Alekhine's Shorts
by Bill Wall
Alekhine - De Cassio, Spain 1944
1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Bc5 3.Bc4 Ne7 4.d3 Nbc6 5.Qh5 O-O 6.Bg5 Qe8 7.Nf3
Ng6 (7...d6)8.Nd5 Bb6 9.Nf6+! (9...gxf6 10.Bxf6, threatening
11.Qh6 and 12.Qg7 mate) 1-0
Colin - Alekhine, Bern 1932
1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 d5 4.Nc3 c5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.Nxd5 Qxd5 7.e3 Nc6
8.Bb5 cxd4 9.Qxd4? (9.Bxc6+) Qxb5 0-1
Alekhine - Ganzo, Salamanca 1944
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.a4 b4 10.a5 Be7? (10...Nc5) 11.Ba4 (11...Qd7 12.Nd4) 1-0
Alekhine - Vasic, Banja Luka 1931
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Bd3 Bxc3+ 5.bxc3 h6 6.Ba3 Nd7 7.Qe2 dxe4
8.Bxe4 Ngf6 9.Bd3 b6?? (9...c5) 10.Qxe6+! fxe6 11.Bg6 mate 1-0
Alekhine - Lovewell, Providence 1923
1.d4 e5 2.dxe5 Nc6 3.Nf3 Bc5 4.Bf4 Nge7 5.e3 O-O 6.Nc3 Ng6 7.Bd3 Nxf4
8.exf4 Re8 9.Bxh7+ Kxh7 10.Ng5+ Kg8? (10...Kg6) 11.Qh5 f6
12.Qh7+ (12...Kf8 13.Qh8+ Ke7 14.Qxg7 mate) 1-0
Alekhine - Navarro, Madrid 1941
1.e4 c6 2.Nc3 d5 3.Nf3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bf5 5.Ng3 Bg6 6.h4 h6 7.Ne5 Nd7
8.Nxg6 fxg6 9.d4 e5 10.Qg4 Qf6 11.Be3 Ne7?? (11...exd4) 12.Ne4 1-0
Alekhine - Lukowski, Belgrade 1931
1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Qg4 Qf6 5.Nd5 Qxf2+ 6.Kd1 Kf8 7.Nh3 Qd4
8.d3 Bb6 9.Rf1 Nd8 10.c3 Qc5 11.Ng5 h6 (11...f6) 12.Qh5 (12...f6 13.Nf7;
12...g6 13.Qxg6) 1-0
Perez - Alekhine, Madrid 1943
1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.f4 exf4 4.Nf3 g5 5.d4 g4 6.Bc4 gxf3 7.Bxf4 fxg2
8.Bxf7+ Kxf7 9.Qh5+ Kg7 10.Rg1 Nge7 11.Bh6+ Kg8?? (11...Kf6)
12.Rxg2+ (12...Bg7 13.Rxg7+ Kf8 14.Qf7 mate) 1-0
Perez - Alekhine, Malaga 1941
1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Bc5 3.Bc4 d6 4.Nge2 Nf6 5.d4 exd4 6.Nxd4 Nc6 7.Nxc6 bxc6
8.O-O Ng4 9.Qe2 Qh4 10.h3 h5 11.Bf4 Nxf2 12.Bxf7+ Ke7 13.Bh2? (13.Be3)
Nxh3+ (14.Kh1 Nf2+) 0-1
Alekhine - Steiner, Kemeri 1937
1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.Bg5 c5 4.c3 h6 5.Bxf6 Qxf6 6.e4 Qd8 7.d5 Qc7 8.Na3
a6 9.Nc4 b5 10.Ne3 e5 11.a4 bxa4 12.Qxa4 Be7 13.Rd1 O-O?
(13...Bb7) 14.d6 1-0
Alekhine - Evenson, Kiev 1918
1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Bc4 Bb4 4.f4 Bxc3 5.dxc3 Nxe4 6.Bxf7+ Kxf7 7.Qd5+
Ke8 8.Qxe4 Nc6 9.fxe5 Qe7 10.Nf3 d6 11.Bg5 Qe6 12.O-O-O dxe5? (12...h6) 13.Nxe5 h6 14.Qxc6+! (threatening 15.Rd8 mate) 1-0
Alekhine - Ricondo, Santander 1945
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Be7 6.O-O d6 7.Bxc6+ bxc6
8.d4 exd4 9.Nxd4 Bb7 10.Nf5 O-O 11.Re1 Re8 12.Qf3 c5 13.Bg5 Bf8?
