Alexander Alekhine

(1892-1946)
Alekhine' § Block

The Tactician's Handbook

Vol. 1
 Copyright © 1996 by Victor Charushin

English Language Translation Copyright © 1997 by

Pickard &. Son, Publishers

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This work is a revised and expanded translation of the Russian book

"Alekhine's Block," published by the author in 1996.

Alekhine's
Block

Author: Victor Charushin

Translator: Anatoly Lein
Editor: Sid Pickard

First Printing of English Edition: February, 1997

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 Contents

7
Foreword
9
Introduction
12
Symbols

Alekhine's Block at f6 (rn)

13
J:t f6(f3)
19
M6 (f3)
26
flJf6 (f3)
33
'iII f6 (f3)

Alekhine's Block at g6 (g3)

36
'iVg6 (g3)
46
J:tg 6 (g3)
49
i.g6 (g3)
55
flJ g6 (g3)

Alekhine's Block at c6 (c3)

62
J:tc 6 (c3)
63
i.c6 (c3)
63
'Oc6(c3)

Alekhine's Block at b6 (b3)

68
'iIIb6 (b3)
68
i.b6(b3)
70
flJb6( b3)

Alekhine's Block at e6 (e3)

72
l:te 6 (e3)
74
i.e6 (e3)
76
flJe6 (e3)
 Contents

Alekhine's Block at d6 (d3)

ltJ d6 (d3) 80

Alekhine's Block on the

Outennost Squares (h6, h3, a6, 83)
ltJh6 (h3, a6, a3) 82
.ih6 (h3, a6, a3) 83
l:th6 (h3, a6, a3) 85

Alekhine's Block in Opening Theory 86

Postscript 88
Index of Players 91
Index of Openings 95
 Foreword

From the Publisher

Victor Charushin was born in the Russian Republic ofUdmurtija in 1 932.

He is by profession a civil engineer, lecturing at the Academy of Architec­
ture and Building in Nizhny Novgorod where he lives - but his first love
is chess. Victor is well known in the world of correspondence chess, and
has placed among the prize-winners in several European Championships.
In 1986 Victor earned the ICCF International Master title, after which his
attention turned to writing. Charushin is the author of 1 0 books, including
biographies of Alekhine and Bogoljubow.

The present volume, revised and expanded by the author for this transla­
tion, is a new and quite original look at a little-understood attacking motif.
This blockading tactic is often seen as an inspired brilliancy, but here for
the first time we learn that Alekhine's Block is simply an attacking
technique, and a skill that can be acquired. It has been our goal to guide
the reader toward greater tactical ability in a manner both correct and
enjoyable. We believe that after reading this book few players will again
miss an opportunity to employ Alekhine's Block in their own games!

Sid Pickard
Dallas, February 1 997

From the Author

The theory of the middlegame is yet in the early stages of development.

As a rule, middlegame theory consists in formulating strategic plans of
attack and defense. lbe present study, however, is devoted to a "single­
image" type of combination, namely the blockading sacrifice of a piece -
(rom a Knight to a Queen - on the sixth (or third) rank. In the creative
heritage of world champion A.A. Alekhine, for whom this special tactic

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 Alekhine's Block

is named, we find nearly 30 examples on the above theme. In most cases

he was the first to execute this brilliant combination, and therefore it
rightly bears the name of "Alekhine's Block."

This book contains 1 64 games played at different times and at various

levels, from simultaneous exhibitions to world championship matches.
Along with 32 game fragments and study positions, this collection dem­
onstrates that Alekhine's Block is firmly established in our modem chess
understanding. This manual is designed for the enjoyment of all chess
players, and will benefit enthusiasts across the entire spectrum of our chess
community.

Victor Charushin
Nizhny Novgorod, 1 996

From the Editor (first Russian version)

50 years ago (March 24, 1 946) there passed away Alexander Alexan­
drovich Alekhine, the first Russian world champion of chess, and the pride
of his nation. He died far away from his Fatherland in poverty and
loneliness.

How and why this happened is the subject of rumors and guesswork, with
many versions appearing in chess literature. These questions await their
answer from objective historians, and we hope that such answers will be
found. Here we propose that the reader celebrate with us the chess legacy
of Alekhine set forth in this work. In these pages for the first time the
combinative mastery of our champion is considered from a completely new
viewpoint. This vantage point reveals a remarkable class of blockading
sacrifice not documented elsewhere. We hope that studying the chess
creativity recorded here will provide you true pleasure.

Anatoly Smykov
Nizhny Novgorod, 1 996

8
 Introduction

The sixth rank is intimidating.

A piece placed on it brings fear and panic to the enemy's army.
S. Tartakower

The object of a chess game is to checkmate the opponent's King. There

are two means to this goal, either directly through attack or indirectly by
the acquisition of material superiority. Of course, the first way is more
natural and more beautiful, but the opponent will try to place insurmount�
able obstacles in our path.

Overcoming such careful defense is an extremely complicated task, and

toward this end various tactical measures are employed. Here we shall
analyze one of them, the Rook blockade on the f6 square.

Consider Black's castled position. The row of pawns in front aspire to build
an impregnable bastion defending the King. The first duty of the attacker
is to rupture that pawn barrier. The simplest way to do so is by a pawn
storm, but advancing the White pawns will cost much time and is fraught
with the danger of weakening his own King's position, when failure leads
to an immediate counterattack and inevitable defeat.

A more reliable method of softening the enemy pawn barrier is by piece

pressure. For example, place the White Queen on h4 and a Bishop on d3.
The threat of mate on h7 forces Black to move one of his pawns. The move
... h7 -h6 is the least successful, leading only to further weakening of Black's
position. White's Queen goes to e4 and Black must also play ... g7�g6 or
.. f7 -fS, after which his pawn fortress loses strength. Instead, the move
.

... g7 -g6 weakens the dark squares, and makes sense only with a subsequent
transfer of Black's Bishop to g7 - time consuming or often simply impos­
sible.

The most active defense against the h7 mate involves ... fl�fS. This move
begins to illustrate the role of Black's Rook on £8. Before the pawn move,

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this Rook is passive and only cramps the King. After ... f7·f5, however, the
Rook gains in strength and supports the f-pawn, nurturing hope of a
counterattack.

Therefore, it is a perfectly natural idea for White to blockade the f7 pawn

by placing a Rook, for example, in front of it on the f6 square. Thus the
Black defensive order is pennanently frozen, while White's Rook pene­
trates into the enemy camp. True, the situation is complicated by the
defender's ability to cap ture the blockading piece, and the correctness of
this sacrifice must be calculated accurately. But placing the White Rook
on f6 sets in motion this blockading operation, which we will refer to as
Alekhine's Block or simply the Block.

At the beginning of this century the attractive ideas underlying the Block
were brilliantly realized in A.A. Alekhine. A profound understanding of
the game led him to conclude that the Block can be execu ted not only by
a Rook on the f6 square, but on any square of the sixth (or third) rank by
any piece. None of the Grandmasters reveal in their games such variety in
implementing this complex tactical maneuver as does the first Russian
world champion. Although early examples of the Block may be seen here,
Alekhine was the first to systematically employ this device in his Kingside
attacks. There can be no doubt that a blockading piece sacrifice on the
sixth (or third) rank should be called "Alekhine's Block."

As a passive sacrifice the Block should ideally be a "quiet" move, without

a check or capture. Exceptions are possible, for example, in that a Knight
on f6 often gives automatic check, and the Queen's Block is sometimes
accompanied by a capture. It should be stressed that the most spectacular
Queen's Block - that of the Queen on g6 (or g3) - was first demonstrated
in 1912 by Frank Marshall in Game 51. Alekhine's similar effort in Game
52, though earlier, was played in a simultaneous exhibition, and so this
"subset" of the Block should rightfully bear Marshall's name.

It is noteworthy that the theoretical and widely-known Exchange sacrifice

on c3 in the Sicilian Defense represents a modem development of Alek­
hine's Block. By means of this sacrifice Black obtains sufficient counterplay
with minimal material loss. The Block's relation to chess openings has yet

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 Introduction

to be developed, but a first step in discussing this interesting subject may

be found at the end of this book (p.86) .

Alekhine's Block has been finnly established in practice. It is employed at

all levels, from blitz games to matches for the world championship. In order
to study this tactical maneuver we propose that the reader analyze the
games given below, which are classified according to the piece being
sacrificed and the square being blockaded. I am convinced that both
beginning chess players and experienced masters will derive true enjoy�
ment from these examples of chess an.

11
 Symbols

;t �
White has a slight advantage Black has a slight advantage

± :;:

White stands clearly better Black stands clearly better

+­ -+

White is winning Black is winning

= #

the game is even checkmate

00 (Xl

the position is unclear with compensation

!!
an excellent move a brilliant move

;> ??

a mistake a blunder

!? ?!
a move deserving attention a dubious move

� Q
with the idea better is

12
 Alekhine's Block 13

The Roo k Blocks at Game 2

Alekhine-Dawnman,
f6 (0)
San Luis 1924
n n n n (blindfold simultaneous)
l . e4 eS 2.tLlc3 �b4 3 . �c4 d6 4.f4
tLlc6 S . tLlf3 �g4 6.0-0 ttJf6 7 . d3
Game 1 0-0 B.h3 j,xf3 9.'tWxf3 tLld4 1 0.'tWdl
Alekhine-Ostrogsky, �cS 1 1 . � h l exf4 1 2 . �xf4 'tWd7
Moscow 1910 1 3 . � g S tLl e B 1 4 . tLl d S tLl c 6
(simultaneous) I S . 'tWhS �hB 16.m6n (16.�e7! g6
l .d4 dS 2.e3 e6 3 . tLld2 tLld7 4.f4 [16 . . . tLlxe7 1 7 . � xf7 +-] 1 7 . 'tWh6
tLlgf6 S . �d3 cS 6.c3 �d6 7 . tLlh3 + -, Lein)
a6 B.O-O 'tWb6 9 . tLlf3 tLle4 1 0. tLlhgS
tLlxgS I I . tLlxg S h6 1 2 . tLlh 3 0-0
1 3 .'tWf3 tLlf6 1 4.b3 �d7 I S . �d2
'tW a 7 1 6 . tLlf2 � c6 1 7 . g 4 l UeB
I B .gS hxgS 1 9 .fxgS tLld7 20.tLlg4
�e7 2 1 . 'tW h 3 tLlfB 22.l:(f6n (.6.
23.�h6 gxh6 24.tLlf6+ + - ; 22. tLlf6+ !
gxf6 23.gxf6 +- , Lein)

16 . . . �d4 ( 1 6 . . . gxf6 17. tLlxf6 tLlxf6

I B . �xf6+ �gB 1 9 .'tWgS # ) 17.�af1
�xf6 I B . �xf6 tLleS 19 . � h6 gxh6
2 0 . � f6 + tLlxf6 2 1 . tLlxf6 'tW e 7
22.'tWxh 6 'tWxf6 2 3 . 'tWxf6 + � g B
24.�b3 �aeB 2S.h4 tLld7 26. 'tWfS
tLlcS 27.hS tLlxb3 (2B.'tWgS+ �hB
29.'tWf6+ �gB 30.h6, .6. 3 1 .'tWg7 # ),
22 . . . tLlg6 (22 . . . gxf6 23 . tLlxf6+ �g7
1 -0
24 . 'tWh6 # ; 22 . . . g6 2 3 . � af1 �eB
24 .�6f3!) 2 3 . � xg6 fxg6 24.�xg6,
1 -0
14 Alekhine's Block

Game 3 lLl h 6 B . 'tW h 3 lLl fS 9 . � e 3 i. a6

Marshall-Spielmann, 1O.i.xa6 lLlxa6 l 1 .g4 tOxe3 1 2.fxe3
Moscow 1925 �b4 1 3 .0-0 J.xc3 1 4 . bxc3 lLl bB
1 .d4 lLlf6 2.c4 e6 3 .lLlc3 dS 4.�gS I S .lLlhS �gB I6.ID6n
lLlbci7 S.e3 c6 6. cxdS exdS 7.�d3
�e7 B .'tWc2 0-0 9. lLlf3 �eB 1 0.0-0
h6 1 1 . � f4 tO fB 1 2 . tO e S lLl h S
1 3 . �g3 tOxg3 14.hxg3 iiJ6 I S. f4
�xeS 16.fxeS j.g4 1 7 .l:tf4 'tWd7
IB. �af1 �e7 19.b4 �e6 20. �4f2
j.g4 2 1 . 1 U4 �e6 2 2 . 'tWf2 lLlh7
2 3 . 'tWf3 tOgS 24.'tWhS b6 2 S . �h4
'tWcB 26.lLle2 as 27.ID6!!

1 6 . . . 'tWe7 1 7 . � af1 lLld7 I B . �xf7

'tWxf7 1 9 .�xf7 wxf7 20.lLlf4 lLlfB
2 1 .c4 dxc4 22.'tWf3 �dB 23.dS exdS
24. lLlh3+ weB 2 S . lLlgS �d7 26.e6
lLlxe6 27.lLlxe6 We7 2B. 'tWfS wd6
29. tOf4 c6 30.'tWe6+ , 1 -0

Position I

27 'tWfB 2 B . lLl f4 axb4 2 9 . lLl g6

fxg6 30.�xfB+ �xfB 3 1 . 'tWxg6 lLle4
32.j.xe4 dxe4 33.�xh6 MS 34.'tWgS
�e6 3S.�xe6 j.xe6 36. 'tWg6 �dS
37.e6 �cB 3B.'tWf7+ wh7 39.'tWd7
�aB 40.e7 �f7 41 . 'tWxc6, 1 -0

Game 4
Simagin-Lyskov,
l.lU6! C t::. 2 . 'iYxh6 + +- ) lLlgS
Moscow 195 7
2. �xgS hxgS 3 .'iYxgS wgB C3 ... gxf6
l .e4 e6 2 . d4 dS 3 . lLlc3 �b4 4.eS 4. 'tWh6+ +- ) 4 .'tWh4 'tWa3 S . �f3 g6
b6 S. 'tWg4 �fB 6.lLlh3 'tWd7 7 . lLlf4
 Alekhine's Block 15

6.j., xg6 c2 7.j.,xc2 'ifxf3 B . 'ifh7+

�fB 9.gxf3 +-

Game 5
Fischer-Benko ,
US Ch. 1963-64
l .e4 g6 2.d4 j"g7 3 .lDc3 d6 4.f4 lDf6
5 .lDf3 0-0 6.j"d3 j"g4 7.h3 j"xf3
B . 'ifxf3 lD c6 9 .j" e 3 e5 1 0 . dxe5
dxe 5 l 1 . f5 gxf5 1 2 . 'ifxf5 lDd4 2 1 . . . lDe6 2 2 .lDh 5 l:lfdB 2 3 .l:l dfl
13. 'iff2 lD eB 1 4.0-0 lDd6 1 5 .'ifg3 l:ld7 24 .'ifg3 �hB 25.'if xe5 l:ladB
� h B 1 6 .'ifg4 c6 1 7 .'ifh5 'ife8
26. 'iVxe 6 j" c B 2 7 .j"xd 6 l:lxd6
IB .j.,xd4 exd4 19.m6n
2B .'ifxf7 �xf7 29. lhf7, 1 -0

Game 7
Schoneberg-Liebert,
Germany 1972
l .e4 e6 2.d3 cS 3.g3 lDc6 4.j.,g2
lDf6 5.f4 d5 6.e5 lDd7 7 .lDf3 j.,e7
8.0-0 b5 9.c4 bxc4 1 0.dxc4 lDb6
l 1 .cxd5 exd5 1 2 .lDc3 j"e6 1 3 .lDh4
j"xh4 1 4 . f5 j"xf5 1 5 .l:lxf5 lDd4
19 . . . �gB 20.e5 h6 2 1 .lDe2, 1 -0 16.l:lfl j.,e7 1 7.j.,e3 l:lcB 18.�hl
0-0 19 .�xd4 cxd4 20.'ifxd4 �c5
Game 6 2 1 . 'ifg4 d4 2 2 .lDe4 �hB 23 .lDg5
Enevo Idsen-N ilsen, 'ife7 24.'ifh5 h6 25.J:lf6n
Denmark 1967
1 .d4 lDf6 2.c4 e6 3 .lDc3 �b4 4.f3 cS (see next diagram)
5.a3 j"xc3+ 6.bxc3 0-0 7 . e4 lDe8
B .j"d3 lDc6 9.j"e3 'iVa5 1 0 .j"d2 25 . . . �gB 26J:tafl 'ifxe5 27 .l:l6f5
'ifc7 1 1 .lDe2 b6 1 2 .0-0 j"a6 1 3 .lDg3 'ife3 2 B .lDxf7 d3 2 9 .l:l e 5 'ifd 2
lDa5 14.'ife2 lDb3 15 .l:ladl cxd4 30.j.,e4 lDd7 3 1 .'ifg6 j.,f2 32.'ifh7+
16.cxd4 lDxd4 1 7 . 'ife3 e5 I B . f4 d6 �xf7 33.j.,d5+ , 1 -0
19.fxe5 dxe5 20.j" b4 lDd6 21.M6n
16 Alekhine's Block

26 . . . �e4 27. �f4 �g6 2B .�cl �cB

29 . �f6 �e4 30.g6 �fB 3 1 . �f4 fxg6
(3 1 . . .�xg6 3 2 . � g l �h5 33. �h4
�f5 34.�g5 +- ) 3 2.nxe 4 dxe4
33 . �xe4 cS 34.c4, 1 -0

Game 9
Rene-Romero ,
Groningen 1984-85
After 25JH6!! l .e4 e5 2 . lLlf3 lLlc6 3 . �b5 f5 4. lLlc3
fxe4 5. lLlxe4 lLlf6 6.d3 d5 7. lLlg3
�d6 B.d4 e4 9 . 4:Je5 j.d7 1 O . lLlxd7
Game 8
�xd7 1 1 .0-0 a6 1 2 .�e2 0-0 1 3.j.e3
Timrnan-Geller,
lLle7 1 4 . c 4 dxc4 1 5 . � c 2 w h B
Linares 1983
16.�xc4 lLled5 17.�b3 c6 IB.nael
l . lLlf3 lLlf6 2 . d4 d 5 3 . �g 5 e 6
lLlf4 1 9 . �d l lLld3 2 0.ne2 lLlg4
4. lLlbd2 �e7 5.e3 0-0 6.�d3 b6
21. lLlxe4bh2+ 22.whl �f5 23. �xd3
7. lLle5 �b7 8. �xf6 �xf6 9.f4 �xe5
�h5 24.lLlg5 �d6+ 2 5 .lLlh3 1:lf3!!
1 0.fxe5 �h4+ l 1 .g3 �h6 1 2 . �e2
lLlc6 1 3 . 0-0 lLlb4 1 4.lU4 lLlxd3
1 5 .�xd3 as 16. lLlf3 �a6 1 7 .�c3
�e2 1 8 . �c6 �h5 1 9.'�g2 �aeB
20.�el �a6 21 .g4 �g6 22.r�h l
� e7 2 3 . g 5 � h 5 2 4 . w g 2 � bB
25.wf2 ffg6 26.)U6n

26.wgl �h2+ 27.whl �xh 3, 0 - 1

Game 1 0
Barta-Kluger,
Hungary 1979
l .d4 g6 2.c4 �g7 3 .lLlc3 cS 4.d5 d6
5 . e4 0£6 6. �d3 0-0 7. lLlge2 e6
 Alekhine's Block 17

8 . dxe6 fxe6 9 . 0-0 lU c6 1 0 . j,gS

h 6 1 1 . j,xf6 j,xf6 1 2 . �d2 wg7
1 3 .l:tadl �e7 1 4.j,bl lUd4 I S . lUbS
eS 16. lUec3 j,gS 17.�d3 l:lf3!!

