[Event "AVRO"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1938.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Alekhine, Alexander"]
[Black "Reshevsky, Samuel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E20"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "1938.??.??"]

{The radio company AVRO backed the event. Seven candidates and the world
champion played fourteen rounds in ten Dutch cities.  Jan van Reek} 1. d4 Nf6
2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. g3 $5 c5 5. d5 Ne4 6. Bd2 Bxc3 7. Bxc3 Nxc3 8. bxc3 exd5
9. cxd5 d6 10. Nf3 O-O 11. Bg2 Nd7 12. O-O Nf6 13. Nd2 Re8 14. e4 b5 15. Re1
Rb8 16. a3 Rb7 17. c4 a6 18. Bf1 Bd7 19. f3 Qc7 20. Qc2 Re7 21. Nb3 a5 22. cxb5
Bxb5 23. Qc3 Bxf1 24. Rxf1 Rb5 25. Rab1 Qb8 26. Nd2 Reb7 27. Rxb5 Rxb5 28. Nc4
a4 29. e5 $1 {Alekhine begins an assault during his opponent's time trouble.}
29... dxe5 30. d6 Rb1 $1 ({Not} 30... Nd7 $2 31. Nxe5 $1 Qxd6 32. Qc4 $1 {
(Euwe).}) 31. Qxe5 Rxf1+ 32. Kxf1 Qb3 33. Qe2 h6 34. Kg2 Qc3 35. Ne3 g6 36. Ng4
Kg7 $2 ({Correct is} 36... Nxg4 $1 37. fxg4 (37. d7 Ne3+ 38. Kf2 Qd4) 37... Qd4
38. Qe8+ Kg7 39. d7 Qd2+ 40. Kh3 Qd3 $1 {(Euwe).}) 37. Nxf6 Qxf6 38. Qd1 $2 (
38. d7 $1 {wins for White.}) 38... Qd8 39. d7 c4 40. Qxa4 c3 41. Qc6 c2 42.
Qc3+ Kh7 43. Qxc2 Qxd7 44. Qa2 Kg8 45. a4 Qc6 46. a5 Qa6 47. g4 g5 48. Kf2 Qd6
49. Kf1 Qa6+ 50. Kg2 Kg7 51. Qb2+ Kg8 52. Qb8+ Kg7 53. Qe5+ Kg8 54. Kf2 Qa7+
55. Ke2 Qa6+ 56. Kd2 Qc4 57. Qf5 Qd4+ 58. Ke2 Qb2+ 59. Kd3 Qb3+ 60. Ke2 Qb2+
1/2-1/2

[Event "AVRO"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1938.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Euwe, Max"]
[Black "Keres, Paul"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A84"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1938.??.??"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Bb4+ 3. Nc3 f5 4. Qb3 Qe7 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 Nf6 7. g3 d6 8.
Nf3 b6 9. Bg2 Bb7 10. O-O Nbd7 11. b4 O-O 12. Bb2 Rac8 13. Rfd1 c5 14. dxc5
bxc5 15. Qd3 Nb6 16. b5 $5 Rfd8 17. a4 d5 18. cxd5 Rxd5 19. Qc2 Rxd1+ 20. Qxd1
Nc4 21. Bc1 e5 $6 (21... Ne4 $1 {takes the initiative.}) 22. Qb3 Bd5 23. Nd2 $1
e4 24. Nxc4 Qe6 25. Bh3 Bxc4 26. Qc2 Bd5 27. a5 $1 Bb7 $2 {
Black stays passive during some moves.} ({Ok is} 27... Ng4 28. Bb2 c4 29. Qc3
Rc7) 28. Bb2 Nd5 29. Qc4 h5 30. e3 Kh7 31. Rd1 g6 32. Bf1 Rc7 33. Qb3 Rd7 34.
Bc4 Kh6 35. h4 f4 $1 {White threatened to create the magnitude of Ba1 and Qb2.}
36. exf4 $2 ({Pirc gives the win} 36. Bxd5 Rxd5 37. Rxd5 Qxd5 38. Qxd5 Bxd5 39.
gxf4 Kh7 40. Kg2 Kg8 41. Kg3 Kf7 42. f5 $1) 36... e3 37. Bxd5 e2 $1 38. Re1
Qxd5 39. Qxd5 Rxd5 40. f3 Rd1 41. Kf2 {Black survives in the endgame.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "AVRO"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1938.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Fine, Reuben"]
[Black "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C17"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1938.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. dxc5 $5 Ne7 6. Nf3 $6 ({Better is} 6.
Bd2 Nbc6 7. Qg4) 6... Nbc6 7. Bd3 d4 $1 8. a3 Ba5 $1 9. b4 Nxb4 10. axb4 Bxb4
11. Bb5+ Nc6 $2 (11... Bd7 $1 12. Qxd4 Bxc3+ 13. Qxc3 Bxb5 {
activates the bad bishop (Euwe).}) 12. Bxc6+ bxc6 13. Ra4 $1 Bxc3+ 14. Bd2 f6
$6 (14... a5 $1 15. O-O Ba6 {develops the bad bishop.}) 15. O-O O-O 16. Bxc3
dxc3 17. Qe1 a5 $6 ({Black misses the counteraction by} 17... fxe5 18. Nxe5 Qd2
$1 19. Qxd2 cxd2 20. Rd1 Rb8) 18. Qxc3 Ba6 19. Rfa1 Bb5 20. Rd4 $1 Qe7 21. Rd6
a4 22. Qe3 Ra7 23. Nd2 $1 a3 24. c4 Ba4 25. exf6 Qxf6 26. Rxa3 Re8 27. h3 Raa8
28. Nf3 Qb2 29. Ne5 Qb1+ 30. Kh2 Qf5 31. Qg3 {
White rooks enter through d7 and f3.} 1-0

[Event "AVRO"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1938.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Flohr, Salo"]
[Black "Capablanca, Jose"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D19"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1938.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. e3 e6 7. Bxc4 Bb4 8. O-O
O-O 9. Qe2 Ne4 10. Na2 Be7 11. Bd3 Ng5 12. Ne1 Bxd3 13. Nxd3 Na6 14. Nc3 h6 15.
Rd1 Nh7 16. Ne5 Qc7 17. e4 Rad8 18. Be3 Nb4 19. Rac1 Nf6 20. h3 Qa5 21. Qc4 Nd7
22. Nf3 Nb6 23. Qb3 Qa6 24. Ne5 Nd7 25. Nc4 Nb6 26. Nxb6 axb6 27. d5 exd5 28.
exd5 Nd3 29. Rc2 Nc5 30. Bxc5 Bxc5 31. Ne4 Rxd5 32. Rxd5 cxd5 33. Nxc5 bxc5 34.
Rxc5 d4 35. Rd5 Qe6 36. Qf3 Qb6 37. Rb5 Qa6 38. Qb3 Qd6 39. Rd5 Qe6 40. Qf3 Qc6
41. Rxd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "AVRO"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1938.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Capablanca, Jose"]
[Black "Alekhine, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E17"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "1938.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Qc2 Be4 8. Qc3
Nc6 9. Be3 d5 10. Nbd2 dxc4 $2 {Capa hated his opponent cause Alekhine avoided
him in tournaments and a championship match. Now he misses  a revenge.} 11.
Qxc4 $2 (11. Nxe4 $1 Nxe4 12. Qxc4 Na5 13. Qc2 {
brings a big positional advantage.}) 11... Bd5 12. Qc3 h6 13. Rfd1 Rc8 14. Bf4
Qe8 15. a3 Na5 16. b4 Nb7 17. Ne1 Bxg2 18. Nxg2 c5 19. bxc5 bxc5 20. Qb2 Na5
21. dxc5 Rxc5 22. Rab1 Qc6 23. Ne1 Nd5 24. Be5 Nc3 25. Bxc3 Rxc3 26. Rdc1 Rc8
27. Rxc3 Qxc3 28. a4 Qxb2 29. Rxb2 Rc1 30. Rb1 Rc3 31. Rb8+ Kh7 32. Rb5 Nc4 33.
Nxc4 Rxc4 34. Rb7 Bf6 35. Nd3 Rxa4 36. Rxf7 a5 37. Nc5 Ra1+ 38. Kg2 a4 $6 39.
Ra7 a3 40. Nxe6 Bb2 41. Nf4 Bd4 42. Ra4 Bb2 43. e4 g5 44. Ra7+ Kg8 45. Nd5 Bd4
46. Ra8+ Kf7 47. Nb4 Rb1 48. Nc2 Bxf2 $1 1/2-1/2

[Event "AVRO"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1938.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Euwe, Max"]
[Black "Flohr, Salo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1938.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. g3 Nc6 6. Bg2 Bxd2+ 7. Nbxd2 d6 8.
O-O O-O 9. e4 e5 10. d5 Nb8 11. b4 {The battle for the queenside begins.} 11...
Bg4 12. Qc2 c6 13. Nh4 cxd5 $6 14. exd5 $1 a5 15. a3 Na6 $6 (15... b5 $1 {
fights back.}) 16. Qb3 Qd7 17. Rfe1 Bh3 18. Bh1 axb4 19. axb4 Nc7 20. Ng2 Bxg2
21. Bxg2 h6 22. Nf1 Rfc8 23. Ne3 Na6 $6 (23... Rxa1 24. Rxa1 Na6 {
inserts a useful exchange.}) 24. c5 $1 dxc5 25. Nc4 $1 Qd8 26. Nxe5 Nxb4 27. d6
$1 Rxa1 (27... Qxd6 $2 28. Qxf7+ Kh7 29. Rad1 $1) 28. Qxf7+ {
The attack has transferred to the kingside.} 28... Kh7 $2 ({Correct is} 28...
Kh8 $1 29. Rxa1 Qxd6 30. Ng6+ (30. Qxb7 $6 Qc7 $1) 30... Kh7 31. Ne7 Rd8 32.
Bh3 $1 {(Euwe). The best defence gives} 32... Nc6 $1 33. Bf5+ Kh8 34. Ng6+ Kh7
35. Qxb7 Nd4 $1 36. Bb1 $1 Kg8 37. Ra7 Rd7 38. Ra8+ Kf7 $1 39. Qc8 Nf3+ 40. Kg2
Nd2 41. Nh8+ Ke7 42. Ba2 $1 {Black has to make the sacrifice} 42... c4 $1 43.
Bxc4 Nxc4 44. Qxc4 Qd5+ 45. Qxd5 Rxd5 {White has an extra pawn in the endgame.}
) 29. Rxa1 Qxd6 30. Be4+ $1 Kh8 31. Ng6+ Kh7 32. Ne7+ ({The final point is} 32.
Ne7+ Nxe4 33. Qf5+ $1) 1-0

