Letsplaychess.com Instructive game: Middlegame King walk! - Alekhine Defence

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Instructive game featuring a dramatic king walk in a middlegame position with Queens, Rooks and minor pieces still on the board!

[Event "Tilburg 53/115"]
[Site "Tilburg 53/115"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Nigel Short"]
[Black "Jan Timman"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6 4.Nf3 g6 5.Bc4 Nb6 6.Bb3 Bg7 7.Qe2
Nc6 8.O-O O-O 9.h3 a5 10.a4 dxe5 11.dxe5 Nd4 12.Nxd4 Qxd4
13.Re1 e6 14.Nd2 Nd5 15.Nf3 Qc5 16.Qe4 Qb4 17.Bc4 Nb6 18.b3
Nxc4 19.bxc4 Re8 20.Rd1 Qc5 21.Qh4 b6 22.Be3 Qc6 23.Bh6 Bh8
24.Rd8 Bb7 25.Rad1 Bg7 26.R8d7 Rf8 27.Bxg7 Kxg7 28.R1d4 Rae8
29.Qf6+ Kg8 30.h4 h5 31.Kh2 Rc8 32.Kg3 Rce8 33.Kf4 Bc8 34.Kg5
1-0

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• grandmaster
• master
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• Short
• Timman
• King
• Walk
• Tilburg
• 1989

[kingscrusher]

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[kingscrusher]

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[alexholowczak]

Rather than Bg7, what was wrong with Bxe5? He can't recapture due to Qxg2 mate, and he'd keep the dark squared bishop?

After Kh2, could black play Qxa4? After Kg3, Qxc2, leading to possibilities of checking along the diagonal. N/Rd2 would perhaps block it, but can black then play Qg1 to get around there and deliver a check to stop the king walk?

[kingscrusher]

Bh6 was necessary to be able to answer Qe7 with Bxh6

Here is a critical line if Black had played Bxe5 instead of Bg7 :

25. Rad1 Bxe5 26. Qe7 Bg7 27. Rxa8 Bxa8 28. Rd8 Bxh6 29. Rxe8+ *

[harshvgaus]

just ridiculous, imagine if a king walk happened at the world championship, that would make my day.

[dtsdyloot]

Lovely! Your enthusiasm is QUITE appreciated -- Lovely choice of games, you've got another subscriber...!

[rohit07017169]

Superb game. !!!!!!!

[supergeckoh]

I used to think the only good thing about this game was the king march. Now, after watching this video I not only appreciate the game more, but also Nigel Short as a player. Thank you Kingscrusher for your brilliant and inspiring videos.

[AlanWattParrot]

Lev Aronian's king had a longer march in a recent rapid win over Kramnik,

[NumbFlynn]

@dtsdyloot I'm just replying because your comment was posted three years ago and you're probably not expecting a reply.

[aditya2004]

@kingscrusher @kingscrusher hello sir, could you please cover these two games if you deem worthy. i thot they were great but would like to hear your commentary. Thanks a lot in advance.

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Problematic ending. Knight sac

Ahues vs Sultan Khan, 1930

(E43) Nimzo-Indian, Fischer Variation, 46 moves, 0-1

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Rook sac - a surprise!!!

Tylor vs Sultan Khan, 1932

(C46) Three Knights, 60 moves, 0-1

[thegnomeidentity]

superb

[StormSong8]

True. Still, I'm gonna give this a shot tonight as soon as my girl gets out of work. If I can get her to play a quick game before she settles down I might be able to pull this off. King walk, baby! I'm trying it at home!

[chrism216]

dont try this at home!! hahaha