[Event "Moscow Club Spring"]
[Site "Moscow Club Spring"]
[Date "1907.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Alekhine"]
[Black "K Isakov"]
[ECO "C44"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "51"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 d5 4. Qa4 f6 5. Bb5 Ne7 6. exd5 Qxd5
7. O-O Bd7 8. d4 e4 9. Nfd2 f5 10. Nb3 Ne5 11. Nc5 c6 12. Be2
Bc8 13. Be3 b5 14. Qa5 Nc4 15. Bxc4 Qxc4 16. Nd2 Qd5 17. a4
Ng6 18. f3 Bxc5 19. dxc5 Qd3 20. Bg5 h6 21. Nxe4 hxg5 22. Nd6+
Kd7 23. Rad1 Qe3+ 24. Kh1 Qf4 25. g3 Qxa4 26. Nxb5+ 1-0

[Event "cr 1909-10"]
[Site "cr 1909-10"]
[Date "1910.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "K Vygodchikov"]
[Black "Alexander Alekhine"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "64"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Bc5 6. Nxe5
Nxe5 7. d4 Nxe4 8. Re1 Be7 9. Rxe4 Ng6 10. Nc3 O-O 11. Nd5 Bd6
12. Qf3 f5 13. Bb3 Kh8 14. Re2 f4 15. c4 c6 16. c5 Bb8 17. Nb6
d5 18. Nxa8 Nh4 19. Qc3 f3 20. Re5 Bxe5 21. dxe5 Nxg2 22. Qd4
Qd7 23. e6 Qxe6 24. Bd2 Qg6 25. Bc2 Qxc2 26. Kh1 Qg6 27. Rg1
Bh3 28. Nb6 Nf4 29. Rxg6 Bg2+ 30. Rxg2 fxg2+ 31. Kg1 Ne2+
32. Kxg2 Nxd4 0-1

[Event "Hamburg (13)"]
[Site "Hamburg (13)"]
[Date "1910.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Alekhine"]
[Black "Frederick D Yates"]
[ECO "D61"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "91"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Nc3 O-O
7. Qc2 b6 8. cxd5 exd5 9. Bd3 Bb7 10. h4 c5 11. O-O-O cxd4
12. Nxd4 Re8 13. Kb1 a6 14. g4 b5 15. Bxf6 Nxf6 16. g5 Ne4
17. Nxe4 dxe4 18. Bxe4 Bxe4 19. Qxe4 Bxg5 20. Ne6 Qe7 21. hxg5
h6 22. gxh6 Qxe6 23. Qd4 Qe4+ 24. Qxe4 Rxe4 25. hxg7 Kxg7
26. Rdg1+ Kf6 27. Rh6+ Ke7 28. Rc1 Ra7 29. Rcc6 a5 30. Ra6
Rxa6 31. Rxa6 a4 32. Rb6 Re5 33. Kc2 Rc5+ 34. Kd3 Kd7 35. a3
Rf5 36. f4 Kc7 37. Rh6 Rd5+ 38. Kc3 f5 39. Re6 Kd7 40. Re5
Rxe5 41. fxe5 Ke7 42. Kd3 Kd7 43. e4 f4 44. Ke2 Ke6 45. Kf2
Kxe5 46. Kf3 1-0

[Event "Hamburg"]
[Site "Hamburg, Germany"]
[Date "1910.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Abraham Speyer"]
[Black "Alexander Alekhine"]
[ECO "C15"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1.e4 {Notes by Alexander Alekhine.} e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 {This
move is far better than its reputation. Its object is to
simplify the position, at any rate in the variation usually
adopted by White, starting 4.exd5, a simplification which
allows Black more easily to evolve a plan of development. It
has been adopted with success at various times by
Neimzowitch.} 4.Bd2 {This idea is interesting but does not
produce any advantage if Black makes the correct reply. The
most usual move here is 4.exd5, the consequences of 4.e5 c5
appearing to be rather in Black's favor (compare
Dr. Lasker-Maroczy, New York, 1924).} 4...Ne7 {Simplest, for
the complications resulting from 4...dxe4 5.Qg4 would give
White attacking chances: e.g.: 1) 5...Nf6 6.Qxg7 Rg8 7.Qh6
Qxd4 8.O-O-O, threatening 9.Bg5. 2) 5...Qxd4 6.Nf3 Qf6 7.Qxe4
followed by O-O-O with good attacking chances for White.}
5.exd5 {White was threatened with: 5...dxe4 and 6...Qxd4.}
5...exd5 6.Qf3 {This is not a normal developing move. As the
sequel will show, most of the White pieces will find
themselves on unfavorable squares. It might have been better
to play 6.Bd3 followed by 7.Nge2; 8.O-O-O, etc.} 6...Nbc6
7.Bb5 {compulsory after the last move.} 7...O-O 8.Nge2 Bf5
{The Black pieces, on the other hand, are well placed for
concerted action.} 9.O-O-O {White's object in playing 6.Qf3
was to castle on the queenside; this is a strategic error,
however, for on the king's side White has no prospect which
might compensate for Black's attack on the queen's
side. 9.Rc1, followed by 10.O-O, was certainly not so bad.}
9...a6 {White's b5 bishop must be eliminated in order to allow
a black knight to occupy b5.} 10.Bd3 Bxd3 11.Qxd3 Na5 {!}
12.a3 {White takes advantage of the opportunity to force the
exchange of one of Black's attacking pieces, for 12...Bd6
fails on account of 13.Nxd5, unmasking the white bishop.}
12...Bxc3 13.Bxc3 Nc4 14.Rde1 Nc6 {Strategically, the game is
already won by Black, but the latter here makes a slight
tactical error, which allows his opponent to exchange
queens. The simple plan of attack to lead to an easy win would
be: a4 followed by b4-3, etc. The decision of the game could
and should have been brought about by a direct attack on the
king.} 15.Nf4 Qd6 {Against any other move, White's reply
16.Qf3 would have been still more awkward for Black.} 16.Qf3
Rad8 {The plausible Rfd1 would have been wrong, for then
17.Nxd5 and if ...Qxd5; 18.Re8+, etc. However, White now
succeeds in exchanging queens.} 17.Nd3 a5 {Better late than
never!} 18.Qf4 {Else Black's attack would become
irresistible.} 18...Qxf4+ {If 18...Qd2; White could already
try a counter-demonstration with 19.h4 followed by Rh3.}
19.Nxf4 b5 {This advance remains strong even after the
exchange of queens, for the white bishop is very badly
placed.} 20.Nd3 Rb8 21.Ne5 {There does not appear to be any
other method of saving the pawn. But after the exchange of
knights Black finds fresh resources for the attack, with the
aid of his c7-pawn.} 21...N6xe5 22.dxe5 c5 {Less good would
have been: 22...b4 23.axb4 axb4 24.Bd4 Ra8 25.b3, etc.} 23.b3
{again the only chance against the threat of b4, etc.} 23...d4
{The winning move, for this pawn will exert a decisive
pressure in the ensuing rook end-game. Should White avoid the
exhchange of pieces by 24.Bb2, Black obtains a winning
advantage by: 24...Nb6 followed by ...a4.} 24.bxc4 dxc3 25.Re3
{Compulsory, for after 25.cxb5 Rxb5 this move would not be
feasible because of 26...Rfb8.} 25...b4 26.a4 Rbd8 {For the
better appreciation of this end-game, it may be pointed out
that White cannot here offer the exchange of both rooks; e.g.:
27.Rd1 Rxd1+ 28.Kxd1 Rd8+ 29.Rd3 Rxd3+ 30.cxd3 g5 31.h3 h5
32.g3 (if f3 then ...h4) g4 followed by Kf8, Ke7, Ke6 and Kxe5
winning. White's subsequent moves are therefore forced.}
27.Rhe1 Rd4 28.Re4 Rxe4 29.Rxe4 Rd8 30.e6 {If 30.Re2 Black
would win a pawn by 30...Rd4.} 30...fxe6 31.Rxe6 Rd2 {After
this incursion by the black rook the remainder of the game is
purely a matter of technique.} 32.Re5 Rxf2 33.Kb1 Rf1+ 34.Ka2
Rc1 35.Rxc5 Rxc2+ 36.Kb1 Rb2+ 37.Kc1 Rxg2 38.Rb5 {to parry the
threat of ...b3.} 38...Kf7 39.c5 Ke6 40.c6 Kd6 41.c7 Kxc7
42.Rxa5 Rxh2 43.Rb5 Rb2 44.a5 Kc6 45.Rb8 Kc5 46.a6 Ra2 47.Rc8+
Kb5 48.Rb8+ Kc4 0-1

[Event "Karlsbad"]
[Site "01"]
[Date "1911.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Alekhine"]
[Black "Milan Vidmar"]
[ECO "C49"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bb5 Bb4 5.O-O O-O 6.Bxc6 bxc6
7.Nxe5 Qe8 8.Ng4 Nxe4 9.Nh6+ Kh8 10.Re1 d5 11.d3 Qe5 12.dxe4
d4 13.a3 dxc3 14.axb4 cxb2 15.Nxf7+ Kg8 16.Rb1 Rxf7 17.Bxb2
Qg5 18.Qd3 Be6 19.Bd4 Rd8 20.Qe3 Qb5 21.Bxa7 Qa4 22.c3 Bc4
23.Bd4 Ra8 24.Qd2 h6 25.h3 Qb5 26.Ra1 Ra4 27.Qc2 Rxa1 28.Rxa1
Bd3 29.Ra8+ Kh7 30.Qa2 Qh5 31.Qe6 Bf1 32.Ra5 Qd1 33.Kh2 Bxg2
34.Kxg2 Qf3+ 35.Kg1 Rf4 36.Ra8 Rf7 37.Qg4 Qd3 38.Rf8 1-0

[Event "Cologne Germany"]
[Site "Cologne Germany"]
[Date "1911.??.??"]
[EventDate "1911.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Alekhine"]
[Black "Oscar Tenner"]
[ECO "C30"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "29"]

1. e4 {Some sources indicate that this game is actually a
post-mortem of a twenty-three move draw.} e5 2. f4 Bc5 3. Nf3
d6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Bc4 Nc6 6. d3 Bg4 7. Na4 exf4 8. Nxc5 dxc5
9. Bxf4 Nh5 10. Be3 Ne5 11. Nxe5 Bxd1 12. Bxf7+ Ke7 13. Bxc5+
Kf6 14. O-O+ Kxe5 15. Rf5# 1-0

[Event "Karlsbad"]
[Site "13"]
[Date "1911.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Alekhine"]
[Black "Oscar Chajes"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "47"]

1.c4 e6 2.e4 c5 3.Nc3 Nc6 4.Nf3 g6 5.d4 cxd4 6.Nxd4 Bg7 7.Ndb5
Be5 8.f4 a6 9.fxe5 axb5 10.Bf4 bxc4 11.Bxc4 Ra5 12.O-O b5
13.b4 Qb6+ 14.Kh1 Nxb4 15.Bxb5 Rxb5 16.Nxb5 Qxb5 17.Rb1 Ba6
18.Qd6 f6 19.Rfc1 Qd3 20.Rxb4 g5 21.Rd4 Qb5 22.a4 Qb7 23.Rc7
Qb1+ 24.Rd1 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1912.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Peter Potemkin"]
[Black "Alexander Alekhine"]
[ECO "B20"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "38"]

1. e4 c5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Ne2 Nc6 5. c3 Nf6 6. Na3 d5
7. exd5 Nxd5 8. Nc2 O-O 9. d4 cxd4 10. cxd4 Bg4 11. f3 Bf5
12. Ne3 Qa5+ 13. Kf2 Ndb4 14. Nxf5 Qxf5 15. g4 Nd3+ 16. Kg3
Nxd4 17. gxf5 Nxf5+ 18. Kg4 h5+ 19. Kh3 Nf2# 0-1

[Event "St Petersburg"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1912.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Alekhine"]
[Black "Grigory Levenfish"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "39"]

1. d4 c5 2. d5 Nf6 3. Nc3 d6 4. e4 g6 5. f4 Nbd7 6. Nf3 a6
7. e5 dxe5 8. fxe5 Ng4 9. e6 Nde5 10. Bf4 Nxf3+ 11. gxf3 Nf6
12. Bc4 fxe6 13. dxe6 Qb6 14. Qe2 Qxb2 15. Nb5 Qxa1+ 16. Kf2
Qxh1 17. Nc7+ Kd8 18. Qd2+ Bd7 19. exd7 1-0

[Event "Stockholm (04)"]
[Site "Stockholm (04)"]
[Date "1912.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Alekhine"]
[Black "Erich Cohn"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "113"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. e5 Qe7 6. f4 d6
7. Bb5 Bd7 8. Bxc6 bxc6 9. O-O dxe5 10. fxe5 Ng4 11. Nc3 Qh4
12. Nf3 Qh5 13. Ne4 Be7 14. Qd4 Be6 15. Bg5 Bxg5 16. Nexg5 O-O
17. h3 Nh6 18. Qe4 Bf5 19. Qxc6 Qg6 20. Qxg6 Bxg6 21. Nd4 Rab8
22. b3 Rfe8 23. Rad1 Rb6 24. c4 Rxe5 25. c5 Ra6 26. Nde6 Kh8
27. Rd8+ Ng8 28. Nxc7 Rxa2 29. Rfd1 f6 30. Rxg8+ Kxg8 31. Rd8+
Be8 32. Nxe8 Kf8 33. Nd6+ Ke7 34. Re8+ Kd7 35. Rxe5 fxe5
36. Nc4 Kc6 37. Ne4 Ra1+ 38. Kf2 Kd5 39. Kf3 a5 40. Ke2 a4
41. Ncd2 a3 42. b4 Rc1 43. Kd3 a2 44. Nb3 Rd1+ 45. Kc2 a1=Q
46. Nxa1 Rxa1 47. Nc3+ Kc6 48. Kd3 Rf1 49. g3 h5 50. Kc4 h4
51. b5+ Kd7 52. gxh4 Rf4+ 53. Kd5 Rxh4 54. c6+ Kc7 55. Kc5
Rxh3 56. b6+ Kb8 57. Nb5 1-0

[Event "Scheveningen (03)"]
[Site "Scheveningen (03)"]
[Date "1913.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Jacques Mieses"]
[Black "Alexander Alekhine"]
[ECO "C22"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "66"]

1. e4 e5 2. d4 exd4 3. Qxd4 Nc6 4. Qe3 Be7 5. Bd2 Nf6 6. Nc3
O-O 7. O-O-O d5 8. exd5 Nxd5 9. Qg3 Bh4 10. Qf3 Be6 11. Be3
Nxc3 12. Rxd8 Nxa2+ 13. Kb1 Raxd8 14. Be2 Nab4 15. Nh3 Rfe8
16. Nf4 Bf5 17. Rc1 g6 18. g4 Be4 19. Qh3 Bf6 20. Bf3 Bxf3
21. Qxf3 Ne5 22. Qe2 c5 23. Rg1 c4 24. h4 Nd5 25. Nxd5 Rxd5
26. f4 Nd3 27. Qf3 Rb5 28. cxd3 Rxb2+ 29. Kc1 cxd3 30. Kd1 Rc8
31. g5 Rcc2 32. Ke1 Rb1+ 33. Qd1 Bc3+ 0-1

[Event "St Petersburg (01)"]
[Site "St Petersburg (01)"]
[Date "1913.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Alekhine"]
[Black "Oldrich Duras"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "53"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. Qe2 b5 6. Bb3 Bc5
7. a4 Rb8 8. axb5 axb5 9. d3 d6 10. Be3 Bg4 11. h3 Bh5
12. Nbd2 O-O 13. O-O Nd4 14. Bxd4 Bxf3 15. Nxf3 exd4 16. e5
Qe7 17. Rfe1 Rbe8 18. Qd2 dxe5 19. Rxe5 Qd6 20. Qg5 Rxe5
21. Nxe5 Qb6 22. g4 Bd6 23. Nxf7 Rxf7 24. Qf5 g6 25. Qe6 Kg7
26. Qxf7+ Kh6 27. Be6 1-0

