Euwe – Kramer Euwe Kramer Result: 1-0 Metadata » Click to open. Date: 1952.??.?? Location: ? Tournament: Holland Championship Round: Opening: Submitted by: Published on: February 9, 2020 [Event "Holland Championship"] [Site "?"] [Date "1952.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Euwe"] [Black "Kramer"] [Result "1-0"] [PlyCount "69"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 {With his third move Black enters the Nimzoindian defense.} 4.Qc2 {Played with the idea of stopping the doubling of his c-pawns in view of Black's threat Bxc3+ which now can be answered by recapturing with the queen.} Nc6 5.Nf3 d6 6.Bd2 O-O 7.a3 Bxc3 8.Bxc3 Re8 {8...a5, with the idea of hampering White's queenside play, would be met with 9.e4 when White has a slight pull due to his space advantage.} 9.b4 e5 10.dxe5 Nxe5 11.e3 Bg4 {11...Nxf3+ 12.gxf3 when White has good chances of a kingside attack with the open g-file and two bishops.} 12.Nxe5 dxe5 13.f3 Bh5 14.Be2 Bg6 {14...e4 15.f4 Bxe2 16.Qxe2 White's bishop dominates the a1-h8 diagonal, while, Black's knight has no central outpost.} 15.Qb2 Nd7 16.O-O f6 {Black plays to blunt White's battery on the a1-h8 diagonal.} 17.c5 Qe7 18.Rfd1 Red8 19.Be1 Nf8 {19...c6 20.Rd6 Nf8 21.Rad1 Rxd6 22.cxd6 Qd7 23.b5 would give White a powerful passed d-pawn.} 20.Rxd8 Rxd8 21.Qb3+ Kh8 {21...Bf7 still allows White to weaken the Black queenside pawns with 22.Qa4 a6 23.c6 Be8 24.Qb3+ Bf7 25.Qc2} 22.c6 {22.Qa4 With Black's king on h8 this would be a mistake because of a6 23.c6 Be8 when the c-pawn is pinned.} bxc6 {22...b6 23.Qa4 Ra8 24.Ba6 Be8 25.Bb7 White wins the a-pawn with 26.Qxa7.} 23.Qa4 {White will regain his pawn while keeping the better pawn structure.} Bd3 24.Bxd3 Rxd3 25.Qxa7 Qd7 26.Kf2 h6 27.a4 {With White's queen out of play this is a mistake. 27.Qc5 bringing the queen back into play while clearing the a-file was better.} Ne6 28.a5 Kh7 {28...c5 29.Qa8+ Kh7 30.Qe4+ Kh8 31.a6 when the a-pawn is well on the way to promotion.} 29.a6 c5 {A good move which cuts the White queen off from protecting the king.} 30.Qb7 Rxe3 31.a7 Qd4 {This is the wrong square for the queen. 31... Qd3 gaining control of the e2 square was correct.} 32.a8=Q Nf4 33.Kf1 Rxe1+ 34.Rxe1 Qd3+ 35.Kg1 {Black resigned.} 1-0 [Event "Holland Championship"] [Site "?"] [Date "1952.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Euwe"] [Black "Kramer"] [Result "1-0"] [PlyCount "69"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 {With his third move Black enters the Nimzoindian defense.} 4.Qc2 {Played with the idea of stopping the doubling of his c-pawns in view of Black's threat Bxc3+ which now can be answered by recapturing with the queen.} Nc6 5.Nf3 d6 6.Bd2 O-O 7.a3 Bxc3 8.Bxc3 Re8 {8...a5, with the idea of hampering White's queenside play, would be met with 9.e4 when White has a slight pull due to his space advantage.} 9.b4 e5 10.dxe5 Nxe5 11.e3 Bg4 {11...Nxf3+ 12.gxf3 when White has good chances of a kingside attack with the open g-file and two bishops.} 12.Nxe5 dxe5 13.f3 Bh5 14.Be2 Bg6 {14...e4 15.f4 Bxe2 16.Qxe2 White's bishop dominates the a1-h8 diagonal, while, Black's knight has no central outpost.} 15.Qb2 Nd7 16.O-O f6 {Black plays to blunt White's battery on the a1-h8 diagonal.} 17.c5 Qe7 18.Rfd1 Red8 19.Be1 Nf8 {19...c6 20.Rd6 Nf8 21.Rad1 Rxd6 22.cxd6 Qd7 23.b5 would give White a powerful passed d-pawn.} 20.Rxd8 Rxd8 21.Qb3+ Kh8 {21...Bf7 still allows White to weaken the Black queenside pawns with 22.Qa4 a6 23.c6 Be8 24.Qb3+ Bf7 25.Qc2} 22.c6 {22.Qa4 With Black's king on h8 this would be a mistake because of a6 23.c6 Be8 when the c-pawn is pinned.} bxc6 {22...b6 23.Qa4 Ra8 24.Ba6 Be8 25.Bb7 White wins the a-pawn with 26.Qxa7.} 23.Qa4 {White will regain his pawn while keeping the better pawn structure.} Bd3 24.Bxd3 Rxd3 25.Qxa7 Qd7 26.Kf2 h6 27.a4 {With White's queen out of play this is a mistake. 27.Qc5 bringing the queen back into play while clearing the a-file was better.} Ne6 28.a5 Kh7 {28...c5 29.Qa8+ Kh7 30.Qe4+ Kh8 31.a6 when the a-pawn is well on the way to promotion.} 29.a6 c5 {A good move which cuts the White queen off from protecting the king.} 30.Qb7 Rxe3 31.a7 Qd4 {This is the wrong square for the queen. 31... Qd3 gaining control of the e2 square was correct.} 32.a8=Q Nf4 33.Kf1 Rxe1+ 34.Rxe1 Qd3+ 35.Kg1 {Black resigned.} 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.
