6 14. a4 Na7 {If 14...Rb8 then 15
axb5 axb5 16 Ra6 with a good game.} 15. axb5 axb5 16. Be3
{Again threatening 17 Nxe7, winning a piece.} c5 17. dxc5 dxc5
18. Ra6 {! With the threat 19 Qa1} Bxd5 19. exd5 Qc8 20. Qa1
Qb7 21. b4 {! It will no longer now be possible to avoid 22 d6
etc.} Rfb8 22. d6 Bd8 23. bxc5 Rc8 24. Ra2 e4 {Veritable
desperation. If 24...Nxc5 there follows 25 Bxc5 Rxc5 26 Be4
etc.} 25. Bxe4 Qxe4 26. Bd4 Qg6 27. Rxa7 Rxa7 28. Qxa7 Ne5
29. Bxe5 1-0

[Event "Prague"]
[Site "Prague"]
[Date "1943.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Friedrich Saemisch"]
[Black "Alexander Alekhine"]
[ECO "C79"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "54"]

1. e4 {Notes by Alekhine} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6
5. O-O d6 6. Re1 {Better would have been Bxc6+ followed by
d4.} b5 7. Bb3 Na5 {The exchange of the White king's bishop
gives Black the present of the best prospects of obtaining
equality.} 8. d4 Nxb3 9. axb3 Nd7 {More common and perhaps
better is 9...Bb7. The text move in any case, provides White
with a problem which is not very easy to resolve.} 10. dxe5
{And-after forty-five minutes reflection!-Samisch, dismayed,
decides upon a liquidation which hands over to Black a very
peaceful game. Schmidt in his game against Keres at Salzburg
1943 played the proper manoeuver: 10 Bd2! followed by
Ba5. Black had to make considerable efforts to achieve a drawn
game.} Nxe5 {Not 10...dxe5 because of 11 Qd5.} 11. Nxe5 dxe5
12. Qxd8+ Kxd8 {The two Bishops promise Black a few remote
prospects but the exploitation of this advantage is not an
easy matter.} 13. Be3 Bb7 14. Nd2 {Nc3 would be simpler.} Bd6
15. f3 Ke7 16. Bf2 Ke6 17. Nf1 g6 {It is evident that Black
must attempt to open up the game in order to leave the field
free for his bishops.} 18. c3 a5 {In order to prevent 19 b4,
followed by Nd2-b3-c5.} 19. Ra2 {This move has no effect. But
it is already difficult to indicate a good defensive plan for
White.} Ra6 20. Ne3 f5 21. exf5+ gxf5 22. Nc2 Kf7 {! This
prevents 23 Nd4+. In this position f7 is the best square for
the king.} 23. b4 {White, after strenuous efforts, will
succeed in exchanging one bishop but in the meantime Black
will have secured other advantages.} a4 24. Bc5 Rg8 25. Kf2
Rc6 {! After this move White must make a decision: yield to
his opponent the command of the queen's file or opt for a new
restriction on the activity of his pieces after 26 Be3 f4
etc. In this latter case Black would also conserve excellent
winning chances.} 26. Bxd6 Rxd6 27. Re2 {? Losing
immediately. In any case even if he had played 27 g3
(definitely not 27 Rxe5 Rd2+ 28 Re2 Rxg2+! winning a piece)
which was the best move, he would not have saved the game. For
instance 27...Bd5 28 Raa1 Bc4 29 Rad1 Rgd8 30 Rxd6 Rxd6 and
the entry of the rook to the seventh rank will be decisive.}
Bd5 {This wins the exchange after 28 Ra1 Bc4, and all further
fight is impossible.} 0-1

[Event "Gijon"]
[Site "Gijon"]
[Date "1944.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexander Alekhine"]
[Black "Arturo Pomar Salamanca"]
[ECO "C79"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "142"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O d6 6. c3 Bg4
7. d4 b5 8. Bb3 Be7 9. Be3 O-O 10. Nbd2 Re8 11. h3 Bh5 12. d5
Na5 13. Bc2 Rc8 14. a4 c5 15. axb5 axb5 16. g4 Bg6 17. Nh4 Nd7
18. Nf5 Bxf5 19. gxf5 Bg5 20. Qe2 c4 21. Kh1 Ra8 22. Rg1 Bxe3
23. Qxe3 Qf6 24. Rg4 Kh8 25. Rag1 Rg8 26. Nf3 Nb7 27. Rh4 Ra6
28. Qg5 Nd8 29. Qh5 Nf8 30. Nh2 g6 31. Qh6 Qg7 32. Ng4 f6
33. fxg6 Qxg6 34. Qe3 Qg5 35. Rh6 Qxe3 36. fxe3 Nd7 37. Rf1
Ra2 38. Nxf6 Nxf6 39. Rhxf6 Rxb2 40. Bd1 Rgg2 41. Bf3 Rg3
42. Bg4 Rgg2 43. Ra1 Rh2+ 44. Kg1 Rhg2+ 45. Kf1 Rh2 46. Ke1 b4
47. cxb4 c3 48. Rc1 h5 49. Bd1 Kg7 50. Rf1 c2 51. Be2 Nf7
52. Kd2 Rxb4 53. Rxc2 Ng5 54. Rc7+ Kg6 55. Kc3 Ra4 56. Bb5
Nxe4+ 57. Kb3 Raa2 58. Rg1+ Kh6 59. Rb1 Rad2 60. Bd7 Rxd5
61. Kc4 Rc2+ 62. Kxd5 Rxc7 63. Kxe4 Rxd7 64. h4 d5+ 65. Kxe5
Re7+ 66. Kf5 Rxe3 67. Rb6+ Kh7 68. Rd6 Re4 69. Rd7+ Kh6
70. Rd6+ Kh7 71. Rd7+ Kh6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Munich"]
[Site "Munich GER"]
[Date "1941.09.15"]
[EventDate "1941.09.08"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Alekhine"]
[Black "Ivan Vladimir Rohacek"]
[ECO "C83"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Nxe4
7. d4 d5 8. dxe5 Be6 9. c3 Be7 10. a4 Rb8 11. axb5 axb5
12. Nd4 Nxe5 13. f3 Nc5 14. Bc2 Bd7 15. b4 Nb7 16. Qe2 Nc4
17. Re1 Kf8 18. Bf4 Nbd6 19. Nd2 g5 20. Nxc4 gxf4 21. Ne5 Bf6
22. Nec6 Bxc6 23. Nxc6 Qe8 24. Nxb8 Qxb8 25. Qd2 Qb6+ 26. Kh1
Qc6 27. Bb3 Bxc3 28. Qc1 d4 29. Qxf4 d3 30. Rec1 d2 31. Rc2
Qa6 32. Rd1 Bg7 33. Rxc7 1-0

[Event "Warsaw"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1942.??.??"]
[EventDate "2003.10.18"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Hans Ropstorff"]
[Black "Efim Bogoljubov"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1. e4 {Notes by Alekhine.} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6
5. d3 d6 6. c4 {A system which, thirty years ago, enjoyed the
favour of the Bohemian champion Duras but which has been
demonstrated to be totally inoffensive. In this game too,
Black manages to get a good position without difficulty.}
6... Be7 7. Nc3 $1 O-O 8. Be3 Ng4 9. Nd5 f5 10. O-O Kh8
11. Bc2 Bf6 {11... f4 was to be considered here as a
preparation for a pawn attack. For example 12. Bd2 g5 13. Bc3
Nh6 14. d4 Nf7 etc., but it was also interesting to maintain
the tension and await developments.} 12. d4 {A correct and
very dynamic move.} 12... exd4 13. Bxd4 fxe4 {Bogoljubov does
not want to submit himself to a cautious line, as in the case
of 13... Bxd4 14. Nxd4 fxe4 15. h3 Nf6 16. Nxc6 bxc6 17. Nxf6
Qxf6 18. Bxe4 Rb8 and prefers to launch into the hazardous
gain of a pawn.} 14. Bxf6 (14. Bxe4 { is a mistake owing to}
14... Bxd4 15. Nxd4 Qh4) 14... Nxf6 15. Nxf6 Qxf6 16. Bxe4
Qxb2 17. Ng5 $1 g6 (17... h6 18. Qh5 {gaining material})
18. Rb1 Qf6 19. Qd2 h6 20. Nh3 Kg7 21. Rb3 Nd4 22. Rg3 Bf5 {
This apparently plausible move is revealed to be a fatal
decision. Correct is 22... Nf5 23. Rf3 Qd4 24. Qc2 Re8! with
better fighting chances for Black. } 23. Nf4 Kh7 24. Bxf5 Nxf5
{24... gxf5 25. Rg6 would follow with decisive effect.}
25. Rxg6 Qd4 26. Qc1 { maintaining the threat Ne6} 26... Rg8
27. Rd1 Qh8 $2 { Now there is no possible hope. It was
absolutely essential to play 27... Qe5 28. Re1 Qd4 29. Ne6
with a possible draw through the continuation 29... Qd3
30. Rxg8 Rxg8 31. Nxc7 Qf3. White would not find himself in
danger of deficit.} 28. Rxg8 Rxg8 29. Qb1 { decisive.}
29... Rf8 30. Ne6 Rf7 31. Nd4 Qf6 32. g4 Qg5 33. Nxf5 Qxg4+
34. Ng3+ Kg8 35. Re1 Kf8 36. Qb2 Qg7 37. Qe2 Qd4 38. Qe8+ Kg7
39. Nh5+ Kg6 40. Qg8+ { A game played with the strong
energetic initiative which is characteristic of the
representative of Cracow.} 1-0