[Event "AVRO"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1938.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Keres, Paul"]
[Black "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E17"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "1938.??.??"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 b6 3. c4 Bb7 4. g3 e6 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Re1 d5 8. Nc3
Nbd7 9. Ne5 Ne4 10. cxd5 Nxc3 11. bxc3 Nxe5 12. d6 Bxg2 13. dxe7 Qxe7 14. Kxg2
Nc6 15. Qa4 Qd7 16. e4 Rfd8 17. Rb1 Rac8 18. Be3 Na5 19. Qxd7 Rxd7 20. Rb4 f6
21. Ra4 Rcd8 22. Rc1 Kf7 23. Rd1 Nc6 24. Rb1 Na5 25. Rd1 Nc6 26. Rb1 Na5
1/2-1/2

[Event "AVRO"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1938.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Reshevsky, Samuel"]
[Black "Fine, Reuben"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E02"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1938.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 dxc4 5. Qa4+ Nbd7 6. Bg2 a6 7. Nc3 Be7 8.
Ne5 Rb8 9. Qxc4 b5 10. Qb3 Nxe5 11. dxe5 Nd7 12. Bf4 c5 13. O-O Qc7 14. a4 $6 {
White attacks on the wrong side.} ({Better is} 14. Ne4 $1 Nxe5 $5 15. Qc3 f6
16. Rac1 c4 17. b3) 14... O-O 15. axb5 axb5 16. Ne4 Bb7 ({
Fine avoids the complications of} 16... Nxe5 17. Qc3 f6) 17. Ra7 $5 Qb6 18.
Rfa1 Ra8 19. Rxa8 Rxa8 20. Rxa8+ Bxa8 21. Qd3 Bc6 22. Ng5 Bxg5 23. Bxg5 Qb7 24.
f3 h6 25. Be7 $2 {White loses time.} ({Correct is} 25. Be3 $1 Bd5 26. Bf2 c4
27. Qd4 Qa6 28. Bf1 {The two bishops will support the defence of the queenside.
}) 25... c4 26. Qc3 Nxe5 $1 27. Bc5 Nd7 28. Bd4 e5 $1 29. Bxe5 b4 30. Qd4 Nxe5
31. Qxe5 c3 32. b3 ({Or} 32. bxc3 b3) 32... Qb6+ 33. Kf1 c2 34. Qb2 Qc5 35. Qc1
Bd5 36. f4 Bxg2+ 37. Kxg2 Qd5+ {Fine started with two wins in a row.} 0-1

[Event "AVRO"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1938.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Alekhine, Alexander"]
[Black "Euwe, Max"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D14"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1938.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bf4 Bf5 7. e3 a6 $6 ({
Theory is} 7... e6) 8. Ne5 Rc8 9. g4 $1 Bd7 10. Bg2 $1 e6 11. O-O h6 12. Bg3 h5
$2 {Black panics.} ({Useful exchanges are made by} 12... Bb4 {(Euwe)} 13. Rc1
Nxe5 14. dxe5 Bxc3 15. Rxc3 Rxc3 16. bxc3 Ne4) 13. Nxd7 Nxd7 14. gxh5 Nf6 15.
Bf3 Bb4 16. Rc1 Kf8 $5 17. a3 Bxc3 $2 ({Better is} 17... Bd6) 18. Rxc3 Ne7 19.
Qb3 Rxc3 20. bxc3 Qd7 21. Qb6 Nc8 22. Qc5+ Kg8 23. Rb1 b5 24. h6 $1 gxh6 ({
The pointe is} 24... Rxh6 25. a4 bxa4 26. Rb8 {(Euwe).}) 25. Be5 Kg7 26. a4
bxa4 27. c4 Ne7 28. cxd5 Nexd5 29. Kh1 Rc8 30. Rg1+ Kh7 31. Qa3 Rg8 32. e4
Rxg1+ 33. Kxg1 Qb5 34. exd5 Qb1+ 35. Kg2 Qg6+ 36. Kf1 Qb1+ 37. Kg2 Qg6+ 38. Bg3
Nxd5 39. Bxd5 exd5 40. Qxa4 h5 41. h4 {Euwe lost the first game against
Alekhine after the world championship match in 1937.} 1-0

[Event "AVRO"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1938.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Black "Reshevsky, Samuel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A25"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1938.??.??"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. e3 d6 6. Nge2 Nge7 7. d4 exd4 8.
exd4 O-O 9. O-O Nf5 10. d5 Ne5 11. b3 a5 12. Bb2 Nd7 13. a3 Nc5 $2 {
Black loses time.} 14. b4 Nd7 15. Qb3 Nd4 16. Nxd4 Bxd4 17. Rad1 Bg7 18. Rfe1
axb4 19. axb4 Nf6 20. h3 h5 21. c5 Bf5 22. Nb5 Bd7 23. c6 bxc6 24. dxc6 Bc8 $2
25. Nxd6 $1 Be6 (25... cxd6 26. c7 $1) 26. Rxe6 $1 fxe6 27. Nf5 $1 ({
Euwe mentions} 27. Qxe6+ $2 Kh7) 27... Qe8 28. Nxg7 Kxg7 29. Rd7+ Rf7 30. Be5
Kg8 31. Rxc7 Rxc7 32. Bxc7 Ra1+ 33. Kh2 Ra7 34. Be5 Rf7 35. c7 Nd7 36. Qc2 Rf8
37. c8=Q 1-0

[Event "AVRO"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1938.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Fine, Reuben"]
[Black "Capablanca, Jose"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C17"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1938.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. Bd2 cxd4 $6 6. Nb5 $1 Bxd2+ 7. Qxd2
Nc6 8. Nf3 f6 9. Qf4 Nh6 10. Nd6+ Kf8 11. Bb5 Nf7 $2 (11... Nxe5 12. Nxe5 Ke7
$1 13. Nxc8+ Rxc8 {and Black regains the piece (Euwe).}) 12. Nxf7 Kxf7 13. Bxc6
bxc6 14. exf6 gxf6 15. Ne5+ Kg7 16. Qg3+ Kf8 17. Nxc6 Qd7 18. Nxd4 e5 19. Nb3
Qf5 20. Qd3 d4 21. O-O Rg8 22. f4 Bb7 23. Rf2 Be4 24. Qd2 Kf7 25. Re1 Rg4 {
Capablanca stages a bold counterattack.} 26. Nc5 $2 ({Correct is} 26. fxe5 $1
Qxe5 27. h3 $1) 26... Bxg2 $1 27. Rxg2 Rag8 $1 28. Ree2 exf4 29. Nb7 Qd5 30.
Rxg4 Rxg4+ 31. Rg2 Rxg2+ 32. Qxg2 f3 33. Qh3 Qg5+ 34. Qg3 Qc1+ 35. Kf2 Qe3+ 36.
Kf1 Qe2+ 37. Kg1 Qd1+ 38. Kf2 Qxc2+ 39. Kxf3 $2 ({Equality is kept by} 39. Kf1
$1 Qb1+ 40. Qe1 Qd3+ 41. Kf2 Qc2+ 42. Kxf3 $1) 39... Qc6+ 40. Ke2 Qxb7 41. b3
Qe4+ 42. Kd2 Qe5 43. Qh3 Qg5+ $2 (43... h5 44. Kd3 Ke7 {plays for a win.}) 44.
Kd3 $1 1/2-1/2

[Event "AVRO"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1938.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Flohr, Salo"]
[Black "Keres, Paul"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E12"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "1938.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Nc3 Bb7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 Be7 7. e3 Ne4 8. Bxe7
Qxe7 9. Qc2 Nxc3 10. Qxc3 O-O 11. Be2 d6 12. O-O Nd7 13. Rfd1 Nf6 14. Nd2 c5
15. dxc5 dxc5 16. Nf1 Rfd8 17. Ng3 Qc7 18. h3 Kf8 19. Rxd8+ Rxd8 20. Rd1 Rxd1+
21. Bxd1 Qd6 22. Be2 Ne4 23. Nxe4 Bxe4 1/2-1/2

[Event "AVRO"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1938.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Capablanca, Jose"]
[Black "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D93"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1938.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 c5 7. Qb3 cxd4 8. Nxd4
dxc4 9. Bxc4 Nbd7 10. Bg3 Nh5 11. Rd1 Nxg3 12. hxg3 Qa5 13. O-O Nb6 14. Bd5 Rb8
15. a3 e6 16. Bf3 a6 17. Nde2 Nd7 18. Ne4 Ne5 19. Rc1 Bd7 20. Nd4 Ba4 21. Qc3
Qxc3 22. Nxc3 Nxf3+ 23. gxf3 Bd7 24. Rfd1 Rfd8 25. f4 Be8 26. Ne4 1/2-1/2

[Event "AVRO"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1938.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Euwe, Max"]
[Black "Fine, Reuben"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D30"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "1938.??.??"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Bg5 h6 5. Bxf6 Qxf6 6. Qb3 c6 7. Nbd2 Nd7 8. e4
dxe4 9. Nxe4 Qf4 10. Bd3 e5 11. O-O Be7 12. Rfe1 exd4 13. Nxd4 O-O 14. Bc2 Nf6
15. Rad1 g6 16. Nxf6+ Bxf6 17. Re4 Qc7 18. Qe3 Kg7 19. h4 h5 20. Rf4 $2 Re8 $1
{Fine shows tactical superioruty.} 21. Qxe8 Qxf4 22. Nf3 $6 ({Better is} 22. g3
) ({Chekhover's suggestion} 22. Bxg6 $6 Kxg6 23. Qg8+ {can be refuted by} 23...
Kh6 $1 24. Nf3 Qg4 25. Qxf7 Qg7 26. Qe8 Bg4 $1) ({Or} 22. Ne6+ $6 Bxe6 23. Qxa8
{(Euwe)} 23... Bd4 24. Rxd4 Qxd4) 22... Rb8 $1 23. Qe4 Qxe4 24. Bxe4 Bg4 25.
Rd2 Re8 26. Bd3 Rd8 27. b3 Bxf3 28. gxf3 Bxh4 29. Kg2 Bg5 30. Rd1 Bf4 31. Kf1
h4 32. Kg2 f5 33. Kh3 Kf6 34. Kg2 Rd4 35. Kh3 g5 36. Bc2 Rxd1 37. Bxd1 Bd6 38.
Bc2 Ke5 39. Kg2 Bc5 40. Bd3 a5 41. Bc2 f4 42. Bg6 Kd4 43. Bf5 Kc3 44. Bc8 Kb2
0-1

