Alekhine – Capablanca Alekhine Capablanca Result: 1-0 Metadata » Click to open. Date: 1938.??.?? Location: ? Tournament: AVRO Round: Opening: Submitted by: Published on: February 9, 2020 [Event "AVRO"] [Site "?"] [Date "1938.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Alekhine"] [Black "Capablanca"] [Result "1-0"] [PlyCount "70"] 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.Bd3 c5 6.c3 Nc6 7.Ne2 Qb6 8.Nf3 cxd4 9.cxd4 Bb4+ 10.Kf1 Be7 {In this sharp line of the French, opening lines with 10...f6 is a wiser move.} 11.a3 Nf8 12.b4 Bd7 13.Be3 Nd8 {Black does have a plan: to play Bb5 and exchange the light-squared bishops. But this is easily parried, and turns out to be just a waste of time.} 14.Nc3 a5 {Black challenges White's queenside formation and forces White to determine his short-term plans. Alekhine decides to plant a pawn at b5.} 15.Na4 Qa7 16.b5 {Now the scope of the Bd7 is severely limited, and Black's plan, beginning with 13...Nd8?!, is exposed as faulty.} b6 {The picture is quite different from that of two moves ago. With the queenside secured, White now turns his attention to the kingside.} 17.g3 {In order to achieve results on the kingside, White may need to use both rooks, so he takes time out to prepare a nice safe hole for his king. Alekhine always prepared his attacks well. That's why he was able to play so many combinations} f5 18.Kg2 Nf7 19.Qd2 {Alekhine is not so captivated by his own plan that he forgets to keep an eye on his opponent! Capablanca was preparing g7-g5 and Nf8-g6. This must be stopped!} h6 20.h4 Nh7 21.h5 {Excellent judgement! Alekhine sees that the enemy knight will get to e4, but reasons that the hole at g6 will be more important.} Nfg5 22.Nh4 Ne4 23.Qb2 Kf7 {23...Bxh4 24.gxh4! keeps control of critical squares on the kingside, and now 25.f3 will prove fatal to the Ne4.} 24.f3 Neg5 {Looking at the position, we can see that if the Pf5 were out of the way White could launch a powerful attack. Alekhine wastes no time in achieving this goal .} 25.g4 fxg4 26.Bg6+ {A useful interpolation, which cuts off the communication of the enemy rooks.} Kg8 27.f4 Nf3 {More resistant was 27...Nf7, but after 28.Bd3 Black would still have been in deep trouble.} 28.Bxh7+ Rxh7 29.Ng6 Bd8 30.Rac1 {Such a quiet move is easy to miss. But if White had left the c- file unguarded, Black might have been able to establish some counterplay by swinging his heavy artillery there.} Be8 31.Kg3 {His majesty attends to the invasive knight personally! The threat is simply Kxg4 and Kxf3.} Qf7 32.Kxg4 Nh4 {32...Ng5 33.fxg5 Qf5+ 34.Kg3 and the king is perfectly safe, while the White rooks aim for the f-file.} 33.Nxh4 Qxh5+ 34.Kg3 Qf7 35.Nf3 h5 {Capablanca exceeded the time limit here, but his position was hopeless in any event.} 1-0 [Event "AVRO"] [Site "?"] [Date "1938.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Alekhine"] [Black "Capablanca"] [Result "1-0"] [PlyCount "70"] 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.Bd3 c5 6.c3 Nc6 7.Ne2 Qb6 8.Nf3 cxd4 9.cxd4 Bb4+ 10.Kf1 Be7 {In this sharp line of the French, opening lines with 10...f6 is a wiser move.} 11.a3 Nf8 12.b4 Bd7 13.Be3 Nd8 {Black does have a plan: to play Bb5 and exchange the light-squared bishops. But this is easily parried, and turns out to be just a waste of time.} 14.Nc3 a5 {Black challenges White's queenside formation and forces White to determine his short-term plans. Alekhine decides to plant a pawn at b5.} 15.Na4 Qa7 16.b5 {Now the scope of the Bd7 is severely limited, and Black's plan, beginning with 13...Nd8?!, is exposed as faulty.} b6 {The picture is quite different from that of two moves ago. With the queenside secured, White now turns his attention to the kingside.} 17.g3 {In order to achieve results on the kingside, White may need to use both rooks, so he takes time out to prepare a nice safe hole for his king. Alekhine always prepared his attacks well. That's why he was able to play so many combinations} f5 18.Kg2 Nf7 19.Qd2 {Alekhine is not so captivated by his own plan that he forgets to keep an eye on his opponent! Capablanca was preparing g7-g5 and Nf8-g6. This must be stopped!} h6 20.h4 Nh7 21.h5 {Excellent judgement! Alekhine sees that the enemy knight will get to e4, but reasons that the hole at g6 will be more important.} Nfg5 22.Nh4 Ne4 23.Qb2 Kf7 {23...Bxh4 24.gxh4! keeps control of critical squares on the kingside, and now 25.f3 will prove fatal to the Ne4.} 24.f3 Neg5 {Looking at the position, we can see that if the Pf5 were out of the way White could launch a powerful attack. Alekhine wastes no time in achieving this goal .} 25.g4 fxg4 26.Bg6+ {A useful interpolation, which cuts off the communication of the enemy rooks.} Kg8 27.f4 Nf3 {More resistant was 27...Nf7, but after 28.Bd3 Black would still have been in deep trouble.} 28.Bxh7+ Rxh7 29.Ng6 Bd8 30.Rac1 {Such a quiet move is easy to miss. But if White had left the c- file unguarded, Black might have been able to establish some counterplay by swinging his heavy artillery there.} Be8 31.Kg3 {His majesty attends to the invasive knight personally! The threat is simply Kxg4 and Kxf3.} Qf7 32.Kxg4 Nh4 {32...Ng5 33.fxg5 Qf5+ 34.Kg3 and the king is perfectly safe, while the White rooks aim for the f-file.} 33.Nxh4 Qxh5+ 34.Kg3 Qf7 35.Nf3 h5 {Capablanca exceeded the time limit here, but his position was hopeless in any event.} 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.