[Event "USA-ch playoff-1pl"]
[Site "USA"]
[Date "1942.10.10"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Isaac Kashdan"]
[Black "Samuel Reshevsky"]
[ECO "C75"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "93"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 d6 5.c3 Bd7 6.d4 Nge7 7.Bb3
h6 8.Be3 Ng6 9.Nbd2 Qf6 10.Qe2 Be7 11.O-O-O Nf4 12.Bxf4 Qxf4
13.Kb1 Na5 14.Bc2 O-O 15.Nf1 Bb5 16.Bd3 f5 17.dxe5 Bxd3+
18.Qxd3 fxe4 19.Qd5+ Kh8 20.Rd4 dxe5 21.Nxe5 Rf6 22.Rxe4 Qxf2
23.Qxa5 Rb6 24.Nd3 Qxg2 25.Ng3 Bd6 26.Re2 Qc6 27.Ne5 Qe8
28.Qd5 Bxe5 29.Qxe5 Qg6+ 30.Qf5 Qd6 31.Rhe1 Rg8 32.Re8 Qg6
33.Rxg8+ Kxg8 34.Qxg6 Rxg6 35.Re7 Rc6 36.Kc2 g6 37.Kd3 h5
38.Ne4 a5 39.Kd4 a4 40.Ke5 Rb6 41.Rxc7 Rxb2 42.Kf6 Rb6+ 43.Kg5
Kf8 44.a3 Rb3 45.Kxg6 Ke8 46.Rxb7 Rxa3 47.c4 1-0

[Event "USA-ch playoff-1pl"]
[Site "USA"]
[Date "1942.11.15"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Isaac Kashdan"]
[Black "Samuel Reshevsky"]
[ECO "C71"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "91"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 d6 5.c4 Bd7 6.Nc3 Nf6 7.d4
exd4 8.Nxd4 Nxd4 9.Bxd7+ Qxd7 10.Qxd4 Be7 11.O-O O-O 12.b3
Rfe8 13.Bb2 Bf8 14.Rad1 Re6 15.Rfe1 Rae8 16.f3 Kh8 17.Ne2 Qc8
18.Qf2 Nd7 19.Nd4 R6e7 20.Qg3 f6 21.Nf5 Re6 22.h4 b5 23.cxb5
axb5 24.h5 Qa6 25.a3 c5 26.Rd5 Ne5 27.Red1 Nf7 28.Qh4 Ne5
29.f4 Nf7 30.h6 g6 31.Bxf6+ Kg8 32.Ng3 Bxh6 33.Bb2 Bg7 34.f5
Bxb2 35.fxe6 Rxe6 36.Qg4 Re8 37.Qd7 Rd8 38.Qe7 Rf8 39.Rf1 Be5
40.Rd3 Qc8 41.Rdf3 Qe8 42.Rxf7 Qxe7 43.Rxe7 Bxg3 44.Rxf8+ Kxf8
45.Rb7 c4 46.bxc4 1-0

[Event "Munich"]
[Site "Munich GER"]
[Date "1941.09.15"]
[EventDate "1941.09.08"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Georg Kieninger"]
[Black "Alexander Alekhine"]
[ECO "C64"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "86"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Bc5 4. c3 Qf6 5. O-O Nge7 6. d3 h6
7. Nbd2 O-O 8. Nc4 Ng6 9. d4 exd4 10. Bxc6 dxc6 11. Nxd4 Re8
12. Nb3 Bf8 13. Qc2 Qe6 14. Ncd2 Nh4 15. f3 c5 16. Rd1 Nxg2
17. Kxg2 Qh3+ 18. Kg1 Bd6 19. Nf1 Qxf3 20. Rd3 Qxe4 21. Rd2
Qh4 22. Rg2 Bh3 23. Qf2 Qe4 24. Bd2 Qxg2+ 25. Qxg2 Bxg2
26. Kxg2 Re2+ 27. Kf3 Rae8 28. Rd1 b6 29. Nc1 R2e6 30. b3 c4
31. bxc4 Rf6+ 32. Kg2 Re4 33. Ne3 Bc5 34. Re1 Bxe3 35. Rxe3
Rg4+ 36. Rg3 Rxc4 37. Rf3 Rd6 38. Bf4 Rd1 39. Ne2 Ra1 40. Kg3
c5 41. Re3 Rxa2 42. h4 b5 43. h5 b4 0-1

[Event "Duesseldorf"]
[Site "Duesseldorf GER"]
[Date "1908.08.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Curt von Bardeleben"]
[Black "Alexander Alekhine"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "66"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nd7 4. Bc4 c6 5. dxe5 dxe5 6. Be3 Be7
7. Nc3 Qc7 8. a4 Nc5 9. b4 Ne6 10. Rb1 Nf6 11. O-O O-O 12. Ne1
b5 13. Bd3 a5 14. axb5 axb4 15. b6 Qb7 16. Ne2 c5 17. c3 Bd7
18. cxb4 cxb4 19. Ng3 Nc5 20. Bc4 Ncxe4 21. Nxe4 Nxe4 22. Bd5
Bc6 23. Bxc6 Qxc6 24. Qh5 Nc3 25. Rb2 Qb5 26. Nf3 Ne2+
27. Rxe2 Qxe2 28. Qxe5 Bf6 29. Qc5 b3 30. Bf4 Rfe8 31. b7
Qxf1+ 32. Kxf1 Ra1+ 33. Bc1 b2 0-1

[Event "Madrid"]
[Site "Madrid ESP"]
[Date "1943.10.04"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Antonio Angel Medina Garcia"]
[Black "Paul Keres"]
[ECO "C56"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Bc4 Nf6 5.O-O Nxe4 6.Re1 d5
7.Bxd5 Qxd5 8.Nc3 Qa5 9.Nxe4 Be6 10.Bg5 h6 11.Bh4 Bb4 12.Re2
g5 13.a3 Be7 14.Bg3 O-O-O 15.b4 Qd5 16.Qe1 h5 17.h4 Bg4 18.c4
Qf5 19.b5 Bxf3 20.bxc6 d3 21.cxb7 Kb8 22.Bxc7+ Kxc7 23.Ng3
dxe2 24.Nxf5 Rd1 25.Nxe7 Rxe1+ 26.Rxe1 Bxb7 27.Rxe2 gxh4
28.Kh2 Rd8 29.Nf5 Bc8 30.Re5 Rd2 31.f3 h3 32.Kxh3 Rd3 33.a4
Bd7 34.a5 Rc3 35.Rc5+ Kd8 36.Kh4 Bxf5 37.Rxf5 Rxc4+ 38.Kxh5
Ke7 39.Rb5 Kf6 40.g3 Ra4 41.f4 Ra3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Crakow"]
[Site "Crakow"]
[Date "1942.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Efim Bogoljubov"]
[Black "Alexander Alekhine"]
[ECO "C13"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1. e4 {Annotation by Alexander Alekhine.} e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3
Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e5 Nfd7 6. h4 {This interesting attack was
introduced by me at Mannheim in 1914 and since then has been
incorporated into master praxis.} c5 {One of the numerous
replies which are possibe but which do not present White with
any difficulties Much more is promising is 6...f6.} 7. Bxe7
Kxe7 {if 7...Qxe7 there follows 8 Nb5.} 8. Qg4 Kf8 9. Nf3 Nc6
{With the offer of an exchange of queens by 9...cxd4 10 Qxd4
Qb6 Black could obtain approxmate compensation.} 10. dxc5 Nxc5
{sharper would have been 10...Ndxe5 11 Nxe5 Nxe5 12 Qg3 f6.}
11. O-O-O a6 12. Rh3 h6 {Usually Black does not worry about
the king's side and seeks counter play on the queen's
flank. This move is not corrected and, as will be seen, White
manages to take possesion of and exploit the strong strategic
point d4. The opportune move would have been 12... Qc7 13 Rg3
f6 14 exf6 gxf6 with changes of a counter of attack.} 13. Rg3
Rg8 14. Bd3 Nxd3+ 15. Rxd3 Qb6 16. Rd2 Qc7 17. Qf4 Bd7 18. Ne2
Rc8 19. Ned4 Na5 20. Rd3 Nc4 21. b3 Qa5 {A blow which is based
on a tactical calculation. With ...Na5-c6 Black would have
been able to defend himself for some time but I had already
lost my taste for this position and also my confidence in the
resistance I would be able to offer.} 22. bxc4 dxc4 23. Re3 c3
{Too late I realized that 23...Qxa2 is refuted by 24 Nd2! with
the double threat of 25. Ra3 and 25 Ref3} 24. Nb3 Qa3+ 25. Kd1
a5 26. Nfd4 Ke7 27. Ref3 Be8 28. Ne2 Qb2 29. Nxc3 Rd8+ 30. Rd3
Bc6 {In case of 30...Qxc3 there would follow 31 Rxd8 attacking
the queen.} 31. Qc4 Rxd3+ 32. Rxd3 Rc8 33. Qc5+ Ke8 34. Qxa5
Bxg2 35. f3 Bf1 36. Qb5+ Kf8 37. Qxb7 Re8 38. Rd7 Kg8 39. Qc7
Rf8 40. Rd8 Rxd8+ 41. Qxd8+ Kh7 42. Kd2 {I resigned a few
moves later. Bogoljubov exploited my mistakes very well,
winning the game in elegant style.} 1-0

