CHESSBOOK REVIEWS

Latest book reviews of 1 October 2009
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Isaac Kashdan American Chess Grandmaster by Peter P.Lahde
Career Summary with 757 games
2009
McFarland & Company,Inc.,Publishers Box 611
Jefferson,North Carolina 28640.
http://www.mcfarlandpub.com 
348 pages
Price $65,00
ISBN 978-0-7864-3296-7

Peter P.Lahde describes in this beautiful printed hardcover of McFarland the life,chess career and games of Grandmaster Isaac Kashdan (19 November 1905, New York – 20 February 1985, Los Angeles},who was one of the best chess players in the world of the late 1920s and early 1930s.
The main part of this work,273 pages holds hundreds of his tournament games,match games, simultaneous exhibitions, speed games etc.
Many of these games cover original analyses of the great Kashdan or other prominent chess players of his time.
For example in this book I found nine games from Kashdan against Alexander Alekhine where Alekhine only managed to win one game from Kashdan in serious competition, and that was the Pasadena Chess Congress game from 1932.
A other lost game can be found in the consultation game between Kashdan & Phillips against Alekhine & Wahrburg,New York 1933.
Alekhine thought sufficiently highly of this game, that Alekhine included it in his book,My best games 1924-1937.
Kashdan had the talent to extract victories from seemingly even positions and some called him "The little Capablanca".It was Alekhine who  named him one of the most likely players to succeed him as World Champion.
For financial reasons,Kashdan was forced to earning a living as an insurance agent and administrator in order to support his family.
Peter P.Lahde writes: Since Kashdan could no longer make his living by playing chess in tournaments and exhibitions,he advertised in January 1938 in Chess Review that he would be a special agent for Prundential Insurance Company.He invited anyone interested to consult him for life insurance and investments.
Kashdan best performance was the 48th United States Open,Open Christi of 1947,where Kashdan won 10 of his 13 games,while drawing the other 3.
Mrs.Kashdan took quite an interest in chess herself.She even formed a chess club that would consist of seven men and eight women,and Helen Kashdan even played in the United States Women’s Championship of 1938!
There is a story that Sir Umar,the master of Sultan Khan,was deeply impressed by Helen Kashdan. He wanted to add her to his harem and offered Isaac Kashdan £150.
One of Kashdan's children, Howard  had serious health problems,born in 1941 and saidley died in 1955.
The cause of death was “idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis”which is probably “cystic fibrosis”.
Their younger son,Richard born in 1944,is a lawyer with offices in San Francisco.
Howard’s health is one reason Kashdan did not compete in any events in 1949 and 1950.
In 1963 and 1966 Isaac Kashdan was director of the first and second Piatigorsky Cup tournaments, and these belong to some of the best tournaments books that where ever written.
An interesting sidelight was in 1996, that Kashdan’s wife Helen,was instructed to locate a smaller set of board and pieces  for Bobby Fisher.
Included in this book is a introduction with missing games, tournament crosstables,bibliography,Index of players,index of ECO openings and 11 photographs!

Conclusion: On of those fabulous made McFarland  chess books!

Understanding chess endgames by John Nunn
2009
Gambit Publications Ltd
http://www.gambitbooks.com
E-mail info@gambitbooks.com
231 pages
Price $ 24,95
ISBN 978-1-906454-11-1

Dr.John Nunn provides the reader in this book with all the necessarily endgame knowledge,that you must be aware of!
All material from Nunn is provided by 100 endgame positions and the World Chess Solving Champion explains, you in readable text the secrets of these endgame positions.
As GM Nunn explains some knowledge of elementary mates with King and queen vs king,and king  and two bishops vs is necessarily for a good understanding of this book.
Pleasant to mention are the wealth of new positions in this book and that makes it also interesting for the more experienced club player,who likes to expand his or hers endgame skills.
Nunn calls each group of two pages a ‘section’.Where each section is good for four columns and there is a diagram at the top of each column and this all makes the material very understandable.
Nunn is the man of detailed analyses but honest this book is unbelievable readable!
The sections in this book are divided into: King and pawn Endings,Knight Endings,Same-Coloured Bishop Endings,Opposite Coloured Bishop Endings,Rook Endings,Rook vs Knight Endings,Rook Endings,Rook vs Minor Piece Endings,Queen Endings,Other Material Combinations and Tactical ideas.
Here I found the classic beauty Kmoch – Nimzowitsch,Bad Niendorf 1927,where black is a pawn up with two connected passed pawns,but at the moment his pawns are blocked.
How can he lift the blockade and win?
Please see page 227!
Conclusion: A very understandable endgame book!

 
The most valuable skills in chess by Maurice Ashley
 2009
Gambit Publications Ltd
http://www.gambitbooks.com
E-mail info@gambitbooks.com
159 pages
Price $ 27,95
ISBN 978-1-904600-87-9

I have seen a lot of book on chess tactics but how the Maurice Ashley brings his chess pieces to life is very special.
Ashley goes back to there their fundamentals and learn you to be a hunter and sometimes you have to play like a butterfly.
Ashley describes the board as a minefield where potential peril lurks behind every pawn front.
The words from Ashley make a lot of sense,for example: the position between Petrosian and Bronstein,Amsterdam Candidates 1956.
White,a future World Champion,overlooked the fact that his queen was being threatened by the black knight on f5.He played 36.Ng5?? and gave immediately after his opponent pocketed the queen.Sometimes we feel a little better if we know it happens to legends of the game too.
Just how can we learn to avoid these hazardous squares?
The way beginners usually learn is through the school of hundred blunders and bruised egos,we finally begin to stay  away  from the greedy mouths hungering to swallow up our pieces.I think that is not a bad way to learn {we have all been through it}but I believe there are ways to train your self to learn  your self to learn how to become much more aware very quickly.
In the chapter Wall street the player learns to asses and make good trades.
The book holds five fabulous,well analysed  games,Paul Morphy – Duke of Brunswick/Count Isourd,Paris 1858,Wilhelm Steinitz – Curt von Bardelen,Hastings 1895,Mikhail Botvinnik – Milan Vidmar,Nottingham 1936,Donald Byrne – Robert James Fischer,New York 1956 and Bent Larsen – Boris Spassky,Belgrade 1970.
All these games cover a wealth of text.
Included are a lot of exercises to see if you have, understood the lessons from Tiger Woods of chess GM Maurice Ashley!
Conclusion: Also highly  recommend for chess trainers!
 
Chess for rookies by Craig Pritchett
2009
Everyman Chess
http://www.everymanchess.com
432 pages
Price $21,95
ISBN 978-1-85744-535-0

Craig Pritchett comes with a complete chess manual, starting with the first the first chess principles, basic chess tactics, strategies, openings and where to play and enjoy chess.
The aim of Pritchett is to have a good time on the board and enjoy the great game of chess.
There are around 276 diagrams and over 100 exercises to test your chess skills.
Included is some information about Gambit openings where I found the beautiful short cut between Janowski and Soldatenkoff against E Lasker and Tabenhaus,Exhibition game Paris 1909, 1.e4 e5 2.d4 exd4 3.c3 dxc3 4.Bc4 cxb2 5.Bxb2 Bb4+ 6.Nc3 Nf6 7.e5 Qe7 8.Nge2 Ne4 9.0-0 Nxc3 10.Bxc3 Bxc3 11.Nxc3 0-0 12.Nd5 Qxe5 13.Re1 Qd6 14.Qh5 c6 15.Nc7 g6 16.Qh6 Qxc7 17.Bxf7+ Kxf7 18.Qxh7+ Kf6 19.Qh4+ Kg7 20.Re7+ Rf7 21.Qd4+ Kf8 22.Qh8+ Kxe7 23.Re1+ Kd6 24.Qe5# 1-0.
Pritchett writes: What an astonishing checkmate with greatly reduced forces in the middle of the board! But then,black’s entire queenside-queen,rook knight,bishop and four pawns-plays no active part in the game.The moral is clear: you must always find time to ensure that all your forces get devolped and link up soundly. Otherwise your few developed forces and eventually your king are likely to be isolated and ruthlessly hounded as here.
Edward lasker wrote later the book his famous book, Chess Secrets,I learned from the masters but he did not publish this game in it!
Conclusion: A very enjoyable chess manual!

The Classical King's Indian uncovered by  Krzysztof Panczyk and Jacek Ilczuk
2009
Everyman Chess
http://www.everymanchess.com
384 pages
Price $25,95
ISBN 978-1-85744-535-0

This heavy weight from Krzysztof Panczyk and Jacek Ilczuk on the Classical King’s Indian is good for 384 pages!
The work is not based on model games but pure chess theory where I found the following lines: {1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 0-0 6.Be2} Lines with 6…e5,Exchange Variation 7.dxe5,Gligoric System 7.Be3,Petrosian System 7.d5,7.0-0 Introduction,7…Na6,7…Nbd7,7…Nc6-Introduction,7…Nc6 8.d5 Ne7 9.Ne1,7…Nc6,d5 Ne7 7.Nd2,Bajonet Attack 9.b4 without 9…Nh5 and Bajonet Attack 9.b4 with 9…Nh5.
There is nearly no introduction so both authors jump directly into the theory of the Classical King’s Indian with a lot of move to move annotations.
The good old Petrosian System is far away from a positional refutation and the lines that Bobby Fischer gave in his 60 Memorable Games {1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 0-0 6.Be2 e5 7.d5 Nbd7 8.Bg5 h6 9.Bh4 g5 10.Bg3 Nh5 11.h4 Nxg3 } can still be found here but I must admit that there is a lack of readable text.
But they are good  in suggestions as:1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6
8. d5 Ne7 9. Ne1 Nd7 10. Be3 f5 11. f3 f4 12. Bf2 g5 13. Rc1 a6!,this is much better than the old line with with 13...Ng6,the most populair though probaly not best.
It is interesting to compare this work with the latest analyses from Victor Bologan in his book The King’s Indian,a complete black repertoire where I would like to look at the Bajonet Attack with 9.b4: {1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 0-0 6.Be2 e5 7.0-0 Nc6 8.d5 Ne7 9.b4}Bologon comes with the following suggestion: Nh5 10.Re1 f5 11.Ng5 Nf6 12.Bf3 c6 13.Bb2 h6 14.Ne6 Bxe6 15.dxe6 fxe4 16.Nxe4 Nxe4 17.Rxe4 d5 18.cxd5 cxd5 19.Rxe5 Bxe5 20.Bxe5 Qb6 21.Bb2 Qxb4! And writes: Black’s only chance is to play actively and secondly he must create threats himself.
Krzysztof Panczyk & Jacek Ilczuk only can come to moves as 21…Kh7 and Rac8.
But on the other hand is the opinion of Bologon correct with 21.Bb2 Qxb4 22.Rb1 Rac8 23.Bg7 Qxb1 24.Qxb1 Kxg7 25.h4 b6 and a unclear postion,but does white not have the better of it after 26.Qb2+ Rf6 27.g4 g5 28.Bg2 Rc4 29.Qe5!
Included is a bibliography and a well made index to find your way throw this heavy loaded book.
Conclusion: A important reference work on the Classical King’s Indian!

