Kubanek – Alekhine Kubanek Alekhine Result: 0-1 Metadata » Click to open. Date: 1943.??.?? Location: ? Tournament: Prague Round: Opening: Submitted by: Published on: February 9, 2020 [Event "Prague"] [Site "?"] [Date "1943.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Kubanek"] [Black "Alekhine"] [Result "0-1"] [PlyCount "28"] 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O d6 6.Bxc6+ bxc6 7.d4 Nxe4 {Black hopes to maintain the knight here to use as the basis for a kingside attack.} 8.Qe2 f5 9.dxe5 d5 10.Be3 {With Black still at least two moves from castling White should either try to undermine Black's knight by 10. Nfd2 and f3 open the center by 10.c4.} c5 11.c3 {A consequence of his previous passivity, but now Black has the initiative.} Be7 12.g3 {Fearing a possible ...f4 after Black castles, but losing time and weakening his king position.} O-O 13.Ne1 {White finally decides to get the knight out of e4, but Black has taken over the initiative, and on e1 the knight blocks in White's rook.} a5 14.f3 {Missing the point of Black's last move. He had to play something like 14.Na3, to support c3.} Ba6 {White has no desire to find out how Black will use his material advantage after 15.Qany Bxf1.} 0-1 [Event "Prague"] [Site "?"] [Date "1943.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Kubanek"] [Black "Alekhine"] [Result "0-1"] [PlyCount "28"] 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O d6 6.Bxc6+ bxc6 7.d4 Nxe4 {Black hopes to maintain the knight here to use as the basis for a kingside attack.} 8.Qe2 f5 9.dxe5 d5 10.Be3 {With Black still at least two moves from castling White should either try to undermine Black's knight by 10. Nfd2 and f3 open the center by 10.c4.} c5 11.c3 {A consequence of his previous passivity, but now Black has the initiative.} Be7 12.g3 {Fearing a possible ...f4 after Black castles, but losing time and weakening his king position.} O-O 13.Ne1 {White finally decides to get the knight out of e4, but Black has taken over the initiative, and on e1 the knight blocks in White's rook.} a5 14.f3 {Missing the point of Black's last move. He had to play something like 14.Na3, to support c3.} Ba6 {White has no desire to find out how Black will use his material advantage after 15.Qany Bxf1.} 0-1 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.
