Keres-Alekhine

Keres played 14.exf4 (post-mortem analysis show the correct move: 14 e4 g5 15 f3 h5 16 c5 g4 17 Rfc1! Keres should opens the c column) exf4 15. Bd3 Bf5 16. f3 Bxd3 17. Qxd3 Ng6 18. Bc3 Qg5 19. Rae1 Rae8 20. Rxe8 Rxe8 21. Re1 Ne5 22. Bxe5 Rxe5 23. Re4? Qg6 24. Qd4 Rxe4 25. fxe4 (the e4 pawn is weak beacause of 23th move) b6 26. b3 here begins a beautiful queen endgame

Winter - Alekhine, Margate 1937 part 6

Bd6! 39. Kc2 Bf4 0-1

[Site "Dresden"]
[Date "1936"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Keres, Paul"]
[Black "Alekhine, Alexander"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 Nc6 5. e3 e5 6. d5 Ne7 7. Nf3 Bxc3+ 8. Qxc3 d6 9. Be2 O-O 10. O-O Ne4 11. Qc2 f5 {thinking to take space on kingside with g7-g5} 12. Nd2 Nxd2 13. Bxd2 f4

Winter - Alekhine, Margate 1937 part 5

Qb5! 31. Nc1 Rxc3 32. Rxe7 Bxe7 33. Qe1 Kd7 34. f5 Re3 35. Qf2 g5 36. Re1 Re4 37. Rxe4 dxe4 38. Kd2

Winter - Alekhine, Margate 1937 part 4

Nc4! 27. Bc1! (if 27 bxc4 Qa4+ 28 Kc1 Ba3 and checkmate in few moves ) Nce3+ 28. Bxe3 Nxe3+ 29. Nxe3 Rxe3 30. Qf2

Winter - Alekhine, Margate 1937 part 3

Which piece is worst placed? Look at yesterday's diagram and decide where you'll move the knight (and not where he can go)!

25 Na5! b3 What's the next move?

Winter - Alekhine, Margate 1937 part 2

R8e7 ! 24. Kd1 Qe8 25. Qf3

Winter - Alekhine, Margate 1937

The last move (14. f4) weakens the e3 and e4 squares. Qg4! (Alekhine wants to take control of the f5 square) 15. h3 Qd7 16. Rhf1 h5! (now if 17 f5 h4 18. f6 Ng8 19. Nh1 Re8 -/+ ) 17. Ng1 h4 18. N3e2 Nf5 19. Nf3 f6 20. Nh2 Rde8 21.Bd2 Re6 22. Ng4 Rhe8 23. Rde1

Alekhine - Nimzovitch, 1930, part 5

30. h4! zugzwang h5 31. Kh2 g6 32. g3 1-0
And now the new position!

Alekhine - Nimzovitch, 1930 part 4

27. Ba4! b5 (the only move because of b4-b5) 28. Bxb5 Ke8 29. Ba4 Kd8

Alekhine - Nimzovitch, 1930 part 3

18. Bb5! (towards the conquest of the c column) N8e7 19. O-O h6 20. Rfc1 Rfc8 21. Rc2 Qe8?! 22. Rac1 Rab8 23. Qe3 Rc7 24. Rc3 Qd7 25. R1c2 Kf8 26. Qc1 Rbc8

What's the next move?

Alekhine - Nimzovitch, San Remo 1930 part 2

Nimzovotch must block the queenside with 14 a5. Now Alekhine can play 15. a5 (and he'll take control of the c column )Nc8 (He can't play axb5 because of b5!) 16. Nxb7 Qxb7 17. a6 Qf7 What's the next move?

Alekhine - Nimzovitch, San Remo 1930

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. Bd2 Ne7 6. Nb5 Bxd2+ 7. Qxd2 O-O 8. c3
b6?! 9. f4 Ba6 10. Nf3 Qd7 11. a4 Nbc6 check the previous post's diagram. Hence
12. b4! (Alekhine takes space on the queenside and takes control of the a5 square. Nimzovitch planned to play Nb8-c6-a5) cxb4 13. cxb4 Bb7 14. Nd6 f5

Studying openings with John Watson!

Today I received Mastering the Chess Openings by John Watson. I like his books and this one seems even better than I expected.
The GM selected those systems which he considered the most appropriate and useful for the sake of explanation and instruction.

Let's begin!

Here the first position!

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