(13...Bc6) 14.Nh6+ (14...gxh6 15.Bxf6) 1-0
Fink - Alekhine, Pasadena 1932
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.c3 d5 4.Qa4 Nf6 5.Nxe5 Bd6 6.Nxc6 bxc6 7.e5 Bxe5
8.d4 Bd6 9.Qxc6+ Bd7 10.Qa6 O-O 11.Be2 Re8 12.Nd2 Rb8 13.a4 Qe7
14.Nf1? (14.Qd3) Bb5! (threatening 15...Qxe2 mate) 0-1
Alekhine - Minos, Spain 1945
1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Bb4+ 5.Nc3 dxc4 6.e4 c5 7.Bxc4 cxd4
8.Nxd4 Qa5 9.Bxf6 Bxc3+ 10.bxc3 Qxc3+ 11.Kf1 Qxc4+ 12.Kg1 O-O 13.Qg4
g6 14.e5 Nc6? (14...Qc3) 15.Nf5! (threatening 16.Qxc4; 15...Qxg4
16.Nh6 mate) 1-0
Alekhine - Strazdins, USSR 1935
1.e4 c6 2.c4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.d4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bg5 dxc4 7.d5 Ne5
8.Nf3 Nd3+ 9.Bxd3 cxd3 10.Qxd3 a6 11.O-O e6 12.Rad1 exd5 13.Bxf6
Qxf6? (13...gxf6)14.Nxd5 Qd8 15.Nf6+! 1-0
Alekhine - Schroeder, New York 1924
1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qa5 4.Nf3 Bg4 5.h3 Bh5 6.d4 Nf6 7.g4 Bg6
8.Ne5 Nbd7 9.Nc4 Qa6 10.Bf4 Qe6+ 11.Ne3 O-O-O (11...Qb6)
12.d5 Qb6 13.Nc4 Qb4 14.a3 Qc5 15.Be3 1-0
Alekhine - Forrester, Glascow 1923
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Bc5 6.Nxe5 Nxe5 7.d4 Bb4
8.dxe5 Nxe4 9.Qd4 Nxc3 10.bxc3 Ba5 11.Ba3 b6? (11...Qg5) 12.e6 Qf6
13.Bxd7+ Kd8 14.Bc6+ Qxd4 15.e7 mate 1-0
Alekhine - Tenner, Cologne 1911
1.e4 e5 2.f4 Bc5 3.Nf3 d6 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.Bc4 Nc6 6.d3 Bg4 7.Na4 exf4
8.Bxf4 Nh5 9.Nxc5 dxc5 10.Be3 Ne5 (10...Qe7) 11.Nxe5! Bxd1
12.Bxf7+ Ke7 13.Bxc5+ Kf6 14.O-O+ Kxe5 15.Rf5 mate 1-0
Rodzynski - Alekhine, Paris 1913
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 Nc6 4.c3 Bg4 5.Qb3 Qd7 6.Ng5 Nh6 7.Bxf7+ Nxf7
8.Nxf7 Qxf7 9.Qxb7 Kd7 10.Qxa8 Qc4 11.f3 Bxf3 12.gxf3 Nd4
13.d3 (13.cxd4) Qxd3 14.cxd4 Be7 15.Qxh8?? (15.Nd2) Bh4 mate 0-1
Alekhine - Bornholz, New York 1929
1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 Bf5 5.cxd5 cxd5 6.Nc3 Nbd7 7.Ne5 e6
8.g4 Bg6 9.h4 h6 10.Nxg6 fxg6 11.Bd3 Kf7 12.Qc2 Nxg4 13.Bxg6+ Kg8
14.Nxd5 exd5 15.Qf5 Qf6?? (15...Bb4+) 16.Qxd5+ (16...Qe6
17.Qxe6 mate) 1-0
Alekhine - Kohnlein, Dusseldorf 1908
1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 e6 3.e3 Nf6 4.Bd3 Nbd7 5.Nbd2 Bd6 6.e4 dxe4 7.Nxe4 Nxe4
8.Bxe4 O-O 9.Bg5 Qe8 10.O-O f5 11.Bd3 e5 12.dxe5 Nxe5 13.Re1
Qh5? (13...Nxf3) 14.Nxe5 Qxg5 15.Bc4+ Kh8 16.Qxd6!