[Event "Paris sim"]
[Site "Paris sim"]
[Date "1913.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Alekhine"]
[Black "M Prat"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "59"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e3 Nf6 6. Bxc4 Bb4
7. O-O Bxc3 8. bxc3 O-O 9. Qc2 Ne7 10. Ba3 c6 11. e4 h6
12. Rad1 Bd7 13. Ne5 Re8 14. f4 Qc7 15. f5 Rad8 16. Nxf7 Kxf7
17. e5 Neg8 18. Bd6 Qc8 19. Qe2 b5 20. Bb3 a5 21. Rde1 a4
22. Qh5+ Nxh5 23. fxe6+ Kg6 24. Bc2+ Kg5 25. Rf5+ Kg6 26. Rf6+
Kg5 27. Rg6+ Kh4 28. Re4+ Nf4 29. Rxf4+ Kh5 30. g3 1-0

[Event "Paris"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "1913.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Rodzynski"]
[Black "Alexander Alekhine"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "30"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bc4 Nc6 4. c3 Bg4 5. Qb3 Qd7 6. Ng5 Nh6
7. Bxf7+ Nxf7 8. Nxf7 Qxf7 9. Qxb7 Kd7 10. Qxa8 Qc4 11. f3
Bxf3 12. gxf3 Nd4 13. d3 Qxd3 14. cxd4 Be7 15. Qxh8 Bh4# 0-1

[Event "Mannheim, #31"]
[Site "Mannheim, #31"]
[Date "1914.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Alekhine"]
[Black "Hans Fahrni"]
[ECO "C13"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "45"]

1. e4 {Notes by Richard Reti} e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5
Be7 5. e5 Nfd7 6. h4 {This ingenious method of play which has
subsequently been adopted by all modern masters is
characteristic of Alekhine's style.} Bxg5 7. hxg5 Qxg5 8. Nh3
{! The short-stepping knight is always brought as near as
possible to the actual battle field. Therefore White does not
make the plausible move 8 Nf3 but 8 Nh3 so as to get the
knight to f4.} Qe7 9. Nf4 Nf8 10. Qg4 f5 {The only move. Not
only was 11 Qxg7 threatened but also Nxd5.} 11. exf6 gxf6
12. O-O-O {He again threatens Nxd5.} c6 13. Re1 Kd8 14. Rh6 e5
15. Qh4 Nbd7 16. Bd3 e4 17. Qg3 Qf7 {Forced - the sacrifice of
the knight at d5 was threatened and after 17...Qd6 18 Bxe4
dxe4 19 Rxe4 and 20 Qg7 wins.} 18. Bxe4 dxe4 19. Nxe4 Rg8
20. Qa3 {Here, as so often happens, a surprising move and one
difficult to have foreseen, forms the kernel of an apparently
simple Alekhine combination.} Qg7 {After 20...Qe7; 21 Qa5+ b6
22 Qc3 would follow.} 21. Nd6 Nb6 22. Ne8 Qf7 {White mates in
three moves.} 23. Qd6+ 1-0

[Event "Paris Quad"]
[Site "Paris Quad"]
[Date "1914.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Alekhine"]
[Black "B Hallegua"]
[ECO "A84"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "87"]

1. c4 f5 2. d4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e4 fxe4 5. Qg4 Qe7 6. Bg5 Nf6
7. Bxf6 Qxf6 8. Qxe4 O-O 9. Nf3 Nc6 10. Bd3 g6 11. O-O Bxc3
12. bxc3 d6 13. Rae1 Bd7 14. c5 Rae8 15. cxd6 cxd6 16. Qg4 Nd8
17. Ng5 Bc6 18. f4 Kg7 19. Re3 Re7 20. Rh3 h5 21. Qd1 e5
22. Nh7 Kxh7 23. fxe5 Qxf1+ 24. Bxf1 dxe5 25. d5 Bd7 26. Rh4
e4 27. Be2 Rf5 28. Qd4 Rfe5 29. Rf4 b6 30. Rf8 Re8 31. Rxe8
Rxe8 32. Qf6 Bf5 33. d6 Ne6 34. d7 Rh8 35. Qe7+ Kh6 36. h3 Rh7
37. d8=Q Nxd8 38. Qxd8 Rd7 39. Qh8+ Kg5 40. Kf2 h4 41. g3
hxg3+ 42. Kxg3 Be6 43. h4+ Kf5 44. Bg4# 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1914.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "S Von Freymann"]
[Black "Alexander Alekhine"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "48"]

1. d4 {Notes by Alekhine} d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Bg5 {This
move is of doubtful value, for it allows the following reply,
hit upon by Duras. It is better to play Nc3 first.} h6 {!
After this move White has nothing better than to take the
Knight, leaving his opponent with two Bishops, for if the
Bishop retreats, the acceptance of the Gambit is in favour of
Black.} 5. Bh4 dxc4 {More precise would have been 5...Bb4+;
followed by dxc4; as then the Gambit Pawn could be held by
...b5, etc.} 6. Qa4+ {The only way of regaining the
Pawn. Black threatened 6...Bb4+; followed by 7...b5.} Nbd7
7. Qxc4 c5 8. Nc3 a6 {With the intention of developing the
Queen Bishop on the long diagonal, a plan which White, as the
sequel shows, will be unable to frustrate.} 9. a4 b5 {! Black
still persists, for if 10.axb5 axb5; the White Queen and Rook
would both be en prise.} 10. Qd3 c4 11. Qb1 Bb7 {! A Pawn
sacrifice, the object of which is to obstruct White's
development through pressure on c3.} 12. axb5 {It would have
been preferable to decline the offer of a Pawn. But in any
event, even after 12.e3 Qb6 White's position would have
remained distinctly inferior.} axb5 13. Nxb5 Bb4+ 14. Nc3 g5
15. Bg3 Ne4 16. Qc1 {All White's last moves were obviously
forced.} Nb6 {Threatening 17...Na4.} 17. Rxa8 Qxa8 18. Nd2
Nxd2 19. Kxd2 Qa2 {! Initiating the deciding manouver. Black
again threatens 20...Na4 and does not allow his opponent the
respite he needs to disentangle his position by 20.e3} 20. Kd1
Qb3+ 21. Qc2 {Now the Black c-Pawn will move straight on to
Queen.} Bxc3 22. bxc3 Be4 {! Simple and immediately decisive.}
23. Qxb3 cxb3 24. e3 {24.Kc1 Nc4 and mates in a few moves.} b2
0-1

[Event "DSB-19.Kongress Mann (01)"]
[Site "DSB-19.Kongress Mann (01)"]
[Date "1914.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Oldrich Duras"]
[Black "Alexander Alekhine"]
[ECO "C68"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "118"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 bxc6 5. d4 exd4 6. Qxd4
Qf6 7. O-O Qxd4 8. Nxd4 Rb8 9. Nb3 Ne7 10. Bd2 Ng6 11. Bc3 Nf4
12. Re1 Be7 13. N1d2 O-O 14. Nc4 Re8 15. Nca5 Bf8 16. Rad1 c5
17. e5 Ne6 18. Nc4 h6 19. h4 Be7 20. g3 g5 21. hxg5 hxg5
22. Nba5 Kh7 23. Kg2 Kg6 24. Rh1 Nd4 25. Bxd4 cxd4 26. Rxd4
Bb4 27. Nb3 d5 28. Ne3 c5 29. Rxd5 Bb7 30. c4 Rxe5 31. a3 Bxa3
32. Na5 Bxd5+ 33. cxd5 Rxe3 34. fxe3 Rxb2+ 35. Kf3 f5 36. g4
fxg4+ 37. Ke4 Rb4+ 38. Kd3 Bb2 39. d6 Bf6 40. Rf1 g3 41. d7
Rb8 42. Rd1 g2 43. Ke2 Rb2+ 44. Kf3 Rd2 45. Rg1 Rxd7 46. Rxg2
Rd3 47. Rc2 Rc3 48. Rxc3 Bxc3 49. Nc4 a5 50. Nb6 Kf5 51. e4+
Ke5 52. Nc4+ Kd4 53. Nd6 Kd3 54. Nb7 Bb4 55. e5 c4 56. e6 c3
57. Nxa5 c2 58. Nb3 Kc3 59. Nc1 Kd2 0-1

[Event "Moscow"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1915.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Alekhine"]
[Black "NN"]
[ECO "C12"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "47"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Bb4 5.e5 h6 6.exf6 hxg5 7.fxg7
Rg8 8.h4 gxh4 9.Qg4 Be7 10.g3 c5 11.gxh4 cxd4 12.h5 dxc3 13.h6
cxb2 14.Rb1 Qa5+ 15.Ke2 Qxa2 16.h7 Qxb1 17.hxg8=Q+ Kd7 18.Qxf7
Qxc2+ 19.Kf3 Nc6 20.Qgxe6+ Kc7 21.Qf4+ Kb6 22.Qee3+ Bc5
23.g8=Q b1=Q 24.Rh6 Qxf1 25.Qb4+ Qb5 26.Qd8+ Ka6 27. Qea3+
Qca4 28.Qaxa4 Qxa4 29.Qxa4# 1-0

[Event "Tarnopol blindfold"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1916.??.??"]
[EventDate "1916.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Alekhine"]
[Black "M Von Feldt"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "31"]

1. e4 {Played in the hospital of Tarnopol (Poland). Alekhine
was a driver of Red Cross vehicles and was wounded during a
rescue operation.} e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. exd5 Nxd5 {?!
4... exd5} 5. Ne4 f5 {?!} 6. Ng5 Be7 7. N5f3 c6 8. Ne5 O-O
9. Ngf3 b6 10. Bd3 Bb7 11. O-O Re8 12. c4 Nf6 13. Bf4 Nbd7
14. Qe2 c5 15. Nf7 {!!} Kxf7 {15... Bxf3 16. Qxe6} 16. Qxe6+
{!} Kg6 {16... Kxe6?? 17. Ng5#} 17. g4 {!} Be4 18. Nh4# 1-0

[Event "Blindfold simultaneous exhibition"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "1917.??.??"]
[EventDate "1917.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Alekhine"]
[Black "N Sorokin"]
[ECO "C52"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "55"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.b4 Bxb4 5.c3 Ba5 6.O-O d6 7.d4
Bb6 8.Be3 Nf6 9.Re1 O-O 10.h3 d5 11.exd5 Nxd5 12.Bg5 Nf6 13.d5
e4 14.Rxe4 Bxf2+ 15.Kh1 Bg3 16.Nbd2 Na5 17.Bd3 Qxd5 18.Rd4 Qc6
19.Bxf6 Qxf6 20.Ne4 Qf4 21.Neg5 Qe3 22.Bxh7+ Kh8 23.Qa4 Qxc3
24.Rad1 b5 25.Rd8 Bxh3 26.Rxa8 Rxa8 27.Qe4 Rf8 28.Nxf7+ 1-0

[Event "Moscow"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1918.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Alekhine"]
[Black "A Rabinovich"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "57"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 d5 6. Qe2
Be7 7. Nxe4 dxe4 8. Qxe4 O-O 9. Bc4 Bd6 10. O-O Re8 11. Qd3
Nc6 12. b3 Qf6 13. Bb2 Qxb2 14. Ng5 Be6 15. Bxe6 fxe6
16. Qxh7+ Kf8 17. Rae1 Qf6 18. Qh5 Kg8 19. Re3 Bf4 20. Qh7+
Kf8 21. Qh8+ Ke7 22. Rxe6+ Qxe6 23. Qxg7+ Kd6 24. Nxe6 Rxe6
25. d4 Rae8 26. c4 R8e7 27. Qf8 Re4 28. Qf5 Rxd4 29. c5# 1-0

[Event "Moscow"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1919.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Alekhine"]
[Black "K Isakov"]
[ECO "C21"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "59"]

1. e4 e5 2. d4 exd4 3. c3 dxc3 4. Nxc3 Bb4 5. Bc4 d6 6. Nf3
Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 Nc6 8. O-O Nf6 9. Ba3 O-O 10. e5 Ng4 11. exd6
cxd6 12. Bxd6 Re8 13. Re1 Bf5 14. Bxf7+ Kxf7 15. Qd5+ Kf6
16. h3 Be6 17. Qd2 Nh6 18. g4 g6 19. g5+ Kf7 20. gxh6 Qf6
21. Ng5+ Kg8 22. f4 Rad8 23. Rad1 Bc4 24. Be7 Rxd2 25. Bxf6
Rxe1+ 26. Rxe1 Bf7 27. Ne4 Rxa2 28. Bg7 Bb3 29. Nf6+ Kf7
30. Nxh7 1-0

[Event "Budapest"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "1921.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Alekhine"]
[Black "Karoly Sterk"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "59"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 Nf6 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. e3 Bd6 6. Nb5 Be7
7. Qc2 c6 8. Nc3 O-O 9. Bd3 dxc4 10. Bxc4 c5 11. dxc5 Bxc5
12. O-O b6 13. e4 Bb7 14. Bg5 Qc8 15. Qe2 Bb4 16. Bd3 Bxc3
17. Rfc1 Nxe4 18. Bxe4 Bxe4 19. Qxe4 Nc5 20. Qe2 Ba5 21. Rab1
Qa6 22. Rc4 Na4 23. Bf6 Rfc8 24. Qe5 Rc5 25. Qg3 g6 26. Rxa4
Qd3 27. Rf1 Rac8 28. Rd4 Qf5 29. Qf4 Qc2 30. Qh6 1-0

[Event "The Hague"]
[Site "The Hague"]
[Date "1921.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Alekhine"]
[Black "Akiba Rubinstein"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "101"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 a6 4. c5 Nc6 5. Bf4 Nge7 6. Nc3 Ng6
7. Be3 b6 8. cxb6 cxb6 9. h4 Bd6 10. h5 Nge7 11. h6 g6 12. Bg5
O-O 13. Bf6 b5 14. e3 Bd7 15. Bd3 Rc8 16. a4 b4 17. Ne2 Qb6
18. Nc1 Rc7 19. Nb3 Na5 20. Nc5 Nc4 21. Bxc4 dxc4 22. Ne5 Bxe5
23. Bxe7 Bd6 24. Bxf8 Bxf8 25. Nxd7 Rxd7 26. a5 Qc6 27. Qf3
Rd5 28. Rc1 Qc7 29. Qe2 c3 30. bxc3 bxc3 31. Qxa6 Rxa5 32. Qd3
Ba3 33. Rc2 Bb2 34. Ke2 Qc6 35. f3 f5 36. Rb1 Qd6 37. Qc4 Kf7
38. Qc8 Qa6+ 39. Qxa6 Rxa6 40. e4 g5 41. Kd3 Kg6 42. d5 fxe4+
43. fxe4 exd5 44. exd5 Ra4 45. Rd1 Kxh6 46. d6 Kh5 47. d7 Ra8
48. Ke4 Rd8 49. Kf5 Kh4 50. Rh1+ Kg3 51. Rh3# 1-0

[Event "Casual"]
[Site "Amsterdaml"]
[Date "1921.10.10"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Alekhine"]
[Black "Max Euwe"]
[ECO "A52"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "61"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 Ng4 4. e4 h5 5. Nh3 Nc6 6. Nc3 Bc5
7. Nd5 Ncxe5 8. b4 Be7 9. Bb2 c6 10. Nxe7 Qxe7 11. c5 a5
12. Qd4 axb4 13. f3 Qh4+ 14. Kd1 d5 15. exd5 Be6 16. fxg4
Bxg4+ 17. Be2 O-O-O 18. d6 Rhe8 19. Bxg4+ Nxg4 20. Kd2 Re5
21. Nf4 Qg5 22. h4 Qh6 23. Qxb4 Rxc5 24. Qxc5 Qxf4+ 25. Kc3
Nf2 26. Rhe1 Rxd6 27. Re8+ Kd7 28. Rae1 Rd3+ 29. Kc2 Qa4+
30. Kb1 Rd1+ 31. Bc1 1-0