[Event "AVRO"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1938.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Flohr, Salo"]
[Black "Alekhine, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E16"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "1938.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Nbd2 Bb7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O d5 8. Qc2
Nbd7 9. a3 Be7 10. b4 c5 11. cxd5 exd5 12. dxc5 bxc5 13. bxc5 Nxc5 14. Nb3 Nfe4
15. Be3 Rc8 16. Nxc5 Bxc5 17. Bxc5 Rxc5 18. Qb2 Ba6 19. Rfc1 Qc7 20. Rxc5 Qxc5
21. Nd4 Rc8 22. Bh3 Qc3 23. Qxc3 Rxc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "AVRO"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1938.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Keres, Paul"]
[Black "Reshevsky, Samuel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C73"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1938.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O d6 6. Bxc6+ bxc6 7. d4 Nxe4 8.
Re1 f5 9. dxe5 d5 10. Nd4 $1 c5 $2 ({Theory is} 10... Bc5 {
(Flamberg-Salwe, Lodz 1906).}) 11. Ne2 c6 12. Nf4 g6 13. c4 $1 d4 14. Qa4 Bb7
15. f3 Ng5 16. h4 Nf7 ({Or} 16... Nxf3+ 17. gxf3 Qxh4 18. Ng2) 17. e6 $1 {
Black loses due to one error in the opening.} 17... Qxh4 ({The pointe is} 17...
Nd6 18. e7 Bxe7 19. Nd5 $1 {(Euwe).}) 18. exf7+ Kxf7 19. Nd3 $1 Bd6 20. f4 Rae8
21. Qd1 g5 22. Nd2 g4 23. Nf1 Re4 24. Nf2 Rxe1 25. Qxe1 Re8 26. Qd1 Qh6 27. Nd3
Bc8 28. Bd2 Qh4 29. Qc2 Re2 30. Re1 Rxe1 31. Bxe1 Qe7 32. Qd2 h5 33. Ne5+ Kg7
34. Qe2 h4 35. Nd2 Bd7 36. Nb3 Be8 37. Nc1 Bf7 38. b3 Bh5 39. Ncd3 Kh6 40. g3
h3 41. Qb2 Be8 42. Qa3 Qa7 43. Qa5 Be7 44. Bd2 1-0

[Event "AVRO"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1938.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Alekhine, Alexander"]
[Black "Keres, Paul"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E58"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1938.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 d5 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Bd3 c5 7. O-O Nc6 8. a3
Bxc3 9. bxc3 b6 10. a4 cxd4 11. cxd5 Qxd5 12. exd4 Bb7 13. Re1 Rfd8 14. Bg5
Rac8 15. Qd2 Ne7 16. a5 Ng6 17. axb6 axb6 18. h4 Rd7 19. Ra7 Bc6 20. Rxd7 Bxd7
21. Ne5 Ne8 $6 ({Better is} 21... Bc6) 22. c4 $1 Qb7 23. Nxd7 Qxd7 24. h5 Nf8
25. d5 $6 (25. h6 Ng6 26. Qb2 {continues the attack.}) 25... exd5 26. cxd5 h6
27. Be7 Nd6 $1 28. Re5 Nc4 29. Bxc4 Rxc4 30. Bxf8 Kxf8 31. d6 Rc6 32. Rd5 f6
33. Rd3 Rc8 34. Qb4 b5 35. Rd5 Rd8 36. g3 Kf7 37. Kh2 Qe6 38. Qd4 Rd7 39. Qd3
b4 40. Rd4 Rd8 $2 ({Correct is} 40... b3 {
Alekhine takes his time and thinks for twenty minutes.}) 41. Qg6+ $2 ({
He fails to find} 41. Rxb4 $1 Qxd6 42. Qc4+ Ke7 $1 (42... Qd5 43. Rb7+ {(Euwe)}
43... Ke8 44. Qe2+ Qe5 45. Qxe5+ fxe5 46. Rxg7 Rd2 47. Kg2 e4 48. Rg4 $1) 43.
Rb7+ Rd7 $1 44. Qg8 $1 Rxb7 45. Qxg7+ Ke8 46. Qxb7) 41... Kf8 42. Qh7 Kf7
1/2-1/2

[Event "AVRO"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1938.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Black "Euwe, Max"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A13"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1938.??.??"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. b3 Nf6 4. Bb2 Be7 5. e3 c5 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Be2 O-O 8. O-O
Nc6 9. d4 b6 10. Nc3 Bb7 11. Rc1 Ne4 12. dxc5 Nxc3 13. Bxc3 bxc5 14. Qd2 Qd6
15. Rfd1 Rad8 16. Bf1 Qh6 17. g3 Bc8 18. Ne5 Nxe5 19. Bxe5 Bg4 20. Be2 Qh5 21.
Bxg4 Qxe5 22. Qe2 Qd6 23. Bf5 Qb6 24. Qf3 g6 25. Bb1 d4 26. e4 a5 27. Rc4 Qd6
28. Bd3 Rb8 29. Rc2 Rb4 30. Bc4 a4 31. Re2 Qf6 32. Qxf6 Bxf6 33. Rd3 Kg7 34.
Kg2 Be7 35. e5 Rfb8 36. Rf3 Rf8 37. Rd3 Rfb8 38. Rf3 Rf8 39. h3 Rb7 40. Rd3
axb3 41. axb3 Ra7 1/2-1/2

[Event "AVRO"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1938.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Fine, Reuben"]
[Black "Flohr, Salo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C17"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1938.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. Bd2 Ne7 6. Nf3 Nf5 $6 {
Flohr makes a premature move.} 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. Bd3 Nh4 9. O-O Nc6 10. Re1 h6 $6
({Better is} 10... a6 $1 11. Bf4 Qb6 $1) 11. Na4 Bf8 $1 12. Rc1 Bd7 13. Nxh4
Qxh4 14. c4 dxc4 $2 {Black should not open the position.} 15. Rxc4 Qd8 16. Qh5
Ne7 17. Rd4 g6 18. Qf3 Qc7 $6 ({More resistance is offered by} 18... Nc6 $1 19.
Rf4 Qe7) 19. Nc3 Nf5 20. Nb5 Qb6 21. Rxd7 $1 {
Fine finds a spectacular decision.} 21... Kxd7 22. g4 ({Even better is} 22. Ba5
$1 Qc6 23. Qd1 Qd5 24. Be4) 22... Nh4 23. Qxf7+ Be7 24. Bb4 Rae8 25. Bxe7 Rxe7
26. Qf6 a6 27. Rd1 axb5 28. Be4+ 1-0

[Event "AVRO"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1938.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Reshevsky, Samuel"]
[Black "Capablanca, Jose"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E37"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "1938.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 Ne4 7. Qc2 c5 8.
dxc5 Nc6 9. Nf3 Qa5+ 10. Nd2 Nxd2 11. Bxd2 Qxc5 12. e3 dxc4 13. Qxc4 Qxc4 14.
Bxc4 Bd7 15. Bc3 f6 16. f4 Rc8 17. Bb3 Ke7 18. Kf2 Be8 19. e4 Bf7 20. Rad1 Rhd8
21. e5 fxe5 22. fxe5 Bh5 23. Rd6 Rxd6 24. exd6+ Kxd6 25. Bxg7 e5 26. Rc1 Bg4
27. Bh6 Be6 28. Bc2 Rg8 29. h3 Nd4 30. Bd3 Bf5 31. Bxf5 Nxf5 32. Bd2 h5 33.
Bb4+ Kd5 34. Rc5+ Ke4 35. Bc3 Re8 36. g4 hxg4 37. hxg4 Nd6 38. Rc7 Kf4 39. Bb4
Ne4+ 40. Ke2 Ng3+ 41. Ke1 b5 42. Rxa7 Kxg4 43. Rb7 e4 44. Rxb5 Kf3 45. Bd6 Rh8
46. Bxg3 Rh1+ 47. Kd2 e3+ 48. Kc2 Kxg3 49. Kd3 Kf4 50. Rb8 Rd1+ 51. Ke2 Rd2+
52. Ke1 Kf3 53. Rf8+ Ke4 54. b4 Ra2 55. Re8+ Kf3 56. Rf8+ Ke4 1/2-1/2

[Event "AVRO"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1938.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Alekhine, Alexander"]
[Black "Fine, Reuben"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C83"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "136"]
[EventDate "1938.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. c3 Be7 10. Nd4 Nxe5 11. f3 Nf6 12. Qe2 Nc4 13. Bc2 Qd7 14. b3 Nb6 15.
Re1 O-O 16. Bg5 Rfe8 17. Nd2 Nh5 18. Bxe7 Rxe7 19. Qe5 g6 20. g4 Ng7 21. b4
Rae8 22. Qf4 Na4 23. Re3 Qd6 24. Qxd6 cxd6 25. Rae1 Rc7 26. Nb1 Bd7 27. Rxe8+
Bxe8 28. Bb3 Nb6 29. Kf2 Kf8 30. Rd1 Ne6 31. Ne2 Bc6 32. Na3 Ke7 33. Nc2 Nc4
34. Ne3 h6 35. h4 Nb6 36. Bxd5 Bxd5 37. Nxd5+ Nxd5 38. Rxd5 Rc4 39. Ke3 Kd7 40.
f4 Kc6 41. Rd1 Kd7 42. Rf1 Ke7 43. Kd3 $5 {Alekhine wants to win.} ({
More prudent is} 43. g5) 43... g5 $1 44. hxg5 hxg5 45. f5 Nf8 46. f6+ $5 Kd7
47. a4 $1 Ng6 48. axb5 Ne5+ 49. Kd2 axb5 50. Nd4 Nxg4 51. Nxb5 Ne5 52. Nd4 g4
53. Kc2 Rc8 54. Nf5 $6 (54. Ra1 $1 {draws.}) 54... Rg8 55. Ng3 Rh8 56. Rf2 Nf3
57. Re2 Rh3 58. Nf5 $2 {White misses a delicate escape.} ({Correct is} 58. Re7+
$1 {(Euwe)} 58... Kc6 59. Nf5 g3 60. Rxf7 $1 g2 61. Rg7 Rh7 $1 62. f7 $1 Rxg7
63. f8=Q g1=Q {drawn}) 58... Ne5 59. b5 Rf3 60. Nd4 Rxf6 61. b6 Kc8 62. Nb5 g3
63. Kb3 Rg6 64. Rg2 f5 65. Ra2 Kb7 66. Rd2 f4 67. Nxd6+ Rxd6 $1 68. Rxd6 g2 {
Fine did not want to participate but was forced to keep a contract. As a
result, he played more relaxed and enterprising as usual. Now he had reached
his zenith with the incredible score of 5 1/2 out of 6.} 0-1