(16...cxd6 17.Nf7+) 1-0
Alekhine - Kohler, Chicago 1933
1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qa5 4.Nf3 e6 5.d4 c6 6.Bd3 Nf6 7.O-O Be7
8.Bg5 O-O 9.Ne5 Nbd7 10.Re1 Re8 11.Qf3 Nf8 12.Ne4 Qd8 13.Rad1
Nxe4? (13...Ng6) 14.Qxf7+ Kh8 15.Bxe7 Rxe7 16.Rxe4! 1-0
Alekhine - Goluvsky, Belgrade 1930
1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Qg4 Qf6 5.Nd5 Qxf2+ 6.Kd1 Kf8 7.Nh3 Qd4
8.d3 Bb6 9.Rf1 Nd8 10.c3 Qc5 11.Ng5 Nh6 12.Qh4 d6?? (12...Ke8)
13.Ne6+ Nxe6 14.Qe7+ Kg8 15.Qe8+ Nf8 16.Ne7 mate 1-0
Alekhine - Cheron, Vevey 1925
1.e4 e5 2.d4 exd4 3.c3 Qe7 4.cxd4 Qxe4+ 5.Be2 Qxg2 6.Bf3 Qg6 7.Ne2 Ne7
8.Nbc3 c6 9.Nf4 Qd6 10.O-O f5 11.Re1 Qc7 12.Qb3 Na6 (12...d5)
13.Ncd5! Qa5 14.Re5 cxd5 15.Nxd5 Kd8 16.Bg5 1-0
Lyubimov - Alekhine, Moscow 1908
1.d4 c5 2.e4 cxd4 3.Nf3 e5 4.Bc4 Nf6 5.O-O Qc7 6.Qe2 Bc5 7.Nbd2 O-O
8.Nb3 d6 9.c3 dxc3 10.bxc3 Bg4 11.Nxc5 dxc5 12.Bg5 Nbd7
13.Rfd1 (13.Rad1) a6 14.a4 Qc6 15.Bd5 Nxd5 16.exd5 Qg6! 0-1
Bernstein - Alekhine, Paris 1933
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 d6 5.d4 b5 6.Bb3 Nxd4 7.Nxd4 exd4
8.Bd5 Rb8 9.Bc6+ Bd7 10.Bxd7+ Qxd7 11.Qxd4 Nf6 12.O-O Be7 13.Nc3 O-O
14.Re1 Rfe8 15.Bg5 b4 16.Nd5? (16.Nd1) Nxd5 0-1
Alexandrov - Alekhine, Postal 1910
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 Nd7 4.Bc4 c6 5.Ng5 Nh6 6.f4 Be7 7.O-O O-O 8.Nf3
exd4 9.Nxd4 d5 10.exd5 Nb6 11.Bd3 Bc5 12.c3 Qxd5 13.Be3 Ng4 14.Qf3 Re8
15.Qxd5 Nxd5 16.Bc1 (16.Bd2) Nb4! 0-1
Potemkin - Alekhine, St Petersburg 1912
1.e4 c5 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7 4.Ne2 Nc6 5.c3 Nf6 6.Na3 d5 7.exd5 Nxd5
8.Nc2 O-O 9.d4 cxd4 10.cxd4 Bg4 11.f3 Bf5 12.Ne3 Qa5+ 13.Kf2 Ndb4
14.Nxf5 Qxf5 15.g4 Nd3+ 16.Kg3 Nxd4 17.gxf5 Nxf5+ 0-1
Alekhine - Gutkevich, Moscow 1910
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.exd5 exd5 5.Bg5 Be7 6.Bd3 O-O 7.Nge2 c6
8.Qd2 Be6 9.O-O-O Ne8 10.h4 Nd6 11.Ng3 Bf6 12.Nh5 Nd7 13.Qf4 Be7
14.Bh6 Ne8 15.Bxg7 Bg5 16.hxg5 Nxg7 17.Bxh7+ 1-0
Alekhine - Dake, San Francisco 1929