[Event "Triberg (03)"]
[Site "Triberg (03)"]
[Date "1921.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "A Selezniev"]
[Black "Alexander Alekhine"]
[ECO "A47"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "148"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 b6 3. g3 Bb7 4. Bg2 d6 5. O-O Nbd7 6. Bf4 h6
7. Nc3 c5 8. d5 b5 9. Ne1 a6 10. a4 b4 11. Ne4 Nxe4 12. Bxe4
g6 13. c4 bxc3 14. bxc3 Bg7 15. Rb1 Rb8 16. c4 O-O 17. Qc2 a5
18. Nf3 Qc7 19. Bd2 Ba6 20. Bd3 Rb4 21. Bxb4 cxb4 22. Nd2 Nc5
23. Nb3 Nd7 24. c5 Bxd3 25. exd3 dxc5 26. Rfe1 Ne5 27. Re3 Rc8
28. Rc1 Qd7 29. d4 Ng4 30. Re4 c4 31. Nc5 Qf5 32. Qe2 b3
33. Rxg4 b2 34. Qxb2 Qxg4 35. Rxc4 h5 36. Qc2 h4 37. Qd3 Rd8
38. f3 Qh5 39. Qe4 hxg3 40. hxg3 Qg5 41. Kg2 Qd2+ 42. Kh3 Bf6
43. Rc2 Qh6+ 44. Kg2 Kg7 45. g4 Rh8 46. Kf2 Rb8 47. Ke2 Rb4
48. Rd2 Qh2+ 49. Ke3 Qg1+ 50. Ke2 Bxd4 51. Nd3 Rb1 52. Nc1 Bc3
53. Qxb1 Qg2+ 54. Kd3 Qxd2+ 55. Kc4 Qd4+ 56. Kb3 Ba1 57. Ka3
Qc5+ 58. Ka2 Bf6 59. g5 Qxd5+ 60. Nb3 Qxg5 61. Qe1 Qg2+
62. Qd2 Qxf3 63. Qxa5 g5 64. Qe1 Qc3 65. Qxc3 Bxc3 66. a5 Bxa5
67. Nxa5 g4 68. Nc4 g3 69. Nd2 Kg6 70. Kb2 Kf5 71. Nf3 Kf4
72. Ng1 Ke3 73. Kc2 Kf2 74. Nh3+ Kf1 0-1

[Event "London (10)"]
[Site "London (10)"]
[Date "1922.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Alekhine"]
[Black "Frederick D Yates"]
[ECO "D64"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1. d4 {Notes by Geza Maroczy} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3
Be7 5. Bg5 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Rc1 c6 8. Qc2 Re8 9. Bd3 dxc4
10. Bxc4 Nd5 11. Ne4 f5 {A weak move. Black gets now a cramped
position; better was ...h6.} 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. Ned2 b5
14. Bxd5 cxd5 15. O-O a5 {The game is lost anyhow.} 16. Nb3 a4
17. Nc5 {This practically forces the exchange of queens and
leaves White with a won end-game.} Nxc5 18. Qxc5 Qxc5 19. Rxc5
b4 20. Rfc1 Ba6 21. Ne5 {With the well-placed knight and his
rooks in command of the open file white has an easily won
game.} Reb8 22. f3 b3 23. a3 h6 24. Kf2 Kh7 25. h4 Rf8 26. Kg3
Rfb8 27. Rc7 Bb5 28. R1c5 Ba6 29. R5c6 Re8 30. Kf4 Kg8 31. h5
Bf1 32. g3 Ba6 33. Rf7 Kh7 34. Rcc7 Rg8 35. Nd7 Kh8 36. Nf6
Rgf8 37. Rxg7 Rxf6 38. Ke5 1-0

[Event "Hastings"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1922.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Efim Bogoljubov"]
[Black "Alexander Alekhine"]
[ECO "A90"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "106"]

1. d4 f5 2. c4 Nf6 3. g3 e6 4. Bg2 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Bxd2+ 6. Nxd2
Nc6 7. Ngf3 O-O 8. O-O d6 9. Qb3 Kh8 10. Qc3 e5 11. e3 a5
12. b3 Qe8 13. a3 Qh5 14. h4 Ng4 15. Ng5 Bd7 16. f3 Nf6 17. f4
e4 18. Rfd1 h6 19. Nh3 d5 20. Nf1 Ne7 21. a4 Nc6 22. Rd2 Nb4
23. Bh1 Qe8 24. Rg2 dxc4 25. bxc4 Bxa4 26. Nf2 Bd7 27. Nd2 b5
28. Nd1 Nd3 29. Rxa5 b4 30. Rxa8 bxc3 31. Rxe8 c2 32. Rxf8+
Kh7 33. Nf2 c1=Q+ 34. Nf1 Ne1 35. Rh2 Qxc4 36. Rb8 Bb5
37. Rxb5 Qxb5 38. g4 Nf3+ 39. Bxf3 exf3 40. gxf5 Qe2 41. d5
Kg8 42. h5 Kh7 43. e4 Nxe4 44. Nxe4 Qxe4 45. d6 cxd6 46. f6
gxf6 47. Rd2 Qe2 48. Rxe2 fxe2 49. Kf2 exf1=Q+ 50. Kxf1 Kg7
51. Ke2 Kf7 52. Ke3 Ke6 53. Ke4 d5+ 0-1

[Event "Bad Pistyan it, CZE"]
[Site "Bad Pistyan it, CZE"]
[Date "1922.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Karel Treybal"]
[Black "Alexander Alekhine"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Be7 6. O-O b5
7. Bb3 d6 8. a4 Rb8 9. axb5 axb5 10. h3 O-O 11. Qe2 Bd7 12. d3
Qc8 13. Kh2 Nd4 14. Nxd4 exd4 15. Nd5 Nxd5 16. Bxd5 c6 17. Bb3
Be6 18. f4 Bxb3 19. cxb3 Ra8 20. Rxa8 Qxa8 21. f5 f6 22. g4 c5
23. h4 d5 24. g5 dxe4 25. dxe4 Qc6 26. Kh3 c4 27. e5 d3
28. Qe1 fxe5 29. Qxe5 Bb4 30. bxc4 bxc4 31. Qd4 Qb5 32. f6 d2
33. Qf4 Qd7+ 34. Kg2 d1=Q 35. Rxd1 Qxd1 36. Qxc4+ Rf7 37. Qxb4
Qxc1 38. Qb8+ Rf8 39. f7+ Kxf7 40. Qb3+ Kg6 0-1

[Event "Sevilla"]
[Site "Sevilla"]
[Date "1922.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Joaquin Torres Caravaca"]
[Black "Alexander Alekhine"]
[ECO "C79"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "60"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O d6 6. Bxc6+
bxc6 7. d4 Nxe4 8. Re1 f5 9. dxe5 d5 10. Nd4 Bc5 11. c3 O-O
12. f4 Qe8 13. Be3 Bb6 14. Nd2 Bb7 15. N2f3 Rd8 16. Qc2 c5
17. Nb3 c4 18. Nbd4 c5 19. Ne2 Qc6 20. Rad1 h6 21. Rf1 Kh8
22. Kh1 Qg6 23. Neg1 Qh5 24. Nh3 d4 25. cxd4 cxd4 26. Bxd4
Bxd4 27. Rxd4 Rxd4 28. Nxd4 Qxh3 29. gxh3 Nf2+ 30. Kg1 Nxh3#
0-1

[Event "Bad Pistyan it, CZE"]
[Site "Bad Pistyan it, CZE"]
[Date "1922.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Siegbert Tarrasch"]
[Black "Alexander Alekhine"]
[ECO "E10"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "76"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 c5 4. d5 b5 5. dxe6 fxe6 6. cxb5 d5
7. e3 Bd6 8. Nc3 O-O 9. Be2 Bb7 10. b3 Nbd7 11. Bb2 Qe7
12. O-O Rad8 13. Qc2 e5 14. Rfe1 e4 15. Nd2 Ne5 16. Nd1 Nfg4
17. Bxg4 Nxg4 18. Nf1 Qg5 19. h3 Nh6 20. Kh1 Nf5 21. Nh2 d4
22. Bc1 d3 23. Qc4+ Kh8 24. Bb2 Ng3+ 25. Kg1 Bd5 26. Qa4 Ne2+
27. Kh1 Rf7 28. Qa6 h5 29. b6 Ng3+ 30. Kg1 axb6 31. Qxb6 Ne2+
32. Kh1 Ng3+ 33. Kg1 d2 34. Rf1 Nxf1 35. Nxf1 Be6 36. Kh1 Bxh3
37. gxh3 Rf3 38. Ng3 h4 39. Bf6 Qxf6 40. Nxe4 Rxh3+ 0-1

[Event "Karlsbad"]
[Site "Karlsbad"]
[Date "1923.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Ernst Gruenfeld"]
[Black "Alexander Alekhine"]
[ECO "D64"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "68"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Be7 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. e3 O-O
7. Rc1 c6 8. Qc2 a6 9. a3 h6 10. Bh4 Re8 11. Bd3 dxc4 12. Bxc4
b5 13. Ba2 c5 14. Rd1 cxd4 15. Nxd4 Qb6 16. Bb1 Bb7 17. O-O
Rac8 18. Qd2 Ne5 19. Bxf6 Bxf6 20. Qc2 g6 21. Qe2 Nc4 22. Be4
Bg7 23. Bxb7 Qxb7 24. Rc1 e5 25. Nb3 e4 26. Nd4 Red8 27. Rfd1
Ne5 28. Na2 Nd3 29. Rxc8 Qxc8 30. f3 Rxd4 31. fxe4 Nf4
32. exf4 Qc4 33. Qxc4 Rxd1+ 34. Qf1 Bd4+ 0-1

[Event "Karlsbad"]
[Site "Karlsbad"]
[Date "1923.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Alekhine"]
[Black "Akiba Rubinstein"]
[ECO "D64"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. e3 O-O
7. Rc1 c6 8. Qc2 a6 9. a4 Re8 10. Bd3 dxc4 11. Bxc4 Nd5
12. Bf4 Nxf4 13. exf4 c5 14. dxc5 Qc7 15. O-O Qxf4 16. Ne4
Nxc5 17. Nxc5 Bxc5 18. Bd3 b6 19. Bxh7+ Kh8 20. Be4 Ra7 21. b4
Bf8 22. Qc6 Rd7 23. g3 Qb8 24. Ng5 Red8 25. Bg6 Qe5 26. Nxf7+
Rxf7 27. Bxf7 Qf5 28. Rfd1 Rxd1+ 29. Rxd1 Qxf7 30. Qxc8 Kh7
31. Qxa6 Qf3 32. Qd3+ 1-0

[Event "Berlin (both blindf.)"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "1923.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Alekhine"]
[Black "Friedrich Saemisch"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "39"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Be2 e6 4. O-O d6 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Nf6
7. Bf3 Ne5 8. c4 Nxf3+ 9. Qxf3 Be7 10. Nc3 O-O 11. b3 Nd7
12. Bb2 Bf6 13. Rad1 a6 14. Qg3 Qc7 15. Kh1 Rd8 16. f4 b6
17. f5 Be5 18. fxe6 Bxg3 19. exf7+ Kh8 20. Nd5 1-0

[Event "Karlsbad"]
[Site "Karlsbad"]
[Date "1923.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Alekhine"]
[Black "Oscar Chajes"]
[ECO "D64"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "127"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 O-O
7. Rc1 c6 8. Qc2 a6 9. a3 Re8 10. h3 b5 11. c5 Nh5 12. Bf4
Nxf4 13. exf4 a5 14. Bd3 g6 15. h4 Bf6 16. h5 Nf8 17. g3 Ra7
18. Nd1 Bg7 19. Ne3 f5 20. Qe2 a4 21. Nc2 Rae7 22. Kf1 Bf6
23. Ne5 Bxe5 24. Qxe5 Qc7 25. Qf6 Rf7 26. Qh4 Qe7 27. hxg6
Nxg6 28. Qh5 Qf6 29. Be2 Rg7 30. Qf3 Nf8 31. Qe3 Ree7 32. Nb4
Bd7 33. Bh5 Ng6 34. Nd3 Be8 35. Ke2 Kf8 36. Kd2 Rb7 37. Bf3
Ke7 38. Rhe1 Nf8 39. Nb4 Kd8 40. Kd3 Rge7 41. Qd2 Ra7 42. Rh1
Rec7 43. Rh2 Bg6 44. Qe3 Kc8 45. Rch1 Kb7 46. Kd2 Re7 47. Nd3
Nd7 48. Bh5 Ra8 49. Bxg6 hxg6 50. Rh7 Rae8 51. Ne5 Nf8 52. Rh8
Rg7 53. Nf3 Rb8 54. Ng5 Re7 55. Qe5 Qxe5 56. fxe5 Ka8 57. Rg8
b4 58. Rhh8 Ree8 59. axb4 Ka7 60. Kc3 Ka6 61. Nf7 Ra8 62. Nd6
Reb8 63. Rh1 Nd7 64. Ra1 1-0

[Event "New York"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1924.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Alekhine"]
[Black "Leon Kussman"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "40"]

1. d4 {Notes by Alekhine.} d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 c5
5. cxd5 exd5 {? Nowadays "theory" considers-and rightly so for
once-5...Nxd5 as the only correct reply. But when this game
was played, even masters did not realize the danger of the
text move; for instance, Dr. Vidmar it against me in the
London Tournament, 1922.} 6. Bg5 {! Much more effective here
than 6.g3 which in the regular Tarrasch Defence (with the
Black Queen's Knight at c3 and the King's Knight undeveloped)
would be the most promising line.} Be6 7. Bxf6 Qxf6 8. e4 {!}
dxe4 9. Bb5+ Bd7 {Or 9...Nd7 10.Nxe4 Qg6 11.Bxd7+ Bxd7 12.O-O,
etc, with advantage.} 10. Nxe4 Qb6 11. Bxd7+ Nxd7 12. O-O cxd4
{Facilitating White's attack. A lesser evil would be to allow
the unpleasant ...d5} 13. Nxd4 Rd8 {After White's next move
Black's d6 will need further protection.} 14. Nf5 {!} Ne5
15. Qe2 g6 {Permitting an elegant finish; but the position,
was of course, lost.} 16. Qb5+ {!} Nd7 {The Queen could not be
taken because of 17.Nf6 mate.} 17. Rfe1 {Threatening mate
again.} Bb4 18. Nf6+ Kf8 19. Nxd7+ Rxd7 20. Qe5 {! Threatening
this time three different mates. That is too much!} 1-0

[Event "Baden Baden"]
[Site "Baden Baden"]
[Date "1925.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Richard Reti"]
[Black "Alexander Alekhine"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1. g3 e5 2. Nf3 e4 3. Nd4 d5 4. d3 exd3 5. Qxd3 Nf6 6. Bg2
Bb4+ 7. Bd2 Bxd2+ 8. Nxd2 O-O 9. c4 Na6 10. cxd5 Nb4 11. Qc4
Nbxd5 12. N2b3 c6 13. O-O Re8 14. Rfd1 Bg4 15. Rd2 Qc8 16. Nc5
Bh3 17. Bf3 Bg4 18. Bg2 Bh3 19. Bf3 Bg4 20. Bh1 h5 21. b4 a6
22. Rc1 h4 23. a4 hxg3 24. hxg3 Qc7 25. b5 axb5 26. axb5 Re3
27. Nf3 cxb5 28. Qxb5 Nc3 29. Qxb7 Qxb7 30. Nxb7 Nxe2+ 31. Kh2
Ne4 32. Rc4 Nxf2 33. Bg2 Be6 34. Rcc2 Ng4+ 35. Kh3 Ne5+
36. Kh2 Rxf3 37. Rxe2 Ng4+ 38. Kh3 Ne3+ 39. Kh2 Nxc2 40. Bxf3
Nd4 0-1

[Event "Paris"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "1925.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Alekhine"]
[Black "Edgar Colle"]
[ECO "D07"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 Nc6 3.Nf3 Bg4 4.Qa4 Bxf3 5.exf3 e6 6.Nc3 Bb4 7.a3
Bxc3+ 8.bxc3 Nge7 9.Rb1 Rb8 10.cxd5 Qxd5 11.Bd3 O-O 12.O-O Qd6
13.Qc2 Ng6 14.f4 Nce7 15.g3 Rfd8 16.Rd1 b6 17.a4 Nd5 18.Bd2 c5
19.f5 exf5 20.Bxf5 cxd4 21.cxd4 Nde7 22.Bb4 Qf6 23.Bxe7 Qxe7
24.Rbc1 Rd5 25.Be4 Rd7 26.d5 Qf6 27.Re1 Rbd8 28.Qc6 Qg5
29.Bxg6 hxg6 30.Qxd7 Rxd7 31.Re8+ Kh7 32.Rcc8 Rd8 33.Rexd8 1-0