[Event "Buenos Aires ol, Buenos Aires"]
[Site "Buenos Aires ol, Buenos Aires"]
[Date "1939.08.30"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "7.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Daniel Abraham Yanofsky"]
[Black "Alberto Ismodes Dulanto"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "55"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Nbd7 6. Nf3
Be7 7. Nxf6+ Nxf6 8. Bd3 c5 9. dxc5 Qa5+ 10. c3 Qxc5 11. O-O
O-O 12. Re1 Rd8 13. Ne5 b6 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. Bxh7+ Kf8 16. Qh5
Bxe5 17. Rxe5 Qc7 18. Be4 Bb7 19. Bxb7 Qxb7 20. Qh8+ Ke7
21. Qxg7 Rg8 22. Rxe6+ Kxe6 23. Re1+ Kd6 24. Qf6+ Kc5 25. Re5+
Kc4 26. b3+ Kd3 27. Qd6+ Kc2 28. Re2+ 1-0

[Event "Buenos Aires"]
[Site "it"]
[Date "1939.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Paul Keres"]
[Black "Gideon Stahlberg"]
[ECO "C09"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "111"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5 4.Ngf3 Nc6 5.exd5 exd5 6.Bb5 c4 7.O-O
Bd6 8.b3 cxb3 9.axb3 Ne7 10.Re1 O-O 11.Nf1 Bg4 12.c3 Qc7
13.Ba3 Rfd8 14.Bd3 Bxa3 15.Rxa3 Qf4 16.Be2 Ng6 17.Ne3 Be6
18.g3 Qd6 19.Ra2 h6 20.Bd3 Bh3 21.Nd2 Nce7 22.f4 Bd7 23.Nf3 b5
24.Ne5 Nxe5 25.fxe5 Qb6 26.b4 a5 27.bxa5 Rxa5 28.Qb3 Rxa2
29.Qxa2 Qc6 30.Qa3 Ng6 31.Rb1 Rb8 32.Qb4 Nf8 33.Qb3 Be6 34.Kf2
b4 35.cxb4 Qb6 36.Qb2 Nd7 37.b5 f6 38.exf6 Nxf6 39.Rc1 Bd7
40.Kg1 Re8 41.Ng2 Ne4 42.Nf4 Ng5 43.Kg2 Bg4 44.Rf1 Rf8 45.h4
Nf3 46.Be2 Rxf4 47.Bxf3 Rxd4 48.Bxg4 Rxg4 49.Qe5 Qg6 50.b6 Rb4
51.Qxd5+ Kh7 52.Rf8 Qc2+ 53.Kh3 Rb2 54.Qg8+ Kg6 55.h5+ Kxh5
56.Qf7+ 1-0

[Event "Prague"]
[Site "Prague"]
[Date "1943.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Alekhine"]
[Black "Milan Bartosek"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1. e4 {Notes by Alekhine} e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 Nc6
5. Bb5 {White's inclination is to maintain the tension in the
center for as long as possible. Black's next move although
fairly plausible, is nonetheless a mistake which is perhaps
decisive. Relatively better would be 5...cxd4 whereupon White
can castle since the defence of the pawn at d4 would only
create difficulties for Black.} Bd7 6. exd5 exd5 7. O-O Nxd4
{It is quite clear that Black will not manage to castle on the
king's side. Through the exchanges arising from the text move
one perceives that he is trying to prepare to castle long,
which furnishes him -although only comparatively so- with the
best chance of resistance.} 8. Nxd4 cxd4 9. Qe2+ Be7 10. Nf3
Bxb5 11. Qxb5+ Qd7 12. Qe2 O-O-O {If 12...Nf6 then, naturally,
13 Re1 and Black cannot castle.} 13. Bf4 {! Virtually forcing
the exchange of bishops and at the same time eliminating a
very useful defensive piece.} Bd6 14. Bxd6 Qxd6 15. Nxd4 Nf6
{The problem of creating an attack is not very easy to
resolve. Neither 16 Nf5 Qf4! nor 16 Nb5 Qb6 would have any
result. On the other hand Black is going to occupy the e-file
with his rooks, which will procure a counter-attacking
advantage. White's next move is the only one likely to give
him a lasting initiative.} 16. Qf3 {! This threatens 17 Nf5
and at the same time 17 Nb5.} Qb6 17. Rfd1 Rhe8 {It is clear
that the capture of the b-pawn, either now or on the following
moves, would have deadly consequences for Black.} 18. a4 Re4
19. a5 Qc5 {For example, if 19...Qxb2 then 20 c3!} 20. c3 Rde8
21. h3 {! Making use of a moment's respite to open up an
escape square for the king. This move will be found in
analogous positions in many of my games.} Qc7 22. a6 b6 23. c4
{! 23 Nb5 Qc5 24 Nxa7+? Kb8 would be premature but the move
played is very effective because against 23...dxc4 White
responds with 24 Nb5 winning the exchange.} Qc5 24. Nf5
{Threatening to win by 25 Nxg7.} Qb4 25. cxd5 Rf4 26. Qd3 Re5
27. Rac1+ Kd7 {If 27...Kb8 then 28 d6 etc.} 28. Ne3 Ne4
29. Ng4 {!} Re8 30. g3 {This wins at least the exchange since
the rook cannot retreat because of 31 Rc4. But 30 Rc4 played
immediately would constitute an error owing to 30...Nxf2!} Nc5
{This move allows an even more rapid finish.} 31. Rxc5 Re1+
32. Rxe1 Qxe1+ 33. Kg2 Rxg4 34. Qf5+ {followed by mate in a
few moves.} 1-0

[Event "Buenos Aires ol-fin"]
[Site "Buenos"]
[Date "1939.09.09"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Paul Keres"]
[Black "Rodrigo Flores Alvarez"]
[ECO "C05"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "87"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6 4.Bd3 c5 5.e5 Nfd7 6.c3 Nc6 7.Ne2
Qb6 8.Nf3 cxd4 9.cxd4 Bb4+ 10.Bd2 Bxd2+ 11.Qxd2 Qb4 12.Rc1
Qxd2+ 13.Kxd2 Nb6 14.b3 Ke7 15.h4 Bd7 16.Rh3 Nb4 17.Bb1 a5
18.a3 Na6 19.a4 Rac8 20.Rg3 g6 21.h5 Rxc1 22.Nxc1 Nc8 23.Rh3
gxh5 24.Rxh5 h6 25.Nh2 Kf8 26.Ng4 Kg7 27.Nf6 Bc6 28.Rh3 Nc7
29.Nd3 Ne8 30.Nxe8+ Bxe8 31.Nf4 Bc6 32.Nh5+ Kf8 33.Nf6 Nb6
34.Nh7+ Ke7 35.Rxh6 Nd7 36.Bd3 Rb8 37.Ng5 Rg8 38.f4 Rg7 39.Rh7
Rxh7 40.Nxh7 Nb6 41.g4 Nc8 42.f5 exf5 43.gxf5 Na7 44.f6+ 1-0

