A rook sac followed by a queen sac-back rank mate!
Alekhine vs Reshevsky, 1937  (B04) Alekhine's Defense, Modern, 36 moves, 1-0
send the king off on a vacation---to death
P Potemkin vs Alekhine, 1912  (B20) Sicilian, 19 moves, 0-1
The knights run roughshod (with steel shoes).
Alekhine vs J Foltys, 1937  (B62) Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer, 40 moves, 1-0
20 Bf8 threatens both king and queen!
Alekhine vs P Leonhardt, 1910  (D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 27 moves, 1-0
Here he gives Nimzo a lesson!
A Nimzowitsch vs Alekhine, 1931  (B13) Caro-Kann, Exchange, 36 moves, 0-1
but Nimzo gets his "prevenge" in this gameer
A Nimzowitsch vs Alekhine, 1926  (B02) Alekhine's Defense, 46 moves, 1-0
Alec sends in the calvalry (and the clowns)
Alekhine vs Saemisch, 1923  (B30) Sicilian, 20 moves, 1-0
two bishop sac is the scalple in this surgery
Alekhine vs J Drewitt, 1923  (A06) Reti Opening, 22 moves, 1-0
white sacs two pieces while queen is attacked to gain Q
Alekhine vs Tartakower, 1927  (B15) Caro-Kann, 26 moves, 1-0
Nurse-scalpel (please)
Albin vs O Bernstein, 1904  (C50) Giuoco Piano, 24 moves, 0-1
killing me slowly with his ...pieces
Alekhine vs De Cassio, 1944  (C25) Vienna, 10 moves, 1-0
bishop can be captured 3 ways...all bad ,or ignored=worst
Alekhine vs K Junge, 1942  (C86) Ruy Lopez, Worrall Attack, 28 moves, 1-0
Alekhine's immortal-THE DUTCH DEFENSE
Bogoljubov vs Alekhine, 1922  (A90) Dutch, 53 moves, 0-1
Alekhine forces black to block only escape square
Alekhine vs Hoelscher, 1933  (C62) Ruy Lopez, Old Steinitz Defense, 17 moves, 1-0
a skewer on the over-worked queen
K Opocensky vs Alekhine, 1925  (C01) French, Exchange, 25 moves, 0-1
a quaint for by pawn:PAWN and KNIGHT
Alekhine vs Golombek, 1938  (E20) Nimzo-Indian, 31 moves, 1-0
two rook sacrifice...
Alekhine vs Levenfish, 1912  (A43) Old Benoni, 19 moves, 1-0
two rook sac enables mate.
J Rodzynski vs Alekhine, 1913  (C41) Philidor Defense, 15 moves, 0-1
white threatens fourfold mate at 15th turn
Alekhine vs R L Bornholz, 1929  (D12) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 16 moves, 1-0
ok-an easy one:family check or mate?
Alekhine vs A Stephan, 1925  (D06) Queen's Gambit Declined, 21 moves, 1-0
queenside thrust gains a queen.
R Loman vs Alekhine, 1913  (C84) Ruy Lopez, Closed, 41 moves, 0-1
check out black's 33rd!!!
Gruenfeld vs Alekhine, 1923  (D64) Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox, Rubinstein Attack, 34 moves, 0-1
watch the mate in three!
Alekhine vs B Verlinsky, 1918  (C68) Ruy Lopez, Exchange, 41 moves, 1-0
Alekhine a la Legal
Alekhine vs O Tenner, 1911  (C30) King's Gambit Declined, 15 moves, 1-0
white wins the rook or mates in two!
Alekhine vs Yates, 1922  (D63) Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense, 38 moves, 1-0
quick crossfire mate by Alekhine's bishops.
Alekhine vs M Vasic Miles, 1931  (C15) French, Winawer, 11 moves, 1-0
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