Letsplaychess.com presents - Alekhine - Nimzowitsch

[MistirPinchin]

alekhine! no fear...

[GlibbaH]

isnt there an english word vor "zugzwang" its kinda funny, listening to the pronunciation if you are german :P

Btw, GREAT commentary :)

[stuffyfreerunner]

hast du recht x)

[Paint]

I got frustrated because of all of the variations that were being thrown in when I just wanted to see what happened next. I think you you should go through the game once and show what happened then go through it again with the different lines because it got really distracting. I still learned a lot though :)

[anzsai]

@Paint Me too...I spent more time figuring out which is the true move than understanding the reasons behind the moves...

[maglor001]

imagine alekhine with with todays tools..

[GinoTheSinner]

a little bit too many stray-offs on what may or may not be the best continutation... i think you can prepare those skirmishes a little bit better. but otherwise very intresting

[edmalikin]

I don't tend to resign in such a middlegame until there is no "way out" of my loss. Here black, I think, black had some saving move, but I didn't find any.

[mendoncacorreia]

At his 21st move, Nimzowitsch must have thought he was between the devil and the deep blue sea: he had either (i) to give up the c-column with 21... Nd8 22. Rac1 Rxc2 23. Rxc2 Rc8 24. Rxc8 Nxc8 25. Qc3! Ne7 26. Qc7 , or (ii) to submit himself with 21... Qe8 to the pin which caused his doom in this game.

Nimzowitsch seldom played really well against Alekhine. Utter humiliation would come at Bled 1931, where the former World Champion simply trounced him in both their games...