[Event "GotM #80"] [Site "Margate"] [Date "1937.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Keres, Paul"] [Black "Alekhine, Alexander"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C71"] [Annotator "Connaughton, Ken"] [PlyCount "45"] [EventDate "1937.??.??"] [EventCountry "ENG"] {[%evp 0,45,18,4,48,31,40,12,15,-27,36,0,21,10,43,43,48,-8,52,33,84,74,51,83, 55,55,110,34,141,104,130,55,70,70,70,5,32,36,113,70,70,53,106,65,127,127,1599, 1599]} 1. e4 {King's Pawn Game} e5 {Open Game} 2. Nf3 {King's Knight Game} Nc6 3. Bb5 {Ruy Lopez Opening} a6 {[#] Morphy Defense} 4. Ba4 d6 5. c4 Bd7 6. Nc3 g6 7. d4 Bg7 8. Be3 Nf6 9. dxe5 dxe5 10. Bc5 {[#] Trapping the King in the center.} Nh5 11. Nd5 Nf4 12. Nxf4 {This will free the e-pawn to advance in the center.} exf4 13. e5 g5 14. Qd5 Bf8 15. Bxf8 Rxf8 {[#] Now the Black King is officially stranded in the center, his adjacent squares are occupied, so he's in big trouble.} 16. O-O-O {White's pieces swiftly move into position.} Qe7 17. Bxc6 Bxc6 18. Qd3 Bd7 19. Nxg5 O-O-O {[#] This seems to solve Black's problems. } 20. Nf3 f6 21. exf6 Rxf6 22. Rhe1 Qb4 $4 (22... Be6) (22... Re6) 23. Qxd7+ $3 {[#] The Queen sacrifice forces an immediate resignation. There's no fix.} (23. Qxd7+ {# quickly follows no matter what:} Rxd7 24. Re8+ Rd8 25. Rdxd8#) 1-0
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