[Event "Budapest"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "1917.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Horvath"]
[Black "Lajos Mayer"]
[ECO "C52"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "35"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4 Bxb4 5. c3 Ba5 6. O-O Nf6
7. d4 Nxe4 8. Re1 Nd6 9. Bg5 Ne7 10. Nxe5 f6 11. Bxf6 gxf6
12. Qh5+ Kf8 13. Qh6+ Ke8 14. Ng6 Ndf5 15. Qh5 Ng7 16. Bf7+
Kxf7 17. Ne5+ Ke6 18. Nf7# 1-0

[Event "Budapest"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "1917.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Gyula Breyer"]
[Black "Johannes Esser"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "93"]

1. d4 {Notes by Richard Reti} d5 2. c4 c6 3. e3 {Breyer, in
closed games, likes his bishops to keep behind his chain of
pawns. Therefore he avoids early exchanges and can prepare
undisturbed for the attack. It is surprising in his games how,
when the decisive break through occurs, the pieces which had
appeared shut in, suddenly become alive.} Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bd3
Bd6 6. f4 {! This is obviously better than Nf3. A player in
the habit of playing according to routine would not however
have had such ideas.} O-O 7. Nf3 dxc4 {Black intends after 8
Bxc4 with ...b5 and ...b4 and ...Ba6 to bring out his queen's
bishop, which usually is locked up in this opening.} 8. Bb1 {!
A surprise! Black's B at c1 remains blocked in. White plans an
attack against the Black king's position. In this plan it is
essential that he does not play Bc2 but Bb1.} b5 9. e4 Be7
10. Ng5 h6 {After ...g6 follows 11 h4, h5.} 11. h4 {Threatens
now with 12 e5 Nd5 13 Qc2 g6 14 h5 to overturn the castled
position. Compare the note to 8 Bb1.} g6 {The only move that
parries the threat. Simultaneously Black threatens to take the
knight at g5.} 12. e5 hxg5 13. hxg5 {If 13 exf6 Bxf6 14 hxg5
Bxd4 and Black would have the advantage.} Nd5 {White has
sacrificed a piece. How ought he to continue the attack? After
14 Qg4 Black defends himself sufficiently by ...Kg7 and
...Rh8.} 14. Kf1 {A problem move which soon shows itself
directed against the defensive possibility of ...Kg7.} Nxc3
{As to 14...Bb4 see the note at the end of the game.} 15. bxc3
Bb7 16. Qg4 Kg7 17. Rh7+ Kxh7 18. Qh5+ Kg8 19. Bxg6 fxg6
20. Qxg6+ Kh8 21. Qh6+ Kg8 22. g6 Rf7 23. gxf7+ Kxf7 24. Qh5+
Kg7 25. f5 {Now in a few moves the apparently blocked queen's
wing comes into action.} exf5 26. Bh6+ {After 26...Kh7 27 Bf4+
Kg7 28 Qh6+ Kg8! 29 Qg6+ Kh8 30 Ke2 Bh4 31 Rh1 together with
Bg5 wins. For the better understanding of Breyer's combination
we will consider the following which would arise if Black on
the fourteenth move had played ...Bb4 in order to leave the
square e7 free from the queen. Through that White would have
had time for 15 Nxd5 cxd5 16 Be3 and if Kg7 then 17 Rh7+ Kxh7
18 Qh5+ Kg7 19 Qh6+ Kg8 20 Bxg6 fxg6 21 Qxg6+ Kh8 22 Ke2 and
wins.} Kh7 27. Bg5+ Kg8 28. Qg6+ Kh8 29. Qh6+ Kg8 30. Qe6+ Kf8
31. Qxf5+ Kg7 32. Bh6+ Kxh6 33. Ke2 Bc8 34. Rh1+ Bh4 35. e6
Qe7 36. Qf4+ Kg7 37. Rxh4 Qxe6+ 38. Kd2 Na6 39. Rh5 Qf6
40. Rh7+ Kxh7 41. Qxf6 Bg4 42. Qh4+ Kg7 43. Qxg4+ Kf6 44. Qf3+
Ke7 45. Qxc6 Rg8 46. Qxa6 Rxg2+ 47. Kc1 1-0

[Event "Budapest (Hungary)"]
[Site "Budapest (Hungary)"]
[Date "1917.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Kornel Havasi"]
[Black "Gyula Breyer"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "60"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 Nd7 4.Bc4 c6 5.O-O Be7 6.Nc3 Qc7 7.Be3
h6 8.Nd2 g5 9.Ne2 Nf8 10.Ng3 Ng6 11.Nf5 d5 12.Bd3 Bxf5 13.exf5
Nf4 14.Bxf4 exf4 15.Re1 O-O-O 16.c3 Nf6 17.b4 g4 18.Rb1 Bd6
19.Qa4 f3 20.g3 h5 21.b5 h4 22.bxc6 hxg3 23.hxg3 Bxg3 24.Rxb7
Bxf2+ 25.Kxf2 Qh2+ 26.Ke3 Qh6+ 27.Kf2 Qxd2+ 28.Re2 Ne4+
29.Bxe4 Qxe2+ 30.Kg3 Qh2+ 0-1

[Event "New York"]
[Site "New York, NY USA"]
[Date "1918.10.23"]
[EventDate "1918.10.23"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Jose Raul Capablanca"]
[Black "Frank James Marshall"]
[ECO "C89"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3
O-O 8.c3 d5 9.exd5 Nxd5 10.Nxe5 Nxe5 11.Rxe5 Nf6 12.Re1 Bd6
13.h3 Ng4 14.Qf3 Qh4 15.d4 Nxf2 16.Re2 Bg4 17.hxg4 Bh2+ 18.Kf1
Bg3 19.Rxf2 Qh1+ 20.Ke2 Bxf2 21.Bd2 Bh4 22.Qh3 Rae8+ 23.Kd3
Qf1+ 24.Kc2 Bf2 25.Qf3 Qg1 26.Bd5 c5 27.dxc5 Bxc5 28.b4 Bd6
29.a4 a5 30.axb5 axb4 31.Ra6 bxc3 32.Nxc3 Bb4 33.b6 Bxc3
34.Bxc3 h6 35.b7 Re3 36.Bxf7+ 1-0

[Event "Hastings"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "1919.08.18"]
[EventDate "1919.08.11"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Harold Godfrey Cole"]
[Black "William Winter"]
[ECO "B16"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ gxf6 6. g3
Bf5 7. Bg2 e6 8. Ne2 Nd7 9. O-O Nb6 10. b3 Bd6 11. c4 Bc7
12. Be3 Qd7 13. a4 a5 14. Ra2 Nc8 15. Rd2 Qe7 16. Bh6 Nd6
17. Nc3 Bg6 18. d5 Nf5 19. dxc6 Nxh6 20. Rd7 Qb4 21. Nb5 Bb6
22. cxb7 Rb8 23. Rd6 O-O 24. Rxb6 Nf5 25. Ra6 Rbd8 26. Qxd8
Rxd8 27. Ra8 Qf8 28. c5 Rb8 29. c6 Rxa8 30. c7 Rc8 31. bxc8=Q
Qxc8 32. Rd1 Ne7 33. Rd8+ 1-0

[Event "Match"]
[Site "Vienna AUT"]
[Date "1920.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Savielly Tartakower"]
[Black "Richard Reti"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "61"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.Nc3 Nxe4 5.Nxe4 d5 6.Bd3 dxe4
7.Bxe4 Bd6 8.d4 exd4 9.Bxc6+ bxc6 10.Qxd4 O-O 11.O-O Bf5 12.b3
c5 13.Qc3 Qd7 14.Ba3 Qb5 15.Rfe1 Rfe8 16.Ne5 Re6 17.Nxf7 Rae8
18.Rxe6 Rxe6 19.Bb2 Bf8 20.Ng5 Rg6 21.Qf3 Qd7 22.Rd1 Rd6
23.Rxd6 Qxd6 24.h4 h6 25.Qxf5 hxg5 26.hxg5 Qd1+ 27.Kh2 Qh5+
28.Kg3 Bd6+ 29.Be5 Qe2 30.Bxd6 cxd6 31.g6 1-0

[Event "New Orleans, USA"]
[Site "New Orleans, LA USA"]
[Date "1920.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Edwin Ziegler Adams"]
[Black "Carlos Torre Repetto"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "45"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 exd4 4. Qxd4 Nc6 5. Bb5 Bd7 6. Bxc6
Bxc6 7. Nc3 Nf6 8. O-O Be7 9. Nd5 Bxd5 10. exd5 O-O 11. Bg5 c6
12. c4 cxd5 13. cxd5 Re8 14. Rfe1 a5 15. Re2 Rc8 16. Rae1 Qd7
17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. Qg4 Qb5 19. Qc4 Qd7 20. Qc7 Qb5 21. a4 Qxa4
22. Re4 Qb5 23. Qxb7 1-0

[Event "Match"]
[Site "Amsterdam NED"]
[Date "1920.05.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Max Euwe"]
[Black "Richard Reti"]
[ECO "C56"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "44"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. O-O Nxe4 6. Re1
d5 7. Bxd5 Qxd5 8. Nc3 Qa5 9. Nxd4 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 f5 11. Bg5
Qc5 12. Qd8+ Kf7 13. Nxe4 fxe4 14. Rad1 Bd6 15. Qxh8 Qxg5
16. f4 Qh4 17. Rxe4 Bh3 18. Qxa8 Bc5+ 19. Kh1 Bxg2+ 20. Kxg2
Qg4+ 21. Kf1 Qf3+ 22. Ke1 Qf2# 0-1

[Event "Amsterdam"]
[Site "Amsterdam NED"]
[Date "1920.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Wiersma"]
[Black "Max Euwe"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "18"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 c5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e5 6. Nf3 d4
7. Nd5 Nf6 8. Bg5 Be6 9. e4 dxe3 1-0

[Event "Habana, WCH"]
[Site "Habana WCH"]
[Date "1921.04.08"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Emanuel Lasker"]
[Black "Jose Raul Capablanca"]
[ECO "D61"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "136"]

1.d4 {Notes by J. R. Capablanca} d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5
Be7 5.e3 O-O 6.Nf3 Nbd7 7.Qc2 c5 8.Rd1 Qa5 9.Bd3 h6 10.Bh4
cxd4 11.exd4 dxc4 12.Bxc4 Nb6 13.Bb3 Bd7 14.O-O {The
development is now complete. White has a lone d Pawn, but, on
the otherhand, Black is somewhat hampered in the manoeuvering
of his pieces.} Rac8 15.Ne5 Bb5 {With this move and the
following, Black brings about an exchange of pieces, which
leaves him with a free game.} 16.Rfe1 Nbd5 17.Bxd5 Nxd5
18.Bxe7 Nxe7 19.Qb3 Bc6 {Not Ba6 because of Nd7, followed by
Nc5.} 20.Nxc6 bxc6 21.Re5 Qb6 22.Qc2 Rfd8 23.Ne2 {Probably
White's first mistake. He wants to take a good defensive
position, but he should instead have counter-attacked with Na4
and Rc5.} Rd5 24.Rxd5 cxd5 {Black has now the open file and
his left side Pawn position is very solid, while White has a
weak d-Pawn. The apparently weak Black a Pawn is not actually
weak because White has no way to attack it.} 25.Qd2 Nf5 26.b3
{In order to free the Queen from the defense of the b-Pawn and
also to prevent Rc4 at any stage.} h5 { In order to prevent g4
at a later stage. Also to make a demonstration on the king’s
side, prepatory to further operations on the other side.}
27.h3 {Weak, but White wants to be ready to play g4.} h4 {To
tie up White's King side. Later on it will be seen that White
is compelled to play g4 and thus further weaken his game.}
28.Qd3 Rc6 29.Kf1 g6 30.Qb1 Qb4 31.Kg1 {This was White's
sealed move. It was not the best move, but it is doubtful if
White has any good system of defense.} a5 32.Qb2 a4 {Now Black
exchanges the pawn and leaves White with a weak, isolated
b-Pawn, which will fall sooner or later.} 33.Qd2 Qxd2 34.Rxd2
axb3 35.axb3 Rb6 {In order to force Rd3 and thus prevent the
White rook from supporting his b-Pawn by Rb2 later on. It
means practically tying up the White rook to the defense of
his two weak pawns. } 36.Rd3 Ra6 37.g4 hxg3 38.fxg3 Ra2 39.Nc3
Rc2 40.Nd1 {The alternative Na4, was not any better. White’s
game is doomed. } Ne7 41.Nc3 Rc1+ 42.Kf2 Nc6 43.Nd1 Rb1 {Not
Nb4 because of 44. Rd2 Rb1 45. Nb2 Rxb2 46.Rxb2 Nd3+ 47.Ke2
Nxb2 48.Kd2, and Black could not win. } 44.Ke2 {Not a mistake,
but played deliberately. White had no way to protect his
b-Pawn.} Rxb3 45.Ke3 Rb4 46.Nc3 Ne7 47.Ne2 Nf5+ 48.Kf2 g5
49.g4 Nd6 50.Ng1 Ne4+ 51.Kf1 Rb1+ 52.Kg2 Rb2+ 53.Kf1 Rf2+
54.Ke1 Ra2 {All these moves have a meaning. The student should
carefully study them.} 55.Kf1 Kg7 56.Re3 Kg6 57.Rd3 f6 58.Re3
Kf7 59.Rd3 Ke7 60.Re3 Kd6 61.Rd3 Rf2+ 62.Ke1 Rg2 63.Kf1 Ra2
64.Re3 e5 {This was my sealed move and unquestionably the best
way to win.} 65.Rd3 {If 65.Ne2 Nd2+ 66.Kf2 e4 67.Rc3 Nf3
68.Ke3 Ne1 69.Kf2 Ng2. and White would be helpless. If 65.Nf3
Nd2+ exchanging knights wins.} exd4 66.Rxd4 Kc5 67.Rd1 d4
68.Rc1+ Kd5 {There is nothing left. The Black pawn will
advance and White will have to give up his Knight for it. This
is the finest win of the match and probably took away from
Dr. Lasker his last real hope of winning or drawing the
match.} 0-1

[Event "Habana, WCH"]
[Site "Habana WCH"]
[Date "1921.04.20"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "14"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Emanuel Lasker"]
[Black "Jose Raul Capablanca"]
[ECO "C66"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "112"]


1.e4 {Notes by J.R. Capablanca} e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O
d6 5.d4 Bd7 6.Nc3 Be7 7.Bxc6 Bxc6 8.Qd3 exd4 9.Nxd4 Bd7 10.Bg5
O-O 11.Rae1 h6 12.Bh4 Nh7 13.Bxe7 Qxe7 14.Nd5 Qd8 15.c4 {White
has now a powerful position and Black has to play with extreme
care in order to avoid drifting into a hopeless position.} Re8
16.f4 c6 {This weakens the queen's pawn, but something had to
be done to obtain manouvering space for the White
pieces. Besides, with the advance of the f-Pawn, White's
king's pawn becomes also weak, which is somewhat of a
compensation.} 17.Nc3 Qb6 18.b3 Rad8 {Unnecessary. Re7 was the
proper move.} 19.Kh1 Nf6 20.h3 Bc8 21.Rd1 {This is waste of
time. In order to obain an advantage, White will have to make
an attack on the king's side, since Black's queen's pawn,
though weak, cannot be won through a direct attack against
it.} Re7 22.Rfe1 Rde8 23.Re2 Qa5 24.Rf1 Qh5 25.Kg1 a6 26.Rff2
Qg6 27.Rf3 {If 27.Nf5 Bxf5 28.exf5 Qh5 29.Rxe7 Rxe7 and Black
has a good game.} Qh5 28.f5 {Of doutbful value. While it shuts
off the bishop, it weakens furthermore the king's pawn and
also creates a hole on e5 for Black's pieces. The position at
first glance, looks very much in favor of White, but careful
analysis will show that is much more apparent than true.} Qh4
29.Kh2 {A blunder, made under time pressure combined with
difficulties attached to the position.} Ng4+ 30.Kh1 Ne5 31.Qd2
Nxf3 32.Nxf3 Qf6 {Qg3 was dangerous and might lead to the loss
of some material} 33.a4 {To prevent b5. There are a number of
variations where White would regain the quality in exchange
for a pawn had he played 33. g4, to be followed by e5 and
Ne4,but the resulting ending would be so much in favor of
Black that the course pursued by White may be considered the
best.} g6 34.fxg6 fxg6 35.Re3 Bf5 36.Qd3 {There were some very
interesting variations beginning with 36.Rd3, viz.,36...Bxe4
37.Rxd6 Qg7 38.Nh4 Bf5 39.Nxf5 gxf5 40.Rxh6 Re1+ 41.Kh2 Qe5+
42.g3 Qxc3, and White is lost.} g5 37.Nd2 Bg6 38.b4 {White's
idea is to change as many pawns as possible, hoping to reach
an ending where the advantage of the exchange may not be
sufficient to win.} Qe6 39.b5 axb5 40.axb5 Ra8 41.Qb1 Qe5
42.Qe1 Kh7 43.bxc6 bxc6 44.Qg3 Qxg3 45.Rxg3 Ra3 46.Kh2 Rb7
47.c5 {Forced, as Rb2, winning a piece, was threatened.} dxc5
48.Nc4 Ra1 49.Ne5 Rc1 {The moves of this rook are worth
studying. I believe that Black had no better way to play.}
50.h4 {This brings the game to a climax, for which Black is
now ready.} Re7 51.Nxc6 Re6 52.Nd8 gxh4 53.Rd3 Rf6 {The key to
Black's defence. The holding of the KB file.} 54.Rd7+ Kh8
55.Nd5 Rff1 56.Kh3 Bxe4 0-1

[Event "Budapest"]
[Site "Budapest HUN"]
[Date "1921.09.09"]
[EventDate "1921.09.05"]
[Round "4"]
[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 "Triberg"]
[Site "Triberg"]
[Date "1921.07.16"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alfred Brinckmann"]
[Black "Alexander Alekhine"]
[ECO "A47"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "50"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 b6 3. g3 Bb7 4. Bg2 d6 5. b3 Nbd7 6. Bb2 e5
7. dxe5 dxe5 8. O-O e4 9. Ne5 Bd6 10. Nxd7 Qxd7 11. Nd2 Qe6
12. e3 h5 13. Qe2 h4 14. Nc4 Bc5 15. Rfd1 Bd5 16. Na3 hxg3
17. hxg3 a6 18. c4 Bb7 19. Nc2 Qf5 20. Ba3 Bxa3 21. Nxa3 Ng4
22. Nc2 Rh7 23. Qd2 Ke7 24. Nb4 Rah8 25. Qe2 Qf3 0-1

[Event "Hastings"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "1922.09.21"]
[EventDate "1922.09.10"]
[Round "10"]
[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 "Kristianstad"]
[Site "Kristianstad"]
[Date "1922.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Aron Nimzowitsch"]
[Black "Arthur Hakansson"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "55"]

1. e4 {Notes by Nimzowitsch. From a match; the first game in
which appears my idea of a pawn sacrifice in the opening, not
to obtain an attack, but merely, with gain of a tempo, to
overprotect a strategical point with a view to cramping the
enemy forces.} e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. Qg4 {My innovation.}
cxd4 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Bd3 f5 7. Qg3 Nge7 8. O-O Ng6 9. h4 Qc7
10. Re1 {White's plan is now clear. He has given up a pawn,
careless when, if ever, he recovers it provided his pawn at e5
is maintained as an instrument to cramp Black's game. There is
no idea of attack in 9 h4, its object is solely to pave the
way to the removal of some of the pressure on the p at e5. The
pawn sacrifice comes with the category of sacrifice for the
sake of blockade.} Bd7 {...Bc5 was essaential here so as to
leave the f8 square free for the knight to retreat after h5.}
11. a3 O-O-O 12. b4 {White could, of course, have won the
exchange here by 12 h5 Ne7 13 Ng5 Re8 14 Nf7 Rg8 15 Nd6+; but
with his undeveloped queenside and his unprotected p at h5 he
would have had some difficulties to contend with. The text
move is the logical continuation.} a6 {Rather better was
12...Kb8 13 c3! dxc3 14 Nxc3 Nxb4 15 axb4 Qxc3 16 Be3 Qxd3 17
Bxa7+ Kc8 18 Re1c1+ Bc6 19 b5 Qxb5 20 Nd4 with complications,
which, of course, White, had he been so minded, could have
avoided by simply playing 13 Bb2.} 13. h5 Nge7 14. Bd2 h6
15. a4 g5 16. b5 f4 17. Qg4 {The queen is well placed here.}
Nb8 18. c3 Re8 {His only move. It will be noted that the
over-protector, the rook at e1, now has the c-file opened for
him without any trouble to himself. In order to avoid loss of
material Black has to submit to curious regrouping of his
forces.} 19. cxd4 Kd8 20. Rc1 Qb6 21. a5 Qa7 22. b6 Qa8 {The
queen finds herself in a position to which, as a rule, she
would only be consigned in a problem.} 23. Rc7 Nf5 24. Nc3 Be7
25. Nxd5 Nxd4 26. Nxd4 exd5 27. Qxd7+ Nxd7 28. Ne6# 1-0

[Event "4, Teplitz-Schonau it GER"]
[Site "Teplice-Sanov CSR"]
[Date "1922.10.05"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Geza Maroczy"]
[Black "Savielly Tartakower"]
[ECO "A84"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "70"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 f5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. a3 Be7 5. e3 O-O 6. Bd3 d5
7. Nf3 c6 8. O-O Ne4 9. Qc2 Bd6 10. b3 Nd7 11. Bb2 Rf6
12. Rfe1 Rh6 13. g3 Qf6 14. Bf1 g5 15. Rad1 g4 16. Nxe4 fxe4
17. Nd2 Rxh2 18. Kxh2 Qxf2+ 19. Kh1 Nf6 20. Re2 Qxg3 21. Nb1
Nh5 22. Qd2 Bd7 23. Rf2 Qh4+ 24. Kg1 Bg3 25. Bc3 Bxf2+
26. Qxf2 g3 27. Qg2 Rf8 28. Be1 Rxf1+ 29. Kxf1 e5 30. Kg1 Bg4
31. Bxg3 Nxg3 32. Re1 Nf5 33. Qf2 Qg5 34. dxe5 Bf3+ 35. Kf1
Ng3+ 0-1

[Event "Teplits/Shoenau (Germany)"]
[Site "Teplice-Sanov CSR"]
[Date "1922.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "12"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Akiba Rubinstein"]
[Black "Jacques Mieses"]
[ECO "A81"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "61"]

1.d4 f5 2.g3 e6 3.Bg2 Nf6 4.Nf3 d5 5.O-O c6 6.c4 Nbd7 7.Qc2
Ne4 8.Nc3 Be7 9.b3 g5 10.Nxe4 dxe4 11.Ne5 Nxe5 12.dxe5 g4
13.Be3 h5 14.Rfd1 Qc7 15.Qc3 Bd7 16.Rd2 c5 17.Rad1 O-O-O 18.a3
Bc6 19.Rd6 b6 20.b4 cxb4 21.axb4 Bxd6 22.exd6 Qd7 23.b5 Bb7
24.Qa3 Kb8 25.Ra1 Qxd6 26.Qxa7+ Kc7 27.c5 bxc5 28.Rc1 Rc8
29.b6 Kc6 30.Bxc5 Qd2 31.Qa4+ 1-0

[Event "6, Teplitz-Schonau it GER"]
[Site "Teplice-Sanov CSR"]
[Date "1922.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Richard Reti"]
[Black "Heinrich Wolf"]
[ECO "D64"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "64"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 O-O 6. Nf3 Nbd7
7. Rc1 c6 8. Qc2 a6 9. c5 e5 10. dxe5 Ng4 11. Bxe7 Qxe7
12. Na4 Re8 13. Bd3 h6 14. Nd4 Ndxe5 15. Nb6 Nxf2 16. Bh7+ Kh8
17. O-O Nfg4 18. Nxa8 Nxe3 19. Qe2 Nxf1 20. Bb1 Nxh2 21. Nb6
Nef3+ 22. gxf3 Qg5+ 23. Kxh2 Rxe2+ 24. Nxe2 Qe5+ 25. Ng3 Qxb2+
26. Rc2 Qxb1 27. Re2 Be6 28. f4 g6 29. Na8 h5 30. Nc7 h4
31. Nh1 Qd3 32. Rf2 Bf5 0-1