The Trompowsky Attack by Richard Palliser
2009
Everyman Chess
http://www.everymanchess.com
268 pages
Price $25,95
ISBN 978-1-85744-562-6


Richard Palliser digs in this Starting Out book,at the fascinating Trompowsky Attack. Palliser writes in his introduction: Whether one is looking for an occasional weapon for surprise or a full time opening to be employed against 1.d4 Nf6,the Trompowsky fits the bill.
The Tromp is a popular opening,because it creates complex and original positions from on move two.
For example: 1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 d5 3.Bxf6 gxf6!? A challenging approach, where Palliser writes: Those who like dynamic, unbalanced positions could do no far worse than make  2…d5 and 3…gxf6 there defence to the Trompowsky.
I have several books on the Tromp but not one covers so explanations as this one from Palliser.
All material is explained at the hand of 30 model games where the author has used a small 260 pages to explain the key strategies of this opening to us.
The Tromp is overloaded with fascinating lines as the Main line with 1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 Ne4 3.Bf4 c5 4.d5 Qb6 5.Bc1! Is it not strange that white can really get away with moving his three times in the five moves to end up back home?
Palliser explains: This cool retreat very much deserves main line status after 4.d5 Qb6.White might have only developed his d-pawn thus far,but he will obtain a pleasant pull after 6.f3 and 7.e4 unless black is careful.
After 5….g6: Fianchettoing is very natural, but black has also been known to close the centre with 5…e5,after which 6.f3 Nf6{by analogy with our main line black has tried 6…Nd6!?,but after 7.e4 g6 8.Nc3 Bg7 9.Nh3 0-0 10.Be2 c4 11.g4!? Qc5 12.Bg5! f6 13.Bh4 Bh6 14.Bf2 Be3 15.Bxe3 Qxe3 16.Qd2 retained a comfortable edge in J.Avila Jimenez – R.Edouard,La Massana 2008}7.e4 d6 8.Na3 Be7 9.Nc4 Qd8 10.a4 is typical of the time black must often lose with his queen if he develops slowly. Here 10…0-0 11.Bd3  Ne8 prepared a typical Czech –Benoni freeing device in A.Stefanova – F.Manca,Saint Vincent 2000,but the instructive sequence 12.Ne2 Bg5 13.f4! exf4 14.Nxf4 Ndf7 15.0-0 Ne5 16.Be2 Nxc4 17.Bxc4 Qe7 18.Qe2 h6 19.Nd3! Bxc1 20.Rac1 Nf6 21.e5 saw white winning the key battle for the e5-square.Stefanova has also shown the way against 5…f5: 6.f3 Nf6 7.Nc3 e6 8.e4 fxe4 9.fxe4 exd5 10.Nxd5 Nxd5 11.Qxd5 Qe6 12.Bc4 kept the central situation under control and gave white an edge in A.Stefanova – A.Panchenko,Babera 1999.
Peter Wells also suggests in his Winning with the Trompowsky:There is also a case for 12.Bf4!? after which recapturing on d5 with the d pawn becomes a more enticing option.
However,the potential weakness of white’s e-pawn nothithstanding,her desire to keep the strong bishop on d5 is very understandable.
Conclusion: Buy this book for the instructive notes on the Tromp!

The Budapest Gambit by Timothy Taylor
2009
Everyman Chess
http://www.everymanchess.com
239 pages
Price $24,95
ISBN 978-1-85744-592-3


The Budapest Defence made its tournament debut in the game Esser – Breyer,Budapest 1916 but the first game with the Budapest Gambit appears to have been Adler-Maroczy,Budapest 1896.
And it was Stephan Abonyi who developed the ideas behind 2..e5 together with his chess companions Zsigmond Barasz and Gyula Breyer.
From Viktor Moskalenko we have learned that this opening is more than just a sharp surprise weapon,and Timothy Taylor shows us in this latest openings book from Everyman Chess that,
you can have a significant advantage over your opponent with the Budapest Gambit!
Many white players think the gambit is unsound  and will try to keep the Gambit pawn,and this will give you the opportunity to win!
Timothy Taylor is not only a collector,but he also provides us in this book with original ideas as for example in the following game,where I found some original thinking:
Capablanca – Tartakower,Bad Kissingen 1928,1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 Ng4 4.e4 d6 5.exd6 My personal preference is for 5.Be2, preparing a middlegame attack as seen in the previous game,and the next one-but we knew Capa would chop the pawn! He’s looking for a winning ending-though as we see here,by keeping his eye on distant goal,and avoiding complications, he misses some tactics and actually gives black chances.5…Bxd6 Since this doesn’t turn out well for black at all,I was wondering if 5…Qxd6 might improve,so I tested it against my German sparring partner and was crushed as follows: 5…Qxd6 6.Qxd6 Bxd6 7.Be2 Nc6 8.Nf3 0-0 9.0-0 Re8 10.Nc3 f5 11.exf5 Bxf5 12.h3 Nge5 13.Nxe5 Bxe5 14.Be3 Nd4 15.Bxd4 Bxd4 16.Rfe1 c6 17.Rad1 Rad8 18.Bf3 Rxe1+ 19.Rxe1 Bf6 20.Rd1 Rxd1+ 21.Nxd1 Bd3 22.b3 Bb1 23.a3 Ba2 24.b4 Bxc4 and black was winning in T.Taylor – Comp Fritz11,blitz game 2008.Careful analyses refeals that I missed a subtle improvement: correct is the precise 13.Be3! Bd3 [both 13…Nd3 14.Nh4 and 13…Nxf3+ 14.Bxf3 Bd3 15.Bd5+ are good for white]14.Nxe5 Bxe2 15.Nxe2 Bxe5 16.Rad1!and White keeps the pawn with winning chances.But I think black has some genuine practical play in this line,which is an other reason why I favour 5.Be2.
6.Be2! Accurate!By developing with a threat white sets his opponent insoluble problems,and also avoids the trick 6.Nf3? Bb4+ 7.Bd2 Bc5! And black won in J.Kinman – G.Koshnitsky,Perth 1928,as f2 falls.
Al material is explained at the hand of 81 model games but Taylor sees nothing for black in the Fajarowicz Gambit 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 Ne4,even that Lev Gutman even once wrote a impressive 287 page book about it {Budapest Fajarowicz}.
Between the model games I found the following game from Van Wely,where white did his homework but as Taylor writes it: One can see Van Wely had done his homework,but it looks like he couldn’t quite remember it!
Van Wely,Loek (2680) - Mamedyarov,Shakhriyar (2662) [A52]
ESP-chT Ciudad Real (4.5), 26.08.2004
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 Ng4 4.Bf4 g5 5.Bg3 Bg7 6.e3 Nxe5 7.Nc3 d6 8.h4 g4 9.Nge2 Nbc6 10.Nf4 h5 11.Ncd5 Ne7 12.Nxe7 Qxe7 13.Qc2 Be6 14.Rc1 0-0-0 15.Be2 Kb8 16.b4 Ng6 17.Nxg6 fxg6 18.Qxg6 Be5 19.Bxe5 dxe5 20.a3 Rhg8 21.Qc2 g3 22.f3 Qf6 23.Qc3 Qf5 24.Qc2 Qf6 25.Bd3 Rg4 26.Qc3 Rxh4 27.Rg1 Rh2 28.Rd1 Bh3 29.Rd2 h4 30.Be4 Rxd2 31.Qxd2 Bc8 32.Qd5 Qh6 33.Ke2 h3 34.Qg8 Rxg2+ 35.Rxg2 hxg2 36.Bf5 a6 37.Qxc8+ Ka7 38.Be4 Qb6 39.c5 Qb5+ 40.Bd3 Qc6 41.Be4 Qb5+ 42.Bd3 g1N+ 43.Kd2 Qc6 44.Qg4 Qxf3 45.Qg7 g2 46.Qxc7 Qc6 47.Qxc6 bxc6 48.Be4 Nf3+ 0-1.
Four years later Van Wely had a remach with Mamedyarov and again Van Wely was lost with the Budapest but he was lucky to get away with a draw!
Van Wely,Loek (2681) - Mamedyarov,Shakhriyar (2760) [A52]
Amber-rapid 17th Nice (9), 25.03.2008
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 Ng4 4.Bf4 g5 5.Bg3 Nc6 6.h4 Ngxe5 7.e3 g4 8.Nc3 h5 9.Rc1 Bg7 10.Nd5 Ne7 11.Ne2 Nf5 12.Qc2 d6 13.Bxe5 Bxe5 14.g3 c6 15.Ndf4 Qa5+ 16.Nc3 Bxf4 17.exf4 0-0 18.Qd2 Re8+ 19.Be2 Qb6 20.Kf1 Qd4 21.Rd1 Qg7 22.Kg2 c5 23.Bd3 Nd4 24.Nb5 Nf3 25.Qc3 Bd7 26.Qxg7+ Kxg7 27.Nxd6 Bc6 28.Nxe8+ Rxe8 29.Kf1 a6 30.b3 Re7 31.Bb1 a5 32.Bd3 a4 33.bxa4 Bxa4 34.Be2 Bc6 35.Rd6 Be4 36.Bd3 Nd2+ 37.Ke2 Nxc4 38.Bxc4 Bxh1+ 39.Kd2 Bc6 40.Bd5 Bb5 41.Kc3 Re2 42.Rb6 Ba6 43.Rb2 Rxb2 44.Kxb2 b6 45.Kc3 Bc8 46.a3 Kf6 47.Bc6 Ke6 48.Kc4 Kd6 49.Be4 Be6+ 50.Kb5 Kc7 51.f3 Bd7+ 52.Kc4 Kd6 53.Ba8 b5+ 54.Kc3 Be6 55.Bb7 f6 56.Be4 Bd7 57.Bb7 Kc7 58.Be4 Kd6 59.Bb7 Kc7 ½-½
Conclusion: A very important reference work on the Budapest Gambit!

