Alekhine
1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6 4.c4 Nb6 5.exd6 exd6 6.Nc3 Be7 7.Bd3 Nc6 8.Be3 Bf6 9.Nge2
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| It might seem we have come a long way from the opening, but there are 322 examples of this position in ChessBase's 2024 Mega database |
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9...Bg4 10.f3!?
Alexander Alekhine played 10.a3?! in a 1932 simul. After 10...Nxd4 11.f3 Nxe2 12.Qxe2 Be6 Black was clearly better, the game being drawn in 41 moves.
10...Bh5 11.0-0 Bg6!?
This is the commonest move in Mega24.
12.Re1 Qd7!?
Probably a novelty.
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| It seems risky leaving the black king uncastled for so long, but is there a refutation? |
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Apparently not. The game continued:
13.Ne4 Be7 14.Qd2 d5!?
This more-or-less equalises, if followed up correctly.
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| How should White proceed? |
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15.Nc5?!
Probably better is 15.cxd5, when Stockfish16 and Komodo14.1 give 15...Nb4!?, one line running 16.d6!? Nxd3 17.Qxd3 cxd6!?, after which the engines marginally prefer White.
15...Bxc5 16.dxc5 dxc4??
This loses a piece, albeit for two pawns. Better are 16....Bxd3 17.cxb6 dxc4, with approximate equality, and 16...Nxc4 17.Bxc4 dxc4 18.Qxd7+ Kxd7 19.Rad1+ Kc8, after which the engines reckon Black may have an edge, but the position looks much easier for White to play.
17.Bxg6 hxg6
There is nothing better.
18.cxb6 axb6 19.Qxd7+ Kxd7 20.Nc3 Ra5!? 21.Rad1+ Kc8 22.Rd5 Nb4 23.Rxa5 bxa5
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| Black's queenside pawn-structure has been straightened out, to an extent, but from White's viewpoint fewer pieces make an accident less likely |
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24.Rd1 c6 25.a3 Nd3 26.b3 Re8 27.Bb6 Re1+!?
The engines are happy with this, but Black's practical chances are reduced almost to zero.
28.Rxe1 Nxe1 29.bxc4 Nc2 30.a4 Na3 31.c5 (1-0, 45 moves)
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