[Event "AVRO"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1938.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Euwe, Max"]
[Black "Reshevsky, Samuel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D70"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "1938.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 $5 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nb6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. Be3 O-O 8.
f4 $5 Nc6 9. d5 Nb8 $5 10. Nf3 c6 11. Qb3 cxd5 12. Nxd5 Nxd5 13. exd5 Nd7 14.
Be2 $6 ({An equal game is kept by} 14. Bc4 Qa5+ 15. Bd2 Qb6 16. Be3) 14... Qa5+
$1 15. Bd2 Qb6 16. Bc3 Bxc3+ 17. bxc3 Qe3 18. c4 Qxf4 19. O-O Qc7 20. Kh1 Nf6
21. Qe3 Bg4 22. Qh6 Bxf3 23. Rxf3 b5 $1 24. cxb5 Qe5 25. Re1 Nxd5 26. Rh3 Qg7
27. Qd2 e6 28. Rd3 Rab8 29. a4 Nb6 30. Qb4 $2 ({Correct is} 30. a5 {(Euwe)}
30... Nd5 31. Rd4) 30... Rbc8 31. a5 Nd5 32. Qb3 Rc5 33. Bf3 Rb8 34. Bxd5 Rcxb5
35. Qa2 exd5 36. Rxd5 Qc3 37. Rf1 Rb2 38. Qa4 Rb1 39. Rdd1 Rxd1 40. Rxd1 a6 41.
h3 Rb5 42. Ra1 Kg7 43. Qa2 Qb2 44. Qa4 Rg5 45. Ra2 Qc3 46. Ra1 h5 47. Qa2 Rf5
48. Kh2 g5 49. Qa4 Rf4 50. Qa2 g4 51. hxg4 Qe5 52. g3 Re4 53. Qb1 Re2+ 54. Kh3
hxg4+ 55. Kh4 Rh2+ 56. Kxg4 Qe2+ 0-1

[Event "AVRO"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1938.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Flohr, Salo"]
[Black "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D84"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1938.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. e3 O-O 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Nxd5 Qxd5 8.
Bxc7 Na6 9. Bxa6 Qxg2 10. Qf3 Qxf3 11. Nxf3 bxa6 12. O-O Bb7 13. Ne5 f6 14. Nd3
Rfe8 15. Nc5 Bf3 16. Nb3 Kf7 17. Rfc1 Rac8 18. Kf1 e5 $6 19. Nd2 Bd5 20. e4 $1
Be6 21. d5 Bh3+ 22. Ke2 Bh6 23. Rc3 Bg4+ 24. f3 Bd7 25. a4 Bf8 $2 (25... Bf4 $1
26. h3 h5 {counters timely.}) 26. Rc4 g5 $2 27. Rac1 g4 28. fxg4 Bxg4+ 29. Kd3
Bd7 30. b3 Bh6 31. Bd6 f5 32. Rc7 $1 Kf6 33. R1c5 Rxc7 34. Rxc7 Bc8 35. Rxa7
Kg6 36. Be7 Bxd2 37. Kxd2 fxe4 38. d6 $2 Kf7 39. d7 $2 Bxd7 40. Rxd7 $4 {
Salo errs three times in time trouble.} ({Euwe regards} 40. Bh4 $1 Ke6 41.
Rxa6+ {as won for White.}) 40... Rxe7 41. Rxe7+ Kxe7 42. b4 {
Flohr was demoralised.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "AVRO"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1938.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Keres, Paul"]
[Black "Capablanca, Jose"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C09"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1938.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Ngf3 Nc6 6. Bb5 Qe7+ 7. Be2 cxd4 8.
O-O Qc7 9. Nb3 Bd6 10. Nbxd4 a6 11. b3 Nge7 12. Bb2 O-O 13. Nxc6 bxc6 14. c4
Be6 15. Qc2 dxc4 $6 {Pawn c6 becomes a weakness.} ({Better is} 15... Bg4 $1)
16. Bxc4 Bxc4 17. Qxc4 Rab8 18. h3 Rb5 19. Rac1 Rc8 20. Rfd1 Ng6 21. Nd4 $1 Rb6
({Capablanca noticed} 21... Rd5 $2 22. Nxc6 $1 Rxd1+ 23. Rxd1 Qxc6 24. Rxd6 $1
{and White has won a pawn.}) 22. Ne6 $1 Qb8 $1 23. Ng5 ({Keres considers} 23.
Nxg7 $5 Be5 $1 24. Bxe5 Nxe5 25. Qc3 Kxg7 26. f4 Rb5 {as unclear.}) 23... Rb7
24. Qg4 Bf4 25. Rc4 Rb5 $2 ({A disaster is avoided by} 25... Bxg5 26. Qxg5 Re7)
26. Nxf7 $1 {The knight is sacrificed again.} ({A wonderful win brings} 26.
Rxf4 $3 Nxf4 27. Nxf7 $1 Ng6 28. Nh6+ $1) 26... Re8 27. g3 Qc8 28. Rxf4 Qxg4
29. Rxg4 Kxf7 30. Rd7+ Re7 31. Rxe7+ Kxe7 32. Bxg7 Ra5 33. a4 Rc5 34. Rb4 Ke6
35. Kg2 h5 36. Rc4 Rxc4 37. bxc4 Kd6 38. f4 {
Keres had won a magnificent game and occupied the second place with 4/6.} 1-0

[Event "AVRO"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1938.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Black "Alekhine, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D41"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "1938.??.??"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e3 Nc6 7. Bc4 cxd4 8.
exd4 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Re1 b6 $6 ({Opening theorists prefer} 10... a6) 11.
Nxd5 $1 exd5 12. Bb5 $1 Bd7 $2 ({Better is} 12... Bb7 13. Qa4 Rc8 14. Bf4 a6 {
(Neikirkh-Sliwa, Sofia 1957).}) 13. Qa4 $1 Nb8 14. Bf4 Bxb5 15. Qxb5 a6 16. Qa4
Bd6 17. Bxd6 Qxd6 18. Rac1 Ra7 19. Qc2 Re7 20. Rxe7 Qxe7 21. Qc7 Qxc7 22. Rxc7
{White controls more territory.} 22... f6 $1 {Square e5 has to be controlled.}
23. Kf1 Rf7 24. Rc8+ Rf8 25. Rc3 $1 g5 26. Ne1 h5 27. h4 Nd7 ({
Botvinnik analyses} 27... Kf7 28. Nf3 $1 g4 29. Ne1 Ke6 30. Nd3 Kf5 31. g3 {
White will win the game.}) 28. Rc7 $1 Rf7 29. Nf3 g4 30. Ne1 f5 31. Nd3 f4 32.
f3 gxf3 33. gxf3 a5 34. a4 Kf8 35. Rc6 Ke7 36. Kf2 Rf5 37. b3 Kd8 38. Ke2 Nb8
39. Rg6 Kc7 40. Ne5 Na6 {The game is adjourned.} 41. Rg7+ ({
Alekhine says to resign if the sealed move is} 41. Rg5 {
Botvinnik protests against this behaviour.}) 41... Kc8 42. Nc6 Rf6 43. Ne7+ Kb8
44. Nxd5 Rd6 45. Rg5 Nb4 46. Nxb4 axb4 47. Rxh5 Rc6 48. Rb5 Kc7 49. Rxb4 Rh6
50. Rb5 Rxh4 51. Kd3 {The endgame has an impressive logic.} 1-0

[Event "AVRO"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1938.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Capablanca, Jose"]
[Black "Euwe, Max"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E34"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1938.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 Qxd5 6. Nf3 c5 7. Bd2 Bxc3 8.
Bxc3 cxd4 9. Nxd4 e5 10. Nf5 Bxf5 11. Qxf5 Nc6 12. e3 O-O 13. Be2 Qe4 14. Qf3
Qc2 $2 (14... Qxf3 15. Bxf3 e4 {draws (Euwe).}) 15. O-O Rad8 16. Bb5 Rd5 17.
Rac1 Qe4 18. Qe2 Rd6 $6 ({Wiser is} 18... Rc8 19. f3 Qg6 20. Bxc6 Rxc6 21. e4
Rdc5) 19. f3 Qf5 20. Bxc6 Rxc6 21. Qb5 Rfc8 22. Qxb7 Qd3 23. e4 Nh5 24. g3 Qe3+
25. Kg2 Qg5 26. Kf2 f5 27. exf5 Qxf5 28. g4 Qf4 29. gxh5 Qxh2+ 30. Ke3 Qf4+ 31.
Ke2 Qc4+ 32. Ke1 Qd3 33. Qb3+ Kh8 34. Rc2 Rf6 35. Rd2 Qf5 36. Qc2 Qf4 37. Qe4
Qg3+ 38. Rff2 Qg1+ 39. Ke2 Rff8 40. h6 1-0

[Event "AVRO"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1938.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Fine, Reuben"]
[Black "Keres, Paul"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C86"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "1938.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Qe2 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a4
Bg4 9. c3 O-O 10. axb5 axb5 11. Rxa8 Qxa8 {A theoretical position has arisen.}
12. Qxb5 $6 ({Better is the old} 12. d3 {(Hromadka-Treybal, Tomsk 1919).})
12... Na7 $1 ({Keres improves on} 12... Na5 $2 13. Bc2 Nxe4 $6 14. Nxe5 $1 {
(Boeoek-Alexander, Margate 1938).}) 13. Qe2 $6 ({The adventure of} 13. Qa5 $1
Qxe4 14. Qxa7 Bxf3 15. gxf3 Qxb1 16. Qxc7 Qg6+ 17. Kh1 Qd3 18. Kg1 {
leads to equality (Schoisswohl-Caputto, corr. 1958).}) 13... Qxe4 14. Qxe4 Nxe4
15. d4 Bxf3 16. gxf3 Ng5 17. Kg2 Rb8 18. Bc4 exd4 19. cxd4 Ne6 20. d5 Nc5 21.
Nc3 Nc8 22. Re1 Kf8 23. Re2 f5 24. Nb5 Nb6 25. b3 Nxd5 $1 26. Nd4 Nb4 27. Bd2
$2 {Fine plays too optimistic.} ({Correct is} 27. Nxf5 Bf6 28. Bf4 {(Keres).})
27... d5 $1 28. Bxb4 Rxb4 29. Nc6 ({The pointe is} 29. Rxe7 Kxe7 30. Nc6+ Kd6
31. Nxb4 dxc4 32. bxc4 Nb3 {and Black wins (Keres).}) 29... dxc4 30. Nxb4 cxb3
31. Nd5 Nd3 32. Rd2 b2 33. Rd1 c5 34. Rb1 c4 35. Kf1 Bc5 36. Ke2 Bxf2 $1 37.
Ne3 c3 $1 38. Nc2 Ne1 39. Na3 Bc5 40. Kxe1 Bxa3 41. Kd1 Bd6 42. Kc2 Bxh2 43.
Rh1 Be5 44. Rxh7 Kf7 45. Rh1 g5 46. Re1 Kf6 47. Rg1 Kg6 48. Re1 Bf6 49. Rg1 g4
50. fxg4 f4 51. g5 Bd4 52. Rd1 Be3 53. Kxc3 Bc1 54. Rd6+ Kxg5 55. Rb6 f3 56.
Kd3 Kf4 57. Rb8 Kg3 {The tension was back in the tournament.} 0-1