[Event "Baden Baden"]
[Site "Baden Baden"]
[Date "1925.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Alekhine"]
[Black "Frank James Marshall"]
[ECO "D06"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "59"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d5 3. cxd5 Nxd5 4. e4 Nf6 5. Bd3 e5 6. dxe5
Ng4 7. Nf3 Nc6 8. Bg5 Be7 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. Nc3 Ncxe5 11. Nxe5
Qxe5 12. h3 Nf6 13. Qd2 Bd7 14. Qe3 Bc6 15. O-O-O O-O 16. f4
Qe6 17. e5 Rfe8 18. Rhe1 Rad8 19. f5 Qe7 20. Qg5 Nd5 21. f6
Qf8 22. Bc4 Nxc3 23. Rxd8 Rxd8 24. fxg7 Nxa2+ 25. Kb1 Qe8
26. e6 Be4+ 27. Ka1 f5 28. e7+ Rd5 29. Qf6 Qf7 30. e8=Q+ 1-0

[Event "Baden Baden (03)"]
[Site "Baden Baden (03)"]
[Date "1925.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Siegbert Tarrasch"]
[Black "Alexander Alekhine"]
[ECO "C53"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "56"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Bb6 5. d4 Qe7 6. O-O Nf6
7. Re1 d6 8. a4 a6 9. h3 O-O 10. Bg5 h6 11. Be3 Qd8 12. Bd3
Re8 13. Nbd2 Ba7 14. Qc2 exd4 15. Nxd4 Ne5 16. Bf1 d5 17. Rad1
c5 18. N4b3 Qc7 19. Bf4 Nf3+ 20. Nxf3 Qxf4 21. exd5 Bf5
22. Bd3 Bxh3 23. gxh3 Qxf3 24. Rxe8+ Rxe8 25. Bf1 Re5 26. c4
Rg5+ 27. Kh2 Ng4+ 28. hxg4 Rxg4 0-1

[Event "Baden Baden"]
[Site "Baden Baden"]
[Date "1925.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Alekhine"]
[Black "Edgar Colle"]
[ECO "D07"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "121"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. Qa4 Bxf3 5. exf3 e6 6. Nc3
Bb4 7. a3 Bxc3+ 8. bxc3 Ne7 9. Rb1 Rb8 10. Bd3 dxc4 11. Bxc4
O-O 12. O-O Nd5 13. Qc2 Nce7 14. Bd3 h6 15. c4 Nb6 16. Rd1
Nbc8 17. f4 b6 18. Bb2 c6 19. Qe2 Nd6 20. Qe5 Ne8 21. a4 Rb7
22. Re1 Nf6 23. Rbd1 Rd7 24. Bc2 a6 25. Qe2 Qb8 26. d5 cxd5
27. Bxf6 gxf6 28. Qg4+ Kh8 29. Qh4 Kg7 30. Qg4+ Kh8 31. Qh4
Kg7 32. Qg4+ Kh8 33. f5 Nxf5 34. Bxf5 exf5 35. Qxf5 Qd8
36. cxd5 Rd6 37. Qf4 Kh7 38. Qe4+ Kh8 39. Qe3 Kg7 40. Qd3 a5
41. Re3 Rg8 42. Rh3 Qd7 43. Qe3 f5 44. Rg3+ Kh7 45. Rxg8 Kxg8
46. Qg3+ Kh7 47. Qb3 Kg7 48. h3 Qd8 49. Qg3+ Kh7 50. Qe5 Qd7
51. Rd3 f6 52. Qd4 Qd8 53. Qc4 Qd7 54. Rd4 Kg7 55. Qd3 Kf7
56. g4 Kf8 57. gxf5 Qe8 58. Re4 Qh5 59. Rg4 Qf7 60. Qe3 Qh7
61. Rg6 1-0

[Event "Semmering"]
[Site "Semmering"]
[Date "1926.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Akiba Rubinstein"]
[Black "Alexander Alekhine"]
[ECO "E16"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "58"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Bb4+ 6. Nbd2 O-O
7. O-O d5 8. a3 Be7 9. b4 c5 10. bxc5 bxc5 11. dxc5 Bxc5
12. Bb2 Nbd7 13. Ne5 Nxe5 14. Bxe5 Ng4 15. Bc3 Rb8 16. Rb1 d4
17. Rxb7 Rxb7 18. Bxb7 Nxf2 19. Kxf2 dxc3+ 20. e3 cxd2 21. Ke2
Qb8 22. Bf3 Rd8 23. Qb1 Qd6 24. a4 f5 25. Rd1 Bb4 26. Qc2 Qc5
27. Kf2 a5 28. Be2 g5 29. Bd3 f4 0-1

[Event "It Dresden"]
[Site "It Dresden"]
[Date "1926.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Akiba Rubinstein"]
[Black "Alexander Alekhine"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "66"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.Bf4 b6 4.h3 Bb7 5.Nbd2 Bd6 6.Bxd6 cxd6
7.e3 O-O 8.Be2 d5 9.O-O Nc6 10.c3 Ne4 11.Nxe4 dxe4 12.Nd2 f5
13.f4 g5 14.Nc4 d5 15.Ne5 Nxe5 16.dxe5 Kh8 17.a4 Rg8 18.Qd2
gxf4 19.Rxf4 Qg5 20.Bf1 Qg3 21.Kh1 Qg7 22.Qd4 Ba6 23.Rf2 Qg3
24.Rc2 Bxf1 25.Rxf1 Rac8 26.b3 Rc7 27.Re2 Rcg7 28.Rf4 Rg6
29.Qb4 Rh6 30.h4 Qg7 31.c4 Rg6 32.Qd2 Rg3 33.Qe1 Rxg2 0-1

[Event "London"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1926.01.15"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Alekhine"]
[Black "N Schwartz"]
[ECO "E62"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "107"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nc3 d6 6. Nf3 Nc6
7. d5 Na5 8. Qd3 b6 9. Nd4 Nb7 10. Nc6 Qd7 11. O-O a5 12. b3
Nc5 13. Qc2 Bb7 14. h3 Rae8 15. a3 Bxc6 16. dxc6 Qc8 17. b4
axb4 18. axb4 Na6 19. Ra4 Nb8 20. b5 h6 21. Ra7 e5 22. Kh2 Kh7
23. f4 Re7 24. fxe5 Rxe5 25. Bf4 Ree8 26. Nd5 Nxd5 27. Bxd5
Qd8 28. h4 Qe7 29. e3 Kh8 30. Kg2 f5 31. Re1 Kh7 32. e4 Be5
33. exf5 gxf5 34. c5 bxc5 35. b6 Rc8 36. Qc3 Rfe8 37. Bxe5
dxe5 38. Qxe5 Qxe5 39. Rxe5 Rxe5 40. Rxc7+ Rxc7 41. bxc7 Re8
42. cxb8=Q Rxb8 43. Be6 Kg6 44. c7 Rf8 45. c8=Q Rxc8 46. Bxc8
c4 47. Ba6 c3 48. Bd3 Kf6 49. Kf3 Ke5 50. Ke3 h5 51. Bc2 Kf6
52. Kf4 Kg7 53. Kxf5 Kh6 54. Kf4 1-0

[Event "Buenos Aires"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "1927.02.05"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Alekhine"]
[Black "Jose Raul Capablanca"]
[ECO "D51"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "125"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Nbd7 5. e3 c6 6. cxd5 exd5
7. Bd3 Be7 8. Nge2 O-O 9. Ng3 Ne8 10. h4 Ndf6 11. Qc2 Be6
12. Nf5 Bxf5 13. Bxf5 Nd6 14. Bd3 h6 15. Bf4 Rc8 16. g4 Nfe4
17. g5 h5 18. Bxe4 Nxe4 19. Nxe4 dxe4 20. Qxe4 Qa5+ 21. Kf1
Qd5 22. Qxd5 cxd5 23. Kg2 Rc2 24. Rhc1 Rfc8 25. Rxc2 Rxc2
26. Rb1 Kh7 27. Kg3 Kg6 28. f3 f6 29. gxf6 Bxf6 30. a4 Kf5
31. a5 Re2 32. Rc1 Rxb2 33. Rc5 Ke6 34. e4 Bxd4 35. Rxd5 Bc3
36. Rxh5 a6 37. Bc7 Be1+ 38. Kg4 Rg2+ 39. Kh3 Rf2 40. Kg4 Rg2+
41. Kh3 Rf2 42. f4 Rf3+ 43. Kg2 Rf2+ 44. Kh3 Rf3+ 45. Kg2 Rf2+
46. Kg1 Rc2 47. Bb6 Rc4 48. Kg2 g6 49. Re5+ Kd7 50. h5 gxh5
51. Kf3 h4 52. Rh5 Rc3+ 53. Kg4 Rc4 54. Kf5 Bxa5 55. Rh7+ Kc6
56. Bxa5 Rc5+ 57. Ke6 Rxa5 58. f5 Ra3 59. f6 Rf3 60. f7 b5
61. Rh5 h3 62. Rf5 Rxf5 63. exf5 1-0

[Event "Buenos Aires"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "1927.01.02"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Jose Raul Capablanca"]
[Black "Alexander Alekhine"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "86"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. exd5 exd5 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. Ne2
Nge7 7. O-O Bf5 8. Bxf5 Nxf5 9. Qd3 Qd7 10. Nd1 O-O 11. Ne3
Nxe3 12. Bxe3 Rfe8 13. Nf4 Bd6 14. Rfe1 Nb4 15. Qb3 Qf5
16. Rac1 Nxc2 17. Rxc2 Qxf4 18. g3 Qf5 19. Rce2 b6 20. Qb5 h5
21. h4 Re4 22. Bd2 Rxd4 23. Bc3 Rd3 24. Be5 Rd8 25. Bxd6 Rxd6
26. Re5 Qf3 27. Rxh5 Qxh5 28. Re8+ Kh7 29. Qxd3+ Qg6 30. Qd1
Re6 31. Ra8 Re5 32. Rxa7 c5 33. Rd7 Qe6 34. Qd3+ g6 35. Rd8 d4
36. a4 Re1+ 37. Kg2 Qc6+ 38. f3 Re3 39. Qd1 Qe6 40. g4 Re2+
41. Kh3 Qe3 42. Qh1 Qf4 43. h5 Rf2 0-1

[Event "pre-A"]
[Site "Kecskemet"]
[Date "1927.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Alekhine"]
[Black "Lajos Asztalos"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 e6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Bg5 h6 5. Bxf6 Qxf6 6. Nc3 c6
7. Qb3 Nd7 8. e4 dxe4 9. Nxe4 Qf4 10. Bd3 Be7 11. O-O O-O
12. Rfe1 Rd8 13. Rad1 Qc7 14. Ng3 Nf8 15. Qc3 a5 16. a3 a4
17. Ne5 Qa5 18. Qc1 Bd7 19. c5 b5 20. Be4 Qc7 21. Qc3 Be8
22. Ne2 Ra6 23. Nc1 Nd7 24. Nxd7 Rxd7 25. Nd3 Rd8 26. Ne5 Bf8
27. h4 Raa8 28. Bb1 h5 29. Qf3 g6 30. g4 hxg4 31. Qxg4 Bg7
32. Ba2 b4 33. Bc4 bxa3 34. bxa3 Qa5 35. Qe4 Qc7 36. Qf4 Rab8
37. h5 gxh5 38. Kh1 Rb7 39. Rg1 Qe7 40. Rxg7+ Kxg7 41. Rg1+
Kh7 42. Nxf7 1-0

[Event "Buenos Aires WCh (21)"]
[Site "Buenos Aires WCh (21)"]
[Date "1927.01.22"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Jose Raul Capablanca"]
[Black "Alexander Alekhine"]
[ECO "D63"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "64"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Nbd7 5. e3 Be7 6. Nf3 O-O
7. Rc1 a6 8. a3 h6 9. Bh4 dxc4 10. Bxc4 b5 11. Be2 Bb7 12. O-O
c5 13. dxc5 Nxc5 14. Nd4 Rc8 15. b4 Ncd7 16. Bg3 Nb6 17. Qb3
Nfd5 18. Bf3 Rc4 19. Ne4 Qc8 20. Rxc4 Nxc4 21. Rc1 Qa8 22. Nc3
Rc8 23. Nxd5 Bxd5 24. Bxd5 Qxd5 25. a4 Bf6 26. Nf3 Bb2 27. Re1
Rd8 28. axb5 axb5 29. h3 e5 30. Rb1 e4 31. Nd4 Bxd4 32. Rd1
Nxe3 0-1

[Event "Buenos Aires WCh (34)"]
[Site "Buenos Aires WCh (34)"]
[Date "1927.02.07"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Alekhine"]
[Black "Jose Raul Capablanca"]
[ECO "D51"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "163"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Nbd7 5. e3 c6 6. a3 Be7
7. Nf3 O-O 8. Bd3 dxc4 9. Bxc4 Nd5 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. Ne4 N5f6
12. Ng3 c5 13. O-O Nb6 14. Ba2 cxd4 15. Nxd4 g6 16. Rc1 Bd7
17. Qe2 Rac8 18. e4 e5 19. Nf3 Kg7 20. h3 h6 21. Qd2 Be6
22. Bxe6 Qxe6 23. Qa5 Nc4 24. Qxa7 Nxb2 25. Rxc8 Rxc8 26. Qxb7
Nc4 27. Qb4 Ra8 28. Ra1 Qc6 29. a4 Nxe4 30. Nxe5 Qd6 31. Qxc4
Qxe5 32. Re1 Nd6 33. Qc1 Qf6 34. Ne4 Nxe4 35. Rxe4 Rb8 36. Re2
Ra8 37. Ra2 Ra5 38. Qc7 Qa6 39. Qc3+ Kh7 40. Rd2 Qb6 41. Rd7
Qb1+ 42. Kh2 Qb8+ 43. g3 Rf5 44. Qd4 Qf8 45. Rd5 Rf3 46. h4
Qh8 47. Qb6 Qa1 48. Kg2 Rf6 49. Qd4 Qxd4 50. Rxd4 Kg7 51. a5
Ra6 52. Rd5 Rf6 53. Rd4 Ra6 54. Ra4 Kf6 55. Kf3 Ke5 56. Ke3 h5
57. Kd3 Kd5 58. Kc3 Kc5 59. Ra2 Kb5 60. Kb3 Kc5 61. Kc3 Kb5
62. Kd4 Rd6+ 63. Ke5 Re6+ 64. Kf4 Ka6 65. Kg5 Re5+ 66. Kh6 Rf5
67. f4 Rc5 68. Ra3 Rc7 69. Kg7 Rd7 70. f5 gxf5 71. Kh6 f4
72. gxf4 Rd5 73. Kg7 Rf5 74. Ra4 Kb5 75. Re4 Ka6 76. Kh6 Rxa5
77. Re5 Ra1 78. Kxh5 Rg1 79. Rg5 Rh1 80. Rf5 Kb6 81. Rxf7 Kc6
82. Re7 1-0

[Event "San Remo"]
[Site "San Remo"]
[Date "1930.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Alekhine"]
[Black "Aron Nimzowitsch"]
[ECO "C17"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "59"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. Bd2 Ne7 6. Nb5 Bxd2+
7. Qxd2 O-O 8. c3 b6 9. f4 Ba6 10. Nf3 Qd7 11. a4 Nbc6 12. b4
cxb4 13. cxb4 Bb7 14. Nd6 f5 15. a5 Nc8 16. Nxb7 Qxb7 17. a6
Qf7 18. Bb5 N8e7 19. O-O h6 20. Rfc1 Rfc8 21. Rc2 Qe8 22. Rac1
Rab8 23. Qe3 Rc7 24. Rc3 Qd7 25. R1c2 Kf8 26. Qc1 Rbc8 27. Ba4
b5 28. Bxb5 Ke8 29. Ba4 Kd8 30. h4 1-0