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.e3 Bg7 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Bd2 c6 7.Rc1 Bg4 8.Qb3
Bc8 9.a4 e6 10.Bd3 Nbd7 11.O-O b6 12.Rfd1 Ba6 13.cxd5 Bxd3 14.dxc6 Be2
15.Nxe2 Nb8 16.c7 Qe8 17.c8=Q 1-0
Alekhine - Amateur, Vienna 1936
1.e4 e5 2.d4 f6 3.dxe5 fxe5 4.Qh5+ Ke7 5.Qxe5+ Kf7 6.Bc4+ d5 7.Bxd5+
Kg6 8.Qg3+ Kh5 9.Bf7+ g6 10.h3 Qf6 11.Nf3 Be7 12.Qg4+ Bxg4 13.hxg4+
Kxg4 14.Nh2+ Kh4 15.Nf1+ Kg4 16.Be6+ Qxe6 17.f3# 1-0
Alekhine - Levitsky, St Petersburg 1913-1914
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.d4 Nxe4 4.Bd3 d5 5.Nxe5 Be7 6.O-O O-O 7.c4 Be6
8.Nc3 Nf6 9.c5 Nfd7 10.Qh5 f5 11.Re1 Nf6 12.Qe2 Bc8 13.Bf4 Re8 14.Qc2
g6 15.g4 Kg7? (15...Nc6) 16.gxf5 Nh5 17.Bh6+ (17...Kxh6 18.Nf6+; 17...Kg8
18.fxg6 hxg6 19.Bxg6) 1-0
Alekhine - Feldt, Tarnopol 1916
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.exd5 Nxd5 5.Ne4 f5 6.Ng5 Be7 7.N5f3 c6
8.Ne5 O-O 9.Ngf3 b6 10.Bd3 Bb7 11.O-O Re8 12.c4 Nf6 13.Bf4 Nbd7 14.Qe2
c5 15.Nf7 Kxf7 16.Qxe6+ Kg6 17.g4 1-0
Alekhine - Mikulka, Olomoyts 1923
1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 g5 4.d4 h6 5.Bc4 Bg7 6.Nc3 Nc6 7.Nd5 d6 8.c3
Nge7 9.O-O Nxd5 10.Bxd5 Ne7 11.Bb3 Ng6 12.g3 fxg3 13.Nxg5 O-O 14.Qh5
gxh2+ 15.Kh1 hxg5 16.Qxg6 Qe8 17.Bxg5 Be6 1-0
Ardid - Alekhine, Saragossa 1922
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Bf4 O-O 6.e3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 a6 8.a4
c5 9.O-O cxd4 10.Nxd4 Qa5 11.Nf3 Nc6 12.e4 Bg4 13.Be2 Nxe4 14.Nxe4 Qf5
15.Bg3 Qxe4 16.Re1 Qb4 17.Qc2 Rac8 0-1
Alekhine - Pita, Caceres 1944
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.d4 Nxe4 4.Bd3 d5 5.Nxe5 Qf6 6.O-O Bd6 7.Nc3 Nxc3
8.bxc3 O-O 9.Qh5 g6 10.Qh6 Bxe5 11.Bg5 Qg7 12.dxe5 Qxe5 13.Rfe1 Qxc3
14.Be7 Re8 15.Bb4 Qc6 16.Bc3 f6 17.Bxf6 1-0
Alekhine - Ward, Palembang 1933
1.d4 d5 2.c4 Nf6 3.cxd5 Qxd5 4.Nc3 Qa5 5.Nf3 c6 6.Bd2 Qc7 7.e4 Bg4
8.Rc1 Qb6 9.e5 Nd5 10.h3 Bxf3 11.Qxf3 Qxd4 12.Nxd5 Qxe5+ 13.Ne3 Qxb2
14.Nc4 Qxa2 15.Bd3 Nd7 16.O-O e6 17.Ra1 1-0
Alekhine - Van Mindeno, Netherlands 1933