24.'iWd2 l:tf6 -+

Game 1 2.
Buki c-Cebalo,
18.gx8M4 19.lUdSbh2+ 2 0 . wxh2 Yugoslavia 1 980
�h4+ 21 .Wgl j,h3 2 2 . f4 'iWg4+ l .d4 lUf6 2 .c4 e6 3. lUf3 cS 4.dS
23 .'frg3 lUe2+ 24.wh2 lUxg3 2S .fxg3 exdS S .cxdS d6 6 . lUc3 g6 7 . e4
j,xfl 26J:txfl hS 27.fS l:th8 28. lUe7 j,g7 8 . j,e 2 0-0 9 .0-0 a6 1 0. a4
h4 29.lUxg6 hxg3+ 30.Wgl l:thl +, j,g4 1 1 .j,f4 WJe7 1 2. lUd2 Axe2
0-1 1 3 .ltxe2 lUhS 1 4 . j,e3 lUd7 I S .g4
lU h f6 1 6 . f3 lUe 8 1 7 . 'ith 1 lUc7
Game 11. 1 8.lUc4 lUeS 1 9 .1Ub6 l:tae8 20.gS
Karoly- F. Portisch, lU a8 2 1 . lUxa 8 l:txa8 2 2 . f4 lUd7
Hungary 1979 23.eS dxeS 24.fS gxfS 2S. l:txfS e4
l . e4 e6 2.d4 dS 3. lUd2 c S 4. lUgf3 2 6 . l:t g l l:t a e 8 2 7 .'iW h S 'i!f d 6
lUc6 S .j,bS j,d6 6.eS j,b8 7.dxcS 28 .:f6!!
lU g e 7 8 . 0 - 0 lUg6 9 . l:t e l 0-0
1O.j,xc 6 bxc 6 l 1 . c4 f6 1 2 . exf6
'fr xf6 1 3 . lUb3 lUh4 1 4 . lUbd4 eS
I S . j, gS lUxf 3 + 1 6 . lUxf3 'fr g 6
17.j,e7 j,g4 1 8 . j,xf8 e4 19.1Uh4
'frh S 2 0 .'frb 3 j,xh 2 + 2 1 . wxh2
'frxh4+ 22.Wgl l:txf8 23. 'iWe3 1lf3!!
(the Block with 23 . . . j,f3 was actually
played, leading only to a draw)
18 Alekhine's Block

2B .. .'iVe5 (2B . . . lOxf6 29.gxf6 'tWxf6 �cB, D. 32 . . . filh3+ 33.wgl �g4!

3O.Ah6 'iYf3+ 31.'fYxf3 exf3 32.lhg7+ -+), 1-0
[32.�xg7? f2 !l whB 3 3 . � g l �gB
34. �f1 ± , Lein) 29. 'fYh3 filc7 30.�f4 Garne 1 4
lOe5 31 . lOxe4 lOg6 32.lOf6+ hf6 Chemin-Z .Polgar,
Budapest 1993
33.gxf6 whB 34. filh6 �gB 35.�h4
lOxh4 36.�g7, 1-0 1 .c4 e5 2 . lOc3 1Of6 3. lOf3 lOc6 4.e3
i..b 4 5.filc2 i.. xc3 6.'�xc3 file7 7.d3
Game 1 3 d5 8.cxd5 lOxd5 9. filc 2 0-0 1 O . a 3
Kelecevic-Ivkov, as 1 l .b3 i..g4 1 2.i.. e 2 �adB 1 3 .0-0
Y ugoslavia 1 983 f5 14.h3 �h5 1 5 .�b2 e4 16.dxe4
1 . d4 lOf6 2 .c4 e6 3 . lOf3 �b4+ fx e4 17.lOe5 �xe2 I B .lOxc6 bxc6
4. lObd2 b6 5.e3 �b7 6. �d3 cS 7.a3 19 .filxe2 �d6 20.�ac l �g6 2 1 . �d4
�xd2+ B . �xd2 d6 9 . 0-0 lObd7 J::lf 3!!
1 0 . �c3 0-0 l 1 .b4 lOe4 1 2 .i.. b 2
fil e7 1 3 .filc 2 f5 1 4 . l Hd l lOdf6
1 5 .bxc5 bxc5 1 6.file2 lOg4 1 7 . �f1
e5 I B . �xe 4 fxe4 1 9 . 1Od2 fil h4
20.h3 lU3!!

22.g3 filh4 23 .wh2 �gxg3 24.fxg3

'CYixg 3 + 25 . w h l filxh3+ 26.wgl
�g3+ 27.wf2 filh4 2B.�hl �h3 +,
0-1

2 1 .hxg4 �afB 22.g3 filxg4 23.�fe l Garne 1S

�Bf6 24.'iYf1 'iWh5 25.�e2 �xg3+? Kalendovsky-Tomic,
+- (2 5 . . . � 3 f5 2 6 . � a e l � h 6 Bmo 1994
27.'iYg2 'iYg4 2B. 1Of1 �fh 5 29.lOh2 1 .d4 d5 2.lOf3 e6 3.e3 lOf6 4.i..d3
�xh 2 3 0 . 'CYixh 2 �xh 2 3 1 . wxh2 �e7 5 .0-0 0-0 6. lObd2 b6 7.file2
i..b 7 B. lOe5 cS 9 .c3 ltJc6 1 0 .f4 'tWc7
 Alekhine's Block 19

1 1 .l:tf3 lLle4 1 2 .l:th3 lLlxeS 1 3 .fxeS �xe4 19.'i'xe4 lLl cS 20. 'tWe2 �a S
�gS 1 4.�xe4 dxe4 I S.'W g4 'W e7 2 1 .l:tabl 'ifa6 22.l:tc4 lLla4 23.�6!!
16.lLlxe4 �xe4 1 7.'ifxe4 h6 I B.l:tf3 (� 24.l:tg4 'tWxe2 2S.l:txg7+ +­
:ta dB 1 9.93 cxd4 20.exd4 �xcl Alekhine)
2 1 . l:txc1 l:td7 22.l:tcfl bS 23.lU6!!

2 3 . . . l:fcB (23 . . . h6 24 . lLle S, �

23 . . . l:tdS 24. 'tWh4 'tWdB 2S .'tWg4 g6 2S .-'g4 +-; 23 ... hS 24.l:tg4! 'tWxe2
26.'tWf4 l:td7 27. 'tWxh6, 1 -0 2S.l:txg7+ �hB 26.lLlgS!, � 27.�h7+
�gB 2B.l:thB # , Alekhine) 24.'tWeS
l:t c S 2 S. 'tWg3 g6 2 6. l:txa4 'tWd3
27.l:tf1 'iWfS 28.'tWf4 'tWc2 29.'tWh6,
The Bis hop Blocks at 1 -0
f6 (f3)
Game 17
.i. .i. .i. .i. Alekhine-Schick,
Prague 1943
(blitz)
Game 16
l .e4 e6 2.d4 dS 3 . lLld2 cS 4.lLlgf3
Alekhine-Sterk,
lLl c6 S .�bS dxe4 6 . lLlxe4 �d7
Budapest 1921
7.dxcS 'tWaS+ B . lLlc3 �xcS 9 . 0-0
l .d4 dS 2 .lLlf3 lLlf6 3.c4 e6 4.lLlc3
lLlf6 1O.�gS lLl dS 1 1.lLlxdS exdS
lLlbd7 S.e3 �d6 6.lLlbS �e7 7.'tWc2
1 2 . l:t e l + � e 6 1 3 . �xc 6 + bxc6
c6 B.lLlc3 0-0 9.�d3 dxc4 1 O.�xc4
14.lLld4 �xd4 I S . 'tWxd4 0-0 1 6.l:e3
cS l 1 .dxcS �xcS 1 2.0-0 b6 1 3. e4
cS 1 7 .'tWh4 l:a bB 18.Af6!! (�
�b7 1 4.�gS �cB I S.'iWe2 �b4
1 9.'i'gS g6 20.'tWh6 +- )
16.�d3hc3 17.rucl lLlxe4 1 B.�xe4
20 Alekhine's Block

I S . lLlgS bS 1 6. lLla3 b4 1 7 . cxb4

lLlxb 4 1 8 . � h S Axg S 1 9 . AxgS
lLlxd3 20. nxd3 �aS 2 1 .b4 'ii' fS
2 2 . ng3 h6 23. lLlc4 �dS 24.lLle3
�bS 25.�f6U

1 8 . . . gxf6 1 9 . ng3+, 1 -0

Position II

2S . . . �xhS 26.nxg7+ wh8 27.nxf7+

wg8 2B.ng7+ wh8 29.nxb7+ wg8
30.n g7+ wh8 3 1 .llgS+ wh7 32.nxhS
wg6 33.nh3 Wxf6 34.nxh6+ wgS
3S.nh3 nebB 36.ng3+ Wf6 37.:f3+
wg6 38.a3 as 39.bxaS nxaS 40. lLlc4
:dS 41 .nf4 lLld7 42.nxe6+ wgS
1 ... Af3!1 2.gxf3 (2 .g3 �xh2+! -+; 43.g3, 1 -0
2. �d3 nh6 3.h3 Axg2 -+ ) nh6
Game 1 9
3 .11el �xh2+ 4.wfl �h3+ S.Wgl
Byme-Evans,
�hl # , 0-1
New York 1965
Game 1 B l .e4 cS 2. lLlf3 a6 3. lLlc3 d6 4.d4
Torre-Em. Lasker, cxd4 S .lLlxd4 lLlf6 6.AgS e6 7.f4
Moscow 1925 �b6 8 . �d 2 �xb2 9 . nb l � a 3
l .d4 &iJf6 2 . lLlf3 e6 3 . AgS cS 4.e3 l O.eS dxeS l 1 .fxeS lLlfd7 1 2.Ac4
Ab4 1 3 . n b3 ..waS 1 4 . 0 - 0 0 - 0
cxd4 S.exd4 j"e7 6. lLlbd2 d6 7.c3
1 5 . .i\.f6U
lLl b d 7 8 . A d 3 b6 9 . lLl c 4 A b7
lO. �e2 �c7 1 1 .0-0 0-0 1 2 . nfel
(see next diagram)
nfe8 1 3 .nadl lLlf8 1 4. Acl ltJdS
 Alekhine's Block 21

After 14.�f6!!
I S . . . gxf6 1 6 . 'tWh 6 'tWxeS 1 7 .lLlfS
exfS 1 8 . ttJe4 j,d2 1 9 . 1Llxd2 'tWd4+
20.�h1 lLleS 2 1 .l:tg3+ lLlg4 22.h3 Game 2!
'tWeS 23 .l:tf4 'tWel + 24. lLlfl 'tWxg3 Zhukov-Makarewicz,
2S.l:txg 4 + 'tWxg4 2 6 . hxg4 ttJ d 7 corr. 1972
27.lLlg3 �hB 2B. j,d3 l:tgB 29.j,xfS 1 .b4 as 2.bS eS 3 . j,b2 d6 4.c4 lLld7
1lg6 30. j,xg6 fxg6 3 1 .lLle4, 1 -0 S.e3 g6 6.lLlc3 j,g7 7 .lLlf3 lLlgf6
B.j,e2 0-0 9.d4 l:teB 1 0.0-0 exd4
Game 20 l 1 .lLlxd4 lLlcS 1 2 . j,f3 j,d7 1 3 .lLlb3
Platonov-Efimov, lLlxb3 1 4 . axb3 'tWcB I S .b6 cxb6
Yaroslavl 1966 1 6. 'fi'xd 6 lLl g 4 1 7 . j,xg 4 j,xg4
l .e4 t2Jf6 2 .eS lLldS 3 . d4 d6 4.c4 I B . 'tWxb6 l:ta6 1 9.'tWbS l:teS 20. 'tWa4
lLlb6 S.f4 MS 6. j,d3 j,xd3 7.'tWxd3 Af3!!,0-1
dxeS B .fxeS cS 9.lLlf3 e6 1 O .0-0 lLlc6
1 1 .lLlc3 lLlxd4 1 2 . j,gS 'tWd7 1 3 .lLle4
h6 14.Af6!!

(see next diagram)

14 . . . 'tWc6 I S .lLlxd4 cxd4 1 6. j,xg7

j,xg7 17.lLld6+ �B I B . l:txt7+ �gB
1 9 .'tWg6 .bth7 20.l:tafl �hB 2 1 . l:te7
ttJxc4 2 2 .lLlt7+ �gB 2 3 .lLlxh6+,
final position
1 -0
22 Alekhine's Block

Game 22
Chiburdanidze-Alexandria,
Tbilisi 1977
l .lLlf3 cS 2.g3 lLlc6 3 .J.. g 2 dS 4.0-0
e6 S . c4 d4 6.e3 eS 7. exd4 exd4
B . d3 lLlf6 9 . l:t e l + J.. e 7 1 0 . lLleS
lLlxeS 1 1 J:txeS 0-0 1 2 .lLld2 'fIic7
13 .l:tel l:tbB 14.lLle4 lLlxe4 I S . J.. xe4
J.. d 6 1 6.'fIif3 bS 1 7 . cxb S l:txbS
IB .b3 as 1 9 .J.. dS a4 20.bxa4 l:tb4 I s . . . g6 1 6 . fS J..x f6 1 7 . exf6 e S
2 1 .aS J..a6 2 2 . J.. gS l:t a4 23. l:te4
I B.'fIig4 exd4 1 9 .l:t xd4 J..b 7 20.fxg6
�a3 24 . n d l J.. e S 2 S .'fIifS J.. d6
fxg6 2 1 . J..x g6 �hB 2 2 .'fIihS (�
26.Af6!1
23.t7 +- ) l:txf6 23.nxf6, 1 -0

Game 24
Sax -Sveshnikov,
Hastings 1977- 78
l .e4 cS 2 . lLlf3 lLlc6 3 . J.. b S lLlf6
4 . lLlc3 lLld4 S . eS lLlxbS 6 . lLlxbS
lLldS 7 . 0- 0 a6 B . c4 lLlb6 9 . lLlc 3
d S 1 0 .d4 e6 1 1 . J.. g S 'fWd7 1 2 .cxdS
lLlxd 5 1 3 . lLlxd 5 'fIixd 5 1 4 . dxcS
26 . . . n bB 2 7 .'fWgS J.. fB 2B . J.. xg7 J.. x cS 1 S. 'fIic2 0-0 1 6 .�fdl 'fIic6
J..xg7 29. l:tg4 �fB 30.'�xg7+ �eB 1 7 . l:t a c l J.. a 7 IB . 'fIid 2 'fIib 6
3 1 . 'fIigB+ �d7 32. 'fIixt7+ , 1 -0 19.Af61! C 1 9 . J.. e 7! � eB 2 0 . J.. c S
'fWbS 2 1 . J.. xa7 l:txa7 22.l:tc7 'fIib6
Game 23 l2 2 . . . h 6 2 3 .'fWf4 l:t fB 2 4 . � dB !1
Christiansen-Gilden, 23. 'fIidB! �fB 24. l:txt7+ +- , Lein)
USA 1976
l .e4 cS 2 .lLlc3 e6 3.lLlf3 a6 4 .d4 ( see next diagram)
cxd4 S. lLlxd4 bS 6. J.. d3 J..b 7 7.0-0
'fWc7 B .'fIie2 d6 9.a4 bxa4 1 O.l:txa4 1 9 . . . h6 C 1 9 . . . gxf6 2 0 . exf6 � h B
ltJf6 1 1 . J..gS J..e 7 1 2.f4 0-0 1 3 .eS 2 1 . lLl e S ! , Lein) 2 0 . 'fIif4 'fW x b 2
lLldS 14.lLlxdS J..x dS 1 5.Af6 1!
 Alekhine's Block 23

After 19.�f6!! After 12.�f6!!

(20 . . .gxf6 21 .exf6 "iWxf2+ [21 . . .wh 7 17 .�hS+ We7 1B.'iVf3 1:c6 1 9 .1:adl
22 .l2JeS, 6. 23 .lLlg4 +-] 22.whl 1Wc B 2 0 . .t b 2 "iW c 7 2 1 . e S f S
j. e 3 [22 . . . w h 7 2 3 . 'iV e 4 + w h B 22 . 'ilVg3 g6 23.�f3 w f7 24 . ..txc6
24."iWg4 1:gB 2S.1:dB + - ] 23 .'iVg4+ 'iVxc6 2 S. 1:dB j.g7 26.1:xhB �xhB
.t g S 24 . lLlxg S "iWxf6 [24 . . ."iW fS 27 .1:dl .tg7 2B."iWd3 �fB 29. a4
2S.lLlxf7 + ! +-] 2 S . lLlxf7 + w h 7 We7 3 0 .• dB+ wf7 3 1 . a S j. e7
26.lLld6 +- , Lein) 21 . 'iVg4 "iWxf2+ 32 .'ilVhB lLld7 33.'ilVxh7+, 1 -0
22. whl g6 23 . �b4 .tb6 24 .1:d2
'iVe3 2S .1:c3 as 26 ."iWxfB + wxfB Garne26
27.1:xe3, 1 -0 Korsunsky-Sher,
Alma Alta 1979
Game 25 l .e4 cS 2.lLlf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.lLlxd4
Groszpeter-Tomaszewski, lLl f6 S . lLl c 3 a6 6 . j. g S e6 7 . f4
Kecskemet 1979 tWb6 B . tWd2 tWxb2 9 .lLlb3 "a3
l .e4 lLlf6 2 .eS lLldS 3 .c4 lLlb6 4 .b3 1 0 . j.d3 lLlc6 1 1 .o-0 j.e7 1 2 .1:ael
cS S .�b2 d6 6.exd6 'iVxd6 7.lLlf3 0-0 1 3 . e S dxe S 1 4 . fx e S lLl d7
lLl c 6 B . lLlc 3 � g 4 9 . .t e2 'iV d 7 1 5.,i,f6n
1 0 .0-0 1:dB l 1 .lLle4 e 6 12 .,i,f6n
(see next diagram)
(see next diagram)
I S . . . j.xf6 1 6. exf6 lLlc eS 1 7 .1:e3
12 . . . 1:cB 1 3. lLleS lLl xeS 14 . .txeS lLlxf6 I B .1:xe S "e7 1 9 ."g 5 h6
.t f S I S . d 3 � x e 4 1 6 . d x e 4 f6 20."h4 1:eB 21 .1:e3 j.d7 22.1:g3
wfB 23.1:gf3, 1 -0
24 Alekhine's Block

27 .g3 tOe4 28.'*¥xa5 l:tfB 29.'i!fa6

'tWg6 3 0 . l:t e d l f4 3 1 . l:txd 6 fxg3
32. �xg7+ �h7, 0-1

Position III

After 15. �f6!!