[Event "San Remo"]
[Site "14"]
[Date "1930.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Alekhine"]
[Black "Akiba Rubinstein"]
[ECO "D63"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "91"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 e6 4.Bg5 Nbd7 5.e3 Be7 6.Nc3 O-O 7.Rc1
Re8 8.Qc2 a6 9.cxd5 exd5 10.Bd3 c6 11.O-O Ne4 12.Bf4 f5
13.Nxd5 Bd6 14.Bxd6 Nxd6 15.Nf4 Nf6 16.Qb3+ Kh8 17.Rfd1 Qe7
18.Ne5 Be6 19.Bc4 Bxc4 20.Rxc4 Qc7 21.Rc2 Re7 22.Rdc1 Rae8
23.h3 g5 24.Nd5 Nxd5 25.Qxd5 Qd8 26.Nxc6 bxc6 27.Rxc6 Ne4
28.Qxf5 Rf8 29.Rc8 Rxf5 30.Rxd8+ Kg7 31.f3 Nf6 32.e4 Ra5 33.a3
Rb5 34.b4 a5 35.Rc5 Reb7 36.bxa5 Rxc5 37.dxc5 Rc7 38.a6 Kf7
39.Rb8 Ke6 40.Rb6+ Ke5 41.Rb7 Rc6 42.a7 Ra6 43.c6 Ne8 44.Re7+
Kf4 45.Rxe8 Rxa7 46.Kf2 1-0

[Event "San Remo"]
[Site "07"]
[Date "1930.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Alekhine"]
[Black "Hans Kmoch"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Bd2 O-O 5.e3 d5 6.Nf3 c5 7.a3
Bxc3 8.Bxc3 Ne4 9.Rc1 Nxc3 10.Rxc3 cxd4 11.exd4 Nc6 12.Be2
dxc4 13.Bxc4 Qf6 14.O-O Rd8 15.Rd3 Bd7 16.Re1 Be8 17.Qd2 Ne7
18.Ng5 Nd5 19.Rf3 Qe7 20.Rg3 h6 21.Nf3 Qf6 22.Re4 Ne7 23.Ne5
Nf5 24.Rd3 Rac8 25.h3 Nd6 26.Rf4 Nxc4 27.Nxc4 Qg5 28.Rg3 Qd5
29.Ne3 Qc6 30.Kh2 Qc1 31.Qb4 Qc7 32.d5 a5 33.Qe4 Rd6 34.Qe5 g6
35.Qh5 Rxd5 36.Nxd5 exd5 37.Qxh6 Qe5 38.Rh4 Qg7 39.Qxg7+ 1-0

[Event "Hamburg ol (03)"]
[Site "Hamburg ol (03)"]
[Date "1930.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Gideon Stahlberg"]
[Black "Alexander Alekhine"]
[ECO "E23"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "62"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qb3 c5 5. dxc5 Nc6 6. Nf3 Ne4
7. Bd2 Nxc5 8. Qc2 f5 9. a3 Bxc3 10. Bxc3 O-O 11. b4 Ne4
12. e3 b6 13. Bd3 Nxc3 14. Qxc3 Bb7 15. O-O Ne7 16. Be2 Qe8
17. Rfd1 Rd8 18. a4 f4 19. a5 fxe3 20. Qxe3 Nf5 21. Qc3 d6
22. axb6 axb6 23. Ne1 e5 24. Ra7 Nd4 25. Qe3 Rd7 26. Ra2 Rdf7
27. f3 Rf4 28. Bd3 Qh5 29. Bf1 Qg5 30. Rf2 h6 31. Kh1 Rxf3 0-1

[Event "San Remo"]
[Site "01"]
[Date "1930.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Alekhine"]
[Black "Mario Monticelli"]
[ECO "C86"]
[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
d6 8.c3 O-O 9.a4 Rb8 10.axb5 axb5 11.d4 exd4 12.cxd4 Bg4
13.Rd1 d5 14.e5 Ne4 15.Nc3 Nxc3 16.bxc3 Qd7 17.h3 Bf5 18.Ra6
Kh8 19.Ng5 h6 20.g4 Bg6 21.Nf3 Nd8 22.Ne1 c6 23.Nd3 Ne6 24.f4
f5 25.exf6 Bxf6 26.f5 Nxd4 27.cxd4 Bxd4+ 28.Kg2 Rbe8 29.Qf3
Bf7 30.Nf4 Be5 31.Ba3 Rg8 32.Bc5 Bb8 33.Bf2 Re4 34.Qxe4 1-0

[Event "San Remo"]
[Site "04"]
[Date "1930.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Milan Vidmar"]
[Black "Alexander Alekhine"]
[ECO "E37"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "114"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 d5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.Qxc3 Ne4
7.Qc2 Nc6 8.e3 e5 9.f3 Nf6 10.cxd5 Qxd5 11.Bc4 Qd6 12.dxe5
Nxe5 13.Bd2 O-O 14.Bb4 c5 15.Rd1 Qc6 16.Bd2 Bf5 17.Qxf5 Nxc4
18.Bc1 Rfe8 19.Kf2 Re6 20.Nh3 Ne4+ 21.Ke1 Ned6 22.Qd3 Nxe3
23.Bxe3 c4 24.Qd5 Rxe3+ 25.Kf2 Qxd5 26.Rxd5 Rd3 27.Rxd3 cxd3
28.Rd1 Nc4 29.Rxd3 Nxb2 30.Rb3 Nc4 31.Rxb7 Nxa3 32.Ng5 a5
33.Nxf7 a4 34.Nd6 Nc2 35.Rb2 a3 36.Rxc2 a2 37.Rxa2 Rxa2+
38.Kg3 Kf8 39.h4 Ke7 40.Ne4 h6 41.Nf2 Ke6 42.Nd3 Kf5 43.Nf4
Ra4 44.Nd3 Rc4 45.Nf2 Rc6 46.Nh3 Ke5 47.h5 Rc2 48.Nf4 Rd2
49.Nh3 Kd4 50.Nf4 Ke3 51.Ne6 Rd5 52.f4+ Rf5 53.Kg4 Rf6 54.f5
Rf7 55.g3 Ke4 56.Nc5+ Kd4 57.Nb3+ Ke5 0-1

[Event "Banja Luka"]
[Site "Banja Luka"]
[Date "1931.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Alekhine"]
[Black "Vasic"]
[ECO "C15"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "21"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bd3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 h6 6. Ba3
Nd7 7. Qe2 dxe4 8. Bxe4 Ngf6 9. Bd3 b6 10. Qxe6+ fxe6 11. Bg6#
1-0

[Event "Bled (08)"]
[Site "Bled (08)"]
[Date "1931.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Alekhine"]
[Black "Salomon Flohr"]
[ECO "D26"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "57"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. O-O Nc6
7. Qe2 a6 8. Rd1 b5 9. dxc5 Qc7 10. Bd3 Bxc5 11. a4 b4
12. Nbd2 O-O 13. Nb3 Be7 14. e4 Nd7 15. Be3 Nde5 16. Nxe5 Nxe5
17. Rac1 Qb8 18. Bc5 Bxc5 19. Nxc5 Qb6 20. Qh5 Nd7 21. Be2 g6
22. Qg5 Nxc5 23. Rxc5 a5 24. h4 Ba6 25. Bf3 f6 26. Qe3 Rad8
27. Rxd8 Rxd8 28. e5 f5 29. Rc8 1-0

[Event "Bled"]
[Site "Bled"]
[Date "1931.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Alekhine"]
[Black "Geza Maroczy"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "55"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Nf3 O-O 7.Rc1
h6 8.Bh4 c6 9. Bd3 a6 10. O-O dxc4 11. Bxc4 c5 12. a4 Qa5
13. Qe2 cxd4 14. exd4 Nb6 15. Bd3 Bd7 16. Ne5 Rfd8 17. f4 Be8
18. Ng4 Rxd4 19. Bxf6 Bxf6 20. Nxf6+ gxf6 21. Ne4 Rad8
22. Nxf6+ Kf8 23. Nh7+ Ke7 24. f5 R8d6 25. b4 Qxb4 26. Qe5 Nd7
27. Qh8 Rxd3 28. f6+ 1-0

[Event "Bled"]
[Site "Bled"]
[Date "1931.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Alekhine"]
[Black "Aron Nimzowitsch"]
[ECO "C15"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "37"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nge2 dxe4 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Nxc3
f5 7. f3 exf3 8. Qxf3 Qxd4 9. Qg3 Nf6 10. Qxg7 Qe5+ 11. Be2
Rg8 12. Qh6 Rg6 13. Qh4 Bd7 14. Bg5 Bc6 15. O-O-O Bxg2
16. Rhe1 Be4 17. Bh5 Nxh5 18. Rd8+ Kf7 19. Qxh5 1-0

[Event "Bled,"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1931.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Aron Nimzowitsch"]
[Black "Alexander Alekhine"]
[ECO "B14"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "72"]

1. e4 { Notes by Raymond Keene. } c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5
4. c4 {Later in life Nimzowitsch took to playing what we now
call the Panov-Botvinnik Attack: 3 exd5 cxd5 4 c4. Botvinnik
is another player whose openings are influenced by
Nimzowitsch, who played this line before anyone had heard of
Panov or Botvinnik! } 4...Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Nf3 Bg4 7. cxd5
Nxd5 8. Bb5 Qa5 9. Qb3 {!} Bxf3 10. gxf3 Nxc3 11. Bxc6+ {? It
was Alekhine, against Winter at London 1932, who improved on
this with 11 bxc3 e6 12 d5! } 11...bxc6 12. Qb7 {?} Nd5+
13. Bd2 Qb6 {!} 14. Qxa8+ Kd7 15. O-O {If 15 a4 Nc7 16 a5 Qxb2
17 Qxa7 Qxa1+ } 15...Nc7 16. Ba5 Nxa8 17. Bxb6 Nxb6 18. Rfc1
e6 19. Rc2 Be7 20. Rac1 Bg5 21. Rd1 Rb8 22. Rc5 Nd5 23. Ra5
Rb7 24. Rd3 Bd8 25. Rb3 Rxb3 26. Rxa7+ Nc7 27. axb3 Bf6
28. Rb7 {If 28 Ra4 Nb5! } 28...Bxd4 29. Rb8 Bxb2 30. h3 f5
31. Kf1 Nd5 32. Kg2 Be5 33. Ra8 Nf4+ 34. Kh2 Nd3+ 35. Kg1 Ne1
36. Ra7+ Bc7 0-1

[Event "Reykjavik"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "1931.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Alekhine"]
[Black "Asmundur Asgeirsson"]
[ECO "C13"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "51"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. Bxf6 Bxf6 6. Nf3
O-O 7. Bd3 Re8 8. e5 Be7 9. h4 c5 10. Bxh7+ Kxh7 11.Ng5 Bxg5
12. hxg5+ Kg8 13. Qh5 Kf8 14. O-O-O a6 15. g6 Ke7 16. gxf7 Rf8
17. dxc5 Nd7 18. Rxd5 Qa5 19. Qg5+ Kxf7 20. Rh7 Rg8 21. Rd4
Qxc5 22. Rxd7+ Bxd7 23. Ne4 Qb4 24. Nd6+ Kf8 25. Qf6+ gxf6
26. Rf7# 1-0

[Event "Pasadena"]
[Site "Pasadena"]
[Date "1932.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Alekhine"]
[Black "Herman Steiner"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "53"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Bc5 6. c3 Nxe4
7. d4 Ba7 8. Qe2 f5 9. dxe5 O-O 10. Bb3+ Kh8 11. Nbd2 Qe8
12. Nxe4 fxe4 13. Qxe4 d5 14. Bxd5 Bf5 15. Qh4 Nxe5 16. Bxb7
Rb8 17. Nxe5 Rxb7 18. Re1 Rb5 19. Nf3 Qc8 20. c4 Rb7 21. b3
Bg4 22. Ba3 c5 23. Ne5 Bf5 24. g4 g5 25. Bb2 Kg8 26. Qh5 Be6
27. Nd7 1-0

[Event "London (03)"]
[Site "London (03)"]
[Date "1932.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Alekhine"]
[Black "William Winter"]
[ECO "B14"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Nf3 Bg4
7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Bb5 Qa5 9. Qb3 Bxf3 10. gxf3 Nxc3 11. bxc3 e6
12. d5 exd5 13. O-O O-O-O 14. Bxc6 bxc6 15. Rb1 Qc7 16. Qa4
Rd7 17. Bd2 Bc5 18. c4 Kd8 19. Ba5 Bb6 20. Bxb6 axb6 21. Qa8+
Qc8 22. Qa3 Qb8 23. cxd5 cxd5 24. Rb4 Qd6 25. Re1 Rc7 26. Qb3
Re8 27. Rd1 Re5 28. Rxb6 Rc6 29. Rxc6 Rg5+ 30. Kh1 Qxc6
31. Re1 Qf6 32. Qb8+ Kd7 33. f4 Rg6 34. Qe8+ Kc7 35. Rc1+ Kb6
36. Rb1+ Kc5 37. Qb5+ 1-0

[Event "London (07)"]
[Site "London (07)"]
[Date "1932.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Alekhine"]
[Black "Savielly Tartakower"]
[ECO "A51"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1. d4 {Notes by A. Alekhine} Nf6 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 Ne4 {Less
usual, but not better than 3...Ng4 against which I have had
(excepting the Gilg game, Semmering, 1926) rather pleasant
experiences, too.} 4. Nd2 Nc5 {If 4...Bb4 then 5 Nf3 followed
by a3, in order to obtain the advantage of the two Bishops.}
5. Ngf3 Nc6 6. g3 Qe7 7. Bg2 g6 8. Nb1 {! This at first sight
surprising move is in reality perfectly logical. After Black
has clearly shown his intention to develop the King's Bishop
at g7, White has no longer to reckon with any action on the
diagonal e1-a5. There is no reason, therefore, for delay in
placing his Knight on the dominating square d5.} Nxe5 9. O-O
Nxf3+ 10. exf3 Bg7 11. Re1 Ne6 12. Nc3 O-O 13. Nd5 Qd8 14. f4
c6 {He has willy-nilly to dislodge the White Knight--thus
creating a dangerous weakness at d6--because after the
immediate 14 d6 the temporary sacrifice 15 f5, etc., would be
too dangerous for him.} 15. Nc3 d6 16. Be3 Qc7 17. Rc1 Bd7
18. Qd2 Rad8 19. Red1 Bc8 20. Ne4 Nc5 {This will be finally
refuted by the combination starting with White's 24th
move--but owing to the weakness mentioned above Black's
position was already very difficult. Unsatisfactory would be,
for instance, 20 d5 21 cxd5 Rxd5 22 Nf6+, followed by 23 Bxd5
etc., winning the exchange; or 20 ...c5 21 f5! gxf5 22 Nc3 Nd4
23 Nd5 Qb8 24 Bg5, etc. ; and after the comparatively safest
20 ...b6 White could also easily increase his advantage in
space by continuing 21 b4 etc.} 21. Nxd6 Na4 22. c5 Nxb2
23. Re1 b5 24. cxb6 {! A surprising but not very complicated
combination. The only difficulty consisted in the necessity of
foreseeing this possibility several moves before, when making
the capture 21 Nxd6.} Qxd6 25. Qxd6 Rxd6 26. bxa7 Bb7 27. Bc5
Rdd8 28. Bxf8 Kxf8 29. Bxc6 Bxc6 30. Rxc6 Ra8 {The last moves
of Black were practically forced and, his position being
absolutely hopeless, he prefers a quick end. If, instead of
this, 30 Bd4 then 31 Rd6, also winning immediately.} 31. Rb6
Rxa7 32. Rb8# 1-0

[Event "London (09)"]
[Site "London (09)"]
[Date "1932.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Alekhine"]
[Black "Georges Koltanowski"]
[ECO "C73"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "61"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. Bxc6+ bxc6 6. d4
exd4 7. Nxd4 Bd7 8. O-O g6 9. Nc3 Bg7 10. Re1 Ne7 11. Bf4 O-O
12. Qd2 c5 13. Nb3 Nc6 14. Bh6 Be6 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Nd5 f6
17. Rad1 Rb8 18. Qc3 Qc8 19. a3 Qb7 20. h3 Rf7 21. Re3 Qb5
22. Nxc7 Rxc7 23. Rxd6 Bc4 24. a4 Qxa4 25. Nxc5 Qb5 26. Qxf6+
Kg8 27. Nd7 Rd8 28. Rf3 Qb4 29. c3 Qb5 30. Ne5 Rdc8 31. Nxc6
1-0

