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| 1. |
Alekhine
Vs Levenfish |
1912 |
St. Petersburg |
The Funky Fish |
19 |
Alekhine shows just
how deadly two pawns in the center can be in this thriller of a chess
game. |
2. |
Alekhine
Vs Dr.Euwe
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1921 |
Hague |
Giuoco
Piano |
12 |
Dr. Euewe
is actually a former world champion who is famous for his chess books.
One of his chess books, Amateur Vs Master, is on the Academic Chess
recommended reading list. Ironically, in this game, Alekhine makes
Euwe look like an amateur by beating him in only 12 moves |
| 3. |
Alekhine
Vs Forrester |
1970 |
Belgrade |
Ruy Lopez |
15 |
Ruy Lopez. Alekhine
uses a battering ram pawn and two well positioned bishops to expose
and checkmate the king. |
4. |
Alekhine
Vs Lovewell |
1920 |
New Orleans |
Giuoco
Piano |
23 |
Alekhine uses a thematic
checkmate attack on the castled king to crush his opponent quickly. |
5. |
Alekhine
Vs Lugowski |
1949 |
Leningrad |
Giuoco
Piano |
14 |
Alekhine uses an open
f-file to take advantage of his opponent's uncastled king. |
| 6. |
Alekhine
Vs Mikul |
1950 |
Berlin |
King's Gambit |
19 |
Alekhine opens the g and
f file to stage a terrific attack against the black king. |
7. |
Alekhine
vs Oscar |
1863 |
Cologne |
Bishop's Opening |
15 |
Alekhine drags the
uncastled king out into the middle of the board before checkmating
him. |
8. |
Alekhine
vs Robles |
1941 |
Madrid (simul) |
Ruy Lopez |
22 |
An educational center struggle
leaves Alekhine a piece up in the endgame. A beautiful tactic forces
the trade of queens into an engame. The engame comes in just 22 moves! |
| 9. |
Alekhine
vs Rowena |
1938 |
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Caro-Kann |
12 |
A fast attack on f7. White
uses a Knight sacrifice to pull the king out and then checkmate him. |
10. |
Alekhine
vs Schroeder |
1939 |
New York |
Center
Game |
15 |
Alekine takes advantage of
his opponent's early activation of his queen, to gain fast development
and then finally trap the queen. |
11. |
Alekhine
Vs Vasich |
1931 |
New York |
French Defense |
11 |
A fine attack on e7 using
the bishop pair. Alekhine sacrifices his queen to open up the king
and then finished him off using his bishops. |
| 12. |
Alekhine
vs Nimzowitsch |
1931 |
Lake Bled |
French Defense |
19 |
In this game Alekhine beats
masterfully, Aaron Nimzowitsch the #2 player in the world, and future
Chess World Champion. Alekhine would later gleefully brag that at
19 moves, this game is the fastest loss in Nimzowitsch's career. |
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