British Chess Magazine No.9
Volume 129
September 2009
Price: £4,05

Starting with the 7th Staunton Memorial, there were two tournaments for the price of one this year,won by Nigel Short and Jan Timman.
Korchnoi showed his love for long games and taught some younger players some chess lessons.
Interesting was the choice from Nigel Short against Ivan Sokolov: 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.Ng5 d5 5.exd5 Na5 6.Bb5+ c6 7.dxc6 bxc6 8.Bd3!?
A sideline that is nearly mentioned by chess theory please also see Stuart Conquest – David  Howell of the latest British Championship that can be found elsewhere in this issue.
Strange enough Evans and Korn mention this move on page 16 of there Modern Chess Openings.
Other contributions are British Championship,won by David Howell,Biel,Speelman on the endgame,where Speelman looks at two endgames played at the recent FIDE Grand Prix.
Fide Grand Prix won by Ivanchuk,Morozevich talks,Spot the continuation,News in Brief,Reviews and new Books,etc.
Conclusion: One of the finest chess magazines that you can lay your hands on!                                
Chess CD's & DVD's

The Sicilian with 3.Bb5  by Alexei Shirov
2009
ChessBase http://www.chessbase.com
E-Mail info@chessbase.com 
Price € 32,90
System requirements: Pentium-Processor at 300 Mhz or higher, 64 MB RAM,Windows XP or Windows Vista, Windows Media Player 9.0, DVD drive. 

Alexei Shirov digs here in the Sicilian with 3.Bb5 named after the American chess player Nicolas Rossolimo, who worked as a waiter,taxi driver, played the accordion,singer
and even had a famous  chess studio in Greenwich Village.

It was a kind of chess cafe where you could eat and drink, but Rossolimo also sold there chess sets and chess books, a regular visitor of the cafe was those days Marcel Duchamp.
Shirov provides material for both sides of the board as we can see in the following game where he faces the black side of the board:
Kasparov,Garry (2838) - Shirov,Alexei (2715) [B31]
Linares 19th Linares (7), 02.03.2002
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6 4.0-0 Bg7 5.c3 Nf6 6.Re1 0-0 7.d4 cxd4 8.cxd4 d5 9.e5 Ne4 10.Nc3 Bf5 11.Nh4 Be6 12.Bxc6 bxc6 13.Na4 g5 14.Nf3 f6 15.Be3 g4 16.Nd2 fxe5 17.Nxe4 dxe4 18.Nc5 Bf5 19.dxe5 Qxd1 20.Raxd1 Bxe5 21.Nd7 Bxd7 22.Rxd7 Bxb2 23.Rxe7 Rfe8 24.Rc7 Rec8 25.Re7 Re8 26.Rc7 ½-½
But Shirov also has no problems to play the Rossolimo either: Shirov,Alexei (2713) - Leko,Peter (2749) [B31]
Amber-rapid 14th Monte Carlo (11), 31.03.2005
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6 4.Bxc6 dxc6 5.d3 Bg7 6.h3 Nf6 7.Nc3 0-0 8.Bf4 Nd7 9.Qd2 Re8 10.Bh6 Bh8 11.h4 e5 12.h5 Nf6 13.hxg6 hxg6 14.0-0-0 Ng4 15.Bg5 Qd6 16.Nh4 Bd7 17.f3 Nf6 18.Rh2 Nh7 19.Be3 Bg7 20.Rdh1 Nf8 21.Bh6 Qf6 22.Bxg7 Kxg7 23.Ne2 Ne6 24.g3 Rh8 25.f4 Rae8 26.f5 Ng5 27.g4 Rh7 28.Ng1 gxf5 29.gxf5 Kf8 30.Ng6+ fxg6 31.Rxh7 Nxh7 32.Rxh7 Re7 33.Qh6+ Rg7 34.Nf3 Be8 35.Ng5 Bf7 36.Rh8+ Ke7 37.Nh7 Rxh7 38.Qf8+ Kd7 39.Qc8+ Kd6 40.Rd8+ 1-0.
Modern chess theory regards the Rossolimo as the main alternative to the Open Sicilian.
The explanations of Shirov.one of the best players in the world make this DVD extremely interesting.
There are 13 well explained games from Shirov on this DVD where he had six times white!
Running time is over 7 hours!!
Conclusion: This DVD is completely overloaded with instructive loaded video text!

The Caro-Kann by Viktor Bologan
2009
ChessBase http://www.chessbase.com
E-Mail info@chessbase.com 
Price € 27,50
System requirements: Pentium-Processor at 300 Mhz or higher, 64 MB RAM,Windows XP or Windows Vista, Windows Media Player 9.0, DVD drive. 

The Moldavian chess expert GM Viktor Bologan, offers you on this DVD a complete repertoire line for black  on the Caro-Kann,all based on twenty heavy loaded video files.
It does not make much deferent’s  which white plays ,Bologan has for every white move an excellent answer.
Even in the Advanced line with the rare 1.e4 c6.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.g4!? gets a important turn from Bologan,he suggests the safe 4..Bg6 5.h4 h5 6.e6 Qd6 and after 7.exf7+ Bxf7 and  black’s prospects are much superior.

But with 9.g5 Qg3+ 10.Ke2  Nd7 11.Be3 Qc7 12.f4 Be6 13.Bh3 Bxh3 14.Rxh3 e6 15.Nf3 Ne7 16.Nbd2 Nf5 it is not clear who is fighting here for the draw.
Interesting to mention is the following game from Alekhine in this position.
Hahn,Eduard - Alekhine,Alexander [B12]
Cracow-Warsaw Cracow/Warsaw (3), 1941
17.Nf1 0-0-0 18.Qd3 c5 19.c3 Qb6 20.b3 Be7 21.Bf2 Qc7 22.Ne5 Nxe5 23.fxe5 cxd4 24.cxd4 Kb8 25.Ne3 Nxe3 26.Bxe3 Rc8 27.Bd2 Ba3 28.Rf3 Qb6 29.Rb1 Bb4 30.Rc1 Bxd2 31.Rxc8+ Rxc8 32.Qxd2 Qb5+ 33.Ke1 Qc6 34.g6 a5 35.Rf7 a4 36.Rxg7 axb3 37.axb3 Qb5 38.Rf7 Qxb3 39.g7 Qg3+ 40.Kf1 Qh3+ 41.Kg1 Qg4+ ½-½
Must say that Alekhine was in this tournament not in best form even he had some luck!
Viktor Bologan guides you as no other throw the lines of the Caro-Kann as we can see in the following Main Line played by Peter Heine Nielsen against Henrik Danielsen,played at the
DEN-championship of 1992.
1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bf5 5.Ng3 Bg6 6.h4 h6 7.Nf3 Nd7 8.h5 Bh7 9.Bd3 Bxd3 10.Qxd3 e6 11.Bf4 Qa5+ 12.Bd2 Qc7 13.0-0-0 Ngf6 14.Qe2 c5 15.c4 cxd4 16.Nxd4 Bc5 17.Bc3 0-0 18.Kb1 Rfd8 19.Ne4 Qf4 20.Nxc5 Nxc5 21.Nb3 Qf5+ 22.Qc2 Nfe4 23.Bd4 Nxb3 24.axb3 e5 25.Be3 Rxd1+ 26.Rxd1 Qxh5 27.Bxa7 Qg6 28.f3 Qa6 29.Qxe4 Qxa7 30.Qxe5 Qf2 31.Qd4 Qe2 32.Qd2 Qe6 33.Qd3 h5 34.Qe4 Qb6 35.Kc2 g6 36.Rd7 Qf2+ 37.Rd2 Qg1 38.Qxb7 Ra1 39.Qe7 Qc1+ 40.Kd3 Ra6 41.Qe8+ Kg7 42.Qe5+ Kh7 43.c5 Re6 44.Qd4 Kg8 45.Qc3 Qb1+ 46.Kc4 Re8 47.b4 h4 48.b5 Qa2+ 49.b3 Qb1 50.b6 Qf1+ 51.Kb4 Re1 52.Rd8+ 1-0
Running time is 4hours and 40 minutes.
Conclusion: Impressive!

The Scandinavian,The Easy Way by Andrew Martin 2nd edition
2009
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Andrew Martin offers you in this second and updated DVD, the exciting move 3…Qd6 {1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 2.Nc3}in the Scandinavian Defence.
Throw the years it have been played by several strong players as the phenomenal David Bronstein who preferred the unexplored.
Andres Martin has compressed quiet a lot of new 3…Qd6 material in this DVD as the following 2008 game shows us from the brilliant Tiviakov: Parligras,M - Tiviakov,S [B01]
Bundesliga, 05.10.2008
1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qd6 4.d4 Nf6 5.Nf3 c6 6.Ne5 [6.Bg5 Bg4 7.Be2 Nbd7 8.Qd2 e6 9.Bf4 Qb4 10.a3 Qb6 11.0-0 Be7 12.Na4 Qd8 13.c4 0-0 14.Nc3 Nb6 15.b3 a5÷;
6.g3 Bg4 7.Bg2 Nbd7 (7...e6 8.0-0 Be7 9.Bf4 Qb4 10.a3 Qb6 (10...Qxb2 11.Qd2 Bf5 12.Ra2 Qb6 13.Rb1) 11.Qd2 0-0) 8.Bf4 (8.0-0 0-0-0 9.Be3 e5 10.dxe5 Nxe5 11.Qxd6 Bxd6 12.Nxe5 Bxe5 13.Bxa7 Rhe8 (13...Bxc3 14.bxc3 Rd2) ) 8...Qb4 9.0-0 0-0-0] 6...Nbd7 7.Bf4 Nd5 8.Nxd5 Qxd5 9.Nf3 Nb6 10.Be2 Bf5 11.0-0 [11.c3 e6] 11...Qe4 12.Bc7 Qxc2 13.Bxb6 Qxd1 14.Rfxd1 axb6 15.d5 g6 16.dxc6 bxc6 17.Rac1 Bg7 18.Rxc6 0-0 19.Rxb6 Rxa2 20.Nd4 Be4 21.Bc4 Ra4 22.b3 Rxc4 23.bxc4 Rd8 24.c5 Bxd4 25.Kf1 e5 26.f4 Ra8 27.fxe5 Bxc5 28.Rb5 Be7 29.Rb2 Ra5 30.e6 Rf5+ 31.Ke1 fxe6 32.Rd7 Rf7 33.Rb8+ Kg7 0-1.