[Event "Madrid"]
[Site "Madrid"]
[Date "1945.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Arturo Pomar Salamanca"]
[Black "Alexander Alekhine"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "95"]

1. e4 {Notes by Alekhine} e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 {The exchange
variation is very far from being as innocent as it
appears. This, of course, providing that one of the
protagonists plays for the advantage. Here, as we shall see,
it was Black who took it upon himself to complicate the game,
and not without danger, it must be confessed.} exd5 4. Bd3 Nc6
5. c3 Bd6 6. Nf3 Nge7 7. O-O Bg4 8. Re1 Qd7 9. Bg5 f6 {This
move was not obligatory now. He could perfectly well have
continued with 9...O-O-O and if 10 Bb5 then 10...f6 11. Bh4
Qf5 12 Nbd2 Ng6! 13 Bg3 Nce7 with better chances than in the
actual game.} 10. Bh4 O-O-O 11. Nbd2 h5 {I did not play
11...Ng6 12 Bg3 Nf4 because of the pin 13 Bb5 which seemed to
be unpleasant.} 12. Bg3 h4 13. Bxd6 Qxd6 {13...cxd6 deserved
to be taken into consideration, suppressing any danger of
attack against Black's castled position. In a general way
Black, whose whole interest is in winning, does not examine
carefully the details of the position and he will soon be
faced with a dilemma which is hardly pleasing.} 14. h3 Bh5
15. Qe2 Bf7 {In order to be able to play to win Black must
withdraw his bishop to a square without a future. Preferable
is 15...Bg6 16 Bxg6 Nxg6 17 Qe6+ Qe6 18 Rxe6 Nf4 19 Re3 g5
with a good game but with minimal chances of achieving victory
on account of the paucity of material.} 16. Nb3 Rde8 17. Nc5
Nd8 18. Qc2 b6 19. Nb3 {? There are positions in which a
combination is obligatory. In order to evade the necessary
mental effort the player lets slip his chances and little by
little finds himself reduced to the defensive and ends up by
suffering a defeat which logically is well merited. In this
particular case the offer of the knight by 19 b4 bxc5 and then
either 20 bxc5 (considered by me) or 20 dxc5 (analysed by
Pomar) would have secured White an irresistible attack, the
black pieces not being well arranged for the defence of his
King. It was not my intention to take the knight. I calculated
19 b4 Kb8 20 Reb1 Ka8 21 Na6 c6 and Black can defend himself
but it will be difficult for him to organize an attack on the
other wing.} g5 20. Nh2 {As no direct threat existed, the
demonstration 20 a4 would be the right move. Against 20...Rhg8
White would have had sufficient time available to play 21
Nh2.} Ne6 21. c4 {White's position starts becoming unpleasant
and Pomar perceives that he must undertake something. But the
price he pays for the opening of the c-file (the weakness of
the central pawn and the square d5 for the Black pieces) is
decidedly too high. 21 a4 a5! 22 Nd2 still offered some
possibilities.} dxc4 22. Bxc4 Kb8 {But not 22...Nd5 23 Qf5!}
23. Rac1 Nd8 24. Bxf7 Nxf7 {Now Black has a specific objective
for the endgame, the d-pawn, and he no longer has to attempt
direct attacks against the king.} 25. Qc4 Nd5 26. Qb5 {As will
be seen, the e-file here has no more than a relative value.}
Rxe1+ 27. Rxe1 c6 28. Qe2 Nh6 29. Nd2 Nf4 30. Qe4 Qd5 31. Nhf3
{If 31 Qxd5 cxd5!, followed by ...Rc8 etc., since 32 Rc1 is
impossible on account of 32...Ne2+.} Nf5 32. Kh1 {With the
object of being able to play 33 Rc1, but the king is badly
placed for the endgame.} Rd8 33. Rc1 Kb7 34. b3 Qxe4 35. Nxe4
Nd5 36. Re1 Kc7 37. Ned2 {It is obvious that White has a very
difficult game but with 37 a3 he could still have defended
himself. The plan foreseen by Black in this case was 37...Re8,
followed by ...Re6 and ...Nf4.} Nb4 {!} 38. Re6 Rd6 39. Re8
Nxa2 40. Ne4 Rd8 41. Rxd8 Kxd8 42. Nxf6 Nc1 43. b4 {Otherwise
after the capture of this pawn the Black a-pawn would advance
straight to its queening square.} Nd3 44. d5 Ke7 45. Nh7 cxd5
46. b5 g4 {!} 47. hxg4 Nxf2+ 48. Kg1 Nxg4 {There is no defense
against 49...Kd6, followed by 50...Kc5.} 0-1

[Event "Buenos Aires"]
[Site "Buenos Aires ARG"]
[Date "1939.09.09"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Fricis Apsenieks"]
[Black "Alexander Alekhine"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "160"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. c3 Bd6 6. Ne2 Qh4
7. g3 Qh5 8. Nf4 Qxd1+ 9. Kxd1 Nf6 10. Re1+ Ne7 11. f3 Bd7
12. b3 O-O-O 13. Ba3 Nf5 14. Bxd6 Nxd6 15. Nd2 g5 16. Ng2 g4
17. Nh4 gxf3 18. Ndxf3 Nfe4 19. Kc2 f6 20. Re3 Nf2 21. Bf1
Rde8 22. Rae1 Re4 23. Nd2 Rxe3 24. Rxe3 Ng4 25. Re2 Bb5
26. Re6 Bd7 27. Re2 Rg8 28. Bh3 Kd8 29. Bxg4 Bxg4 30. Re1 h5
31. c4 c6 32. Rf1 Ke7 33. c5 Nb5 34. Kd3 Nc7 35. Nf5+ Bxf5+
36. Rxf5 h4 37. Nf1 Rh8 38. Ne3 hxg3 39. hxg3 Ne6 40. Rf1 Rh3
41. Nf5+ Kf7 42. Ke3 Rh2 43. Rf2 Rh1 44. Kd3 b6 45. b4 Rb1
46. Kc3 Rg1 47. Rh2 Ng5 48. Rh8 Ke6 49. Ng7+ Kf7 50. Nh5 Ne4+
51. Kd3 bxc5 52. bxc5 Nxg3 53. Nf4 Rf1 54. Nxd5 Rd1+ 55. Kc2
Rxd4 56. Nb6 Ne4 57. Rh7+ Ke6 58. Rxa7 Nxc5 59. a4 Nd7
60. Nxd7 Rxd7 61. Ra8 f5 62. a5 Kd5 63. a6 Rf7 64. Kd3 f4
65. Ke2 Kc4 66. Kf3 Kb5 67. Rc8 Kb6 68. Ra8 Rf6 69. Ke2 f3+
70. Kf2 Ka5 71. Ra7 Kb5 72. Ra8 Kb6 73. a7 Kb7 74. Rb8+ Kxa7
75. Rb1 Ka6 76. Ra1+ Kb5 77. Rb1+ Kc4 78. Rc1+ Kd3 79. Rc5 Kd4
80. Ra5 c5 0-1

[Event "Buenos Aires ol-fin"]
[Site "Buenos"]
[Date "1939.09.15"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "12"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Paul Keres"]
[Black "Vladas Jonovich Mikenas"]
[ECO "B15"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nf6 5.Nxf6+ exf6 6.Bc4 Bd6
7.Qh5 O-O 8.Ne2 g6 9.Qf3 Re8 10.Bh6 Bf5 11.O-O-O Be4 12.Qb3
Qc7 13.f3 Bd5 14.Bxd5 Rxe2 15.Rhe1 Rxe1 16.Rxe1 Na6 17.Bc4 b5
18.Qe3 Qd7 19.Bb3 Nc7 20.Qf2 a5 21.a4 bxa4 22.Bxa4 Nd5 23.Qh4
g5 24.Qe4 Bxh2 25.c4 Nb4 26.Qe7 Bf4+ 27.Kb1 Qf5+ 28.Ka1 Be5
29.dxe5 Nd3 30.Bc2 fxe5 31.Rd1 Qg6 32.Bxg5 h6 33.Bf6 e4
34.fxe4 Nb4 35.Rd8+ 1-0