Game 27
Seirawan-Christiansen,
USA 1980
l .c4 tOf6 2 . tOc3 e6 3 . tOf3 �b4 1 .�f6 !1 gxf6 ( 1 ... h6 2 . 'tWg6 +- ;
4 . 'tWc2 0-0 5 . a3 �xc3 6. 'tWxc3 b6 1 . . . tOxc4 2 . 'tWg 5 +- ) 2 . l:td3 tOxc4
7.b3 �b7 B . �b2 d6 9.e3 tObd7 3 . l:t h3 +-
1 0 . � e 2 e5 l 1 . d4 tOe4 1 2 . 'tW c 2
'tWe7 13 .l:tdl l:tadB 1 4 . � a l l:tfeB Game 28
1 5 .0-0 as 16.l:tfel h6 1 7 . �d3 f5 Sveshnikov-Ionov,
I B .c5 bxc5 1 9.dxe5 �hB 20.exd6 Volgodonsk 1983
cxd6 2 1 . �f1 'tWf7 2 2. 'tWb2 tOdf6 l .e4 cS 2.c3 tOf6 3.e5 tOd5 4.d4
2 3 . tO d 2 � d 5 2 4 .tOxe 4 l:txe4 cxd4 5. tOf3 tOc6 6.�c4 tOb6 7.�b3
25 . l:td3 l:tg4 26.'tWd2 �f3n d 5 B . exd 6 'tWxd 6 9 . 0 - 0 � e 6
1 0. �xe6 'tWxe6 l 1 . tOxd 4 tOxd4
1 2 .'tWxd4 l:tdB I 3 .'tWh4 'tWe2 14.�d2
e6 1 5 . ne 1 'tW d 3 1 6 . �g 5 l:t d5
1 7 . tOd2 'tWg6 I B .tOe4 h6 19.�f6n

(see next diagram)

1 9 . . . tOd7 20. l:tadl l:txdl 2 1 .l:txdl

gxf6 ( 2 1 . . . tOxf6 2 2 . tOxf6 + 'tWxf6
 Alekhine's Block 25

Afte r 1 9.�f6!!
2 1 . . . lUxf6 22.exf6 'lWdB 23 .fxg7 l:teB
24 . 'lWeS f6 2S . 'lWhS �e7 26.!lel
23.'lWa4+ +- ) 22 .'lWf4 lie7 23 . 'lWe7
'lWb6 27 . lUfS, 1 -0
0-0 24 . lUg3 lidB 2S. 'lWxd7 li b6
26.'lWa4 fS 27 .wfl 'lWgS 2B.h4 'lWf6
Game 30
2 9 . 'lW f4 l:t d B 3 0 .l:txd B + 'lWxdB
Kasparov-Kengis,
3 1 . We2 �h 7 32.lUf1 'lWe7 33. 'lWxe7 Riga 1995
lixe7 34.hS �g7 3S .g3 �f6 36.f4
1 . e4 cS 2. lUf3 e6 3.d4 exd4 4. lUxd4
eS 37. lUe3 �e6 3B.g4 fxg4 39.fS+
lUe6 S.lUe3 'lWe7 6 .�e2 a6 7.0-0
�e7 40. lUxg4 lid6 4 1 . �f3 lie7
lUf6 B . �h l lUxd4 9 . 'lWxd4 lieS
42.�e4 lid6 43. lUxh6, 1-0 10. 'lWd3 hS 1 1 . �gS bS 12.f4 �b7
1 3 .eS lUdS 1 4 . lUxdS lixdS I S . a4
Game 29
'lWe6 1 6 .lif3 �xf3 1 7 . lhf3 bxa4
de Finnian-Sosonko ,
IB .fS 11bB 19.1:tafl 0-0 20.�f6!!
Lucerne 1989
l .e4 cS 2. lUf3 d6 3.d4 exd4 4. lUxd4
lUf6 S . lUe3 lUe6 6 .lie4 e6 7 .lie3
li e 7 B . 'lW e 2 0 - 0 9 . 0 - 0 - 0 d S
1 0 .lib3 lUaS 1 l .eS lUd7 1 2.f4 �b4
1 3 . � d2 lUeS 1 4 .l:thfl lU axb3+
I S .axb3 as 1 6. �bl �xe3 1 7 .�xe3
lUe4 I B. l:t f3 �d7 1 9 .1i e l 'lWeB
20. �h4 bS 2 1 .Af6!!

(see next diagram) 20 . . . 'lWbS 21 .11g3 g6 22. 'lWdl exfS

23.11xfS 11b6 24. 'lWxhS, 1-0
26 Alekhine's Block

The Kni g ht Blocks at Position IV

f6 (f3)
Cjj Cjj Cjj Cjj

Game 31.
Alekhine-Yanovsky,
Scheveningen 1913
l .d4 d5 2 .c4 e6 3 .ttJf3 ttJf6 4 . ttJc3
ttJbd7 5 . J.g5 J.e7 6 .e3 0-0 7 J:;tc1
c6 8 . J. d 3 dxc 4 9 . J.xc 4 ttJ d 5 1 ... ltlf3+U 2 . gxf3 (2 . w h l �h4
1O.J.xe7 'tWxe7 1 1 .0-0 ttJxc3 12.rIxc3 3.h3 ttJe l -+ ) �g5+ 3.whl J.xf3 # ,
e5 1 3.e4 exd4 1 4 . 'tWxd4 ttJ b6 1 5 .e5 0-1
ttJxc4 1 6.'tWxc4 rId8 17.'tWf4 J.e6
Game 32
18 .ttJ g5 rIdS 1 9 .rIg3 rIad8 20.h3
Alekhine-Euwe,
rId4 21 . ttJe4 wh8 22. 'tWe3 rI8d5
23.ltlf6U
Hague 1921
l .e4 e5 2.ttJc3 ttJf6 3.J.c4 J.b4 4.f4
exf4 5 .e5 'iWe7 6.'tWe2 ttJg8 7 .ttJd5
'ifh4 + 8 . w d l J. a 5 9 . ttJf3 � h 5
lO.ltlf6+U

2 3 . . .rId8 (23 . . . gxf6 24 .'tWh6 + -)

24.rIxg 7 Wxg7 2 5 . 'tW g 5 + w h 8
26 ....h 5 'iWxf6 27.exf6 rIg8 28.rIdl
J.g4 29.hxg4 J:lxd l + 30.w h2 J:ld7
1 0 . . . gxf6 I I .exf6+ wd8 1 2 . J:te l ,
3 1 .f4 b6 32.g5 cS 33.f5 b5 34.g6
1-0
fxg6 35.fxg6 J:t xg6 36.'tWe5, 1 -0
 Alekhine's Block 27

Position V 20. lDg3 (20.gxf3 'iWxf3+ 2 1 .�gl

j.xh2+! -+ ) llh6 2 1.'iWxf3 exf3
22.lDxf5 lhh2+ 23 . � g l nxg2+
24.�hl lld5, 0-1

Position VI

1 lDf3+!! 2 . gxf3 ttg 5 + 3 . � f l

...

'iWh3+ 4.�e2 lle5 :11: , 0-1

Game 33
Vavrzhinsky-Alekhine,
Prague 1925 1 lDf3+!! 2.gxf3 'iWh4 3.llhl �xh3
...

(simultaneous) 4.j.d2 llf6 5.11hgl �f1 :11: , 0-1

l . e4 d5 2.exd5 lDf6 3 . j.b5+ j.d7
4. �xd7 + 'iWxd7 5 . c4 c6 6 . dxc6 Game 34
lDxc6 7 . lLlf3 e5 B . O-O e4 9 . 11 e l Salomonovich-Alekhine,
0-0-0 1 0 .lDg5 'iWf5 l 1 . lDh3 j.c5 Maravska Ostrava 1 925
1 2 . lLl c 3 ll h e B 1 3 . lDd 5 lLlxd5 (simultaneous)
1 4.cxd5 llxd5 1 5.a3 lld3 16.llfl l . e4 e 5 2 . lLl f3 lDc6 3 . j. b 5 a6
lLld4 1 7. � h l j.d6 I B .lDg l lle6 4. �a4 lDf6 5 . 0-0 j.c5 6.c3 �a7
19.1Lle2lDf3!! 7.d4 lDxe4 8.d5 lLle7 9 . lLlxe5 0-0
1 0 . lLld2 d6 1 l .lDxe4 dxe5 12.d6
cxd6 1 3 . lDxd6 lDf5 14.lDxcB nxcB
1 5 . j.d7 lDh4 16.j.xcB 'iWxcB I7.'iWe2
'iWf5 I B . � h I e 4 1 9 . j. e 3 � b B
20 .11adl lDf3!!

(see next diagram)

21 .h3 'iWe5 22 .g3 'iWh5 23 .h4 'iWg4,

0-1
28 Alekhine's Block

After 20 . .. lLlf3 ! !
14 . . . j,xf6 (14 . . . gxf6 I S.gxf6 ltJaS
[IS . . . j,xf6? 1 6 . j. e 4 +- 1 1 6 .fxe7
Position VII 'iWxe7 1 7 . j,xb7 ltJxb7 1 8 .j,gS f6
1 9 .j,h6 l:tg8 20.0-0-0 ltJd6 21 .l:thel
± , Alekhine) I S .gxf6 gxf6 16.'iWh4

'iWd8 1 7 .j,f4 eS 1 8 . j,g3 fS 1 9.dxeS

ng8 20 . j. f3 'iWd3 2 1 .j,e2 'iWe4
22 .'iWxe4 fxe4 23. j, h4 h6 24 .0-0-0
l:t ae8 2S . j, f6+ 'It;h7 26 . f4 exf3
27.j.xf3ltJaS 28.�,xb7 ltJxb7 29.l:td7
ltJeS 30.l:txf7+ 'It;g6 3 1 . l:txe7 ltJd3+
32.'lt;bl 'It;fS 33.l:tdl ltJxeS 34. l:tf1 +
1 ...lLlf3+!! 2 . gxf3 j,xf3+ 3 . j.g3
'It;e4 3S. l:txa7 ltJc4 36.nd7 'It;e3
'iWxg3+ 4. hxg3 lhg3+ S .'lt;h2 j.xf2 37.l:tel + 'It;f3 38.l:txe8 l:txe8 39. l:td4
6. j.h3 1:txh3+ 7. 'It;xh3 nh8 # , 0-1 ltJe3 40.l:th4 ltJfS 41 .l:tb4, 1 -0

Game 3 5 Game 36
Alekhine-Euwe, (m/7) Alekhine-de Kossio ,
Utrecht 1935 San Sebastian 1944
(world championship) (blindfold simultaneous)
l .e4 e6 2.d4 dS 3 .'Lle3 �b4 4. ltJge2 l .e4 eS 2.ltJe3 j,cS 3 .j,e4 ltJe7 4.d3
ltJbe6 S:iVhS 0-0 6.j,gS 'iWe8 7. ltJf3
dxe4 S . a3 j,e7 6. ltJxe4 ltJe6 7 .g4
ltJg6 8.ltJdS j,b6 9.lLlf6+!!
b6 8 .j,g2 j,b7 9 .e3 ltJf6 1 O . ltJ2g3
0 - 0 l 1 . g S ltJxe4 1 2 . ltJxe4 'It;h8 (see next diagram)
1 3 . 'iWhS ..we8 14.lLlf6!!
 Alekhine's Block 29

ltJ e7 16. ltJde4 ltJedS 1 7 .1:fe l h6

18.ltJxf6+ ltJxf619.ltJe4 ltJdS 20.'iWd2
d6 2 1 . ltJ g3 ltJ f6 22 . 1: e2 1: a c8
23 .1:ael �dS 24 .�bl 1:fd8 2S .1:e3
as 26.ltJe2 b4 27.1:g3 wf8 28 .ltJf4
bxc 3 29 .bxc3 'iWc6 30.'iWdl i..e4
3 1 . ltJhS �xbl 32. ltJxf6 �g6 33.dS
exdS 34.ltJxdS lld7 3S.1:ge3 1:cd8
36.'iWf3 'iWb7 37.�f6!!

9 ... gxf6 1O.i..xf6 (6 1 1 . 'iWh6 +-;

l 1 . ltJgS +- ), 1 -0

Position VIII

37 . . . 'iWc8 38.1:e8+ 1:xe8 39.nxe8+

'iWxe8 4 0 . ltJxe 8 Wxe8 4 1 . 'iWa8+
We7 42 . 'iWxa S �e4 4 3 . 'iWb 4 fS
44 .a4 1:b7 4S. 'iWd4 llbl + 46.wh2
1:b2 4 7 . 'iWxg7+ we6 48 . 'iWxh6+
1 �f3 +!! 2 . gxf3 ( 2 .w h l 1:h S
...

w d S 49.'iWe3 wc4 SO.'iWd4+ wb3

3.h3 �xh3 -+ ) 1:gS+ 3. whl 'iWxf3 # , S I . 'iWxd6 wxa4 S2.h4 wb3 S3.hS
0- 1 wxc3 S4.h6 1:b7 SS.f3, 1 -0
Game 3 7 Game 38
Torre-Duz-Khotimisky, Klovans-Przhiby 1,
Moscow 1925 Hungary 1970
l . d4 ltJf6 2. ltJf3 bS 3 . �f4 �b7
l . e 4 c S 2 .ltJf3 d6 3 . d 4 cxd4
4. ltJbd2 e6 S.e3 a6 6.i..d 3 cS 7 .c3
ltJc6 8.'iWe2 �e7 9.h3 0-0 10.0-0 4. ltJxd4 ltJf6 S. ltJc3 a6 6. i..e2 e6
7 . 0-0 i.. e 7 8 . f4 'iWc7 9.whl 0-0
'iWb6 1 1 . �gS c xd4 1 2.exd4 ltJdS
1 O.'iWel bS 1 1 . �f3 �b7 12.eS dxeS
13.�e4 �xgS I4.ltJxgS 0i6 1 S.�d3
30 Alekhine's Block

13.fxe S lDfd 7 1 4 . Axb 7 'iWxb7 Position X

I S .'iWg3 't¥c7 16. Af4 whB 17.lDe4
lDc6 I B .lDf3 lDb4 19.1Llf6U

Furrnan- Klov an, Moscow 1964

1 .. . lLlf3!t 2 .g3 (2 .gxf3 1:h6 3 . h3

19 .. . l:ta7 20.l:tadl 'iWc4 2 1 .b3 'iWcB
Axf 3 + -+ ) 1: h 6 3 . h 3 1:xh3+
22.lDhS g6 23. AgS AxgS 24.lDxgS
4.Axh3 'iWh6, 0- 1
'iWxc2 2S.'iWf4 gxhS 26.lDxf7+ 1:xf7
27 .'iWxf7 'iWcB 2B.'iWxe6 lDc6 29.1:c1 Game 39
l:t c7 3 0 . 'iWd6 wgB 3 1 . e6 lDdeS Yurtaev-Donchenko ,
32 .1:fS lDg6 33.1:f7 1:xf7 34.exf7+ Alma-Ata 1979
wxf7 3S.1:xc6 'iWeB 36. 'iWf6+ wgB l .lDf3 ltJf6 2 .g3 dS 3 .Ag2 e6 4.0-0
37. 'iWe6+ 'iWxe6 3B.!lxe6, 1-0 Ae7 S .d3 cS 6.lDbd2 lDc6 7.e4
dxe4 B.dxe4 0-0 9.eS lDdS 10. 'iWe2
Position IX
b6 l 1 . a3 lDc7 12 .1:dl i.a6 1 3.c4
.eB 14 .b3 1:dB I S .Ab2 bS 16.lDe4
bxc4 1 7.bxc4 l:txdl + I BJhdl whB
19.1Llf6!t

1 ... lLlf3+!t 2 . gxf3 .g 6+ 3 . w h l

lDg3+ 4.hxg3 't¥xc2 -+
 Alekhine's Block 31

19 . . . WbB 20 . lLlg5 .txf6 21 . exf6

lLld4 22 . .txd4 c xd4 23 .'tWh5 , 1 -0

Position XI

After 17.ttJf6+!!

ndB 26 . 'tWxa6 'tWe2 27 JU l ndl

28. 'tWaB+ n dB 29 . 'tWc6 b4 30.'tWa4
Armas-Hongyuk, Mexico 1980
'tWd3 3 1 .nc l VWd5 32 . 'tWb3 'tWe4
3 3 . 'tWc2 'tWxc2 34.nxc2 f5 3 5 . f4
1 .fOf6+!! gxf6 2.'tWxh6 .txd3 3 .l::t e 3 wf7 3 6 . g 4 !1d 5 3 7 . gxf5 llxf5
'tWxc2 4 .nh3 .th7 5.f5, 1 -0 3B.nd2 nf6 39Jld7 + �gB 40.f5
nxf5 4 1 . n e7 lLlxg7 42.nxg7+ �hB
Game 40 43 .nc7 wgB 44 . .txc5 ng5+ 45 .�f2
Karpov-Kortchnoi, (m/14) ng6 46 . .te3, 1 -0
Merano 1981
(world championship) Position XII
l .e4 e5 2. lLlf3 lLlc6 3 . .tb5 a6 4 . .ta4
lLlf6 5 . 0-0 lLlxe4 6 . d4 b5 7 . .tb3
d5 B.dxe5 .te6 9. lLlbd2 lLlc5 1O.c3
d4 11 ..txe6 lLlxe6 12.cxd4 lLlcxd4
13.lLle4 .te7 14 . .te3 lLlxf3 + 15.'tWxf3
(}{) 16.nfdl �eB 17.�f6+!!

(see next diagram)

17 . .. .txf6 1 B.exf6 'tW cB I 9 .fxg7 n dB Krstic- Milicevic, Yugoslavi a 1984

20 . h4 c S 21 .nac l 'tWc7 22.h5 'tWe5
23.h6 'itxb2 24.nd7 nxd7 25. 'tWxaB+ 1 .�f6!! gxf6 (1 . . . h6 2 . n xh6+
gxh6 3 . 'tW h 1 +- ) 2 . gxf6 'tW d B
32 Alekhine's Block

(2 . . Jhb l 3 . � h 6 +- ) 3 .1:txh7+ I S .�gS �cB 16.dS ltJcd4 17.ltJxd4

wxh7 4. �h6+!, 1 -0 hdl I B .'iWxdl ltJxd4 19.ft} f6+!!

Game 41
Timman-Portisch,
London 1982
l .d4 ltJf6 2.c4 e6 3.ltJf3 b6 4.g3
�b7 S .� g2 �e7 6 .0-0 0-0 7 . dS
exd S B . ltJ h 4 c 6 9 . cxd S ltJxdS
1 0 . ltJfS �f6 1 1 .l:le l �a6 1 2 .e4
ltJe7 1 3 . ltJe3 �eS 1 4 . ltJg4 �c7
I S .eS dS 16.�gS �cB 17.ft}f6+!!
1 9 . . . gxf6 20 .�xf6 �fS 2 1 . �xd4
l:lfdB 22 . � c3 � c S 23 . �e2 b S
24.d6 l:labB 2S . �h3 � g S 26. d7
�fB 2 7 .l:le l h6 2 B . � e 4 � g 7
29.�eB+ wh7 30.�xt7l:lf8 3 1 . �fS+
whB 32 .l:leB, 1 -0

Position XIII

17 . . . w hB I B . ltJc3 ltJa6 19 . 1tJfxdS

cxdS 20 .ltJxdS �e6 21 . �xe7 �d7
22. ltJxc7 �xc7 23 . �d6 �c4 24. �f1 ,
1-0

Game 42
Ftacnik-Miralles,
Lion 1988 Levenfish- Ryumin.
Moscow 1936
l . ltJf3 dS 2.d4 cS 3 .c4 e6 4 .cxdS
exdS S .g3 c 4 6.ltJc3 ltJc6 7 .�g2 1 .ft}f6+!! gxf6 2 .exf6 �hS 3. �xfB+
�b4 B . O - O ltJ g e 7 9 . e 4 dxe4 wxfB 4.l:ldB # , 1 -0
1 0 . ltJxe4 0-0 l 1 . a3 �aS 1 2 .'iVa4
�g4 1 3 . �e3 �b6 14.l:ladl ltJfS
 Alekhine's Block 33

The Queen Blocks at 8.cxd5 J,b4+ 9.rtlf1 'tWxd5 1 0 . 'tWc2

f6 (f3) 1::t e8 1l .ttJc3 ttJxc3 12.bxc3 'trxf3!!

� 'lW 'lW 'lW

Game 43
Brinkmann-Alekhine,
Riga 1921
l .d4lLlf6 2. lLlf3 b6 3 .g3 J.. b 7 4 .J.. g2
d6 5. b3 lLlbd7 6. J..b2 e5 7.dxe5
dxe5 8.0-0 e4 9 .ttJ e5 J..d 6 1 0.ttJxd7
13.cxb4 lLlc6 14.J..b2 ttJxb4 1 5.M17+
'tWxd7 1 l.ttJd2 'tWe6 1 2.e3 h5 1 3 .'tWe2
h4 1 4.ttJ c4 J.. c 5 1 5.1Ud l J.. d 5 rtlh8 16.gxf3 J..h 3+ 1 7 .rtlgl ttJxc2
16.lLla3 hxg3 1 7 . hxg3 a6 1 8.c4 J..b 7 1 8. J.. xc2 �e2 1 9 .1"k l !'!ae8 20 .J.. c 3
1 9.ttJc2 'tWf5 20.J.. a 3 J..xa3 2 1 . lLlxa3 l:t8e3 21 . J.. b 4 llxf3 22.J.. d l 1::tf6 ,
ttJg4 22 .ttJc2 l:t h2 23 . 'tW d2 rtle7 0-1
24.ttJb4 1::t a h8 25 .'tWe2 tWf3!!, 0-1
Game 45
MacDonnell-Boden,
London 1830
l .e4 e5 2 .J.. c 4 J..c5 3.b4 J..x b4 4.c3
J.. c 5 5. d4 exd4 6.cxd4 J..b4+ 7.rtlf1
J..a 5 8.'tWh5 d5 9. J..xd5 'tWe7 1O.J.. a3
ttJf6 1 1.J.. xt7+ �xt7 12.'tWxa5 ttJc6
13.'tWa4 lLlxe4 14.ttJf3 J..d7 1 5 .ttJbd2
lLlxd2+ 1 6 . lLlxd2 0-0-0 1 7 .�b l
fi nal position 'tWd5 1 8 . lLlf3 J..f 5 1 9.�d l !!he8
20. J.. c 5 tWxf3 !!