White has several choices on move four, but these white turns are all well explained by the experienced Andrew Martin.
Pleasant for the newcomers under us are the miscellaneous second move alternatives as 2.Nc3?! but after 2..dxe4 3.Nxe4 Bf5 4.Ng3 Bg6 5.Nf3 Nd7 6.h4 h6 7.h5 Bh7 8.d4 e6 9.Bd3 Bxd3 10.Qxd3 Ngf6.
We have as Martin explains,  a position simpler to the  Caro-Kann but black has not played 2…c6! So black has certainly the better game!
Video running time is over four hours!
Conclusion: One of those openings that you can learn in no time!

The King's Indian by Andrew Martin 2nd edition
2009
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Andrew Martin hold on this update the good old King’s Indian Defence, where I found for around 30% new material,and that is good for five hours running time!
The King’s Indian is with out doubt on of the most popular openings and a excellent choice for all black players who like to put play there opponent in a complicated struggle.
So the  advise of many black players  is keep the game complicated!

Andrew Martin has included throw these twenty eight video files a wealth of chess ideas as we can see in the following stunning game: Williams - Hebden
British Championship, 2009
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f4 0-0 6.Nf3 Na6 7.Bd3 e5 8.fxe5 dxe5 9.d5 [9.Nxe5 Qxd4;
9.dxe5] 9...c6 10.0-0 Nc5 11.Bc2 cxd5 12.cxd5 b6 [12...Ne8 13.Be3 Na6 14.a3 Nd6 15.Bd3 b6 16.b4 f5] 13.b4 Nb7 [13...Na6 14.a3] 14.Bg5 Qd6 15.a3 Bd7 16.Bd3 Rfc8 17.Rc1 a5 18.Qb3 axb4 19.axb4 Nh5 20.Nb5 Qf8 [20...Bxb5 21.Bxb5 Rxc1 22.Rxc1 Nd8 23.Nd2 Bf8 24.Rb1 Nf4 25.Nc4] 21.Nc7 Rab8 [21...Ra7 22.Be3 Nf4 23.Bxf4 exf4 24.e5] 22.Ba6 Nf4 [22...Qd6 23.Nb5 Bxb5 24.Bxb5 Nd8 25.Nd2] 23.Bxf4 exf4 24.e5 Bg4 [24...Nc5 25.bxc5 bxc5 26.Nb5 Rxb5 (26...Rb6 27.Bxc8 Rxb5 28.Qc4 Qxc8 29.Qxf4; 26...c4 27.Rxc4 Rc5 28.Rb4 Rb6 29.Nd6 Rxa6 30.Rb8 Bc8 31.Ne4 Rc7 32.d6) 27.Bxb5 Rb8 28.d6 Rxb5 (28...Bxb5 29.Rb1) 29.Qd5] 25.d6 Rd8 26.Ng5 Rd7 27.Rxf4 Nxd6 28.exd6 Qxd6 [28...Rxd6 29.Rxf7] 29.Rxf7 Rxf7 30.Qxf7+ Kh8 31.Bc4 Qf6 32.Ne8 1-0
Andrew Martin explains instructively on this DVD where Hebden went wrong, yes  with 12…b6 and 14…Qd6.
Semko Semkov wrote in his terrific Kill KID after 9…c6:Knaak puts explanation mark to this move in his 2005 survey. It is hardly any better than the other options though.White obtains the better game with simple developing.
Interesting to mention is that Semkov gives after 10.0-0 cxd5 11.cxd5 Ne8 12.Be3 Nd6 the novelty 13.Qa4! {Semkov: I have tested this novely several times in blitz.The queen is heading for a3 from where it will pressurise d6.
The Willems - Hebden game is also published in the latest British Chess Magazine where,John Saunders writes 12...Ne8 13.Be3 Na6 14.a3 Nd6 15.Bd3 b6 16.b4 f5 17.Rc1 Nc7 18.Bg5 Qd7 Fridman - Vovk,ICC International 2009,was won by black.
Conclusion: A must for all King’s Indian lovers!
 
The Budapest Gambit by Andrew Martin
2009
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Andrew Martin does not only explain you the Budapest Gambit but he also provides the user of this DVD with some interesting repertoire lines.Andrew Martin also shows you in a small four and a half hour video files that this opening is completely  sound.
The knowledge of Martin is based on main themes which are all very easy to learn.
Fascinating is the following game where Vidmar outplayed the great Rubenstein with the following moves:

Rubinstein,Akiba - Vidmar,Milan Sr [A52]
Berlin Berlin, 1918, 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 Ng4 4.Bf4 Nc6 [4...Bc5 5.e3] 5.Nf3 Bb4+ 6.Nc3 Qe7 7.Qd5 Bxc3+ 8.bxc3 Qa3 [8...f6 9.exf6 Nxf6 10.Qd3 d6] 9.Rc1 f6 10.exf6 Nxf6 11.Qd2 d6 12.Nd4 0-0 13.e3 Nxd4 14.cxd4 Ne4 15.Qc2 Qa5+ 16.Ke2 Rxf4 17.exf4 Bf5 18.Qb2 Re8 19.Kf3 Nd2+ [19...h5 20.g3 (20.h3 h4) 20...Ng5+ (20...Nd2+ 21.Kg2 Be4+-+) 21.fxg5 (21.Kg2 Bh3+ 22.Kg1 Nf3#) 21...Be4+ 22.Ke2 Bc2+ 23.Kf3 Qf5+ 24.Kg2 Be4+ 25.Kg1 Qf3] 20.Kg3 Ne4+ 21.Kh4 [21.Kf3 h5 22.h3 h4 23.Rd1 Ng5+ 24.fxg5 Be4+ 25.Kf4 (25.Ke3 Bc2+ 26.Kf3 Qf5#) 25...Qf5+ 26.Ke3 Qxg5+] 21...Re6 22.Be2 Rh6+ 23.Bh5 Rxh5+ 24.Kxh5 Bg6+ [24...Bg6+ 25.Kh4 Qh5#]  0-1
This encounter was the first example of the Budapest Gambit in a Master's Tournament.
8…Qa3 came as a complete shock for Rubenstein but 8…f6 is a better alternative for black,as Martin explains with instructive words on this DVD.
It is important to play active chess and no dilly dolly hanging around the edges with black, move and strike back!
There is a host of possibilities for white but Andrew Martin patiently explains on this DVD,with easy to understand lines.
There are not only classic beauties on this DVD but a fine balance from classic till games from today as we can see in the following blitz game:
Ivanchuk,Vassily (2781) - Mamedyarov,Shakhriyar (2742) [A52]
Moscow Tal Memorial Blitz Moscow (10), 29.08.2008
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 Ng4 4.Nf3 Bc5 5.e3 Nc6 6.Be2 0-0 7.0-0 Ngxe5 8.Nxe5 Nxe5 9.Nc3 Re8 10.Rb1 a5 11.a3 d6 12.b4 axb4 13.axb4 Ba7 14.Qc2 Be6 15.Nb5 Bb8 16.Rd1 Qf6 17.Bb2 Bf5 18.e4 Bg6 19.f3 c6 20.Nc3 h5 [20...Ba7+ 21.Kh1 Qh4 22.Ra1 (22.Bf1 Rad8 23.Bc1 (23.Ne2 Be3 24.Bd4 Bxd4 25.Nxd4 d5) 23...Bh5) 22...Bf2 23.Rxa8 Rxa8] 21.Ra1 Ba7+ [21...Rxa1 22.Bxa1 Ba7+ 23.Kh1 Be3] 22.Kh1 h4 [22...Bf2! 23.Rxa8 Rxa8 24.Bf1 Qh4 25.Ne2 Ra2 26.Qb3 Rxb2 27.Qxb2 Nxc4] 23.Rf1 [23.Qd2!] 23...Qf4 24.Bc1 Be3 25.Bxe3 Qxe3 26.Qc1 Qd4 27.Rd1 Rxa1 28.Qxa1 Qf2 29.Rf1 Qd4 30.Rd1 Qf2 31.Rf1 Qe3 32.Qc1 Qd4 33.Rd1 Qf2 34.Rf1 Qd4 35.Rd1 Qf2 36.Rf1 ½-½
As Martin explains on this DVD, it is all a matter of active play!
Conclusion: Very enjoyable learning DVD!