[Event "Buenos Aires"]
[Site "Buenos Aires ARG"]
[Date "1939.08.28"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Alekhine"]
[Black "Erich Eliskases"]
[ECO "B14"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "93"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nf3 Be7
7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Bb5+ Bd7 9. Bxd7+ Nxd7 10. Nxd5 exd5 11. Qb3
Nb6 12. O-O O-O 13. Bf4 Bd6 14. Bxd6 Qxd6 15. Rfe1 Rac8
16. Rac1 h6 17. Ne5 Rc7 18. g3 Rfc8 19. Rxc7 Rxc7 20. Qb5 Nd7
21. Nxd7 Rxd7 22. Re8+ Kh7 23. h4 a6 24. Qe2 Rd8 25. Re7 Rd7
26. Re5 g6 27. h5 Qf6 28. Qd3 Rd6 29. Qb3 Rb6 30. hxg6+ Qxg6
31. Qxd5 Rxb2 32. Rf5 Rb5 33. Rxf7+ Kg8 34. Rf6+ Rxd5
35. Rxg6+ Kh7 36. Rb6 Rxd4 37. Rxb7+ Kg8 38. Rb6 Ra4 39. Rxh6
Rxa2 40. Kg2 a5 41. Ra6 a4 42. Ra7 a3 43. g4 Ra1 44. Kg3 Rg1+
45. Kf4 Ra1 46. g5 Kf8 47. Kf5 1-0

[Event "Club Real Madrid"]
[Site "Madrid ESP"]
[Date "1941.12.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Alekhine"]
[Black "Isidro Naharro"]
[ECO "B10"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "31"]

1. e4 {Notes by Alekhine After the moves 1 e4 c6 2 Nc3 d5 3
Nf3 dxe4 4 Nxe4 one arrives at a position analagous to the
normal variation (with 2 d4) and Black might be tempted to
continue in the same way, that is to say 4...Bf5. In reality
this move is an important loss of time here and frequently
leads to swift catas trophe.} c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 dxe4 4. Nxe4
Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 {? The lesser evil would be 5...Bg4.} 6. h4 h6
7. Ne5 {! Herein lies the difference with the variation whivh
begins by 2 d4: White can at once attack the bishop, which can
choose only between the square h7 and an exchange which
weakens the pawn structure in a decisve way.} Nd7 8. Nxg6 fxg6
9. d4 {! This prevents 9...Ne5.} e5 10. Qg4 Qf6 11. Be3 {! The
best. Less effective would have been 11Bg5 Qf7 etc. But if
Black castles then 12 Bg5! is played.} Ne7 {? Black should not
lose so quickly, although strategically and in the long run
his game could not be defended.} 12. Ne4 {Winning the queen.}
exd4 13. Nxf6+ Nxf6 14. Qxd4 Rd8 15. Qxa7 Nf5 16. Qxb7 1-0

[Event "Munich"]
[Site "Munich GER"]
[Date "1942.09.24"]
[EventDate "1942.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Paul Keres"]
[Black "Jan Foltys"]
[ECO "B55"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.f3 e5 6.Bb5+ Bd7
7.Bxd7+ Nbxd7 8.Nf5 Nb6 9.Bg5 d5 10.Qd3 g6 11.Ne3 d4 12.Ng4
Be7 13.Nxe5 O-O 14.Bh6 Bb4+ 15.c3 Re8 16.cxb4 Rxe5 17.O-O Rc8
18.Nd2 Re6 19.Rac1 Rcc6 20.Rxc6 Rxc6 21.Nb3 Rc4 22.Rc1 Qc7
23.Qxd4 Rxd4 24.Rxc7 Rd7 25.Rc1 Ne8 26.Nc5 Re7 27.a4 f6 28.Bf4
Kf7 29.Kf2 Na8 30.Bb8 b6 31.Na6 Rb7 32.Rc8 Ke7 33.Bg3 1-0

[Event "Buenos Aires ol-fin"]
[Site "04"]
[Date "1939.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Roberto Grau"]
[Black "Erich Eliskases"]
[ECO "D57"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "76"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Bg5 Be7 5.e3 h6 6.Bh4 O-O 7.Nf3
Ne4 8.Bxe7 Qxe7 9.cxd5 Nxc3 10.bxc3 exd5 11.Qb3 Qd6 12.c4 dxc4
13.Bxc4 Nc6 14.Qc3 Bg4 15.Nd2 Rad8 16.O-O Ne7 17.Rfc1 c5
18.Nb3 cxd4 19.Nxd4 Nf5 20.Nxf5 Bxf5 21.Qa5 Be4 22.Qxa7 Qg6
23.Bf1 Rd2 24.Qa5 Rd5 25.Qb4 Rfd8 26.Rc4 Bxg2 27.Rg4 Qf6
28.Rb1 Bf3+ 29.Rg3 Rd1 30.Rxd1 Rxd1 31.Qc4 Qc6 32.Qxc6 Bxc6
33.f4 Ra1 34.f5 Kf8 35.f6 gxf6 36.Rh3 Bb5 37.Rf3 Ke7 38.e4 Ke6
0-1

[Event "Buenos Aires"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "1939.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "13"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Gideon Stahlberg"]
[Black "Luis Roberto Piazzini"]
[ECO "D57"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Be7 5. Bg5 O-O 6. e3 h6
7. Bh4 Ne4 8. Bxe7 Qxe7 9. cxd5 Nxc3 10. bxc3 exd5 11. Qb3 Rd8
12. c4 dxc4 13. Bxc4 Nc6 14. Qc3 Bg4 15. O-O Bxf3 16. gxf3 Qf6
17. Be2 Rd6 18. Kh1 Re8 19. Rae1 Qe6 20. Rg1 Qxa2 21. d5 Ne5
22. e4 Rg6 23. Rg3 Rxg3 24. hxg3 Re7 25. Kg2 Qa4 26. Ra1 Qd7
27. Rxa7 b6 28. f4 Ng6 29. Bf3 f6 30. Ra8+ Kh7 31. Qc2 Rf7
32. e5 fxe5 33. Be4 1-0

[Event "Rio de Janeiro"]
[Site "Rio de Janeiro BRA"]
[Date "1939.05.29"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alekhine / Walter Oswaldo Cruz"]
[Black "Silva Rocha A/Raul Charlier"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "93"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 a6
7. c5 Nbd7 8. Bd3 Re8 9. b4 c6 10. h3 b6 11. Bh2 bxc5 12. bxc5
e5 13. Nxe5 Nxe5 14. Bxe5 Bxc5 15. O-O Bd6 16. f4 Qe7 17. Qc2
g6 18. Na4 Bb7 19. Rab1 Ra7 20. Rb3 Nd7 21. Rxb7 Rxb7 22. Qxc6
Bxe5 23. Qxb7 Bg7 24. Kh2 Rb8 25. Qxd5 Qxe3 26. Bc4 Qxd4
27. Qxd4 Bxd4 28. Rd1 Nc5 29. Rxd4 Nxa4 30. Bxa6 Nc5 31. Bc4
Ne6 32. Re4 Rb4 33. Kg3 Kg7 34. Bd5 Rb6 35. Kf3 Rd6 36. Bxe6
fxe6 37. a4 Rc6 38. a5 h5 39. Ra4 Ra6 40. Ke4 h4 41. Kd4 Kf6
42. Kc5 g5 43. fxg5+ Kxg5 44. Kb5 Ra8 45. a6 Kf5 46. Rxh4 e5
47. Ra4 1-0

[Event "USA-ch playoff-1pl"]
[Site "USA"]
[Date "1942.12.27"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Samuel Reshevsky"]
[Black "Isaac Kashdan"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "113"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.e3 b5 6.a4 b4 7.Na2 e6
8.Bxc4 Nbd7 9.O-O Bb7 10.Qe2 c5 11.Rd1 cxd4 12.Nxd4 Bc5 13.Nb3
Be7 14.a5 O-O 15.Bd2 Qb8 16.a6 Bd5 17.Bxd5 exd5 18.Nd4 Qb6
19.Nc1 Nc5 20.Ncb3 Rfd8 21.Na5 Rdc8 22.Rdc1 Bf8 23.Nab3 Nfe4
24.Be1 Nxb3 25.Nxb3 Nc5 26.Nd4 Ne6 27.Nb3 Rc7 28.Rxc7 Nxc7
29.Qd3 Rd8 30.Qd4 Qb8 31.h3 Ne6 32.Qd3 Qe5 33.Nd4 Nxd4 34.Qxd4
Qxd4 35.exd4 Rc8 36.Ra5 Rc2 37.Rxd5 Rxb2 38.Rd7 Rb1 39.Kf1 b3
40.Rxa7 g6 41.Rb7 Ra1 42.Rxb3 Rxa6 43.Rb8 Kg7 44.Ke2 Ra2+
45.Kd3 Ra3+ 46.Bc3 Bd6 47.Rb2 Be7 48.Kc4 Ra4+ 49.Kb5 Ra1
50.d5+ Kf8 51.Kc6 Ra8 52.Be5 Rc8+ 53.Bc7 Bf6 54.Rb8 Rxb8
55.Bxb8 Bd4 56.Bd6+ Kg7 57.Bc5 1-0