[Event "Vienna"]
[Site "Vienna AUT"]
[Date "1922.11.18"]
[EventDate "1922.11.13"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexander Alekhine"]
[Black "Ernst Gruenfeld"]
[ECO "D80"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "110"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Ne4 5. cxd5 Nxc3 6. bxc3
Qxd5 7. Nf3 Bg7 8. e3 c5 9. Bb5+ Bd7 10. c4 Qe4 11. O-O Bxb5
12. cxb5 Nd7 13. Rc1 b6 14. Qb3 h6 15. Bh4 O-O 16. Rc4 Qe6
17. Rd1 Rfe8 18. d5 Qd6 19. Bg3 e5 20. dxe6 Qxe6 21. Rd6 Qe7
22. Ra4 Nf8 23. Qd5 Rad8 24. Nd2 Rxd6 25. Bxd6 Rd8 26. Nc4 Qd7
27. h3 Ne6 28. Qe4 Bf8 29. Bxf8 Qd1+ 30. Kh2 Qxa4 31. Be7 Re8
32. Bf6 Ng7 33. Qd3 Qxa2 34. Bb2 Re6 35. Qc3 f6 36. Qd3 h5
37. e4 Qa4 38. Nd6 Qb4 39. Nc4 Qxb5 40. f4 Qc6 41. e5 f5
42. Nd6 Re7 43. Qg3 Kh7 44. Qg5 Qd7 45. Qg3 Ne6 46. Qf3 b5
47. Qa8 Qd8 48. Qd5 b4 49. g3 a5 50. Qc6 Qd7 51. Qa6 a4
52. Ba1 a3 53. Qc4 Qc6 54. Kg1 Qf3 55. Kh2 Qf2+ 0-1

[Event "Copenhagen"]
[Site "Copenhagen DEN"]
[Date "1923.03.09"]
[EventDate "1923.03.03"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Friedrich Saemisch"]
[Black "Aron Nimzowitsch"]
[ECO "E18"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "50"]

1. d4 {Notes by Nimzowitsch's "My System"} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3
b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. Nc3 O-O 7. O-O d5 8. Ne5 c6
{Safeguards the position} 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. Bf4 a6 {Protects
the oupost station c4, i.e., by ...a6 and ...b5.} 11. Rc1 b5
12. Qb3 Nc6 {The ghost! With noiseless steps he presses on
towards c4.} 13. Nxc6 {Samisch sacrifices two tempi (exchange
of the tempo-eating Knight on e5 for the Knight which is
almost undeveloped) merely to be rid of the ghost.} Bxc6
14. h3 Qd7 15. Kh2 Nh5 {I could have supplied him with as yet
a second ghost by ...Qb7 and ...Knight-d7-b6-c4, but I wished
to turn my attention to the King's side.} 16. Bd2 f5 {!}
17. Qd1 b4 {!} 18. Nb1 Bb5 19. Rg1 Bd6 20. e4 fxe4 {! This
sacrifice, which has a quite surprising affect, is based upon
the following sober calculation: two Pawns and the 7th rank
and an enemy Queen's wing which cannot be disentangled - all
this for only one piece!} 21. Qxh5 Rxf2 22. Qg5 Raf8 23. Kh1
R8f5 24. Qe3 Bd3 25. Rce1 h6 {!! A brilliant move which
announces the Zugzwang. White has not a move left. If, e.g.,
Kh2 or g4, then R5f3. Black can now make waiting moves with
his King, and White must, willy-nilly, eventually throw
himself upon the sword.} 0-1

[Event "23. DSB Kongress"]
[Site "Frankfurt GER"]
[Date "1923.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Bruno Moritz"]
[Black "Ernst Gruenfeld"]
[ECO "D90"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "62"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7 4.Nc3 d5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.e3 O-O 7.Bc4
Nxc3 8.bxc3 c5 9.O-O Qc7 10.Qe2 Nc6 11.Ba3 Na5 12.Bd3 b6
13.Rac1 Bb7 14.Bb4 cxb4 15. cxb4 Nc6 16.b5 Qd7 17.bxc6 Bxc6
18.Rc3 Rac8 19.Ba6 Bxf3 20.Bxc8 Qxc8 21. Rxc8 Bxe2 22.Rxf8+
Bxf8 23.Rc1 e6 24.f3 b5 25.Kf2 Bc4 26.Rc2 a5 27.e4 Bd6 28.g3
a4 29.Ke3 Bb4 30.f4 f5 31.e5 Kf7 0-1

[Event "Karlsbad"]
[Site "Karlsbad CZE"]
[Date "1923.04.29"]
[EventDate "1923.04.28"]
[Round "2"]
[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 CZE"]
[Date "1923.04.29"]
[EventDate "1923.04.28"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Fred Dewhurst Yates"]
[Black "Aron Nimzowitsch"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "90"]

1. Nf3 e6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 c6 4. d3 Bd6 5. Nc3 Ne7 6. O-O O-O
7. e4 b5 8. Ne1 f5 9. exd5 exd5 10. Ne2 Nd7 11. Bf4 Nb6
12. Qd2 Ng6 13. h4 Nxf4 14. Nxf4 Qf6 15. c3 Bxf4 16. Qxf4 Na4
17. Rb1 Nc5 18. Qe3 Qd6 19. f4 Ba6 20. Nf3 b4 21. Rfd1 bxc3
22. bxc3 Na4 23. Qd4 Qa3 24. Ne5 Nxc3 25. Re1 Nxb1 26. Rxb1
Kh8 27. h5 Qd6 28. Kf2 Rae8 29. h6 Qxh6 30. Rh1 Qf6 31. Qxa7
Rxe5 32. fxe5 Qxe5 33. Qxa6 Qd4+ 34. Kf1 f4 35. Qa3 Kg8
36. Rh4 g5 37. Rg4 Qa1+ 38. Kf2 fxg3+ 39. Kxg3 Qe5+ 40. Kh3 h5
41. Ra4 g4+ 42. Kh4 Rf5 43. Ra8+ Kg7 44. Qa7+ Kh6 45. Qg1 Qf6+
0-1

[Event "Karlsbad"]
[Site "Karlsbad CZE"]
[Date "1923.05.06"]
[EventDate "1923.04.28"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexander Alekhine"]
[Black "Fred Dewhurst Yates"]
[ECO "E62"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "100"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nc3 d6 6. Nf3 Nc6
7. d5 Nb8 8. e4 Nbd7 9. O-O a5 10. Be3 Ng4 11. Bd4 Nge5
12. Nxe5 Nxe5 13. c5 dxc5 14. Bxc5 b6 15. Bd4 Ba6 16. Re1 Qd6
17. Bf1 Bxf1 18. Rxf1 c5 19. Bxe5 Qxe5 20. Qb3 Rab8 21. Qb5 f5
22. Rae1 f4 23. Qd7 Rbd8 24. gxf4 Qxf4 25. Qe6+ Kh8 26. f3
Qg5+ 27. Kh1 Rd6 28. Qh3 Be5 29. Re2 Rdf6 30. Nd1 Rf4 31. Ne3
Rh4 32. Qe6 Qh5 33. Ng4 Rxg4 34. fxg4 Rxf1+ 35. Kg2 Qxh2+
36. Kxf1 Qh1+ 37. Kf2 Bd4+ 38. Kg3 Qg1+ 39. Kh3 Qf1+ 40. Rg2
Qh1+ 41. Kg3 Qe1+ 42. Kh3 g5 43. Rc2 Qf1+ 44. Kh2 Qg1+ 45. Kh3
Qh1+ 46. Kg3 Qd1 47. Rc3 Qg1+ 48. Kh3 Qf1+ 49. Kg3 Bf2+
50. Kf3 Bg1+ 0-1

[Event "Karlsbad"]
[Site "Karlsbad CZE"]
[Date "1923.05.10"]
[EventDate "1923.04.28"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Aron Nimzowitsch"]
[Black "Jacob Bernstein"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "97"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. e3 O-O 6. a3 a6
7. c5 c6 8. b4 Nbd7 9. Bb2 Qc7 10. Qc2 e5 11. O-O-O e4 12. Nh4
Nb8 13. g3 Ne8 14. Ng2 f5 15. h4 Bd8 16. a4 b6 17. b5 Nf6
18. Nf4 axb5 19. axb5 Qf7 20. Be2 Bc7 21. cxb6 Bxf4 22. gxf4
Bd7 23. Kd2 cxb5 24. Ra1 Nc6 25. Bxb5 Na5 26. Be2 Rfb8 27. Na4
Bxa4 28. Rxa4 Rxb6 29. Bc3 Nb3+ 30. Qxb3 Rxb3 31. Rxa8+ Ne8
32. Bd1 Rxc3 33. Kxc3 Qc7+ 34. Kd2 Kf7 35. Bh5+ g6 36. Rha1
Qb6 37. Be2 Kg7 38. Ke1 Nc7 39. R8a5 Kh6 40. Kf1 Qb3 41. h5
Ne8 42. Ra6 Qb2 43. hxg6 hxg6 44. R6a2 Qb7 45. Ra7 Qb2 46. Kg2
Nf6 47. Rh1+ Nh5 48. Bxh5 gxh5 49. Rha1 1-0

[Event "Karlsbad"]
[Site "Karlsbad CZE"]
[Date "1923.05.17"]
[EventDate "1923.04.28"]
[Round "16"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexander Alekhine"]
[Black "Rudolf Spielmann"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "124"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. Bf4 dxc4 6. e3 Nb6
7. Bxc4 Nxc4 8. Qa4+ c6 9. Qxc4 Nd5 10. Be5 f6 11. Bg3 Qb6
12. Qe2 Bb4 13. Rc1 Nxc3 14. bxc3 Ba3 15. Rd1 Qb5 16. c4 Qa5+
17. Nd2 O-O 18. O-O b6 19. f4 Ba6 20. Be1 Qa4 21. Rf2 Rad8
22. Rb1 c5 23. dxc5 Bxc5 24. Nb3 Ba3 25. Nd4 Bxc4 26. Qg4 f5
27. Qg3 Rf7 28. h3 Bc5 29. Rd2 Rc7 30. Kh2 Bxd4 31. exd4 Bd5
32. Qe3 Rdc8 33. Qe5 h6 34. Rbb2 Rc3 35. Qe2 Qa3 36. Rd1 Qxb2
37. Qxb2 Rc2 38. Rd2 Rxb2 39. Rxb2 Rc4 40. Bb4 a5 41. Bd6 Kf7
42. a3 Rc6 43. Bb8 Ke8 44. Ba7 Rc7 45. Bb8 Rc8 46. Be5 g6
47. g4 Rc3 48. gxf5 gxf5 49. Rxb6 Rxa3 50. Bd6 Rc3 51. Bc5 h5
52. h4 a4 53. Ra6 Rc2+ 54. Kg1 Rg2+ 55. Kf1 Rg4 56. Rxa4 Rxh4
57. Bd6 Rh1+ 58. Kf2 h4 59. Ra7 Rh2+ 60. Kf1 h3 61. Re7+ Kd8
62. Rh7 Ra2 0-1

[Event "Margate (01)"]
[Site "Margate ENG"]
[Date "1923.03.31"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Alekhine"]
[Black "Andre Muffang"]
[ECO "D64"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "59"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. e3 O-O
7. Rc1 c6 8. Qc2 dxc4 9. Bxc4 Nd5 10. Ne4 Qa5+ 11. Ke2 Re8
12. Rhd1 N7b6 13. Bb3 Qb5+ 14. Qd3 Qxd3+ 15. Rxd3 Bxg5
16. Nfxg5 Nf6 17. Nd6 Re7 18. e4 h6 19. Nf3 Rb8 20. g4 Nxg4
21. Rg1 Nf6 22. Ne5 Nbd7 23. Nexf7 Nh5 24. Rf3 Kh7 25. e5 Nf8
26. Nxh6 b6 27. Nhf7 Kg8 28. Ke3 g6 29. Bc2 Kg7 30. Rg5 1-0

[Event "Liverpool"]
[Site "Liverpool ENG"]
[Date "1923.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Joseph Henry Blake"]
[Black "Victor Leonard Wahltuch"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "53"]

1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 Nbd7 4.Nf3 e5 5.Bc4 Be7 6.O-O O-O 7.Re1
c6 8.Bb3 exd4 9.Qxd4 Nc5 10.h3 Ne6 11.Qe3 Qc7 12.Bd2 Nh5
13.Ne2 Rd8 14.Rad1 a5 15.c4 h6 16.g4 Nf6 17.Ng3 d5 18.cxd5 Bc5
19.dxe6 Bxe3 20.exf7+ Kh7 21.Bxe3 Nxg4 22.Rxd8 Qxd8 23.Bc5 Bd7
24.f8=Q Qxf8 25.Bxf8 Rxf8 26.hxg4 Rxf3 27.Bd1 1-0

[Event "New York"]
[Site "New York, NY USA"]
[Date "1924.03.22"]
[EventDate "1924.03.16"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Richard Reti"]
[Black "Jose Raul Capablanca"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "61"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. b4 Bg7 4. Bb2 O-O 5. g3 b6 6. Bg2 Bb7
7. O-O d6 8. d3 Nbd7 9. Nbd2 e5 10. Qc2 Re8 11. Rfd1 a5 12. a3
h6 13. Nf1 c5 14. b5 Nf8 15. e3 Qc7 16. d4 Be4 17. Qc3 exd4
18. exd4 N6d7 19. Qd2 cxd4 20. Bxd4 Qxc4 21. Bxg7 Kxg7
22. Qb2+ Kg8 23. Rxd6 Qc5 24. Rad1 Ra7 25. Ne3 Qh5 26. Nd4
Bxg2 27. Kxg2 Qe5 28. Nc4 Qc5 29. Nc6 Rc7 30. Ne3 Ne5 31. R1d5
1-0

[Event "New York"]
[Site "New York, NY USA"]
[Date "1924.04.15"]
[EventDate "1924.03.16"]
[Round "21"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "David Janowski"]
[Black "Edward Lasker"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "142"]

1.d4 d5 2.Bf4 Nf6 3.e3 e6 4.Bd3 c5 5.c3 Qb6 6.Qc2 Nbd7 7.Nd2
Bd6 8.Bxd6 Qxd6 9.f4 Ng4 10.Nf1 cxd4 11.cxd4 Qb4+ 12.Ke2 Nb6
13.a3 Qe7 14.Nf3 Bd7 15.h3 Rc8 16.Qxc8+ Nxc8 17.hxg4 Nd6
18.Rc1 Nc4 19.Bxc4 dxc4 20.N1d2 b5 21.Rh5 f6 22.g5 Kd8 23.Rch1
Be8 24.Rxh7 Rxh7 25.Rxh7 fxg5 26.Nxg5 Kc8 27.Rh8 Kb7 28.Nde4
Kb6 29.Nc5 Bc6 30.Ngxe6 Bd5 31.Ng5 Ka5 32.e4 Bc6 33.Ke3 Be8
34.Nf3 b4 35.Ne5 Bb5 36.a4 Bxa4 37.Nxc4+ Kb5 38.Ne5 Ka5 39.Rb8
Bb5 40.g3 g5 41.Nf3 gxf4 42.gxf4 Qh7 43.f5 Qh1 44.Nb3+ Ka4
45.Nbd2 Qh6+ 46.Kf2 Bd3 47.Rg8 Qf4 48.Rh8 b3 49.Rh4 Qc7 50.f6
Bc4 51.Rh5 Be6 52.Re5 Qf7 53.Rxe6 Qxe6 54.e5 Kb4 55.Ke3 a5
56.Kf4 a4 57.Ng5 Qd7 58.f7 Qe7 59.d5 a3 60.bxa3 Kc3 61.d6 Qf8
62.Nge4+ Kd3 63.e6 Qh6+ 64.Kf5 b2 65.d7 Qf8 66.a4 Qa8 67.e7
Qd5+ 68.Kf6 Qd4+ 69.Ke6 b1=Q 70.Nxb1 Qxe4+ 71.Kf6 Qh4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "New York ch-USA"]
[Site "New York, NY USA"]
[Date "1942.05.25"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "12"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Carl Pilnick"]
[Black "Samuel Reshevsky"]
[ECO "D70"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "185"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nb6 6. Nc3 Bg7
7. Be3 O-O 8. f4 Nc6 9. d5 Nb8 10. a4 e5 11. a5 N6d7 12. Nf3
Qe7 13. Bd3 exf4 14. Bxf4 Ne5 15. Nxe5 Bxe5 16. Bxe5 Qxe5
17. O-O Nd7 18. Rc1 Qd4+ 19. Kh1 Ne5 20. Be2 Qe3 21. Nb5 c6
22. Nd6 Rd8 23. Rc3 Qg5 24. Nxc8 Raxc8 25. Bf3 a6 26. Qb3 Rc7
27. h3 Rcd7 28. Rc5 Qe7 29. Qc3 Nxf3 30. Rxf3 cxd5 31. exd5
Rxd5 32. Rxd5 Rxd5 33. Qc8+ Kg7 34. Qc3+ f6 35. Rd3 Rxd3
36. Qxd3 Qe1+ 37. Kh2 Qe5+ 38. Kh1 Qxb2 39. Qd7+ Kh6 40. Qd8
Qe5 41. Qd2+ Qg5 42. Qd8 Qf4 43. Qf8+ Kg5 44. Qc5+ Qe5
45. Qc1+ Kh5 46. Qd1+ Kh6 47. Qd2+ Qg5 48. Qd8 Qc1+ 49. Kh2
Qc3 50. Kh1 Qe1+ 51. Kh2 Kg5 52. Qb6 Qe5+ 53. Kh1 Qe7 54. Qb1
Kh6 55. Qc1+ Kg7 56. Qd2 h5 57. Qc3 g5 58. Qd2 h4 59. Qc3 Qd6
60. Qb3 Qc6 61. Qa3 Kf7 62. Qb3+ Ke7 63. Qe3+ Kd7 64. Qd3+ Ke6
65. Qa3 Kd7 66. Qd3+ Ke6 67. Qd8 Kf7 68. Kh2 Ke6 69. Kh1 Qd5
70. Qc8+ Kf7 71. Qc7+ Kg6 72. Qc2+ f5 73. Qa4 f4 74. Qe8+ Kf6
75. Qf8+ Ke6 76. Qe8+ Kd6 77. Qf8+ Kc6 78. Qa3 Qd2 79. Qa4+
Kc7 80. Qa1 Qe3 81. Qg7+ Kb8 82. Qg8+ Ka7 83. Qd5 f3 84. gxf3
Qe1+ 85. Kg2 Qg3+ 86. Kf1 Qxh3+ 87. Kg1 Qg3+ 88. Kh1 Qf2
89. f4 Qf1+ 90. Kh2 Qxf4+ 91. Kh1 Qe3 92. Qf5 g4 93. Qf2
1/2-1/2

[Event "New York, USA"]
[Site "New York USA"]
[Date "1924.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Carlos Torre Repetto"]
[Black "Morris A Schapiro"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "61"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Bg5 h6 5. Bxf6 Qxf6 6. Nc3 c6
7. e3 Nd7 8. Bd3 Qd8 9. O-O Be7 10. e4 dxc4 11. Bxc4 O-O
12. Qe2 b5 13. Bd3 Qb6 14. e5 Rd8 15. Qe4 Nf8 16. Rfd1 Bb7
17. Qg4 c5 18. Ne4 c4 19. Nf6+ Bxf6 20. exf6 g6 21. Qh4 e5
22. dxe5 Bxf3 23. Qxh6 Ne6 24. Bxg6 fxg6 25. Qxg6+ Kf8
26. gxf3 Qb7 27. f4 Nd4 28. Rxd4 Rxd4 29. e6 Rd7 30. Re1 Re8
31. Qxe8+ 1-0

[Event "New York"]
[Site "New York, NY USA"]
[Date "1924.04.02"]
[EventDate "1924.03.16"]
[Round "12"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Richard Reti"]
[Black "Efim Bogoljubov"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "49"]

1.Nf3 {Notes by Alekhine} d5 2.c4 e6 {As for the merit of this
system of defence, compare the game Reti vs. Yates in the
sixth round.} 3.g3 Nf6 4.Bg2 Bd6 5.O-O O-O 6.b3 Re8 7.Bb2 Nbd7
8.d4 {To our way of thinking, this is the clear positional
refutation of 2...e6, which, by the way, was first played by
Capablanca (as Black) against Marshall and is based upon the
simple circumstance that Black cannot find a method for the
effective development of his Queen's Bishop.} c6 9.Nbd2 {In
the game referred to, Capablanca, in a wholly analogous
position, played ...Ne4 and likewise obtained an advantage
thereby. Of course, Reti's quieter development is also quite
good.} Ne4 {If the liberating move of 9...e5, recommended by
Rubinstein and others, is really the best here-then it
furnishes the most striking proof that Black's entire
arrangement of his game was faulty. For the simple
continuation 10.cxd5 cxd5 11.dxe5 Nxe5 12.Nxe5 Bxe5 13.Bxe5
Rxe5 14.Nc4 Re8 15.Ne3 Be6 16.Qd4, would have given White a
direct attack against the isolated Queen's pawn, without
permitting the opponent any chances whatsoever. Moreover, the
move selected by Bogoljubow leads eventually to a double
exchange of Knights, without moving the principal disadvantage
of his position.} 10.Nxe4 dxe4 11.Ne5 f5 {Obviously forced.}
12.f3 {The proper strategy. After Black has weakened his
position in the center, White forthwith must aim to change the
closed game into an open one in order to make as much as
possible out of that weakness.} exf3 13.Bxf3 {Not 13.exf3,
because the e pawn must be utilized as a battering ram.} Qc7
{Also after 13...Nxe5 14.dxe5 Bc5+ 15.Kg2 Bd7 (after the
exchange of Queens, this Bishop could not get out at all)
16.e4, White would have retained a decisive advantage in
position.} 14.Nxd7 Bxd7 15.e4 e5 {Otherwise would follow
16.e5, to be followed by a break by means of d5 or g4. After
the text move, however, Black appears to have surmounted the
greater part of his early difficulty and it calls for
exeptionally fine play on the part of White in order to make
the hidden advantages of his position count so rapidly and
convincingly.} 16.c5 Bf8 17.Qc2 {Attacking simultaneously both
of Black's center pawns.} exd4 {Black's sphere of action is
circumscribed; for instance, 17...fxe4 clearly would not do on
account of the two-fold threat against h7 and e5, after
18.Bxe4} 18.exf5 Rad8 {After 18...Re5 19.Qc4+ Kh8 20.f6, among
other lines, would be very strong.} 19.Bh5 {The initial move
in an exactly calculated, decisive manouver, the end of which
will worthily crown White's model play.} Re5 20.Bxd4 Rxf5 {If
20...Rd5 21.Qc4 Kh8 22.Bg4, with a pawn plus and a superior
position.} 21.Rxf5 Bxf5 22.Qxf5 Rxd4 23.Rf1 Rd8 {Or 23...Qe7
24.Bf7+ Kh8 25.Bd5 Qf6 26.Qc8, etc. Black is left without any
defence.} 24.Bf7+ Kh8 25.Be8 {A sparkling conclusion! Black
resigned, for, after 25...Bxc5+, he loses at least the
Bishop. Rightfully, this game was awarded the first brilliancy
prize.} 1-0

[Event "New York"]
[Site "New York, NY USA"]
[Date "1924.04.10"]
[EventDate "1924.03.16"]
[Round "18"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Frank James Marshall"]
[Black "Efim Bogoljubov"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.Bg5 d5 4.e3 Nbd7 5.c4 c6 6.cxd5 exd5 7.Nc3
Qa5 8.Bd3 Ne4 9.Qc2 Nxg5 10.Nxg5 h6 11.Nf3 Be7 12.O-O O-O
13.a3 Qd8 14.Rae1 a5 15.Qe2 Nf6 16.Ne5 Bd6 17.f4 c5 18.Bb1 Bd7
19.Qc2 Bc6 20.dxc5 Bxc5 21.Kh1 Re8 22.e4 Bd4 23.Nxc6 bxc6
24.e5 Ng4 25.Qh7+ Kf8 26.g3 Qb6 27.Bf5 Nf2+ 28.Rxf2 Bxf2
29.Qh8+ Ke7 30.Qxg7 Kd8 31.Qf6+ Re7 32.e6 Bd4 33.exf7 Bxf6
34.f8=Q+ Kc7 35.Rxe7+ Bxe7 36.Qxa8 Kd6 37.Qh8 Qd8 38.Qe5+ {
Upon this move, Marshall announced "mate in five". Bogoljubov
resigned after realizing 38...Kc5 39.Na4+ Kc4 40.Qc3+ Kb5
41.Bd3+ Kxa4 42.Qc2# } 1-0