The Arkhangelsk by Adrian Mikhalchishin
2009
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The Archangel variation runs after the moves: 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 b5 6.Bb3 Bb7,which has been known since the 1950s.
A group of chess players from Arkhangelsk,a town in the north of Russia by the White Sea,made a thorough study of this dangerous attacking system.
One of these pioneers of this line, GM Adrian Mikhalchishin, belongs for a very long time to one of the greatest experts on the Archangel.
So this DVD,from Adrian Mikhalchisih with nearly five hours of video time is very special,
various lines of the Arkhangelsk are well explained by the author, where the material is based at the hand of a impressive  48,video games.
The most energetic and forcing move is 7.d4,once favourite by the great Bobby Fischer as we can see in the following game: Fischer,Robert James - Bisguier,Arthur Bernard [C78]
Buenos Aires Buenos Aires (12), 1970
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 b5 6.Bb3 Bb7 7.d4 Nxd4 8.Nxd4 exd4 9.c3 Nxe4 10.Re1 Bd6 11.Nd2 Bxh2+ 12.Kf1 d5 13.Qh5 0-0 14.Qxh2 dxc3 15.Nxe4 dxe4 16.bxc3 c5 17.Re3 c4 18.Bc2 Qf6 19.Rf3 Qe6 20.Rh3 Qf5 21.Be3 Rad8 22.Re1 Rd7 23.Bd4 Re8 24.Rh5 g5 25.g4 1-0,as Adrian Mikhalchishin explains 10…Bd6 is not the best move.
Interesting to mention is that 13…Qd6 is not hopless for black! {Panczyk & Emms}
White has various choices but al lines are well explained by Mikhalchishin,a modern example is: Shomoev,Anton (2562) - Riazantsev,Alexander (2628) [C78]
Moscow Aeroflot op-A1 Moscow (2), 15.02.2008
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 b5 6.Bb3 Bb7 7.c3 Nxe4 8.d4 exd4 9.Re1 d5 10.Ng5 Qd7 11.Rxe4+ dxe4 12.Nxf7 Na5 [12...Rg8 13.Ng5 Rh8 14.Nf7;
12...dxc3 13.Qxd7+ Kxd7 14.Nxh8 Nd4 15.Nxc3 Nxb3 16.axb3 Ke6³] 13.Nxh8 Nxb3 14.axb3 g6 [14...d3!? 15.Qh5+ g6 16.Nxg6 hxg6 17.Qxg6+ Qf7 18.Qxf7+ Kxf7 19.Be3 c5 20.Nd2 Bd6=] 15.cxd4 Bg7 16.Nxg6 hxg6 17.Nc3 Bxd4 18.Qe2 0-0-0 19.Bg5 Rf8 20.Rd1 Qf5 21.Rxd4 Qxg5 22.b4 Re8 23.Nd1 e3 24.fxe3 Kb8 25.Qg4 Qf6 26.h4 Qc6 27.Qe2 Qf6 28.Qf2 Qe7 29.Qg3 Qe6 30.Qg5 Bc6 31.Rd8+ Rxd8 32.Qxd8+ Kb7 33.Qd4 Qf5 34.Nc3 Qc2 35.Nd5 Qf5 36.e4 Qe6 37.Nf6 Qb3 38.Qc3 Qd1+ 39.Kh2 Qe2 40.Qe5 Qe1 41.Nd5 Qxh4+ 42.Kg1 Qe1+ 43.Kh2 Qh4+ 44.Kg1 Qd8 45.Kf2 Qd7 46.Kg3 Qd8 47.Kg4 Bd7+ 48.Kf4 Bc6 49.Qe7 Qc8 50.g4 Bd7 51.Nf6 Be6 52.Kg5 Kb8 53.e5 Kb7 54.Ne4 Kb8 55.Nc5 Bxg4 56.e6 Bf5 57.Qf6 Bxe6 58.Qxe6 Qxe6 59.Nxe6 Kb7 60.Kxg6 Kb6 61.Kf5 a5 62.Ke5 axb4 63.Kd5 Ka5 64.b3 Kb6 65.Nc5 Ka5 66.Nd7 1-0

 In chapter fifteen of Garry Kasparov On Modern Chess,Part one,Revolution in the 1970s we can read Garry his experiences with the Arkhangelsk:The popularity of the Arkhangelsk Variation was beginning to decline,but curiously,in the late-1980s it again increased due to the efforts of Vladimir Malanyuk.I well remember the 1968 USSR Championship,where I was in sharp rivalry with Karpov.Every game with white was worth its weight in gold! And when I had to play  Malanyuk,I spend the whole of a free day with Alexander Nikitin seeking an advantage in this seemingly rather dubious scheme.But we did not find anything concrete, and I had to play 1.d4.
Conclusion: An outstanding work on the Arkhangelsk!

The Queen's Gambit Declined Exchange Variation by Nigel Davies
2009
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GM Nigel Davies digs in this latest fritztrainer opening’s DVD into the world on of the Queen’s Gambit Declined Exchange Variation, as Davies explains this position is very important in chess because, it can easy arise throw various transpositions as for example the Caro-Kann.
A fine example of the majority attack  is the  following classic game:
Steinitz,William - Lee,Francis Joseph [D53]
London London (11), 13.06.1899
1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 [4.cxd5] 4...Be7 5.e3 0-0 6.Bxf6 [6.cxd5 Nxd5 7.Bxe7 Qxe7] 6...Bxf6 7.cxd5 exd5 8.Qb3 [8.Nf3] 8...c6 9.Bd3 Re8 10.Nge2 Nd7 11.Qc2 Nf8 12.0-0 g6 13.b4 a6 14.a4 Be7 15.b5 axb5 16.axb5 Rxa1 17.Rxa1 f5 [17...Bd6] 18.Ra8 Nd7 19.Na4 Nb6 20.Nxb6 Qxb6 21.Nc3 Bd7 22.Qa2 Rxa8 23.Qxa8+ Bd8 24.Na4 Qc7 25.b6 [25.Nc5 Bc8 (25...b6 26.Nxd7 (26.Nb7 Bc8 27.bxc6) ) 26.b6 Qxb6 27.Qxc8] 25...Qc8 26.Qa7 f4 27.Nc5 fxe3 28.Nxb7 [28.fxe3 Bg5 (28...Bf5) ] 28...exf2+ 29.Kf1 Bf5 30.Bxf5 Qxf5 31.Nxd8 Qd3+ 32.Kxf2 Qd2+ 33.Kf3 Qd3+ 34.Kg4 Qf5+ 35.Kg3 Qd3+ 36.Kh4 Qxd4+ 37.g4 Qf6+ 38.Kg3 Qe5+ ½-½.
As Davies explains Steinitz was at age when he played it, as a young man he  certainly would have won it!
All together there are around 25 model games on this DVD,and that is good for around 4 hours of highly instructive video entertainment.
Davies does not go for latest theory but explains your all the necessarily strategies of the QGD,where I would like to show you the following game from Reshevsky:
Reshevsky,Samuel Herman - Myagmarsuren,Lhamsuren [D36]
Sousse Interzonal Sousse (1), 1967
1.d4 e6 2.c4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bg5 Be7 6.e3 0-0 7.Bd3 c6 8.Qc2 Nbd7 [8...h6 9.Bf4] 9.Nf3 Re8 10.0-0 Nf8 11.Bxf6 [11.Rab1 a5 12.a3] 11...Bxf6 12.b4 Bg4 13.Nd2 Rc8 14.Bf5 Bxf5 15.Qxf5 g6 [15...Be7 16.Rab1 a6 17.a4 Bd6] 16.Qd3 Qd6 17.Rfb1 Bg7 18.a4 Nd7 19.Ra2 [19.b5 c5] 19...Re6 20.Rc2 Rce8 21.Nb3 Nf6 [21...f5] 22.h3 b6 23.Nc1 Bh6 24.N1e2 Nh5 25.b5 Qd7 [25...cxb5 26.Rxb5] 26.bxc6 Rxc6 27.Qb5 Rec8 28.Rbc1 R8c7 29.g4 a6 [29...Nf6 30.Nxd5 Rxc2 31.Nxf6+] 30.Qxa6 Nf6 31.Nxd5 Nxg4 [31...Nxd5 32.Rxc6 Rxc6 33.Qa8+;
31...Qxd5 32.Rxc6 Rxc6 33.Qa8+ Kg7 34.Qxc6] 32.Rxc6 Qxd5 33.Qa8+ Kg7 34.Rxg6+ 1-0.

As you can see Reshevsky understood as no other the secrets of the Exchange Variation,this game also reminds me of some instructive words from Chris Ward in his book,Play The Queen’s Gambit,Everyman Chess 2006: 1.d4 e6 2.c4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bg5 Be7 6.e3 0-0 7.Bd3 c6 8.Qc2 Nbd7 In many years of playing the Exchange Variation I have had numerous wins,not many draws and,as far as my records go back,only one loss.
Conclusion: Buy it for the instructive notes from GM Nigel Davies!            

