ANNOTATED GAME

Tornament game, Hastings 1922
Yefim Bogoljuboff (GM) vs. Aleksandr Alekhine (GM)
Annotated by: last_archimedean (1564)
Chess opening: Dutch-Indian, Alekhine variation (A90)
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37. Rxb5 Qxb5 38. g4
Trying to create some maneuvering room.

 
38... Nf3+ 39. Bxf3 exf3 40. gxf5 Qe2
Keeping Bogoljuboff completely restrained.

 
41. d5 Kg8 42. h5 Kh7 43. e4
Bogoljuboff is forced to give up a Pawn to obtain some freedom of movement.

 
43... Nxe4 44. Nxe4 Qxe4
Now the White Pawns must fall, one by one.

 
45. d6 cxd6 46. f6 gxf6 47. Rd2 Qe2
Exact. 47... QxP would let Bogoljuboff's Rook become active.

 
48. Rxe2
Forced.

 
48... fxe2 49. Kf2 exf1=Q+ 50. Kxf1 Kg7
Alekhine has an easy win with his passed QP.

 
51. Ke2 Kf7 52. Ke3 Ke6 53. Ke4 d5+
Bogoljuboff resigns. The continuation would be 54 K-Q4 K-B4 55 KxP KxP 56 K-Q4 P-B4 57 K-Q3 K-N6, and the BP marches in to become a Q.

 

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