[Event "AVRO"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1938.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Reshevsky, Samuel"]
[Black "Flohr, Salo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D95"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1938.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Qb3 c6 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. e3 O-O 7. Bd2 e6 8. Bd3 b6
9. O-O Bb7 10. Rad1 Nbd7 11. cxd5 exd5 12. e4 dxe4 13. Nxe4 Nxe4 14. Bxe4 Nf6
15. Bc2 Nd5 16. Rfe1 Re8 17. Bd3 Qd7 18. Qa4 Rxe1+ 19. Rxe1 a6 20. Rc1 Qd6 21.
Qb3 Rc8 22. a4 h6 23. Be4 Re8 24. Bxd5 cxd5 25. Ne5 Rc8 26. Re1 Re8 27. h3 Re6
28. f4 Qe7 29. Rc1 Kh7 30. Bb4 $1 Qh4 $2 (30... Qd8 {
prevents the next collapse.}) 31. Qf3 Bxe5 (31... Qd8 32. f5 $1 Rf6 33. Nxf7 $1
Qb8 {costs a pawn.} ({even worse is} 33... Rxf7 $2 34. fxg6+ Kxg6 35. Qd3+ Rf5
36. g4)) 32. fxe5 $1 f5 33. Rc7+ Kg8 34. Qc3 Rc6 35. Rxc6 Bxc6 36. Kh1 Qf2 37.
Qxc6 Qf1+ 38. Kh2 Qf4+ 39. Kg1 Qxd4+ 40. Kh1 Qxb4 41. Qxg6+ Kh8 42. Qxh6+ Kg8
43. Qg6+ Kh8 44. Qf6+ {Fine led before Keres and Botvinnik. The youngsters
went up front at the end of the first cycle.} 1-0

[Event "AVRO"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1938.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Black "Fine, Reuben"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C48"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "1938.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. Ba4 Bc5 6. d3 O-O 7. O-O d6 8. h3
c6 9. Nxd4 Bxd4 10. Ne2 Bb6 11. Ng3 Ne8 12. Bb3 Nc7 13. Be3 Ne6 14. c3 g6 15.
Bxe6 Bxe6 16. d4 d5 17. dxe5 Bxe3 18. fxe3 Qg5 19. Qf3 Qxe5 1/2-1/2

[Event "AVRO"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1938.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Capablanca, Jose"]
[Black "Flohr, Salo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D83"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1938.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. e3 O-O 6. Qb3 c5 7. dxc5 $5 Ne4 $1
8. cxd5 Qa5 {The players experiment in the Gruenfeld Indian defence.} 9. Nge2
$6 ({The natural} 9. Rc1 Nd7 {(Van Scheltinga-Scholl, Wijk aan Zee 1972)} 10.
Qc4 Ndxc5 11. b4 Qa3 12. Nb5 Qb2 13. Rc2 Qb1+ 14. Rc1 {leads to repetition.})
9... Nxc5 10. Qc4 Nba6 $5 11. Nd4 Bd7 12. Rb1 Rfc8 $1 (12... b5 13. b4 bxc4 14.
bxa5 {draws.}) 13. b4 Qd8 14. bxc5 Rxc5 15. Qb3 Qa5 16. Bxa6 $1 ({No good is} 
16. Rc1 $2 {due to} 16... Rac8 17. Kd2 Rxc3 $1 18. Rxc3 Nc5 {(Euwe).}) 16...
Rxc3 17. Qb4 Qxb4 18. Rxb4 bxa6 19. Ke2 Rc5 20. Rhb1 h6 21. e4 Rac8 22. Be3 Ra5
23. Rb7 Rxa2+ 24. Kf3 Ba4 $2 ({The adventurous variation} 24... e5 $1 25. Nf5
$5 Bxf5 26. exf5 gxf5 27. d6 e4+ 28. Kf4 Ra5 $1 29. Rd1 Be5+ 30. Kxf5 Bxd6+ 31.
Kxe4 {ends peacefully.}) 25. Rxe7 Ra3 26. Nc6 Bxc6 27. dxc6 Rc3 28. Rbb7 R8xc6
29. Rxf7 Rf6+ 30. Rxf6 Bxf6 31. Rxa7 Ra3 32. Ke2 Bg7 33. f4 h5 34. e5 Bf8 35.
Ra8 Ra2+ 36. Kf3 Kg7 37. Bd4 1-0

[Event "AVRO"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1938.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Keres, Paul"]
[Black "Euwe, Max"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A12"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1938.??.??"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 c6 3. b3 Bf5 4. Bb2 e6 5. g3 Nf6 6. Bg2 Nbd7 7. O-O h6 8. d3
Bc5 9. Nbd2 O-O 10. Qc2 Qe7 11. e4 dxe4 12. dxe4 Bh7 13. h3 a5 14. a3 Bb6 15.
Bc3 Nc5 16. Ne5 Rfd8 17. b4 Rxd2 18. Qxd2 Nb3 19. Qe1 Nxa1 20. Bxa1 axb4 21.
axb4 c5 22. b5 Bc7 23. Nd3 e5 24. Qe3 Nd7 25. Bb2 f6 26. Rc1 Bg6 27. Bf1 Bf7
28. Ne1 Nf8 29. Qd3 Ne6 30. Ng2 Nd4 31. Ne3 Ra2 32. Qb1 Ra8 33. Rc3 Qd7 34. Ra3
Rxa3 35. Bxa3 Nf3+ 36. Kg2 Ng5 37. Nf5 b6 38. Qd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "AVRO"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1938.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Reshevsky, Samuel"]
[Black "Alekhine, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E50"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "1938.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Nf3 b6 6. Bd3 Bb7 7. O-O Bxc3 8.
bxc3 Be4 9. Bxe4 Nxe4 10. Qc2 f5 11. Ne5 Qe8 12. f3 Nf6 13. Ba3 d6 14. Nd3 c5
15. Nf4 Nc6 16. e4 fxe4 17. fxe4 Na5 18. Qd3 Nh5 19. Nxh5 Qxh5 20. e5 dxe5 21.
dxc5 Rfd8 22. Qe4 Qg6 23. Qe2 $6 e4 $2 (23... Qd3 24. Qxe5 Re8 25. Rad1 Nxc4 $1
26. Rxd3 Nxe5 27. Rd4 b5 {favours Black.}) 24. Rf4 bxc5 25. Bxc5 Nc6 26. Rxe4
Rd2 27. Qxd2 Qxe4 28. Re1 Qxc4 29. Qd6 Rc8 30. Qxe6+ Qxe6 31. Rxe6 Kf7 32. Rd6
a5 33. Kf2 $6 Ne7 $1 34. Bd4 Nf5 35. Rd7+ Ke6 36. Ra7 Nxd4 37. cxd4 Rc2+ 38.
Kf3 Rxa2 39. Rxg7 {White's task has become harder by the exchanges.} 39... Ra3+
40. Ke4 h5 41. Rg6+ Kf7 42. Rh6 Ra2 43. Kf3 Ra3+ 44. Kf2 Rd3 45. Rxh5 a4 46. d5
a3 47. Rh7+ Kf6 48. Ra7 Ke5 49. Ra5 Rd2+ 50. Kf3 Rd3+ 51. Ke2 $6 (51. Kg4 $1
Rd2 52. g3 Rxh2 53. Rxa3 Kxd5 54. Ra6 $1 {wins theoretically.}) 51... Rb3 52.
Kf2 Rb2+ 53. Kg3 Rb3+ 54. Kh4 Rb2 {
The inconclusive manoeuvres by White have not spoiled the win.} 55. Kh3 $2 ({
Correct is} 55. Kg3 $1 a2 56. h4 $1) 55... a2 $1 56. d6+ $5 (56. g4 Kf4 $1 {
draws (Euwe).}) 56... Kxd6 57. g4 Kc6 $1 58. Kg3 Kb6 59. Ra8 Kb5 60. h3 Kb4 61.
Kf4 Rc2 62. Rb8+ Kc3 63. Ra8 Kb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "AVRO"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1938.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Alekhine, Alexander"]
[Black "Capablanca, Jose"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C06"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1938.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Bd3 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ne2 Qb6 8. Nf3
cxd4 9. cxd4 Bb4+ 10. Kf1 $5 Be7 11. a3 Nf8 12. b4 Bd7 13. Be3 Nd8 14. Nc3 a5
15. Na4 Qa7 16. b5 b6 17. g3 f5 18. Kg2 Nf7 19. Qd2 h6 20. h4 Nh7 21. h5 Nfg5
$6 ({Better is} 21... O-O {(Euwe).}) 22. Nh4 Ne4 23. Qb2 Kf7 $2 ({Necessary is
} 23... Nf8) 24. f3 Neg5 25. g4 $1 fxg4 26. Bg6+ Kg8 27. f4 Nf3 28. Bxh7+ Rxh7
29. Ng6 Bd8 30. Rac1 Be8 31. Kg3 Qf7 32. Kxg4 Nh4 33. Nxh4 Qxh5+ 34. Kg3 Qf7
35. Nf3 {The round had began with a celebration of Capablanca's fiftieth
birthday. Suffocation by the archenemy spoiled it.} 1-0