[Event "USA-ch playoff-1pl"]
[Site "USA"]
[Date "1942.12.13"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Samuel Reshevsky"]
[Black "Isaac Kashdan"]
[ECO "E34"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "125"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 d5 5.cxd5 Qxd5 6.Nf3 c5 7.Bd2
Bxc3 8.Bxc3 Nc6 9.e3 O-O 10.Rd1 Qxa2 11.dxc5 Nd5 12.Be2 Ncb4
13.Qd2 Nxc3 14.Qxc3 Nd5 15.Qd2 b6 16.cxb6 axb6 17.O-O Bb7
18.Rc1 Rfc8 19.Ne5 Nf6 20.Nc4 Qb3 21.Qd4 Rc6 22.Nd6 Rxc1
23.Rxc1 Qd5 24.Qxd5 Bxd5 25.Rc8+ Rxc8 26.Nxc8 Kf8 27.Nxb6 Bb7
28.f3 Ke7 29.Kf2 Ne8 30.Nc4 f6 31.Ke1 e5 32.Kd2 Nc7 33.Bd3 h6
34.Na5 Bc8 35.Bc4 Kd6 36.Kc3 Nd5+ 37.Bxd5 Kxd5 38.e4+ Ke6
39.Nc4 Ba6 40.Ne3 h5 41.Kb4 g6 42.Kc5 f5 43.b4 fxe4 44.fxe4
Bd3 45.b5 Bxe4 46.g3 Bf3 47.h3 Bh1 48.b6 Ba8 49.Nc4 Kf5 50.Kd6
h4 51.gxh4 e4 52.Ke7 Bc6 53.Kf7 Bd5+ 54.Kg7 Ba8 55.Kh6 Bc6
56.Na5 Bd5 57.b7 Bxb7 58.Nxb7 e3 59.Nc5 Ke5 60.Nd3+ Ke4 61.Ne1
Kf5 62.Kg7 e2 63.Nc2 1-0

[Event "USA-ch playoff-1pl"]
[Site "USA"]
[Date "1942.11.29"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Samuel Reshevsky"]
[Black "Isaac Kashdan"]
[ECO "E29"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.a3 Bxc3+ 5.bxc3 c5 6.e3 O-O 7.Bd3
Nc6 8.Nf3 d6 9.Qc2 e5 10.d5 Ne7 11.O-O Kh8 12.Ne1 Ne8 13.f4
exf4 14.exf4 g6 15.Nf3 Bf5 16.Bxf5 Nxf5 17.g4 Nh6 18.f5 Nxg4
19.h3 Ne5 20.Nxe5 dxe5 21.Bh6 Rg8 22.f6 g5 23.Qf5 Rg6 24.Bf8
Nd6 25.Bg7+ Kg8 26.Qxe5 Qd7 27.Rae1 h5 28.Qe7 Qxe7 29.Rxe7 Rd8
30.Rfe1 Kh7 31.Kg2 g4 32.R1e5 gxh3+ 33.Kxh3 Rg1 34.Rxh5+ Kg6
35.Ree5 Rh1+ 36.Kg4 Ne4 37.Rxh1 Nf2+ 38.Kf4 1-0

[Event "USA-ch playoff-1pl"]
[Site "USA"]
[Date "1942.10.07"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Samuel Reshevsky"]
[Black "Isaac Kashdan"]
[ECO "D83"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Bf4 Bg7 5.e3 O-O 6.Qb3 c5 7.dxc5
Ne4 8.cxd5 Qa5 9.Nge2 Nxc5 10.Qd1 e5 11.Bg5 f6 12.a3 Ne4
13.Bh4 g5 14.Bg3 f5 15.f3 Nxc3 16.Nxc3 f4 17.Bf2 e4 18.Rc1 Bf5
19.Be2 exf3 20.gxf3 fxe3 21.Bxe3 Nd7 22.O-O Rae8 23.Bd4 Ne5
24.Kh1 a6 25.d6 Kh8 26.b4 Qd8 27.Nd5 g4 28.Nc7 gxf3 29.Bxf3
Nxf3 30.Bxg7+ Kxg7 31.Nxe8+ Qxe8 32.Rc7+ Kg8 33.Re7 Qg6
34.Qd5+ Kh8 35.Rxf3 1-0

[Event "USA-ch playoff-1pl"]
[Site "USA"]
[Date "1942.10.17"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Samuel Reshevsky"]
[Black "Isaac Kashdan"]
[ECO "D81"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Qb3 dxc4 5.Qxc4 Be6 6.Qd3 Bg7 7.e4
c6 8.Nf3 O-O 9.Be2 Ne8 10.O-O Nd6 11.Qc2 Bc4 12.Bf4 Bxe2
13.Qxe2 Qb6 14.Rad1 Qa6 15.Rd3 Nd7 16.e5 Nb5 17.Ng5 Nxc3
18.bxc3 h6 19.Ne4 c5 20.Rfd1 cxd4 21.cxd4 Rac8 22.Qd2 Rfd8
23.h4 Kh7 24.h5 g5 25.Bg3 Rc4 26.f4 f5 27.Nc3 gxf4 28.Bxf4 e6
29.Rg3 Nf8 30.Rxg7+ Kxg7 31.Bxh6+ Kh7 32.Qg5 Rd7 33.Bxf8 Rxc3
34.Qg6+ Kh8 35.Qe8 Rcc7 36.Be7+ Kg7 37.Qf8+ Kh7 38.Qf7+ 1-0

[Event "USA-ch playoff-1pl"]
[Site "USA"]
[Date "1942.12.20"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Samuel Reshevsky"]
[Black "Isaac Kashdan"]
[ECO "D81"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "104"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Qb3 c6 5.Nf3 Bg7 6.Bf4 O-O 7.e3
dxc4 8.Bxc4 Nbd7 9.O-O Nb6 10.Be2 Be6 11.Qc2 Nbd5 12.Be5 Bf5
13.Qd2 Nxc3 14.Qxc3 Ne4 15.Qb4 f6 16.Bg3 Qd7 17.Rfd1 Kh8
18.Nd2 Nxg3 19.hxg3 Rfd8 20.Rac1 Bf8 21.Qc3 Bg4 22.Qc4 Bxe2
23.Qxe2 e6 24.Ne4 Qf7 25.Nc5 e5 26.dxe5 fxe5 27.b3 Rd5 28.Rxd5
cxd5 29.Nd3 Bg7 30.e4 Rd8 31.exd5 Qxd5 32.Nb2 e4 33.Nc4 Bd4
34.Ne3 Qe5 35.Ng4 Qe7 36.Re1 Re8 37.Qc4 Qg7 38.Qd5 h5 39.Ne3
Bb6 40.Nc4 Qc3 41.Rxe4 Rxe4 42.Qxe4 Qa1+ 43.Kh2 Bxf2 44.Qe8+
Kg7 45.Qd7+ Kg8 46.Qc8+ Kh7 47.Qd7+ Qg7 48.Qe6 Bd4 49.Nd6 b6
50.Ne4 Kh6 51.Nd6 Kh7 52.Ne4 Kh6 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch playoff-1pl"]
[Site "USA"]
[Date "1942.12.24"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Isaac Kashdan"]
[Black "Samuel Reshevsky"]
[ECO "D82"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "78"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Bf4 Bg7 5.e3 c6 6.Nf3 O-O 7.Qb3
dxc4 8.Bxc4 Nbd7 9.O-O Nb6 10.Be2 Be6 11.Qc2 Nbd5 12.Be5 Bf5
13.Qb3 Qb6 14.Bc4 Nxc3 15.bxc3 Ne4 16.Qa3 Bxe5 17.Nxe5 Qc7
18.Rad1 Nd6 19.Bb3 a5 20.Qc1 a4 21.Bc2 c5 22.Bxf5 Nxf5 23.e4
cxd4 24.Ng4 Nd6 25.Rxd4 Rac8 26.Ne3 Nb5 27.Rc4 Qe5 28.f4 Qe6
29.f5 Qb6 30.Rxc8 Rxc8 31.c4 Nd6 32.Kh1 Nxe4 33.Nd5 Qd6
34.fxg6 hxg6 35.Qb1 Rxc4 36.Qxb7 Nf2+ 37.Kg1 Ng4 38.Nxe7+ Kg7
39.Qb2+ f6 0-1