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 exd4 4.Qxd4 Nc6 5.Bb5 Bd7 6.Bxc6 Bxc6 7.Bg5 Nf6
8.Nc3 Be7 9.O-O-O O-O 10.h4 h6 11.Nd5 hxg5 12.Nxe7+ Qxe7 13.hxg5 Nxe4
14.Rh5 Qe6 15.Rdh1 f5 16.Ne5 dxe5 17.g6 1-0
Alekhine - Hoelsder, Netherlands 1933
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 d6 4.d4 exd4 5.Qxd4 Bd7 6.Bxc6 Bxc6 7.Nc3 Nf6
8.Bg5 Be7 9.O-O-O O-O 10.h4 h6 11.Nd5 hxg5 12.Nxe7+ Qxe7 13.hxg5 Nxe4
14.Rh5 Qe6 15.Rdh1 f5 16.Ne5 dxe5 17.g6 1-0
Alekhine - Hawley, Chicago 1933
1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 dxc4 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.Bg5 Be7 6.e3 O-O 7.Bxc4 Nbd7
8.O-O b6 9.Qe2 Bb7 10.e4 Re8 11.Rfd1 c6 12.e5 Nd5 13.Ne4 Bxg5 14.Nfxg5
Nf8 15.Qh5 Re7 16.Bxd5 cxd5 17.Nf6+ 1-0
Alekhine - Mooyman/Citroen, Surabaya 1933
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 d5 3.cxd5 Nxd5 4.e4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e5 6.Nf3 exd4 7.Nxd4 Bc5
8.Be3 Ng4 9.Bc4 Nxe3 10.fxe3 O-O 11.O-O c6 12.Rxf7 Rxf7 13.Bxf7+ Kxf7
14.Qh5+ Kg8 15.Qxc5 Nd7 16.Qd6 Qf6 17.Qc7 c5 18.Nd5 1-0
Alekhine - Koehnlein, Dusseldorff 1908
1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 e6 3.e3 Nf6 4.Bd3 Nbd7 5.Nbd2 Bd6 6.e4 dxe4 7.Nxe4 Nxe4
8.Bxe4 O-O 9.Bg5 Qe8 10.O-O f5 11.Bd3 e5 12.dxe5 Nxe5 13.Re1 Qh5
14.Nxe5 Qxg5 15.Bc4+ Kh8 16.Qxd6 cxd6 17.Nf7+ Kg8 18.Nxg5+ 1-0
Alekhine - Chajes, Carlsbad 1911
1.c4 e6 2.e4 c5 3.Nc3 Nc6 4.Nf3 g6 5.d4 cxd4 6.Nxd4 Bg7 7.Ndb5 Be5
8.f4 a6 9.fxe5 axb5 10.Bf4 bxc4 11.Bxc4 Ra5 12.O-O b5 13.b4 Qb6+
14.Kh1 Nxb4 15.Bxb5 Rxb5 16.Nxb5 Qxb5 17.Rb1 Ba6 18.Qd6 1-0
Alekhine - Garcia, Caracas 1939
1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Qa4+ c6 5.Qxc4 e6 6.Qc2 Nfd7 7.e4 Bb4+
8.Nc3 h6 9.Be2 Qa5 10.O-O Bxc3 11.bxc3 e5 12.Nd2 exd4 13.cxd4 Qg5
14.Nc4 Qe7 15.Ba3 Qe6 16.d5 cxd5 17.Nd6+ Kf8 18.Rac1 1-0
Alekhine - Kohnlein, Dusseldorf 1908
1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.e3 e6 4.Bd3 Nbd7 5.Nbd2 Bd6 6.e4 dxe4 7.Nxe4 Nxe4
8.Bxe4 O-O 9.O-O f5 10.Bd3 e5 11.Bg5 Qe8 12.dxe5 Nxe5 13.Re1 Qh5
