E. Bogolyubov - A. Alekhine
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One of the prettiest games of chess ever played.
And writer Irving Chernev's favorite game.
Many still consider this opening risky or unsound.
(Alekhine needed a win in this historic last-round game.)
2. c4
Nf6; 3.
g3
e6; 4.
Bg2
Bb4+!?;
This is OK, but theory avoid this
move today; as Black's game is a
little sterile.
[ 4...Be7!? ].
5. Bd2
Bxd2+; 6.Nxd2!?,
After this seemingly innocent move,
White's Knights steps on each others
toes for the rest of the game.
[ Best is 6.Qxd2!, - Alekhine. ].
6...Nc6; 7.
Ngf3
0-0; 8.
0-0
d6; 9.
Qb3
Kh8; 10.
Qc3!?
e5!;
Based on a tactic, Black grabs his
fair share of the center.
11. e3!?, Guarding the center.
[
11.dxe5!?
dxe5;
12.Nxe5??
Nxe5;
13.Qxe5
Qxd2; "-/+"
].
11...a5!; Black forestalls any Q-side play
by White.
12. b3
Qe8!; 13.a3
Qh5!; Good.
Black takes advantage of White's
somewhat inaccurate play to
begin
a very forceful demonstration on the K-side.
14. h4!?, (Maybe - '?!')
Black will later regret this
weakening of his K-side.
[14.dxe5! Nxe5; 15.Nd4! "=" ].
14...Ng4; 15. Ng5 Bd7; Black has played the opening perfectly.
White's next is a little risky.
(Maybe - '?!')
16. f3!?, (I would
have tried to avoid this.)
16...Nf6; 17. f4!? e4; White's K-side is totally bottled up.
18. Rfd1 h6; 19. Nh3 d5!; 20. Nf1 Ne7; 21. a4 Nc6!; 22. Rd2 Nb4;
23.Bh1
Qe8!;
(Maybe - '!!').
A truly great move. Black abandons
his seemingly promising game on
one side of the board, to go for an
unknown type of game on the Q-side.
24. Rg2
dxc4; 25.
bxc4
Bxa4; 26.
Nf2
Bd7; 27.Nd2
b5!;
Blowing open lines on the Q-side.
Black has built up his game to a
nearly winning position ...
and has a very commanding
position.
28. Nd1
Nd3!; Black begins a magnificent combination ...
one of the greatest in the annals of chess.
29. Rxa5!?
b4!; 30.
Rxa8
bxc3!!; 31.
Rxe8
c2!!; (Maybe -
'!!!')
One of the most brilliant and
amazing chess moves of that ...
or any other century!
(Look carefully at this position, it is one of the most memorable in all of
chess.)
32. Rxf8+ Kh7; 33. Nf2 c1Q+; Black's second Queen in this game.
(Keep counting, there will be more!)
34. Nf1 Ne1!; Threatens mate in 1.
35. Rh2 Qxc4; 36. Rb8 Bb5; 37. Rxb5 Qxb5;
38. g4
Nf3+!; This move leaves a pawn on f3
that could turn into a target,
but
Alekhine is unafraid. (Alekhine also sacrifices
a couple of pawns.).
39. Bxf3 exf3; 40. gxf5 Qe2!; (Maybe - '!!').
Black ties White up.
(White is reduced to cinders
by the force of Zugzwang.).
41. d5 Kg8!; 42. h5 Kh7; 43. e4 Nxe4; 44. Nxe4 Qxe4; 45. d6 cxd6;
46. f6 gxf6; 47. Rd2 Qe2!; Another Queen sacrifice.
(Alekhine seems almost to be consciously trying to set a record here.)
48. Rxe2 fxe2; 49. Kf2 exf1Q+; Amazing.
This is Black's 3rd Queen in this fantastic game.
50. Kxf1 Kg7; 51. Ke2 Kf7; 52. Ke3 Ke6;
53. Ke4 d5+; White Resigns. 0 - 1.
(Maybe he does not want to see Black's FOURTH [4th] Queen in this game.)
A magnificent game where Black
played with unparalleled brilliance ...
where Black played on both sides of the board!
(Alekhine himself considers this perhaps the finest game he ever played.)
I consider this the 4th greatest game of chess ever played.
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This
is a MUCH shortened copy of the game than the version that exits in my
database.
(I had to shorten it for publication. The other version was simply
too difficult to convert to an HTML document.)
The
original "ChessBase" file contains a fair look at
the opening of this game,
"The Dutch Defense."
This includes many of the lines and many of the notes that are in MCO.
(Relevant to the this Variation.)
This would be a great asset to have, if you wanted to study this
opening.
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