[Event "AVRO"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1938.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Black "Keres, Paul"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E29"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1938.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. a3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 c5 6. e3 O-O 7. Bd3 Nc6 8.
Ne2 d6 9. Ng3 b6 10. Bb2 Ba6 11. e4 Rc8 12. Rc1 cxd4 13. cxd4 e5 14. Qa4 Na5
15. O-O Qe8 16. Qb4 Nc6 17. Qa4 Na5 18. Qb4 Nc6 19. Qd2 Qd8 20. d5 Na5 21. Qb4
Nd7 22. Be2 Nc5 23. Rc3 Rc7 24. Bc1 Bc8 25. f4 f6 26. f5 Qd7 27. Be3 Ba6 28.
Rfc1 Rfc8 29. Bd1 Qe8 30. Be2 Rb8 31. h3 Bc8 32. Bxc5 Rxc5 33. Nf1 Ba6 34. a4
Bc8 35. Nd2 Bd7 36. Ra1 Qd8 37. Nb3 Nxb3 38. Rxb3 Rbc8 39. Rc3 Qc7 40. Kf2 Ra5
41. Rb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "AVRO"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1938.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Fine, Reuben"]
[Black "Reshevsky, Samuel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C97"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "1938.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
Na5 9. Bc2 c5 10. d4 Qc7 11. h3 O-O 12. a4 Bd7 13. Nbd2 $6 cxd4 14. cxd4 Rfc8
15. Bd3 bxa4 16. Qe2 Nh5 17. g3 Rcb8 18. Kg2 g6 19. Ra3 exd4 20. Nxd4 Bf6 21.
N2f3 Qb6 22. Qd2 Nc6 23. Nc2 Qa5 24. Qxa5 Nxa5 25. e5 dxe5 26. Nxe5 Be8 27. g4
Ng7 28. Nd4 $2 ({Correct is} 28. g5) 28... Rd8 $1 29. Ndf3 Be7 30. Ra2 Ne6 31.
Bf1 Nb3 32. Be3 Bb4 33. Rb1 a5 34. Kg1 Kg7 35. Be2 f6 36. Nc4 Bb5 37. Kf1 Rac8
38. Nb6 Bxe2+ 39. Kxe2 Rc2+ 40. Kf1 a3 41. bxa3 $1 Rxa2 42. axb4 Rd3 43. bxa5
Rxa5 44. Kg2 Ra2 45. Kg3 Nec5 46. Re1 Ne4+ 47. Kg2 Rc2 48. Na4 f5 49. gxf5 gxf5
50. Ne5 Rd5 51. Nf3 Kf6 52. Rb1 Ra5 $2 ({Black misses the win} 52... f4 53.
Rxb3 fxe3 54. Rxe3 Rxf2+) 53. Rxb3 Rxa4 54. Rb6+ Ke7 55. Nd4 $1 {
The flag falls.} ({Fine has no time left for} 55. Nd4 Rc7 ({or} 55... Rc5 56.
Nc6+) 56. Nxf5+) 0-1

[Event "AVRO"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1938.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Flohr, Salo"]
[Black "Euwe, Max"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E02"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1938.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 dxc4 5. Qa4+ Nbd7 6. Nd2 c5 7. Nxc4 Be7 8.
dxc5 Bxc5 9. Nf3 O-O 10. O-O Nb6 11. Qb3 Bd7 12. Nxb6 axb6 13. Ne5 Ba4 14. Qd3
Qe7 15. Be3 Rfd8 16. Bxc5 bxc5 17. Qc3 Nd5 18. Qc1 Qc7 19. Nc4 Bc6 20. Rd1 Nb4
21. a3 Rxd1+ 22. Qxd1 Rd8 23. Qc1 Na6 24. Bxc6 Qxc6 25. Qe1 Qa4 26. Ne3 h6 27.
Rd1 Rd4 28. Rd2 Qa5 29. Nf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "AVRO"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1938.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Capablanca, Jose"]
[Black "Fine, Reuben"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E34"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1938.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 Qxd5 6. Nf3 c5 7. Bd2 Bxc3 8.
Bxc3 Nc6 9. Rd1 O-O 10. e3 b6 $2 ({An improvement will become} 10... cxd4 $1
11. Nxd4 e5 $1 {(Gligoric-Janosevic, Yugoslavia 1951).}) 11. a3 Bb7 12. dxc5
Qxc5 13. b4 Qh5 14. Bxf6 gxf6 15. Rd7 Rac8 16. Qb2 $1 ({Too risky is} 16. Rxb7
Nxb4 $1 {(Euwe).}) 16... Rfd8 $1 17. Rxb7 Ne5 $1 {
Fine has sacrificed for counter-play.} 18. Be2 $2 (18. Nd4 $2 Qg6 $1 {(Euwe)}
19. f3 Nd3+ {gives Black a strong attack.}) ({White wins by} 18. Ba6 $3 Nxf3+
19. gxf3 Rd1+ $1 ({the point is} 19... Qe5 20. Qxe5 Rc1+ 21. Ke2 Rc2+ 22. Kf1)
20. Kxd1 Qxf3+ 21. Kd2 Qxf2+ 22. Be2 Rd8+ 23. Kc2 $1 Qxe2+ 24. Kb1) 18... Nxf3+
19. Bxf3 Qe5 $1 20. Qxe5 Rc1+ 21. Bd1 $1 Rcxd1+ 22. Ke2 R1d2+ 23. Kf3 fxe5 24.
Rxa7 e4+ 25. Kg3 Ra2 26. Ra6 Rdd2 27. Rf1 Rdb2 28. Rxb6 Rxa3 29. b5 Kg7 30. h4
Rab3 31. Kf4 Rxb5 32. Rxb5 Rxb5 33. g4 Rb4 34. Rc1 Rb2 35. Kg3 Kf6 $6 36. Rc4
Ke5 37. Rc8 Kf6 $6 38. Rg8 h6 $2 {Dubious moves are crowned by a blunder.} 39.
g5+ $1 hxg5 40. Rxg5 $4 ({Capablanca misses} 40. h5 $1 Rb1 41. Kg2 $1 g4 42. h6
Rb5 43. h7) 40... Rb8 41. Kh3 e5 42. Rg1 {Draw was agreed upon in the train.}
1/2-1/2

[Event "AVRO"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1938.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Euwe, Max"]
[Black "Alekhine, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E15"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1938.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Qa4 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O Bb7 8. Bf4
c5 9. Nc3 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Bxg2 11. Kxg2 Qc8 12. Rfd1 Qb7+ 13. f3 Rc8 14. Ndb5 Qc6
$6 ({Better is the immediate} 14... Ne8) 15. Rac1 Ne8 16. Nd5 $6 {
Euwe offers a piece.} ({A plus is kept by} 16. e4 a6 17. Nd4 $1 Qb7 $1) 16...
Bf8 ({Even better is} 16... exd5 $1 17. cxd5 Qb7 18. Rxc8 Qxc8 19. Rc1 Qd8 20.
Bc7 Qc8 21. Bf4 {(Alekhine).}) 17. Nb4 Qb7 18. Bxb8 Qxb8 19. Rxd7 a5 20. Nc2
Qe5 21. Nc3 Nd6 22. Na3 Nf5 23. Nc2 Nd6 24. Na3 Qc5 25. Rd1 Qb4 26. Qb3 Nxc4
27. Nxc4 Rxc4 28. Rb7 Qxb3 29. axb3 Rb4 30. Na4 Rxb3 31. Rxb6 Rxb6 32. Nxb6 Rb8
33. Nc4 a4 34. Rd2 g6 35. Ne5 Bg7 36. Nd3 Rc8 37. Kf1 Bd4 38. Rd1 e5 39. Ra1
Rc4 40. Ra3 f5 41. b3 1/2-1/2

[Event "AVRO"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1938.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Keres, Paul"]
[Black "Flohr, Salo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B15"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1938.??.??"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ exf6 6. d4 Bd6 7. Be2 O-O
8. O-O Re8 9. Be3 Bg4 10. Re1 Nd7 11. Qd3 Qc7 12. g3 Nf8 13. Nd2 Qd7 14. d5
Bxe2 15. Rxe2 Ng6 16. dxc6 Qxc6 17. Qc4 Qd7 18. Nf3 Qf5 19. Nd4 Qh5 20. Qd3 Ne5
21. Qf5 Qxf5 22. Nxf5 Bf8 23. b3 Rad8 24. Kg2 g6 25. Nh4 Ng4 26. Nf3 Bc5 27.
Rae1 Nxe3+ 28. fxe3 f5 29. Kf2 Bb4 30. Rb1 1/2-1/2

[Event "AVRO"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1938.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Reshevsky, Samuel"]
[Black "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E46"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "1938.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Nge2 d5 6. a3 Be7 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
Nxd5 exd5 9. g3 Nd7 10. Bg2 Nf6 11. O-O Bd6 12. Nc3 c6 13. b4 a6 14. Re1 Re8
15. Bb2 Bf8 16. Qd3 Be6 17. f3 Nd7 18. Na4 b6 19. Rac1 b5 20. Nc5 Nb6 21. Bc3
Ra7 22. e4 Nc4 23. Ra1 Bxc5 24. dxc5 Rd7 25. Qd4 f6 26. f4 dxe4 27. Qxe4 Rd3 $1
28. Rac1 $2 ({A repetition of moves results from} 28. Qxc6 $1 Bd7 29. Qb7 Bc8
30. Qc6) 28... Rxc3 $1 29. Rxc3 Bf7 $1 30. Rd3 $5 ({
White setes a trap, because the natural} 30. Rxc4 bxc4 31. Qb1 Qd4+ $1 32. Kf1
Rxe1+ 33. Qxe1 c3 {wins for Black.}) 30... Qb8 $4 ({Reshevsky analyses} 30...
Qc8 $1 31. Qxc6 Rxe1+ 32. Kf2 Qe8 33. Qxe8+ Rxe8) 31. Red1 $1 Rxe4 32. Bxe4 Qf8
33. Rd8 Be8 34. Re1 Kf7 35. Bxh7 Ne5 36. fxe5 Qh8 37. Bc2 $6 Ke7 38. Rc8 f5 $1
39. Bxf5 Qh5 40. g4 $2 (40. Rc7+ $1 Kd8 41. Ra7 Qxf5 42. Rd1+ Bd7 43. Rdxd7+
Qxd7 44. Rxd7+ Kxd7 45. Kf2 {and White wins the pawn ending.}) 40... Qg5 41.
Rc7+ Kd8 42. Rc8+ Ke7 43. e6 $2 (43. Ra8 $1 Qd2 44. Re4 g6 45. Rxe8+ Kxe8 46.
Bxg6+ Ke7 47. h4 {might win.}) 43... g6 $1 44. Rc7+ Kd8 45. Rd7+ Kc8 $1 46. e7
gxf5 47. Rd8+ Kc7 48. Rxe8 Qxg4+ 49. Kh1 Qf3+ 50. Kg1 Qg4+ {
The game ends with perpetual check.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "AVRO"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1938.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Alekhine, Alexander"]
[Black "Flohr, Salo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C90"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1938.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
Na5 9. Bc2 c5 10. d4 Qc7 11. Nbd2 O-O 12. Nf1 Bg4 13. dxe5 dxe5 14. Ne3 Be6 15.
Qe2 Rfe8 16. Ng5 c4 17. b4 cxb3 18. Nxe6 fxe6 19. axb3 b4 20. cxb4 Bxb4 21. Bd2
Bxd2 22. Qxd2 Nc6 23. Qc3 Qb6 24. Bd3 Nd4 25. b4 Rec8 26. Nc4 Rab8 27. Ra5 $1
Qxb4 28. Qxb4 Rxb4 29. Nxe5 Nb3 30. Rxa6 Nc5 31. Rc1 $1 Rbb8 32. Bc4 $1 Kh8 $2
({Correct is} 32... Kf8 {(Alekhine).}) 33. Nf7+ Kg8 34. Nd6 Rc7 35. Raa1 Kf8
36. e5 Ng4 37. Re1 g5 38. Ra3 Nh6 39. Rf3+ Kg7 40. Rg3 g4 41. h3 Kh8 42. hxg4
1-0