[Event "Tournament"]
[Site "Gablonz"]
[Date "1924.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Friedrich Saemisch"]
[Black "Franz Herzog"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1.d4 e6 2.e4 d5 3.Nc3 c6 4.Nf3 Nd7 5.Bd3 Be7 6.O-O dxe4 7.Nxe4
Ngf6 8.Qe2 Nxe4 9.Qxe4 Nf6 10.Qe2 O-O 11.c4 h6 12.Bd2 Re8
13.Bc3 b6 14.Ne5 Bb7 15.Rae1 Bf8 16.Qf3 Qc7 17.Qh3 Rad8 18.Re3
Re7 19.Rg3 Kh8 20. d5 exd5 21.Nd7 Rdxd7 22.Qxh6+ gxh6 23.Bxf6+
Bg7 24.Rxg7 Re4 25.Rg4+ Kh7 26.f3 h5 27.Rg7+ Kh6 28.fxe4 dxc4
29.Bb1 b5 30.e5 Rd3 31.e6 Qb6+ 32.Kh1 fxe6 33.Bxd3 cxd3 34.Rd7
c5 35.Bd8 Bxg2+ 36.Kg1 1-0

[Event "Moscow"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1925.11.25"]
[EventDate "1925.11.10"]
[Round "12"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Carlos Torre Repetto"]
[Black "Emanuel Lasker"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bg5 c5 4. e3 cxd4 5. exd4 Be7 6. Nbd2
d6 7. c3 Nbd7 8. Bd3 b6 9. Nc4 Bb7 10. Qe2 Qc7 11. O-O O-O
12. Rfe1 Rfe8 13. Rad1 Nf8 14. Bc1 Nd5 15. Ng5 b5 16. Na3 b4
17. cxb4 Nxb4 18. Qh5 Bxg5 19. Bxg5 Nxd3 20. Rxd3 Qa5 21. b4
Qf5 22. Rg3 h6 23. Nc4 Qd5 24. Ne3 Qb5 25. Bf6 Qxh5 26. Rxg7+
Kh8 27. Rxf7+ Kg8 28. Rg7+ Kh8 29. Rxb7+ Kg8 30. Rg7+ Kh8
31. Rg5+ Kh7 32. Rxh5 Kg6 33. Rh3 Kxf6 34. Rxh6+ Kg5 35. Rh3
Reb8 36. Rg3+ Kf6 37. Rf3+ Kg6 38. a3 a5 39. bxa5 Rxa5 40. Nc4
Rd5 41. Rf4 Nd7 42. Rxe6+ Kg5 43. g3 1-0

[Event "Marienbad"]
[Site "Marienbad CZE"]
[Date "1925.??.??"]
[EventDate "1925.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Akiba Rubinstein"]
[Black "David Janowski"]
[ECO "A50"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "49"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.d4 b6 3.Nc3 Bb7 4.Qc2 e6 5.e4 Bb4 6.Bd3 c5 7.d5
exd5 8.exd5 b5 9.b3 O-O 10.Ne2 d6 11.O-O bxc4 12.bxc4 Nbd7
13.f4 Re8 14.Ng3 Ba6 15.Nce4 Nxe4 16.Nxe4 Nb6 17.Bb2 f6 18.Rf3
Rf8 19.Ng5 {!} fxg5 20.Bxh7+ Kh8 {20...Kf7 21.Qg6+ Ke7
22.Qe6#} 21.Bxg7+ {Also effective is 21.Qg6! Qd7 22.Qh6!
winning} Kxg7 22.Qg6+ Kh8 23.Rh3 Qd7 24.Bg8+ Qxh3 25.gxh3 1-0

[Event "Baden-Baden"]
[Site "Baden-Baden GER"]
[Date "1925.04.25"]
[EventDate "1925.04.16"]
[Round "8"]
[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 "Baden-Baden"]
[Site "Baden-Baden GER"]
[Date "1925.04.16"]
[EventDate "1925.04.16"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ernst Gruenfeld"]
[Black "Jan Willem te Kolste"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 Bf5 5.Nc3 e6 6.Bd3 Bxd3 7.Qxd3
Nbd7 8.O-O Bd6 9.e4 dxe4 10.Nxe4 Nxe4 11.Qxe4 O-O 12.Bg5 Be7
13.Bd2 Qc7 14.Rfe1 Nf6 15.Qe2 Rfe8 16.Bc3 h6 17.Rad1 c5 18.d5
exd5 19.cxd5 Bd6 20.Qc4 Nd7 21.Qg4 f6 22.Re6 Rxe6 23.dxe6 Ne5
24.Nxe5 fxe5 25.f4 Rd8 26.fxe5 Bf8 27.Rd7 Qc8 28.Qf5 Rxd7
29.exd7 Qd8 30.e6 Qe7 31.Qf7+ Kh7 32.Bxg7 1-0

[Event "Mexico City Mexican ch, MEX"]
[Site "Mexico City Mexican ch MEX"]
[Date "1926.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Carlos Torre Repetto"]
[Black "Jose Joaquin Araiza Munoz"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "89"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. e3 Bf5 6. Bd3 Bxd3
7. Qxd3 c6 8. e4 dxe4 9. Nxe4 Nbd7 10. O-O Nxe4 11. Qxe4 Nf6
12. Qd3 O-O 13. Rfe1 Nd5 14. Bg5 Bf6 15. Bxf6 Nxf6 16. Qe3 Re8
17. Qh6 e6 18. Rad1 Qd6 19. Ne5 Qf8 20. Qh4 Qe7 21. Qh6 Qf8
22. Qh3 Nh5 23. Qf3 f5 24. Qb3 Re7 25. Nd3 Qf6 26. Re5 Rd8
27. Rde1 Rd5 28. Nc5 Ng7 29. Qe3 Rxe5 30. dxe5 Qf7 31. Rd1 b6
32. Nb3 Rd7 33. Rd3 c5 34. Nd2 Qe7 35. Nc4 Ne8 36. Qd2 Rxd3
37. Qxd3 Nc7 38. Qd6 Kf7 39. Qc6 Ne8 40. Nd6+ Kf8 41. Qc8 h6
42. Kf1 h5 43. h4 a6 44. c4 a5 45. a4 1-0

[Event "Dresden"]
[Site "Dresden GER"]
[Date "1926.04.07"]
[EventDate "1926.04.04"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Savielly Tartakower"]
[Black "Aron Nimzowitsch"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "116"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. b3 d5 3. Bb2 c5 4. e3 e6 5. Bb5+ Bd7 6. Bxd7+
Nbxd7 7. O-O Bd6 8. d3 Qc7 9. Nc3 a6 10. e4 O-O 11. Re1 d4
12. Ne2 Rad8 13. Bc1 h6 14. g3 Kh7 15. Bf4 e5 16. Bd2 b5
17. c4 Ng8 18. Nh4 Ne7 19. g4 g6 20. Ng3 Ng8 21. Ng2 f6 22. h4
Nb8 23. Kh2 Nc6 24. Rh1 Nce7 25. h5 g5 26. Qf3 Rb8 27. cxb5
axb5 28. Rhc1 Ra8 29. Rc2 Qd7 30. Qd1 Rfc8 31. f3 Ra3 32. Bc1
Ra7 33. Ne1 Nc6 34. Bd2 Rca8 35. Nf5 Nge7 36. Nxd6 Qxd6
37. Rac1 Nb4 38. Bxb4 cxb4 39. Qd2 Kg7 40. Kg1 Kf7 41. Rc5
Rxa2 42. Qxb4 Rb8 43. Ng2 Rb7 44. Qe1 Rb2 45. Qa5 Rxb3 46. Qa8
Rd7 47. Rc6 Rd8 48. Qa7 Qa3 49. Qb6 Nxc6 50. Rxc6 Qe7 51. Rc7
Rd7 52. Rc8 Kg7 53. Qb8 Qf7 54. f4 Rb1+ 55. Kh2 gxf4 56. Rc2
Ra7 57. Nh4 Ra2 58. Qc8 Rc1 0-1

[Event "Dresden"]
[Site "Dresden GER"]
[Date "1926.04.05"]
[EventDate "1926.04.04"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Paul F Johner"]
[Black "Aron Nimzowitsch"]
[ECO "E47"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6
7. O-O Bxc3 8. bxc3 d6 9. Nd2 b6 10. Nb3 e5 11. f4 e4 12. Be2
Qd7 13. h3 Ne7 14. Qe1 h5 15. Bd2 Qf5 16. Kh2 Qh7 17. a4 Nf5
18. g3 a5 19. Rg1 Nh6 20. Bf1 Bd7 21. Bc1 Rac8 22. d5 Kh8
23. Nd2 Rg8 24. Bg2 g5 25. Nf1 Rg7 26. Ra2 Nf5 27. Bh1 Rcg8
28. Qd1 gxf4 29. exf4 Bc8 30. Qb3 Ba6 31. Re2 Nh4 32. Re3 Bc8
33. Qc2 Bxh3 34. Bxe4 Bf5 35. Bxf5 Nxf5 36. Re2 h4 37. Rgg2
hxg3+ 38. Kg1 Qh3 39. Ne3 Nh4 40. Kf1 Re8 0-1

[Event "Dresden"]
[Site "Dresden GER"]
[Date "1926.04.09"]
[EventDate "1926.04.04"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Aron Nimzowitsch"]
[Black "Akiba Rubinstein"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "91"]

1. c4 { Notes by Raymond Keene. Awarded the prize for the
best-played game.} c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4
Nb4 6. Bc4 e6 7. O-O N8c6 8. d3 Nd4 9. Nxd4 cxd4 10. Ne2 a6
11. Ng3 Bd6 12. f4 O-O 13. Qf3 Kh8 14. Bd2 f5 15. Rae1 Nc6
16. Re2 Qc7 17. exf5 exf5 18. Nh1 {!! A wonderful idea. White
has in mind the manoeuvre Nh1-f2-h3-g5, in conjunction with
Qh5, as a method of assaulting the position of Black's
king. When I first read My System I was so impressed by this
game that I deliberately created situations in my next few
games where the move Ng3-h1 was possible, in the belief that
this mystical retreat would somehow result in a miraculous
increase of energy in my position, irrespective of whatever
else may have been happening on the board at the time.}
18...Bd7 19. Nf2 Rae8 20. Rfe1 Rxe2 21. Rxe2 Nd8 22. Nh3 Bc6
23. Qh5 g6 24. Qh4 Kg7 25. Qf2 {Another brilliant idea. The
threat to the d-pawn forces Black to withdraw either his queen
or his king's bishop from the defence of his kingside. }
25...Bc5 26. b4 Bb6 27. Qh4 {Back again and with redoubled
strength. } 27...Re8 {Or 27...Rf6 28 Ng5 h6 29 Nh7 +- }
28. Re5 {!} Nf7 {If 28...Rxe5 29 fxe5 Qxe5 30 Qh6+ or 28...h6
29 g4 hxg4 30 f5 Qxe5 31 f6+ Qxf6 32 Qxh6 mate. These
beautiful variations are just an indication of what
Nimzowitsch saw. } 29. Bxf7 Qxf7 30. Ng5 Qg8 31. Rxe8 Bxe8
32. Qe1 {! A decisive change of front. } 32...Bc6 33. Qe7+ Kh8
34. b5 {!! Who would expect the death-blow to come from this
quarter? If Black plays 34..axb5 he is mated as follows: 35
Ne6 h5 36 Qf6+ Kh7 37 Ng5+ Kh6 38 Bb4! In view of this,
Rubinstein elects to surrender a piece but that too is
obviously without hope.} 34...Qg7 35. Qxg7+ Kxg7 36. bxc6
36...bxc6 37. Nf3 c5 38. Ne5 Bc7 39. Nc4 Kf7 40. g3 Bd8
41. Ba5 Be7 42. Bc7 Ke6 43. Nb6 h6 44. h4 g5 45. h5 g4 46. Be5
1-0

[Event "Semmering"]
[Site "Semmering AUT"]
[Date "1926.03.07"]
[EventDate "1926.03.07"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Aron Nimzowitsch"]
[Black "Alexander Alekhine"]
[ECO "B02"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "91"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. e5 Nfd7 4. f4 e6 5. Nf3 c5 6. g3 Nc6
7. Bg2 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. d3 Nb6 10. Ne2 d4 11. g4 f6 12. exf6
gxf6 13. Ng3 Nd5 14. Qe2 Bd6 15. Nh4 Nce7 16. Bd2 Qc7 17. Qf2
c4 18. dxc4 Ne3 19. Bxe3 dxe3 20. Qf3 Qxc4 21. Ne4 Bc7 22. b3
Qd4 23. c3 Qb6 24. Kh1 Nd5 25. f5 Nf4 26. Rfd1 Kh8 27. Bf1
exf5 28. gxf5 Be5 29. Re1 Bd7 30. Rxe3 Bc6 31. Rae1 Nd5
32. Rd3 Nxc3 33. Ng6+ hxg6 34. Qg4 Rf7 35. Rh3+ Kg7 36. Bc4
Bd5 37. fxg6 Nxe4 38. gxf7+ Kf8 39. Rxe4 Bxe4+ 40. Qxe4 Ke7
41. f8=Q+ Rxf8 42. Qd5 Qd6 43. Qxb7+ Kd8 44. Rd3 Bd4 45. Qe4
Re8 46. Rxd4 1-0

[Event "Semmering"]
[Site "Semmering AUT"]
[Date "1926.03.17"]
[EventDate "1926.03.07"]
[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 "Leningrad-Stockholm Team Match"]
[Site "Stockholm, Sweden"]
[Date "1926.11.07"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Botvinnik"]
[Black "Gosta Stoltz"]
[ECO "D55"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "61"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7 5.e3 O-O 6.Nf3 b6 7.Rc1
Bb7 8.Bd3 Nbd7 9.O-O Ne4 10.Bxe7 Qxe7 11.cxd5 exd5 12.Nxe4
dxe4 13.Rxc7 Bc8 14.Bb5 exf3 15.Qxf3 Qd6 16.Qc6 Qb4 17.Qxa8
Ba6 18.Qxf8+ Nxf8 19.Bxa6 h5 20.Rxa7 Qxb2 21.Bc4 Ne6 22.Bb3 h4
23.d5 Nd8 24.Rd7 Qf6 25.h3 b5 26.e4 Kh7 27.e5 Qb6 28.Re1 b4
29.e6 fxe6 30.dxe6 Nxe6 31.Rxe6 1-0

[Event "Chicago 1926"]
[Site "Chicago, IL USA"]
[Date "1926.08.22"]
[EventDate "1926.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Jackson Whipps Showalter"]
[Black "Edward Lasker"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "115"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 dxe5 5. Nxe5 e6 6. Bd3 Nd7
7. O-O Nxe5 8. dxe5 Bd7 9. a3 Qh4 10. Nd2 O-O-O 11. Nf3 Qh5
12. Qe2 f6 13. c4 Ne7 14. Qe3 Nc6 15. Be4 Kb8 16. Rd1 Be7
17. exf6 gxf6 18. Bd2 Rhg8 19. Bb4 Qf7 20. Rxd7 Rxd7 21. Bxc6
bxc6 22. Nd4 c5 23. Bxc5 Bxc5 24. Nc6+ Kc8 25. Qxc5 Rd6
26. Nxa7+ Kb7 27. Nb5 Rd2 28. Qa7+ Kc8 29. g3 Kd8 30. Qb8+ Ke7
31. Qxc7+ Kf8 32. Qxf7+ Kxf7 33. b4 h5 34. c5 h4 35. Rc1 Rc8
36. Kg2 Ke7 37. c6 h3+ 38. Kf3 f5 39. Ke3 Ra2 40. c7 Kd7
41. Rc3 e5 42. Rd3+ Ke7 43. Rd5 f4+ 44. gxf4 exf4+ 45. Kf3 Ra1
46. Rh5 Rf1 47. Rxh3 Kf6 48. Rh4 Rd1 49. Rxf4+ Kg5 50. Rg4+
Kf6 51. Rc4 Rd3+ 52. Kg4 Rd7 53. Rc6+ Kg7 54. Kf5 Rd5+ 55. Ke6
Rxb5 56. Kd7 Rf8 57. c8=Q Rd5+ 58. Ke6 1-0

[Event "Composition"]
[Site "Copenhagen"]
[Date "1927.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Aron Nimzowitsch"]
[Black "Systemsson"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "47"]

1.e4 {AN INGENIOUS EXAMPLE OF MY SYSTEM by Aaron Nimzowitsch -
Anderssen started the sacrificial style, Morphy and Gruenfeld
the pure attacking style, Steinitz the positional style,
Tarrasch the scientific style, Lasker the style of styles,
Capablanca the mechanical style, Alekhine a style as brilliant
as sunlight. But it is a generally known fact that originality
and modernism were introduced by me as my own personal
inventions and enthusiastically imitated (without being fully
understood) by the whole world of chess. For the ridiculously
small sum of ten marks, the reader can confirm all this in my
monumental work, My System, published by B. Kagan. Before my
time, chess was so naive and undistinguished! One or two
brutal opening moves, each one involving a vulgar, obvious
threat, a common, banal sacrifice, a painfully elementary,
bestially raw checkmate - such, more or less, was the course
of chess games before my heyday set in. Then I appeared on the
scene and the chess world paid heed. The hegemony of matter
was shattered at a stroke and the era of the spiritual
began. Under my creative guidance, the chessmen, hitherto
nothing but highwaymen, pirates and butcher boys, became
sensitive artists and subtle instruments of immeasurable
profundity. But why waste words!--accompany me, dear reader to
the dizzy heights of the following game.} e6 2.h4 $1 {My very
oldest and latest thought in this opening. To the chess addict
nurtured on spineless convention, this move comes like a slap
in the face--but calm down, dear reader; after all, you cannot
be expected to understand such moves. (Forgive me - it is not
your fault, until now no one has opened your eyes and ears.)
Wait just a little while, and there will pass before you a
miracle of overprotection of more than earthly beauty. (I
assume that I rightly surmise that you are quite familiar with
my great theory of overprotection.)} 2...d5 { Black of course
has no suspicion of What is coming and continues serenely in
classical style. } 3.e5 $1 {A move of elemental delicacy. (We
detest, as a matter of principle, such words as "power" and
"strength"; in the first place, such banal expressions make us
uncomfortable; and, in the second place, we like even less the
brutalizing tendency which such words imply.) Wherein lies the
beauty of 3.e5? Why is this move so strong? The answer is as
simple as it is astonishing. The move is strong because it is
weak! Weak, that is, only in the traditional sense! In
reality, that is to say, it is not the move but the Pawn on e5
that is weak--a tremendous difference! In former times, it is
true, it was customary to reject any move which created a
weakness. Today, thanks to me, this view is obsolete. For,
look, my dear reader, the fact that the Pawn on e5 is weak
obliges White to protect the Pawn more and more until at last
the state of overprotection arises as it were of itself. But,
as we have seen (cf. My System), overprotection is practically
equivalent to victory. Hence it follows automatically that the
"weak" move, 3.e5, is a certain road to triumph. The rest is
more or less a matter of technique. } 3...c5 { All according
to a famous precedent.} 4.d4 {Here it is quite clear that it
is more profitable for White first to provoke c5 and then play
d4, rather than the other way round, which is the customary
course. For, if White first plays d4, there follows c5 and
White's d-pawn is under attack. But my clever transposition of
moves changes the situation completely. For now Black's c-pawn
is suddenly attacked by White's d-pawn!} 4...cxd4 {What else
can Black do?} 5.h5 $1 {All very clever, original and
decisive! Of course the ordinary run of people who envy my
every spark of genius but cannot follow my line of reasoning
for even three paces, outdo themselves in sneering at me with
the poison-dripping epithet, "bizarre." The text move creates
confusion in the whole Black army and prepares for the
annihilating invasion by the Queen 18 moves later.} 5...Qb6
{Naturally not 5...Nc6 6 Bb5! etc. Why should Black play the
French Defence only to allow the Ruy Lopez Bishop move after
all?!} 6.h6 $1 {An avaricious dullard would never hit on this
deeply conceived Pawn sacrifice.} 6...Nxh6 {After 6...gxh6,
White has an even more comfortable game.} 7.Qh5 $1 {The reason
for this becomes clear after next move.} 7...g6 {Black
threatens to begin a successful siege of the weakling at e5
with Bg7. But White forestalls this.} 8.Qh2 $1 {To every
fair-minded observer, this move must come as a revelation! All
the previous manoeuvres now become clear! White has completed
his development brilliantly and proceeds to overprotect
e5. Against this, Black is helpless.} 8...Nf5 9.Bd3 {Note the
splendid cooperation of White's forces: while the e-pawn and
the King Bishop completely blockade Black's position, the
development of the overprotective forces takes place behind
the broad backs of these sturdy blockaders.} 9...Nc6 10.Nf3
{As a rule this is a routine move. But here it is strikingly
original and as such occupies a place in the treasury of my
intellectual property.} 10...h5 {Old stuff!} 11.b3 {A deep
trap, as will soon become apparent!} 11...Bg7 {How Black must
have rejoiced when he anticipated his formidable opponent in
the occupation of the long diagonal. But...} 12.Bf4 $1 {...how
bitterly disappointed he must have been to realize that 11.b3
had only been a trap and Bb2 had not been intended at all. The
position of Black's Bishop at g7 is now quite
pointless. 11...Be7 would have been relatively better.}
12...Bd7 13.Nbd2 Rc8 {Black no longer has any good moves!}
14.Ke2 $1 {Again, an extraordinarily deep move. White sees
through Black's plans, and in addition he prepares a
particularly powerful continuation of his strategy of
overprotection.} 14...Nb4 {Just what White was waiting for.}
15.Ne1 $1 {This was the point of his previous move! Black is
now forced to exchange off the attacking Bishop at d3. But,
with that, even White's King Knight enters the fray with
fearful effect at d3, while the square f3 becomes available to
the Queen Knight. Surely a grandiose piece of strategy. The
fact is that I'm a marvellous player, even if the whole chess
world bursts with envy.} 15...Nxd3 16.Nxd3 $1 {Naturally not
16 cxd3? which would have been quite inconsistent. The Pawn on
c2 is unimportant, and Black only wastes precious time by
capturing it.} 16...Rxc2 17.Rae1 $1 {White continues his
overprotection without much ado.} 17...a5 {This counterattack
has no punch. Black would naturally like to get a passed Pawn
plus a Rook on the seventh, but it is too late for that.}
18.Kd1 $1 {Now the menaced Rook must scurry back, for capture
on a2 would be much too dangerous.} 18...Rc6 $1 {At last,
Black gets the right idea: overprotecting his Pawn at e6. But
it is already too late.} 19.Re2 Ke7 {Introduced into
tournament play by myself. See note to White's 14th move. The
King overprotects e6.} 20.Rhe1 Re8 $1 21.Nf3 $1 {Completing
the overprotection of e5 and thus deciding the fate of the
game. Black has no defence. Note the aesthetic effect created
by White's position.} 21...Bf8 {Now Black threatens to
complete the overprotection of e6 by playing Ng7. But White
has prepared a brilliant combination.} 22.g4 $1 {Much stronger
than the obvious Bg5+ etc.} 22...hxg4 23.Qh7 $1 {Now one
clearly realizes the masterly understanding of position which
went into White's eighth move (Qh2!).} 23...gxf3 {Had Black
continued overprotecting by 23...Ng7 there would have followed
24.Bg5+ f6 25.Bxf6+ Kf7 26.Ng5 mate. Black's basic error was
that he started overprotecting much too late.} 24.Bg5# {One of
my best games! I am proud of it if only because Herr
Systemsson is one of the strongest Scandinavian players. The
game made an overwhelming impression on the players and
spectators as well as on my opponent. The game has become
famous in Denmark as "the immortal overprotection game."} 1-0

