Chess World.net: Evolution of Chess Style #131 – Nottingham 1936 – Round 5 key games

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[Event "Nottingham"]
[Site "Nottingham ENG"]
[Date "1936.08.14"]
[EventDate "1936.08.10"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexander Alekhine"]
[Black "Mikhail Botvinnik"]
[ECO "B72"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "40"]

1. e4 {Notes by Alekhine} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 {On another
ocassion I would probably have played 3 b4 a sacrifice for
which White in this particular position has to my mind
sufficient strategical reasons. But playing for the first time
with the Soviet Champion, for whose play I have the greatest
appreciation, I did not like the idea of being accused of
overweening confidence, undue boldness ( and this independent
of the result of the game) or of such things as
“underestimating,” “bluster”, etc.} cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6
6. Be2 Bg7 7. Be3 {Already intending to make the following
pawn advance. Otherwise I would first play 7 O-O followed by
Nb3.} Nc6 8. Nb3 Be6 9. f4 {In order to be able to answer
9…d5 by 10 e5.} O-O 10. g4 {I first saw this interesting
move in a game of the talented Slovakian Master, Foltys, from
the recent tournament at Podebrad but did not know that it had
already experimented with in the Moscow Tournament. As the
present game shows, the move permits White to force a quick
draw – but no more.} d5 {! Already played by Botvinnik against
Lowenfish (Moscow, 1936) who answered 11 e5 d4 12 Nxd4 Nxd4 13
Bxd4 Nxg4 14 Qd3 a6 15 O-O-O with about even chances.} 11. f5
Bc8 12. exd5 Nb4 13. d6 {Doubtless the best move. If instead
13 fxg6 hxg6 14 Bf3 then 14…Nxg4 15 Bxg4 Bxg4 16 Qxg4 Nxc2+
17 Ke2 Nxa1 18 Rxa1 Bxc3 19 Qxd5 with rook and three pawns for
two minor pieces.} Qxd6 {Of course not 13…exd6 because of 14
g5 followed by f6.} 14. Bc5 {The alternative 14 Qxd6 exd6 15
O-O-O gxf5 was certainly not dangerous for Black.} Qf4 {!
Again the only move as 14…Qxd1+ 15 Rxd1! Nc6 (…Nxc2+ 16
Kd2) 16 g5 followed by 17 f6 etc., would give White a distinct
advantage.} 15. Rf1 {White, too, has nothing better than to
accept the piece sacrifice.} Qxh2 16. Bxb4 Nxg4 {This second
sacrifice forces the perpetual check.} 17. Bxg4 Qg3+ 18. Rf2
{Of course not 18 Kd2? …Bh6+ and wins.} Qg1+ 19. Rf1 Qg3+
20. Rf2 Qg1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Nottingham"]
[Site "Nottingham ENG"]
[Date "1936.08.14"]
[EventDate "1936.08.10"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Jose Raul Capablanca"]
[Black "Theodore Tylor"]
[ECO "E62"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. d4 Nc6
7. O-O Bg4 8. d5 Bxf3 9. exf3 Ne5 10. Qb3 Nfd7 11. Be3 b6
12. Nb5 c5 13. dxc6 Nxc6 14. f4 Qc8 15. Qa4 Nc5 16. Bxc5 dxc5
17. Nc3 Nd4 18. Rae1 e6 19. Re3 Rb8 20. Qxa7 Rd8 21. Rc1 Rd7
22. Qa4 Qd8 23. Rd1 Rd6 24. Be4 f5 25. Bg2 g5 26. fxg5 Qxg5
27. f4 Qh6 28. Rde1 Rbd8 29. Kh1 Kh8 30. a3 Bf8 31. b4 Qh5
32. bxc5 bxc5 33. Nb5 Nxb5 34. cxb5 Rd2 35. Qc4 1-0

[Event "Nottingham"]
[Site "Nottingham ENG"]
[Date "1936.08.14"]
[EventDate "1936.08.10"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "C H Alexander"]
[Black "Max Euwe"]
[ECO "A22"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "72"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bg2 Nb6 6. Nf3
Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. d3 O-O 9. Be3 Bg4 10. Na4 Qd7 11. Rc1 f6
12. Bc5 Nd8 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. h3 Be6 15. Qc2 Nxa4 16. Qxa4 Bd5
17. Qa5 Bc6 18. b4 a6 19. Nd2 Kh8 20. Qc5 Qf7 21. Bxc6 Nxc6
22. Nb3 Qh5 23. d4 Rad8 24. d5 Nd4 25. Nxd4 exd4 26. Qxc7 Qxd5
27. Qc4 Qf5 28. Rfd1 Qxh3 29. Qc7 Qe6 30. Qxb7 Qxe2 31. Re1
Qxa2 32. Re7 Rg8 33. Rcc7 d3 34. Rxg7 Rxg7 35. Rxg7 Qb1+
36. Kh2 d2 0-1

[Event "Nottingham"]
[Site "Nottingham ENG"]
[Date "1936.08.14"]
[EventDate "1936.08.10"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Salomon Flohr"]
[Black "Emanuel Lasker"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5
Qd6 7. Bxf6 gxf6 8. Qc2 Nc6 9. e3 Ne7 10. a3 Bxc3+ 11. Qxc3 f5
12. g3 Bd7 13. Ne5 Be6 14. Nd3 O-O 15. Be2 Rad8 16. O-O Bc8
17. Rac1 c6 18. Qc5 Qxc5 19. Rxc5 Kg7 20. b4 a6 21. a4 Kf6
22. Rc2 Ke6 23. b5 axb5 24. axb5 Kd6 25. bxc6 bxc6 26. Nc5
Rde8 27. Ra1 Be6 28. Rca2 Rb8 29. Ra7 Rb6 30. Bh5 Rfb8
31. Bxf7 Rb1+ 32. Rxb1 Rxb1+ 33. Kg2 Nc8 34. Rb7 Rxb7
35. Nxb7+ Ke7 36. Bxe6 Kxe6 37. Kf3 Ne7 38. Nc5+ 1-0