[Event "Munich"]
[Site "Munich GER"]
[Date "1942.09.18"]
[EventDate "1942.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Alekhine"]
[Black "Paul Keres"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1. d4 {Notes by Alekhine} Nf6 2. Nf3 b6 3. c4 Bb7 4. g3 e6
5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. b3 {Avoiding the inevitable
simplification that would occur after 7 Nc3 Ne4!} d5
{Recommendable too is 7...c5 since 8 d5 would be answered by
8...Nxd5!, followed by 9...Bf6.} 8. Ne5 c6 {8...c5 is of
course more enterprising.} 9. Bb2 Nbd7 10. Nd2 c5 11. e3
{Sustaing the central tension and at the same time gaining a
certain advantage in space.} Rc8 12. Rc1 Rc7 13. Qe2 Qa8 {?
The rook at c7 is not secure, and this move helps white to
undertake a favourable mobilization. Much better was 13...Qb8,
followed by 14...Rfc8.} 14. cxd5 Nxd5 15. e4 N5f6 16. b4 {!
Taking the greatest possible advantage of the deficient
position of the Black rook at c7.} Rfc8 17. dxc5 bxc5 18. b5
a6 {? Also after 18...Nxe5 19 Bxe5 Rd7 20 Nb3 Black's game
would be inferior but allowing the opening of the a-file is
practically suicidal.} 19. a4 axb5 20. axb5 Qa2 {Keres must
have overlooked the rejoinder. In any case his position is
already hopeless.} 21. Nec4 {!} Qa8 22. Bxf6 {! Winning the
exchange anyway.} gxf6 {If 22...Bxf6 23 b6 or 22...Nxf6 23 Nb6
etc.} 23. b6 Rc6 24. e5 Rxb6 25. Nxb6 Nxb6 26. Bxb7 Qxb7
27. exf6 Bxf6 28. Ne4 Be7 29. Qg4+ Kh8 30. Qf4 {! Threatening
not only 31 Qxf7 but also 31 Nxc5!} Bf8 31. Nxc5 Qc7 {After
32...Rxc5 White would recover the piece either at d4 or at
e5.} 32. Nxe6 Qxf4 33. Nxf4 1-0

[Event "Madrid"]
[Site "Madrid"]
[Date "1943.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Friedrich Saemisch"]
[Black "Antonio Angel Medina Garcia"]
[ECO "D08"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "38"]

1.d4 {Notes by Alekhine. In this game Saemisch was the victim
of routine. Singularly he believed that in the variation
selected by his opponent Black would have to castle on the
king's side, when he castled on the queen's side, Saemisch
lost his head and almost immediately committed the decisive
error.} d5 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 d4 4.Nf3 Nc6 5.Nbd2 Be6 6.g3 Qd7
7.Bg2 Nge7 8.O-O Ng6 9.a3 Be7 10.b4 O-O-O {In reality here
castling here marks the beginning of a combination and is
based on the consideration that White could not capture on the
thirteenth move.} 11.Bb2 Bh3 12.b5 {At all events 12.Qa4 would
be better.} Ncxe5 13.Qa4 Bxg2 {!} 14.Kxg2 Nxf3 15.exf3 {And
here 15.Nxf3 is preferable.} Bc5 16.Rad1 Qf5 17.Nb3 Rd6 {!}
18.Nd2 {White sees disaster coming, but it is too late. If,
for instance, 18.Nxd4 then 18...Nxh4+! 19.gxh4 Rg6+ 20.Kh1
Bxd4 winning a piece. A short and instructive game.} Nf4+ {!}
19.gxf4 Rh6 0-1

[Event "Buenos Aires ol-f (04)"]
[Site "Buenos Aires ARG"]
[Date "1939.09.05"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vladas Jonovich Mikenas"]
[Black "Alexander Alekhine"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "108"]

1. d4 e6 2. Nd2 d5 3. e3 c5 4. c3 Qc7 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. Ngf3 cxd4
7. exd4 Bd6 8. O-O Nf6 9. Re1 Bd7 10. Qe2 Nh5 11. g3 g6
12. Ne5 Nxe5 13. dxe5 Be7 14. Nb3 Ng7 15. Bh6 Nf5 16. Bxf5
gxf5 17. Qh5 Rg8 18. Bf4 Rg7 19. Nd4 O-O-O 20. Rad1 Qb6
21. Qe2 Bc5 22. Be3 Kb8 23. Nb3 Bxe3 24. Qxe3 Qxe3 25. Rxe3
Ba4 26. Rd4 Bxb3 27. axb3 Rg4 28. f4 h5 29. c4 h4 30. cxd5
Rxd5 31. Rxd5 exd5 32. Kf2 hxg3+ 33. hxg3 Rg6 34. Rd3 Rb6
35. Rxd5 Kc7 36. Rd3 Rh6 37. g4 fxg4 38. Rc3+ Kd7 39. Kg3 f5
40. exf6 Rxf6 41. Kxg4 Rg6+ 42. Kf5 Rg2 43. Kf6 Rxb2 44. f5 b5
45. Rg3 Kd6 46. Kg7 Kc5 47. f6 Kb4 48. f7 Rf2 49. Rg6 Kxb3
50. Rf6 Rg2+ 51. Rg6 Rf2 52. Rf6 Rg2+ 53. Kh7 Rh2+ 54. Kg7
Rg2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Rio de Janeiro"]
[Site "Rio de Janeiro"]
[Date "1939.05.31"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Trompowsky O/Rocha A"]
[Black "Alekhine / O Cruz"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "34"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d5 3. Bxf6 exf6 4. e3 Be6 5. Nd2 c6 6. c4 Bb4
7. cxd5 Bxd5 8. a3 Ba5 9. Nf3 f5 10. Bd3 g6 11. O-O O-O
12. Bc4 Na6 13. Qb3 Nc7 14. Qxb7 Rb8 15. Qxa7 Ra8 16. Qb7 Rb8
17. Qa7 Ra8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Buenos Aires"]
[Site "Buenos Aires ARG"]
[Date "1939.09.18"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "15"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Moshe Czerniak"]
[Black "Alexander Alekhine"]
[ECO "A22"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "100"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. g3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bg2 Nb6 6. Nf3
Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. d3 O-O 9. Be3 f5 10. Na4 f4 11. Bc5 Bg4
12. Rc1 Bd6 13. Re1 Qe7 14. Nd2 Kh8 15. Ne4 Bxc5 16. Naxc5 Nd4
17. Nb3 c6 18. Nxd4 exd4 19. Qd2 Nd5 20. Rc4 Qe5 21. b4 Rad8
22. Qb2 Nb6 23. Rc5 Rd5 24. Qa3 Nd7 25. Rxd5 cxd5 26. Nc5 f3
27. h3 fxg2 28. hxg4 Nf6 29. b5 Qe7 30. Qb4 Nd7 31. Qxd4 Nxc5
32. Qxd5 Rd8 33. Qf3 Rxd3 34. exd3 Qxe1+ 35. Kxg2 Qe7 36. d4
Ne4 37. Qe3 Qe8 38. f3 Nf6 39. Qe5 Kg8 40. g5 Qxe5 41. dxe5
Nd5 42. f4 Nc3 43. Kf3 Nxa2 44. f5 Nc3 45. b6 a5 46. Ke3 Nd5+
47. Kd4 Nxb6 48. e6 a4 49. f6 gxf6 50. gxf6 a3 0-1

[Event "Munich"]
[Site "Munich GER"]
[Date "1941.09.18"]
[EventDate "1941.09.08"]
[Round "13"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Peter Leepin"]
[Black "Alexander Alekhine"]
[ECO "A22"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "40"]

1. c4 {Notes by Alekhine} e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5
5. Bg2 Nb6 6. a4 {This move is not recommendable at this stage
of the game, since white obtains no advantage and at the same
time gives up to Black the square b4.} a5 7. d3 Bb4 {the first
consequence of white's sixth move; otherwise the bishop would
modestly have had to satisfy itself with the square e7.}
8. Nf3 Nc6 9. O-O O-O 10. Be3 Bg4 11. Rc1 f5 {! A precisely
calculated pawn sacrifice, the acceptance of which leads to
rapid destruction foreseen by black here on the eleventh
move.} 12. Ng5 {Apparently effective in view of the threats 13
Ne6 and 13 Qb3+.} f4 {!} 13. Bxb6 Qxg5 14. Bxc7 Qh5 {Moe
efficacious than 14...Nd4, to which White would have been able
to respond with 15 f3. But now this move is impossible in view
of 15...Bc5+ with an immediate win.} 15. Bxc6 {This eliminates
one enemy but there still remains sufficient reserves. 15 Bf3
would also have lost quickly after 15...Bxf3, followed by
...Rf6.} bxc6 16. Rc2 {If 16 Re1 then 16...fxg3 17 hxg3 Rxf2!
18 Kxf2 Bc5+.} Bxc3 {The most exact. In the continuation from
the plausible 16...f3 white would have been able to stop the
direct mating threats with 17 h4! Bxc3 18 Rxc3 fxe2 19 Qb3+,
followed by 20 Re1 etc.} 17. Rxc3 Bxe2 18. Qb3+ Kh8 19. Re1
Qh3 {! This reveals the idea behind the exchange on the
sixteenth move. For the only plausible move, 20 f3, I had
prepared mate in eight moves: 20...fxg3! 21 Rxe2 Rxf3 22 Rc1
Raf8 23 Qd1 (or 23 Rg2 gxh2+ and mate in two) Rf2! 24 Rxf2
gxf2+ 25 Kh1 f1 (Q)+ etc.} 20. Bxe5 {After this move Black has
the agreeable choice between mate with 20...f3 or with
20...Bf3.} f3 {!} 0-1

