Alekhine – Bogoljubow Alekhine Bogoljubow Result: 1-0 Metadata » Click to open. Date: 1934.??.?? Location: ? Tournament: World Championship Round: Opening: Submitted by: Published on: February 9, 2020 [Event "World Championship"] [Site "?"] [Date "1934.??.??"] [Round "4"] [White "Alekhine"] [Black "Bogoljubow"] [Result "1-0"] [PlyCount "121"] 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Bd3 Nbd7 6.f4 dxc4 7.Bxc4 b5 8.Bd3 Bb7 9.Nf3 a6 10.a4 {The obvious move would have been to castle here.} b4 11.Ne2 c5 12.O-O Be7 13.a5 {White is driving on the wrong side of the road! He should be acting on the kingside.} O-O 14.Ng3 g6 {A good defensive move, which keeps the f-pawn from advancing.} 15.Qe2 cxd4 16.exd4 Nb8 17.Ne5 {This is a pawn sacrifice, but it is well-motivated because Black has not completed his development yet.} Nc6 {Bogoljubow declines, appreciating the value of development.} 18.Nxc6 Bxc6 19.Bc4 {Alekhine later admitted that he should have just grabbed the pawn at a6.} Bb7 20.Be3 {Here Black could have obtained an excellent position by establishing a blockade at d5 with 20...Nd5. Instead, he regroups.} Qd6 21.Rad1 Rfe8 22.b3 Bf8 23.Rd3 {An ugly move, breaking off the communication on the a6-f1 diagonal. But Alekhine, recognizing his difficult position, starts swimming. That is, he makes seemingly aimless moves to confuse the opponent.} Qc7 {Black should have attacked down the h-file with 23...h5!, but the ugly rook at d3 may get to the g-file or h-file, so he refrains. White continues to tread water.} 24.Qa2 Bd6 25.Bd2 Qc6 26.Be1 Rad8 27.Rd2 {White's position has become very artificial, and the Be1 and Qa2 lookparticular ly misplaced. But the awkwardness of his moves is confusing Bogoljubow.} Be7 {This was a major error. Black should be attacking on the kingside, and so the bishop should have moved to b8, keeping pressure on the long diagonal, and moving to the a7-g1 diagonal when needed there.} 28.Qb2 Rd7 29.Rc2 {White's "swimming" maneuvers have paid off, though he is not out of the water yet. Still, his pieces are much better coordinated here.} Qd6 {Black could have kept the advantage with 29...Ng4!} 30.Ne2 Nd5 {Much too late. Bogoljubow should have tried to get back to the previous note by playing 30...Qc6 31.Ng3Ng4!} 31.Qc1 {White occupies the important c-file. The swimming is over and Alekhine now plays with purpose. Finally he will be able to set his sights on the kingside.} Bd8 32.Bg3 {Threatening f4-f5.} Qe7 33.Ra2 Qf6 34.Qd2 Qf5 {Black has blockaded the f-pawn, but the queen is too heavy a piece for this purpose. Now the players drift into time-trouble for a while.} 35.Bd3 Qf6 36.Bc4 Be7 37.Qd3 Red8 38.Be1 Qf5 39.Qd2 Qe4 40.Bd3 Qe3+ 41.Bf2 {This was the sealed move. The game was adjourned at this point, and Alekhine had some time to work out his strategy.} Qxd2 42.Rxd2 Rc8 43.Bc4 {A good move. The idea is to cut off the c-file so that the rooks can be repositioned onto it.} Kg7 44.g3 Rcd8 45.Rc1 h6 46.Bd3 f5 47.Rdc2 {White now has control of the only open file.} g5 {A terrible move, but it is hard to blame Bogoljubow, who just didn't see the brilliant reply.} 48.g4 {A strong move which opens up the kingside and makes the previously useless bishop at d3 into a fighting weapon on the b1-h7 diagonal.} Nxf4 {48...gxf4 49.gxf5 exf5 50.Bxf5} 49.Nxf4 gxf4 50.gxf5 e5 {50...exf5 51.Bxf5 Rd5 52.Rc7} 51.Re1 {A final brilliant move, preparing a finishing combination.} exd4 {Now White controls both open files and can force a simplification which leads to a winning position.} 52.Rxe7+ Rxe7 53.Bh4 Kf7 54.Bxe7 Kxe7 55.Rc7+ Rd7 {Black has no choice, but now the f-pawn advances.