Alekhine – Fahrni The French Defense which gives Black a solid yet somewhat passive position. Alekhine Fahrni Result: 1-0 Metadata » Click to open. Date: 1914.??.?? Location: ? Tournament: Mannheim Round: Opening: Submitted by: Published on: February 9, 2020 [Event "Mannheim"] [Site "?"] [Date "1914.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Alekhine"] [Black "Fahrni"] [Result "1-0"] [PlyCount "45"] 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 {The French Defense which gives Black a solid yet somewhat passive position.} 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7 5.e5 Nfd7 6.h4 {An interesting pawn sacrifice which has been named the Alekhine-Chatard attack . The main idea of the sacrifice is to gain a lead in development.} Bxg5 7.hxg5 Qxg5 8.Nh3 {White develops the knight with tempo.} Qe7 9.Nf4 Nf8 {Going backward s with the knight is a mistake. 9...Nc6 Developing his pieces is a better idea. For example... 10.Qd2 b6 11.Bb5 Bb7 When Black is completing his development while maintaining his pawn advantage.} 10.Qg4 {With this move White has the double threat of 11.Qxg7 and 11.Nfxd5.} f5 {10...g6 11.Nfxd5 exd5 12.Qxc8+ Qd8 13.Qxb7 would give White a material advantage.} 11.exf6 gxf6 12.O-O-O {12.Nfxd5 exd5+ Since Black has opened the e-file the White king is in check after capturing the knight.} c6 13.Re1 Kd8 {Played with the idea of having the king protect the bishop on c8.} 14.Rh6 {A good move which puts pressure on Black's f-pawn.} e5 15.Qh4 Nbd7 16.Bd3 e4 17.Qg3 Qf7 {17...Qd6 18.Bxe4 dxe4 19.Rxe4 when Black would have no good defense against White's intended 20.Qg7 winning the rook.} 18.Bxe4 {White sacrifices a piece in order to open up the position. After which White's development advantage decides the game.} dxe4 19.Nxe4 Rg8 {19...Qxa2 20.Nxf6 Nxf6 21.Qg7 would leave Black defenseless.} 20.Qa3 {The control of the dark squares by White's queen decides the game.} Qg7 {20...Qe7, trying to challenge White's queen would fail to 21.Qa5+ b6 22. Qc3 when White's numerous threats give him a winning position.} 21.Nd6 Nb6 {21...Qxh6 would allow White to win material.} 22.Ne8 {With this move White forces the win of the Black queen.} Qf7 23.Qd6+ {Black resigned since it's mate in two.} 1-0 [Event "Mannheim"] [Site "?"] [Date "1914.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Alekhine"] [Black "Fahrni"] [Result "1-0"] [PlyCount "45"] 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 {The French Defense which gives Black a solid yet somewhat passive position.} 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7 5.e5 Nfd7 6.h4 {An interesting pawn sacrifice which has been named the Alekhine-Chatard attack . The main idea of the sacrifice is to gain a lead in development.} Bxg5 7.hxg5 Qxg5 8.Nh3 {White develops the knight with tempo.} Qe7 9.Nf4 Nf8 {Going backward s with the knight is a mistake. 9...Nc6 Developing his pieces is a better idea. For example... 10.Qd2 b6 11.Bb5 Bb7 When Black is completing his development while maintaining his pawn advantage.} 10.Qg4 {With this move White has the double threat of 11.Qxg7 and 11.Nfxd5.} f5 {10...g6 11.Nfxd5 exd5 12.Qxc8+ Qd8 13.Qxb7 would give White a material advantage.} 11.exf6 gxf6 12.O-O-O {12.Nfxd5 exd5+ Since Black has opened the e-file the White king is in check after capturing the knight.} c6 13.Re1 Kd8 {Played with the idea of having the king protect the bishop on c8.} 14.Rh6 {A good move which puts pressure on Black's f-pawn.} e5 15.Qh4 Nbd7 16.Bd3 e4 17.Qg3 Qf7 {17...Qd6 18.Bxe4 dxe4 19.Rxe4 when Black would have no good defense against White's intended 20.Qg7 winning the rook.} 18.Bxe4 {White sacrifices a piece in order to open up the position. After which White's development advantage decides the game.} dxe4 19.Nxe4 Rg8 {19...Qxa2 20.Nxf6 Nxf6 21.Qg7 would leave Black defenseless.} 20.Qa3 {The control of the dark squares by White's queen decides the game.} Qg7 {20...Qe7, trying to challenge White's queen would fail to 21.Qa5+ b6 22. Qc3 when White's numerous threats give him a winning position.} 21.Nd6 Nb6 {21...Qxh6 would allow White to win material.} 22.Ne8 {With this move White forces the win of the Black queen.} Qf7 23.Qd6+ {Black resigned since it's mate in two.} 1-0 White to move: find the best move... click the ? for the solution Black to move: find the best move... click the ? for the solution Warning: This game can only be seen if JavaScript is enabled in your browser. No related posts.
