Saturday, October 02, 2004

Capablanca v Alekhine, Saint Petersburg Final, 1914

Alekhine-Capablanca
Saint Petersburg, 5/15/1914
Final Tournament, Round 5
Four Knights Game (C48)

1. PK4 PK4 2. NKB3 NQB3 3. NB3 NB3 4. BN5 NQ5 5. NxN PxN 6. PK5 PxN 7. PxN QxP 8. QPxP QK2+ 9. QK2 QxQ+ 10. BxQ PQ4 11. BKB4 PQB3 12. PQB4 BK3 13. PxP BxP 14. O-O BB4 15. KRK1 O-O 16. BQ3 KRK1 [=, ECO] 17. PQR3 PB3 18. KB1 PKN3 19. PKB3 KB2 20. RxR RxR 21. RK1 RxR+ 22. KxR KK2 23. KK2 BQ3 24. KK3 BB4+ 25. KK2 BQ3 26. KK3 BB4+ 27. KK2 Draw by repetition

Capablanca-Alekhine
Saint Petersburg, 5/22/1914
Final Tournament, Round 10
French Defense (C11)

1. PQ4 PK3 2. PK4 PQ4 3. NQB3 NKB3 4. BKN5 PKR3?! [Stepping outside the book early, but with poor results.] 5. BxN QxB 6. PxP BN5 7. BN5+ PB3 8. PB3 PxBP NxP 9. NK2 O-O 10. O-O RQ1 11. NK4 QR5 12. BxN PxB 13. PKB4 BR3 14. PB3 BKB1 15. QK1 QR4 16. RB2 PQB4 17. NxP BxN(B5) 18. PxB QxP 19. NQ4 RQ4 20. PKR3 R1Q1 21. QK3 PK4 22. PxP RxP 23. QB3 QK2 24.NB6 RK8+ 25. RxR QxR+ 26. KR2 RQ2 27. NQ4 BQ6 28. QN3 QK8 29. QN8+ KR2 30. QK8 RN2 31. NK6 BN4 32. QQB8 RK2 33. NB8+ KN1 34. NQ7+ KR2 35. QB5 QK8 36. QB5+ KN1 37. QxB RxN 38. RK2 QQ8 39. RK8+ KR2 40. QB5+ PN3 41. QK5 PB3 42. QxP QQ3+ 43. QxQ RxQ 44. RK7+ RN1 45. RxP Black resigns

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