Alexander Alekhine vs Vladimir Petrov (1935)

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Alexander Alekhine vs Vladimir Petrov
Warsaw Olympiad (1935), Warsaw POL, rd 13, Aug-26
French Defense: Classical. Burn Variation (C11) · 1-0

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Jan-10-08		chancho: Reuben Fine said of Alekhine that once he reached a winning position in a game, he'd play it to perfection.

Jan-10-08		nionios: Alekhine's 23.Nxf7 was very instructive!The great player did not miss this winning tactical idea although the position was looking very drawish at first sight!

Aug-02-18		whiteshark: This game has been annoted by Erich Eliskases in the <Wiener Schach-Zeitung> (Vienna chess magazine), No. 20/21 on page 325-326 http://anno.onb.ac.at/cgi-content/a... / http://anno.onb.ac.at/cgi-content/a...

Aug-02-18		whiteshark: Eliskases: "<21...gxf6 22.Qh7 Qf8> could have kept the game." click for larger view Black to move 1) +1.00 (32 ply) 21...gxf6 22.Qd2 Qf8 23.Ke1 a6 24.Kf1 Kc8 25.Kg2 Nb5 26.Qf4 f5 27.Ne5 f6 28.Nc4 Qc5 29.Ne3 Qf8 30.h4 Nd6 31.Nc4 Nxc4 32.Qxc4+ Kd7 33.Qf4 Kc8 34.h5 Kd7 35.c4 Qg7 36.c5 Qf8 37.b4 Kc8 38.Qe3 Kd7 39.a3 2) +1.47 (32 ply) 21...Qxf6 22.Ne5 Ka8 23.Nxf7 Nd5 24.Qc4 Kb8 25.Nd6 Qd8 26.Qc5 Qd7 27.Ke2 b6 28.Qa3 Qc7 29.c4 Nf6 30.b3 a6 31.Qb4 Qc5 32.Qxc5 bxc5 33.Nf7 Kc7 34.f3 Kd7 35.Ke3 Ke7 36.Ne5 Kd6 37.Nd3 Nd7 38.g4 Ne5 39.Nxe5 Kxe5 3) +4.95 (31 ply) 21...Kc8 22.Ne4 Ne8 23.Ke2 Qc7 24.Qb5 Kd8 25.Qa4 a6 26.Qb4 a5 27.Qa4 b6 28.Qb5 Ke7 29.Ne5 f5 30.Nd2 Nd6 31.Qa6 Qb7 32.Qxb7+ Nxb7 33.Ndc4 b5 34.Nc6+ Kd7 35.N6xa5 Nxa5 36.Nxa5 Kd6 37.Kd3 e5 38.c4 Kc5 39.Nb3+ Kc6 40.cxb5+ Kxb5 41.Kc3 6.0 minute analysis by Stockfish 9 v010218

Aug-02-18		whiteshark: Line after <21...gxf6 22.Qd2 Qf8 23.Ke1 a6 24.Kf1 Kc8 25.Kg2> click for larger view Black to move 1) +0.95 (31 ply) 25...Nb5 26.Qf4 f5 27.a4 Nc7 28.a5 Nd5 29.Qd2 h5 30.Qg5 Qh8 31.Qh4 f6 32.Nd4 Kd7 33.Nb3 Kc8 34.Qc4+ Nc7 35.Qb4 Qe8 36.Qd6 Nb5 37.Qb6 Qe7 38.Nc5 e5 39.Qe6+ Qxe6 40.Nxe6 Kd7 41.Ng7 Nd6 42.Kf3 Ke7 43.Nxh5 2) +1.02 (31 ply) 25...h5 26.Qf4 Ne8 27.b4 f5 28.Qh4 Nd6 29.Qxh5 Qg7 30.Nd4 Kd7 31.Qf3 Qe5 32.h4 Ke7 33.Ne2 a5 34.Qd3 axb4 35.cxb4 b5 36.Nf4 Kf6 37.Qd2 Ke7 38.h5 Nc4 39.Qe2 Qd6 40.f3 Qxb4 41.Nd3 3) +1.02 (31 ply) 25...Ne8 26.Qf4 e5 27.Qc4+ Kb8 28.Qh4 Kc7 29.b3 Kd7 30.c4 b6 31.Qe4 Qc5 32.Qh7 Qf8 33.Nd2 Nd6 34.Nf1 Qa8+ 35.Kg1 Qf3 36.Qxh6 Ke6 37.Qh3+ f5 38.Qg2 Qe4 39.Qxe4 Nxe4 40.h4 f4 41.Kg2 Nc3 42.gxf4 exf4 43.Kf3 Kf5 6.0 minute analysis by Stockfish 9 v010218 = = = I seems that Eliskases's verdict was right

Aug-02-18		JimNorCal: Yes it is good to know the Truth Of The Position. Still, I admit feeling sympathy for Petrov deciding to avoid such a passive position. Alekhine's willingness to trade pieces in the opening and early middle game, even to initiate those trades, is surprising. He kept the position unbalanced enough though. It did not become a sterile draw.

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