14.Nxe5 Qxg5 15.Bc4+ Kh8 16.Qxd6 cxd6 17.Nf7+ Rxf7 18.Re8+ 1-0
Alekhine - Amateur, Paris 1925
1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Nbd7 5.e3 c6 6.Nf3 Qa5 7.cxd5 exd5
8.Bd3 Ne4 9.O-O h6 10.Bf4 Nxc3 11.bxc3 Qxc3 12.e4 Qa5 13.exd5 cxd5
14.Re1+ Ne5 15.Nxe5 Be6 16.Nxf7 Kxf7 17.Qf3 Qd8 18.Bg5+ 1-0
Alekhine - Amateur, Paris 1925
1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c5 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Nf3 Nf6 6.Bg5 c4 7.Bxf6 Qxf6
8.Nxd5 Qd6 9.e4 b5 10.a4 Bb7 11.axb5 Bxd5 12.exd5 Qxd5 13.Qa4 Qe4+
14.Be2 Be7 15.b6+ Nc6 16.Ne5 Bb4+ 17.Kf1 O-O 18.Nxc6 1-0
Alekhine - Ibanez, Buenos Aires 1926
1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.g3 b6 5.Bg2 Bb7 6.O-O O-O 7.Qc2 d6 8.Nc3
Nbd7 9.Bf4 Nh5 10.Bg5 h6 11.Be3 e6 12.Qd2 g5 13.h4 gxh4 14.Nxh4 Bxg2
15.Kxg2 Kh7 16.Rh1 Rh8? (16...Ndf6) 17.Nf3 Nhf6 18.Bxh6 1-0
Saemisch - Alekhine, Bad Pistyan 1922
1.d4 f5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 b6 5.Bd3 Bb7 6.Nc3 Bb4 7.Bd2 O-O 8.Qc2
Bxc3 9.Bxc3 Ne4 10.O-O-O a5 11.Kb1 Na6 12.Ka1 Nb4 13.Bxb4 axb4 14.Rhf1
Bc6 15.Nd2 Nxd2 16.Rxd2 Bxg2 17.Rg1 Bh3 18.Rg3 Bg4 0-1
Carranza - Alekhine, Buenos Aires 1926
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O d6 6.d4 Bd7 7.Re1 b5 8.Bb3
Nxd4 9.Nxd4 exd4 10.e5 dxe5 11.Rxe5+ Be7 12.Qe1 c5 13.Bd2 a5 14.a4 c4
15.axb5? (15.Ba2) cxb3 16.Bxa5 bxc2! 17.Bxd8 Rxa1 18.Rxe7+ Kxd8 0-1
Alekhine - Rosanoff, Moscow 1908
1.e4 b6 2.d4 Bb7 3.Nc3 e6 4.Nf3 d5 5.Bb5+ c6 6.Bd3 Nf6 7.e5 Nfd7 8.Ng5
Be7 9.Qg4 Nf8 10.Nxh7 Rxh7 11.Bxh7 Nxh7 12.Qxg7 Nf8 13.h4 Bxh4 14.Rxh4
Qxh4 15.Bg5 Qh1+ 16.Kd2 Qxg2 17.Qf6 Qxg5+ 18.Qxg5 1-0
Alekhine - Ribeiro, Estoril 1940
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Be2 g6 7.O-O Bg7
8.Be3 O-O 9.f4 e6 10.Bf3 Re8 11.e5 Nxd4 12.Bxd4 Nd5 13.Bxd5 exd5
14.exd6 Bxd4+ 15.Qxd4 Qxd6 16.Nxd5 Re6 17.c4 b6 18.f5 Re5 19.Rae1
1-0
Alekhine - Levenfish, St Petersburg 1912
1.d4 c5 2.d5 Nf6 3.Nc3 d6 4.e4 g6 5.f4 Nbd7 6.Nf3 a6 7.e5 dxe5 8.fxe5
Ng4 9.e6 Nde5 10.Bf4 Nxf3+ 11.gxf3 Nf6 12.Bc4 fxe6 13.dxe6 Qb6 14.Qe2!
