1.e4
c6
2.d4
d5
3.Nc3
dxe4
4.Nxe4
Bf5
5.Ng3
Bg6
6.Nf3
Nd7
7.Bd3
Ngf6
8.0-0
e6
9.Re1
Be7
10.Qe2
Bxd3
11.Qxd3
0-0
12.Bg5
h6
13.Bd2
c5
14.dxc5
Bxc5
15.b4
Be7
16.c4
Nb6
17.Qb3
Qc7
18.Rac1
Rfd8
19.c5
[Alekhine calls the text move a "mistake" and thinks that White had a strong play with 19.a4
and 20.a5 when "White strengthens the pressure on the queen's side without risk, and it is difficult to see how Black can proceed." But Alekhine failed to consider 19...a5!
and, despite the ensuing complications, Black is all right after 20.bxa5
(or 20.c5
Nbd5
21.bxa5
Bxc5
22.Rc4
Qd6
23.Rec1
b6=
) 20...Nbd7
21.Rb1
Nc5
22.Qb6
Qc8
23.Qb5
Nd3
24.Re2
Rd7=
]
19...Nbd5
20.Ne5
b6
21.cxb6
Qxb6
22.Nc6
Rd7
23.Nxe7+
Rxe7
24.Ne4
Nxe4
25.Rxe4
Rd7
26.Rec4
Rad8
27.h3
Qb8
28.Be1?
[Alekhine correctly identifies this as the turning point, but he does not suggest the best continuation. After 28.Be3?
Nxe3
29.fxe3
Alekhine the analyst misses what Alekhine the player surely would not have overlooked -- the strong 29...Rd2!
(Alekhine continues with 29...Rd3?
30.Qxd3
and White's game is, as Alekhine correctly says, "defensible.") 30.Rc7
Qb5
and the queen will make White miserable.; Instead of Alekhine's 28.Be3?, White should play 28.Rc5!
Nf4
29.Bxf4
Qxf4
30.Rc8
and White has equal chances.]
28...Nf4
29.Qf3??
[Alekhine correctly spots this fatal error by White. He even gives what looks to be White's best play here: 29.Qe3
although after 29...e5
Black definitely has the advantage.]
29...Nd3
30.Qe2
Nxc1
31.Rxc1
Qf4
32.Rc4
Rd4
33.g3
Qf5
34.Rc5
Qb1
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