[Event "AVRO"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1938.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Black "Capablanca, Jose"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E49"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1938.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5 7. cxd5 exd5 8.
Bd3 O-O 9. Ne2 b6 10. O-O Ba6 11. Bxa6 Nxa6 12. Bb2 $6 {
A doubtful development is made.} 12... Qd7 $1 13. a4 Rfe8 ({Or} 13... cxd4 14.
cxd4 Rfc8 {(Botvinnik).}) 14. Qd3 $5 c4 $5 15. Qc2 {
Kasparov applauds Botvinnik's strategy, but the real fight has to begin yet.}
15... Nb8 $2 {Capa is going to spend many tempi on the conquest of one pawn.} (
{A wiser choice is} 15... Nc7 $1 16. Ng3 a5 $5 17. Ba3 b5 {Black has the
initiative on the queenside and keeps his pieces available for action on both
sides.}) 16. Rae1 Nc6 17. Ng3 Na5 18. f3 Nb3 19. e4 Qxa4 20. e5 Nd7 21. Qf2 $1
({Not} 21. Nf5 Nbc5 $1) 21... g6 22. f4 f5 23. exf6 Nxf6 24. f5 Rxe1 25. Rxe1
Re8 26. Re6 $1 Rxe6 ({A fine thrust gives} 26... Kf7 27. Rxf6+ Kxf6 28. fxg6+
Kxg6 29. Qf5+ Kg7 30. Nh5+ Kh6 31. h4 Rg8 32. g4 Qc6 33. Ba3 $1 {(Botvinnik).})
27. fxe6 Kg7 28. Qf4 Qe8 29. Qe5 Qe7 {A wonderful combination follows.} 30. Ba3
$3 Qxa3 31. Nh5+ $1 gxh5 32. Qg5+ Kf8 33. Qxf6+ Kg8 34. e7 Qc1+ 35. Kf2 Qc2+
36. Kg3 Qd3+ 37. Kh4 Qe4+ 38. Kxh5 Qe2+ 39. Kh4 Qe4+ 40. g4 Qe1+ 41. Kh5 {
Black has no perpetual check.} 1-0

[Event "AVRO"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1938.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Fine, Reuben"]
[Black "Euwe, Max"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D39"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1938.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Bg5 Bb4+ 5. Nc3 dxc4 6. e4 c5 7. e5 $5 ({
The quiet} 7. Bxc4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 {leads to a white plus.}) 7... cxd4 8. Qa4+ Nc6
9. O-O-O Bd7 $1 {Black will sacrifice material.} 10. Ne4 Be7 {
Black gives a piece for a strong centre.} ({Too risky is} 10... Nxe4 $6 11.
Bxd8 Rxd8 12. Nxd4) 11. exf6 gxf6 12. Bh4 Rc8 $1 ({Euwe improves on} 12... Nb4
$2 13. Qxb4 $1 Bxb4 14. Nxf6+ Kf8 15. Rxd4 {(Fine-Gruenfeld, Amsterdam  1936).}
) 13. Kb1 Na5 14. Qc2 e5 15. Nxd4 $1 {White has to return the piece.} 15...
exd4 16. Rxd4 Qb6 ({The retreat} 16... Nc6 {
can be played too, but the text has remained the usual move.}) 17. Qc3 $2 {
Fine loses track in the complications.} ({Euwe's advice} 17. Rxd7 Kxd7 18. Be2
{has led to mixed results.}) ({My preference goes to} 17. Rd5 Be6 18. Rh5 $1
Bg4 19. Qa4+ Nc6 20. Rb5 {and White has kept the initiative.}) 17... Bf5 $1 18.
g4 $5 Bg6 $1 19. f4 $6 ({Euwe suggests} 19. Bd3 $5 O-O $2 (19... Rc6 $2 {
was played in Schmidt-Jovicic, Belgrade 1988.}) ({the refutation brings} 19...
Bb4 $1 20. Nxf6+ Kf8 21. Nd7+ Kg7 22. Nxb6 Bxc3 23. bxc3 Bxd3+ 24. Rxd3 cxd3
25. Nxc8 Rxc8 {Black has a great positional advantage})) 19... Bc5 $1 20. Rxc4
Nxc4 21. f5 ({Or} 21. Qxc4 O-O 22. f5 Be3) 21... Bd4 22. Qb3 Qc6 23. Bg2 Qxe4+
$1 24. Bxe4 Nd2+ 25. Ka1 Nxb3+ 26. axb3 O-O 27. fxg6 hxg6 28. Kb1 Rfe8 29. Bd3
Re3 30. Rd1 Be5 {Euwe started a comeback in the event.} 0-1

[Event "AVRO"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1938.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Reshevsky, Samuel"]
[Black "Keres, Paul"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E47"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "1938.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d6 6. Nge2 e5 7. O-O Re8 8. Ng3
Bxc3 9. bxc3 c5 10. Qc2 h6 11. d5 Nbd7 12. f4 exf4 13. exf4 Nf8 14. Bd2 Bd7 15.
h3 a6 16. a4 b5 17. axb5 axb5 18. Rxa8 Qxa8 19. cxb5 Nxd5 20. Ne4 Qb8 21. f5
Nh7 22. c4 Nb4 23. Bxb4 cxb4 24. Qf2 d5 25. cxd5 Bxb5 26. Qd4 Bxd3 27. Qxd3
Qb6+ 28. Kh1 Nf6 29. Nxf6+ Qxf6 30. d6 Rd8 31. Rd1 b3 32. Qxb3 Qxf5 33. Qb6 Rd7
34. Qd4 Qe6 35. Qd3 Qg6 36. Qb5 Qe6 37. Qc6 Kh7 38. Qc2+ Qg6 39. Qd2 Qe6 40.
Qf4 Qg6 41. h4 Qe6 42. h5 Kg8 43. Rd4 Kh7 44. Kh2 Kg8 45. Rd2 Kh7 46. Rd4 Kg8
47. Rd2 Kh7 {Keres led the field, half-a-point before Fine and Botvinnik.}
1/2-1/2

[Event "AVRO"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1938.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Capablanca, Jose"]
[Black "Reshevsky, Samuel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D83"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1938.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. e3 O-O 6. Rc1 c5 7. dxc5 Qa5 8. cxd5
Rd8 9. Qa4 Qxa4 10. Nxa4 Nxd5 11. Bb5 Nxf4 12. exf4 Be6 13. b3 Bd5 14. Nf3 Bxf3
15. gxf3 Nc6 16. Bxc6 bxc6 17. Ke2 Bh6 18. Rc4 e5 19. fxe5 Rd2+ 20. Kf1 Rxa2
21. Kg2 Be3 22. Rf1 Rb8 23. Kg3 Bd2 24. Nc3 Bxc3 25. Rxc3 Rb2 26. Rd1 R2xb3 27.
Rxb3 Rxb3 28. Rd6 Rc3 29. Rxc6 a5 30. Kf4 Kf8 31. Rc7 a4 32. c6 a3 33. Kg3 a2
34. Ra7 Rxc6 35. Rxa2 Kg7 36. Ra7 Re6 37. f4 Rb6 38. h3 Rc6 39. f5 gxf5 40. Kf4
Kg6 41. Rd7 Rc4+ 42. Kg3 h5 1/2-1/2

[Event "AVRO"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1938.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Euwe, Max"]
[Black "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D96"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1938.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 c6 6. Bf4 dxc4 7. Qxc4 Be6 8.
Qd3 Nd5 9. Bd2 Nb4 10. Qb1 c5 11. dxc5 N8a6 12. e4 Nxc5 13. Bb5+ Bd7 14. O-O
O-O 15. Be3 Bxb5 16. Nxb5 Qd3 $4 17. Nc7 $1 {White wins an exchange.} 17...
Nxe4 18. Nxa8 Rxa8 19. Rd1 Qxb1 20. Raxb1 e6 21. Rd7 b6 22. Rc1 Bf8 23. Ne5 Nd5
24. Nxf7 Be7 25. Ne5 Bf6 26. Nd3 Nxe3 27. fxe3 Bg5 28. Rcc7 Bxe3+ 29. Kf1 Nf6
30. Rxa7 Rc8 31. Rg7+ Kh8 32. Rac7 Rd8 33. Ne5 Re8 34. Rce7 {
Botvinnik was out of the race for first place.} 1-0

[Event "AVRO"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1938.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Flohr, Salo"]
[Black "Fine, Reuben"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E02"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "1938.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 dxc4 5. Qa4+ Bd7 6. Qxc4 Bc6 7. Nf3 Bd5 8.
Qc2 Nc6 9. Qd1 Bb4+ 10. Nc3 O-O 11. O-O Bxf3 12. Bxf3 Qxd4 13. Bxc6 Qxd1 14.
Rxd1 bxc6 15. Na4 Rfd8 16. Bg5 Rxd1+ 17. Rxd1 Nd5 18. a3 h6 19. Bd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "AVRO"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1938.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Keres, Paul"]
[Black "Alekhine, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B14"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "1938.??.??"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Nf3 Be7 8. c5
O-O 9. Bb5 Ne4 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. Qc2 Ng5 12. Nxg5 Qxg5 13. Bxc6 bxc6 14. O-O e5
15. dxe5 Qxe5 16. Rfe1 Qf6 17. Rad1 Rb8 18. Qd2 Bg4 19. f3 Be6 20. b3 Qe7 21.
Qe3 Rfe8 22. Ne2 h6 23. Qc3 Qg5 24. Nd4 Bh3 25. g3 Qf6 26. Re3 Bd7 27. Rde1
Rxe3 28. Rxe3 h5 29. Ne2 Qf5 30. Qd3 Qf6 31. Qd4 Qf5 32. Kf2 Qb1 33. Qf4 Rf8
34. Re5 Bh3 35. g4 $4 hxg4 36. fxg4 d4 $2 (36... Qf1+ 37. Ke3 Qe1 {might win.})
37. Kg3 d3 $2 38. Nd4 $1 Qf1 39. Qxf1 Bxf1 40. Nxc6 f6 41. Rd5 Be2 42. Kf2 Kf7
43. Rd7+ Ke6 44. Rd6+ Kf7 45. Nxa7 Bxg4 46. Rxd3 Ra8 47. Rd4 ({Better is} 47.
Nc6 $1 Rxa2+ 48. Kg3) 47... Rxa7 48. Rxg4 Rxa2+ 49. Ke3 Rxh2 50. b4 g5 51. c6
Ke7 52. b5 $2 ({Correct is} 52. Rd4 $1 {(Euwe)} 52... Rh3+ 53. Kd2 $1 Rh2+ 54.
Kc3 Rh3+ 55. Kc2 $1 Rh2+ 56. Kb3 Rh3+ 57. Ka4 {White wins.}) 52... Rb2 $1 53.
Rc4 Kd8 54. Rc5 g4 55. Kf4 Rb4+ 56. Kg3 Kc7 57. Kh4 Kc8 58. Rh5 Kc7 59. Rh7+
Kc8 60. Rb7 Rc4 61. Kg3 f5 62. Kh4 Rc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "AVRO"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1938.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Black "Flohr, Salo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D96"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1938.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 c6 6. cxd5 cxd5 7. Bg5 e6 8. e4
$1 dxe4 9. Bb5+ Kf8 $5 ({Black could have played} 9... Bd7 10. Ne5 O-O {
but he makes a special choice.}) 10. Nxe4 h6 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. Nxf6 Qxf6 13.
Rc1 Qd8 $5 {Flohr withdrew his pieces. It has resulted in fine prophylaxis,
because White got no entry to the hostile position.} 14. O-O a6 15. Bd3 Nc6 16.
Be4 Ne7 17. Rc5 Ra7 18. Rfc1 b6 19. R5c2 Kg7 20. Qa3 Bd7 21. Ne5 Bb5 22. Qb4
Rf8 23. a4 Be8 24. b3 a5 25. Qd2 f6 26. Nf3 Qd6 27. h3 Bf7 28. Qe3 Rd8 29. g3
Rdd7 30. Qe2 Rac7 31. Rxc7 Rxc7 32. Rxc7 Qxc7 33. Qd2 Be8 34. h4 h5 1/2-1/2