[Event "Tokyo"]
[Site "Tokyo"]
[Date "1933.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Alekhine"]
[Black "Kimura"]
[ECO "C68"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 bxc6 5. d4 exd4 6. Qxd4
d6 7. O-O Be6 8. Nc3 Nf6 9. Bg5 Be7 10. Qa4 Bd7 11. Rad1 O-O
12. e5 Ne8 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. exd6 cxd6 15. Rfe1 Qd8 16. Nd4
Qc7 17. Re7 Nf6 18. Nf5 Qd8 19. Rxd6 Re8 20. Ne4 Rxe7
21. Nxf6+ Kh8 22. Nxe7 Qxe7 23. Qe4 Qxe4 24. Nxe4 Be6 25. b3
g6 26. Nc5 Bf5 27. Rxc6 Re8 28. f3 Re2 29. Rxa6 Rxc2 30. Ne4
Be6 31. h4 Kg7 32. Kh2 Kh6 33. Kg3 Bd7 34. a4 f5 35. Ng5 Rc3
36. Ra7 Rd3 37. a5 Kh5 38. Nxh7 1-0

[Event "NED sm"]
[Site "NED sm"]
[Date "1933.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Alekhine"]
[Black "Heinz Erwin van Mindeno"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "33"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 exd4 4. Qxd4 Nc6 5. Bb5 Bd7 6. Bxc6
Bxc6 7. Bg5 Nf6 8. Nc3 Be7 9. O-O-O O-O 10. h4 h6 11. Nd5 hxg5
12. Nxe7+ Qxe7 13. hxg5 Nxe4 14. Rh5 Qe6 15. Rdh1 f5 16. Ne5
dxe5 17. g6 1-0

[Event "Zurich"]
[Site "Zurich"]
[Date "1934.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Alekhine"]
[Black "Emanuel Lasker"]
[ECO "D67"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "51"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 Be7 5.Bg5 Nbd7 6.e3 O-O 7.Rc1
c6 8.Bd3 dxc4 9.Bxc4 Nd5 10.Bxe7 Qxe7 11.Ne4 N5f6 12.Ng3 e5
13.O-O exd4 14.Nf5 Qd8 15.N3xd4 Ne5 16.Bb3 Bxf5 17.Nxf5 Qb6
18.Qd6 Ned7 19.Rfd1 Rad8 20.Qg3 g6 21.Qg5 Kh8 22.Nd6 Kg7 23.e4
Ng8 24.Rd3 f6 25.Nf5+ Kh8 26.Qxg6 1-0

[Event "Zurich"]
[Site "Zurich"]
[Date "1934.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Alekhine"]
[Black "Hans Johner"]
[ECO "C79"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "93"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 d6 5.O-O Nf6 6.c3 Bd7 7.d4
Be7 8.d5 Nb8 9.Bc2 Bg4 10.c4 Nbd7 11.h3 Bh5 12.Nc3 O-O 13.g4
Bg6 14.Qe2 Ne8 15.Bd2 h6 16.Kg2 Bh7 17.Rh1 g5 18.h4 f6 19.Nd1
Rf7 20.Ne3 Nf8 21.Nf5 Bxf5 22.gxf5 Rh7 23.Rag1 Ng7 24.Kf1 Qe8
25.Nh2 Nh5 26.Ng4 Nf4 27.Qf3 Kg7 28.hxg5 hxg5 29.Rxh7+ Nxh7
30.Rh1 Kh8 31.Rh6 Qf7 32.Bd1 Rg8 33.Qb3 b6 34.Qa4 Bf8 35.Qxa6
Bxh6 36.Nxh6 Qg7 37.Nxg8 Kxg8 38.Qc8+ Nf8 39.Bxf4 exf4 40.Qe8
g4 41.Qh5 f3 42.Ba4 Nh7 43.Bc2 Nf8 44.e5 dxe5 45.d6 c5 46.Be4
Qd7 47.Qh6 1-0

[Event "Zurich"]
[Site "Zurich"]
[Date "1934.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Alekhine"]
[Black "S Rosselli del Turco"]
[ECO "D05"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.e3 e6 4.Bd3 c5 5.b3 cxd4 6.exd4 Bd6 7.O-O
O-O 8.Bb2 Nc6 9.a3 b6 10.Nbd2 Bb7 11.Qe2 Qc7 12.Ne5 Ne7 13.f4
Rac8 14.Rac1 g6 15.g4 h5 16.h3 Kg7 17.c4 Qd8 18.c5 Bxe5
19.fxe5 Nd7 20.b4 hxg4 21.hxg4 Rh8 22.Nf3 bxc5 23.bxc5 Nc6
24.Qe3 Qe7 25.Kg2 f5 26.exf6+ Nxf6 27.Qg5 Rh6 28.Rh1 Rch8
29.Rxh6 Rxh6 30.Re1 Nd8 31.Ne5 Ng8 32.Bc1 Qe8 33.Rf1 Bc6
34.Rf6 Nxf6 35.Qxh6+ Kg8 36.Bg5 1-0

[Event "Zurich"]
[Site "Zurich"]
[Date "1934.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Gideon Stahlberg"]
[Black "Alexander Alekhine"]
[ECO "A90"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "88"]

1.d4 e6 2.c4 f5 3.g3 Nf6 4.Bg2 Bb4+ 5.Bd2 Bxd2+ 6.Qxd2 O-O
7.Nc3 d5 8.Nf3 Nc6 9.cxd5 exd5 10.Ne5 Ne7 11.O-O c6 12.Rac1
Qe8 13.b4 Ng6 14.Nxg6 Qxg6 15.b5 Bd7 16.Qf4 Rac8 17.Qd6 Qf7
18.bxc6 Bxc6 19.Qb4 Qd7 20.e3 Ne4 21.Rfe1 b6 22.f3 Nxc3
23.Rxc3 Bb5 24.Bf1 Bxf1 25.Kxf1 Rxc3 26.Qxc3 Rc8 27.Qd3 g6
28.Kf2 Qa4 29.Re2 Rc1 30.Rb2 Kg7 31.Qb3 Qc6 32.Qd3 h5 33.Kg2
Rc3 34.Qe2 Qa4 35.g4 Qe8 36.Rb3 Rxb3 37.axb3 hxg4 38.fxg4 Qe4+
39.Kf2 fxg4 40.Qe1 Qc2+ 41.Kg3 Qxb3 42.Kh4 Qc2 43.Qg3 Qf5
44.Qc7+ Kh6 0-1

[Event "Haag"]
[Site "Haag"]
[Date "1935.01.05"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Max Euwe"]
[Black "Alexander Alekhine"]
[ECO "D81"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "88"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Qb3 dxc4 5. Qxc4 Bg7 6. Bf4 c6
7. Rd1 Qa5 8. Bd2 b5 9. Qb3 b4 10. Na4 Na6 11. e3 Be6 12. Qc2
O-O 13. b3 Rab8 14. Bd3 Rfc8 15. Ne2 c5 16. Bxa6 Qxa6 17. Nxc5
Qb5 18. Nf4 Bg4 19. f3 e5 20. Nfd3 exd4 21. fxg4 dxe3 22. Bxe3
Nxg4 23. Bf4 Bc3+ 24. Rd2 Rxc5 25. Nxc5 Qxc5 26. Bxb8 Qe7+
27. Kd1 Ne3+ 28. Kc1 Nxc2 29. Rxc2 h5 30. Rd1 Bg7 31. h3 a5
32. Bf4 Qe4 33. Bc7 Qe3+ 34. Kb1 a4 35. bxa4 b3 36. axb3 Qxb3+
37. Kc1 Bh6+ 38. Rdd2 Qxa4 39. Be5 Kh7 40. Bc3 Qb5 41. Bd4 Qe2
42. g4 Qe1+ 43. Kb2 Bxd2 44. Rc8 Bc1+ 0-1

[Event "S Gravenhage-Wch"]
[Site "S Gravenhage-Wch"]
[Date "1935.01.28"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "27"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Alekhine"]
[Black "Max Euwe"]
[ECO "C27"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bc4 Nxe4 4. Qh5 Nd6 5. Bb3 Be7 6. Nf3
Nc6 7. Nxe5 Nxe5 8. Qxe5 O-O 9. Nd5 Re8 10. O-O Bf8 11. Qf4 c6
12. Ne3 Qa5 13. d4 Qh5 14. c3 Ne4 15. f3 Ng5 16. d5 cxd5
17. Nxd5 Ne6 18. Qg4 Qg6 19. Be3 b6 20. Rad1 Bb7 21. Qxg6 hxg6
22. Rfe1 Rac8 23. Kf2 Bc5 24. Bxc5 Bxd5 25. Bxd5 Nxc5
26. Rxe8+ Rxe8 27. b4 Ne6 28. Bxe6 dxe6 29. Rd7 Rc8 30. Rxa7
Rxc3 31. Ra8+ Kh7 32. a4 Rb3 33. b5 g5 34. Ke2 e5 35. Kd2 f6
36. Kc2 Rb4 37. Kc3 Rd4 38. Ra6 Kg6 39. Rxb6 Rxa4 40. Ra6 Rd4
41. b6 1-0

[Event "Amsterdam-Wch"]
[Site "Amsterdam-Wch"]
[Date "1935.01.02"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Alekhine"]
[Black "Max Euwe"]
[ECO "D17"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "59"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Ne5 Nbd7
7. Nxc4 Qc7 8. g3 e5 9. dxe5 Nxe5 10. Bf4 Nfd7 11. Bg2 Be6
12. Nxe5 Nxe5 13. O-O Be7 14. Qc2 Rd8 15. Rfd1 O-O 16. Nb5
Rxd1+ 17. Rxd1 Qa5 18. Nd4 Bc8 19. b4 Qc7 20. b5 c5 21. Nf5 f6
22. Ne3 Be6 23. Bd5 Bxd5 24. Rxd5 Qa5 25. Nf5 Qe1+ 26. Kg2 Bd8
27. Bxe5 fxe5 28. Rd7 Bf6 29. Nh6+ Kh8 30. Qxc5 1-0

[Event "Match, Utrecht NED"]
[Site "Match, Utrecht NED"]
[Date "1935.01.08"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Alekhine"]
[Black "Max Euwe"]
[ECO "C15"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nge2 dxe4 5. a3 Be7 6. Nxe4
Nc6 7. g4 b6 8. Bg2 Bb7 9. c3 Nf6 10. N2g3 O-O 11. g5 Nxe4
12. Nxe4 Kh8 13. Qh5 Qe8 14. Nf6 Bxf6 15. gxf6 gxf6 16. Qh4
Qd8 17. Bf4 e5 18. Bg3 f5 19. dxe5 Rg8 20. Bf3 Qd3 21. Be2 Qe4
22. Qxe4 fxe4 23. Bh4 h6 24. O-O-O Rae8 25. Bf6+ Kh7 26. f4
exf3 27. Bxf3 Na5 28. Bxb7 Nxb7 29. Rd7 Nc5 30. Rxf7+ Kg6
31. Rxc7 Nd3+ 32. Kb1 Kf5 33. Rd1 Nxe5 34. Rf1+ Ke4 35. Rxa7
Nc4 36. Rd7 Ke3 37. Re1+ Kf3 38. Rxe8 Rxe8 39. Rd4 Ne3 40. Rh4
Nf5 41. Rb4 1-0

[Event "Hastings"]
[Site "08"]
[Date "1936.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Alekhine"]
[Black "Reuben Fine"]
[ECO "C90"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "73"]

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.d4 Qc7 11.Nbd2 O-O 12.Nf1 Bg4 13.Ne3
Bxf3 14.Qxf3 cxd4 15.Nf5 dxc3 16.Qxc3 Rfc8 17.Qg3 Bf8 18.Bd3
Nc6 19.Bg5 Ne8 20.Rac1 Qb7 21.a3 g6 22.Nh6+ Bxh6 23.Bxh6 Nd4
24.Rcd1 b4 25.f4 exf4 26.Qxf4 bxa3 27.bxa3 Rc3 28.Qf2 Ne6
29.a4 Rac8 30.Rf1 R3c7 31.Rb1 Qc6 32.a5 Nc5 33.Bc4 Qd7 34.Qa2
Nxe4 35.Rxf7 Qxf7 36.Bxf7+ Rxf7 37.Qe6 1-0

[Event "Nottingham (09)"]
[Site "Nottingham (09)"]
[Date "1936.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Alekhine"]
[Black "Max Euwe"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "161"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Bd3 cxd4 6. O-O f6
7. Bb5 Bd7 8. Bxc6 bxc6 9. Qxd4 fxe5 10. Qxe5 Nf6 11. Bf4 Bc5
12. Nc3 O-O 13. Bg3 Qe7 14. a3 a5 15. Rfe1 Ra7 16. Na4 Rb7
17. Qc3 Ba7 18. Qxa5 Ne4 19. Qa6 Be8 20. b4 g5 21. Nc5 Bxc5
22. bxc5 Nxc5 23. Qe2 Ne4 24. Qe3 Bg6 25. Ne5 c5 26. Nxg6 hxg6
27. f3 Nxg3 28. hxg3 Kf7 29. a4 Ra8 30. Kf2 Rb2 31. Re2 c4
32. Rh1 Kg8 33. Qe5 Qa7+ 34. Kf1 Rb1+ 35. Re1 Rxe1+ 36. Kxe1
Qg7 37. Qxe6+ Kf8 38. Qxd5 Qc3+ 39. Kf2 Re8 40. g4 Qe3+
41. Kg3 Qf4+ 42. Kh3 Re7 43. Qc5 Qf6 44. g3 Qh8+ 45. Kg2 Qc3
46. Rh7 Qxc2+ 47. Kh3 Qe2 48. Rxe7 Qxe7 49. Qxc4 Qe1 50. Qc5+
Kf7 51. Kg2 Qa1 52. Qc2 Kf6 53. Qb3 Ke5 54. Kf2 Kf6 55. Qb6+
Kg7 56. Qb4 Qh1 57. Qe1 Qh2+ 58. Ke3 Kh7 59. a5 Qa2 60. Qd2
Qa1 61. Ke2 Kh6 62. f4 gxf4 63. gxf4 Qa4 64. Kf2 Kh7 65. g5
Qa3 66. Qd7+ Kh8 67. Qc8+ Kh7 68. Qc7+ Kh8 69. Ke2 Qa2+
70. Ke3 Qb3+ 71. Kd4 Qb4+ 72. Kd5 Qb5+ 73. Kd4 Qa6 74. Qb6 Qc8
75. Qd6 Qc2 76. a6 Qd2+ 77. Ke5 Qc3+ 78. Ke6 Qc8+ 79. Ke7 Kh7
80. Qd7 Qc3 81. Ke6+ 1-0

[Event "Dresden"]
[Site "Dresden"]
[Date "1936.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Alekhine"]
[Black "Efim Bogoljubov"]
[ECO "C46"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "87"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nd5 Bg7 6. Bg5
Nce7 7. e5 h6 8. Bxe7 Nxe7 9. Qxd4 Nxd5 10. Qxd5 c6 11. Qd6
Bf8 12. Qd4 Qb6 13. O-O-O Qxd4 14. Nxd4 d5 15. exd6 Bxd6
16. Bc4 O-O 17. Rhe1 Bg4 18. f3 Bc8 19. g3 Bc5 20. Nb3 Bb6
21. Nd2 Bh3 22. Ne4 Ba5 23. c3 Rad8 24. Nd6 b5 25. Bb3 Rd7
26. Ne8 Rxd1+ 27. Kxd1 Bg2 28. Nf6+ Kg7 29. Ne8+ Kh8 30. Kc2
Bxf3 31. Nd6 Bd5 32. Bxd5 cxd5 33. Nxb5 Bb6 34. Kd3 Kg7 35. b4
Rd8 36. a4 a6 37. Nd4 Rd6 38. Re8 h5 39. Ra8 Rf6 40. Rxa6 Bxd4
41. Rxf6 Bxf6 42. a5 Be5 43. b5 h4 44. a6 1-0