[Event "1st olm final"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "1927.07.22"]
[EventDate "1927.07.18"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Luis Argentino Palau"]
[Black "Jan Willem te Kolste"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "29"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.d4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Bf4 Nh5 5.Be5 f6 6.Bg3 Nxg3
7.hxg3 c6 8.e3 Bg7 9.Bd3 e5 10.Rxh7 Kf7 11.Bxg6+ Kxg6 12.Nxe5+
fxe5 13.Qh5+ Kf6 14.Qxe5+ Kf7 15.Qxg7+ {Special beauty prize
awarded by Urugway chess periodical "Mundial".} 1-0

[Event "Kecskemet"]
[Site "Kecskemet HUN"]
[Date "1927.06.28"]
[EventDate "1927.06.26"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Alekhine"]
[Black "Savielly Tartakower"]
[ECO "B15"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "51"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Ng3 e5 6. Nf3
exd4 7. Nxd4 Bc5 8. Qe2+ Be7 9. Be3 c5 10. Ndf5 O-O 11. Qc4
Re8 12. Bd3 b6 13. O-O-O Ba6 14. Nh6+ gxh6 15. Bxh7+ Nxh7
16. Qg4+ Kh8 17. Rxd8 Rxd8 18. Qe4 Nc6 19. Qxc6 Bf8 20. Nf5
Bc4 21. Bxh6 Bd5 22. Qc7 Rac8 23. Qf4 Rc6 24. Bxf8 Rxf8
25. Qe5+ Nf6 26. Nd6 1-0

[Event "Capablanca - Alekhine World Championship Match"]
[Site "Buenos Aires ARG"]
[Date "1927.09.16"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[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 "Capablanca - Alekhine World Championship Match"]
[Site "Buenos Aires ARG"]
[Date "1927.10.07"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Jose Raul Capablanca"]
[Black "Alexander Alekhine"]
[ECO "D52"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "132"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Nbd7 5.e3 c6 6.Nf3 Qa5 7.Nd2
Bb4 8.Qc2 dxc4 9.Bxf6 Nxf6 10.Nxc4 Qc7 11.a3 Be7 12.Be2 O-O
13.O-O Bd7 14.b4 b6 15.Bf3 Rac8 16.Rfd1 Rfd8 17.Rac1 Be8 18.g3
Nd5 19.Nb2 Qb8 20.Nd3 Bg5 21.Rb1 Qb7 22.e4 Nxc3 23.Qxc3 Qe7
24.h4 Bh6 25.Ne5 g6 26.Ng4 Bg7 27.e5 h5 28.Ne3 c5 29.bxc5 bxc5
30.d5 exd5 31.Nxd5 Qe6 32.Nf6+ Bxf6 33.exf6 Rxd1+ 34.Rxd1 Bc6
35.Re1 Qf5 36.Re3 c4 37.a4 a5 38.Bg2 Bxg2 39.Kxg2 Qd5+ 40.Kh2
Qf5 41.Rf3 Qc5 42.Rf4 Kh7 43.Rd4 Qc6 44.Qxa5 c3 45.Qa7 Kg8
46.Qe7 Qb6 47.Qd7 Qc5 48.Re4 Qxf2+ 49.Kh3 Qf1+ 50.Kh2 Qf2+
51.Kh3 Rf8 52.Qc6 Qf1+ 53.Kh2 Qf2+ 54.Kh3 Qf1+ 55.Kh2 Kh7
56.Qc4 Qf2+ 57.Kh3 Qg1 58.Re2 Qf1+ 59.Kh2 Qxf6 60.a5 Rd8 61.a6
Qf1 62.Qe4 Rd2 63.Rxd2 cxd2 64.a7 d1=Q 65.a8=Q Qg1+ 66.Kh3
Qdf1+ 0-1

[Event "Capablanca - Alekhine World Championship Match"]
[Site "Buenos Aires ARG"]
[Date "1927.10.26"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "21"]
[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 "Capablanca - Alekhine World Championship Match"]
[Site "Buenos Aires ARG"]
[Date "1927.11.22"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "32"]
[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 "Capablanca - Alekhine World Championship Match"]
[Site "Buenos Aires ARG"]
[Date "1927.11.26"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "34"]
[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 "New York"]
[Site "New York, NY USA"]
[Date "1927.03.12"]
[EventDate "1927.02.19"]
[Round "14"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Milan Vidmar"]
[Black "Aron Nimzowitsch"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "43"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Nbd7 5. O-O Bd6 6. b3 $1
c6 $6 7. Nbd2 O-O 8. Bb2 Qe7 9. c4 b5 $2 10. Ne5 $1 Bxe5
11. dxe5 Ng4 12. e4 $3 Ngxe5 13. exd5 exd5 14. cxd5 cxd5
15. Bxd5 Rb8 16. Re1 Qd6 17. Nf3 $1 Nxf3+ 18. Qxf3 Kh8
19. Rac1 $1 Rb6 20. Rxc8 $3 Rxc8 21. Qxf7 Qg6 22. Qxd7 1-0

[Event "New York"]
[Site "New York, NY USA"]
[Date "1927.02.24"]
[EventDate "1927.02.19"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Milan Vidmar"]
[Black "Aron Nimzowitsch"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "58"]

1. d4 {Notes by Nimzowitsch} Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 Bb4+ 4. Bd2
Qe7 {This innovation, introduced by the author, does not in
any way indicate an early commitment to a particular line of
opening: the queen is well placed at e7 in any case- Indian or
Dutch.} 5. Nc3 {Slightly better would be 5 g3} O-O 6. e3 d6
{Black is still at the crossroads between Dutch (b6 and Bb7)
and Indian (c5 or e5 with Nc6) the decision is taken on the
next move.} 7. Be2 {He foregoes 7 Bd3 which must come as a
success for Black's alternating policy. If 7 Bd3 e5.} b6
8. O-O Bb7 9. Qc2 Nbd7 10. Rad1 Bxc3 11. Bxc3 Ne4 12. Be1 f5
{He turns completely Dutch.} 13. Qb3 {The idea of this
slightly puzzling move is to keep his e-pawn covered, e.g.,
after Nd2, ...Nxd2, Rxd2, ...Qg5, f3 and the e-pawn is
covered.} c5 {With this move the dutch formation is completed
: point e4, and the pawn at c5 for attack or defence,
(stopping White's c5.)} 14. Nd2 Nxd2 15. Rxd2 e5 16. dxe5 dxe5
17. f3 g5 {Black's task is now to manage his wing attack in
such a way that his opponent cannot in the meantime break
through on the d-file.} 18. Bf2 Nf6 19. Rfd1 Rae8 20. Qa4 Ba8
21. Rd6 {Insufficient would be the sacrifice of the exchange
by 21 Rd7 Nxd7 22 Rxd7 because of ...Qf6 23 Qxa7 and now
simply ...h6.} Qg7 22. Bf1 {A better defence is available by
22 Be1, e.g. : 22...e4 23 Bc3 or if 22...g4 23 fxg4 Nxg4 24
Rd7 Qg5 25 Bxg4 Qxg4 26 Qc2.} e4 23. Be1 exf3 24. Bc3 {Now
this digression comes too late as the pretty play
demonstrates.} Qe7 {Now 25. Bxf6 would lead to mate;
25...Qxe3+ 26 Kh1 fxg2+ with ...Qe1+.} 25. R6d3 fxg2 26. Bxg2
Bxg2 27. Bxf6 {If 27 Kxg2 Qe4+ with a short and decisive
attack.} Qe4 28. R1d2 Bh3 29. Bc3 Qg4+ {And mate in two.} 0-1

[Event "New York"]
[Site "New York, NY USA"]
[Date "1927.03.05"]
[EventDate "1927.02.19"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Aron Nimzowitsch"]
[Black "Milan Vidmar"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "70"]

1. e3 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. b3 Bg4 4. Bb2 Nbd7 5. h3 Bh5 6. Be2 e6
7. Ne5 Bxe2 8. Qxe2 Bd6 9. Nxd7 Qxd7 10. c4 c6 11. O-O O-O-O
12. Nc3 Bc7 13. d4 h5 14. c5 g5 15. b4 h4 16. b5 Rdg8 17. bxc6
bxc6 18. f3 Nh5 19. e4 f5 $3 20. exd5 exd5 21. Rae1 g4 $1
22. hxg4 fxg4 23. fxg4 Rxg4 24. Nxd5 h3 $1 25. Ne7+ Kb7
26. Rf3 Rxg2+ 27. Qxg2 hxg2 28. d5 Qg4 $1 29. Rb3+ Ka8
30. Bxh8 Qh4 31. d6 Qxe1+ 32. Kxg2 Bd8 33. Bd4 Bxe7 $1
34. dxe7 Qxe7 35. Bf2 Qe4+ 0-1

[Event "Berlin, Germany"]
[Site "Berlin, Germany"]
[Date "1928.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Aron Nimzowitsch"]
[Black "Carl Ahues"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 c6 3.e4 d5 4.e5 d4 5.exf6 dxc3 6.bxc3 gxf6
7.Nf3 c5 8.d4 Nc6 9.Be2 f5 10.d5 Na5 11.Ne5 Bd7 12.Bh5 Bg7
13.Nxf7 Qb6 14.Nxh8 Kf8 15.Nf7 Be8 16.Ng5 Bxc3 17.Kf1 Bxa1
18.Ne6 Kg8 19.Bxe8 Rxe8 20. Qh5 Ra8 21.Qxf5 Qb4 22.g3 Qxc4
23.Kg2 Qe2 24.Bd2 Nc4 25.Re1 Qxd2 26.Ng5 Nd6 27.Qxh7 Kf8
28.Qxe7 Kg8 29.Qh7 Kf8 30.Qh6 Kg8 31.Qg6 Bg7 32.Qh7 Kf8 33.Ne6
Ke8 34.Nxg7 Kd8 35.Ne6 Ke8 36.Re5 1-0

[Event "Berlin"]
[Site "Berlin GER"]
[Date "1928.10.15"]
[EventDate "1928.10.11"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Akiba Rubinstein"]
[Black "Aron Nimzowitsch"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d6 5. e3 c5 6. Bd3 Nc6
7. Ne2 e5 8. d5 Bxc3+ 9. Qxc3 Ne7 10. Qc2 O-O 11. O-O Ng6
12. Ng3 Re8 13. f3 Bd7 14. Bd2 a6 15. h3 b5 16. b3 Qb6 17. Kh2
a5 18. Rab1 b4 19. f4 exf4 20. exf4 Nf8 21. Bc1 Qd8 22. Qf2 a4
23. Bb2 Ng6 24. Rbd1 axb3 25. axb3 Ra7 26. Rde1 Rxe1 27. Rxe1
Nf8 28. Bxf6 Qxf6 29. Ne4 Qh6 30. f5 Ra3 31. Rb1 Ra6 32. g4 f6
33. Kg3 Bc8 34. Re1 Bb7 35. Qe2 Nd7 36. Nxd6 Rxd6 37. Qe8+ Nf8
38. Re7 g6 39. Qf7+ Kh8 40. Re8 Rd8 41. Qxf6+ Kg8 42. Qe6+ Kg7
43. f6+ 1-0

[Event "Berlin"]
[Site "Berlin GER"]
[Date "1928.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Friedrich Saemisch"]
[Black "Aron Nimzowitsch"]
[ECO "C13"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "176"]

1. e4 { Notes by Raymond Keene. } e6 {Before concluding this
discussion of Nimzowitsch's handling of the French Defence
from the Black side we must mention his original treatment of
the Orthodox variation -- which has points in common with his
own defence and his interpretation of the Winawer.} 2. d4 d5
3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e5 Ng8 {!? This unusual move, or
rather the strategic conception underlying Nimzowitsch's
interpretation of this move, contains in itself the
quintessential Nimzowitschian paradox: provocation and
prevention, under one roof, as it were. White will naturally
wish to administer sharp punishment for the 'insult' involved
in returning the knight to its initial square,
e.g. Levy-Heidenfeld, Dublin 1968: 5...Ng8 6 Be3 b6 7
g4?!. But such violence may later react to White's
disadvantage, especially if he continues in like vein. As to
prophylaxis: with White's pawn chain established on dark
squares and with White in possession of a 'territorial plus'
on the kingside Black must over-protect the kingside light
squares (f5/g4/g6) to forestall a kingside pawn avalanche by
White along the lines of (eventually) f2-f4/g2-g4 and
f4-f5. Bizarre though it may appear 5...Ng8 achieves far more
in the direction of the said over-protection (since the knight
can redeploy via e7 or h6 to f5) than does 5...Nfd7. The
disadvantage, of course, is the 'anti-development' of a piece,
but so long as Black avoids a premature ...c7-c5 the position
will remain closed and virtually impervious to breakthrough;
and, after all, is d7 such a marvellous square for the Black
king's knight? } 6. Be3 b6 7. Qg4 {?! In a detailed discussion
of the whole 5...Ng8 variation (Chessman Quarterly, 1970) the
Irish International John Moles recommended 7 h4! giving as a
reasonable continuation: 7...h5 8 Be2 g6 9 Nf3 Ba6 10 Qd2 Bxe2
11 Nxe2 Nc6 followed by ...Qd7 and ...O-O-O. Perhaps White is
slightly better, although Black's set-up is extremely tough. }
7...g6 8. h4 h5 9. Qg3 {?! 9 Qh3!?} 9...Ba6 10. Nf3 Bxf1
11. Kxf1 Qd7 12. a3 Nc6 13. Rd1 Na5 14. Ng5 Nh6 15. Bc1 O-O-O
16. Qd3 Kb8 17. Rh3 Rdf8 18. Kg1 Nf5 19. Ne2 Qd8 20. g3 c5
21. dxc5 bxc5 22. Kg2 Qb6 {Black's plan is to attack White's
e-pawn until f2-f4 becomes necessary and then to eliminate
White's advanced knight (...Bxg5) at a moment when White
cannot recapture with his bishop. (Nimzowitsch) } 23. f4 {?!
Playing it at once saves Black a lot of trouble. } 23...Bxg5
24. hxg5 Rc8 25. Rh2 Rhd8 26. Kh3 d4 27. Qf3 Rd5 28. b3 c4
29. b4 Nc6 30. c3 d3 31. Ng1 d2 {!! Introducing a deep and
beautiful combination, one of the most impressive I have ever
seen. } 32. Rhxd2 {After 32 Bxd2 Rcd8 the pin is
overpowering. 32 Rdxd2 is also unplayable since the knight
hangs. } 32...Rxd2 33. Bxd2 Rd8 {Threatening ...Rd3xg3. }
34. Qe2 {On 34 Bc1 Nimzowitsch planned 34...Rxd1 35 Qxd1 Qf2
36 Ne2 Kc8! 37 Qa4 Qf3-+. If 37 a4 Nce7 followed by ...Nd5 and
...Ne3 and White is paralysed. A wonderful variation. }
34...Rd3 35. Nf3 Qd8 36. Rf1 Qd5 37. Rf2 h4 {! The climax of
the combination. White loses his queen. Observe the remarkable
paralysis that has seized White's pieces after the inspired
pawn sacrifice on move 32. } 38. gxh4 Ncd4 39. cxd4 Nxd4
40. Qxd3 cxd3 41. Nxd4 Qxd4 42. Kg3 Qe4 {?? With 42...Qa1!
Nimzowitsch could have crowned his outstanding
combination. White cannot prevent the loss of the a-pawn and a
black victory is assured. After the text Saemisch succeeds in
protecting his a-pawn and, unbelievably, Black's advantage is
insufficient to win. After further serious errors by White
Nimzowitsch did eventually win from this drawn position on
move 88.} 43.Rh2 Kb7 44.a4 Kc6 45.a5 Kd5 46.h5 gxh5 47.Rxh5
Qe2 48.Rh2 Qd1 49.Rf2 Ke4 50.Kh2 Kf5 51.Rg2 Qf1 52.Kg3 Ke4
53.Rf2 Qh1 54.Rg2 Kd4 55.Rh2 Qd1 56.Rg2 Kc4 57.Rf2 Qh1 58.Rh2
Qe4 59.Rf2 Kb3 60.Rh2 Kc2 61.Rf2 Kd1 62.Rh2 Qc6 63.Kg4 Qc2
64.Kg3 Qxd2 65.Rxd2+ Kxd2 66.f5 Ke3 67.g6 fxg6 68.f6 d2 69.f7
d1=Q 70.f8=Q Qg1+ 71.Kh3 Ke4 72.b5 Qh1+ 73.Kg3 Qe1+ 74.Kg4
Qxa5 75.Qd6 Qb6 76.Kg5 Qxb5 77.Kf6 Qf1+ 78.Kg7 Qf5 79.Qc6+
Kxe5 80.Qc5+ Ke4 81.Qxa7 e5 82.Qg1 Kd5 83.Qd1+ Kc5 84.Qc1+ Kb5
85.Qb2+ Kc6 86.Qc3+ Kd7 87.Qd2+ Ke8 88.Qd5 Qd7+ 0-1

[Event "Triberg cg"]
[Site "Triberg GER"]
[Date "1928.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Efim Bogoljubov"]
[Black "Gosta Stoltz"]
[ECO "C26"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "40"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.f4 Bxg1 5.Rxg1 O-O 6.d3 d5
7.exd5 exf4 8.Bxf4 Bg4 9.Qd2 b5 10.Nxb5 Re8+ 11.Kf1 Re2 12.Qc3
Nh5 13.Qd4 Qh4 14.Bxc7 Nc6 15.dxc6 Rae8 16.Bxf7+ Kxf7 17.Nd6+
Kg8 18.Nxe8 Rxe8 19.Qc4+ Kh8 20.g3 Qh3+ 0-1

[Event "Gambit Chess Rooms Simul, 6b"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "1928.06.08"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Alekhine"]
[Black "Alan Linnell Fletcher"]
[ECO "A31"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d4 Nc6 4. d5 Nb8 5. Nc3 d6 6. g3 g6
7. Bg2 Bg7 8. O-O O-O 9. Bf4 h6 10. Qd2 Kh7 11. e4 Nh5 12. Be3
Nd7 13. Rae1 Rb8 14. Nh4 Ndf6 15. h3 Ng8 16. g4 Nhf6 17. f4 e6
18. Nf3 exd5 19. cxd5 b5 20. e5 b4 21. Nd1 Ne4 22. Qd3 f5
23. e6 Qa5 24. gxf5 gxf5 25. Nh4 Ba6 26. Qxe4 fxe4 27. Bxe4+
Kh8 28. Ng6+ Kh7 29. Nxf8+ Kh8 30. Ng6+ Kh7 31. Ne5+ Kh8
32. Nf7# 1-0

[Event "Bad Kissingen"]
[Site "Bad Kissingen GER"]
[Date "1928.08.22"]
[EventDate "1928.08.12"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Jose Raul Capablanca"]
[Black "Aron Nimzowitsch"]
[ECO "E34"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 d5 5.Bg5 dxc4 6.Nf3 b5 7.a4
c6 8.Bxf6 gxf6 9.g3 a6 10.Bg2 Ra7 11.O-O Rd7 12.Qc1 O-O 13.Qh6
Bxc3 14.bxc3 Kh8 15.Nd2 f5 16.Rfb1 e5 17.Nf3 Rd6 18.Qe3 e4
19.Nd2 Nd7 20.g4 Nf6 21.gxf5 Bxf5 22.Qf4 Qd7 23.Bxe4 Nxe4
24.Nxe4 Rg6+ 25.Ng3 Bxb1 26.Rxb1 f5 27.f3 Qg7 28.Kf2 Qf6
29.axb5 cxb5 30.Rd1 Kg8 31.d5 Qxc3 32.d6 Qf6 33.d7 c3 34.Nxf5
c2 35.Rd6 Qd8 36.Qe5 Rxf5 37.Rxg6+ hxg6 38.Qe8+ Rf8 39.Qxg6+
1/2-1/2

[Event "New York"]
[Site "New York, NY USA"]
[Date "1929.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Arnold Denker"]
[Black "Harold Feit"]
[ECO "A80"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "45"]

1. d4 f5 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 b6 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O Nf6 6. c4 Be7
7. Nc3 d6 8. d5 e5 9. Ng5 Bc8 10. e4 O-O 11. f4 exf4 12. Bxf4
fxe4 13. Ncxe4 Nxe4 14. Bxe4 Bxg5 15. Qh5 Rxf4 16. Qxh7+ Kf7
17. Bg6+ Kf6 18. Rxf4+ Bxf4 19. Qh4+ Bg5 20. Qe4 Be3+ 21. Kh1
Bh3 22. Rf1+ Kg5 23. Bh7 1-0

[Event "Bradley Beach"]
[Site "Bradley Beach, NJ USA"]
[Date "1929.06.10"]
[EventDate "1929.06.03"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Alekhine"]
[Black "Herman Steiner"]
[ECO "D28"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "49"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. O-O a6
7. Qe2 Nbd7 8. Nc3 Qc7 9. d5 exd5 10. Bxd5 Bd6 11. e4 O-O
12. Bg5 Ng4 13. h3 Nge5 14. Nh4 Nb6 15. f4 Nc6 16. f5 Ne5
17. Qh5 Re8 18. Rf4 Be7 19. f6 Bf8 20. fxg7 Bxg7 21. Raf1 Be6
22. Nf5 Bxd5 23. Nxg7 Ng6 24. Nxe8 Rxe8 25. Nxd5 1-0

[Event "Warsaw"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "1929.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Glucksberg"]
[Black "Miguel Najdorf"]
[ECO "A85"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "44"]

1.d4 f5 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 e6 4.Nf3 d5 5.e3 c6 6.Bd3 Bd6 7.O-O O-O
8.Ne2 Nbd7 9.Ng5 Bxh2+ 10.Kh1 Ng4 11.f4 Qe8 12.g3 Qh5 13.Kg2
Bg1 14.Nxg1 Qh2+ 15.Kf3 e5 16.dxe5 Ndxe5+ 17.fxe5 Nxe5+ 18.Kf4
Ng6+ 19.Kf3 f4 20.exf4 Bg4+ 21.Kxg4 Ne5+ 22.fxe5 h5# 0-1

[Event "Kazan-ch"]
[Site "Kazan-ch"]
[Date "1929.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Samsonov"]
[Black "Rashid Gibiatovich Nezhmetdinov"]
[ECO "C29"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "30"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.f4 d5 4.fxe5 Nxe4 5.Nf3 Bb4 6.Qe2 Bxc3
7.bxc3 Bg4 8.Qb5+ c6 9.Qxb7 Bxf3 10.Qxa8 Bxg2 11.Be2 Qh4+
12.Kd1 Nf2+ 13.Ke1 Nd3+ 14.Kd1 Qe1+ 15.Rxe1 Nf2# 0-1

[Event "Karlsbad"]
[Site "Karlsbad CZE"]
[Date "1929.08.11"]
[EventDate "1929.07.31"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Jose Raul Capablanca"]
[Black "Karel Treybal"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "115"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 e6 4.Bg5 Be7 5.Bxe7 Qxe7 6.Nbd2 f5 7.e3
Nd7 8.Bd3 Nh6 9.O-O O-O 10.Qc2 g6 11.Rab1 Nf6 12.Ne5 Nf7 13.f4
Bd7 14.Ndf3 Rfd8 15.b4 Be8 16.Rfc1 a6 17.Qf2 Nxe5 18.Nxe5 Nd7
19.Nf3 Rdc8 20.c5 Nf6 21.a4 Ng4 22.Qe1 Nh6 23.h3 Nf7 24.g4 Bd7
25.Rc2 Kh8 26.Rg2 Rg8 27.g5 Qd8 28.h4 Kg7 29.h5 Rh8 30.Rh2 Qc7
31.Qc3 Qd8 32.Kf2 Qc7 33.Rbh1 Rag8 34.Qa1 Rb8 35.Qa3 Rbg8
36.b5 axb5 37.h6+ Kf8 38.axb5 Ke7 39.b6 Qb8 40.Ra1 Rc8 41.Qb4
Rhd8 42.Ra7 Kf8 43.Rh1 Be8 44.Rha1 Kg8 45.R1a4 Kf8 46.Qa3 Kg8
47.Kg3 Bd7 48.Kh4 Kh8 49.Qa1 Kg8 50.Kg3 Kf8 51.Kg2 Be8 52.Nd2
Bd7 53.Nb3 Re8 54.Na5 Nd8 55.Ba6 bxa6 56.Rxd7 Re7 57.Rxd8+
Rxd8 58.Nxc6 1-0

