[Event "St Petersburg International Final"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1914.05.12"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Marshall, Frank James"]
[Black "Alekhine, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C12"]
[Annotator "Tactical Analysis 4.1 (180s)"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "1914.05.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "Tournaments"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.03.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.03.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
{[%evp 9,48,-26,0,0,83,102,137,116,149,116,116,99,131,22,15,15,56,58,74,89,109,
80,311,301,301,297,329,337,338,312,310,202,234,106,234,175,177,9,9,-29998,
-29999]} {Analiza Fat Fritz 2.0.} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 {[%CAl Bb1c3,Bc3b5,
Bb5d6][%mdl 32]} Bb4 4. Bd3 Nf6 5. Bg5 c5 6. e5 {C12: French: Classical System:
McCutcheon Variation.} h6 7. Bd2 $146 (7. exf6 $6 hxg5 8. fxg7 Rg8 $11) ({
Predecessor:} 7. Be3 Nfd7 8. Qg4 Kf8 9. Nf3 Nc6 10. O-O cxd4 11. Bxd4 Nxd4 12.
Qxd4 Qb6 13. Qf4 g5 14. Qg4 Bxc3 15. bxc3 Qc7 16. Qd4 Qc5 17. Nd2 Qxd4 18. cxd4
Nb6 19. f4 Bd7 20. fxg5 hxg5 21. Bg6 Be8 22. Rf6 Ke7 23. Bd3 Rc8 24. Nb3 Nc4
25. Bxc4 Rxc4 26. Rf2 b6 27. h3 Ba4 28. Rd2 Rhc8 29. Rc1 Rc3 30. Rf2 Bb5 31.
Kh2 Bd3 32. cxd3 Rxc1 33. Nxc1 Rxc1 34. Rd2 f5 35. exf6+ Kxf6 36. Kg3 {½-½
(36) Lipschutz,C-Black,R, Match/Club Rice CC-Brooklyn CC - New York 1909}) 7...
cxd4 8. Nb5 {White is clearly better.} Bxd2+ 9. Qxd2 Nfd7 10. Nd6+ Kf8 {[#]}
11. Qf4 ({White must play} 11. f4 $1 $16) 11... f6 $11 12. exf6 gxf6 (12...
Nxf6 $11 13. Nf3 Nc6) 13. Nxc8 {Nd6 is the strong threat.} (13. Qxd4 Nc6 $15)
13... e5 14. Qf3 e4 15. Bxe4 dxe4 (15... Qa5+ $16 16. Kf1 dxe4 17. Qxe4 {
[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Nc6) 16. Qa3+ $18 {[%mdl 64] Double Attack} Kg7 17.
Nd6 Nc6 18. O-O-O (18. Qg3+ Kf8 $16) 18... Nde5 19. Ne2 (19. Nxe4 Qd5 $16)
19... d3 20. f4 exf3 21. gxf3 (21. Nf4 $18 {And now Ne6+ would win.} Qa5 22.
Qxa5 Nxa5 23. gxf3 (23. cxd3 fxg2 24. Nxg2 Rhd8 $16)) 21... Qa5 (21... Qb6 $16
22. cxd3 Qe3+ 23. Rd2 Kh7) 22. Rhg1+ Kh7 {[#]} 23. Rxd3 ({But not} 23. cxd3 $6
Qxa3 24. bxa3 Rhd8 $14) ({White should play} 23. Qb3 $1 $18 Qb6 24. Rxd3) 23...
Rhg8 $11 {aiming for ...Rxg1+.} 24. Rb3 $4 {[%mdl 8192]} ({Much worse is} 24.
Nxb7 Rxg1+ 25. Nxg1 Qb5 $17) (24. Re3 $11) 24... Rxg1+ {[%mdl 64] Back Rank.
Weighted Error Value: White=0.75/Black=0.35} 0-1
