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Heinrich Wolf vs Alexander Alekhine
Karlsbad (1923), Karlsbad CSR, rd 6, May-05
Four Knights Game: Spanish. Rubinstein Variation Accepted (C48)  ·  0-1

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Feb-26-05  azaris: Alekhine could also win positionally, but in this case it was not too hard with Wolf's awful bishop after 17. cxd3?!.
Mar-26-06  capanegra: 17.cxd3 was the only way for White to keep on without a heavy loss of material. Had he played 17.Qxd3, Black would have won with 17…Rxe2 18.Qxe2 d3! 19.Bxf6 dxe2. So, with 16…Bxd3! Alekhine forced Wolf to block his Bishop forever.
Dec-27-22
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  GrahamClayton: 33...Kh5 34. Kf5 and Wolf's king has taken up an active position, which Alekhine would find it difficult to dislodge.
Dec-28-22
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  OhioChessFan: <GC> just like Rooks, in the endgame King mobility is paramount and worth losing a Pawn over.
Dec-29-22
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  perfidious: Moral: do not put pawns on squares the same colour as those travelled by one's own bishop, the exception, of course, being in defence.

One tactical error spelled positional ruination for White: being forced into the otherwise hideous recapture with pawn at d3 on move seventeen, which left his 'better' bishop no prospects whatever in the resultant endgame.

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