[Event "Karlsbad"]
[Site "Karlsbad CZE"]
[Date "1929.08.26"]
[EventDate "1929.07.31"]
[Round "21"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Aron Nimzowitsch"]
[Black "Savielly Tartakower"]
[ECO "E81"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "105"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.f3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nc3 O-O 6.Be3 Nbd7 7.Nh3
e5 8.d5 a5 9.Nf2 b6 10.Qd2 Nc5 11.Bg5 Bd7 12.g4 Qc8 13.h4 Kh8
14.h5 gxh5 15.Bxf6 Bxf6 16.Rxh5 Bg7 17.Nh1 f6 18.Qh2 h6 19.Ng3
Kh7 20.Be2 Rg8 21.Kf2 Rh8 22.Rh4 Qe8 23.Rg1 Bf8 24.Kg2 Nb7
25.Nh5 Qg6 26.f4 Nd8 27.Bf3 Nf7 28.Ne2 Be7 29.Kh1 Kg8 30.Neg3
Kf8 31.Nf5 Rg8 32.Qd2 Rc8 33.Rh2 Ke8 34.b3 Kd8 35.a3 Ra8
36.Qc1 Bf8 37.Nh4 Qh7 38.Nxf6 Qh8 39.Nxg8 Qxg8 40.g5 exf4
41.gxh6 Qh7 42.Qxf4 Bxh6 43.Qf6+ Kc8 44.Nf5 Bxf5 45.exf5 Kb7
46.Qg6 Rh8 47.Qxh7 Rxh7 48.Rg6 Kc8 49.f6 Rh8 50.Bg4+ Kd8
51.Be6 Ke8 52.Bxf7+ Kxf7 53.Rhxh6 1-0

[Event "Karlsbad"]
[Site "Karlsbad CZE"]
[Date "1929.08.14"]
[EventDate "1929.07.31"]
[Round "12"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Hermanis Karlovich Mattison"]
[Black "Aron Nimzowitsch"]
[ECO "E21"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "46"]

1. d4 { Notes by Raymond Keene. You will see from the examples
which follow that Nimzowitsch was also capable of constructing
fantastic blockading possibilities for his knights over the
board. } Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 d6
6. Qc2 Qe7 7. Ba3 c5 8. g3 b6 9. Bg2 Bb7 10. O-O O-O 11. Nh4
Bxg2 12. Kxg2 {?} Qb7+ {!} 13. Kg1 Qa6 14. Qb3 Nc6 15. Rfd1
Na5 16. Qb5 Qxb5 17. cxb5 Nc4 18. Bc1 a6 19. bxa6 Rxa6
20. dxc5 bxc5 21. Ng2 Nd5 22. Rd3 Rfa8 {Black's blockading
knights, firmly established on light squares, create an
impression both of power and of pictorial beauty. The same
could also be said of Mannheimer-Nimzowitsch 1930. } 23. e4
Ne5 0-1

[Event "Karlsbad"]
[Site "Karlsbad CZE"]
[Date "1929.08.19"]
[EventDate "1929.07.31"]
[Round "16"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Milan Vidmar"]
[Black "Max Euwe"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. Nbd2 c5 5. e3 b6 6. Bd3 Bb7
7. O-O h6 8. Bf4 d6 9. c3 Nh5 10. Qb3 Nxf4 11. exf4 O-O
12. Rad1 Nc6 13. Bb1 cxd4 14. cxd4 e6 15. Ne4 Ne7 16. Qa3 Nf5
17. Rd2 Qe7 18. Ng3 Nxg3 19. fxg3 Rfc8 20. g4 Rc7 21. f5 exf5
22. gxf5 g5 23. Re1 Qf6 24. h3 Rac8 25. Rdd1 Rc4 26. d5 a5
27. Nd2 Qd4+ 28. Kh1 Qxd5 29. Be4 Rxe4 30. Nxe4 Qxf5 31. Nxd6
Bxg2+ 32. Kxg2 Rc2+ 33. Kh1 Qf4 34. Re8+ Bf8 35. Rxf8+ Kxf8
36. Nf5+ Kg8 37. Qf8+ 1-0

[Event "Karlsbad"]
[Site "Karlsbad CZE"]
[Date "1929.08.22"]
[EventDate "1929.07.31"]
[Round "18"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Friedrich Saemisch"]
[Black "Ernst Gruenfeld"]
[ECO "E24"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "95"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.a3 Bxc3+ 5.bxc3 d6 6.f3 O-O 7.e4
e5 8.Bd3 Nc6 9.Ne2 Nd7 10.O-O b6 11.Be3 Ba6 12.Ng3 Na5 13.Qe2
Qe8 14.f4 f6 15.Rf3 Kh8 16.Raf1 Qf7 17.fxe5 dxe5 18.d5 Nb7
19.Nf5 Nd6 20.Rh3 g6 21.Nh6 Qg7 22.g4 g5 23.Rh5 Nc5 24.Bxc5
bxc5 25.Rf3 Qe7 26.Rfh3 Bc8 27.Qf2 Ne8 28.Rf3 Ng7 29.Rhh3 Bd7
30.Rhg3 Be8 31.h4 gxh4 32.Rg2 h3 33.Rxh3 Bg6 34.Rf3 Rab8
35.Qh4 Rb3 36.Rgf2 Rxc3 37.g5 Ne8 38.gxf6 Qd8 39.Ng4 Rxd3
40.Rxd3 Bxe4 41.Re3 Nd6 42.Nxe5 Bf5 43.Rxf5 Nxf5 44.Ng6+ Kg8
45.Re7 Rf7 46.Rxf7 Kxf7 47.Ne5+ Kf8 48.Qxh7 1-0

[Event "Germany Wch-m (08)"]
[Site "Germany Wch-m (08)"]
[Date "1929.09.19"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Efim Bogoljubov"]
[Black "Alexander Alekhine"]
[ECO "A50"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "60"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. Nc3 Bb7 4. f3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3
7. bxc3 e6 8. Bb5+ Nd7 9. Ne2 Be7 10. O-O a6 11. Bd3 c5
12. Bb2 Qc7 13. f4 Nf6 14. Ng3 h5 15. Qe2 h4 16. Nh1 Nh5
17. Qg4 O-O-O 18. Rae1 Kb8 19. f5 e5 20. d5 c4 21. Bc2 Bc5+
22. Nf2 g6 23. fxg6 Rdg8 24. Bc1 Bc8 25. Qf3 Rxg6 26. Kh1 Ng3+
27. hxg3 hxg3+ 28. Nh3 Bxh3 29. gxh3 Rxh3+ 30. Kg2 Rh2# 0-1

[Event "Hamburg ol (03)"]
[Site "Hamburg GER"]
[Date "1930.07.15"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "3"]
[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 "Hamburg"]
[Site "Hamburg"]
[Date "1930.07.26"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "16"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Isaac Kashdan"]
[Black "Salomon Flohr"]
[ECO "B00"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "149"]

1.e4 Nc6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.c3 e6 5.Ne2 Nge7 6.Ng3 Bg6 7.Bd3
Qd7 8.Qf3 b6 9.Nd2 Na5 10.h4 Bxd3 11.Qxd3 c5 12.b4 cxb4
13.cxb4 Nc4 14.h5 Rc8 15.h6 g6 16.Nf3 Nf5 17.a3 Qa4 18.Rb1 a5
19.Ne2 axb4 20.g4 bxa3 21.gxf5 gxf5 22.Rg1 b5 23.Nd2 Nxd2
24.Bxd2 b4 25.Rg3 Rc4 26.Nc1 Qa7 27.Nb3 Qc7 28.Ke2 Kd7 29.Rbg1
Rc2 30.Rg8 Rxg8 31.Rxg8 Be7 32.Qb5+ Qc6 33.Qb8 Qa6+ 34.Kd1 Rc8
35.Rxc8 Qxc8 36.Qxc8+ Kxc8 37.Kc2 Kb7 38.Nc1 Kc6 39.Kb3 Kb5
40.Na2 Bh4 41.Be1 f6 42.Nxb4 fxe5 43.dxe5 Bg5 44.Nc2 Kc6
45.Nd4+ Kd7 46.Kxa3 Bxh6 47.Kb3 Bf4 48.Nf3 h5 49.Bc3 Bh6
50.Bb4 Bg7 51.Bd6 Bh6 52.Kc3 Bg7 53.Kd3 Bh6 54.Ke2 Bc1 55.Kf1
Bb2 56.Bc5 Kc6 57.Bd4 Bc1 58.Kg2 Bf4 59.Be3 Bxe3 60.fxe3 d4
61.exd4 Kd5 62.Kg3 Ke4 63.Ng5+ Kxd4 64.Kf4 Kd5 65.Nf3 Kc4
66.Kg5 Kd5 67.Kf6 f4 68.Nh4 Ke4 69.Kxe6 f3 70.Nxf3 Kxf3 71.Kf5
h4 72.e6 h3 73.e7 h2 74.e8=Q Kg2 75.Kg4 1-0

[Event "San Remo"]
[Site "San Remo ITA"]
[Date "1930.01.20"]
[EventDate "1930.01.16"]
[Round "4"]
[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 "San Remo"]
[Site "San Remo ITA"]
[Date "1930.01.18"]
[EventDate "1930.01.16"]
[Round "3"]
[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 "San Remo ITA"]
[Date "1930.01.21"]
[EventDate "1930.01.16"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Efim Bogoljubov"]
[Black "Mario Monticelli"]
[ECO "E21"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "78"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Nf3 b6 5.Bg5 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 Bb7
7.e3 d6 8.Bd3 Nbd7 9.O-O Qe7 10.Nd2 h6 11.Bh4 g5 12.Bg3 O-O-O
13.a4 a5 14.Rb1 Rdg8 15.f3 h5 16.e4 h4 17.Be1 e5 18.h3 Nh5
19.c5 dxc5 20.d5 Nf4 21.Nc4 Rh6 22.Rf2 f5 23.d6 Rxd6 24.Nxd6+
Qxd6 25.Bc4 Rf8 26.exf5 Rxf5 27.Rd2 Qe7 28.Qb3 Rf8 29.Bd3 e4
30.Bxe4 Bxe4 31.fxe4 Qxe4 32.Qc2 Qc6 33.c4 g4 34.Bxh4 gxh3
35.g3 Ne5 36.Rb3 Ne2+ 37.Rxe2 Rf1+ 38.Kxf1 Qh1+ 39.Kf2 Ng4#
0-1

[Event "Moscow-Leningrad Match"]
[Site "Leningrad, USSR"]
[Date "1930.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Viacheslav Ragozin"]
[Black "P Noskov"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "41"]

1.e4 {Reference book: "Ragozin's Selected Games" (Spanish
version), Ed. Ricardo Aguilera, Madrid 1966, pages 32-33.} c5
2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nd2 d6 6.Bd3 Nc6 7.Nxc6 bxc6
8.O-O Be7 9.b3 O-O 10.Bb2 Nd7 11.f4 Bf6 12.e5 dxe5 13.Ne4 exf4
14.Nxf6+ Nxf6 15.Rxf4 Re8 16.Rxf6 gxf6 17.Qg4+ Kf8 18.Ba3+ Re7
19.Bxh7 Qb6+ 20.Kh1 Ke8 21.Rd1 1-0

[Event "Hastings 1930/31"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "1930.12.30"]
[EventDate "1930.12.29"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Jose Raul Capablanca"]
[Black "Fred Dewhurst Yates"]
[ECO "D66"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "173"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Nbd7 5. e3 Be7 6. Nc3 O-O
7. Rc1 c6 8. Bd3 dxc4 9. Bxc4 a6 10. O-O b5 11. Be2 Bb7
12. Qc2 Rc8 13. Rfd1 c5 14. dxc5 Rxc5 15. b4 Rc8 16. Qb1 Nd5
17. Nxd5 Bxg5 18. Rxc8 Bxc8 19. Nxg5 Qxg5 20. Nc3 Bb7 21. Ne4
Qg6 22. Bf3 Bd5 23. Nc3 Qxb1 24. Nxb1 Nf6 25. Nc3 Rc8 26. Nxd5
Nxd5 27.Bxd5 exd5 28. g3 g6 29. Rxd5 Rc2 30. a4 bxa4 31. Ra5
Ra2 32. Rxa6 Kg7 33. Kg2 a3 34. b5 Rb2 35. Rxa3 Rxb5 36. Ra6
Rb4 37. h3 Rc4 38. Kf3 Rb4 39. Ra5 Rc4 40. g4 h6 41. Kg3 Rc1
42. Kg2 Rc4 43. Rd5 Ra4 44. f4 Ra2+ 45. Kg3 Re2 46. Re5 Re1
47. Kf2 Rh1 48. Kg2 Re1 49. h4 Kf6 50. h5 Re2+ 51. Kf3 Re1
52. Ra5 Kg7 53. hxg6 Kxg6 54. e4 Rf1+ 55. Kg3 Rg1+ 56. Kh3 Rf1
57. Rf5 Re1 58. e5 Re3+ 59. Kg2 Ra3 60. Rf6+ Kg7 61. Rb6 Re3
62. Rb4 Rc3 63. Kf2 Ra3 64. Rb7 Kg8 65. Rb8+ Kg7 66. f5 Ra2+
67. Ke3 Ra3+ 68. Ke4 Ra4+ 69. Kd5 Ra5+ 70. Kd6 Ra6+ 71. Kc7
Kh7 72. Kd7 Ra7+ 73. Kd6 Kg7 74. Rd8 Ra5 75. f6+ Kh7 76. Rf8
Ra7 77. Kc6 Kg6 78. Rg8+ Kh7 79. Rg7+ Kh8 80. Kb6 Rd7 81. Kc5
Rc7+ 82. Kd6 Ra7 83. e6 Ra6+ 84. Ke7 Rxe6+ 85. Kxf7 Re4 86. g5
hxg5 87. Kg6 1-0

[Event "Capablanca - Euwe"]
[Site "Amsterdam, The Hague, Rotterdam and Scheveningen NED"]
[Date "1931.07.28"]
[EventDate "1931.07.01"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Jose Raul Capablanca"]
[Black "Max Euwe"]
[ECO "D17"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 c6 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 Qa5 14. Ne4 Rd8 15. Qc2 Be7 16. b4 Bxb4
17. Qb2 f6 18. Rfb1 O-O 19. Bxe5 fxe5 20. Ng5 Bc3 21. Qc2 Bf5
22. Be4 g6 23. Qa2+ Kg7 24. Rxb7+ Rd7 25. Rab1 Qa6 26. Qb3
Rxb7 27. Qxb7+ Qxb7 28. Rxb7+ Kg8 29. Bxc6 Rd8 30. Rxa7 Rd6
31. Be4 Bd7 32. h4 Bd4 33. Ra8+ Kg7 34. e3 Bc3 35. Bf3 1-0

[Event "Capablanca - Euwe"]
[Site "Amsterdam, The Hague, Rotterdam and Scheveningen NED"]
[Date "1931.07.16"]
[EventDate "1931.07.01"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Jose Raul Capablanca"]
[Black "Max Euwe"]
[ECO "E35"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "61"]

1. d4 {Notes by Capablanca} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5
5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 Qd6 {To unpin the Knight. To go back with
6... Be7 would be a regular variation of the Queen's Gambit
with Black a move behind. To play 6... h6 7. Bh4 7...g5 would
be too risky.} 7. e3 Ne4 8. Bf4 Qg6 {The alternatives would be
8... Qe7 or 8...Qc6. The other Queen moves are much less
satisfactory. It should be noticed that in the eight moves
played so far, Black has moved his Queen twice and his King's
Knight twice also. In a closed position such things are often
possible and good, but in a rather open position they can very
seldom be done without getting into trouble.} 9. a3 {Black
threatened 9...Nxc3. The text move forces Black to exchange
the Bishop for the Knight, thereby not only releasing the
pressure against the Queen's Knight and the King, but also
strengthening White's position.} 9...Bxc3+ 10. bxc3 Bf5 {This
involves the loss of a pawn, but Black had very little
choice. The only way to avoid immediate loss would be to play
10...Qc6, another Queen move in ten. 10...c6 was not feasible
because of 11. f3 Nf6 12. Bd3 Qh5 13. h4 and Black cannot stop
14.g4 winning a piece.} 11. Qb3 O-O {Black plays for
attack. He is slightly ahead in development and now offers a
pawn in order to gain more time.} 12. f3 {Should White play
12. Qxb7 12...Nc6 would give Black such an advantage in
development that it would be impossible for White to avoid
serious loss. White, however, could have played 12. Qxd5 and
obtained the better game thus: 12...Nxc3 13. Qb3 Ne4 14. Nf3
Qb6 [best; if 14...Nc6 15. Rc1 Nd6 16. Ne5 Nxe5 17. dxe5 with
a winning position] 15. Qxb6 axb6 16. Bd3 with what should be
a winning position. White could also play 12. Nf3 and obtain a
winning game since Black's best answer would be 12...Qb6 and
then would follow 13. Qxb6 cxb6 14. c4. Instead of adopting
the simple course White went in for complications: a policy
not to be advised when there is a simple continuation in sight
offering a definite advantage.} 12...Nd6 13. g4 Bd3 {Black
insists in playing an attack at all costs: a wrong policy in a
case like this where the number of pieces for the attack is
inferior to the number of pieces for the defense. Black could
succeed only if he were able to throw into the fray the
balance of his pieces before White could bring his to the
defense. Since that is not the case he is bound to suffer the
consequences. He should have played 13...Be6 when White would
probably have played 14.Rd1 in order to start an attack
against Black's King through Bd3. The continuation 14. Bxd6
cxd6 15. Qxb7 15...Nd7 would give White a very doubtful game.}
14. Qxd5 Bxf1 15. Kxf1 Qd3+ 16. Ne2 Nc4 17. Kf2 17...Nxe3 {! A
very clever sacrifice.} 18. Qxb7 { White cannot take 18. Bxe3
because of 18...Re8 which would regain the piece for Black
with a good game. But unfortunately for Black he has not
enough force for the attack. All he is attacking with is a
Queen and a Knight, and the only other piece he can throw
immediately into the battle is the King's Rook. Against that
White has all his pieces ready to go to the defense of his
King. Under such conditions, unless the position is of a very
unusual nature, the attack cannot succeed.} 18...Na6 19. Qb1
19...Qxb1 {Black had to exchange Queens to avoid the loss of
the Knight. As a result White comes out a pawn ahead with a
good game, advantage enough to win with proper play.}
20. Raxb1 Nc4 21. a4 Rab8 22. Rb5 Rb6 23. Rhb1 Re8 24. Ng3 Rf6
25. Rf5 {White wants to keep his Bishop at f4 where it
controls the moves of the two Black Knights. At the same time
he wants to place his Knight at e4 in order to block any
possible entrance of the Rook at e8 into White's position. The
Knight at e4 would be in a very strong central position. It is
true that as a result of this maneuver Black will be able to
reunite his Queenside pawns and also White's pieces will be
crowding one another a little, but as White's ultimate
intention is to advance on the Kingside, the overcrowding of
White's pieces will not become too serious a fault. The
alternatives would be either 25.Nf5 or 25. Bc1 [threatening
26.Ne4]. The first move would prevent the placing of the
Knight at e4. The second move would remove the Bishop from the
one square where he controls most of the moves of both the
Black Knights. The course of the game vindicated White's
judgment in playing the text move.} 25...Rb6 26. Rxb6 axb6
27. Ne4 f6 28. h4 c6 29. h5 Kf7 {Black could not play 29...h6
because of 30. Bxh6.} 30. Bc1 {? A bad move. White should have
gone on with his original plan, which would have won without
much trouble thus: 30. h6 30...Rxe4 31. fxe4 g6 32. Rb5 cxb5
33. axb5 and White would regain the piece with a won
position. White made the text move forgetting that it released
the Knight at a6.} 30...Re6 {A blunder due to time
pressure. The game was being played at the rate of 32 moves in
two hours. Black was short of time and probably tired from the
ordeal. Incidentally it has been assumed by all annotators
that Black could now easily draw by playing 30...Nc7. They
have stated that White could not play 31. a5 because of
31...Nd5, threatening to win the Rook by 32...g6. The
assertion is entirely wrong. Not only can White play 31.a5 but
it is the best move, and the one move that gives White the
best winning chances. The position is so interesting that it
will repay study. Suppose 32. axb6 g6 33. Rf4 Rb8 [ Let us go
back again. If 33...Re7 34. Ng5+ followed by 35.Re4 with
winning chances. Black's best chance for a draw is to play
33...Nxf4 34. Bxf4 Nxb6 35. Nd6+ Ke7 36. Nxe8 Kxe8 37. Ke2 and
while it would be hard to prove a win, White would have
chances for victory. ] 34. Nxf6 Nxf4 35. Bxf4 Rxb6 36. Nxh7
and with three pawns for the Exchange White has an excellent
chance to win.} 31. Ng5+ 1-0

[Event "Paris"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "1931.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Alekhine"]
[Black "Vardonenko"]
[ECO "C30"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "55"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 f6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. Nc3 exf4 5. d4 d6 6. Bxf4 f5
7. exf5 Bxf5 8. Bb5 Bd7 9. O-O a6 10. Bc4 Nf6 11. Ng5 d5
12. Nxd5 Bg4 13. Re1+ Be7 14. Nxf6+ gxf6 15. Qxg4 Qxd4+
16. Kh1 Qxc4 17. Qh5+ Kd7 18. Qh3+ Ke8 19. Ne6 Nd4 20. Qh5+
Kd7 21. Nxd4 Rad8 22. Qg4+ Ke8 23. Rxe7+ Kxe7 24. Re1+ Kf7
25. Qh5+ Kg8 26. Re8+ Rxe8 27. Qxe8+ Kg7 28. Nf5# 1-0

[Event "corr"]
[Site "corr"]
[Date "1931.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "A Karu"]
[Black "Paul Keres"]
[ECO "D08"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "54"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e5 3.Nc3 exd4 4.Qxd4 Nc6 5.Qxd5 Be6 6.Qb5 a6
7.Qa4 Bb4 8.Bd2 Bxc4 9.a3 b5 10.Qc2 Nd4 11.Qe4+ Be7 12.Nf3 c5
13.Rc1 Nf6 14.Qb1 Qd6 15.Nxd4 cxd4 16.Ne4 Nxe4 17.Qxe4 O-O
18.Bf4 Qd8 19.Rd1 Bf6 20.Qf3 Re8 21.b3 d3 22.e4 Bc3+ 23.Bd2
Qd4 24.Bxc3 Qxc3+ 25.Rd2 Rxe4+ 26.Qxe4 Qc1+ 27.Rd1 d2# 0-1

[Event "Berne"]
[Site "Bern SUI"]
[Date "1932.07.17"]
[EventDate "1932.07.16"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Adolf Staehelin"]
[Black "Alexander Alekhine"]
[ECO "E34"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "42"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 Qxd5 6. Nf3 c5
7. a3 Bxc3+ 8. bxc3 Nc6 9. e3 O-O 10. Be2 b6 11. O-O cxd4
12. exd4 Bb7 13. Rd1 Rac8 14. c4 Na5 15. Qa4 Nxc4 16. Rb1 a6
17. Ne1 b5 18. Qb3 Qf5 19. Bd3 Be4 20. Bxe4 Nxe4 21. f3 Nc3
0-1

[Event "Paris"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "1932.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Alekhine"]
[Black "Russian Tennis Club"]
[ECO "D52"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "39"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Nbd7 5. e3 c6 6. Nf3 Bb4
7. Bd3 Qa5 8. O-O dxc4 9. Bxc4 Bxc3 10. bxc3 Ne4 11. Bh4 Qxc3
12. Rc1 Qa5 13. Qd3 Nef6 14. e4 Qh5 15. e5 Nd5 16. Bxd5 exd5
17. Qa3 c5 18. Rxc5 O-O 19. Rxd5 Nb6 20. Qxf8+ 1-0