Utra3 by Tim Harding
2009
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Tim Harding latest Utra 3 Correspondence CD holds over one million correspondence games, or exactly counted 1,060,286 games where over 30.000 of them are well analysed.
These annotated games are the soul of this CD,just click with your mouse on annotator and you will be impressed  about the quality of the annotated games on this CD.
Correspondence players with there latest chess engines are theory lovers and they prefer to play behind there PC the latest novelties, so make advance of there knowledge!
For example in the latest Chess Informator,after the moves 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 Qc7 7.Qg4 f6 8.Bb5+! Kf8 9.Nf3 Qa5T [9...c4 - 99/196] 10.Rb1 a6 11.Be2 Qxc3+ 12.Bd2N from the game,Vitiugov,Nikita (2617) - Dyachkov,Sergej (2566) [C18]
Russia 104/222, 2008 was a so called novelty but it was already played in the following correspondence game which I found on this CD:Pucelj,Joze - Wiesner,Hans (CAN) [C18]
CCOL13 prel3-04 corr ICCF, 1998
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 Qc7 7.Qg4 f6 8.Bb5+ Kf8 9.Nf3 Qa5 10.Rb1 a6 11.Be2 Qxc3+ 12.Bd2 Qxa3 13.0-0 Nc6 14.Rb3 Qa4 15.exf6 Nxf6 16.Qf4 Kg8 17.Bc3 c4 18.Ra1 Qxa1+ 19.Bxa1 cxb3 20.cxb3 Bd7 21.Qd6 Rd8 22.Bb2 h5 23.Ba3 g6 24.Bd3 Kg7 25.Qg3 Ne4 26.Qf4 Nf6 27.Ne5 Nxe5 28.dxe5 Nh7 29.Be7 Rdf8 30.Bxf8+ Rxf8 31.Qg3 Be8 32.Kf1 Bf7 33.Qe3 Rc8 34.Qb6 Rc1+ 35.Ke2 Rh1 36.h3 Rg1 37.g3 1-0. 
Interested in historical research? Or in Alekhine as correspondence chess player?
Just search for the name Alekhine and you will be impressed by the following notes from Tim Harding: Alekhine,Alexander A - Zhukovsky,V [C39]
16th Shakmatnoe Obozrenie 1905-6 corr, 1905
[Alekhine, Harding]
I have done extensive new analysis of this game in 2003.
For the opening see notes in Kibitzer80 (jan 2003) on Lasker-Chigorin thematic match 1.e4 e5 In the 1970 English edition of Alekhine's Best Games, Black's name is given as "W. de Jonkovski". The date of the game is wrongly given there as 1908 (possibly A's fault).
I have also seen Black's name given incorrectly  as "Schachowski", but he was a different person (Shakhovskoi) who also played Alekhine at CC. SEE book of Alekhine Mem CC event p6  and p7 for correct cyrillic spellings.
See also "Khod v Konverte" page 55. 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 g5 4.h4 g4 5.Ne5 Nf6 6.Bc4!? [6.d4] 6...d5 7.exd5 Bd6 [7...Bg7] 8.0-0 Rice Gambit, see Alekhine's notes (p87 of 1970 English ed).
TH: This move and the next constitute the Rice Gambit, devised by American patron Isaac Rice who financed various tournaments devoted to it and publications about it. However, 8 d4 is considered superior. 8...Bxe5 9.Re1 Qe7 10.c3 Diagram
rnb1k2r/ppp1qp1p/5n2/3Pb3/2B2ppP/2P5/PP1P2P1/RNBQR1K1 b kq - 0 10
 All games in a 1905 thematic (OTB) tournament in St Petersburg (1905) began from this position.[10.d4? Bxd4+] 10...g3 This was Dr L.Cohn's recommendation according to the 8th edition of the 'Handbuch'. After some tests, it was considered unable to refute the Rice Gambit, although adequate for a draw. [10...f3 11.d4 Ne4 12.Rxe4 Bh2+ 13.Kxh2 Qxe4 14.g3 Stronger than 14 gxf3 as played by Pervago against Dr Neustadtl in the correspondence tournament. (14.Bg5 was suggested by Alapin but Deep Fritz finds 14...g3+ 15.Kh1 f6 16.Nd2 Qf5 17.Nxf3 fxg5 18.Qe1+ Kd8 which the computer considers good for Black, although it's very messy.) 14...0-0! Diagram
rnb2rk1/ppp2p1p/8/3P4/2BPq1pP/2P2pP1/PP5K/RNBQ4 w - - 0 15
 All games of the Lasker-Chigorin analytical match, Brighton 1903, began from this position.15.Bf4 Lasker played this in the 1st game and returned to it in the 4th game a) 15.Bd3 Qxd5 16.Qd2 Re8 (16...Qh5 17.Qf4 Re8 18.Nd2 Kg7µ is Deep Fritz's take on this.) 17.Qh6 Re2+ 18.Bxe2 fxe2 19.Qe3 Nc6 20.Qe8+ Kg7 21.Qxe2 Bd7 22.Be3 Re8 23.Nd2 Qe6 24.Re1 Qxa2 25.b3 Qc2 26.Qf2 Qd3 27.Nc4 b5 28.Ne5 Nxe5 29.dxe5= was analysis in American Chess Bulletin 1905 p.96.; b) 15.Qd2? White stands well according to Trevor Hay's old booklet on the KG but Black develops smoothly and protects his K by 15...Bf5-+; 15...Qg6!? This is considered best by Deep Fritz in overnight analysis. a) 15...c6 16.dxc6 (16.Nd2 Qg6 17.Qe1 Bf5 18.Qe7 Nd7 19.Re1 cxd5 20.Bxd5 Nf6 21.Qxb7 Rae8 22.Rxe8 Rxe8 23.Be5 Bc8 24.Qc6 Qc2 25.Bxf7+ Kf8 0-1 Game 2 Lasker,E-Chigorin,M/Brighton USA 1903; 16.Bd3 Qxd5 17.Qc2 f5 18.Nd2 b5 19.Re1 Qf7 20.Re5 Be6 21.Ne4 Bc4 22.Bxc4 Qxc4 23.Nd6 Qf1 24.Re7 Nd7 25.Rxd7 Rf6 26.Qb3+ Kh8 27.Nf7+ Kg7 28.Ne5+ Kh8 29.Nf7+ Kg7 30.Nd8+ ½-½ Game 3 Lasker-Chigorin) 16...Nxc6 17.Bd3 Qd5 18.Nd2 Bf5 19.Nc4 Bxd3 20.Qxd3 Rfe8 21.Ne3 Qd7 22.d5 Ne5 23.Qd4 Ng6 24.h5 Nxf4 25.Qxf4 Qe7 26.Nxg4 f5 27.Re1 Qg7 28.Nh6+ Kh8 29.Nxf5 Qf6 30.Re6 Rxe6 31.dxe6 Re8 32.e7 h6 33.Qd4 Qxd4 34.cxd4 1-0 first game Lasker-Chigorin; b) 15...Re8 16.Na3 (16.Nd2 Qg6 17.Bf1 Bf5 18.Nc4 Nd7 19.Bxc7 Nf6 20.Ne5 Qh6 21.c4 Qe3 led to a 34-move Black win in the 4th game Lasker-Chigorin.) 16...Bf5 17.Qd2 Nd7 18.Bf1 Bg6 19.Nb5 c6 20.dxc6 Qxc6 21.Nc7 Rac8 ½-½ was the 6th and final game of the Lasker-Chigorin thematic match, 1903.; c) 15...b5!? was considered stronger by Alapin but Chigorin did not try it and Deep Fritz7 is not so impressed either. 16.Bxb5 c1) 16.Bd3 D. Janowski 16...Qxd5 17.c4 (17.Na3 c6 18.c4 is better, but still inadequate, accoridng to Deep Fritz7) 17...bxc4 18.Nc3 Qb7 19.Bc2 Qxb2 20.Nd5 Nc6 21.Rb1 Qxd4 0-1 A.Robino-Club Marseille Regence, corr 1903; c2) 16.Nd2! Qf5 17.Bxb5 Qxd5 18.Qb3 keeps Black's advantage to a minimum according to the computer.; 16...Ba6?! This got a ! from the players of 1903 but Deep Fritz prefers a different move (16...Qxd5 17.c4 Qh5 18.Bxc7 Bd7µ is computer analysis) 17.c4 Bxb5 18.Nc3 and now 18...Qg6 was played by Alapin and the Marseille team in one of the games from the 1903 postal tournament, but the position is unclear.(18...Qf5!? is preferred by Deep Fritz but it reckons Black has a minimal advantage) ; 16.Na3 a) 16.Nd2 c6 17.dxc6 Nxc6 and now if 18.Nf1 (18.Qa4 a6 Deep Fritz7) 18...Ne7 (18...Na5 Deep Fritz7) 19.Ne3 Nf5-+ Gelbak-Chigorin, St Petersburg 1905.; b) 16.Bxc7 may be slightly better 16...Bf5 17.Na3 a6 18.Qd2 Nd7µ Deep Fritz7; 16...c6 Diagram
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 Black stands better although the 5th game Lasker-Chigorin was drawn in 40 moves.17.Nc2 cxd5 18.Bxd5 Nc6 19.Bc4 Bf5 20.Ne3 Rfe8 21.Kg1 Rad8 22.Qb3 Bd3 23.h5 Qxh5!? (23...Bxc4 looks obvious but Chigorin sacrifices the Bishop to get a pawn breakthrough. 24.hxg6 Bxb3 25.gxh7+ Kxh7 26.axb3 White should not have enough compensation for the exchange.) 24.Bxd3 Rxe3 25.Bxe3 Qh3 26.Qc2 Qxg3+ 27.Kf1 Qh3+ 28.Ke1 g3 The situation looks desperate for White. 29.Bf1 g2?! (29...Qh2 looks like a better winning try, e.g. 30.Qf5 Qxb2 31.Qg5+ (31.Rc1 g2) 31...Kf8 32.Qxg3 f2+ 33.Qxf2 Qxa1+) 30.Qf2 Kh8 A strange move but it is a tacit draw offer. (30...Rd6; 30...gxf1Q+ 31.Qxf1 is not winning for Black and could be worse in the long run as his pawns are all broken.) 31.Bxg2 fxg2 32.Qf6+ Kg8 33.Qg5+ Kf8 34.Kf2 Rd6 35.Qc5 Qh2 36.Rg1 b6 37.Qg5 Rg6 38.Rxg2 Qh1 39.Rg1 Qe4 40.Qf4 ½-½ Lasker,E-Chigorin,M/Brighton USA 1903 (40);
10...Nh5 (Jasnogrodsky) is the book line but is it a clear refutation? 11.d4 Nd7 (Napier) came to be recognised as the toughest defence, but other 11th moves for Black can be considered. 12.Qxg4 investigated by Janowski and Alapin a) 12.dxe5 Nxe5 (RR12...Nb6!? 13.d6! (13.Na3 Qxh4 14.Bb5+ c6 15.dxc6 0-0 threatening ...Ng3) 13...Qxh4 favoured by Fritz8 but 14.e6 fxe6 15.Bxe6 Kd8 16.Bf7÷ Junior7 thinks equal) 13.b3 threatens Ba3 13...0-0! calls White's bluff 14.Ba3 Nf3+! 15.gxf3 Qxh4 16.Re5 is an unclear line that was analysed in New York; Edward Lasker now recommended (16.Bf1? Qg3+ 17.Bg2 gxf3 18.Qxf3 Qxe1+ and Black won in a 1904 tournament game Rosenbaum-Napier.) 16...Bf5! e.g. (16...Qg3+ forces a draw already if that's what Black wants.; 16...f6!? to examine) 17.Nd2 Qg3+ 18.Kf1 Qh2 (Capablanca & Edward Lasker now said Black's attack assures him at least a draw) 19.Bxf8 g3 (RR19...Kxf8 to examine) 20.Bc5 g2+ 21.Ke1 Qh4+ (21...g1Q+? Korchnoi & Zak main line but NOT a draw 22.Bxg1 Qxg1+ RR23.Nf1! (23.Bf1 Ng3÷ Capablanca, Burn & Ed.Lasker cited by K&Z but computers may find several holes in this variation.) 23...Bg6 (Junior 7: 2) 23...Qg6 24.Qd4 a5 25.Re7 Qd6 26.Qe5 Kf8 27.Kd2 Qxe5 28.Rxe5 Ng7 29.Rae1  2.70/16 ; Junior 7: 3) 23...Rd8 24.Qd4  2.75/16 ; Junior 7: 4) 23...Ng7 24.Qd4  2.83/16 ) 24.Qe2 a5 25.Qf2 Qh1 26.Kd2 Rd8 27.Qe2 Nf6 28.Re1 Qg1 Junior 7  2.60/17 ) 22.Ke2 Ng3+ 23.Kf2 Ne4+ 24.Kxg2 Black has to be content with perpetual check according to Keres(24.Ke2?? Nxc3#) ;