[Event "Nottingham"]
[Site "Nottingham"]
[Date "1936.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Savielly Tartakower"]
[Black "Alexander Alekhine"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "70"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. g3 c5 3. Nf3 d5 4. Bg2 cxd4 5. O-O Bg4 6. Nxd4 e5
7. Nf3 Nc6 8. h3 Bf5 9. c4 d4 10. Qb3 Qc7 11. e3 Be7 12. exd4
exd4 13. Bf4 Qc8 14. Rd1 O-O 15. Nxd4 Bxh3 16. Nxc6 bxc6
17. Bxh3 Qxh3 18. Qf3 Ng4 19. Nc3 f5 20. Qg2 Qh5 21. Re1 Bc5
22. Nd1 g5 23. Be5 Rad8 24. Bc3 Rxd1 25. Raxd1 Bxf2+ 26. Kf1
Bxe1 27. Rxe1 f4 28. gxf4 Rxf4+ 29. Kg1 Nh2 30. Re3 Rf1+
31. Qxf1 Nxf1 32. Kxf1 Qf7+ 33. Kg2 Qxc4 34. Re7 Qd5+ 35. Kh3
h5 0-1

[Event "Vienna"]
[Site "Vienna"]
[Date "1936.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Alekhine"]
[Black "Poindle"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "59"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. dxe5
Nxb5 7. a4 Nd6 8. exd6 Bxd6 9. Ng5 Be7 10. Qh5 g6 11. Qh6 Bf8
12. Re1+ Ne7 13. Ne4 f5 14. Nf6+ Kf7 15. Qh4 Bg7 16. Bg5 h6
17. Qc4+ Kf8 18. Rxe7 Qxe7 19. Nh7+ Rxh7 20. Bxe7+ Kxe7
21. Qxc7 Bxb2 22. Ra2 Bf6 23. c4 Kf7 24. Re2 Rh8 25. Qd6 a5
26. Nc3 Ra6 27. Qd5+ Kg7 28. Nb5 Re6 29. Nd6 Rd8 30. Kf1 1-0

[Event "Bad Nauheim"]
[Site "Bad Nauheim"]
[Date "1936.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Karl Ahues"]
[Black "Alexander Alekhine"]
[ECO "D22"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "62"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 a6 4.a4 Nf6 5.e3 Bg4 6.Bxc4 e6 7.Nc3
Nc6 8.Be2 Bb4 9.O-O O-O 10.Nd2 Bxe2 11.Nxe2 e5 12.Nf3 Re8
13.Bd2 Bd6 14.Ng3 e4 15.Ne1 Bxg3 16.hxg3 Ne7 17.b4 Qd7 18.Nc2
Ned5 19.Na3 b5 20.axb5 axb5 21.Qe2 c6 22.Nc2 Qf5 23.Rfc1 h6
24.Ra5 Rac8 25.Na1 Ng4 26.Kf1 Re6 27.Rxb5 Rf6 28.Rbc5 Nxf2
29.Ke1 Nd3+ 30.Kd1 Qf1+ 31.Be1 Rf2 0-1

[Event "Nottingham"]
[Site "Nottingham"]
[Date "1936.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "William Winter"]
[Black "Alexander Alekhine"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "78"]

1. d4 e6 2. e4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. Ne2 Bd6 6. c3 Qh4
7. Nd2 Bg4 8. Qc2 O-O-O 9. Nf1 g6 10. Be3 Nge7 11. O-O-O Bf5
12. Nfg3 Bxd3 13. Qxd3 h6 14. f4 Qg4 15. h3 Qd7 16. Rhf1 h5
17. Ng1 h4 18. N3e2 Nf5 19. Nf3 f6 20. Nh2 Rde8 21. Bd2 Re6
22. Ng4 Rhe8 23. Rde1 R8e7 24. Kd1 Qe8 25. Qf3 Na5 26. b3 Nc4
27. Bc1 Nce3+ 28. Bxe3 Nxe3+ 29. Nxe3 Rxe3 30. Qf2 Qb5 31. Nc1
Rxc3 32. Rxe7 Bxe7 33. Qe1 Kd7 34. f5 Re3 35. Qf2 g5 36. Re1
Re4 37. Rxe4 dxe4 38. Kd2 Bd6 39. Kc3 Bf4 0-1

[Event "Nottingham (11)"]
[Site "Nottingham (11)"]
[Date "1936.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Alekhine"]
[Black "C H Alexander"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "54"]

1. d4 {Notes by Alekhine} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2
{The usual move nowadays is 4 Bd2, in order to develop the
knight on the more natural square c3. But, on the other hand,
if Black wants to avoid the exchange of his king's bishop, he
will now be forced to lose time by retreating it to e7. The
text move therefore cannot be condemned. It has the advantage
anyhow of leading to more complicated lines than the usual
move.} b6 5. g3 Bb7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O Bxd2 {? Instead of this
exchange, which yiels White the advantage of the pair of
bishops without necessity, Black could play either d5
(Rubinstein-Alekhine, Semmering, 1926) or even Be7, followed
by d6, Nbd7, etc. In both cases he would have better
equalising prospects than in the actual game.} 8. Qxd2 {The
correct recapture, as the queen bishoop is wanted on the long
diagonal.} d6 9. b3 Nbd7 10. Bb2 Rb8 {Black shows his hand
decidedly to early. The obvious object of the text move is to
play Ne4 followed by f5, for which purpose the bishop must be
protected, to avoid the possible answer Ng5. But the same idea
could have been combined with a mobilisation by 10...Qe7,
11...Rad8, and eventually Ba8.} 11. Rad1 {! An interesting and
effective method of meeting Black's plan. The White queen
bishop is to play in the following development a most
important and practically decisive part.} Ne4 {If Qe7 then 12
Qe3 (Ne4 13 d5).} 12. Qe3 f5 13. d5 {This pawn will only
apparently be weak, as White can always protect it by
counter-attack.} exd5 {e5 instead would lose a pawn by 14
Nh4!} 14. cxd5 Ndf6 15. Nh4 Qd7 {If Nxd5 then 16 Rxd5 Bxd5 17
Qd4 winning a piece.} 16. Bh3 {Again preventing Nxd5 , this
time because of 17 Qxe4.} g6 17. f3 Nc5 18. Qg5 {Threatening
not only 19 Bxf6 but also 19 B or Nxf5; and if 18...Nxd5 then
19 Nxg6 wins. Black's reply is therefore forced.} Qg7 19. b4
Ncd7 {Equally hopeless would be Na4 20 Ba1, etc.} 20. e4 {!
The initial move of the decisive sacrificial combination.}
Nxe4 {Black clearly based his last hopes on this ingenious
stroke. If now 21 Bxg7 Nxg5 22 Bxf8 then Nxf3+ 23 Kg2 Rxf8 24
Kxf3 Nf6 followed by Nxd5 with good fighting chances.} 21. Qc1
{! Much more effective than 21 fxe4 Qxb2 22 exf5 Qf6 yielding
White only a possible win after a laborious end-game.} Nef6
22. Bxf5 {! The surprising sequal to 20 e4. After gxf5 23 Nxf5
Black would either lose his queen or be mated (23...Qh8 24
Nh6+ Kg7 25 Qg5 mate).} Kh8 23. Be6 {At last the d-pawn is
definitely safe.} Ba6 24. Rfe1 Ne5 25. f4 {Far the simplest
way to force resignation.} Nd3 26. Rxd3 Bxd3 27. g4 {There is
no remedy against g5. This game won the special prize for the
most brilliant king side attack at Nottingham.} 1-0

[Event "Hastings"]
[Site "02"]
[Date "1936.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Alekhine"]
[Black "Milan Vidmar"]
[ECO "D65"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "141"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Bg5 Nbd7 5.e3 Be7 6.Nf3 O-O 7.Rc1
c6 8.Qc2 a6 9.cxd5 Nxd5 10.Bxe7 Qxe7 11.Bc4 Nxc3 12.Qxc3 c5
13.dxc5 Qxc5 14.Bb3 b6 15.Qd2 Qh5 16.Bd1 Nc5 17.b4 Ne4 18.Qd4
Bb7 19.O-O b5 20.Ne5 Qh6 21.Nc6 Bxc6 22.Rxc6 Nf6 23.Bf3 Rad8
24.Rd6 Rxd6 25.Qxd6 Qh4 26.a3 Qc4 27.Qxa6 Nd5 28.a4 Nc7 29.Qc6
Qxc6 30.Bxc6 bxa4 31.Ra1 Rb8 32.Rxa4 Kf8 33.g4 Ke7 34.b5 e5
35.f4 f6 36.fxe5 fxe5 37.Ra2 Rb6 38.Rb2 h6 39.Kf2 Ke6 40.Kf3
Nd5 41.h4 Ne7+ 42.Be4+ Nd5 43.Rb3 Kd6 44.g5 hxg5 45.hxg5 Ke6
46.Bd3 Kd6 47.Ra3 Ne7 48.Ra7 Rb8 49.Ke4 g6 50.Ra3 Rb6 51.Bc4
Rb8 52.Rd3+ Kc5 53.Rd7 Nc8 54.Bf7 Nd6+ 55.Kxe5 Rb6 56.e4 Nxb5
57.Rd5+ Kb4 58.Rd8 Na7 59.Rd6 Nc6+ 60.Kd5 Ne7+ 61.Ke6 Nc6
62.Kf6 Kc5 63.Rd5+ Kb4 64.e5 Kc4 65.Rd1 Kc5 66.Rc1+ Kd4 67.e6
Ke3 68.Bxg6 Nd4 69.Bf7 Ne2 70.Re1 Kf2 71.Rxe2+ 1-0

[Event "NED WCh (25)"]
[Site "NED WCh (25)"]
[Date "1937.01.26"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Max Euwe"]
[Black "Alexander Alekhine"]
[ECO "E46"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "86"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Nge2 d5 6. a3 Be7
7. cxd5 exd5 8. Ng3 c5 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. b4 d4 11. bxc5 dxc3
12. Qc2 Qa5 13. Rb1 Bd7 14. Rb3 Ba4 15. Qxc3 Qd8 16. Bc4 Na6
17. Bxa6 bxa6 18. O-O Bxb3 19. Qxb3 Rb8 20. Qc2 Qd5 21. e4 Qb3
22. Qe2 Qb5 23. Qf3 Qxc5 24. Nf5 Rb1 25. Qf4 Nxe4 26. h4 Re8
27. Re1 Qc3 28. Rd1 Nd2 29. Rxd2 Rxc1+ 30. Kh2 Qc7 31. Rd6 Rc5
32. g3 Rf8 33. g4 f6 34. Kh3 h5 35. Qd2 hxg4+ 36. Kxg4 Qf7
37. h5 Rxf5 38. Kxf5 Qxh5+ 39. Kf4 Qh4+ 40. Kf3 Qh3+ 41. Ke4
Re8+ 42. Kd5 Qb3+ 43. Kd4 Qxa3 0-1

[Event "Kemeri"]
[Site "Kemeri"]
[Date "1937.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Alekhine"]
[Black "Samuel Reshevsky"]
[ECO "B05"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. c4 Nb6 6. Be2 dxe5
7. Nxe5 Bxe2 8. Qxe2 Qxd4 9. O-O N8d7 10. Nxd7 Nxd7 11. Nc3 c6
12. Be3 Qe5 13. Rad1 e6 14. Qf3 O-O-O 15. Bxa7 Qa5 16. Bd4 Qf5
17. Qg3 e5 18. Be3 Bb4 19. Na4 Ba5 20. f4 Bc7 21. b3 f6
22. fxe5 Qe6 23. h3 Rhg8 24. Bd4 Nxe5 25. Qc3 Nd7 26. c5 Rge8
27. b4 Nb8 28. Nb6+ Bxb6 29. cxb6 Qxa2 30. Qg3 Rd7 31. Bc5 Qf7
32. Ra1 Qg6 33. Qh2 Re5 34. Ra8 Rd2 35. Rxb8+ Kxb8 36. Qxe5+
fxe5 37. Rf8+ 1-0

[Event "Haarlem mw (06)"]
[Site "Haarlem mw (06)"]
[Date "1937.01.07"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Alekhine"]
[Black "Max Euwe"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "45"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 dxc4 4. e4 e5 5. Bxc4 exd4 6. Nf3 b5
7. Nxb5 Ba6 8. Qb3 Qe7 9. O-O Bxb5 10. Bxb5 Nf6 11. Bc4 Nbd7
12. Nxd4 Rb8 13. Qc2 Qc5 14. Nf5 Ne5 15. Bf4 Nh5 16. Bxf7+
Kxf7 17. Qxc5 Bxc5 18. Bxe5 Rb5 19. Bd6 Bb6 20. b4 Rd8
21. Rad1 c5 22. bxc5 Bxc5 23. Rd5 1-0

[Event "NED Wch-m (08)"]
[Site "NED Wch-m (08)"]
[Date "1937.01.09"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Alekhine"]
[Black "Max Euwe"]
[ECO "E34"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "51"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 Qxd5 6. e3 c5
7. a3 Bxc3+ 8. bxc3 Nbd7 9. f3 cxd4 10. cxd4 Nb6 11. Ne2 Bd7
12. Nf4 Qd6 13. Bd2 Rc8 14. Qb2 Nfd5 15. Nxd5 exd5 16. Bb4 Qe6
17. Kf2 Na4 18. Qd2 b6 19. Ba6 Rb8 20. e4 b5 21. Qf4 Rb6
22. exd5 Qxd5 23. Rhe1+ Be6 24. Rac1 f6 25. Rc7 Kd8 26. Rxa7
1-0

[Event "NED Wch-m (22)"]
[Site "NED Wch-m (22)"]
[Date "1937.01.23"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Alekhine"]
[Black "Max Euwe"]
[ECO "A09"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "123"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 d4 3. e3 Nc6 4. exd4 Nxd4 5. Nxd4 Qxd4 6. Nc3
Nf6 7. d3 c6 8. Be3 Qd7 9. d4 g6 10. Be2 Bg7 11. h3 O-O
12. O-O b6 13. Bf3 Bb7 14. a4 Rad8 15. a5 Qc7 16. Qb3 Nd7
17. axb6 axb6 18. Ra7 Ra8 19. Rfa1 e6 20. Rxa8 Bxa8 21. d5
cxd5 22. cxd5 Nc5 23. Qc4 exd5 24. Bxd5 Bxd5 25. Nxd5 Qe5
26. Rb1 Na4 27. b3 Nb2 28. Qc6 b5 29. Bf4 Qe6 30. Qxb5 Qe4
31. Rc1 Nd3 32. Qc4 Qe2 33. Rf1 Nxf4 34. Qxf4 Qb5 35. Qf3 Rb8
36. Rb1 Qa6 37. Rd1 Qa3 38. Rb1 Qa2 39. Qd3 Bd4 40. Rf1 Qb2
41. Ne7+ Kf8 42. Nc6 Bxf2+ 43. Kh2 Re8 44. Qf3 Re2 45. Nd4 Rd2
46. Ne6+ Ke7 47. Nf4 Qd4 48. Kh1 Ra2 49. Ne2 Ra1 50. Qb7+ Kf6
51. Nxd4 Rxf1+ 52. Kh2 Bg1+ 53. Kg3 Bf2+ 54. Kf3 Bxd4+ 55. Ke4
Rd1 56. Qd5 Ke7 57. g4 h5 58. gxh5 f5+ 59. Kf3 Rd3+ 60. Ke2
Re3+ 61. Kd2 Re4 62. hxg6 1-0