[Event "Berlin-ch"]
[Site "Berlin GER"]
[Date "1932.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Rudolf Elstner"]
[Black "Carl Ahues"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "106"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 d4 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 e5 6. c4 Be7
7. b4 Nd7 8. a3 O-O 9. Nbd2 f5 10. Nb3 Bf6 11. Rb1 Qe8 12. b5
Ne7 13. a4 Qh5 14. Nfd2 Ng6 15. e4 Qxd1 16. Rxd1 f4 17. Nf3
Be7 18. h4 Nc5 19. Nxc5 Bxc5 20. h5 Bg4 21. hxg6 fxg3
22. gxh7+ Kh8 23. fxg3 Bxf3 24. Bxf3 Rxf3 25. Kg2 Raf8 26. Bf4
Re3 27. Bxe3 dxe3 28. Rb2 Kxh7 29. Re2 Kg6 30. Rf1 Rd8 31. Rd1
Rf8 32. Rb1 Rd8 33. Rb3 Kg5 34. Re1 Kg4 35. Rh1 g5 36. Rf1 Rh8
37. Rb2 Rh3 38. Re2 Rxg3+ 39. Kh1 Rh3+ 40. Kg1 Rf3 41. Rg2+
Rg3 42. Kh2 Rxg2+ 43. Kxg2 Bb4 44. Rg1 Kf4 45. Rf1+ Kg4
46. Rg1 b6 47. Kf1+ Kf3 48. Rg2 g4 49. Re2 Be7 50. Rh2 Bg5
51. Rh7 Bf4 52. Rf7 e2+ 53. Ke1 Ke3 0-1

[Event "Pasadena (10)"]
[Site "Pasadena (10)"]
[Date "1932.08.28"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Arthur William Dake"]
[Black "Alexander Alekhine"]
[ECO "B14"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Nf3 Be6
7. c5 g6 8. Bb5 Bg7 9. Ne5 Qc8 10. Qa4 Bd7 11. O-O O-O 12. Bf4
a6 13. Bxc6 bxc6 14. Rfe1 Nh5 15. Bd2 Ra7 16. Re2 Be8 17. Rae1
f5 18. Nf3 Nf6 19. Rxe7 Rxe7 20. Rxe7 f4 21. Bxf4 Ne4 22. Be5
Bh6 23. Nxe4 dxe4 24. Ng5 Qf5 25. Qb3+ Bf7 26. Nxf7 Rxf7
27. Rxf7 Qxf7 28. Qb8+ Qf8 29. d5 e3 30. f4 Qxb8 31. Bxb8 Kf7
32. dxc6 Ke8 33. b4 g5 34. g3 gxf4 35. gxf4 Kd8 36. a4 Kc8
37. Bd6 Bg7 38. Kf1 1-0

[Event "Western Championship"]
[Site "Minneapolis, MN USA"]
[Date "1932.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Fred Reinfeld"]
[Black "Samuel Reshevsky"]
[ECO "E16"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "60"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Bb7 5.Bg2 c5 6.d5 exd5 7.Nh4 g6
8.Nc3 h6 9.O-O a6 10.cxd5 d6 11.e4 Bg7 12.f4 Nfd7 13.a4 O-O
14.Be3 Kh7 15.Qc2 Nf6 16.h3 Nbd7 17.Rae1 Re8 18.Bf2 Ng8 19.e5
dxe5 20.f5 Nf8 21.fxg6+ fxg6 22.Be4 Qd6 23.Be3 Ne7 24.Rf7 Kg8
25.Ref1 Nxd5 26.Rxb7 Nxe3 27.Qf2 Nf5 28.Nxf5 gxf5 29.Qxf5 Kh8
30.Rf7 Ng6 1-0

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Leningrad (RUS)"]
[Date "1933.08.19"]
[EventDate "1933.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Vsevolod Rauzer"]
[Black "Mikhail Botvinnik"]
[ECO "B72"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "58"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Be2 g6 7.Be3
Bg7 8.Nb3 Be6 9.f4 O-O 10.O-O Na5 11.Nxa5 Qxa5 12.Bf3 Bc4
13.Re1 Rfd8 14.Qd2 Qc7 15.Rac1 e5 16.b3 d5 17.exd5 e4 18.bxc4
exf3 19.c5 Qa5 20.Red1 Ng4 21.Bd4 f2 22.Kf1 Qa6+ 23.Qe2 Bxd4
24.Rxd4 Qf6 25.Rcd1 Qh4 26.Qd3 Re8 27.Re4 f5 28.Re6 Nxh2+
29.Ke2 Qxf4 0-1

[Event "Princeton USA"]
[Site "Princeton USA"]
[Date "1933.??.??"]
[EventDate "1933.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Albert Einstein"]
[Black "Robert Oppenheimer"]
[ECO "C70"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "47"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 b5 5.Bb3 Nf6 6.O-O Nxe4 7.Re1
d5 8.a4 b4 9.d3 Nc5 10.Nxe5 Ne7 11.Qf3 f6 12.Qh5+ g6 13.Nxg6
hxg6 14.Qxh8 Nxb3 15.cxb3 Qd6 16.Bh6 Kd7 17.Bxf8 Bb7 18.Qg7
Re8 19.Nd2 c5 20.Rad1 a5 21.Nc4 dxc4 22.dxc4 Qxd1 23.Rxd1+ Kc8
24.Bxe7 1-0

[Event "Madrid"]
[Site "Madrid"]
[Date "1933.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Martin Ortueta Esteban"]
[Black "Jose Sanz Aguado"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "70"]

1. e4 e6 2. d3 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 Bb4 6. Bd2 O-O
7. Nf3 f6 8. d4 c5 9. Nb5 fxe5 10. dxe5 Rxf4 11. c3 Re4+
12. Be2 Ba5 13. O-O Nxe5 14. Nxe5 Rxe5 15. Bf4 Rf5 16. Bd3 Rf6
17. Qc2 h6 18. Be5 Nd7 19. Bxf6 Nxf6 20. Rxf6 Qxf6 21. Rf1 Qe7
22. Bh7+ Kh8 23. Qg6 Bd7 24. Rf7 Qg5 25. Qxg5 hxg5 26. Rxd7
Kxh7 27. Rxb7 Bb6 28. c4 dxc4 29. Nc3 Rd8 30. h3 Rd2 31. Na4
Rxb2 32. Nxb2 c3 33. Rxb6 c4 34. Rb4 a5 35. Nxc4 c2 0-1

[Event "Copenhagen"]
[Site "Copenhagen"]
[Date "1933.05.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Jens Enevoldsen"]
[Black "Aron Nimzowitsch"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. e3 c5 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. c3 Be7 6. O-O b6
7. a3 O-O 8. e4 d5 9. e5 Nd7 10. Qe2 Re8 11. Bf4 a5 12. Nbd2
c4 13. Bc2 b5 14. Ne4 Nf8 15. Ng3 Bd7 16. h3 Ra7 17. Nh2 b4
18. axb4 axb4 19. Rxa7 Nxa7 20. Ra1 Nb5 21. Bd2 Qb6 22. Ng4
bxc3 23. bxc3 Na3 24. Rxa3 Bxa3 25. Nh5 Ng6 26. Ngf6+ Kh8
27. Nxg7 Rg8 28. Nxh7 Kxg7 29. Qh5 f5 30. exf6+ Kf7 31. Ng5+
Kxf6 32. Qf3+ Ke7 33. Qf7+ Kd8 34. Qxg8+ Nf8 35. Nh7 Qb2
36. Nxf8 Qxc2 37. Nxe6+ Ke7 38. Bg5+ Kd6 39. Qf8+ Kc6 40. Qxa3
1-0

[Event "Olympiad"]
[Site "Folkestone ENG"]
[Date "1933.??.??"]
[EventDate "1933.06.12"]
[Round "3.21"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ernst Gruenfeld"]
[Black "Gideon Stahlberg"]
[ECO "D33"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "55"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c5 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.g3 c4 7.Bg2
Bb4 8.O-O Nge7 9.Ne5 O-O 10.Nxc6 bxc6 11.e4 Be6 12.Bg5 f6
13.Bd2 Rb8 14.Re1 Bf7 15. a3 Ba5 16.exd5 cxd5 17.Rxe7 Qxe7
18.Nxd5 Qd7 19.Nxf6+ gxf6 20.Bxa5 Rxb2 21.d5 Qf5 22.Qd4 Rb5
23.Bb4 Rc8 24.d6 Bd5 25.Re1 Bxg2 26.d7 Re5 27.Rxe5 fxe5
28.d8=Q+ 1-0

[Event "Match"]
[Site "Arosa SUI"]
[Date "1933.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Salomon Flohr"]
[Black "Henri Grob"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "50"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 c5 3.dxc5 e6 4.e4 Bxc5 5.Bb5+ Nc6 6.exd5 exd5
7.O-O Ne7 8.Nbd2 O-O 9.Nb3 Bd6 10.Nfd4 Qc7 11.g3 a6 12.Be2 Bh3
13.Re1 Qd7 14.f4 Nxd4 15.Nxd4 Rfe8 16.Be3 Nc6 17.Bf2 Bc5
18.Qd2 Re4 19.c3 Rae8 20.Bf3 Rxe1+ 21.Rxe1 Rxe1+ 22.Qxe1 Nxd4
23.cxd4 Ba7 24.Bxd5 h6 25.Qe4 Qb5 0-1

[Event "Western Association Meeting"]
[Site "Detroit, MI USA"]
[Date "1933.09.29"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Reuben Fine"]
[Black "Arthur William Dake"]
[ECO "D70"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nb6 6. Be3 Bg7
7. Nc3 O-O 8. Qd2 e5 9. d5 c6 10. a4 cxd5 11. exd5 Qh4+
12. Bf2 Qb4 13. a5 Nc4 14. Bxc4 Qxc4 15. Nge2 Na6 16. O-O Nc5
17. Bxc5 Qxc5+ 18. Kh1 Rd8 19. Qg5 f6 20. Qh4 g5 21. Qa4 Bf5
22. Rfd1 Rac8 23. Ng3 Bg6 24. Nge4 Qc4 25. Qa3 Bf8 26. d6 Kg7
27. Rd5 Bf7 28. Rd2 Rc6 29. Rad1 Ra6 30. Qa1 b6 31. Qc1 Rxa5
32. Nxf6 Kxf6 33. Ne4+ Kg7 34. Rc2 Qa4 35. Qxg5+ Bg6 36. Rc7+
Kg8 37. Qxg6+ 1-0

[Event "Simultaneous"]
[Site "Budapest HUN"]
[Date "1934.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Esteban Canal"]
[Black "NN"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "27"]

1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qa5 4.d4 c6 5.Nf3 Bg4 6.Bf4 e6 7.h3
Bxf3 8.Qxf3 Bb4 9.Be2 Nd7 10.a3 O-O-O 11.axb4 Qxa1+ 12.Kd2
Qxh1 13.Qxc6+ bxc6 14.Ba6# 1-0

[Event "Zurich"]
[Site "Zurich SUI"]
[Date "1934.07.23"]
[EventDate "1934.07.14"]
[Round "10"]
[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 SUI"]
[Date "1934.07.25"]
[EventDate "1934.07.14"]
[Round "12"]
[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 SUI"]
[Date "1934.07.23"]
[EventDate "1934.07.14"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Emanuel Lasker"]
[Black "Aron Nimzowitsch"]
[ECO "C17"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "130"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.Bd2 Ne7 6.Nb5 Bxd2+ 7.Qxd2
O-O 8.c3 Nf5 9.g4 Nh4 10.g5 cxd4 11.cxd4 Nc6 12.O-O-O Qa5
13.Kb1 Qxd2 14.Rxd2 f6 15.gxf6 gxf6 16.Bh3 fxe5 17.Nc7 Rb8
18.Nxe6 Rf6 19.Nc7 Bxh3 20.Nxh3 Nf3 21.Rdd1 exd4 22.Nxd5 Rf5
23.Ndf4 Rbf8 24.Nd3 Nce5 25.Nxe5 Rxe5 26.Ng1 Ng5 27.h4 Ne6
28.Rh2 Re4 29.f3 Re3 30.Re2 Rf4 31.Rxe3 dxe3 32.Rd3 Rxh4
33.Rxe3 Nd4 34.Re4 Rxe4 35.fxe4 Kf7 36.Kc1 Kf6 37.Kd2 Ke5
38.Ke3 h5 39.a3 a5 40.Nh3 Nc2+ 41.Kd3 Ne1+ 42.Ke2 Ng2 43.Kf3
Nh4+ 44.Ke3 Ng6 45.Ng5 Kf6 46.Nh7+ Kg7 47.Ng5 Kf6 48.Nh7+ Ke7
49.Ng5 Ne5 50.Kd4 Kd6 51.Nh3 a4 52.Nf4 h4 53.Nh3 b6 54.Nf4 b5
55.Nh3 Nc6+ 56.Ke3 Kc5 57.Kd3 b4 58.axb4+ Kxb4 59.Kc2 Nd4+
60.Kb1 Ne6 61.Ka2 Kc4 62.Ka3 Kd4 63.Kxa4 Kxe4 64.b4 Kf3 65.b5
Kg2 0-1

[Event "Moscow"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1935.02.17"]
[EventDate "1935.02.15"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Vladimir Alatortsev"]
[Black "Jose Raul Capablanca"]
[ECO "D53"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "46"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 O-O 6. cxd5 Nxd5
7. Bxe7 Qxe7 8. Nf3 Nxc3 9. bxc3 b6 10. Be2 Bb7 11. O-O c5
12. Ne5 Nc6 13. Nxc6 Bxc6 14. Bf3 Rac8 15. a4 cxd4 16. cxd4 g6
17. Bxc6 Rxc6 18. Qd3 Qb7 19. Rfb1 Rfc8 20. h3 a6 21. Qa3 Rc2
22. Qd6 Rxf2 23. Qg3 Re2 0-1

[Event "Moscow"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1935.03.07"]
[EventDate "1935.02.15"]
[Round "15"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Fedor Parfenovich Bohatirchuk"]
[Black "Mikhail Botvinnik"]
[ECO "C49"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bb5 Bb4 5.O-O O-O 6.d3 d6 7.Bg5
Bxc3 8.bxc3 Qe7 9.Re1 a6 10.Bc4 Na5 11.Nd2 h6 12.Bh4 Be6
13.Bb3 Nxb3 14.axb3 g5 15.Bg3 Ne8 16.d4 f6 17.Nf1 Ng7 18.c4
Rad8 19.Ne3 Qf7 20.Re2 Qg6 21.f3 Rd7 22.Rd2 exd4 23.Rxd4 Re7
24.Be1 f5 25.Bc3 Rfe8 26.Qd3 Bc8 27.Rf1 fxe4 28.Rxe4 Rxe4
29.fxe4 Qxe4 30.Nd5 Qxd3 31.Nf6+ Kf7 32.cxd3 Rd8 33.Nd5 Nf5
34.g4 Re8 35.gxf5 Re2 36.Rf3 Rc2 37.Be1 g4 38.Rf1 1-0

[Event "Moscow"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1935.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "K Gerasimov"]
[Black "Vasily Smyslov"]
[ECO "D05"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "44"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e3 e6 4. Bd3 c5 5. b3 Nc6 6. Bb2 Bd6
7. O-O Qc7 8. a3 b6 9. c4 Bb7 10. Nc3 a6 11. Re1 cxd4 12. exd4
O-O 13. Na4 Bf4 14. Ne5 dxc4 15. bxc4 Nxe5 16. dxe5 Qc6
17. Bf1 Rfd8 18. Qb3 Ng4 19. h3 Rd3 20. Qxb6 Rxh3 21. Bd4 Bh2+
22. Kh1 Bxe5+ 0-1

[Event "Alekhine - Euwe World Championship Match"]
[Site "Various Locations NED"]
[Date "1935.10.10"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "4"]
[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 "Alekhine - Euwe World Championship Match"]
[Site "Various Locations NED"]
[Date "1935.10.06"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Max Euwe"]
[Black "Alexander Alekhine"]
[ECO "D81"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "89"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Qb3 dxc4 5. Qxc4 Be6 6. Qb5+
Nc6 7. Nf3 Rb8 8. Ne5 Bd7 9. Nxd7 Qxd7 10. d5 Nd4 11. Qd3 e5
12. e3 Nf5 13. e4 Nd6 14. f4 Qe7 15. Be3 Ng4 16. Bxa7 Ra8
17. h3 Rxa7 18. hxg4 Bg7 19. Qe3 Ra5 20. f5 Bf6 21. a4 Bh4+
22. g3 Bg5 23. Qf3 O-O 24. b4 Raa8 25. Ra2 Ne8 26. Rb2 Nf6
27. Be2 c6 28. dxc6 bxc6 29. O-O Rad8 30. Kg2 Rd4 31. b5 cxb5
32. axb5 Rb8 33. fxg6 fxg6 34. b6 Qb7 35. Kh3 Rd6 36. Nd5 Kg7
37. Rc2 Nxd5 38. exd5 Rxb6 39. Rc6 Rxc6 40. dxc6 Qe7 41. Bc4
Kh6 42. Qh1 Rb2 43. Rf7 Qe8 44. c7 Rc2 45. Qb7 1-0

[Event "Kazan op"]
[Site "Kazan op"]
[Date "1936.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "N Kosolapov"]
[Black "Rashid Gibiatovich Nezhmetdinov"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "48"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.d3 d5 5.exd5 Nxd5 6.Be2 Bb4
7.Bd2 O-O 8.Ne4 Be7 9.O-O f5 10.Ng3 g5 11.Ne1 Nf4 12.f3 Bc5+
13.Kh1 Rf6 14.c3 Be6 15.Nc2 Rh6 16.Be3 g4 17.Bxc5 Qh4 18.Bg1
Qxg3 19.Ne1 Bd5 20.b4 Nh5 21.Bf2 Qf4 22.fxg4 Qxh2+ 23.Kxh2
Ng3+ 24.Kxg3 f4# 0-1

[Event "Nottingham"]
[Site "Nottingham ENG"]
[Date "1936.08.25"]
[EventDate "1936.08.10"]
[Round "13"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Botvinnik"]
[Black "Milan Vidmar"]
[ECO "D60"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "47"]

1. c4 {Notes by Alekhine} e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 Be7
5. Bg5 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Bd3 {The variations starting with 7
Rc1 have been so much analysed of recent years that the
text-move, though it allows the immediate ...c5, offers better
fighting chances.} c5 8. O-O cxd4 {As the Black pieces are not
developed so as to attack the isolated d-pawn, the better
policy here is the usual line 8...dxc4 9 Bxc4 a6 10 a4 Re8.}
9. exd4 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Nb6 11. Bb3 Bd7 {The beginning of a
risky plan, in view of White's prospects of a K side
attack. The half-pinning of his king's knight, which seems so
harmless at the moment, will in a few moves become extremely
disagreeable for Black. It was wiser therefore to clear the
situation at once by 11...Nfd5 without much danger in the near
future.} 12. Qd3 {! Intending, if 12...Nfd5; 13 Bc2.} Nbd5
13. Ne5 Bc6 14. Rad1 Nb4 {? A second mistake, after which
White's attack becomes tremendously strong. A lesser evil was
...Rc8 in order to answer 15 Qh3 with ...Nxc3 16 bxc3 Be4.}
15. Qh3 Bd5 {This does not solve the problem of the defence,
as White preserves his powerful king's bishop.} 16. Nxd5 Nbxd5
17. f4 {!} Rc8 {Or ...g6 18 Bh6 Re8 19 g4, etc.} 18. f5 exf5
19. Rxf5 Qd6 {? Losing immediately. The only move was ...Rc7,
after which White would increase his pressure against f7 by 20
Rdf1 followed eventually by Qh4 with decisive advantage.}
20. Nxf7 {! Simple and neat. Black cannot avoid serious
material loss.} Rxf7 21. Bxf6 Bxf6 22. Rxd5 {Much stronger
than 22 Bxd5.} Qc6 {Or 22...Bxd4+ 23 Kh1.} 23. Rd6 Qe8 24. Rd7
1-0

[Event "Nottingham"]
[Site "Nottingham ENG"]
[Date "1936.08.17"]
[EventDate "1936.08.10"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexander Alekhine"]
[Black "Samuel Reshevsky"]
[ECO "D04"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "122"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. e3 c5 4. c3 Nbd7 5. Nbd2 Qc7 6. Qa4 g6
7. c4 Bg7 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Qb3 N5b6 10. a4 cxd4 11. exd4 a5
12. Bb5 O-O 13. O-O Nf6 14. Re1 Bf5 15. Nf1 Qd6 16. Qa3 Qxa3
17. Rxa3 Nfd5 18. Ng3 Bd7 19. Rb3 Rfd8 20. Bd2 Nxa4 21. Ra1
Nab6 22. Rxa5 Bxb5 23. Rbxb5 e6 24. b3 Rd7 25. Ne4 Rxa5
26. Bxa5 Nc8 27. Ne5 Bxe5 28. dxe5 Nc7 29. Nf6+ Kg7 30. Nxd7
Nxb5 31. Bd2 Ne7 32. Kf1 Nd4 33. b4 Nd5 34. Nc5 b5 35. Nd3 f6
36. Bc1 fxe5 37. Nxe5 Nc2 38. Bb2 Ncxb4 39. Ke2 Kg8 40. g3 Ne7
41. Nf3 Ned5 42. Ng5 Nc7 43. Ke3 Nc6 44. f4 h6 45. Nf3 Kf7
46. Kd3 Nd5 47. Bc1 Nf6 48. Bb2 Nd7 49. Ba3 e5 50. Ke3 Ke6
51. Bb2 Kd5 52. Nh4 Nb6 53. Bc1 Nc4+ 54. Kf2 Nb4 55. Ke2 Na2
56. Bd2 b4 57. fxe5 b3 58. Kd1 Nxe5 59. Ng2 Ke4 60. h4 Nd3
61. Ba5 Nb2+ 0-1

[Event "Nottingham"]
[Site "Nottingham ENG"]
[Date "1936.08.22"]
[EventDate "1936.08.10"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Botvinnik"]
[Black "George Alan Thomas"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "137"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 d5 4. d4 Nbd7 5. e3 a6 6. c5 c6
7. Na4 Ne4 8. Bd3 e5 9. Nd2 Nxd2 10. Bxd2 e4 11. Be2 Be7
12. O-O O-O 13. f3 f5 14. fxe4 fxe4 15. Rxf8+ Qxf8 16. Ba5 Nf6
17. Bc7 Be6 18. Qb3 Bg4 19. Bxg4 Nxg4 20. Bf4 Qf7 21. h3 Bh4
22. hxg4 g5 23. g3 gxf4 24. gxh4 Qe6 25. Kh2 Rf8 26. Rf1 f3
27. Qc2 Kh8 28. Qf2 Qxg4 29. Rg1 Qd7 30. Nc3 Rf6 31. Nd1 Qe7
32. Qg3 Rg6 33. Qb8+ Kg7 34. Rxg6+ Kxg6 35. Kg3 Qg7 36. Kh2
Kh5 37. Qg3 Qg4 38. Qxg4+ Kxg4 39. Nf2+ Kxh4 40. b4 Kg5
41. Kg3 Kf5 42. Nh3 Kf6 43. a4 Kf5 44. Nf4 Kf6 45. b5 axb5
46. axb5 Ke7 47. b6 Kd7 48. Nh5 Kd8 49. Nf6 h6 50. Ng4 h5
51. Nf2 Kd7 52. Kh4 Kd8 53. Kxh5 Ke7 54. Kg4 Ke6 55. Kg3 Kd7
56. Nh3 Kd8 57. Nf4 Kd7 58. Nh5 Ke6 59. Ng7+ Kd7 60. Nf5 Kc8
61. Nd6+ Kb8 62. Nf5 Kc8 63. Kf4 Kb8 64. Ke5 Kc8 65. Ke6 Kb8
66. Kd7 Ka8 67. Ng3 Kb8 68. Nf1 Ka8 69. Kc8 1-0