Game 44 (see next diagram)

Yanovsky-Marshall,
Biarritz 1912 2 1.gxf3 J..h3+ 22.rtlgl l:te6 23. 'tWc2
l .e4 e5 2.ttJf3 ttJf6 3 .lLlxe5 d6 4.ttJf3 l:txd4 24 . J.. xd4 ttJxd4, 0-1
ttJxe4 5.d4 d5 6.J.. d 3 J..d6 7.c4 0-0
34 Alekhine's Block

ttJxe 4 1 6 . j.xg 7 ltJxd2 1 7 . j. h6

ltJxf3+ 18.'iWxf3 ttJe5 1 9.'iWf4 ltJxd3
20.1tf6n, 1-0

After 20 . . . 'iWxf3!!

Position XIV
final position

Game 47
Feldman-Tseitlin,
USSR 1971
l . e4 g6 2.d4 j.g7 3 .ltJc3 c6 4.ttJf3
d6 5 . g3 j.g4 6 . j. g2 'iWb6 7.d5
'iWb4 8 . 0 - 0 j.xc 3 9 . bxc 3 'iWxe4
1O.h3 j.xf3 1 1 . j.xf3 'iWa4 12.l:tbl
Steinitz-Brackenborough, Balt imore 'iWa6 1 3.'iWd4 ttJf6 1 4 . l:t e l ttJbd7
1885 (blindfold simultaneous) 1 5.l:txb7 cS 16.1txf6n
1.1lJxf6!! gxf6 2. �h6+ <t;g8 3. l:te3
'iWc7 4.r!g3+ 'iWxg3 5 .ttJe7#, 1 -0

Game 46
Carstens-Uhlrich,
Swinemunde 1932
l . d4 ttJf6 2 . ttJ f3 g6 3 . e 3 j.g7
4. j.d3 d6 5 . 0 -0 0-0 6.c3 ttJ bd7
7 . e 4 c6 8.b 3 'iWc7 9 . Aa3 l:t e 8
1 0.ttJbd2 c S 1 1 . � b2 a6 1 2 . l:t c l
b 5 1 3 . l:t e l l:tb8 1 4 .c4 b4 1 5 . d5
 Alekhine's Block 35

16 . . . 0-0-0 06 . . . 0-0 1 7 .�xe7 �xb7 Position XV

18.j.h6, � 19.j.g4 +- , Lein) 17J;txe7
�xb7 18.j.g4 �xdS 19J1xd7 nxd7
20.�xh 8+ W c 7 2 1 . j.xd7 Wxd7
22.i.f4 �dl + 23.wg2 �dS+ 24.wh2
�xa2 2S . �b8 �a6 26.h4 f6 27 .�f8
fS 2 8 . �f7 + wc6 29 . -,w e6 w b S
30.j.xd6, 1 -0

Game 48
Sosonko-Helmers, 1 :�f3!! 2 . gxf3 tOef3+ 3 . wh l
..

Reykjavik 1980
j.h3, � 4 . . . j.g2 #
l .d4 tOf6 2.c4 e6 3 . tOf3 b6 4.g3 j.a6
S.tObd2 cS 6.e4 j.b7 7 . dS exdS Game 49
8.exdS j.e7 9.j.g2 d6 10.0-0 0-0 Pe tro si an-I vanovic,
1 l .b3 tObd7 1 2 . j.b2 ne8 1 3 . �c2 Bar 1980
h6 1 4 . nae l � c7 I S . tO h4 j.f8 l .c4 e6 2 . tOf3 dS 3.b3 cS 4.e3 tOc6
16.tOe4 tOxe4 1 7.j.xe4 j.e7 18.tOfS S.cxdS exdS 6.j.b2lOf6 7.j.bS j.e7
j.f6 1 9 . n e 2 h S 2 0 . n fe l j.xb2 8.0-0 0-0 9.d4 j.g4 1 O.dxcS j.xcS
2 1 .�xb2lOf6 22.j.c2 nxe2 23 .nxe2 l 1 . tOc3 nc8 1 2.j.e2 j.d6 1 3 .ncl
ne824.1hf6!! j.b8 14.nel ne8 IS.g3 hS 16.tOa4
�e7 17.tOh4 tOeS 18. nxc8 nxc8
1 9 . tOc3 � b4 2 0 . � d4 as 2 1 . f3
j.h3 2 2 .ndl j.a7 2 3 . �xeS n e8
24.exf6n

24 . . . gxf6 2S.nxe8+, 1 -0
36 Alekhine's Block

24 . . . gxf6 2S.lLlxdS l:txe3 26. lLlxb4

l:txe2+ 27 . �d4 �xd4+ 2B. l:t xd4
axb4 29. l:txb4 l:txa2 30. l:txb7 wg7
3 1 . l:tbS l:tb2 32. l:txhS l:tbl + 33. wf2
l:tb2+ 34. wel l:tbl + 3S. wd2 l:txb3
36.g4 �f1 3 7 . w e l �a6 38. Wf2
�b7 3 9 . l:t c S wgB 40. wg3 w fB
4 1 . l:tfS wg7 42. l:t f4 �cB 4 3 . l:t c4
�e6 4 4 .l:t c S l:t d 3 4 S . l:t c 2 l:t a 3
4 6.l:td2 �cB 47.l:tdB l:t c 3 4B. l:teB
w h 6 4 9 . l:t e 7 f S S O . g S + wxgS 1 2 . . . gxf6 1 3 . lLldS '¥!I a7 1 4 .lLlxf6+
wdB I S . lLld S+ weB 1 6 .lLlf6+ wdB
S1. l:txt7 �e6 S2. l:tg7+ wf6 S3. l:ta7
1 7 .lLldS+, I/2-1 /2
�dS S4.:t a 6+ �c6 SS . l:taS �d7
S6.l:;t dS �e6 S7.l:td2 j"t7 SB . lLlg2
j" h S S 9 . l:t f2 j" f7 6 0 . lLl f4 l:t cB
61 . l:t b2 l:tc6 62 .h4 l:ta6 63. l:tbB ,------

l:tc6 64 . l:t h B wg7 6 S . l:t dB w f6 The Queen Blocks at

66. lLlh3 we7 67. l:thB j"dS 6B.l:th7+ g6 (g3)
wf6 69.lLlf4 l:tcS 7 0 . l:th6+ wg7
71 .l:tg6+ wt7 72. l:td6 j"aB 7 3.lLlh3 � � _
� � ----J
l:tc6 74 . lLlgS+ we7 7 S . l:tdS wf6
_____
L-__

76. l:tdB l:ta6 77 .l:thB wg7 7B. l:th7+

wgB 7 9 . l:td7 l:t a S B O . w f4 j" c6 Game5!.
Bl .l:tc7 j" eB B2.lLle6 �hS B3. l:tg7+ Levitsky-Marshall ,
whB B4 . l:td 7 l:ta6 BS . lLld4 l:ta3 Breslau 1912
B6. l:tb7 l:ta4 B7. weS l:txd4 BB. wxd4 l .d4 e6 2 .e4 dS 3 . lLlc3 cS 4. lLlf3
+- 0-0/123) lLlc6 S.exdS exdS 6.j" e2 lLlf6 7 .0-0
j" e 7 B . j" g S 0 - 0 9 . dxc S j" e 6
Game 50 10 . lLld4 j"xcS l1 .lLlxe6fxe61 2.j"g4
Ljubojevic-Gelfand, 'ff d6 1 3 .j" h3 l:taeB 1 4 .'¥!I d2 j"b4
N ovi Sad 1990 IS.j" xf6 l:txf6 16.l:tadl1!f cS 17.'¥!I e2
l .e4 cS 2. lLlf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4 .lLlxd4 j"xc3 1 8.bxc3 '¥!I xc3 1 9 .1:t xdS lLld4
lLlf6 S . lLl c 3 a6 6 . � g S e6 7 . f4 20 .'¥!I hS l:tefB 21 .l:teS l:th6 22.'¥!I gS
lLlbd7 B .'� f3 '¥!I c7 9.j" e2 bS 1 0.fS l:txh3 23.l:tcS ffg31! (2 4.fx g3 lLle2+
b4 l1 .fxe6 lLleS 1 2 .ffxf6!! -+ 24 . hxg 3 lLle 2 #; 2 4 . '¥!Ixg3
 Alekhine's Block 37

lUe2+ 2S.whllUxg3+ 26 .wgl lUxfl 1 6 . . . wh8 C 1 6 . . .fxg6 17.lUe7+ wh8

-+ , Marshall), 0-1 18.lUxg6#) 17 .lUe7 'fIixe7 18.dxe7
fxg6 1 9 .lUeS , I -0

Game 53.
Alekhine-Supiko ,
Lisbon 1941
(bl indfold simultaneous)
l . e4 e S 2 .d 4 exd4 3 . c3 dxc3
4.lUxc3 J.b4 S.J.c4 'fIie7 6.lUge2
lUf6 7 . 0 - 0 0-0 8 .J.gS 'flieS 9 . J.xf6
final position 'fIixf6 1 0 .lUdS 'fIid6 I I . e S 'fIic S
1 2 . 11cl 'fIiaS 1 3 .a3 J.xa3 1 4 . bxa3
c6 1 S .lUe7+ wh8 1 6 . 'fIid6 'fIid8
Game52 1 7 .lUd4 b6 1 8 .11c3 cS 1 9 . 1UdfS
Alekhine-NN,
J.a6 20.1Wg6!! (20 . . . hxg6 21 .11h3 #;
Moscow 1911
20 . . . fxg6 21 .lUxg6+ hxg6 22.11h 3+
(simultaneous)
'fIih4 23 .11xh4#; 20 .. J:tg8 21 .�xh7+
l .e4 eS 2.lUf3 lUc6 3 . J.c4 J.cS 4 . c3
wxh7 22.11h3#), 1-0
lUf6 S . d4 exd4 6.0-0 0-0 7.cxd4
J.b6 8 .dS lUe7 9 .eS lUe8 1 0 .d6
cxd6 I I .exd6 lUg6 1 2 . J.gS lUf6
1 3 .lUc3 h6 14 .'fIic2 hxgS I s .'fIixg6
lUh7 16.tDd5!! (a Queen's Block by
transposition)

final position
38 Alekhine's Block

Game 54
Mieses-NN,
1900
(sim ultaneous)
1 .e4 eS 2. luc3 lUf6 3 . J.c4 lUxe4
4 .'iVhS lUd6 S . J.b3 J.e7 6.d3 0-0
7 . lUf3 lUc6 B . lUgS h6 9 . h4 lUeB
1 O . lUdS lUf6 1 1 .1tg6n ( 1 1 . . . fxg6
1 2 .lUxe7+ �hB 1 3 . lUxg6 #), 1 -0
1B . . .hxg6 1 9 . 1Uxg6 fxg6 20.J.xc4+,
1 -0

Game 56
Capablanca -Campos,
Sao Paulo 1927
( simultaneous)
l .e4 b6 2.d4 J.b7 3.J.d3 e6 4 . lUf3
cS s.o-o cxd4 6. lUxd4 lUe7 7.lUc3
final position lU g 6 B . J. e 3 J. c S 9 .'i¥h S 0 - 0
1 0 . � a d 1 J.xd 4 1 1 . J.xd 4 lU c 6
1 2 . J.e3 e S 1 3 . J.c4 �hB 1 4 .�d6
Game 55
� e 7 l S . �fd l �adB 1 6 . J.gS f6
Fox-Bauer,
17.1txg6n
Antwerp 1901
l .e4 eS 2. lUf3 lUc6 3 . J.bS lUf6 4.0-0
lUxe4 S.� e 1 lUd6 6 . lUxe S J.e7
7 . J.fl 0 - 0 B . d 4 lU fS 9 . c 3 d S
1 0 . 'i!\Vd3 �eB 1 1 .f4 lUd6 1 2 . � e3
lUaS 1 3 . lUd2 lUfS 1 4 . � h3 lUh4
lS .g4 lUg6 1 6.�hS lUc6 1 7 . lUdc4
dxc4 18.1txg6n

(see next diagram)

17 . . . hxg6 1 B . � 6d3 �f7 ( I B . . . dS!?,

Lein) 1 9.1UdS 'itcS 20. �h3+ �gB
 Alekhine's Block 39

21 .lLlxf6+ wf8 C21 . . .gxf6 22 . j.xf6 Position XVI

+- ) 22 . 11 h8 + w e 7 2 3 . 11 e 8 +
C23. . .11xe8 24.11xd7+WfB 25 .11xf7 # ),
1 -0

Game 57
M akagonov -Friedstein,
Tbilisi 1946
l .d4 lLlf6 2 .e3 d5 3 . lLld2 c5 4.c3
� c7 5 . lLl gf3 lLl bd7 6 . j.d 3 e5
7.dxe5 lLlxe5 8 . lLlxe5 �xe5 9. lLlf3 Delecta- Geller,
�c7 1 O .b3 j.e7 1 1 .c4 dxc4 12 .bxc4 Cape lie la Grande 1992

0-0 1 3 . 0-0 j.g4 1 4 . j.b2 ll ad8

l Vxg3!! 2.hxg3 g5 C� 3 . .. I!h6# ),
1 5 .�c2 j.xf3 16.gxf3 h6 17 . 11abl
...

lLl e 8 1 8 . j. e 4 b6 1 9 . f 4 j. f6 0-1
20 . j. c 1 lLld6 21 .j.f3 llfe8 22.11b3
lLlb7 23.j.d2 llb8 24 . j.d5 lLld8 Game 58
25.e4 lLle6 26.e5 lLld4 27.'@g6!! Dubinin-Secci,
corr. 1959-61
l .e4 e5 2. lLlf3llJc6 3 . j.b5 a6 4.j.a4
llJf6 5. 0-0 j.e7 6. j.xc6 dxc6 7.d3
lLld7 8.b3 0-0 9. j.b2 j.d6 1 O . lLlbd2
c5 l 1 .a4 lle8 1 2 .lLlc4 f6 1 3 . lLlh4
lLlf8 1 4 . lLl f5 j.e6 1 5 . lLlce3 llJg6
16.�g4 wh8 1 7 .g3 �d7 18 .f4 rIg8
19.whl llaf8 20JU3 b5 21 .1t'xg6!!

27 . . . �d7 C27 . . . lLlxb3 28. exf6 +- )

28.�g2 j.e7 29.11h3 lLlf5 30.j.c3
j.f8 3 1 .j.c6 �e6 32. j.xe8 llxe8
33.�d5 �g6+ 34.wh l �g4 35.11d3
�e2 36.11el �xf2 37. 11f3 �xa2
38.e6 llJh4 39. 11f2 �xf2 40 .exf7+,
1 -0
40 Alekhine's Block

21 .. .c4 (21 . . . hxg6 22 .g4! +-, Lein) Game 60

22.bxc4 nb8 23. 'tWg4 bxc4 24.fxe5 Stanishewsky-Senterev,
fxe5 25 . �c3 cxd3 26. n d l dxc2 corr. 1966
27 .ltJxc 2 'tWxa 4 2 8 . ttJxd6 'tWxc2 l .e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3 .ttJf3 �e7 4.�c4
2 9 .nd 2 cxd 6 3 0 . 'tWxe 6 'tWxe4 ttJf6 5 .'tWe2 0-0 6.0-0 d6 7.d4 �g4
31 .'tWd5 'tWg4 32.'it>g2 ngf8 33. ndf2 8.M4 ttJc6 9.c3 'tWd7 1 0 . ttJbd2
!!xf3 3 4 . nxf3 'tWg6 3 5 . � b4 h5 n a d8 l 1 . n ac1 'tWc8 1 2 .h3 �d7
36 . 'tWxd6 'tW c2 + 3 7 . � d 2 .r!c 8 1 3 .�b5 a6 1 4 .�a4 ttJxd4 1 5 .'tWdl
38.'tlY d7 nb8 39.ne3 'tWb2 40 .'it>h3, ttJxf3+ 1 6.gxf3 �xh3 1 7 . nf2 b5
1-0 1 8 .�b3 'tWb7 19.nh2 �c8 20.'it>f2
ttJd7 21 . �gl ttJc5 22.1fg6!J
Game 59
B ronstein -Geller,
Moscow 1961
l . d4 ttJf6 2.c4 e6 3. ttJc3 �b4 4.a3
�xc3+ 5.bxc3 0-0 6.f3 d5 7.cxd5
exd 5 8 . e 3 � f 5 9 . ttJ e 2 ttJ b d 7
1 0 . ttJf4 c 5 1 1.� d3 �xd3 1 2. 'tWxd3
ne8 1 3 . 0 -0 n c 8 1 4 . n b l 'tW a 5
1 5.nxb7 ttJb6 16.g4 h6 17 .h4 cxd4
18.g5 dxe3 19.gxf6 nxc3 20.1fg6n, 22 . . . ttJd3+ 23.'it>g3, 1 -0
1-0
Game 6 1.
Rossolimo-Reissman,
San Juan 1967
l .e4 e5 2. ttJf3 ttJc6 3 .�c4 �c5 4.c3
ttJf6 5.d4 exd4 6.cxd4 �b4+ 7. �d2
�xd2+ 8.ttJbxd2 d5 9.exd5 ttJxd5
1 0.'tWb3 ttJce7 1 1 .0-0 c6 1 2 . nfe l
0-0 1 3 .a4 b6 1 4 . ttJe5 �b7 1 5 .a5
l:tc 8 1 6 . ttJ e 4 'tW c 7 1 7 . a 6 � a 8
final position 18.'tWh3 ttJf4 19.'tWg4 ttJed5 20. na3
ttJe6 2 1 . �xd5 cxd5 22. ttJf6+ 'it>h8
23.1fg6n
 Alekhine's Block 41

Game 63,
Daskalov-Padevsky,
Sofia 1971
l .e4 cS 2 .ct:Jf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.ct:Jxd4
a6 S. j.d3 YWc7 6.0-0 ct:Jc6 7.ct:Jxc6
bxc6 8.c4 ltJf6 9 .YWe2 eS 1 0 .b3 j.cS
1 1 .j.e3 j.xe3 12 .YWxe3 d6 1 3 .ct:Jc3
0-0 1 4 . 11fd l j.e6 I S . j.f1 ll fdB
1 6 . 11 ac l YWbB 1 7 .g3 ct:Jd7 I B .ct:Ja4
23 . . .'t!Vc2 24 J�h3 , 1 -0 cS 1 9 . 11 d3 ct:J b 6 20 . ct:J c 3 ll a 7
2 1 .YWd2 ct:JcB 22 .f4 f6 23 .fS j.f7
Game 62 24 .ct:Ja4 rtad7 2S .g4 ct:Je7 26.gS fxgS
Gufeld-Tarve, 27.YWxgS ct:Jc6 2B.11g3 j.eB 29 .ct:Jc3
TaHin 1969 ct:Jd4 30.ct:JdS llf7 3 1 .ct:Jf6+ whB
32.1Wg6!J, 1-0
l . e4 eS 2.ct:Jc3 ct:Jf6 3. j.c4 ct:Jxe4
4.YWhS ct:Jd6 S.j.b3 j.e7 6.ct:Jf3 0-0
7.h4 ct:Jc6 B.ct:JgS h6 9.1tg6n

final position

9 . . . j.xgS 1 O.hxgS YWxgS 1 1 . YWxgS Game 64

hxgS 1 2.d3 ct:JfS 1 3 . j.xgS ct:Jcd4 Po dgacts-Gusev,
USSR 1974
1 4 . ct:J d S ct:Jxb 3 1 S . ct:J f 6 + gxf6
16.j.xf6 ct:Jg7 17.axb3 lleB 1 8 . g4 1 .ct:Jf3 dS 2 .g3 ct:Jf6 3. j.g2 �S 4.b3
e6 S . j.b2 j.e7 6.0-0 0-0 7 . d3
08. 11a4 e4 19.dxe4 bS! (0) lle6
a s B.a4 h6 9.ct:Jbd2 ct:Jbd7 1O.e3
1 9.9S b6 20.We2 e4 21 .d4 e3 22 .f3
j.h7 I 1 .YWe2 ct:JcS 1 2 .ct:JeS ct:Jfd7
dS 23. 11h4 j.a6+ 24. c4, 1 -0
13 .ct:Jxd7 ct:Jxd7 1 4 .e4 c6 I S.whl
42 Alekhine's Block