Qxb2 15.Nb5! Qxa1+ 16.Kf2 Qxh1 17.Nc7+ Kd8 18.Qd2+ Bd7
19.exd7 (threatening 20.Ne6 mate) 1-0
Alekhine - Amateur, Paris 1925
1.e4 c5 2.b4 e6 3.bxc5 Bxc5 4.d4 Bb4+ 5.c3 Be7 6.Bd3 Nc6 7.Ne2 d5
8.Nd2 dxe4 9.Nxe4 f5 10.N4g3 Nf6 11.O-O O-O 12.Nf4 Qc7 13.Re1 Nd5
14.Nxd5 exd5 15.Qf3 Qd7 16.Bf4 g5 17.Be5 g4 18.Qf4 Qd8 19.Bxf5 1-0
Alekhine - Busto, Barcelona 1935
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.e5 Nd5 4.Nc3 e6 5.Bc4 Nb6 6.Be2 Nc6 7.O-O d5
8.exd6 Bxd6 9.d3 Nd5 10.Ne4 b6 11.d4 cxd4 12.Bb5 Bb7 13.Nxd4 Rc8 14.c4
Ne7 15.Nxc6 Bxh2+ 16.Kxh2 Qc7+ 17.Nd6+ Kf8 18.Nxe7 Kxe7 19.Bf4 1-0
Mellgren - Alekhine, Orebro 1935
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e5 6.Nxc6 bxc6 7.Bg5 Rb8
8.Bxf6 Qxf6 9.Bc4 (9.b3)Rxb2 10.Bb3 (10.O-O) Bb4 11.Qd2 d5 12.exd5 e4
13.O-O-O Bxc3 14.Qe3 O-O 15.d6 Bg4 16.d7 Bxd1 17.Rxd1 Ba5 18.Qd4 Qxd4
19.Rxd4 Rxb3! (20.axb3 f5) 0-1
Alekhine - Verberne/Himlvopen, Netherlands 1933
1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nf6 5.Ng3 e5 6.Nf3 e4 7.Ne5 Nbd7
8.Bd2 Qb6 9.Bc3 Nxe5 10.dxe5 Ng4 11.Nxe4 Bf5 12.Qf3 Bxe4 13.Qxg4 Bxc2
14.Bc4 Bg6 15.O-O-O Qc7 16.e6 Bd6 17.exf7+ Kf8 18.g3 b5 19.Qd4 1-0
Potemkin - Alekhine, St Petersburg 1912
1.e4 c5 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7 4.Ne2 Nc6 5.c3 Nf6 6.Na3 d5 7.exd5 Nxd5
8.Nc2 O-O 9.d4 cxd4 10.cxd4 Bg4 11.f3 Bf5 12.Ne3 Qa5+ 13.Kf2 Ndb4
14.Nxf5 Qxf5 15.g4 Nd3+ 16.Kg3 Nxd4 17.gxf5 Nxf5+ 18.Kg4 h5+ 19.Kh3
Nf2# 0-1
Alekhine - Amateur, Moscow 1911
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.c3 Nf6 5.d4 exd4 6.O-O O-O 7.cxd4 Bb6
8.d5 Ne7 9.e5 Ne8 10.d6 cxd6 11.exd6 Ng6 12.Bg5 Nf6 13.Nc3 h6 14.Qc2
hxg5 15.Qxg6 Nh7 16.Nd5 Kh8 17.Ne7 Qxe7 18.dxe7 fxg6 19.Ne5 1-0
Alekhine - Kalnys, Riga 1935
1.e4 c5 2.c4 e5 3.f4 exf4 4.Nf3 Nc6 5.d4 cxd4 6.Bxf4 Bb4+ 7.Nbd2 Nf6
8.Bd3 Nh5 9.Bg5 f6 10.Nh4 O-O 11.Qxh5 Ne5 12.Qe2 fxg5 13.Nf5 Qa5
14.Rd1 d5 15.O-O Nxd3 16.Qxd3 dxe4 17.Nh6+ gxh6 18.Rxf8+ Kxf8 19.Nxe4
0-1
Alekhine - Amateur, Madrid 1922
1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.f4 Nc6 4.fxe5 Nxe5 5.d4 Nc6 6.e5 Qe7 7.Be2 Ng8
8.Nf3 b6 9.O-O h6 10.Bf4 Bb7 11.Nd5 Qd8 12.e6 d6 13.exf7+ Kxf7 14.Ng5+
hxg5 15.Bh5+ Rxh5 16.Qxh5+ Ke6 17.Bxg5 Be7 18.Qg4+ Kxd5 19.Qf3+ 1-0
Alekhine - Nimzowitsch, Bled 1931