[Event "Moscow"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1936.05.27"]
[EventDate "1936.05.14"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Ilia Abramovich Kan"]
[Black "Jose Raul Capablanca"]
[ECO "C25"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "112"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Bc5 3.Nf3 d6 4.Na4 Bb6 5.Nxb6 axb6 6.d4 exd4
7.Qxd4 Qf6 8.Bg5 Qxd4 9.Nxd4 Bd7 10.Bc4 Ne7 11.O-O Ng6 12.a3
O-O 13.Rad1 Nc6 14.Nxc6 bxc6 15.Bd2 Ra4 16.Bd3 Ne5 17.Bc3 f6
18.f3 Re8 19.Rf2 Bc8 20.Bf1 Ba6 21.Bxa6 Rxa6 22.Bxe5 fxe5
23.Rd3 b5 24.Rfd2 c5 25.Kf2 Ra4 26.Ke3 Kf7 27.Rd1 Ke6 28.Kd2
Rb8 29.Rc3 g5 30.h3 h5 31.Rh1 Rd4+ 32.Ke2 Rg8 33.Rd3 Ra4
34.Rhd1 g4 35.hxg4 hxg4 36.Ke3 Rh8 37.Rb3 Rh2 38.Rd2 Rd4
39.Re2 c6 40.Rc3 g3 41.Rd3 Rh1 42.f4 Rf1 43.f5+ Kf6 44.c3
Rxd3+ 45.Kxd3 d5 46.b3 c4+ 47.bxc4 bxc4+ 48.Ke3 Ra1 49.Kf3
Rxa3 50.Kxg3 Rxc3+ 51.Kh4 Rc1 52.g4 Rh1+ 53.Kg3 d4 54.Ra2 d3
55.Kg2 Re1 56.Kf2 Rxe4 0-1

[Event "ch? BEL"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1936.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Georges Koltanowski"]
[Black "Marcel Defosse"]
[ECO "D05"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "59"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d5 3.e3 e6 4.Bd3 c5 5.c3 Nc6 6.Nbd2 Bd6 7.O-O
O-O 8.dxc5 Bxc5 9.e4 Qc7 10.Qe2 Bd6 11.Re1 Ng4 12.h3 Nge5
13.Nxe5 Nxe5 14.exd5 exd5 15.Nf3 Nxf3+ 16.Qxf3 Be6 17.Be3 Rad8
18.Bc2 b5 19.Bd4 Bc5 20.Rad1 b4 21.Be5 Bd6 22.Bxh7+ Kxh7
23.Qh5+ Kg8 24.Bxg7 Kxg7 25.Qg5+ Kh7 26.Rd4 Bh2+ 27.Kh1 Qf4
28.Rxf4 Bxf4 29.Qxf4 Rg8 30.Re5 1-0

[Event "Margate"]
[Site "Margate ENG"]
[Date "1936.04.24"]
[EventDate "1936.04.??"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "George Alan Thomas"]
[Black "Jose Raul Capablanca"]
[ECO "D63"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "66"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Bg5 Be7 5.e3 O-O 6.Nf3 Nbd7 7.Rc1
c6 8.Bd3 h6 9.Bh4 dxc4 10.Bxc4 b5 11.Bd3 a6 12.O-O c5 13.a4 c4
14.Be2 Nd5 15.Bxe7 Qxe7 16.Qd2 Bb7 17.axb5 Nxc3 18.Qxc3 axb5
19.Ra1 Rfc8 20.Rfc1 Nb6 21.Ne1 f5 22.Bf3 Bd5 23.Qc2 Qd6 24.Qd2
Qf8 25.Nc2 Bxf3 26.gxf3 Nd5 27.e4 fxe4 28.fxe4 Qf4 29.Qe2 Qg5+
30.Kh1 Nf4 31.Qf3 Nd3 32.Rg1 Rxa1 33.Nxa1 Qd2 0-1

[Event "Haarlem mw (06)"]
[Site "Haarlem NED"]
[Date "1937.10.16"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "6"]
[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 (02)"]
[Site "Rotterdam NED"]
[Date "1937.10.07"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Alekhine"]
[Black "Max Euwe"]
[ECO "D17"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "80"]

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 "NED Wch-m (22)"]
[Site "Delft NED"]
[Date "1937.11.27"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "22"]
[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 "Budapest"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "1937.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Laszlo Lindner"]
[Black "Laszlo Szabo"]
[ECO "E43"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "52"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 b6 5.Bd3 Bb7 6.Ne2 Bxg2 7.Rg1
Bf3 8.Rxg7 Bg4 9.e4 Bf8 10.Rxg4 Nxg4 11.Ng3 Qh4 12.Nb5 Nc6
13.Nxc7+ Kd8 14.Nxa8 Nxd4 15.Be2 Bb4+ 16.Bd2 Nxf2 17.Kxf2
Qxh2+ 18.Kf1 Bc5 19.Be3 Qxg3 20.Bxd4 Rg8 21.Bxc5 bxc5 22.Bf3
Qh2 23.Bg4 Qh1+ 24.Kf2 Qh4+ 25.Ke3 Rxg4 26.Qh1 Qg5+ 0-1

[Event "Ostend (Belgium)"]
[Site "Ostend BEL"]
[Date "1937.04.17"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Israel Dyner"]
[Black "Reuben Fine"]
[ECO "D39"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 c5
7. Bxc4 cxd4 8. Bxf6 Qxf6 9. Qxd4 Qxd4 10. Nxd4 a6 11. a3 Be7
12. Rc1 Bd7 13. O-O Nc6 14. Nxc6 Bxc6 15. g3 Bf6 16. Rfe1 Bd4
17. Rcd1 O-O-O 18. Rc1 Kb8 19. Bf1 Rd7 20. Bg2 Rc8 21. h4 Rdc7
22. Red1 Bf6 23. Re1 Be5 24. Re3 Bd7 25. Rd1 Be8 26. Rc1 Rc6
27. Rd3 Rb6 28. f4 Bxc3 29. bxc3 Rb3 30. e5 Bb5 31. Re3 Rxa3
32. Be4 Bc6 33. Bxc6 Rxc6 34. Kf2 b5 35. h5 Rb3 36. h6 gxh6
37. g4 Rc4 38. Rf3 b4 39. f5 Rbxc3 40. Rfxc3 Rxc3 41. fxe6
fxe6 42. Rh1 b3 0-1

[Event "Villingen KTp D"]
[Site "Villingen KTp D"]
[Date "1937.??.??"]
[EventDate "1937.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Emil Joseph Diemer"]
[Black "Schuppler"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "51"]

1. d4 d5 2. e4 dxe4 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. f3 exf3 5. Qxf3 Qxd4 6. Be3
Qg4 7. Qf2 e5 8. h3 Qf5 9. Qh4 Qxc2 10. Bb5+ Bd7 11. Nge2 a6
12. Bc4 b5 13. Bb3 Qd3 14. Bg5 Be7 15. O-O O-O 16. Rf3 Qg6
17. Raf1 Bc6 18. Rg3 Bc5+ 19. Kh1 Nh5 20. Rg4 Bd7 21. Be7 Bxe7
22. Qxe7 Qd6 23. Rxf7 Qxe7 24. Rfxg7+ Kh8 25. Rg8+ Rxg8
26. Rxg8# 1-0

[Event "Amsterdam Dutch Ch Prelim."]
[Site "Amsterdam NED"]
[Date "1938.04.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Chris de Ronde"]
[Black "Hendrik Hermanus Kamstra"]
[ECO "E80"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "99"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. e4 d6 4. d4 Bg7 5. f3 Nbd7 6. Be3 e5
7. d5 a5 8. Qd2 b6 9. g4 Nc5 10. Nge2 h5 11. g5 Nfd7 12. Qc2
Nb8 13. O-O-O Nba6 14. a3 Bd7 15. Kb1 O-O 16. Nc1 Qe7 17. Be2
Rfe8 18. Rdg1 Qd8 19. h3 Qc8 20. Bf1 Re7 21. Rh2 Qb7 22. Bd3
Nxd3 23. Nxd3 Nc5 24. a4 Qc8 25. Nf2 Na6 26. Qd1 Nb4 27. Nb5
Qb7 28. Bd2 Na6 29. Qe1 Nc5 30. Be3 Nxa4 31. Ng4 hxg4 32. hxg4
Ree8 33. Qh4 Kf8 34. Qh7 Nc5 35. Nd4 exd4 36. Qxg7+ Kxg7
37. Bxd4+ Re5 38. f4 Nxe4 39. fxe5 Nxg5 40. e6+ f6 41. Rf1 Rf8
42. exd7 Qb8 43. Rxf6 Rxf6 44. Rf2 Ne4 45. Rxf6 Qd8 46. g5
Nxg5 47. Rxd6+ Kf8 48. Bf6 cxd6 49. Bxd8 Nf7 50. Bf6 1-0

[Event "AVRO"]
[Site "The Netherlands"]
[Date "1938.11.15"]
[EventDate "1938.11.06"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Botvinnik"]
[Black "Alexander Alekhine"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "101"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e3 Nc6
7. Bc4 cxd4 8. exd4 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Re1 b6 11. Nxd5 exd5
12. Bb5 Bd7 13. Qa4 Nb8 14. Bf4 Bxb5 15. Qxb5 a6 16. Qa4 Bd6
17. Bxd6 Qxd6 18. Rac1 Ra7 19. Qc2 Re7 20. Rxe7 Qxe7 21. Qc7
Qxc7 22. Rxc7 f6 23. Kf1 Rf7 24. Rc8+ Rf8 25. Rc3 g5 26. Ne1
h5 27. h4 Nd7 28. Rc7 Rf7 29. Nf3 g4 30. Ne1 f5 31. Nd3 f4
32. f3 gxf3 33. gxf3 a5 34. a4 Kf8 35. Rc6 Ke7 36. Kf2 Rf5
37. b3 Kd8 38. Ke2 Nb8 39. Rg6 Kc7 40. Ne5 Na6 41. Rg7+ Kc8
42. Nc6 Rf6 43. Ne7+ Kb8 44. Nxd5 Rd6 45. Rg5 Nb4 46. Nxb4
axb4 47. Rxh5 Rc6 48. Rb5 Kc7 49. Rxb4 Rh6 50. Rb5 Rxh4
51. Kd3 1-0

[Event "AVRO"]
[Site "The Netherlands"]
[Date "1938.11.06"]
[EventDate "1938.11.06"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Reuben Fine"]
[Black "Mikhail Botvinnik"]
[ECO "C17"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "61"]

1.e4 { Notes by Reuben Fine. *** Before this tournament I was
known as a d4 player, hence my first move must have come as
somewhat of a surprise to Botvinnik. } e6 {Botvinnik does not
vary. Against e4 he almost invariably played the French,
sometimes he tried the Sicilian.} 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5
5.dxc5 {This is the prepared move. Unlike Euwe, I make it a
rule not to anatlyze such lines too profoundly before the game
because it is most essential to be able to meet whatever
surprises come up over the board and not everything can be
forseen.} Ne7 6.Nf3 Nbc6 7.Bd3 d4 {Accepts the
complications. On 7...Bxc5 8.O-O, White's game is freer.} 8.a3
Ba5 9.b4 Nxb4 10.axb4 Bxb4 11.Bb5+ {Another possibility was
O-O, but the move played was part of the prepared variation.}
Nc6 {? The fatal error. Necessary was 11...Bd7} 12.Bxc6+ bxc6
13.Ra4 Bxc3+ 14.Bd2 {Suddenly Black discovers that he is
lost. The Bishop is hopelessly shut in, and it is only a
question of time before White's superior development make
itself felt.} f6 {Desperately trying to free the bishop.}
15.O-O O-O 16.Bxc3 dxc3 17.Qe1 a5 18.Qxc3 Ba6 19.Rfa1 Bb5
20.Rd4 {! Black was hoping for 20.Rxa5 which would bring some
freedom to the Black pieces.} Qe7 21.Rd6 a4 {To tie the rook
down.} 22.Qe3 {! Threatens to win a pawn, but not in an
obvious way.} Ra7 23.Nd2 {! The point: the poor Bishop will be
driven away.} a3 {The pawn goes anyhow.} 24.c4 Ba4 25.exf6
Qxf6 26.Rxa3 Re8 27.h3 {After this quiet move, Black might as
well resign.} Raa8 28.Nf3 Qb2 29.Ne5 Qb1+ 30.Kh2 Qf5 31.Qg3
{Too many threats. Black can't guard the 7th rank.--Fine
(Black does not have a single move, and Rf3 is threatened. A
combination of a splendid strategic idea with tactical
subtleties.--Botvinnik)} 1-0

[Event "AVRO"]
[Site "The Netherlands"]
[Date "1938.11.22"]
[EventDate "1938.11.06"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Botvinnik"]
[Black "Jose Raul Capablanca"]
[ECO "E40"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 d5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 c5 7.cxd5
exd5 8.Bd3 O-O 9.Ne2 b6 10.O-O Ba6 11.Bxa6 Nxa6 12.Bb2 Qd7
13.a4 Rfe8 14.Qd3 c4 15.Qc2 Nb8 16.Rae1 Nc6 17.Ng3 Na5 18.f3
Nb3 19.e4 Qxa4 20.e5 Nd7 21.Qf2 g6 22.f4 f5 23.exf6 Nxf6 24.f5
Rxe1 25.Rxe1 Re8 26.Re6 Rxe6 27.fxe6 Kg7 28.Qf4 Qe8 29.Qe5 Qe7
30.Ba3 Qxa3 31.Nh5+ gxh5 32.Qg5+ Kf8 33.Qxf6+ Kg8 34.e7 Qc1+
35.Kf2 Qc2+ 36.Kg3 Qd3+ 37.Kh4 Qe4+ 38.Kxh5 Qe2+ 39.Kh4 Qe4+
40.g4 Qe1+ 41.Kh5 1-0

[Event "New York"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1938.04.03"]
[EventDate "1938.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Harold Morton"]
[Black "Samuel Reshevsky"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "62"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bf4 Bg7 4. Nc3 d5 5. Qc1 O-O 6. Bh6 c5
7. Bxg7 Kxg7 8. e3 Nc6 9. Bb5 Bg4 10. Bxc6 Bxf3 11. gxf3 bxc6
12. dxc5 Qa5 13. Qd2 Qxc5 14. Ne2 Rab8 15. b3 e5 16. c3 Qe7
17. Rc1 Rbd8 18. Qb2 Qe6 19. Ng3 Qh3 20. Qe2 h5 21. Qf1 Qe6
22. Qa6 h4 23. Ne2 Qh3 24. Qxc6 Qxf3 25. Rf1 Ng4 26. Qc7 Rfe8
27. Qxa7 d4 28. cxd4 exd4 29. Nxd4 Nxe3 30. fxe3 Rxe3+ 31. Kd2
Qe2# 0-1

[Event "Moscow"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1939.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Yuri Averbakh"]
[Black "Vasily Smyslov"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "48"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. b3 Nf6 3. Bb2 g6 4. c4 Bg7 5. cxd5 O-O 6. g3 Qxd5
7. Bg2 Qh5 8. O-O Bh3 9. d4 Nc6 10. Qc2 Rad8 11. Rd1 Ng4
12. Bh1 e5 13. d5 Ne7 14. Nc3 f5 15. Ba3 Rf7 16. Rab1 e4
17. Nd4 f4 18. Nxe4 Bg2 19. h4 Bxh1 20. Kxh1 fxg3 21. fxg3 Ne3
22. Qxc7 Qxd5 23. Nf3 Nxd1 24. Bxe7 Re8 0-1

[Event "Leningrad/Moscow training"]
[Site "Leningrad/Moscow RUS"]
[Date "1939.01.31"]
[EventDate "1939.??.??"]
[Round "17"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Paul Keres"]
[Black "Vladimir Alatortsev"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "54"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Bd3 a6 6.O-O c5 7.b3 Nbd7
8.Bb2 b6 9.Nc3 Bb7 10.Qe2 Be7 11.Rad1 O-O 12.e4 dxc4 13.Bxc4
b5 14.Bd3 cxd4 15.Nxd4 Ne5 16.Bb1 Qb6 17.Nc2 Bd6 18.Ne3 Rfd8
19.Kh1 Ng6 20.Ng4 Nxg4 21.Qxg4 Be5 22.h4 Rac8 23.Qh3 Rxd1
24.Rxd1 Qxf2 25.Ba1 h5 26.Nd5 Bxa1 27.Ne7+ Nxe7 0-1

[Event "Rio de Janeiro"]
[Site "Rio de Janeiro BRA"]
[Date "1939.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexander Alekhine"]
[Black "Orlando Rocas"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "48"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nc6 5. Nc3 dxc4 6. d5 Ne5
7. Bf4 Ng6 8. Bg3 e5 9. Bxc4 Bd6 10. Nf3 N8e7 11. h4 Nf5
12. h5 Nxg3 13. fxg3 Ne7 14. h6 g6 15. Ng5 O-O 16. g4 Qb6
17. Nge4 f5 18. gxf5 Nxf5 19. Nxd6 Nxd6 20. Qe2 Nxc4 21. Qxc4
Qf2+ 22. Kd1 Rf4 23. Ne4 Bg4+ 24. Kc1 Rxe4 0-1

[Event "Buenos Aires"]
[Site "Buenos Aires ARG"]
[Date "1939.09.13"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Jens Enevoldsen"]
[Black "Alexander Alekhine"]
[ECO "E33"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "74"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 Nc6 5. Nf3 d6 6. Bd2 e5
7. d5 Bxc3 8. Bxc3 Ne7 9. Nh4 Qd7 10. g3 Qg4 11. Qb3 Ng6
12. f3 Qd7 13. Ng2 O-O 14. e4 Qd8 15. Ne3 Nd7 16. Qc2 a5
17. Bg2 Nc5 18. O-O Bd7 19. b3 b5 20. Rad1 b4 21. Bd2 Qb8
22. Rb1 a4 23. h4 Ne7 24. g4 axb3 25. axb3 Ra3 26. h5 Qb6
27. Kh2 Rfa8 28. Rb2 c6 29. f4 exf4 30. Rxf4 Ra1 31. dxc6 Nxc6
32. Nd5 Qd8 33. Be3 Qh4+ 34. Bh3 Ne5 35. Bxc5 dxc5 36. Qf2
Rh1+ 37. Kxh1 Qxh3+ 0-1

[Event "Buenos Aires ol (Men) prel-C"]
[Site "Buenos Aires ARG"]
[Date "1939.08.24"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Isaias Pleci"]
[Black "Chris de Ronde"]
[ECO "A22"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "41"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 d4 5.Ne4 Be7 6.d3 O-O 7.Nf3
Nxe4 8.dxe4 Nc6 9.O-O Be6 10.b3 f6 11.h3 Qd7 12.Kh2 Rad8
13.Bd2 Bb4 14.Ne1 Bxd2 15.Qxd2 f5 16.Nd3 Qe7 17.f4 fxe4
18.Bxe4 exf4 19.Nxf4 Bxh3 20.Bd5+ Rxd5 21.Nxd5 1-0

[Event "Cista"]
[Site "Cista"]
[Date "1940.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ludek Pachman"]
[Black "Eckert"]
[ECO "C13"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "47"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7 5.e5 Nfd7 6.h4 Bxg5 7.hxg5
Qxg5 8.Nh3 Qh6 9.Bd3 g6 10.Qg4 c5 11.f4 cxd4 12.Nb5 Kd8 13.Ng5
Qxh1+ 14.Kf2 Qxa1 15.Nxf7+ Ke7 16.Qg5+ Kxf7 17.Nd6+ Kg7
18.Qe7+ Kh6 19.Nf7+ Kg7 20.Ng5 Kh6 21.Nxe6 Nf6 22.Qg7+ Kh5
23.Qxf6 h6 24.Be2# 1-0

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1940.09.27"]
[EventDate "1940.??.??"]
[Round "17"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Andre Lilienthal"]
[Black "Mikhail Botvinnik"]
[ECO "E19"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Bb7 5.Bg2 Be7 6.O-O O-O 7.Nc3
Ne4 8.Qc2 Nxc3 9.Qxc3 d6 10.Qc2 f5 11.Ne1 Nc6 12.d5 exd5
13.cxd5 Nb4 14.Qd2 a5 15.a3 Na6 16.b4 Bf6 17.Bb2 Qd7 18.Bxf6
Rxf6 19.Nd3 a4 20.Rac1 Qf7 21.Nf4 Bc8 22.Rc3 Bd7 23.Rfc1 h6
24.h4 Ra7 25.h5 Ra8 26.Re3 Kh7 27.Rcc3 Rb8 28.Qd3 Ra8 29.Ng6
Rxg6 30.hxg6 Kxg6 31.Re6+ Kh7 32.g4 c5 33.b5 Nc7 34.gxf5 Nxb5
35.f6 Kg8 36.Rc4 Re8 37.Rg4 g5 38.Rxe8+ Bxe8 39.Re4 Kf8 40.Re7
Qg6 41.Be4 Qh5 42.Bf3 Qg6 43.Rxe8+ 1-0

[Event "USSR Absolute Championship"]
[Site "Leningrad- Moscow URS"]
[Date "1941.04.11"]
[EventDate "1941.03.23"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Botvinnik"]
[Black "Isaac Boleslavsky"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "129"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5 4.exd5 exd5 5.Bb5+ Nc6 6.Ngf3 Bd6
7.O-O Nge7 8.dxc5 Bxc5 9.Nb3 Bb6 10.Be3 Bxe3 11.Bxc6+ bxc6
12.fxe3 O-O 13.Qd2 Qb6 14.Qc3 Rb8 15.Rab1 Re8 16.Rfe1 Ng6
17.Nc5 Bg4 18.Nd4 Ne5 19.b4 Rbd8 20.e4 dxe4 21.Rxe4 a5 22.a3
axb4 23.axb4 f6 24.Rbe1 Kh8 25.Kh1 Bd7 26.Nxd7 Rxd7 27.Qxc6
Qd8 28.Nf3 Rc7 29.Nxe5 fxe5 30.Qxe8+ Qxe8 31.Rxe5 Qg8 32.Re8
Rxc2 33.Rxg8+ Kxg8 34.Rb1 Kf7 35.b5 Ke6 36.b6 Rc8 37.h3 Rb8
38.Kh2 Kd5 39.Kg3 Kc6 40.Kg4 Kb7 41.Re1 Rg8 42.Re6 Ka6 43.Kg5
Kb7 44.h4 Ka6 45.h5 Kb7 46.g4 Ka6 47.Kh4 Kb7 48.h6 gxh6
49.Rxh6 Rg7 50.Kh5 Ka6 51.Rc6 Re7 52.Rc7 Re5+ 53.g5 Kxb6
54.Rxh7 Kc6 55.Kh6 Kd6 56.g6 Re1 57.Rf7 Ke6 58.Rf2 Ra1 59.g7
Rh1+ 60.Kg6 Rg1+ 61.Kh7 Rh1+ 62.Kg8 Ke7 63.Re2+ Kd7 64.Re4 Rh2
65.Kf7 1-0

[Event "Lisbon"]
[Site "Lisbon"]
[Date "1941.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Alekhine"]
[Black "Supico"]
[ECO "C21"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "39"]

1. e4 e5 2. d4 exd4 3. c3 dxc3 4. Nxc3 Bb4 5. Bc4 Qe7 6. Ne2
Nf6 7. O-O O-O 8. Bg5 Qe5 9. Bxf6 Qxf6 10. Nd5 Qd6 11. e5 Qc5
12. Rc1 Qa5 13. a3 Bxa3 14. bxa3 c6 15. Ne7+ Kh8 16. Qd6 Qd8
17. Nd4 b6 18. Rc3 c5 19. Ndf5 Ba6 20. Qg6 1-0

[Event "Cracow/Warsaw POL"]
[Site "It"]
[Date "1941.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Paul Felix Schmidt"]
[Black "Heinz Nowarra"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "53"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 dxe4 5.Nxe4 Be7 6.Bxf6 Bxf6
7.Nf3 Nd7 8. Qd2 Be7 9.O-O-O c6 10.Bd3 Qc7 11.Rhe1 b6 12.Kb1
Bb7 13.Neg5 h6 14.Nxf7 Kxf7 15.Rxe6 Kxe6 16.Bc4+ Kf6 17.Re1
Nf8 18.Qc3 Kg6 19.Qd3+ Kf6 20.Ne5 Bc8 21.Qf3+ Bf5 22.g4 Qc8
23.gxf5 h5 24.Ng6 Bb4 25.Re6+ Nxe6 26.fxe6+ Kxg6 27. Bd3+ 1-0