�.f6 1 6.eS � e7 1 7 . f4 J:tcB I B .g4 1. tfg6 1! �xdS (1 . . . 'iWgS 2 . lUf6+

J:teB 1 9 . 1U f3 c S 20 .J:t a d l lU bB +- ; 1 . . .fxg6 2.lUf6 # ) 2.�xdS 'iWe7
21 .�h3 lUc6 22. fS exfS 23.gxfS 3 .J:t xf7 J:txf7 4.J:tf1 +-
�f6 24 'iW . g2 lUxeS 2S .lUxeS �xeS
26.f6 �g6 27. tfxg6!t Game 65
Kaposztas-Yukhash,
Hungary 1977
l .c4 cS 2.lUf3 e6 3.g3 b6 4. �g2
�b7 S.lUc3 lUf6 6.0-0 �e7 7.d4
cxd4 B .'iWxd4 d6 9 . e4 a6 1 0 . h3
0 - 0 l 1 . b 3 lU b d7 1 2 .'iW e 3 'iW c 7
1 3 . � b 2 J:t fe B 1 4 .J:t a c l J:t a c B
I S .lUd4 �fB I 6.g4 h6 1 7 .J:tfdl 'iWbB
I B . lUde2 dS 19.cxdS exdS 20.lUg3
d4 2 1 .'iWxd4 �cS 22 .'iWd3 lU e S
27 . . .fxg6 2B.f7+ �h7 29 .fxeB='iW
23 .'iWe2 lUexg4 24 .hxg4 tfxg3 1!
'iWxeB 30.�xeS J:tc6 3 1 .J:t del 'iWe7
3 2 . � g 3 'iW g S 3 3 . � e 6 'iW d 2
34 . �xdS J:tf6 3S.J:t gl hS 36.J:te7
J:tfS 3 7 . �e4 J:tgS 3 B .J:t e S �gB
39.J:txgS 'iWxgS 40.�c7 'iWd2 4 1 . �xg6
'iWe2 42 . � e 4 ? (0 4 2 . h 3 ! +-;
1 - 0/72)

Position XVII

2S.b4J:txe4 26. lUxe4 .txe4 27 . �xe4

'iWxf2+ 28.�h l 'iWh4+, 0-1

Game 66
Kraulis-Lavrentiev,
USSR 1978
l . e4 cS 2.lUf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4. lUxd4
lUf6 S . lUc3 a6 6.�c4 e6 7 . �e3
� e7 B . � b 3 lUc6 9 . � e2 lU a S
 Alekhine's Block 43

1 0 .0-0 -0 lUxb 3+ 1 1 . axb 3 J. d7

1 2 .g4 0-0 1 3 . g S lU e B 1 4 . h 4 b S
l s . n d g 1 b 4 1 6 . lUb 1 lUc7 1 7 .hS
lUbS 1B.g6 lUxd4 1 9.9xh7+ wxh7
20.J.xd4 J.gS+ 2 1 . lUd2 eS 22 .J. b6
J.xd2+ 23.'ffxd2 � 24.'iWgS ngB
25."g6 +lJ

19.fxg3 J.xc S+ 20 .wh1 hS 21 .J.e2

J.e3 22.'t'Wb4 h4 23 .J.xg4 hxg3+
24.J.h3 nxh3+ 2S.gxh3 J.c6+ 26.'t'We4
J.xe4+ 27.dxe4 ndB 2B.wg2 M4
29. lUc3 nd2+ 30. wf3 nf2+ 3 1 . wg4
g2, 0-1

2S . . . whB 26.'iWxf7 J.eB 27 .h6 g6 Game 68

28.'iWf6+ wh7 29 .'iWe7+ whB 30.h7 Kasparov-Ljubojevic,
J.f7 3 1 .hxgB='iW+ wxgB 32 .'iWf6, Brussels 1 987
1 -0 l . d 4 g 6 2 . e 4 J. g 7 3 . c 3 d 6
4 .J.gS lUf6 S . lUd2 h6 6.J.h4 c6
Game 67 7.f4 flic7 B .J.d3 eS 9.fxeS dxeS
Lutikov-Chemikov, 1 O . lUgf3 exd4 1 1.cxd4 0-0 12.0-0
Vladivostok 1978 J.e6 1 3 .flie 1 lUbd7 1 4 .eS lUdS
l .e4 cS 2. lUf3 lUc6 3 .J.bS d6 4.0-0 l S . lUe4 flib6 16.'t'Wf2 lUf4 1 7 .J.b 1
J.d7 S.ne1 lUf6 6.h3 a6 7.J.fl gS J.c4 lB. ne 1 lUd3 19.J.xd3 i.xd3
B.eS dxeS 9. lUxeS lUxeS 1 O . nxeS 20 . lU d6 gS 2 1 .J.g3 i.g6 22 . h4
g4 1 1 . hxg4 lUxg4 1 2 .n h S 'iWb6 g4 23 . lUh2 hS 24 . lUfl cS 2S . lUe3
1 3 .d3 'fi'g6 1 4 .llgS 'iWh6 l S .J.f4 cxd4 26. lUdS flicS 27 . lUe7+ wh7
'iWh4 1 6.'iWd2 f6 1 7 . n xcS eS 1B.J.g3 2 B . n a c 1 't'W a S 2 9 .flixd 4 'iWxa2
'ffxg3n 30. lUe4 n a dB 3 1 . lU g S + w h B
32.ncd1 J.c2 33.nd2 J.g6 34. 'iYd6
(see next diagram) J.h7 3s. ned1 fliaS 36.wh1 J.gB
37."g6n, 1 -0
44 Alekhine's Block

Position XVIII

final position

1 . trxg6n hxg6 2.11f3, 6 3 .llh3:1:

Game 69
Shibarevich-M . Pav lov, Game 70
Pe mic 1988 Suetin-Sherbakov,
Warsaw 1991
l .e4 cS 2. ttJf3 ttJc6 3.c3 ttJf6 4.eS
ttJdS S . d4 cxd4 6.�c4 ttJb6 7.�b3 l . e 4 cS 2 . ttJ e2 ttJ c6 3 . d4 cxd4
d S 8 . exd 6 dxc 3 9 . ttJxc 3 exd6 4 .ttJxd4 eS S . ttJbS d6 6.c4 �e7
1O.ttJgS dS 1 1 .ttJxdS ttJxdS 1 2. �xdS 7 . ttJ l c3 a6 8 . ttJa3 �e6 9.�e3 llc8
�b4+ 1 3 . wfl 0-0 1 4 . 'lWh S � fS 1O.�e2 �gS 1 1 .ttJc2 �xe3 1 2.ttJxe3
lS .�xf7 + w h 8 1 6 . � e 3 'lW d 3 + ttJ f6 1 3 . 0 - 0 0-0 1 4 . 11 c l ttJ d4
I S . �d3 'lWaS 1 6 .'lWd2 b S 1 7 . b 3
17.wgl ttJd4 18. �xd4 'lWxd4 1 9 .h4
ttJ d7 1 8 . 11 fd 1 ttJ c S 1 9 . � fl b 4
j.g6 20. trxg6n
2 0 . ttJ c d S ttJxe4 2 1 . 'lWxb4 'lWxa2
22.'lWel ttJxb3 23.llc2 'lWa4 24.ttJe7+
wh8 2S.ttJxc8 llxc8 26.llb2 ttJd4
27.lldbl ttJcS 28.llbB 'lWe8 29.llxc8
�xc8 3 0 . �aS g6 3 1 . 'lWb6 �d7
32 .ttJdS �xdS 33.cxdS wg7 34 .�xa6
ttJ e4 3 S .�b2 'ifg4 36. h3 ttJ f3+
37.�hl "g31 1

(see next diagram)

20 . . . hxg6 2 1 . h S llxf7 22 . hxg6+
wg8 23.gxt7+ wf8 24. ttJe6+, 1-0
 Alekhine's Block 45

final position
38.gxf3 tUxf2 + 3 9 . �xf2 �xf2
40 .j.fl �xf3+4 1 . j.g2 �d3 42.1:b6
e4 4 3.1:xd6 �bl + 44. � h2 �b8 , Game 72
0- 1 Spangenberg-Ftacnik,
Moscow 1 994
Game 71 l . e4 cS 2.tUc3 d6 3 . f4 g6 4.tUf3
Karpov-Salov, j.g7 S . j.c4 e6 6 . 0-0 tUe7 7 . d3
Linares 1993 tUbc6 8 . fS dS 9.j.b3 dxe4 1O.fxg6
l .d4 tUf6 2. c4 e6 3 .tU f3 b6 4.g3 exf3 1 l .gxf7+ �f8 12.�xf3 �d4+
j.b7 S .j.g2 j.e7 6.tUc3 tUe4 7.j.d2 1 3 . �hl tUeS 1 4 . �e2 �g4 I S. �f2
j.f6 8 . 0-0 0-0 9 .1: c l c S 1 0 .d S b6 16.h3 �g6 1 7 . j.f4 j.b7 18Jhe l
exdS l 1 .cxdS tUxd2 1 2 .tUxd2 d6 c4 1 9 . dxc 4 tUxf7 20 .tUb S tUfS
1 3 .tUde4 j.e7 1 4 . f4 tUd7 I S .g4 21 .tUc7 ne8 22.tUxe8 j.d4 23. �d2
a6 1 6 .a4 1:e8 1 7.gS j.f8 1 8 .�hl 1:g8 24 .1:e2 .g3!!, 0-1
bS 1 9 . axbS axbS 20 .tUxbS �b6
2 1 . tU b c 3 � b 4 22 . � d 3 tU b 6
23 .�g3 �h8 24 .1:cdl tUc4 2S .b3
tUb6 26.g6 fxg6 27 .fS gxfS 28.1:xfS
tUd7 29 .1:dfl tUeS 30.1:Sf4 �b6
3 1 . tU g S tU g6 3 2 . tU f7 + � g 8
33.Vxg6!!, 1 -0

(see nex t diagram)

final position
46 Alekhine's Block

Game 73 Moscow 1935; 1 6 . . . h 6 1 7 .lLlxf7

Tiviakov-Forintos, l:txt7 18.�g6 +-, Alekhine-Carlsson,
Porto San-Jorjio 1994 Orebro 1935) 1 7 . �g3 j,hS I B.l:th3
l .e4 eS 2.tUf 3 tUf6 3.d4 lLlxe4 4.j,d3 j,g6 (0 IB .. iVb4! 1 9.1:the3 j,g6
.

lLlc6 S . j,xe 4 dS 6 . j,xh 7 l:txh7 20.�b3 �xb3 2 1 .j,xb3 �feB =,

7 . dxeS j,g4 B.M4 �d7 9. lLlbd2 Boleslavsky-Moiseev, Odessa 1949)

'iYfS 1 0 . j.g 3 0-0-0 1 1 . 0-0 j,cS 19 .• xg6U 09 . . . hxg6 2 0 . j,xf7+
1 2 .a3 j.b6 1 3 . b 4 'iYhS 1 4 . l:te l l:txf7 2 1 . l:t hB + c.txhB 2 2 . lLlxf7+
lLld4 I S .a4 a6 1 6 .l:ta3 lLlfS 1 7 . lLlfl c.tgB 23. lLlxd6 l:tdB 24. �e6 +-),
ttJxg 3 I B . ttJxg 3 j.xf3 1 9 .'iYxf3 1 -0
'iYxh 2+ 2 0 .c.tfl g6 2 1.. � d3 \\vh4
22J�xdS'iYc4+ 23.l:td3 l:txd3 24. �xd3
\\Vxb4 2S .e6 'iYf4 26. l:t e2 .xg3U

final position

27.�e3 I1h l + 2B.c.te2 \\Vg4+, 0-1

The Rook Blocks at
Game 74 g6 (g3)
Wade-Bennett,
corr. 1942 n n n n
l .d4 dS 2.c4 e6 3. lLlc3 lLlf6 4 .j,gS
lLlbd7 S .e3 j,e7 6. lLlf3 0-0 7 . l:t c 1 Game 75
c6 B . j, d 3 dxc 4 9 . j,xc 4 lLl d S Alekhine-Grossman,
10.j,xe7 \\Vxe7 1 1 .0-0 lLlxc3 1 2 . l:txc3 New York 1932
e S 1 3 .�c 2 exd4 1 4 . exd4 lLl f6 (simultaneous)
I S .�e l \\Vd6 16.lLlgSj,g4 (1 6 . . . 'iYf4
l . e4 cS 2 . lLlf3 ttJ c6 3 . d4 cxd4
1 7 . lLlxf7 + -, Levenfish-Rium in ,
4. lLlxd4 lLlf6 S. lLlc3 d6 6. j,e2 a6
 Alekhine's Block 47

7 . 0-0 e6 8 . b3 j.d7 9 . j.b2 :c8 'iWc6 1 8 . � hl 'iWcS 1 9 . 'iWd3 lLlc6

1 0.�hl bS 1 1..�f3 lLleS 1 2 .a4 b4 20. lLldS lLlb4 2 1 .lLlxb4 'iWxb4 22.fS
1 3 . lLla2 lLlxf3 1 4 . lLlxf3 'iWb6 I S .eS : e S 2 3 . : f4 : d e 8 2 4 . : afl c6
lLldS 16. 'iWd2 j.e7 17.exd6 'iWxd6 2 S. lLlhS �h7 26. :g4 f6 27.'iWg3
1 8 .j.xg7 :g8 19.j.eS 'iWcS 20.:ac1 :8e7 28 l:(g6JJ
.

j.c6 2 1 .j. g 3 j.b7 2 2 . lLl e S lLlf6

2 3 . lLl d 3 'iWdS 2 4 . f3 as 2 S . 'iW e3
l:(xg3JJ

28 . . . 'iWd2 29.:xf6 'iWe2 30.:xh6+

�g8, 1 -0

Position XIX
26.hxg3 lLlg4 27.lLlf4 lLlxe3 28. lLlxdS
j.xdS '29. :f2 JJ6 3 0 . : e 2 lLl fS
3 1 .�h2 hS 3 2 . �h3 �e7 33.:dl
lLld4 34.:ed2 lLlxc2 3S.lLlc 1 lLld4
3 6 . : e l : c 3 3 7 . g4 j.xf3 3 8 . g S
j.g4+ 39.�h2 j.g7 40. :d3 lLlxb3,
0-1

Game 76
Trejbal-Henneberger,
Hague 1928 R eggio, Mieses,
Monte Carlo 1903
l . e4 e S 2 . lLlf3 lLlc6 3. j.bS lLlf6
4.lLlc3 d6 S .d4 exd4 6. lLlxd4 j.d7 1 l:(g3JJ 2. 'iWxg3 iJ.h4 C3 . 'iWxh4
...

7.0-0 iJ.e7 8.ltJde2 0-0 9 .ltJg3 :e8 'tWe3+ 4.iJ. e2 'iVxe2 #), 0-1
1 0. b 3 iJ. f8 1 1 .iJ. g S h6 1 2 .iJ.xf6
'iWxf6 1 3 . lLl d S 'iW d 8 1 4 . f4 lLl e 7
I S .iJ.xd7 'iWxd7 1 6. lLle3 :ad8 1 7.c4
48 Alekhine's Block

Game 7 7 Game 78
Gufeld-Huebner, Torre-O'Kelly,
Sukhumi 1972 Malaga 1973
l .e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3 . lUd2 lUc6 4 .lLlgf3 l .e4 cS 2.lLlf3 d6 3 . �b5+ lLld7 4.d4
lLlf6 5.e5 lLld7 6.lLlb3 j,e7 7 . j,b5 lLl gf6 5 .lLl c 3 cxd 4 6 . 'iYxd 4 e 5
0-0 8 . 0-0 lLlcb8 9.j,f4 b6 1 O . l:t c l 7.'iVd3 h6 8. lLld2 �e7 9 . lLlc4 0-0
j, b 7 1 1 . j, d 3 lLl a 6 1 2 . c 3 c S 10 .�xd7 'iVxd7 I l . lLle3 'iYc6 1 2 .g4
1 3 .j,bl l:te8 14 .'iVd2 l:tc8 1 5 . j,g5 �e6 1 3 . l:t g l lLld7 1 4 . lLlf5 �xf5
lLl f8 1 6 . h 3 j,xg 5 1 7 . lLlxg 5 f6 1 5 . gxf5 wh7 1 6 . 'iYh3 l:tg8 1 7 . lLld5
18.lLlf3 l:tc7 1 9 .1:tcel f5 20.lLlh2 � f6 1 8 . c 3 ll a f8 1 9 . 'iY h 5 l:t h 8
lLlb8 2 1 .f4 j,c8 22.g4 c4 23.lLlal 2 0 . � e 3 'iV a 4 2 1 . w d 2 ll h g 8
lLlc6 2 4 . lLl c 2 l:tf7 2 5 . lLle3 lLl g6 22.I:lg6!!, 1 -0
26.lLlg2 lLlh4 27.'iVf2 lLlxg2 28. 'iYxg2
lLl e 7 2 9 . 'iY g 3 b 5 3 0 . lLl f 3 a s
3 1 . l:te2 wh8 3 2 . lLlg5 l:tff8 33. l:tg2
'iVc7 34.wh2 lLlg8 35.lLlxh7 wxh7
36.�h4+ lLlh6 37.g5 'iYt7 38. g6+
'iYxg6 39.l:txg6 wxg6 40. l:tgl + wh7
41 .j,c2 :0 42.�dl l:tg8 43.J:lg6n

final position

Game 79
Razu vaev -Bagirov,
USSR 1982
l . d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3 . e3 e5 4.�xc4
43 . . . l:tb7 44. �h5 b4 4 5 . 'iYg5 bxc3 exd4 5.exd4 lLlf6 6.lLlf3 �e7 7.0-0
46.bxc3 l:tb2+ 47 .Wg3 l:tc2 48.'iYe7 0 - 0 8 . h 3 lLl b d 7 9 . lLl c 3 lLl b 6
l:txc 3 + 4 9 . wh4 w h 8 5 0 . l:txh6+ 1 0 . �b3 lLlbd5 1 1 .11el c6 1 2. j,g5
�e6 1 3 . lLle5 lLl c7 1 4 . � c2 l:te8
gxh6 5 1 .'iYf6+ l:tg7 5 2 . �g6, 1 -0
1 5 . 'iVd3 g6 1 6 . 'iYf3 lLlfd5 1 7 . j,xe7
ft'xe7 18.'iVg3 llad8 19.1:tadl lLlf6
20.f4 lLlh5 21 .ft'f2 f5 2 2.g4 lLlg7
 Alekhine's Block 49

23.gxfS gxfS 24. <it;h2 <it;hB 2 S.:lg1

j.dS 26.tUxdS cxdS 27.l:Ig6!!

After 24. lhg6!!