[Event "NED Wch-m (02)"]
[Site "NED Wch-m (02)"]
[Date "1937.01.03"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Alekhine"]
[Black "Max Euwe"]
[ECO "D17"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. d4 {Notes by Alekhine} d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4
5. a4 Bf5 6. Ne5 {I considered it vital to find out
immediately what defence my opponent had in mind against the
line he himself adopted in the first game.} e6 {! Played twice
by Bogoljuboff against me in the 1929 match. As the experiment
did not succeed (he only managed to draw one game with great
difficulty and he lost the other game), the move 6...e6
disappeared from master practice. But, as was proved
especially by the eleventh game of this match, it is much
safer than the fashionable Kmoch variation (6...Nbd7 in
conjunction with Qc7 and e5.)} 7. Bg5 {As after 7 f3 Bb4, the
move 8 e4? would provoke the absolutely sound sacrifice
8...Nxe4! (first played by Mikenas against Dr. Vidmar, Prague,
1931), White must not hurry to form a pawn centre. Still,
after the following answer, he had no better move than 8 f3,
which would lead to the position obtained in the fourth and
eleventh games.} Bb4 {Much more logical and better than
7...Be7 , as played by Bogoljuboff in our fifth match game in
1929.} 8. Nxc4 { Very harmless, inasmuch as Black, instead of
the complicated variation actually selected, could simply play
here 8...h6, and if 9 Bh4 then 9...g5 10 Bg3 Ne4 11 Rc1 (or 11
Qb3 Na6) c5,etc., with at least equal prospects.} Qd5 {Also a
good move which leads after a short, sharp intermezzo to an
equally balanced position.} 9. Bxf6 {The alternative, 9 Ne3
Qa5 10 Nxf5 Qxf5 etc., was even less promising. And if 9 Qb3,
then 9...Na6.} Qxc4 {Better than 9...gxf6 10 Ne3 Qa5 11 Qb3
with slightly better prospects for White.} 10. Qd2 {The only
move, as 10 Rc1? would have been refuted by 10...gxf6 11 e4
Qa2, etc.} gxf6 11. e4 Qb3 12. exf5 Nd7 13. fxe6 fxe6 14. Be2
O-O-O 15. O-O {These last few moves were practically forced
and the position thus reached offers about equal attacking
possibilities for both sides.} e5 {This logical move—which
brings the knight into a strong position and opens the queen's
file to Black's advantage—has been, in my opinion, unduly
criticized. In any event 15...Nb6, which was recommended
instead, would expose Black to dangerous threats after 16 a5
Na4 17 Qe3 Nxb2 18 Rfc1—and this without offering him any real
winning prospects.} 16. dxe5 Nxe5 17. Qc1 Bxc3 {As 18 Ne4 was
not really a strong threat, this exchange should have been
postponed till a more appropriate moment. Black should have
played 17...Rhg8; for if 18 Ne4 (18 Qe3 Qxb2) then ...Nf3+ 19
Bxf3 Qxf3 20 Ng3 Qg4, etc., with quite a satisfactory
position. After the move in the text White obtains the better
chances because his bishop will prove superior to the knight
as soon as the Black piece is dislodged from e5.} 18. bxc3
Rhg8 19. Qe3 Kb8 {Not absolutely necessary, as he could
indirectly protect his queen rook's pawn by playing 19...Qd5
20 g3 Qd2; but then after 21 Qxd2 Rxd2 22 Rfe1 (here if ...Nd3
23 Rad1!) White's endgame chances would still be the better.}
20. g3 Rd7 21. Rab1 {!} Qc2 22. Rfe1 {! The most subtle move
of the game, by which White prepares the important f4. The
immediate advance of that pawn would be refuted by 22...Rd2 23
Rfe1 Nd3.} Qd2 23. Qxd2 Rxd2 24. f4 Ng6 25. Bc4 Rgd8 {Or
25...Rg7 26 Re8+ Kc7 27 Kh1! with advantage to White.} 26. Re6
{! In order to exchange one pair of rooks. It must be noted
that Black cannot play 26...Rc2 on account of 27 Ba6 b6 28
Rxc6.} R8d6 27. Rbe1 Kc7 28. Rxd6 Rxd6 {If 28...Kxd6, then 20
Bg8, threatening both 30 Bxh7 and 30 Re6+.} 29. h4 {In order
to play the king to f2 without being disturbed by the rook
check on the second rank.} Kd7 30. Kf2 Ne7 31. Kf3 Nd5 {After
this loss of time Black's position becomes rapidly hopeless,
as the White king will be able to attack and win the pawn on
h7. But it is to be doubted if the game could be saved even by
the best answer, 31 ...f5 Then White would not play
immediately 32 g4 because of 32...fxg4+ 33 Kxg4 Rg6+, followed
by 34...Nf5 with counterattack; but he would play first 32 h5,
after which g4 would free his king bishop's pawn with
disastrous effect for Black since the latter's majority on the
queen side has a nominal value only, owing to the passive
position of his pieces.} 32. Bd3 h6 33. Bf5+ Kd8 34. Kg4 Ne7
{Or 34...Nxc3 35 Kh5 Nxa4 36 Kxh5, followed by the victorious
advance of the passed king rook's pawn.} 35. Bb1 Ke8 {If
35...Rd5 then 36 f5, etc.} 36. Kh5 Kf7 37. Ba2+ Kf8 38. Kxh6
Rd2 {The main variation was 38...Nf5+ 39 Kg6 Nxg3 40 f5
followed by the advance of the rook's pawn.} 39. Be6 Rd3
40. g4 Rxc3 41. g5 {Even simpler than 41 Rd1 Nd5. If
41...fxg5, then fxg5.} 1-0

[Event "Amsterdam AVRO"]
[Site "Amsterdam AVRO"]
[Date "1938.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Alekhine"]
[Black "Jose Raul Capablanca"]
[ECO "C05"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Bd3 c5 6. c3 Nc6
7. Ne2 Qb6 8. Nf3 cxd4 9. cxd4 Bb4+ 10. Kf1 Be7 11. a3 Nf8
12. b4 Bd7 13. Be3 Nd8 14. Nc3 a5 15. Na4 Qa7 16. b5 b6 17. g3
f5 18. Kg2 Nf7 19. Qd2 h6 20. h4 Nh7 21. h5 Nfg5 22. Nh4 Ne4
23. Qb2 Kf7 24. f3 Neg5 25. g4 fxg4 26. Bg6+ Kg8 27. f4 Nf3
28. Bxh7+ Rxh7 29. Ng6 Bd8 30. Rac1 Be8 31. Kg3 Qf7 32. Kxg4
Nh4 33. Nxh4 Qxh5+ 34. Kg3 Qf7 35. Nf3 1-0

[Event "Amsterdam"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1938.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "03"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Alekhine"]
[Black "Max Euwe"]
[ECO "D14"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bf4
Bf5 7. e3 a6 8. Ne5 Rc8 9. g4 Bd7 10. Bg2 e6 11. O-O h6
12. Bg3 h5 13. Nxd7 Nxd7 14. gxh5 Nf6 15. Bf3 Bb4 16. Rc1 Kf8
17. a3 Bxc3 18. Rxc3 Ne7 19. Qb3 Rxc3 20. bxc3 Qd7 21. Qb6 Nc8
22. Qc5+ Kg8 23. Rb1 b5 24. h6 gxh6 25. Be5 Kg7 26. a4 bxa4
27. c4 Ne7 28. cxd5 Nexd5 29. Kh1 Rc8 30. Rg1+ Kh7 31. Qa3 Rg8
32. e4 Rxg1+ 33. Kxg1 Qb5 34. exd5 Qb1+ 35. Kg2 Qg6+ 36. Kf1
Qb1+ 37. Kg2 Qg6+ 38. Bg3 Nxd5 39. Bxd5 exd5 40. Qxa4 h5
41. h4 1-0

[Event "Margate"]
[Site "Margate"]
[Date "1938.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Alekhine"]
[Black "Eero Einar Book"]
[ECO "D26"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "49"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. O-O Nc6
7. Qe2 a6 8. Nc3 b5 9. Bb3 b4 10. d5 Na5 11. Ba4+ Bd7 12. dxe6
fxe6 13. Rd1 bxc3 14. Rxd7 Nxd7 15. Ne5 Ra7 16. bxc3 Ke7
17. e4 Nf6 18. Bg5 Qc7 19. Bf4 Qb6 20. Rd1 g6 21. Bg5 Bg7
22. Nd7 Rxd7 23. Rxd7+ Kf8 24. Bxf6 Bxf6 25. e5 1-0

[Event "Buenos Aires"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "1939.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[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 "Munich"]
[Site "Munich"]
[Date "1941.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[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 "Prague (11)"]
[Site "Prague (11)"]
[Date "1942.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Alekhine"]
[Black "Klaus Junge"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "57"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 dxc4 5. Qa4+ Nbd7 6. Bg2 a6
7. Qxc4 b5 8. Qc6 Rb8 9. O-O Bb7 10. Qc2 c5 11. a4 Bxf3
12. Bxf3 cxd4 13. axb5 axb5 14. Rd1 Qb6 15. Nd2 e5 16. Nb3 Nc5
17. Nxc5 Bxc5 18. Ra6 Qxa6 19. Qxc5 Qe6 20. Bc6+ Nd7 21. Bxd7+
Kxd7 22. Qa7+ Kc6 23. Bd2 Rhc8 24. e4 Qb3 25. Ra1 b4 26. Ra6+
Kb5 27. Ra5+ Kc6 28. Qc5+ Kd7 29. Ra7+ 1-0

[Event "Salzburg"]
[Site "Salzburg"]
[Date "1942.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Alekhine"]
[Black "Paul Keres"]
[ECO "C86"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "111"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Qe2 b5
7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. Rd1 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Qc7 12. Bg5
Bg4 13. dxe5 dxe5 14. Nbd2 Rfd8 15. Nf1 Nh5 16. h3 Be6 17. Ne3
f6 18. Nh2 g6 19. Bh6 Bf8 20. Bxf8 Kxf8 21. g3 Rxd1+ 22. Bxd1
Rd8 23. a4 Nc4 24. axb5 axb5 25. Nd5 Qb7 26. b3 Nd6 27. c4
bxc4 28. bxc4 Bxd5 29. exd5 Ng7 30. Ng4 Qe7 31. Bc2 Nge8
32. h4 e4 33. Ne3 Qe5 34. Ra7 Kg8 35. Ng4 Qd4 36. Bxe4 f5
37. Nh6+ Kh8 38. Bc2 Qf6 39. Qe6 Qxe6 40. dxe6 Rc8 41. Nf7+
Nxf7 42. exf7 Nd6 43. Bd3 Kg7 44. f8=Q+ Kxf8 45. Rxh7 Kg8
46. Rd7 Ne8 47. h5 gxh5 48. Bxf5 Ra8 49. Be6+ Kh8 50. Rd5 Nf6
51. Rxc5 Kg7 52. Bf5 Ra3 53. Rc7+ Kh6 54. Rf7 Ra6 55. f4 h4
56. g4 1-0

[Event "Munich"]
[Site "Munich"]
[Date "1942.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Alekhine"]
[Black "Braslav Rabar"]
[ECO "E02"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "53"]

1. d4 {Notes by Alekhine} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 dxc4
5. Qa4+ Bd7 6. Qxc4 Bc6 7. Nf3 Bd5 {Black loses too many tempi
with these bishop moves. Better is 7...Nbd7 and if 8 Nc3 then
8...Nb6 9 Qd3 Bb4, as it was played in the game Junge-Alekhine
in the same tournament.} 8. Qd3 c5 9. Nc3 Bc6 {If 9...cxd4
there would follow 10 Nxd5 Qxd5 11 O-O with the strong threat
of 12 Nxd4.}10. O-O Nbd7 11. Rd1 cxd4 {If 11...Be7 then 12 e4
and White with the threat of 13 d5, would practically force
the exchange at d4, which would guarantee him the advantage of
the bishop pair.} 12. Nxd4 Bxg2 13. Kxg2 Be7 14. Qf3 {The
queen now exerts strong pressure on the enemy queen's side.}
Qb6 {this move will be refuted by energetic combinative
play. but 14...Qb8 15 Nb3 with the threat of 16 Bf4 would be
equally unsatisfactory.} 15. Be3 {! The consequences of this
move are not very difficult to calculate, but it is
interesting to prove that from this moment onwards Black
already lacks any satisfactory defence. Against 15 Qxb2 White
replies 16 Ncb5 and if 15...Ne5 there would follow 16 Ndb5!}
O-O 16. Nf5 Bc5 {This apparent salvation will be refuted by a
well-concealed combination. Nor would the alternative 16...Qd8
17 Nxe7+ Qxe7 18 Qxb7 Rfb8 19 Qc7 Rxb2 20 Bd4 have saved the
game.} 17. Na4 Qa5 18. Nxc5 Nxc5 19. Nxg7 {! This wins at
least a pawn and leads to a simply won ending. The only reply
- excluding the text - would be 19...Nce4, against which White
would first have forced the black queen to abandon the fifth
rank and would then have occupied the long diagonal with the
bishop, with decisive effect: 20 b4! Qe5 21 Bf4 Qb5 (or
21...Qc3 22 Nh5!!) 22 a4! Qxb4 23 Be5 etc.} Kxg7 20. Bd4 {the
strngth of this move lies mainly in the fact that after
20...Nd7 White simply plays 21 Bc3, with the unavoidable
threat of 22 Rxd7.} Ne4 21. Qxe4 Qf5 {The endgame that follows
is without any technical difficulties.} 22. Qxf5 exf5 23. Rac1
Rfe8 24. Rc7 Rxe2 25. Rxb7 Kg6 26. Bxf6 Kxf6 27. Rd6+ {If
27...Kg7 there follows 28 Rdd7 Rf8 29 Kf3 Rc2 30 Rdc7 Rd2 31
Ke3.} 1-0

[Event "Munich"]
[Site "Munich"]
[Date "1942.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[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 "Crakow"]
[Site "Crakow"]
[Date "1942.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Alekhine"]
[Black "Klaus Junge"]
[ECO "C86"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "55"]

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"]
[Date "1942.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[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 Qe1} 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 "Salzburg"]
[Site "Salzburg"]
[Date "1943.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Alekhine"]
[Black "Paul Felix Schmidt"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "129"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Nc3 b5
7. Bb3 d6 8. Nd5 Be6 9. Re1 Na5 10. Nxe7 Qxe7 11. d4 Nxb3
12. axb3 Nd7 13. h3 f6 14. Nh4 exd4 15. Nf5 Qf7 16. Qg4 Ne5
17. Qd1 Bxf5 18. exf5 O-O 19. Qxd4 Rfe8 20. Be3 Nc6 21. Qc3
Qd7 22. b4 Re4 23. Bd2 Rc4 24. Qf3 d5 25. b3 Re4 26. Rxe4 dxe4
27. Qxe4 Re8 28. Qd3 Qxd3 29. cxd3 Re2 30. Rd1 Nd4 31. Kf1 Re5
32. g4 Nxb3 33. Bf4 Re7 34. Rb1 Nd4 35. Rc1 c6 36. Ra1 Ra7
37. Be3 Rd7 38. Rxa6 h5 39. gxh5 Nxf5 40. Ke2 Nd4+ 41. Kd2 Kh7
42. Ra8 g6 43. hxg6+ Kxg6 44. Rg8+ Kf5 45. Rh8 Nf3+ 46. Kc3
Ne5 47. Bd4 c5 48. Bxc5 Rxd3+ 49. Kc2 Ra3 50. h4 Nd3 51. Kd2
Rb3 52. Kc2 Ra3 53. Rb8 Nxf2 54. Rxb5 Ne4 55. Bd4+ Kg4 56. Rd5
Rh3 57. b5 Rxh4 58. b6 Rh7 59. Kd3 Re7 60. Ra5 Nd6 61. Ra7 Re8
62. Rd7 Nf5 63. Bc5 Ng3 64. b7 Ne4 65. Ba7 1-0

[Event "Prague"]
[Site "Prague"]
[Date "1943.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Alekhine"]
[Black "Jiri Podgorny"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "55"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. d4 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. Be2
cxd4 7. cxd4 e6 8. Nc3 Bb4 9. O-O Qa5 10. a3 Nf6 11. d5 exd5
12. axb4 Qxa1 13. Nd2 Bxe2 14. Qxe2+ Ne7 15. Re1 O-O 16. Nb3
Qa6 17. Qxa6 bxa6 18. Rxe7 Rab8 19. b5 axb5 20. Rxa7 b4
21. Ne2 Rfc8 22. f3 Ra8 23. Rxa8 Rxa8 24. Kf2 Nd7 25. Nf4 Nb6
26. Ke3 Rc8 27. Kd3 g5 28. Nh5 1-0

[Event "Warsaw"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "1943.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Alekhine"]
[Black "Efim Bogoljubov"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "64"]

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

[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