[Event "AVRO"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1938.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Capablanca, Jose"]
[Black "Keres, Paul"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E42"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1938.??.??"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Bb4+ 3. Nc3 c5 4. e3 Nf6 5. Nge2 cxd4 6. exd4 O-O 7. a3 Be7 8.
Nf4 d5 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Nfxd5 exd5 11. Qb3 Nc6 12. Be3 Bf6 13. Rd1 Bg4 14. Be2
Bxe2 15. Kxe2 Re8 16. Kf1 Ne7 17. g3 Qd7 18. Kg2 Rad8 19. Qb5 Nf5 20. Qxd7 Rxd7
21. Rd3 h6 22. h4 Rc8 23. h5 b5 24. g4 Nxe3+ 25. fxe3 a5 26. b4 axb4 27. axb4
Be7 28. Rb1 Rc4 29. Nxb5 Rxb4 30. Rxb4 Bxb4 31. Kf3 g6 32. Rb3 Ba5 33. Ra3 Bd2
34. Ke2 Rb7 35. Nd6 Rb2 36. Ra8+ Kh7 37. Nxf7 gxh5 38. Ne5 Bc1+ 39. Kd3 Rd2+
40. Kc3 Rg2 41. gxh5 Bxe3 42. Ra7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "AVRO"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1938.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Fine, Reuben"]
[Black "Alekhine, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C76"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1938.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. O-O Bd7 6. c3 g6 7. d4 Bg7 8. dxe5
Nxe5 9. Nxe5 dxe5 10. f4 $5 Bxa4 11. Qxa4+ Qd7 $6 {
Alekhine decides to sacrifice a pawn. He expects to reach a drawn endgame.} ({
A natural answer gives} 11... c6 12. fxe5 Bxe5) ({The alternative} 11... b5 $1
12. Qb3 exf4 13. Bxf4 Nf6 {(Geller-Smyslov, Sochi 1986) drew in several games.}
) 12. Qxd7+ Kxd7 13. fxe5 Ke6 14. Bf4 Rf8 $1 15. Nd2 Bxe5 {Black has protected
f7 and regained the pawn. Nevertheless, the draw is hard to achieve.} 16. Nb3
$1 Bxf4 17. Rxf4 b6 $1 18. a4 $5 (18. Nd4+ {
will draw in Portisch-Lenguel, Hungary 1961.}) 18... Ke5 $2 (18... Nf6 $1 19.
a5 Ke5 {draws in Tringov-Kovacevic, Stara Pazova 1988.}) 19. g3 $1 Nf6 20. Nd2
Nh5 $2 {Alekhine misses the last chance.} (20... Ke6 $1 21. a5 b5 22. Nb3 Nd7
23. Nd4+ Ke7 24. Nc6+ Ke6 25. Nb4 c5 26. Nxa6 Rc8 {might save the game.}) 21.
Rf2 Ke6 22. a5 $1 Ra8 ({The pointe is} 22... b5 23. Nb3 $1) 23. Raf1 $1 Rhd8
24. Nf3 $1 Ke7 25. axb6 cxb6 26. Ng5 h6 27. Rxf7+ Kd6 28. Nf3 g5 29. Nd4 Re8
30. Rh7 Rh8 31. Rff7 Rxh7 32. Rxh7 Rf8 33. Rxh6+ Nf6 34. Nf3 Kc5 35. Nd2 g4 36.
Rg6 Nd7 37. Rxg4 Ne5 38. Rg5 Kd6 39. Rf5 Rd8 40. Nf3 Nd3 41. Rd5+ Ke7 42. Rxd8
Kxd8 43. b3 Ke7 44. Nd2 a5 45. Kf1 b5 46. Ke2 {Fine had defeated the world
champion for the second time and had achieved the same number of points as
Keres.} 1-0

[Event "AVRO"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1938.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Reshevsky, Samuel"]
[Black "Euwe, Max"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D54"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1938.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 O-O 6. Rc1 h6 7. Bh4 Ne4 8. Bxe7
Qxe7 9. cxd5 Nxc3 10. Rxc3 exd5 11. Bd3 c6 12. Ne2 Nd7 13. O-O Nf6 14. Nf4 Bg4
15. Qc2 Nh5 16. Nxh5 Bxh5 17. Rc5 Bg4 18. Rb1 Rae8 19. b4 Qg5 20. Kh1 a6 21. a4
f5 22. f4 Qe7 23. Re1 Rf6 24. h3 Re6 25. Qf2 Rxe3 26. Rxe3 Qxe3 27. Qxe3 Rxe3
28. Bxa6 bxa6 29. hxg4 fxg4 30. Kh2 Rd3 31. Rxc6 Rxd4 32. Rxa6 Rxb4 33. Kg3
1/2-1/2

[Event "AVRO"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1938.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Alekhine, Alexander"]
[Black "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E19"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1938.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Nc3 Ne4 8. Qc2
Nxc3 9. Qxc3 f5 10. Be3 Bf6 11. Qd2 d6 12. d5 e5 13. Ng5 Bxg5 14. Bxg5 Qe8 15.
e4 fxe4 16. Rae1 Nd7 17. Rxe4 Qg6 18. Rh4 Nf6 19. f4 exf4 20. Bxf6 Rxf6 21.
Rhxf4 Raf8 22. Be4 Rxf4 23. Rxf4 Qe8 24. Bf5 Bc8 25. Bxc8 Qxc8 26. Rxf8+ Qxf8
27. Qe3 h6 28. Qe6+ Qf7 29. Qc8+ Kh7 30. Kg2 Qg6 1/2-1/2

[Event "AVRO"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1938.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Euwe, Max"]
[Black "Capablanca, Jose"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E18"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1938.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Nc3 d5 $5 8.
Ne5 $1 Ne4 $2 9. cxd5 exd5 {
Capablanca plays a doubtful variation. Euwe improves the theory.} 10. Nxe4 $1
dxe4 11. Qc2 f5 12. Be3 Na6 13. Rac1 Qd5 14. Nc6 $1 {
White occupies the crucial square.} 14... Bxc6 15. Qxc6 Qxc6 16. Rxc6 Rf6 17.
Rfc1 Rxc6 18. Rxc6 {The black pieces occupy poor positions.} 18... Bd6 {
19...Nb4 becomes a threat.} 19. a3 Re8 20. Bf4 Bxf4 21. gxf4 Kf7 ({Euwe prefers
} 21... Re7 $1) 22. e3 Re6 $6 ({Better is} 22... Re7 $1 23. b4 Nb8 24. Rc3 Ke6
25. f3 exf3 26. Bxf3 Kd6 {and Black has activated his pieces.}) 23. Rc4 {
Capa stands at the edge of the ravine.} 23... b5 $2 (23... c5 $1 24. Ra4 b5 25.
Ra5 cxd4 26. exd4 {(Euwe). Now} 26... Nc7 $1 27. Rxa7 Rc6 {
grabs the last chance.}) 24. Rc3 c6 25. f3 $1 {The decisive blow is delivered.}
25... g6 26. fxe4 fxe4 27. a4 bxa4 28. Rc4 Kf6 29. Rxa4 c5 30. Bf1 cxd4 31.
Rxa6 dxe3 32. Rxe6+ Kxe6 33. Bh3+ Kd5 34. Kf1 Kc4 35. Ke2 Kb3 36. Be6+ Kxb2 37.
Bg8 a5 38. Bxh7 a4 39. Bxg6 {Euwe finished with 3 1/2 out of 4!} 1-0

[Event "AVRO"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1938.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Flohr, Salo"]
[Black "Reshevsky, Samuel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E34"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1938.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 Qxd5 6. Nf3 c5 7. Bd2 Bxc3 8.
Bxc3 cxd4 9. Nxd4 O-O 10. e3 e5 11. Nf3 Nc6 12. Be2 Bg4 13. h3 Bh5 14. O-O Rfd8
15. a3 Bg6 16. Qc1 Ne4 17. Rd1 Qc5 18. Rxd8+ Rxd8 19. Be1 Qe7 20. b4 Nb8 21.
Qb2 f6 22. Rc1 Bf7 23. Qb1 Nd6 24. b5 Nd7 25. Ba5 Nb6 26. Nd2 g6 27. e4 1/2-1/2

[Event "AVRO"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1938.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Keres, Paul"]
[Black "Fine, Reuben"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C83"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "1938.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. c3 Be7 10. Nbd2 O-O 11. Nd4 Nxd4 12. cxd4 Nxd2 13. Bxd2 c5 14. dxc5 {
Paul wants to draw.} 14... Bxc5 15. Rc1 Rc8 16. Rxc5 Rxc5 17. Bb4 Qc7 18. Qd4
Rc1 19. Bxf8 Kxf8 {Keres had won the tournament, because his Neustadtl score
was better than Fine's. Church bells were ringing and schoolchildren got a day
off in Estonia.} 1/2-1/2