29.'iWxd7 'iWc6 30.'iWt7 'iWe6 3 1 . 'iWxe6

27 . . . tUce6 2B. :ldgl :lfB 2 9 . :l h6 :lxe6 32.f4 :lc6 33.g4 j.cS 34.:ldl
<it;gB 30. j.b3 :ld6 3 1 . 'iWg2 :lfdB
hS 3 S . gxh S gxh S 3 6 . fS j.xd4+
32.j.xdS :lxdS 33.:lxe6 'iWfB 34. :leB
37. :lxd4 :lcl + 3B. <it;f2 :lc2+ 39. <it;f3
:lxeB 3S.'iWxdS+, 1 -0
:lxa2 40.:xdS :a3 4 1 .<it;f4 :lxb3
42.: xaS , 1 -0
Game 80
Smyslov-Hansen,
Biel 1 993
l .e4 cS 2.tUf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.tUxd4 The Bishop Blocks at
tUc6 S .tUc3 a6 6.tUxc6 bxc6 7.j.d3
dS B . O-O tUf6 9.'iWe2 j.e7 1 0 .b3
g 6 (g3)
0-0 1 1 . j. b 2 as 1 2 . :l a d l 'iWc7 � � � �
1 3 .tUa4 j.b7 1 4 . c4 :l fdB I S . e S
tUd7 1 6.cxdS cxdS 1 7 . :l c l 'iWbB
I B . j.d4 j.a3 1 9 .:lc3 h6 20.j.bS Game 8 1.
tUfB 2 1 . :l g3 tUg6 2 2 .tUb6 :la7 Alekhine-Rubinstein,
23.tUd7 'iWaB 24.l:Ixg6!! Carlbad 1923
1 .d4 dS 2.c4 e6 3 .tUf3 tUf6 4.tUc3
(see next diagram) j.e7 S . j.gS tUbd7 6.e3 0-0 7 . :l c l
c6 B. 'iW c 2 a6 9 . a4 : e B 1 0 . j.d3
24 ... fxg6 2S. 'iWg4 j.a6 26.'iWxe6+ dxc4 I I . j.xc4 tUdS 1 2 . j.f4 tUxf4
<it;h7 27. j.xa6 :lxa6 2B.'iWf7 :l xd7 1 3 .exf4 c S 1 4 . dxcS 'iWc7 I S .0-0
'iWxf4 16.tUe4 tUxcs 1 7 .tUxcS j.xcS
50 Alekhine's Block

IB.J.d3 b6 19.J.xh7+ 'ltfhB 20.J.e4

l:ta7 2 1 .b4 J.fB 22.'t\Vc6 rld7 23.g3
'iWbB 24. lLlg5 l:tedB 25 .�g6!!

1 9 . . . l:tfB 20 .J.xt7+ l:txt7 2 1 .'iWg6,

1 -0

25 . . . 'iWe5 C25 . . . fxg6 26.'iWe4! J.xb4 Game 83,

27. 'iWh4+'ltfgB 2B.'iWh7+ <Ma 29.'iWhB+ Alekhine-Apscheneek,
'ltfe7 30.'iWxg7+ 'ltfeB 3 1 .'iWgB+ iil8 Folkston 1933
32.'iWxg6+ 'ltfe7 33.'iWxe6 # ; 25 . . .J.b7 l .d4 lLlf6 2.c4 c6 3 . lLlf3 d5 4.e3 e6
26.'iWc4! +- , Alekhine) 26. lLlxt7+ 5 .J.d3 a6 6 . lLlbd2 dxc4 7 . lLlxc4
l:txt7 27.J.xt7 'iWf5 2B.l:tfdl l:txdl + b5 B.lLlce5 h6 9.a4 J.b7 1 O .J.d2
29.11xdl 'iWxf7 30.'iWxc8 'ltfh7 3 1. 'iWxa6 lLlbd7 1 1 .'iWc2 l:tcB 12 .�g6n
'iWf3 32 .'iWd3+, 1-0

Game 82
Alekhine-Rumij antzev,
Sarejavo 1931
(simultaneous)
l .d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.lLlc3 lLlf6 4.J.g5
J.e7 5 . e3 c6 6 . lLl f3 h6 7 .J.h4
lLlbd7 B . 'iW c 2 lLlh 7 9 . J. g 3 a 6
1 0 . 0-0-0 lLlb6 I l .c5 lLld7 1 2 . e4
1 2 . . . lLlxe 5 0 2 . . . fxg 6 1 3 . 'iWxg6+
dxe4 13.lLlxe4 lLldf6 1 4.lLld6+ J.xd6
'ltfe7 1 4 .J.b4+ cS 1 5 .dxc5! +- )
1 5.J.xd6 lLld5 16.J.c4 lLlhf6 17 .lLle5
J.d7 IB. J.d3 lLlb4 19.�g6n 13 .lLlxe5 l:tc7 14 .J.a 5 fxg6 1 5 . 'Y!fxg6+
'ltfe7 1 6 . lLlt7 'iWeB 1 7 . lLlxhB l:tcB
(see next diagram) IB.J.b4+ cS 19.J.xc5+ l:txc5 20.dxc5
 Alekhine's Block 51

j,e4 2 1 . 't!!Yx eB+ lLlxeB 22.f3 j,d3 Game 85

23.axbS, 1-0 Thkmakov-Korchnoi ,
Riga 1971
Game 84 1 .d4 lLlf6 2.c4 e6 3. lLlc3 kb4 4.e3
Uhlmann-Yanovsky, 0-0 S . j,d3 cS 6. lLlf3 dS 7 .0-0 dxc4
Siegen 1970 B.kxc4 lLlbd7 9. 't!!Yb 3 a6 1 0.a4 't!!Y e 7
1 .d4 lLlf6 2.c4 e6 3 . lLlf3 b6 4 .g3 l 1 .lIdl kaS 1 2.'t!!Y c 2 cxd4 1 3 .exd4
j, b 7 S . j, g 2 j, e 7 6 . lLl c 3 lLl e 4 lLl b 6 1 4 . k a 2 h6 I S . lLl eS j,d7
7. lLlxe4 j,xe4 B.O-O 0-0 9.M4 d6 1 6.kbl lIfdB 17.lId3 lIacB IB.lIg3
1O.'t!!Y d 2 lLld7 I I .b4 j,f6 1 2 . lIfdl �fB 1 9 .'t!!Y d 2 lLlbdS 20.�g6rr
't!!Y e 7 1 3 . lla c 1 l::t a dB 1 4 . 't!!Y e 3 j,g6
I S .'t!!Y a 3 eS 16.j,e3 e4 1 7 . lLld2 cS
IB .lLlb3 cxd4 1 9 . 1Ll xd4 lLleS 20.M4
lIcB 21 . 't!!Y b 3 a6 22. j,h3 lIc7 23. lLlfS
j,xfS 24. j,xfS j,gS 2S.j,xgS 't!!Y xgS
26.j,xe4 't!!Yh6 27. �g2 lleB 2B.h3
't!!Y e 6 2 9 . k d S 't!!Y c B 3 0 . f4 lLl g 6
3 1 .kf3 lIce7 32 . 1k2 't!!YfS 3 3 . �d3
't!!Y cB 34.'t!!Yxd6 hS 3S.kxhS lLlh4+
36.gxh4 't!!YfS 37.�g6!!
20 . . . keB 21 . 't!!Y x h6 't!!Y b 4 (21 . . .gxh6
22.j,xh 6 + � g B 2 3 . k d 3 + � h B
24.j,g7+ �gB 2S. j,xf6+ +- , Lein)
2 2 . 't!!Y hB+ �e7 2 3 . 't!!Y xg 7 't!!Y x d4
2 4 . lLl d 3 j,xc 3 2 S . bxc 3 lLlxc3
26.j,a3+ �d7 27. lI e l �c7 28. j,e7
lLlcdS 2 9 . kxdB + �xdB 30. j,e4
't!!Y x a4 3 1 . kxd S lLlxdS 3 2 . 't!!Y g S+
� c 7 33.h 4 kbS 34 . lI c l + kc6
3S.hS 't!!Yd4 36. lLleS f6 3 7 . lLlxc6
37 . . .fxg6 3B.'t!!Yd S+ 't!!Y x dS+ 39.cxdS bxc6 3 B . 't!!Y g 7+ �d6 3 9 . h 6 lLlf4
lIxe2+ 40. lIxe2 lIxe2+ 41 . �f3 lIe7 40.'t!!Yg 4 't!!Yd2 4 1 .lIdl , 1 -0
4 2 .d6 lId7 43 . �e4 �fB 44.�eS
lIdB 4S .�dS �eB 46 . 11 e l + �fB
47.�c6, 1 -0
52 Alekhine's Block

Game B6 Game B7
Ruderfer-Maslov, Van Der Wiel-Karpov,
Tashkent 1979 Amsterdam 1987
l .d4 lLlf6 2.c4 e6 3. lLlc3 j.b4 4.e3 l .e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.lLld2 dxe4 4. lLlxe4
cS 5.j.d3 b6 6.lLlge2 j.b7 7 .0-0 lLld7 5.j.d3 lLlgf6 6.lLlg5 e6 7 .lLl lf3
lbc6 B.d5 exd5 9.cxd5 lLle5 1O.e4 'fic7 B . 'fie2 h6 9.�g6n
c4 1 1 . j.c2 j.a6 1 2 .j.g5 h6 1 3 . j.h4
lLlg6 1 4 . j. g3 lLl h 5 1 5 . e5 lLlxg3
16.lLlxg3 lLlf4 17.'fif3lLld3 IB. j.xd3
j.xc3 1 9.�g6n

9 . . . hxg5 1 0. j.xf7+ '1t>dB l 1 . lLlxg5

lLlb6 1 2 . j.xe6 :txh2 1 3 .0-0 :th5
14 .g3 'fie7 1 5 .:tel :txg5 16.j.xg5
j.xe6 17. 'fixe6 'fixe6 IB. :txe6 '1t>d7
19 .. .fxg6 20.bxc3 'fih4 21 .d6 :tbB 1 9 . :t ae l lLl b d 5 2 0 . j.xf6 lLlxf6
2 2 .:tadl :tfB 2 3 . 'fie2 :tf4 24.e6 2 1 . :t 6e5 b5 22 .c3 as 23.'1t>f1 a4
'fif6 25.exd7+ �d7 26.:tfel j.b7 2 4 . a 3 lLld5 25 . :tf5 j.e7 2 6 . :t f7
2 7 . 'fie7+ 'fixe7 2 B . :txe7 + '1t>c6 :tgB 2 7 . :t e 2 '1t> e B 2 B . :t f5 '1t>d7
29.:tc7+ '1t>b5 30.d7 :tffB 3 1 . :t xb7 29.:tf7 '1t>d6 30.'1t>g2 '1t>d7, 1/2-1/2
:txb7 32.dB='fi :txdB 3 3.:txdB '1t>a4
3 4 . lLle4 :te7 3 5 . f3 '1t>a3 3 6 . :td2 Game BB
b 5 3 7 '1t> f 2 a s 3 B . :t d 5 '1t> a 4 Richtrova-Z . Polgar,
3 9 . lLld6 :te6 40. lLlxb5 :tb6 4 1 . lLld6 Saloniki 1988
:tb2+ 42.'1t>g3, 1 -0 l . e4 cS 2 . lLl f3 lLlc6 3 . d4 cxd4
4. lLlxd4 lLlf6 5 . lLlc3 e5 6. lLldb5 d6
7 . �e3 a6 B. lLla3 :tbB 9. lLld5 lLlxd5
1O .exd5 lLle7 1 1 . �c4 lLlg6 1 2 .0-0
�e7 1 3 . 'fid2 0-0 1 4.�e2 f5 1 5 .f3
 Alekhine's Block 53

f4 16.J.. a7 l:taB I7. J..f2 J.. h 4 1 B . ttJc4

b5 1 9 . J..b6 't!ff6 20.ttJa5 Ag3n

After 20 �g3 !!
. . .

J..e 5 29.l:tg4 'iVxh3+ 30.<.ttf2 'iWh2+

2 1 .J..d3 'iVh4 22 .h3 'iVg5 2 3 . ttJc6
3 1 . l:t g2 J..g 3+, 0-1
ttJh4 24. �h l ttJxg2 25. 'iVxg2 'iVh4
26.�gl J.. x h3 27.'iVhl .tt f 6 2B .J..d B Game 90
l:txdB 29. ttJxdB l:th6 30. ttJe6 'iVe7, J . Polgar-Rogers,
0-1 Biel 1993

Game B9
l . e 4 c 6 2 . d 4 d5 3 . ttJ c 3 dxe4
Nenashev-Kramnik, 4 . ttJxe4 J.. f 5 5 . ttJg3 J.. g 6 6. ttJf3
Moscow 1992 ttJd7 7 . J.. e 2 e6 B . O-O J.. d 6 9.b3
ttJ g f6 1 0 . J.. b 2 'iVc7 I l . c 4 0-0
l .d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3. ttJf3 ttJf6 4.e3 e6
1 2 . ttJh4 l:tfeB 1 3 .ttJxg6 hxg6 14.'iWc2
5. ttJbd2 cS 6.cxd5 exd5 7. b3 J..d 6 l:tad8 1 5 . l:t a d l b 6 1 6 . c 5 J.. f4
B . J.. b 2 0 - 0 9 . J.. d 3 ttJ c 6 1 0 . 0 -0
17.cxb6 ttJxb6 1B.l:tfel ttJbd5 19. ttJf1
cxd4 l 1 .ttJxd4 ttJe5 1 2 . ttJ 2f3 ttJxd3 ttJ b 4 2 0 . ft'c4 'iVb7 2 1 . g 3 J.. d 6
13 .'iVxd3 l:teB I4.ttJb5 J..b8 1 5 . l:tacl 22. M3 l:tcB 23.a3 ttJbd5 24.ttJd2
J.. g 4 1 6 . ttJbd4 a6 1 7 . l:t fd l ttJe4 l:tedB 25 :iWd3 ttJe7 26. ttJc4 J.. c 7
18. �f1 'iVf6 19.h3 J.. h 5 20.'iVe2 27.'iVc2 ttJfd5 2B.b4 l:tbB 29.J.. c 1
Ag3n ttJ f5 30 . J.. g 5 l:t dcB 3 1 . <.tt g2 a s
32.ttJxa5 J..xa5 33.bxa5 'iVb3 34. 'tlVd2
(see next dia gr am)
l:t a B 3 5 . h 4 'tlV a 4 3 6 . h 5 gxh5
37.J..xh5 'tixa5 3B.'iVe2 Wic7 39.l:td3
21.ttJb5 'iVh6 22. ttJc3 ttJxf2 23 .l:txd5
l:ta4 40.l:thl l:txd4 41.Ag6n
J.. g 6 24.ttJdl J.. e 4 25. l:td4 ttJxdl
26.l:tcxdl J..c 6 27.'iVd2 J..xf3 2B.gxf3 (see next diagram)
54 Alekhine's Block

After 33 . . . �g3 !!
41 . .. �xd3 42.J.. h 7+, 1 -0
�xe3 40.'tWxe3 �eB 41 .fid3 fixaS
Game 9 1. 42. lUf4 'tWfS 43. 'tWb3 tUbS 44. tUdS
Gurevich-Bareev, hS 4S .h4 �d6 46. tUgs g6 47 . 'tWe4
Biel 1993 � g 7 4 B . f4 � h 6 4 9 . tU e 3 � e B
l .e4 e6 2.d4 dS 3 . tUd2 cS 4.exdS SO.fib3 �g7 S 1 .tUxbS �xc1 S2. tUd4
exdS S . tUgf3 tUf6 6. J.. b S+ J.. d 7 'tWf6 53. 'tWxb7 �e7 54. 'tWdS �eB
7. J.. xd7+ tUbxd7 B .O-O J..e 7 9.dxeS SS.fS �dB S6.tUde6+ fxe6 S7.tUxe6+
tUxeS l O . tUb3 tUee4 1 1 . J.. f4 0-0 �h6 SB.tUxdB �xdB S9.fxg6 �xg6
1 2 . 'iWd3 � eB 1 3 . J.. e S fid7 1 4 .a4 60 . 'tW d 3 + �g7 6 1 . fi d l fi e 6 +
a6 l S . �fd l lIaeB l 6.e3 J.. d B I 7 .h3 62.�h2 A.e7 63 . 'tWd2 fieS 64.�h3
h6 I B . a S lI e 6 1 9 . J.. x f'5 tUxf6 'tWeS 6S .'tWd7+ �f6, 0- 1
20. tUfd4 lIeB 21 . tUe2 A.e7 22. tUe3
�edB 2 3 . tUd4 �e4 24.tUf3 fie6 Game 92
2S.b4 �deB 26.�f1 �dB 27. �abl N adanian-Sharbatov,
A.f4 2 B . tU fS fie7 2 9 . tU S d4 lIeB corr. 1992-93
30.�b3 �eeB 3 1 .tUe2 A.eS 32.�c1
l .e4 eS 2 . tUf3 tUf6 3 . tUxeS d6 4.tUf3
tUe4 33.fixdS �g3n
tUxe4 S.d4 dS 6. A.d3 tUe6 7.0-0
(see next diagram) A.g4 B.e4 tUf6 9.tUe3 A.xf3 1 0.fixf3
tUxd4 1 1 . 'tWh3 tUe6 1 2.exdS tUxdS
34.e4 C34.fxg3 lIedB! 35. fifS fie4 1 3.�g6n
-+ ; 3 4 . tUxg 3 lI e d B ! -+ , Le i n)
(see next diagram)
�edB 3S.fifS 'tWxe4 36.�e3 A.bB
37.g3 fixb4 3B .�g2 tUd6 39. 'tWd3
 Alekhine's Block 55

1 3 .. .'tWd7 1 4 . l1 e 1 0-0-0 l S.lUxdS 2S .�gl (2S.fxg3 'Wxg3 -+; 2S . . . d2!?

hxg6 1 6 . 'tWxh8 � b 4 1 7 . 'tWxd8+ -+ , Alekhine) �dS 26. 'fi'a4 lUe2+
'tWxd8 1 8 . lUxb4 as 1 9 . 1Uc2 'tWd3 2 7 . � h 1 l1 f7 28 . 'fi' a 6 h S 2 9 . b6
20. lUa3 bS 2 1 . �e3 b4 2 2 . l1ed1 tOg3+!! 30.�gl axb6 3 1 . 'tWxb6 d2
'tWa6 23. lUc2, 1 -0 3 2 . l:tfl lUxfl 33.lU xfl �e6 34.�h1
�xh 3 3 S . gxh 3 l U3 3 6 . lUg3 h 4
37.�f6 'fi'xf6 38. lUxe4 l1xh3+, 0-1

The Kni g ht Blocks at Game 94

g6 (g3) Alekhine-Appel ,
Lodz 1928
CiJ CiJ CiJ CiJ (simultaneous)
1 .d4 lUf6 2 . 0i3 e6 3.c4 dS 4.lUc3
lUbd7 S. j.gS c6 6.'tWc2 'tWaS 7. �d2
Game 93
Tarrasch-Alekhine, 'W d8 8 . e4 dxe 4 9 . lUxe 4 j. e 7
1 O . j.d3 b6 1 1 .0-0 �b7 1 2 . l1fe 1
Pistyan 1922
0-0 1 3 . l:t ad1 'fi'c7 1 4 .lUg3 l1fe8
l . d4 0i6 2. lUf3 e6 3 .c4 cS 4.dS bS
l S . lUgS lUf8 16 .lUhS lUg6 1 7 . �xg6
S.dxe6 fxe6 6.cxbS dS 7 .e3 j.d6
hxg6 18.lUf4 �d6 19.tOxg6!!
8 . lU c 3 0 - 0 9 . j. e 2 j. b 7 1 0 . b 3
lUbd7 1 1 . j.b2 'tWe7 1 2 .0-0 �ad8 (see next diagram)
1 3 . 'tWc2 eS 1 4 .l:tfe 1 e4 l S . lUd2
lUeS 16. lUd1 lUfg4 1 7 . j.xg4 lUxg4 19 . . . fxg6 2 0 . 'tWxg 6 l:te7 2 1 . l1 e 4
18.lUfl 'WgS 1 9 .h3 lUh6 20.�h1 'Wd7 2 2 . l:th4 'tW e 8 2 3 . 'tWd3 11 f7
lU fS 2 1 . lU h 2 d4 2 2 . � c 1 d 3 24.'fi'h3, 1 -0
23 .'fi'c4+ �h8 24 .j.b2 tOg3+!!
56 Alekhine's Block

15. J.. a3 dxc3 16.J.. c l '+Wg6 17.M4

nd8 1 8 .'+Wc2 lLlcd4 1 9 .'�le4 ll)g3n

After 1 9 . ctJxg6!!

