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Edgard Colle vs Alexander Alekhine
Hastings (1925/26), Hastings ENG, rd 3, Dec-30
Queen's Gambit Declined: Ragozin Defense. Alekhine Variation (D38)  ·  0-1

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ANALYSIS [x]
Notes by Stockfish 9 v010218 (minimum 6s/ply)7...Nxd7 was played in R Schoene vs T Luther, 2006 (0-1)8.a3 was played in Petrosian vs Estrin, 1956 (1-0)8...O-O was played in C Jaffe vs Pinkus, 1939 (0-1)better is 12.cxd5 Qxd5 13.c4 Qf5 14.b5 Ne5 15.f3 Rfe8 16.Be2 Nd3+ = +0.17 (20 ply) ⩱ -0.55 (25 ply) 13.Qb5 Rfd8 14.O-O Nd4 15.Qxc4 Nxe2+ 16.Qxe2 Qd3 17.Qxd3 = -0.22 (25 ply) ⩱ -1.04 (25 ply)better is 15.Rd1 Rad8 16.Bd2 Ne4 17.Be1 Rxd1 18.Rxd1 Nd6 19.Bf3 ⩱ -0.73 (23 ply) ⩱ -1.31 (22 ply) after 15...Rad8 16.Ba3 b5 17.Rfd1 Rxd1+ 18.Rxd1 Rd8 19.Rxd8+ better is 17.Be2 Ne5 18.e4 Nd3 19.f3 Rd7 20.Qa2 h6 21.Qa5 Nh7 ⩱ -1.14 (23 ply) ∓ -1.75 (26 ply) 18.e4 h6 19.f3 Red8 20.Rf2 Rd1+ 21.Rf1 Rxf1+ 22.Bxf1 Ne5 ⩱ -1.28 (21 ply)better is 18...Ne4 19.Rd1 Red8 20.Re1 Na7 21.Ra1 Nb5 22.Bb2 c6 -+ -2.81 (21 ply) 19.Qb1 h4 20.gxh4 Red8 21.Qb2 Na7 22.Bxb7 Qg4+ 23.Bg2 ∓ -1.82 (21 ply)-+ -2.65 (22 ply)better is 21...Ne5 22.Qe2 Nfg4 23.Bf4 f6 24.Rc1 Red8 25.Ra5 c6 -+ -3.56 (23 ply) ∓ -2.25 (22 ply)30.Re1 Na4 31.g4 Nxc3 32.Bxc3 Rxc3 33.Kf2 Rcd3 34.f4 Rd1 -+ -8.03 (23 ply)0-1

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Kibitzer's Corner
May-11-06  Whitehat1963: Colle looks simply incompetant here against Alekhine.
Jan-22-11
Premium Chessgames Member
  wwall: 24.Qc5 looks weak. Perhaps 24.Kf1 or 24.g4.

After 24.Qc5 Qxc5+ 25.bxc5 Alekhine played 25...Nd7. Why not just 25...Rd1 26.Kf1 (26.Rxd1?? Rxd1+ 27.Kf2 Rxc1) R8d3, then Nd7.

26.Be3 looks like the losing move, but what else? Black threatens ...Nxc5. Perhaps 26.Bf4 Nxc5 27.Bxc7, but now Black has 27...Rd1, and if 28.Bxd8??, then 28...Rxe1+ 29.Kf2 Nd3 mate. After 28.Ra1, then 28...Rxe1 29.Rxe1 Rd7 and 30...Na4.

Instead of 27.Bd4? and allowing the fork of the rooks, perhaps best is 27.cxb4 Rxa3, but Black is up too much material.

After 29...Nxc5, Black wins if 30.Bxc5 Rd1+ 31.Rxd1 Rxd1+ 32.Kf2 Rxh1 and 33...Rxh2

Sep-09-15
Premium Chessgames Member
  plang: 6 Ne5 is very slow - Black gets a clear advantage in development. After 11 bxc Alekhine thought Black was clearly better with White being behind in development and having a weak d3 square. 13 Bxc4..Qg4 would have been dismal for White but he could have tried 13 Qb5 maintaining material equality though with a clearly worse position.

Alekhine after 22 f3:
"Fully adequate was 22..Rxf3 23 Bxf3..Qxf3 after which Black wins the e4 pawn, and then the game. But my aesthetic feeling would not let me relieve the opponent of such a dreadful bishop."

Aug-21-23
Premium Chessgames Member
  Honza Cervenka: Edgar Colle was a good chess player but he was absolutely unable to play against Alekhine.
Mar-11-25
Premium Chessgames Member
  kingscrusher: Wow, Colle is a real Alekhine victim - 9 to 0:

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