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Max Euwe vs Alexander Alekhine
Euwe - Alekhine World Championship Rematch (1937), The Hague NED, rd 17, Nov-14
Slav Defense: Czech Variation. Classical System Main Line (D19)  ·  1-0

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Aug-15-04
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  beatgiant: Black's 16...a5 leaves the queenside too weak. I think the right idea must be to jettison the extra pawn with ...c5 at the right moment, to liquidate the pressure. For example, 16...c5 17. dc bc 18. ♗xc5 ♘c6.

After 16...a5?, Euwe wins with fine technique.

Aug-15-04  Benzol: <beatgiant> Euwe himself thought 16...♘f6 was correct.

If 17.♘e5 ♕d5 or 17.e4 e5 18.♖d1 exd4 19.e5 c5 20.exf6 ♕xf6 when Black has three pawns for the piece and excellent prospects.

Analysis by Euwe from "My Best Games 1920 - 1937".

Sep-12-07  kevin86: Euwe pulls this one out over Alekhine with good middle game play.

This is the last win by Euwe over Alekhine as the latter really takes over the match after a brief segment of draws.

Apr-08-08  Knight13: After this good game Euwe fell into a hole for the rest of the match.
Nov-09-10  soothsayer8: I feel like 32. Rxa4 would have been advisable, as black ended up losing the f pawn anyway, perhaps it wouldn't have made a difference, but white's passed pawn is certainly stronger than black's f pawn unless I'm missing some tactic...
Jan-04-12  King.Arthur.Brazil: This time the studied variant 10.Bd3(!) appeared completely and black took the poisoned P at c3. His Q side is attracked noway to hold b6-c6 weakness. An easy win: a prepared openning trap win by EUWE.
Nov-29-14  RookFile: I think that if black had played 20....Rxa4 this could have been a real tough game for Euwe to win. I have no doubt that Euwe will emerge a pawn ahead, the problem is that the pawns are on 1 side of the board. Tough to win; tough to hold as black. Alekhine didn't relish this type of defense and tried to push the "random" button with ...e5, but it didn't work out. 20....Rxa4 maintains a 50/50 chance of black holding out for a draw.
Dec-02-14  RookFile: ....e5 may be an example of Capa's point that Alekhine's play had some bluff to it. Nothing wrong with a bluff if it works, but Euwe wasn't fooled here.
Jul-06-25  tbontb: In another Slav, Euwe as White improves on game 13, offering a pawn for Q-side pressure (11.bxc3). Alekhine perhaps unwisely accepts the material, eventually regained with interest, Euwe showing impressive technique to convert the major piece ending in the face of Alekhine's increasingly desparate tactical tricks. As noted above, 20....e5 was too ambitious, the last chance being Rxa4. This was to be Euwe's last win of the match.

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