Position XX 20.'iYxg6 lLlde2 # , 0-1

Game 96
Gerbets-Weil ,
Vienna 1941
l .e4 e5 2. lLlf3 lLlc6 3 .J.. b 5 a6 4 .J.. a4
lLlf6 5. 0-0 lLlxe4 6.d4 b5 7.d5 lLle7
8J�el ltJd6 9. lLlxe5 bxa4 10. lLlc3
J.b7 1 l . J.. g5 h6 1 2 .'iYh5 hxg5
1 3 .'iYxh8 '+Wb8 14.ll)g6n
Bogolj ubow-Alekhine, 19 2 9

1 ll)g3+ !! 2.hxg3 hxg3 + 3.lLlh3

. . .

J.. xh3 4.gxh3 nXh3+, 0-1

Game 95
Marache-Morphy,
New York 185 7
l . e4 e5 2 . lLlf3 lLlc6 3 . J.. c 4 J.. c 5
4 . b4 J.. x b4 5 . c3 J.. a 5 6 . d4 exd4
.'+Wg8 '+Wa7 1 6 . nxe7+
7.e 5 d5 8.exd6 '+Wxd6 9.0-0 ltJge7 14 . . .fxg6 1 5
1 O . lLlg5 0-0 I l .J.. d 3 J.f5 1 2 . J.. xf5 wxe7 1 7 . n e l + wf6 1 8 . g4 lLl f7
1Ll
ltJxf5 1 3. J.a3 'iYg6 14. J..xf8 'iYxg5 1 9 . e4+ we5 20.'iYxf7, 1 -0
 Alekhine's Block 57

Position XXI

Afte r 3 2.CtJg6+!!

l ... lOg3+U 2.hxg3 lla8, � 3 . . . llh8 #

Game 98
Game 97 Konstantinopo lsky -Lipni tsky,
Shishov-Lisitsin, Moscow 195 0
Tbilisi 1946
l . lUf3 lUf6 2 . c4 e6 3 . g3 d5 4 . b 3
l .e4 e5 2. lUf3 lUc6 3. Ab5 a6 4 . Aa4 cS 5 . Ag2 d4 6.0-0 lUc6 7 . e3 e 5
lUf6 5 .0-0 Ae7 6 . ll e l b5 7 .J.b3 8. exd4 exd4 9.a3 as 1 O.d3 Ae7
d6 8.c3 0-0 9.d4 Ag4 1O.d5 lUa5 1 1 . ll e l 0-0 1 2 . ll a 2 h6 1 3 . ll ae2
1 1 .J.c2 c6 1 2 . h3 Ah5 1 3 . dxc6 Ad6 14. lUbd2 J.e6 1 5 . lUh4 'iYd7
'iYb6 14.lUbd2 'iYxc6 1 5 . lUfl Ag6 16. lUe4 Ae7 17.lOg6U
1 6 . lUg3 llfc8 1 7 . lUh4 lUc4 18. lUhf5
il,f8 19.'iYf3 l:ta7 20.a4 lld7 21 .b3
lUb6 22 .a5 lUa8 23 .c4 lUc7 24 . Ag5
lU f e 8 2 5 .J. d 3 f6 2 6 . A e 3 b 4
27 .'iY g4 ll b 8 2 8 . h 4 � h 8 2 9 . h5
J.f7 30. lUh4 Ae7 3 1 . lUgf5 Ad8
32.lOg6+!!

(see next diagram)

32 . . . hxg6 3 3 . hxg6 Ae6 34 .J.a7 17 llfe8 1 8 xe7+ 'tlf xe7 19.Af4

... . lU
Axf5 35.e xf5 lUe6 36. 'tlf h5+ �g8
lled8 20 . lU xf6+ 'tlf xf6 2 1 .Ae5 'tlf g6
37.fxe6, 1-0 22.Ac7 lld7 23. Ab6 Af5 24. lle8+
llxe8 25 .llxe8+ �h7 26.J.e4 Axe4
27. llxe4 f5 28 . llel �d6 29. 'tlff3
58 Alekhine's Block

g6 30.'i!\Vf4 'i!\VfB 31 .h4 �e7 3 2 .�xe7+ 'i!\Vf4 42. �b3 'i!\Vg4+ 4 3 . wf2 'i!\Vdl
'i!\Vxe7 33.'i!\Vc7 'i!\Vxc7 34. �xc7 wgB 44. �g3 gS 4S . W g l as 46. wf2 a4
3S.�d6 b6 36. J.c7 wf7 37. J.xb6 47. �h3 e3+ 4B. ltJxe3 'i!\Vd2+ 49.wf3
ltJeS 3B. J.xcS ltJxd3 39. J.xd4 ltJc1 'i!\Vxe3+ SO.wg4 �e4+ S I .Wg3 'i!\Vf4 :11: ,
40. �e3 ltJxb3 41 .a4, 1 -0 0-1

Position XXII
Game 99
Huebner-Cegal ,
Dresden 1970
l . e4 eS 2. ltJf3 ltJf6 3 . d4 exd4 4.eS
ltJe4 S. 'i!\Vxd4 d S 6 . exd 6 ltJxd6
7. J.d3 ltJc6 B. 'i!\Vf4 g6 9. 0-0 �g7
1O.�el + �e6 l 1 .ltJgS 0-0 1 2. ltJxe6
fxe6 1 3 . 'i!\Vg4 'i!\Vf6 1 4 . 'i!\Vg3 ltJb4
IS.�f1 ltJfS I6.'i!\Vxc7 �acB 1 7 . 'i!\Vxb7
cuxd3 IB.cxd3 �g3n
1 ... �g3+n 2 . hxg3 'i!\Vh3+ 3 . Wgl
�xe 3 + 4. 'i!\Vxe 3 (4. � f2 'i!\Vxg2 :11: )
'i!\Vxg2 :11: , 0- 1

Game 1 00
Kostina -Sammul ,
Tbilisi 1974
l .d4 ltJf6 2.ltJc3 dS 3.�gS ltJbd7
4 . ltJf3 c6 S . e3 'i!\VaS 6 . �d3 e6
7 . 0-0 �b4 8. ltJe2 ltJe4 9. J.f4 0-0
19.hxg3 �xc1 20.�xc1 'i!\Vxf2+ 21 .whl 1O.ltJg3 fS 1 1 . �xe4 fxe4 1 2. ltJgS
'i!\Vxg3 22.'i!\Ve7 'i!\Ve3 23.'i!\VxfB+ wxf8 ltJf6 1 3 . �e S �d7 1 4 . ltJ h S 'i!\VdB
24.�cB+ we7 2S. �c7+ wd6 26.�xg7 I S .c3 J.e7 1 6 . ltJf4 'i!\VcB 1 7 . h4 as
'f6'c1 + 27.wh2 'i!\Vxb2 2B.�xh7 'i!\Vxal I B .g3 bS 19.wg2 cS 20.�hl �a6
29.ltJa3 a6 30. ltJc4+ wc6 3 1 .a3 2 1 .hS �eB 22.'i!\Ve2 c4 23.�h2 b4
wcS 3 2. � h 3 'i!\Vf6 3 3 . W g l wd4 24.�g6n
3 4 . � f3 �gS 3 S . wf2 eS 36. ltJe3
wxd3 37. ltJf1 + wd4 3B.�g3 Wie7 (see next diagram)
39. ltJe3 �h4 40. ltJf1 e4 4 1 . We2
 Alekhine's Block 59

24 . . . hxg6 2S.hxg6 �xg6 26.lhh1 23 . . . fxg6 24 . J.xe4 �ab8 25. 'iVdS+

lLlh5 27.�xh5 �xh5 28.'tWxhS �xgS �h8 26. 'tWxd4 'tWgS 27.�c7 �ed8
29. �xg7 eS 30.'tWh7+ �t7 3 1 . �xf8+ 28.'iVc3 'tWxg4 29.J.c6 �g8 30.hxg6
�e8 32 . J.cS 'tWe6 3 3 . 'tWhS+ 'tWf7 'tWxg6 3 1 .f4 �gf8 32 .e6 �xf4 33.b4
34.'tWxt7+ �xf7 3S.dxeS �e6 36.J.d4 �b6 34.e7 �xc6 3S.e8=..w+ , 1 -0
�a8 37. �h7 b3 38 .a4 �b8 39. �a7
J.e7 40.�a6+ �fS 4 1 . �xaS �a3 Game 1 02,
42.�bS �xbS 43.axbS �e6 44.b6 Cabrilo-Dj uric,
�d7 4S.e6+, 1 -0 Yugoslavia 1978
1 . e4 e S 2 . lLl f3 lLlc6 3 . J. b S a6
Game 1 0 1 4 . J.a4 lLlf6 5 .0-0 J.e7 6 . � e 1 bS
Doroshkevich -B u tnoris, 7 . J.b3 0-0 8 . a 4 �b7 9 . d3 d6
USSR 1975 1 0. lLlc 3 lLl a S 1 1 .� a 2 b4 1 2 . lLle2
l .d4llJf6 2.c4 e6 3 . lLlc3 J.b4 4.'tWc2 cS 13 . J.d2 �b8 14.lLlg3 J.c8 l S . c3
l2Jc6 S . lLlf3 dS 6.a3 �xc3+ 7.'iVxc3 bxc3 1 6 . bxc3 J.e6 1 7. d4 J.xa2
lLle4 8 . 'tWc2 eS 9.dxeS �fS 1 0 . 'tWb3 1 8 . �xa2 lLld7 1 9 .dxeS dxeS 20. lLlfS
dxc4 1 1 . 'tWxc4 0-0 1 2 . �e 3 'iVe7 f6 2 1 . lLl 3 h 4 � f7 2 2 . 'tWg4 � h 8
1 3 . � c 1 �fe8 1 4.g4 J.g6 l S .J.f4 23 . �g6+!!
lLld8 1 6 . �g 2 lLle6 17 . J. e 3 cS
1 8 .h4 h6 19.hS J.h7 20. lLlh4 bS (see next diagram)
21.'iVxb5 tLd4 2Lb.i4 ad4 23. �6n
23 . . . hxg6 24. 'tWxg6 'tWe8 2 S . � e 3
(see next diagram) � b 1 + 2 6. J. e 1 :'xe1 + 27.�xe1 llJf8
28.'iVhS+ �g8 29.�e3 g6 30. lLlh6+
�h7 3 1 . �h3 �g7 3 2 . �g3 flb8
3 3 . � a 1 'iVb2 34. �f1 'iVd2 3 S . lLlfS+
60 Alekhine's Block

Position XXIII

After 2 3 .lug6+ ! !

wgB 36. ltJh6+ wg7 37. ltJf5+ wgB 1 1L1g3+!! 2 . hxg3 hxg3+ 3.wgl
. . .

3B.'iWhS 'iWf4 39.'iWe2 ltJb3 40. �g4 ltJf2 4. �xf2 �hl+ 5 . wxh l gxf2 -+
'iWd2 41 .'iWc4 ltJc1 42 . ltJxe7+ wg7
43. ltJfS+ wgB 44.f4, 1 -0 Game 1 04
Beliavsky-Larsen,
Game 1 03 Tilburg 198 1
Amold-N atsis, l .e4 c6 2.d4 dS 3 . ltJc3 dxe4 4. ltJxe4
Groningen 1978-79 J.f5 5 . ltJg3 J.g6 6.h4 h6 7. ltJf3
l .e4 cS 2.ltJf3 ltJc6 3.J.bS 'iWb6 4 . ltJc3 ltJd7 B.h5 J.h7 9.J.d3 bd3 1 0. 'iWxd3
e6 5.0-0 ltJge7 6.d3 ltJd4 7 .J.c4 lZJgf6 1 1 . J.f4 e6 1 2 . 0 -0-0 J.e7
ltJec6 B . ltJxd4 cxd4 9 . ltJe2 J.e7 1 3 . ltJ e5 as 1 4 . �hel a4 15.1L1g6!!
1 0 .f4 0-0 1 1 . f5 ltJaS 1 2 . wh l f6
1 3 . ltJf4 'iWc6 1 4 .'iWe2 b6 15.1L1g6!!

I S . . . ltJd5 1 6 . ltJfS MB 17 .J.d6 �gB

IB.c4 ltJb4 1 9 . 'iWh3 fx.g6 20. �xe6+
15 . . . �f7 1 6 .�f4 ltJxc4 17. �h4 h6 wf7 2 1 .hxg6+ wxe6 22.�el + ltJe5
I B.J.xh6 gxh6 1 9 . � xh6, 1 -0 23.J.xe5, 1 -0
 Alekhine's Block 61

Game 1 05 1 il:}g3+!! 2.hxg3 hxg3+ 3.J.xh5

. . .

Speelman-Levitt, 'tWh4 # , O-1

London 1992
Game 1 06
1 .c4 c6 2.e4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.d4
ltJf6 5 . ltJc3 e6 6.ltJf3 J.b4 7 . J.e3 Beliavsky-Miles,
dxc4 B. J.xc4 0-0 9.0-0 b6 1 0 . J.g5 Biel 1992
J.b7 l 1. n c l ltJc6 1 2 . n e 1 J.e7 1 .d4 ltJf6 2.lbf3 g6 3 .c4 J.g7 4 . ltJc3
1 3 . a3 ncB 1 4 . J.a2 ltJd5 1 5 .J.d2 0-0 5.e4 d6 6.J.e2 e5 7.0-0 exd4
ltJxc3 1 6 .J.xc3 J.f6 1 7 . d5 exd5 B .ltJxd4 neB 9.f3 ltJh5 1 0 . J.e3 f5
1B.J.xd5 J.xc3 19 .nxc3 ltJa5 20.nxcB 1 l . 'tWd2 f4 1 2 .J.f2 J.e5 1 3 .nfd1
'tWxc8 21 .ltJe5 hd5 2 2 . 'tWxd5 'tWb7 'tWf6 1 4 . ltJdb5 ltJa6 1 5 . nac1 J.e6
23.'tWd6 neB 24.ne3 f6 25.il:}g6!! 16. ltJa4 nadB 17.lLlxa7 ltJc5 1 8 . ltJc3
c6 19.b4 il:}g3!!

25 .. . naB 26. ltJe7+ �hB 27. 'tWe6, 1 -0

2 0 . J.d4 ltJxe 2 + 2 1 . ltJxe 2 ltJ d 7
Position XXIV 22.J.f2 naB 23 .a4 g 5 24. ltJd4 g4
25.ltJxe 6 'tWxe 6 2 6 . fxg 4 'tWxg4
27. 'tWd3 �hB 28. 'tWf3 'tWg6 29.a5
ngB 30.b5 cS 31 .b6 ng7 32.�f1
ltJf6 3 3 . n e 1 ltJg4 34 . J.g1 J.d4
3 5 .a6 ltJe5 36.'tWh3 f3 37.g3 f2
3B. J.xf2 nfB 39.nc2 ltJg4 40. nee2
ngt7 4 1 .axb7 ltJxf2 42.'tWcB ltJd3+
43. nf2 ltJxf2, 0- 1
62 Alekhine's Block

Game 1 07 Game 1 08
Smirin-Lputian, Schulz-Alekhine,
Rostov-on-Don 1993 Stockholm 1914
l .e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3 . lLlc3 lLlf6 4.e5 (simultaneous)
lLlfd7 5 . f4 cS 6. lLlf3 lLlc6 7. �e 3 l . e4 cS 2. lLlf3 lLl c 6 3 . d4 cxd4
a 6 8 . 'tWd2 cxd4 9 . lLlxd4 � c 5 4. lLlxd4 g6 5 . �e3 �g7 6. lLlc3 d6
1 0 . 0-0-0 0-0 1 l . h4 lLlxd4 12.�xd4 7 . �c4 lLlf6 B.O-O 0-0 9 . f3 J.. d 7
b5 1 3 . h5 b4 1 4 . lLle2 as 1 5. �xc5 1 O . 'tWd2 lLle5 1 1 .J.. e 2 ncB 1 2 . f4
lLlxc 5 1 6 . 'tW e 3 'tW b 6 1 7 . f 5 a 4 lLleg4 1 3 . lLlb3 Dxc31!
1 8 . wbl b3 1 9 . cxb 3 axb3 20.a3
exf5 2 1 . .ll xd 5 n a 5 2 2 . lLl f4 h6
23. �d3 �e6 24. nd6 'tWb7 25.ncl
1::Ic B 26. 'tWd4 lLlxd3 27. nxcB+ �xcB
28.�g6!!

14.bxc3 lLlxe4 1 5. 'tWd3 lLlxe3 1 6. 'tWxe3

lLlxc3 1 7 . n a e l as I B . �f3 J.. b 5
1 9 . .llf2 d5 20.'tWc5 b6 2 1 . 'tWe3 d4
22. 'tWxe7 a4 23.lLlcl 'tWbB 24. lLld3
ne8 25 .'tWb7 nxel + 26.lLlxel 'tWxb7
2B . . . wh7 29.lLlfB+ wg8 30 . .lld B g5 27. �xb7 d3 28.whl J..d4 29.nd2
3 1 . 'tW d6, 1 -0 �e3 30 . .llxd3 �xd3 3 1 . lLlxd3 lLlxa2
32.�d5 ttJc3 33. �c6 a3, 0-1

Game 1 09
The Rook Blocks at Yedidic-Akopian,
c6 (c3) Las Vegas 1994
l .e4 cS 2. lLlf3 d6 3 .d4 cxd4 4. lLlxd4
n n n �
lLlf6 5 . lLlc3 a6 6. �c4 e6 7 .�b3
lLlbd7 B. f4 lLlc5 9.f5 �e7 1 O . 'tWf3
0-0 1 1 . J.. e 3 e5 1 2 . lLl d e2 lLlxb3
 Alekhine's Block 63

1 3 . axb3 bS 14 .g4 b4 l S . ltJa4 .tb7 .tf8 1 4 . ltJ e 2 ltJfS l S . <it; b 1 ltJb6

1 6. ltJg3 dS 1 7 .0-0-0 d4 18 . .td2 16 . .tg4 ltJc4 1 7 .'iif e 1 as 18 . .txfS
l:tc8 19.<it;b1 ltJd7 20.h4 .tc6 21 .gS gxfS 1 9 . 1tJ g 1 .t b 4 2 0 . 'tW e 2 a4
.txa4 22.bxa4 l:lc31! 21 .ltJf3 il,c31!

