TWIC 1423 (2022.02.14)New series, let's see how long / how regularly I maintain it. White scored 3.5/4, but it could have been very different.
References:
- Burgess (1992) The Complete Alekhine
- Burgess (1996) New Ideas in the Alekhine Defence
- Bogdanov (2009) Play the Alekhine
#1 Lodici - Shton, Titled Tue, chess.com 2022.02.081.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6 4.f4 dxe5 5.fxe5 c5 6.c4 6...Nc7?6...Nb4! --Bogdanov (2009), page 84
7.d5 Black is probably already lost.
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#2 Parma - Lavandeira, 5th Marcel Duchamp Cup, Montevideo 20221.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6 4.c4 Nb6 5.f4 dxe5 6.fxe5 c5 7.d5 e6 8.Nc3 exd5 9.cxd5 c4 10.Be3 10.d6 most critical --Bogdanov (2009), page 45
10...Bb4 11.d6 illogical, compared to 10.d6 --Burgess (1996), page 43
11...Nc6 12.Nf3 Bg4 13.Bf4 there you go
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White lost a center pawn and then a piece, but fought back.
#3 Petrov - Clery, Cappelle la Grand op 20221.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6 4.c4 Nb6 5.f4 dxe5 6.fxe5 Nc6 7.Be3 Bf5 8.Nc3 e6 9.Be2 Qd7 10.Nf3 Bg4!? Interesting timing.
10...O-O-O 11.O-O Bg4
11.c5 Nd5 12.Nxd5 Qxd5 13.h3 Bh5 14.O-O 14...Be7 14...O-O-O would be Platonov - Kupriechik, USSR Ch 1967,
except with h2-h3 and ...Bg4-h5 inserted.
15.Qc1 Black's opening is by no means refuted.
15...O-O-O!? 16.Qc3 The engine is already suggesting moves like 16...a6?! and 16...h6?!.
16...f6 17.Bc4 Qd7 18.Qb3 Bf7 19.Qc3 Bh5 20.Qb3 Bf7 21.Qa3 Bh5 22.g4 Bg6 23.b4
23...Be4 24.b5 Black is in trouble.
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#4 Urazayev - Sviridov, Titled Tue, chess.com 2022.02.08 1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.c4 Nb6 4.d4 d6 5.f4 dxe5 6.fxe5 Nc6 7.Be3 Bf5 8.Nc3 e6 9.Nf3
9... Qd7 a trend?
10.Be2 O-O-O 11.O-O Bg4 12.d5!? Black must have been thinking, can they do that?
12.c5 Nd5 13.Nxd5 Qxd5 Platonov - Kupriechik, USSR Ch 1967.
See for example Burgess (1992), page 116.
12...exd5 13.cxd5 13.Bxb6 cxb6! 14.Nxd5 Kb8! =+
13...Nxd5 14.Nxd5 Qxd5 15.Qxd5 Rxd5 16.Bc4 Bxf3 17.Rxf3 Rxe5 18.Bf4? Bc5+ 19.Kh1 Re7 With two clear pawns and no weaknesses, black should win.
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