b) 12.Bb5 Kd8! 13.Bxd7 Bxd7 14.Rxe5 Qxh4 15.Rxh5 Qxh5 16.Bxf4 Re8!µ played in 1905 by both Chigorin and Napier; 12...Ndf6 (12...Bxd4+ allows White the elegant continuation 13.Kf1 Ng3+ 14.Qxg3 fxg3 15.Rxe7+ (15.cxd4 followed by Nc3 and Bf4 with a good game, according to contemporary analysis. However, it is hard to believe this exchange sacrifice with White's queenside undeveloped. Deep Fritz7 proposes 15...Qxe1+ 16.Kxe1 Nb6 17.Bb3 a5 18.a4 Rg8 claiming a big advantage for Black. However, White now plays Bf4 and maybe he is doing fine. 19.Bf4) 15...Kxe7 16.cxd4 Nb6 17.Bb3 Bf5 18.Bf4 Rhg8 Wellington-Neville, Rice Gambit corr tourney 1911 (0-1, 35)) 13.Qe2 Alapin's try a) 13.Qxc8+ Rxc8 14.Rxe5 Rd8µ .15.Rxe7+ Kxe7 16.Be2! Ng3 17.Bf3 Nxd5 test game played in Berlin, 1910; b) 13.Qg5 Bd6! 14.Rxe7+ (14.Bb5+ Kd8) 14...Kxe7 with deadly threats on the g-file (Rosenthal); c) 13.Qd1 Ng4 14.Bb5+ c1) 14.Be2? f3! 15.Bxf3 Bh2+; c2) 14.Nd2 Rg8 or(14...Ng3) ; 14...c6! 15.Rxe5 (15.dxc6 0-0! Alapin) 15...Nxe5 16.dxc6 (16.dxe5 Qxe5) 16...bxc6! 17.dxe5 (17.Qxh5 cxb5 18.Qxe5 Qxe5 19.dxe5 f3! 20.gxf3 Bb7 21.Kf2 0-0-0µ) 17...cxb5 18.Qxh5 Handbuch 18...Bb7 or first(18...Qc5+) ; 13...Ng4 14.Qxe5 Nxe5 15.Rxe5 Rg8µ (15...Be6 16.dxe6 f5! Estrin & Glazkov alternative for Black) 16.Rxe7+ (16.Nd2 Bh3 17.Bf1 Rd8 18.Rxe7+ Kxe7 19.Kf2 Bg4 20.Bc4 Nf6! 21.Nf3 Bxf3 22.gxf3 Nxd5!µ Handbuch(22...Nh5? Alapin-Burn, Barmen 1905) ) 16...Kxe7 17.Kf2 Bf5 18.Be2 Bg4 19.Bd3 Rg7 20.Nd2 Rag8 21.b3 Bd7 22.Ba3+ Kd8 23.Rg1 Nf6 24.Be4 Bh3 25.Bf3 Ng4+ 26.Ke2 Ne3 27.g3 Nf5 28.d6 Rxg3 29.dxc7+ Kxc7 0-1 Chajes, Grommer & Marder v Capablanca, exhibition game, American Chess Bulletin 1913 p188;
10...Qc5+?! illustrates one of the main motives of the Rice Gambit. The black Queen gets driven to a poor square where she cannot assist the defence after 11.d4 Qxc4 12.Na3! Qa6 (12...Qxd5?? 13.Rxe5+) 13.Rxe5+ followed by Bxf4 with a strong attack] 11.d4 In the same tournament, Alekhine played this line as Black and his opponent R.Geish-Ollisevich went wrong immediately by [11.Qe2? Ng4 12.d4 Qxh4 13.Qf3 and now simply 13...0-0 is easily won for Black(13...Nf2?? was actually played, overlooking that after 14.Rxe5+ White stops the mate by 15 Rh5, but somehow Alekhine won the game in the end.) ] 11...Ng4 12.Nd2 Objectively, this is perhaps a losing move, but I don't designate it a mistake by Alekhine. In an experimental tournament there would be no point in going down the known drawing line. [12.Bxf4! Bxf4 (12...Qxh4 13.Qf3) 13.Rxe7+ Kxe7 14.Qf3 Be3+ 15.Kh1 RRf5 (15...Nf2+ 16.Kg1 Ng4+ 17.Kh1 Nf2+ draws by perpetual check (known since the early 20th century)) 16.Na3 f4 (RR16...Kd8 17.Nc2 Bf2 is a winning try for Black, suggested by Deep Fritz7, but with 18.Qf4 Bd7 19.d6 (Junior7) White seems to have enough play , considering Black's underdeveloped queenside.) 17.Nc2 Bf2? (17...Rf8! Alapin 18.Re1 Rf6²) 18.Qxf4 Re8 19.Rd1! h6 20.Rd2 Kd8 21.Re2 Rh8 22.Qf7 Bd7 23.Qg7 Re8 24.Rxe8+ Bxe8! 25.Qxg4 Nd7 26.Qe6 b5? 27.Nb4! 1-0 Club Marseille Regence (A.Barbier)-E.Zani (assisted by S.Alapin), Rice Gambit thematic corr 1903-4] 12...Qxh4 [12...Ne3 13.Qh5! (13.Qa4+ Bd7 14.Qb3 Bg4 15.Nf1 Qxh4 16.Bxe3 f3 0-1 V.Tabunshikov-E.Zani, LMI Rice Gambit thematic corr 1903-4) 13...Bd6 14.Bb5+ Kd8 15.Ne4 gives White a strong attack according to Dr Lasker in The Rice Gambit (New York, 1910). However, Black may have better 3th moves.] 13.Nf3 "White stands well" wrote Australian expert Trevor Hay in his King's Gambit booklet for Chess Digest, but this seems doubtful. Hay was evidently copying GM Paul Keres, a great connoisseur of open games, who considered that White stood quite well here ('Dreispringerspiel bis Königsgambit', 1971 Sportverlag edition, p.245) 13...Qh6! Diagram
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 Black threatens to win the queen by ...Nf2.[13...Qh2+ 14.Nxh2 gxh2+ 15.Kh1 Nf2+ 16.Kxh2 Nxd1 as suggested by Lipschütz and analysed by Crespi and Reggio in La Stratégie, 1901, could be met by 17.Rxe5+ Kd8 18.Bxf4 Nxb2 19.Bg5+ Kd7 20.Be2 h5? (RR20...c6) 21.Rb1 Na4 22.Bb5+ EM.Lasker, an opinion confirmed by computers.] 14.Qa4+ [14.Rxe5+ is the strongest continuation according to E.Delmar (American Chess Bulletin 1905, page 75) but this is questionable. After 14...Nxe5!? (<14...Kd8÷ 15.Qe1? (¹15.Re2) 15...Nf2 16.Kf1 Bg4 17.Ng1 Nd7 18.d6 cxd6 19.Re7 Be6 20.Rxe6 fxe6 21.Qxe6 Qxe6 22.Bxe6 Re8 23.Bd5 Nf6 24.Bxb7 N6g4 25.Ne2 Rb8 26.Ba6 Rb6 27.Bc4 d5 28.Bxd5 Nd3 0-1 P.S.Leonhardt,-R.Teichmann, London Rice tournament 1904) 15.dxe5 Bg4 White has insufficient compensation for the lost exchange according to Alekhine, while;
14.Qe2 "would be demolished by 14...0-0 15.dxe5 Nf2 16.Kf1 Qh1+ 17.Ng1 Nh3! (Alekhine);
14.Qd2 Ne3! AAA. "There consequently remains nothing better than to attempt the following diversion" (i.e. Qa4+ as played)] 14...Bd7 [14...c6 had been tried and found wanting in earlier games, e.g. Rice-Hanham 15.Qa3 Nf2 16.Rxe5+ Be6 17.Kf1 Qh1+ 18.Ng1 Nh3 19.gxh3 f3 20.Bg5! Qg2+ 21.Ke1 f2+ 22.Kd2 f1N+ 23.Kd3 Kd7 24.dxe6+ Kc7 25.Qe7+ Kb6 26.Qd8+! Rxd8 27.Bxd8#] 15.Qa3 The young Alekhine follows the latest fashion. As he writes, this move was also played by Professor Rice himself in a consultation game in New York, which was drawn, but the Q on a3 is out of play for a very long time. It is hard to see what is to be gained by putting it here rather than on b4. The main difference seems to be that in some variations the white Q can later capture the a7-pawn if Black castles long. [15.Qb4 was played in another game around the same period, as Alekhine indicates: 15...Nc6! 16.dxc6 Bxc6 17.Bb5 (17.d5 compare Alekhine's game) 17...0-0-0 18.Bxc6 bxc6! (RR18...Bxd4+ 19.cxd4 bxc6 20.Qa3 (RR20.Qe7) 20...Rhe8 21.Bxf4 Qxf4 22.Qxa7 Nh2 (22...Re3 23.Qa6+ Kb8 24.Qxc6 Rd6 25.Qc5 Rh6 26.Qb4+ Kc8 27.Qf8+ Kd7 28.Rad1 Nf2 0-1 Saunders-Wheeler,J/corr 1901) 23.d5 Nxf3+ 24.gxf3 Rxe1+ 25.Rxe1 c5 1/2-1/2 Em.Lasker-J.F.Barry, US simul 1903) 19.dxe5 Nf2 20.Kf1 Qh1+ 21.Ng1 Nh3! 22.Qc5 (22.gxh3 f3) 22...f3! 23.gxf3 Nxg1 0-1 Lipschutz,S-Napier,W/RUS 1906] 15...Nc6! Alekhine gives this developing move an exclamation mark although computers consider other moves to be good also. [15...b5!? for example.] 16.dxc6 "White has no choice. After [16.dxe5 Ncxe5 followed by ...O-O-O gives Black an irresistible attack (AAA).] 16...Bxc6 17.d5T Bxd5?! "Very ingenious. It is probable, however, that the simple variation [17...Bd7! 18.Qc5! f6! 19.d6 c6µ leaving Black two pawns ahead in a defensible position, was preferable". Computers consider that Alekhine is absolutely right about this.
The text move, as he says, "leads to extremely interesting complications most difficult to fathom". That comment was right at any rate; without a computer to guide him, even one of the world's greatest analysts made numerous mistakes in his notes from this point.] 18.Bxd5 Qb6+ 19.Nd4 0-0-0³ Diagram
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 Matters look bad for White who is behind on development, has the less secure king and even his material advantage (bishop versus three pawns) is microscopic. Alekhine decided to sacrifice in order "to avoid immediate disaster".20.Rxe5! Rxd5?! This surprise move should have lost the game but Alekhine does not see that. He gives it a ! instead. [20...Nxe5 was the reply he expected, when 21.Qb3 Qxb3 (RR21...f3 22.gxf3T (22.Qxb6 f2+ 23.Kf1 axb6³) 22...Qxb3 23.Bxb3 c5 24.Nf5÷ was another sharp possibility.) 22.Bxb3 Ng6 (RR22...c5 23.Nf3) 23.Bd2 "would give White excellent drawing chances" (Alekhine). Nevertheless it is not so clear and this is what Black should have done. .23...c5 24.Nf3;