[Event "Munich"]
[Site "Munich GER"]
[Date "1942.09.22"]
[EventDate "1942.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Paul Keres"]
[Black "Kurt Paul Otto Joseph Richter"]
[ECO "A28"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "118"]

1.c4 {Notes by Alekhine} e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.d4 exd4
5.Nxd4 Bb4 6.Bg5 h6 7.Bh4 g5 {Unexpected but a stroke that is
characteristic of the German player} 8.Bg3 d6 9.Rc1 {Better
would have been 9.e3 or 9.f3} Nxd4 10.Qxd4 Bf5 11.h4 {? A
considerable loss of time. 11.f3 would be better.} Kd7 {!
Intrepid and well inspired. If now 12.Be5 then 12...Bc5
13.Bxf6 Bxd4 14.Bxd8 Raxd8 with advantage to Black.} 12.Rd1
Ne4 13.Qe5 Bxc3+ 14.bxc3 Nxg3 15.fxg3 {Also after 15.Qxg3 b6
Black would have the better game.} Bg6 16.hxg5 Qxg5 {At this
moment White has some counter-attacking chances and Keres
makes use of them with the ingenious spirit in which he
specializes. This opportunity could be avoided by means of
16...hxg5 17.Rxh8 Qxh8 and White's disorganized pawnswould
guarantee Black a good endgame.} 17.Qf4 Rae8 18.Rd5 {! Forcing
the undoubling of one of the pawns.} Qxf4 19.gxf4 b6 20.Kf2 h5
21.e3 h4 22.Be2 Be4 23.Rg5 Reg8 24.Bg4+ Kc6 25.Rxg8 Rxg8
26.Rxh4 Kc5 27.Bf3 Bxf3 28.Kxf3 Kxc4 {In spite of all his
efforts, the White king has not succeeded in counter-balancing
all the advantages that his rival obtained in the
opening. However, as we shall see later on, this advantage
should not be decisive.} 29.Rh7 Rf8 30.g4 Kxc3 31.Ke4 c5 32.g5
c4 33.Kd5 Kb4 34.e4 c3 35.Rh2 Rc8 36.Rc2 b5 37.f5 a5 38.Kxd6
{? The decisive mistake. Instead of this unfortunate move,
necessary was 38.Kd4 with good chances of salvation. Let us
look at two principal variations: (a)38...Rg8 39.Rg2! c2
40.Rxc2 Rxg5 41.Kd5 Rg4 42.Re2 Kc3 43.Kxd6 Kd3
44.Rf2. (b)38...a4 39.Kd3 Ka3 40.Rxc3+ Rxc3+ 41.Kxc3 b4+
42.Kd4 b3 43.g6} Kc4 39.e5 b4 40.Kd7 Ra8 41.e6 fxe6 42.f6 a4
43.g6 b3 44.axb3 axb3 45.Rxc3+ Kxc3 46.f7 b2 47.g7 b1=Q
48.f8=Q Qb7+ {? Immediately decisive was 48...Qb5+ because if
49.Kxe6 then 49...Ra6+ winning in a few moves.} 49.Kxe6 Ra6+
50.Ke5 Qb5+ 51.Kf4 Ra4+ 52.Kg3 Qd3+ 53.Qf3 Ra8 54.g8=Q Rxg8+
{Here or on the previous move exchanging queens would have
sufficed.} 55.Kh2 Rh8+ 56.Kg1 {A king that does not want to
resign!} Rg8+ 57.Kh2 Kc2 58.Qc6+ Kd1 59.Qf3+ Qe2+ 0-1

[Event "Prague"]
[Site "Prague"]
[Date "1943.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Jaroslav Sajtar"]
[Black "Alexander Alekhine"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "110"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. b3 c5 4. Bb2 Nc6 5. e3 d5 6. d4 cxd4
7. Nxd4 Bb4+ 8. Bc3 Bxc3+ 9. Nxc3 e5 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. cxd5
cxd5 12. Bb5+ Bd7 13. Bxd7+ Qxd7 14. O-O O-O 15. Qd3 Rfd8
16. Rfd1 Rac8 17. Rac1 Rc6 18. h3 h6 19. Ne2 Rd6 20. Rc2 Ne4
21. f3 Ng5 22. Kh2 Qe7 23. Ng1 d4 24. Re1 Rg6 25. exd4 Qd6
26. Kh1 exd4 27. Ne2 Ne6 28. Rec1 Qe5 29. Rc8 Rxc8 30. Rxc8+
Kh7 31. Rc1 Nc5 32. Qd2 Rd6 33. b4 Ne6 34. Qd3+ g6 35. a4 Kg7
36. a5 a6 37. Rd1 Rd5 38. Qe4 Qd6 39. f4 d3 40. Nc3 Rd4
41. Qe5+ Qxe5 42. fxe5 Nf4 43. b5 Ne2 44. Nb1 axb5 45. a6 Ra4
46. Rxd3 Rxa6 47. Rd2 Ng3+ 48. Kg1 b4 49. Rd3 Ne2+ 50. Kf2 Nf4
51. Rd4 Ra2+ 52. Kf3 Nxg2 53. Rxb4 Ne1+ 54. Ke4 Re2+ 55. Kd5
Rxe5+ 0-1

[Event "Warsaw"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "1943.03.28"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Alekhine"]
[Black "Efim Bogoljubov"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1. d4 {Notes by Alekhine} d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 dxc4
5. Qa4+ Qd7 {The exchange of Queens that Black will force with
this maneuver gives him very few advantages, because it does
not solve the chief problem, which is the development of the
queen's bishop.} 6. Qxc4 Qc6 7. Nbd2 Qxc4 8. Nxc4 Bb4+ 9. Bd2
Bxd2+ 10. Ncxd2 {Preferable to 10 Nfxd2 which, after 10...Nc6
11 Nf3 Nb4! would have offered Black some changes. Despite the
simplification Black still faces a difficult problem: if he is
compelled to play ...c6 what future will be left for the
bishop? Boglojubov takes a radical measure; with t6he aim of
protecting the points he prepares to castle long. In the
continuation we shall see the weak side of this strategy.} Nc6
11. Bg2 Bd7 12. O-O O-O-O 13. Rac1 Rhe8 14. Nc4 {It goes
without saying that White will not allow ...e5.} Re7 15. a3
Be8 16. Rfd1 Nd5 17. b4 Nb6 18. b5 {! An important move which
forces the knight to withdraw and permits the blocking of the
queen's side. For if 18...Nxc4 then 19 bxc6 Nxa3 20 cxb7+ Kxb7
21 Ne5+ Kc8 22 Nc6 Bxc6 23 Bxc6 Rd6 24 Rc3 followed by 25 Ra1
and wins.} Nb8 19. Nxb6+ axb6 20. a4 f6 21. Bh3 {Threatening
to advance the d-pawn.} Bd7 {Now it seems that Black is at
last going to free himself by 22...e5.} 22. Nd2 {!! Decisive,
because if 22...e5 there follows 23 Nc4 with the threat of 24
Nxb6 mate. What follows now is practically all forced.} Rf8
23. Bg2 {! 23 Nc4 would allow Black to play 23...Kd8, followed
by 24...Bc8.} c6 24. Nc4 Kc7 25. e4 cxb5 {desperation, since
there is no defence against the advance of the d-pawn.}
26. axb5 Bxb5 27. d5 {! More accurate than 27 Na3+ Bc6 28 d5,
after which Black would not have been under any obligation to
exchange pawns.} exd5 28. Na3+ Bc6 29. exd5 Rd7 30. Nb5+ Kd8
31. dxc6 bxc6 32. Nd4 {! This wins at least a pawn. An
instructive game from the strategic point of view.} 1-0