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Ne2 dxe4 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.Nxc3 f5 7.f3 exf3
8.Qxf3 Qxd4 9.Qg3 Nf6 10.Qxg7 Qe5+ 11.Be2 Rg8 12.Qh6 Rg6 13.Qh4 Bd7
14.Bg5 Bc6 15.O-O-O! Bxg2 16.Rhe1 Be4 17.Bh5 Nxh5 18.Rd8+ Kf7
19.Qxh5 (threatening 20.Nxe4) 1-0
Alekhine - Amateur, Paris 1931
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Bxc6 dxc6 5.Nc3 Bd6 6.d4 Qe7 7.dxe5 Bxe5
8.Nxe5 Qxe5 9.Qf3 Be6 10.Bf4 Qa5 11.O-O-O Nf6 12.h3 O-O 13.Rd4 c5
14.Ra4 Qb6 15.e5 Ne8 16.Rd1 c6 17.Be3 Nc7 18.Rh4 g6 19.Ne4 1-0
Alekhine/Monosson - Stoltz/Reilly, Nice 1931
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Bb7 5.Bg2 Be7 6.O-O O-O 7.b3 Qc8 8.Nc3
d5 9.cxd5 Nxd5 10.Bb2 c5 11.Rc1 Nxc3 12.Bxc3 Rd8 13.Qd2 Bd5 14.Qf4 Qb7
15.dxc5 bxc5 16.e4 Bc6 17.Ne5 Be8 18.Ng4 Na6 19.Bxg7! (19...Kxg7
20.Qh6+ Kg8 21.e5) 1-0
Alekhine - Cintron, Bradley Beach 1929
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Bg5 Nbd7 5.e3 Be7 6.Bd3 a6 7.cxd5 exd5
8.Nf3 O-O 9.Qc2 h6 10.Bf4 c6 11.h3 Ne8 12.h4 Ndf6 13.Ng5! Bd6 14.Be5!
hxg5 15.hxg5 Ne4 16.Nxe4 dxe4 17.Bxe4 (threatening 18.Nh7+ Kh8
19.Bg8+ and 20.Qh7 mate) f5 18.Qc4+ Rf7 19.g6 1-0
Alekhine - Mikulka, Olomoyts 1923
1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 g5 4.d4 h6 5.Bc4 Bg7 6.Nc3 Nc6 7.Nd5 d6 8.c3
Nge7 9.O-O Nxd5 10.Bxd5 Ne7 11.Bb3 Ng6 12.g3 fxg3 13.Nxg5 O-O 14.Qh5
gxh2+ 15.Kh1 hxg5 16.Qxg6 Qe8 17.Bxg5 Be6 18.Rxf7 Bxf7 19.Bf6 1-0
Alekhine - Desler, Hamburg 1930
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Be2 g6 7.O-O Bg7
8.Nb3 O-O 9.f4 Bd7 10.Bf3 Rc8 11.Kh1 a6 12.a4 Na5 13.e5 Ne8 14.Nxa5
Qxa5 15.Bxb7 Rc7 16.Bf3 Bb5? (16...Be6) 17.b4! Qxb4 18.Nd5 Qc5
19.axb5 1-0
Alekhine - Sik, Prague 1943
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5 4.Ngf3 Nc6 5.Bb5 dxe4 6.Nxe4 Bd7 7.dxc5 Qa5+
8.Nc3 Bxc5 9.O-O Nf6 10.Bg5 Nd5 11.Nxd5 exd5 12.Re1+ Be6 13.Bxc6+ bxc6
14.Nd4 Bxd4 15.Qxd4 O-O 16.Re3 c5 17.Qh4 Rab8 18.Bf6 gxf6 19.Rg3+
1-0
Takacs - Alekhine, Kecskemet 1927
1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Qc2 c5 5.d4 cxd4 6.Nxd4 e5 7.Nf3 Nc6
8.cxd5 Nxd5 9.a3 Be6 10.Bd2 Be7 11.Nc3 O-O 12.Bg2 Rc8 13.Rd1 Nd4
14.Qb1 Bf6 15.O-O (15.Nxd4) Nxc3 16.bxc3 Nxe2+ 17.Kh1 Qc7
18.Qd3 (18.Rfe1) Nxc3 19.Rc1? (19.Qxc3) e4 0-1
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