[Event "St Petersburg International Preliminary"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1914.04.26"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Alekhine, Alexander"]
[Black "Marshall, Frank James"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[Annotator "Tactical Analysis 4.1 (180s)"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "1914.04.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "Tournaments"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.03.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.03.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
{[%evp 12,109,43,0,0,0,32,20,43,46,77,11,138,140,160,47,64,46,110,60,86,74,126,
58,53,50,104,101,108,105,100,102,105,112,109,95,111,95,113,108,141,127,130,101,
105,100,123,23,40,30,17,31,21,38,35,41,88,8,5,7,20,14,251,255,375,316,542,519,
832,815,817,795,955,890,900,895,863,860,29976,29978,29978,29979,29979,29980,
29980,29979,29979,29978,29980,29981,29981,29981,29981,29981,29981,29982,29982,
29983,29983,29984]} {Analiza Fat Fritz 2.0.} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4.
Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. c4 (7. O-O $1 $14) 7... Bb4+ $11 {C42: Petroff
Defence: 3 Nxe5 and unusual White 3rd moves.} 8. Nbd2 Nxd2 (8... O-O {looks
sharper.} 9. O-O Bf5 10. Be2 Nxd2 11. Bxd2 Bxd2 12. Qxd2 Nc6) 9. Bxd2 Qe7+ {
The position is equal.} 10. Qe2 Qxe2+ $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... Bxd2+ 11. Kxd2
Qxe2+ 12. Bxe2 dxc4 13. Bxc4 O-O 14. Rhe1 Nc6 15. d5 Na5 16. Bd3 c5 {1/2-1/2
(36) Janowski,D-Marshall,F New York 1913}) 11. Kxe2 (11. Bxe2 $16 Bxd2+ 12.
Kxd2) 11... Bxd2 (11... dxc4 $11 {keeps the balance.} 12. Bxc4 (12. Bxb4 cxd3+
13. Kd2 Be6 $15) 12... Bd6) 12. Kxd2 $16 ({Much worse is} 12. Nxd2 $6 dxc4 13.
Nxc4 Nc6 $11) 12... Be6 13. cxd5 (13. Rae1 $16 {Threatens to win with cxd5.}
Kd8 14. Ng5) 13... Bxd5 $14 14. Rhe1+ Kd8 (14... Kf8 $14) 15. Be4 $1 $16 {
[%CAl Re4d5]} Bxe4 16. Rxe4 Re8 {[#]} (16... h6 $142) 17. Rae1 (17. Rg4 $1 $16)
17... Rxe4 $14 18. Rxe4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRN-KRN} Nc6 ({Better is} 18... f6
$1 $14) 19. Rg4 $16 g6 20. Rh4 Ke7 21. Rxh7 Rd8 22. Rh4 Rd5 23. Re4+ Kf8 24.
Kc3 Rf5 25. Re2 a6 26. a3 Ne7 27. Re5 Rf6 28. Kd3 b6 29. Re2 (29. Kc4 $16 Rc6+
30. Kd3 Rf6 31. h4) 29... Nd5 $1 $11 {[%CAl Rd5f4] Black wants to play ...Nf4+.
} 30. Ke4 Nf4 {[%CAl Rf4e2]} 31. Rc2 {Hoping for Ne5.} Nxg2 {White must now
prevent ...Rxf3!} 32. Ne5 {And now Nd7+ would win.} Ke8 33. Rxc7 Rxf2 (33...
Rf4+ $1 $14 34. Kd3 Rxf2) 34. Nc4 (34. b4 $14 Rf4+ 35. Kd5 Ne3+ 36. Kc6 Rxd4
37. Rc8+ Ke7 38. Kxb6 Ke6 39. Re8+ Kd5 40. Nxf7 Nc4+ 41. Kxa6 Nxa3 42. Rd8+ Ke4
43. Rxd4+ Kxd4 $11) 34... b5 35. Nd6+ Kf8 36. d5 f6 $2 {[#] Loses the game.} (
36... f5+ $1 $11 37. Ke5 Ne3 38. Nf7 Ng4+ 39. Kd6 Rxh2 40. Ng5 Rd2 41. b4 Kg8
42. Rd7 f4 43. Rd8+ Kg7 44. Ne6+ Kh7 45. Nxf4 g5 $11) 37. Nb7 $1 $18 Nf4 (37...
Rf4+ $142 38. Kd3 Rc4 39. Rxc4 bxc4+ 40. Kd4 (40. Kxc4 Ke7 $18) 40... Ke7) 38.
b4 g5 $2 (38... f5+ 39. Ke5 Nh5) 39. d6 Ne6 (39... Rd2 $142 40. Kf5 Rd5+ 41.
Kxf6 Rxd6+ 42. Nxd6 Nd5+ 43. Kxg5 Nxc7) 40. Kd5 Nf4+ 41. Kc6 Rxh2 42. Nc5 Rd2
43. Rc8+ Kf7 44. d7 Ne6 45. Nxe6 {White mates.} Kxe6 46. d8=Q Rxd8 47. Rxd8 {
KR-KP} g4 48. Re8+ Kf7 49. Re2 f5 50. Kd5 Kf6 51. Kd4 f4 52. Ke4 Kg5 53. Rc2 f3
54. Rd2 Kh4 55. Kf4 {[%CAl Rd2h2] Weighted Error Value: White=0.22/Black=0.46}
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