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

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

[Event "Moscow-ch"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1942.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "I Aramanovich"]
[Black "Isaac Boleslavsky"]
[ECO "E67"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. g3 g6 6. Bg2 Bg7
7. O-O O-O 8. e4 Re8 9. Be3 Ng4 10. Bg5 f6 11. Bc1 c6 12. h3
Nh6 13. Be3 Nf7 14. Qd2 Qc7 15. Rad1 Nf8 16. Kh2 Bd7 17. Ne1
Rad8 18. Nc2 Bc8 19. b4 exd4 20. Nxd4 Ne5 21. Qe2 Qf7 22. c5
dxc5 23. bxc5 Nc4 24. Nb3 Be6 25. Rxd8 Rxd8 26. Rd1 Rxd1
27. Nxd1 Nxe3 28. Qxe3 Nd7 29. Bf1 Bf8 30. Qc3 Kg7 31. Ne3
Bxb3 32. axb3 Bxc5 33. Nd1 Qe7 34. Qc2 Bd4 35. Kg2 Nc5 36. f3
a5 37. Nb2 b5 38. Nd3 Nxd3 39. Bxd3 Qb4 40. Qxc6 Qd2+ 0-1

[Event "Munich"]
[Site "Munich GER"]
[Date "1942.09.20"]
[EventDate "1942.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Alekhine"]
[Black "Kurt Paul Otto Joseph Richter"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "91"]

1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Nf6 3.c4 c6 4.d4 cxd5 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Nf3
Be7 8.Bd3 O-O 9.O-O dxc4 10.Bxc4 b6 11.a3 Bb7 12.Qd3 Nd5
13.Bxd5 Bxg5 14.Be4 f5 15. Nxg5 Qxg5 16.Bf3 Kh8 17.Rfe1 Rad8
18.Qf1 Rxd4 19.Qb5 Rd6 20.Ne4 Qg6 21. Nxd6 Nd4 22.Bxb7 Nxb5
23.Nxb5 Qf6 24.Nc3 e5 25.Rad1 e4 26.Rd7 h5 27.h3 h4 28.Red1
Kh7 29.Ba6 Rf7 30.R7d6 Qg5 31.R6d5 Qf4 32.Ne2 Qg5 33.Nd4 Rf6
34. Be2 Kh6 35.Nc2 Rf7 36.Ne3 g6 37.Bc4 Qf4 38.Rd6 Rc7 39.b3
Kh7 40.a4 Qe5 41. Re6 Qc3 42.Nd5 Qc2 43.Rf1 Rg7 44.f3 exf3
45.Rxf3 Kh6 46.Ne3 1-0

[Event "Sverdlovsk"]
[Site "Sverdlovsk RUS"]
[Date "1943.04.21"]
[EventDate "1943.04.??"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Botvinnik"]
[Black "Viacheslav Ragozin"]
[ECO "E44"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 b6 5.Ne2 Bb7 6.a3 Be7 7.d5 O-O
8.Ng3 d6 9.Be2 c6 10.e4 Na6 11.dxc6 Bxc6 12.b4 Nc7 13.O-O Qb8
14.Be3 b5 15.a4 bxc4 16.b5 Bb7 17.Bxc4 d5 18.exd5 Ncxd5
19.Nxd5 Nxd5 20.Bxd5 Bxd5 21.Nf5 Bf6 22.Bd4 exf5 23.Bxf6 Qb7
24.Ra3 gxf6 25.Rg3+ Kh8 26.Qd4 Qe7 27.Qxd5 Qe6 28.Qd4 Rfd8
29.Qh4 Rg8 30.Rd1 Rg4 31.Rxg4 fxg4 32.h3 Rg8 33.hxg4 Rxg4
34.Qh6 Qe7 35.a5 Rg6 36.Qh3 Qe2 37.Qd3 Qg4 38.g3 Qh3 39.Qf3 h5
40.b6 axb6 41.axb6 Qc8 1-0

[Event "Sverdlovsk"]
[Site "Sverdlovsk RUS"]
[Date "1943.04.24"]
[EventDate "1943.04.??"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Botvinnik"]
[Black "Alexander Konstantinopolsky"]
[ECO "B14"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "103"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.c4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.Nf3 Be7 7.Bg5
O-O 8.Rc1 Nc6 9.c5 Ne4 10.Bxe7 Qxe7 11.Be2 Bd7 12.a3 f5 13.Bb5
Ng5 14.Bxc6 Nxf3+ 15.Qxf3 bxc6 16.Qf4 Rae8 17.O-O e5 18.Qxe5
Qxe5 19.dxe5 Rxe5 20.f4 Re7 21.Rfe1 Rfe8 22.Rxe7 Rxe7 23.Kf2
Kf7 24.Rd1 Re8 25.Rd2 h6 26.Re2 Rb8 27.Ke3 Rb3 28.Kd4 Kf6
29.Na2 Rb8 30.b4 g5 31.g3 gxf4 32.gxf4 a6 33.Nc3 Rg8 34.a4 Rg4
35.Rf2 Be6 36.b5 axb5 37.axb5 cxb5 38.Nxb5 Rg1 39.Nc3 Kf7
40.Rb2 Rf1 41.Ne2 Re1 42.Ke5 d4 43.Kxd4 Kg6 44.Nc3 Kh5 45.Re2
Rxe2 46.Nxe2 Kg4 47.Ke5 Bc8 48.Nd4 h5 49.Nxf5 Bd7 50.Ng7+ Ba4
51.f5 Kg5 52.Ne6+ 1-0

[Event "Sverdlovsk"]
[Site "Sverdlovsk RUS"]
[Date "1943.04.25"]
[EventDate "1943.04.??"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Botvinnik"]
[Black "Isaac Boleslavsky"]
[ECO "B59"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "103"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Be2 e5 7.Nb3
Be7 8.O-O O-O 9.f4 exf4 10.Bxf4 Be6 11.Bd3 Ne5 12.Kh1 Qb6
13.Qe2 Nxd3 14.cxd3 Bxb3 15.Be3 Qb4 16.axb3 Qxb3 17.Ra5 Qe6
18.Bd4 Bd8 19.Raf5 Nd7 20.Qg4 Ne5 21.Qg3 f6 22.Nd5 a6 23.Qh3
Re8 24.g4 h6 25.Qg3 Rc8 26.Bc3 a5 27.h4 b5 28.Qh3 Nf7 29.Bxf6
Bxf6 30.Nxf6+ gxf6 31.Rxf6 Qd7 32.Rxf7 Qxf7 33.Rxf7 Kxf7 34.g5
hxg5 35.Qf5+ Kg7 36.Qxg5+ Kh7 37.Qxb5 Rf8 38.Qd7+ Kg8 39.Qe6+
Kg7 40.Qd7+ Kg8 41.Kg2 Rc2+ 42.Kg3 Rcf2 43.Qxd6 R2f7 44.Qd5
Kh8 45.e5 Rg7+ 46.Kh3 Rg6 47.d4 Rf1 48.Qe4 Rgg1 49.d5 Rh1+
50.Kg4 Rhg1+ 51.Kh5 Rf7 52.e6 1-0

[Event "Sverdlovsk"]
[Site "Sverdlovsk RUS"]
[Date "1943.04.28"]
[EventDate "1943.04.??"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vasily Smyslov"]
[Black "Mikhail Botvinnik"]
[ECO "C19"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "131"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 Ne7 7.a4
Nbc6 8.Nf3 Bd7 9.Be2 Qc7 10.O-O h6 11.Ba3 b6 12.dxc5 bxc5
13.Bxc5 Nxe5 14.Nxe5 Qxc5 15.Nxd7 Kxd7 16.Bb5+ Kc7 17.Qh5 g6
18.Qe5+ Qd6 19.Qf6 e5 20.Qf3 e4 21.Qxf7 Raf8 22.Qg7 Qf6
23.Qxf6 Rxf6 24.Rad1 Rd8 25.Rfe1 Nf5 26.Bf1 Re6 27.g3 h5 28.f3
Re7 29.Bg2 Rd6 30.fxe4 dxe4 31.Rxd6 Nxd6 32.Kf2 Re5 33.Ke3 Ra5
34.Bxe4 Nxe4 35.Kxe4 Rxa4+ 36.Kd5 Ra5+ 37.Kd4 Kd6 38.c4 Rf5
39.Re8 Rf2 40.h4 Rg2 41.c5 Kd7 42.Re3 a5 43.Ra3 Kc6 44.c4 a4
45.Ke4 Kxc5 46.Kf3 Rd2 47.Rxa4 Rd3+ 48.Kf4 Rd4+ 49.Ke3 Rd6
50.Ra1 Kxc4 51.Kf4 Rd4+ 52.Ke5 Rd3 53.Rc1+ Kb5 54.Rg1 Rf3
55.Ke6 Kc4 56.g4 Rf4 57.g5 Kd3 58.Ra1 Ke3 59.Ra7 Ke2 60.Rh7
Ke3 61.Rh6 Rxh4 62.Kf6 Ra4 63.Kxg6 h4 64.Kh5 Kf3 65.g6 h3
66.Kg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sverdlovsk"]
[Site "Sverdlovsk RUS"]
[Date "1943.04.??"]
[EventDate "1943.04.??"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Botvinnik"]
[Black "Evgeny Zagorjansky"]
[ECO "A09"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 e6 3.b3 Nf6 4.Bb2 Be7 5.e3 O-O 6.Nc3 c5 7.cxd5
Nxd5 8.Nxd5 exd5 9.d4 cxd4 10.Qxd4 Bf6 11.Qd2 Nc6 12.Be2 Be6
13.O-O Bxb2 14.Qxb2 Qa5 15.Rfd1 Rfd8 16.Rd2 Rd7 17.Rad1 Rad8
18.h3 h6 19.Ne5 Nxe5 20.Qxe5 Qc5 21.Bf3 b6 22.Qb2 Rc8 23.Qe5
Rcd8 24.Rd4 a5 25.g4 Qc6 26.g5 hxg5 27.Qxg5 f6 28.Qg6 Bf7
29.Qg3 f5 30.Qg5 Qe6 31.Kh1 Qe5 32.Rg1 Rf8 33.Qh6 Rb8 34.Rh4
Kf8 35.Qh8+ Bg8 36.Rf4 Rbb7 37.Rg5 Rf7 38.Qh5 Qa1+ 39.Kg2 g6
40.Qxg6 Bh7 41.Qd6+ Rbe7 42.Qd8+ 1-0

[Event "Sverdlovsk"]
[Site "Sverdlovsk RUS"]
[Date "1943.05.??"]
[EventDate "1943.04.??"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Vladimir Andreevich Makogonov"]
[Black "Mikhail Botvinnik"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "110"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c6 4.e3 Nf6 5.Nf3 Nbd7 6.Ne5 Nxe5 7.dxe5
Nd7 8.f4 Bb4 9.cxd5 exd5 10.Bd3 Nc5 11.Bc2 Qh4+ 12.g3 Qh3
13.Kf2 Bxc3 14.bxc3 Bf5 15.Bxf5 Qxf5 16.g4 Qe6 17.Ba3 Ne4+
18.Kf3 h5 19.h3 f6 20.c4 hxg4 21.hxg4 Rxh1 22.Qxh1 O-O-O
23.Rd1 fxe5 24.cxd5 cxd5 25.Rc1+ Kb8 26.Qh4 Re8 27.f5 Qf7
28.Rc2 g6 29.Bb2 a6 30.Ke2 Ka7 31.Qh2 Qf6 32.fxg6 Qxg6 33.Qg2
Rf8 34.Bxe5 Rf2+ 35.Qxf2 Nxf2 36.Bd4+ b6 37.Rc7+ Kb8 38.Be5
Nxg4 39.Bf4 Ne5 40.Re7 Qc2+ 41.Ke1 Kc8 42.Bxe5 Qxa2 43.Rc7+
Kd8 44.Rc1 a5 45.Bd4 b5 46.Ra1 Qb3 47.Kf2 a4 48.Kf3 Qc2 49.Kf4
Kd7 50.Ke5 Qe4+ 51.Kf6 Qe7+ 52.Kg6 a3 53.Rf1 b4 54.Rf7 Qxf7+
55.Kxf7 b3 0-1

[Event "Sverdlovsk"]
[Site "Sverdlovsk RUS"]
[Date "1943.05.??"]
[EventDate "1943.04.??"]
[Round "12"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Botvinnik"]
[Black "Vasily Smyslov"]
[ECO "C46"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Nd5 Be7 5.d4 d6 6.Bb5 Bg4 7.dxe5
dxe5 8.h3 Bd7 9.Qe2 Nf6 10.Bg5 O-O 11.Bxf6 Bxf6 12.O-O-O Be6
13.Bxc6 bxc6 14.Nxf6+ Qxf6 15.Qe3 Rab8 16.a3 Rb5 17.Qg5 Rfb8
18.b3 h6 19.Qxf6 gxf6 20.Rd3 f5 21.exf5 Bxf5 22.Rc3 Bd7 23.Rd1
Be8 24.a4 Ra5 25.Nd2 Rd5 26.Ne4 Rxd1+ 27.Kxd1 Rd8+ 28.Ke2 Kg7
29.Rg3+ Kf8 30.Nf6 Ke7 31.Ng8+ Ke6 32.Nxh6 f5 33.Rg7 Bd7
34.Rg6+ Kd5 35.g4 f4 36.Rg8 Rxg8 37.Nxg8 Kd4 38.Nf6 Bc8 39.f3
Kc3 40.h4 1-0

[Event "Moscow ch-city"]
[Site "Moscow ch-city"]
[Date "1943.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "A Zhivtsov"]
[Black "Mikhail Botvinnik"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "54"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c6 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.Bg5 dxc4 6.e4 b5 7.e5 h6
8.Bh4 g5 9.Nxg5 hxg5 10.Bxg5 Nbd7 11.Qf3 Bb7 12.exf6 Qb6
13.Qe3 O-O-O 14.O-O-O Qa5 15.Kb1 Nb6 16.h4 b4 17.Ne4 c5 18.f3
c3 19.Be2 Bd5 20.a3 Na4 21.dxc5 Bxc5 22.Nxc5 Nxc5 23.bxc3 bxc3
24.Rd3 Qb6+ 25.Kc1 Qb2+ 26.Kd1 Nxd3 27.Bxd3 Bb3+ 0-1

[Event "Russia"]
[Site "Tournament, Moscow"]
[Date "1943.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Victor Liublinsky"]
[Black "Mikhail Botvinnik"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "106"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.Bxc6 bxc6 6.Nc3 d6 7.d4
Nd7 8.dxe5 dxe5 9.O-O Bd6 10.Ne2 O-O 11.Ng3 Rb8 12.b3 Re8
13.Be3 g6 14.c3 a5 15.Qc2 Qe7 16.Rfd1 Nc5 17.Ne1 Ne6 18.Nd3
Nf4 19.f3 Ba6 20.c4 c5 21.Qd2 Nxd3 22.Qxd3 Red8 23.Ne2 c6
24.Nc3 Bc7 25.Qc2 Rd4 26.Ne2 Bc8 27.Nxd4 cxd4 28.Bf2 c5 29.Rf1
f5 30.Bg3 Bd7 31.Rad1 f4 32.Bf2 g5 33.g4 fxg3 34.Bxg3 Bh3
35.Rf2 h5 36.Rfd2 h4 37.Bf2 Rf8 38.Rd3 Rf4 39.Kh1 Kh7 40.Rg1
Bd8 41.Qe2 Qf7 42.Qd1 Qh5 43.Be3 Qxf3+ 44.Qxf3 Rxf3 45.Bxg5
Rxd3 46.Bxd8 Re3 47.Bb6 Rxe4 48.Bxc5 Re2 49.Rd1 Bg4 50.h3 Bxh3
51.b4 Bf5 52.Bd6 d3 53.bxa5 h3 0-1

[Event "Sverdlovsk"]
[Site "Sverdlovsk RUS"]
[Date "1943.05.06"]
[EventDate "1943.04.??"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Botvinnik"]
[Black "Ilia Abramovich Kan"]
[ECO "B84"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "87"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Be2 a6 7.a4
Qc7 8.f4 Nbd7 9.O-O b6 10.Bf3 Bb7 11.f5 e5 12.Nb3 Nc5 13.Qe2
Be7 14.Kh1 h6 15.Bd2 Rd8 16.Be1 Qc8 17.Rd1 Qa8 18.Nxc5 dxc5
19.Bg3 Rxd1 20.Rxd1 Qb8 21.Nd5 Nxd5 22.exd5 Bd6 23.f6 g6
24.Bxe5 Kd8 25.Bxd6 Qxd6 26.Qe7+ Qxe7 27.fxe7+ Kd7 28.d6 Bxf3
29.gxf3 Rc8 30.Kg2 g5 31.Rd5 Rg8 32.Kg3 f6 33.Kg4 Ke6 34.Kh5
a5 35.Kxh6 Kf7 36.Kh5 Rh8+ 37.Kg4 Rh4+ 38.Kg3 Rh8 39.f4 gxf4
40.Kxf4 Ke6 41.d7 Kxe7 42.d8=Q+ Rxd8 43.Rxd8 Kxd8 44.Kf5 1-0

[Event "Sverdlovsk"]
[Site "Sverdlovsk RUS"]
[Date "1943.05.05"]
[EventDate "1943.04.??"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vladimir Andreevich Makogonov"]
[Black "Isaac Boleslavsky"]
[ECO "A54"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 d6 3.Nc3 e5 4.d5 Be7 5.e4 Nfd7 6.g3 Bg5 7.Nf3
Bxc1 8.Rxc1 a5 9.Bg2 Nc5 10.O-O O-O 11.Nd2 c6 12.Qe2 cxd5
13.exd5 Nba6 14.Nde4 f5 15.Nxc5 Nxc5 16.b3 Bd7 17.Rb1 Qf6
18.a3 f4 19.Ne4 Nxe4 20.Bxe4 f3 21.Qd3 h5 22.Rfe1 h4 23.Re3
Bg4 24.c5 hxg3 25.hxg3 dxc5 26.Rc1 Qh6 27.Rc4 Qh5 28.d6 Be6
29.Bd5 Bxd5 30.Qxd5+ Qf7 31.Rxc5 b6 32.Rxf3 Qxd5 33.Rxf8+ Kxf8
34.Rxd5 Rd8 35.d7 e4 36.Kf1 Ke7 37.Ke2 Ke6 38.Rd4 1-0

[Event "t Moscow"]
[Site "t Moscow"]
[Date "1943.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vasily Smyslov"]
[Black "Alexander Kotov"]
[ECO "B24"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.d3 d6 6.Nf3 e6 7.Bg5
Nge7 8.Qd2 h6 9.Be3 e5 10.O-O Be6 11.Ne1 Qd7 12.a3 Bh3 13.f4
Nd4 14.Rb1 exf4 15.Bxf4 Bxg2 16.Qxg2 O-O 17.g4 Rad8 18.Kh1 Ne6
19.Bd2 d5 20.Nf3 d4 21.Ne2 Nc6 22.Qh3 Kh7 23.Ng3 f6 24.Nf5
gxf5 25.gxf5 Nc7 26.Rg1 Ne8 27.Rg6 Rf7 28.Rbg1 Kg8 29.Rxh6 Kf8
30.Rh7 Ke7 31.Qh5 Kd6 32.Bf4+ Ne5 33.Bxe5+ fxe5 34.f6 Nxf6
35.Qxe5+ Kc6 36.Rhxg7 Kb5 37.Nxd4+ Kb6 38.b4 Rc8 39.Rxf7 Qxf7
40.Qd6+ Rc6 41.Nxc6 Nxe4 42.bxc5+ 1-0

[Event "Moscow"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1943.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vasily Smyslov"]
[Black "Mikhail Botvinnik"]
[ECO "C82"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "99"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Nxe4 6.d4 b5 7.Bb3
d5 8.dxe5 Be6 9.c3 Bc5 10.Nbd2 O-O 11.Bc2 Nxf2 12.Rxf2 f6
13.exf6 Qxf6 14.Qf1 Bg4 15.Kh1 Bxf2 16.Qxf2 Rae8 17.Qg3 Ne5
18.Bd1 Nd3 19.h3 Bh5 20.Bc2 Nf4 21.Ng1 c5 22.Ndf3 Ne2 23.Nxe2
Rxe2 24.Bd1 Re6 25.Bd2 h6 26.Kh2 Re4 27.Ng5 hxg5 28.Bxh5 Re5
29.Bf3 Qe7 30.a4 Kh7 31.axb5 axb5 32.Ra7 Qd6 33.Bg4 Rd8 34.Kh1
d4 35.cxd4 cxd4 36.Bf4 Re1+ 37.Qxe1 Qxf4 38.Rd7 Rxd7 39.Bxd7
d3 40.Bg4 d2 41.Qe2 b4 42.Qd3+ g6 43.Kg1 Kh6 44.b3 Kg7 45.Bf3
Qf7 46.Kf2 Qe6 47.Qe3 Qd6 48.Bd1 Qd5 49.g4 Kh7 50.Ke2 1-0

[Event "Moscow"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1943.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vasily Smyslov"]
[Black "Vasily Panov"]
[ECO "A53"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "89"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nc3 Nbd7 4. Nf3 e5 5. g3 c6 6. Bg2 Be7
7. O-O O-O 8. e4 Re8 9. h3 Qc7 10. d5 Nf8 11. Ne1 Ng6 12. Nc2
a6 13. Ne3 Bf8 14. Bd2 c5 15. a3 Rb8 16. b4 b6 17. Re1 Bd7
18. Bf1 Qc8 19. Kh2 Ne7 20. Qf3 Rd8 21. g4 Ne8 22. Nf5 Qc7
23. Rac1 Rdc8 24. b5 Ra8 25. a4 a5 26. Bd3 Qd8 27. Rh1 Rc7
28. Rcg1 Ng6 29. g5 Raa7 30. h4 Nh8 31. Kg2 g6 32. Kf1 Bc8
33. h5 Rab7 34. Rh2 Ra7 35. Ke1 Rab7 36. Kd1 Ra7 37. Kc2 Rab7
38. Kb3 Ra7 39. Qg3 Rab7 40. f4 exf4 41. Bxf4 Ra7 42. Nd1 gxf5
43. exf5 Ng7 44. Ne3 h6 45. f6 1-0

[Event "Moscow (Russia)"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1943.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Vasily Panov"]
[Black "Vladimir Simagin"]
[ECO "B76"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "62"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be3 Bg7 7.f3
O-O 8.Nb3 Be6 9.Qd2 Nbd7 10.O-O-O Nb6 11.g4 Rc8 12.Bh6 Bh8
13.Bxf8 Qxf8 14.Nd4 Bc4 15.g5 Nfd7 16.Bh3 e6 17.Kb1 Ne5 18.f4
Nf3 19.Nxf3 Bxc3 20.bxc3 d5 21.Qc1 Na4 22.exd5 Bxa2+ 23.Ka1
Qc5 24.dxe6 Nxc3 25.Rd4 Bxe6 26.Bxe6 fxe6 27.Ra4 Nxa4 28.c4
Rd8 29.Ka2 Qb4 30.Re1 Rd3 31.Rxe6 Nc3+ 0-1

[Event "URS"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1943.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Althausen"]
[Black "Vladimir Simagin"]
[ECO "B76"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "50"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be3 Bg7 7.f3
O-O 8.Qd2 Nc6 9.g4 Nxd4 10.Bxd4 Be6 11.O-O-O Qa5 12.Kb1 Rfc8
13.h4 Rxc3 14.Qxc3 Qxa2+ 15.Kc1 Bxg4 16.fxg4 Qa1+ 17.Kd2 Nxe4+
18.Ke1 Nxc3 19.Rxa1 Bxd4 20.Bg2 Nb5 21.c3 Nxc3 22.bxc3 Bxc3+
23.Kf2 Bxa1 24.Rxa1 a5 25.Bxb7 Ra7 0-1