} 56.f6+ Ke8 57.Bg6+ Kd8 58.f7 Kxc7 59.f8=Q f3 60.Qxb4 Rd6 61.Bd3 1-0 [Event "World Championship"] [Site "?"] [Date "1934.??.??"] [Round "4"] [White "Alekhine"] [Black "Bogoljubow"] [Result "1-0"] [PlyCount "121"] 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Bd3 Nbd7 6.f4 dxc4 7.Bxc4 b5 8.Bd3 Bb7 9.Nf3 a6 10.a4 {The obvious move would have been to castle here.} b4 11.Ne2 c5 12.O-O Be7 13.a5 {White is driving on the wrong side of the road! He should be acting on the kingside.} O-O 14.Ng3 g6 {A good defensive move, which keeps the f-pawn from advancing.} 15.Qe2 cxd4 16.exd4 Nb8 17.Ne5 {This is a pawn sacrifice, but it is well-motivated because Black has not completed his development yet.} Nc6 {Bogoljubow declines, appreciating the value of development.} 18.Nxc6 Bxc6 19.Bc4 {Alekhine later admitted that he should have just grabbed the pawn at a6.} Bb7 20.Be3 {Here Black could have obtained an excellent position by establishing a blockade at d5 with 20...Nd5. Instead, he regroups.} Qd6 21.Rad1 Rfe8 22.b3 Bf8 23.Rd3 {An ugly move, breaking off the communication on the a6-f1 diagonal. But Alekhine, recognizing his difficult position, starts swimming. That is, he makes seemingly aimless moves to confuse the opponent.} Qc7 {Black should have attacked down the h-file with 23...h5!, but the ugly rook at d3 may get to the g-file or h-file, so he refrains. White continues to tread water.} 24.Qa2 Bd6 25.Bd2 Qc6 26.Be1 Rad8 27.Rd2 {White's position has become very artificial, and the Be1 and Qa2 lookparticular ly misplaced. But the awkwardness of his moves is confusing Bogoljubow.} Be7 {This was a major error. Black should be attacking on the kingside, and so the bishop should have moved to b8, keeping pressure on the long diagonal, and moving to the a7-g1 diagonal when needed there.} 28.Qb2 Rd7 29.Rc2 {White's "swimming" maneuvers have paid off, though he is not out of the water yet. Still, his pieces are much better coordinated here.} Qd6 {Black could have kept the advantage with 29...Ng4!} 30.Ne2 Nd5 {Much too late. Bogoljubow should have tried to get back to the previous note by playing 30...Qc6 31.Ng3Ng4!} 31.Qc1 {White occupies the important c-file. The swimming is over and Alekhine now plays with purpose. Finally he will be able to set his sights on the kingside.} Bd8 32.Bg3 {Threatening f4-f5.} Qe7 33.Ra2 Qf6 34.Qd2 Qf5 {Black has blockaded the f-pawn, but the queen is too heavy a piece for this purpose. Now the players drift into time-trouble for a while.} 35.Bd3 Qf6 36.Bc4 Be7 37.Qd3 Red8 38.Be1 Qf5 39.Qd2 Qe4 40.Bd3 Qe3+ 41.Bf2 {This was the sealed move. The game was adjourned at this point, and Alekhine had some time to work out his strategy.} Qxd2 42.Rxd2 Rc8 43.Bc4 {A good move. The idea is to cut off the c-file so that the rooks can be repositioned onto it.} Kg7 44.g3 Rcd8 45.Rc1 h6 46.Bd3 f5 47.Rdc2 {White now has control of the only open file.} g5 {A terrible move, but it is hard to blame Bogoljubow, who just didn't see the brilliant reply.} 48.g4 {A strong move which opens up the kingside and makes the previously useless bishop at d3 into a fighting weapon on the b1-h7 diagonal.} Nxf4 {48...gxf4 49.gxf5 exf5 50.Bxf5} 49.Nxf4 gxf4 50.gxf5 e5 {50...exf5 51.Bxf5 Rd5 52.Rc7} 51.Re1 {A final brilliant move, preparing a finishing combination.} exd4 {Now White controls both open files and can force a simplification which leads to a winning position.} 52.Rxe7+ Rxe7 53.Bh4 Kf7 54.Bxe7 Kxe7 55.Rc7+ Rd7 {Black has no choice, but now the f-pawn advances.} 56.f6+ Ke8 57.Bg6+ Kd8 58.f7 Kxc7 59.f8=Q f3 60.Qxb4 Rd6 61.Bd3 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. 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