RR20...f3!? followed by ...Nxe5 also came into consideration.] 21.Rxd5 Qh6 Diagram
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22.Nf3! Good judgment by the teenage Alekhine, looking to his defences first.
It turns out that the Q on a3 dare not carry out her "threat" after all, e.g. [22.Qxa7 Threatens mate but allows Black to do his worst. The "worst" in fact turns out to be a draw after a long forcing variation 22...Qh2+ 23.Kf1 Qh1+ 24.Ke2 Qxg2+ 25.Kd3 with a position somewhat reminiscent of the Steinitz Gambit! Black's choice is to give more queen checks or to exchange rooks 25...Qxd5! is the right choice (25...Qf1+ 26.Ne2 Qf3+ (26...Nf2+ 27.Kc2 Qxe2+ 28.Kb3 transposes) 27.Kc4 Qxe2+ 28.Kb3 Qa6 the only way to stop Qa8 being mate 29.Qxa6 bxa6 30.Bxf4 looks winning for White, whose second rook can now enter the game.) 26.Qa8+ (26.Bxf4!? Re8 and Black has ample play, which should soon regain the sacrificed material.) 26...Kd7 27.Qxh8 Here White has an extra rook and bishop but as yet they are not doing much, whereas Black can maybe make something of his four passed pawns, active knight and centralised queen. This is why Alekhine did not take the a7-pawn. Black would have at least a draw by perpetual check, e.g. 27...Ne5+ (27...f3 was indicated by AAA as an alternative for Black, attempting to utilise his dangerous kingside passed pawns, but computers are unimpressed by this suggestion:) 28.Kc2 Qe4+ 29.Kb3 (Alekhine's analysis was parroted in a game Ledesma-J.Canepa, Montevideo 1941, which appears in databases today.) 29...Qd5+ End of AAA's variation, and 29...g2 is also sufficient to draw.] 22...Nf2 This threatens mate by ...Qh1 so leaving White no choice. 23.Kf1 Re8! Diagram
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 Black develops his last piece and cuts off the white king from its escape route. Now the threat is 24...Qh1+ 25 Ng1 Qxg1+! 26 Kxg1 Re1# but White has a more than sufficient anwer at his disposal.24.Bxf4?! It seems that, when annotating this game for his book in 1927, Alekhine did not give as much attention to the later phase as he did with his comments up to move 20. His observation that taking the f-pawn is "the only resource to escape the deadly coils" is 180 degrees away from the truth. This move should have lost whereas he could have obtained serious winning chances with an alternative that he does not even mention! [24.Re5! simplifies and draws the fangs from Black's attack: 24...Rxe5 25.Bxf4 Qxf4 26.Qf8+ (26.Nxe5 is also quite strong but gives Black options 26...Ng4+ 27.Nf3 Nh2+ 28.Ke2 Qc4+ (28...Qe4+) ) 26...Kd7 27.Nxe5+ Qxe5 28.Qxf7+ Kd6 Black is knight for rook down and, while the situation remains volatile, a queen exchange would be fatal for him. There is no clear saving line for Black after 24 Re5. ] 24...Qh1+! 25.Ng1 Ng4 Diagram
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 Another critical moment has arisen.26.Rh5?! "This sacrifice is the simplest and surest way of saving the game" claimed Alekhine. In fact, it should have been the losing move. [26.Re5! would, as Alekhine said, expose White to danger without any winning chances. Nevertheless, it had to be played. 26...Nh2+ 27.Ke2 Rd8! Black's attack flares up again because ...Qxg2+, which cannot be prevented, is associated with dangerous threats now that Alekhine's K cannot escape to the queenside. White now has to fight hard for a draw. 28.Bxg3! (28.Ke3 Qxg2 29.Bg5 f6 30.Bxf6 Ng4+) 28...Qxg2+ 29.Bf2 Diagram
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 We have reached the critical position of this variation which Alekhine rejected.29...Qg4+ (29...Ng4 not mentioned by Alekhine, was also possible, but I think 30.Qxa7 b6 31.Rf1 Nxe5 32.Qa4 Kb7 33.Rd1 hangs on for White, although there is lots of play left.) 30.Ke1! This move was dismissed by Alekhine in a  short parenthesis (30.Ke3 f5?! (30...Qg2 Again, not mentioned by Alekhine but possibly correct, giving Black a slight edge?) 31.Qe7 is the safe option (31.Qb4!? Qg5+ 32.Qf4 Ng4+! 33.Kf3 Nxe5+ 34.Qxe5 Qg4+ 35.Ke3 f4+ Here your computer may tell you White stands somewhat better, but after 36.Ke4 Qg2+ 37.Nf3 Qxf2 Alekhine reckoned that, despite the N deficit, Black has "good winning chances as White cannot protect both his K and his queenside pawns".) 31...f4+ 32.Ke4 Qg2+ 33.Kxf4 Qxf2+ and Black has at least a draw says Alekhine; Fritz8 thinks it's ONLY a draw..) 30...Qg2! 31.Bd4!! (31.Ke2 Qg4+ "and Black has already a draw" said Alekhine, but even that is not clear after 32.Ke3! f5 33.Qb4 Qg5+ 34.Qf4 Ng4+ 35.Kf3 Nxe5+ 36.Qxe5 Qg4+ 37.Ke3 Anyway, this is only of academic intreest because White has a winning move in 31 Bd4.) 31...Qf1+ 32.Kd2 Qxa1 33.Kc2 and the white K reaches safety, after which he can reckon on exploiting his extra piece.] 26...Qxh5 27.Nh3 Diagram
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27...Qb5+? Black throws away the win that Alekhine's miscalculations had gifted him!.
The only alternative analysed by Alekhine was 27....Nh2+ (when he reckoned White can draw) but in fact the right move is [27...Nf2 threat 28...Qe2+ and mates in 3 28.Bxg3 (28.Re1 Rxe1+ 29.Kxe1 Qd1#; RR28.Be3 only delays the end with hopeless sacrifices 28...Rxe3 29.Qf8+ Kd7 30.Kg1 Nxh3+ 31.gxh3 Qf3 32.Rf1 Re1 33.Qe8+ Kxe8 34.Rxe1+ Kd7 etc.) 28...Nxh3 29.gxh3 Else 29...£f5+ 29...Qf3+ 30.Bf2 Qxh3+ 31.Kg1 Rg8+ as discovered by B. Baskov in 1933, and published in Shakmaty v SSSR. After 39 years it was rediscovered by Igor Glazkov in "64". (Information from Romanov & Grodzensky in "Khod v Konverte".)] 28.Kg1! Alekhine settles for the draw, saying that [28.c4 "would allow White to preserve his material, but would leave Black winning chances, e.g. 28...Qxc4+ 29.Kg1 Qd4+ 30.Kh1 Nf2+ 31.Nxf2 and now 31...Qxf2 as in the game does not work because of 32 Bxg3, but instead Black can play 31...gxf2! with some advantage; because the f4-B is en prise. Alekhine gives these possible continuations 32.Qg3 (32.Bg3 Qf6 33.Rf1 Qh6+ 34.Bh2 Re1 35.Qd3 Qc1-+) 32...Qxb2 (32...Re1+?? 33.Rxe1 fxe1Q+ 34.Qxe1 Qxf4 35.Qe8#) 33.Rf1 Qxa2 "and Black should win"] 28...Qb6+ 29.Kh1 Nf2+ 30.Nxf2 Qxf2! Black avoids the trap [30...gxf2? 31.Rf1 Qf6 32.g3] 31.Bxg3 Qxg3 32.Qxa7 Diagram
2k1r3/Qpp2p1p/8/8/8/2P3q1/PP4P1/R6K b - - 0 32
 Now material is level. Here Black had several tries and perhaps wisely decided to settle for the clear draw by perpetual check.32...Re1+ Here Alekhine is wrong again, because he says that the only possible winning try [32...Re4 "is easily refuted by" 33.Kg1! but it is not so clear-cut because now comes 'because now comes' 33...Rh4 trying to drive the white K into the open, and no "simple refutation" is apparent to me or to the various computer engines that have examined this position with me. 34.Qa8+ is probably just good enough to draw, as White gains a tempo to develop his R with check: (34.Rd1 threatens mate by Qa8+ but this is easily countered 34...Qh2+ 35.Kf2 Rf4+ (35...Qf4+ 36.Kg1 Qh2+ draws immediately) 36.Ke3 Qg3+ 37.Kd2 Qf2+ 38.Qxf2 Rxf2+ and Black wins a pawn with good chances in the rook endgame.) 34...Kd7 35.Rd1+ Kc6 36.Qe8+ Kb6 but White has no further checks and Black may have some chances of forcing a favourable queen endgame or rook endgame.] 33.Rxe1 Qxe1+ 34.Kh2 Now the traditional finish to the game is incorrect, according to Skinner & Verhoeven, who refer to Alekhine's unpublished notebooks (which he probably did not have at his disposal when writing his book in exile). 34...Qe4 [Alekhine Best Games gave the ending as: 34...Qh4+ 35.Kg1 Qe1+ and this finish is also given in "Khod v Konverte"] 35.Qa8+ Kd7 36.Qg8 Qh4+ 37.Kg1 Qe1+ ½-½
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