23.bxc 3 bxc 3 2 4 . .txc 3 'iif b 6 + 22.bxc3 'iif e 7 23 . .te3 b4 24.'iif e 1 b3

2S . .tb2 l:tb8 26. 'iif b 3 'iif c 6 27. 'iifa 2 2S.cxb3 axb3 26 . .ic1 l:txa2 27.l:td2
ltJb6 28 . .ixd4 exd4 29.l:txd4 'iif c 3 'iif a 7, 0-1
30J:td3 ltJc4+ 3 1 .<it;c1 .ta3+ 32.<it;d1
ltJb2+ 33. <it;e2 ltJxd3 34.l:tb 1 ltJf4+
3 S . <it;f1 'iif f3+, 0- 1
T h e Kni g ht Blocks at
c6 (c3)
The Bishop Blocks at tu tu tu tu
c6 (c3)
� � � � Game I l l.
Zoller-Borsdorf,
Germany 1975
Game 1 1 0 l .d4 dS 2.e4 dxe4 3 . ltJc3 ltJf6 4.f3
Honfi -Gurgenidze, .tfS S.fxe4 ltJxe4 6. ltJf3 e6 7 . .tc4
Kislovodsk 1969 .tb4 8 . 0 - 0 .txc 3 9 . bxc 3 ltJxc3
l .e4 g6 2.d4 .tg7 3. ltJc3 c6 4.f4 dS 1 0 .lIfe1 ltJe4 1 1 . .ta3 ltJd7 1 2.dS
S . eS hS 6. ltJf3 ltJh6 7 . .te3 .tg4 lIff6 1 3.dxe6 fxe6 1 4 .l:td1 0-0-0
8 . .te2 e6 9.'iifd 2 ltJd7 1 0 .0-0-0 bS l S . ltJd4 l1fg6 16.lL\c61!
1 1 . h3 .txf3 1 2 . .txf3 h4 1 3 . .tf2
64 Alekhine's Block

23 . l:t h 8 tt::l e 2 + 2 4 . � b 1 �xd2

2S. l:txd2 l:txh8, 0-1

Game 1 1 3.
Georgiev-Hazai ,
Sofia 1979
l .e4 g6 2.d4 J.g7 3. tt::lc 3 d6 4.J.e3
a6 S . h4 tt::lf6 6.f3 hS 7. �d2 bS
8 . 0-0-0 tt::l b d7 9 . e S b4 1 0 . tt::l e 4
tt::l d S 1 1 . tt::l g S tt::l 7 b6 1 2 .e6 .txe6
1 6 . . . bxc6 1 7 . J.a6+ �b8 1 8 Jhd7
1 3 . tt::l xe6 fxe6 1 4 .tt::lh 3 �d7 1 S .�d3
+- (1 -0/2 1 ) �a4 16.�b1 �d7 17.tt::l g S l:thb8
18. �e4 �c3+n
Game 1 1 2.
Sushko-Klisa,
corr. 1976
1.e4 c6 2.d4 dS 3 . tt::lc 3 dxe4 4. tt::lx e4
J.fS S . tt::l g3 J.g6 6.h4 h6 7 . lLlf3
tt::ld 7 8 . h S J. h 7 9 . J. d 3 J.xd3
1O:�xd3 �c7 1 1 .J.d2 tt::lgf6 1 2 .�e2
0-0-0 1 3 . 0-0-0 e6 14 . tt::l e S tt::l x eS
l S.dxeS tt::l dS 16.tt::l e4 g6 17.hxg6
fxg6 18. tt::l d6+ J.xd6 1 9.exd6 �xd6
19.bxc3 bxc3 20.�a1 tt::ldS 2 1 . tt::l x e6
20.J.xh 6 nxh 6 2 1 . nxh 6 � f4 +
�a3 22.tt::l c S+ �d8, 0-1
22.�d2 �c3!!
Game 1 1 4
Quinteros-Popovic,
N ovi Sad 1982
l .e4 cS 2. tt::lf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4. tt::l x d4
tt::l f6 S. tt::l c 3 tt::lc 6 6. J.c4 e6 7 . .te3
a6 8 . J.b3 J.e7 9.�e2 �c7 10 .0-0-0
tt::la S 1 1 .g4 bS 1 2.gS tt::l xb3+ 1 3.axb3
tt::ld7 1 4.h4 b4 l S . tt::l a4 tt::lc S 16.hS
J.d7 1 7 . �b1 J.xa4 18 .bxa4 �b7
 Alekhine's Block 65

1 9 .96 J.f6 20.gxf7 + Wxf7 2 1 .e5

dxe5 22.ltJb3 ltJxa4 23.'tWg4 l:tacB
24.h6 'tWc6 25.Wal �c3!!

After 1 9 . . . lLlc3!!

27.J.xd 3 l:txd3 2 B . J.xa 7 l:t xf3

29.Wc2 f4 30.a4 l:th3 3 1 .l:te2 f3
2 6 . ltJ c 5 ltJxd l 2 7 . l:txd l l:t h dB 32.l:td2 J.g5 33.l:tf2 J.f4 34.�d3
2B.hxg 7 l:txd 1 + 2 9 . �xd 1 J.xg7 J.xh2 35.l:tfl g5 36.a5 J.c7 37.b4
3 0 . 'tW h 5+ w g B 3 1 . � g4 'tW h l + g4 3 B . W e 4 l:t h 5 3 9 . c 4 l:t e 5 +
32 .Wa2 �d5+ 33. ltJb3 as, 0-1 40. wd3 l:tf5 4 1 .We3, 0-1

Game 1 1 5 Game 1 1 6
J ansa -Barlov, Yudasin-Makarichev,
Vrnjacka Banja 1983 Nikolaev 1983
l . e 4 c S 2 . ltJf3 ltJ c 6 3 . d4 cxd4 l .e4 cS 2 . ltJf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4 .ltJxd4
4. ltJxd4 ltJf6 5 .ltJc3 d6 6.J.g5 e6 ltJf6 5 . ltJc3 ltJc6 6. J.g5 e6 7 . 'tWd2
7.'tWd2 J.e7 B.O-O-O 0-0 9.f4 ltJxd4 a6 B .O-O-O h6 9.J.e3 J.e7 1 0 .f3
1 O .'tWxd4 'tWa5 1 1 . J.c4 J.d7 1 2 .J.b3 ltJxd4 1 1 . J.xd4 b5 1 2 . h4 'tW a 5
J.c6 1 3 . l:t hfl h6 1 4 . J. h4 'tWh5 1 3 .wbl b4 1 4. ltJe2 e5 1 5 . J.f2 J.e6
1 5 .J.g3 d5 1 6.exd5 l:tfdB 17.l:tfel 16.ltJcl d5 1 7 .exd5 ltJxd5 I B . ltJb3
J.xd 5 I B . 1tJxd 5 ltJxd 5 1 9 . 'tWf2 ..wc7 1 9 . J.g3 0-0 2 0 . J.d3 J. f6
�c3n 2 1 . 'tWe2 h5 2 2 . 'tWe4 g6 2 3 . ltJd4
�c3+!!
(see next diagram)
(see next diagram)
20.l:txd B + l:txd B 2 1 . 'tW f3 'tWxf3
2 2 . gxf3 ltJ d 5 2 3 . c 3 J. f6 2 4 . f5 24.bxc3 J.xa2 + 25.wa l J.e6 2 6.ltJb 3
e x f5 2 5 . J.f2 ltJf4 2 6 . J. c 2 ltJd3+ �xc3+ 27.wbl J.xb3 2B.J.el J.a2+
29.Wxa2 'tWa3+ 30.wbl b3 3 1 .cxb3
66 Alekhine's Block

After 23 . . . lUc3+! ! Aft er 2 3 . . . lUc3+!!

'tWxb 3 + 3 2 . W c l l HdB 3 3 . l:t d 2 32.gxf3 'tWbS 33.f4 l:tecB 34.l:tdB+

l:t ac B + 34 . j, c 2 'tW a 3 + 3 S . w d l l:txdB 3S.'tWxdB+ wh7 36.neS 'tWd7
'tWal + 36.we2 l:txd2+ 37.wxd2 'tWc3+ 37. 'tWxd7 j,xd7 3B. l2lcS f6 39. l2lxd7
3 B . w d l 'tW a l + 3 9 . w d 2 'tW c 3 + fx eS 40. fx e S wgB 4 1 .wb3 nc7, 0-1
40.wdl , 1/2-1/2
Game 1 1 8
Game 1 1 7 I vanchuk-Rozentalis,
Mikhalchishin-Le mer, Debrecen 1992
Riga 1985
l . e4 eS 2 . cuf3 cu f6 3 . d4 cuxe4
l .e4 cS 2. l2lf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4. cuxd4 4 . J.d3 dS S . cuxeS cud7 6. cuxd7
cuf6 S . cuc3 cuc6 6.j,gS e6 7 . 'tWd2
j,xd7 7 . 0-0 'tWh4 8.c4 0-0-0 9.cS
a6 B.O-O-O h6 9 . j,e3 j,e7 1 0. f3
g6 1O.cuc3 j,g7 1 1 .g3 'iWh3 1 2 .cuxdS
cuxd4 1 1 . j,xd4 bS 1 2 . h 4 'tW a S
j,g4 1 3 . cue7+ wbB 14.lOc6+!!
1 3 . 'tWf2 l:t bB 1 4 . w b l b 4 I S . cue2
eS 1 6 . j, a 7 l:tb7 1 7 . cu c l J. e 6
I B . j,e3 d S 1 9 . cub3 'tWa4 20.j,cS
. . i._
�i: "
<�. �• •'
>� �� � �.!
" • •'� ·l
0-0 2 1 .j,xe7 l:txe7 22.exdS cuxdS "

23 .j,c4 lOc3+!! �
�.� �
· �� l• • •
.i.�
..

(see next diagram)

� �.�.
�� � � � ���.. ./�
� � � t� . t.
.. ..

24.bxc3 bxc3 25.'tWe3 j,xc4 26. 'tWxc3

l:tcB 2 7 . l:td6 l:teeB 2B.'tWd2 j,e6 �r "' ��� : f£1
29.wb2 l:tc4 30.h 5 e4 3 1 .l:tel exf3
 Alekhine's Block 67

14 .. .We8 1 5 . lLlxa7+ �b8 16. lLle6+ Game 120

we8 1 7 . f3 l:txd4 1 8 . �e3 l:txd3 Forintos-Luko,
19.'ff x d3 lLlxg3 20. �f4, 1-0 Metz 1992
l .e4 e5 2.g3 lLlf6 3 . J.g2 d5 4.exd5
Game 1 1 9 lLlxd5 5 . lLl e3 lLlb6 6 . lLl f3 lLle6
Oral-Nerland, 7.d3 J. e 7 8 . a 3 �e6 9 . 11 b l 'ff d 7
Rimavska Sobota 1992 1 0 . b 4 f6 l 1 .b5 lLld8 1 2 .d4 exd4
l . e 4 e6 2 . d4 d 5 3 . lLl d2 dxe4 1 3 . lLlxd4 �e4 1 4 .0-0 0-0 1 5 . n e l
4 . lLl xe4 lLlf6 5 . lLlxf6+ 'ff xf6 6. lLlf3 wh8 1 6. e3 l:tb8 1 7 . a4 lLlfl 1 8.'ff e 2
h 6 7 . � e 3 � d 6 8 . � d 3 J. d 7 lLld6 1 9 .a5 lLlbe8 2o.tOc6!!
9 .'ff e 2 J.e6 1 0 . 0-0-0 lLld7 I 1 . W b l
0-0-0 1 2 .e4 � b 8 1 3 . 'ff e 2 l:t he8
1 4 . J.e2 a6 1 5 . d5 exd5 1 6 . exd5
J.b5 1 7 . J.xb 5 axb5 1 8 . lLld4 b4
1 9 .wal lLle5 20.'ffe4 ltJa4 21.'ffb5
lLlb6 2 2 . tO c6+!!

20 . . . l:t a 8 2 1 . a 6 bxa 6 2 2 . bxa6

J.xa6 23.lLlb8 l:txb8 24.l:txb8 lLlb6
25. l:txf8+ M8 26.J.a3 J.e4 27 .J.e5
e 6 2 8 . l:t d l 'ff e 7 2 9 . l:t d4 J. g 8
30. lLle4 lLld5 3 1 . lLlxd6 J.xd6 32.e4
J.xe5 3 3 . 'ff x e5 lLle7 34. �h3 f5
22 . . . bxe6 2 3 . dxe6 �e5 24. J.xe5 3 5.�xf5 lLlxf5 36.'ffxf5 h6 37 . .bt d7
l:txdl + 25. l:txdl l:td8 26.l:tb l l:td5 'ff b 6 38 .'ff e5 , 1-0
27.'ff x b4 'ffxe6 2 8 . J.xb 6 'ffxb6
29.'fff8 + wa7 30.'ffxfl , 1-0
68 Alekhine's Block

The Queen Blocks at Game 1 2 2

Kuij f-Hodgson,
b6 (b3)
Wijk aan Zee 1 989
� � � � l .e4 d5 2.exd5 tUf6 3.c4 e6 4.dxe6
J.xe6 5 . d4 .i. b4 + 6 . � d 2 � e 7
7. �xb4 �xb4+ 8. �d2 tUc6 9.tUc3
Game 1 2 1
0-0-0 1 0 . d 5 �g4 l 1 . f3 J:t h e 8 +
Rubinstein-Gromadka, 1 2 .�e2 �f5 1 3 . 0-0-0 tUa5 1 4 .g4
Moravska Ostrava 1923 �g6 1 5 .tUh3 tUd7 1 6 . tUbl tJh3!!
l .e4 e5 2.f4 �c5 3.tUf3 d6 4.tUc3
tUf6 5 . �c4 tUc6 6.d3 �g4 7.h3
�xf3 8 . �xf3 tUd4 9 . � g 3 Wie7
1O.fxe5 dxe5 1 1 .�dl c6 1 2.a4 llg8
1 3 . l:tfl h6 14.tUe2 0-0-0 1 5.tUxd4
�xd 4 1 6 . c 3 � b 6 1 7 . a 5 � c 7
18.�e3 �b8 1 9.�c2 �a8 20JH3
tUd5 2 1 .� g l tUf4 2 2 . �f2 �b8
23.g3 tUxh3 24.11xt7 �d6 25.tJh6!!

1 7 . J. d 3 �xa 2 1 8 . � b 4 J:t e 2
1 9. J.xe 2 tUb3+ 2 0 . �xb 3 �xb3
21 .11d2 �e3, 0-1

The Bishop Blocks at

b6 (b3)
25 . . . J:td7 26.�c5 J:txf7 27 . �xd6 � � � �
J:tf2+ 28.�xf2 tUxf2 29.�c5, 1-0

Game 1 23
Pikhailich-Gurieli,
Tbilisi 1975
l . e4 d6 2.d4 tUf6 3 .tUc3 g6 4 . f4
�g7 5.tUf3 0-0 6.�e3 tUc6 7.�d2
 Alekhine's Block 69

eS 8 .fxeS dxeS 9.dS lLlb8 1 0.J.c4

lLl b d 7 1 1 . 0 - 0 - 0 a 6 1 2 . h 3 b S
1 3 . J. d 3 J. b7 1 4 . g4 c S I S . g S
lLlhS 1 6 . l:t hg l 'tW a S 1 7 . J. e 2 b4
1 8 .lLl bl 'tWxa2 19.1Llh4 ttJf4 20.J.g4
l:tfdB 21 .J.xd7 l:txd7 22.lLlg2 l:tad8
23.J.xcS J.xdS 24.lLlxf4 exf4 25. 'tWxb4
Ab3!!

23 . . . 'tWc8 24.exf6+ was 2S.t7 l:tf8

26.a6 bxa6 27.lLlgS axb6 28 .lLl xh7
l:txf7 2 9 . lLlg S l:t e 7 3 0 . l:txb 6 a s
31 .J.xhS Wa7 32.l:tb2 J.e8 33.J.xe8
l:txe8 34.00 l:te7 3 S . lLleS, 1-0

Game 125
Kveinys-Kramnik,
26. 'tWxb3 l:txdl + 27. l:txdl J.xb2+ , Debrecen 1992
0-1
l . e 4 c S 2 . lLl f3 d6 3 . d 4 cxd4
4.lLl xd4 lLlf6 S . lLlc3 lLlc6 6 . J.gS
Game 1 24
e6 7 . 'tWd2 a6 8 . 0-0-0 h6 9 . J.f4
Yermol insky-E pishin,
J.d7 1 0 . J. g 3 l:t c 8 l 1 . f3 lLlxd4
Leningrad 1980
1 2.'tWxd4 eS 1 3 . 'tWe3 J.e7 1 4 .wbl
l . e4 e6 2 . d 4 dS 3 . lLlc3 J.b4 4 . e S
0 - 0 I S . h 4 'tW c 7 1 6 . J. d 3 J. e 6
c S S . a 3 J. xc 3 + 6 . bxc 3 'tW c 7
17.J.h2 'tWaS 18.'tWel l:txc3 19.'tWxc3
7 . 'tW g4 f6 8 . J.d 3 'tW f7 9 . h4 c4
'tWxa2+ 20.Wcl dS 2 1 . J.xeS dxe4
1 0 . J. e 2 lLl c 6 1 1 . 'tW g 3 lLl g e 7
1 2 . lLl f3 lLlfS 1 3 . 'tW f4 h S 1 4 . a 4 22.J.xe4 lLlxe4 23.fxe4 l:te8 24. 'tWg3
J.d7 I S . J. a3 0-0-0 1 6 . 0-0 l:t dg8 f6 2S.J.d4 Ab3!!
1 7 . l:t fb 1 l:t h 6 1 8 . J. c 1 'tW e 7
(see next dia gr am)
1 9 . 'tWh2 l:th7 2 0 . a S 'tWd8 2 1 . J.a3
'tWc7 2 2 . J.cS wb8 2 3 . Ab6! !
2 6 . J. c 3 'tWa 1 + 2 7 . w d 2 l:t d 8 +
(see next dia gr am) 28.'tWd3 l:txd3+ 29.wxd3 J.xc2+
30.Wxc2 �a4+ 3 1 .Wd3 bS 3 2.we3
70 Alekhine's Block

After 25 �b3 ! !
. . . After 1 9 . . . �b3!!

�cS+ 33.�f4 'tWc4 34.ttdB+ �h7

3S.1:hdl 'tWe2 36. �fS b4 37.�el
'tWxg2 3B.eS 'tWg6+ 39.�e6 'tWg4+ T h e Kni g ht Blocks at
40.�f7 'tWhS+, 0- 1
b6 ( b 3)
Game 1 2 6
C£J C£J C£J C£J
Howell-Zezulkin,
Pardubice 1994
l . e4 cS 2 . ltJf3 ltJc6 3 . d4 cxd4 Game 1 2 7
4 . ltJxd4 ltJf6 5 . ltJc3 eS 6 . ltJdbS Gruenfeld-Polugaevsky,
d6 7 . a4 �e6 B . ltJdS l:lcB 9 . � gS Riga 1979
..

a6 1 O . ltJbc3 �e7 I l . ltJxe7 ltJxe7 l . e 4 c S 2 . ltJ f3 d 6 3 . d4 cxd4

1 2 . �d3 dS 1 3 . �xf6 gxf6 1 4 . 'tWf3 4 . ltJxd4 ltJf6 S . ltJc3 a6 6. �gS e6
d4 1 5 . 'tWxf6 1:gB 1 6 . ltJe2 'tW a S + 7 . f4 bS B . e S dxeS 9 . fxe S 'tWc7
1 7 . �fl 1:g6 I B . 'tWh4 'tW d 2 1 9. f4 10.'tWe2 ltJfd7 1 1 .0-0-0 ltJc6 1 2 .ltJxc6
�b3!!
'tWxc6 1 3 . 'tWd3 h6 1 4 . �h4 �b7
1 5 . �e2 'tWc7 16.1:hel ltJcS 1 7 . 'tWh3
(see next diagram)
b4 I B . ltJbS axbS 1 9 . �xbS+ �c6
20. 'tWf3 �b3+n
20.'tWel 'tWxel+ 21.�el hc2 22.�
hd3 23.Wxd3 1:xg2 24.l:tagl 1:f2 (see next diagram)
2S.fxeS 1:f3+ 26.�xd4 ltJc6+ 27.�c5
ltJa5+ 2B.�dS 1:d3+ 29. ltJd4 1:c4, 2 1 .�bl ltJaS 2 2.1:d4 1:cB 23 . ttedl
0-1 gS 24. �xc6+ 'tWxc6 25 . 'tW d3 �e7
 Alekhine's Block 71

1 . lOb6+U 'It;b8 2.�h2 'Wxh2 3.�eS+

VWxeS 4 . lUd7+, 1 -0

Game 1 2 8
Chemin-Kveinys,
Klaipeda 1983
l . c4 eS 2. lUc3 fS 3.d4 exd4 4.'i!fxd4
lUc6 S . ..,fe3+ 'fIe7 6. lUdS 'the3
7.J.xe3 J.d6 8.lUf3 lUge7 9.0-0-0
After 20 . ttJb3+!!
. . a6 10. lOb6n

26.j,el 0-0 27.j,xb4 j,xb4 28. �xb4

lUc4 2 9 . b 3 lUxe S 30 . 'll\V e2 'll\V c 3
3 1 . � e4 lUc6 32. �d3 'll\V a S 33. �h3
lU b 4 3 4 . c 4 � fd 8 3 S . a 4 'll\V f S
3 6 . � f3 'll\V g6 37.'lt;b2 'll\V g 7+ 3 8.'lt;bl
� c 6 3 9 . c S lU d S 4 0 . � c 4 lU f4
4 1 . 'll\V b 2 �dl + 42.'lt;a2 'll\V f8 43.�fc3
�d8 4 4 . � c2 lUd3 4 5 . 'll\V c 3 'll\V d S
46.'lt;a3 lUeS 47. �b4 �d3 48. �b8+
'It;g7 49. 'll\V b 4 � d l S O . 'lt;a2 �a6
1 O . . . �b8 1 1 .�xd6 cxd6 1 2.j,f4 �f8
S 1 .�b6 �d4 S2.'ll\V xd4 'll\Vxd4 S3. �xa6
1 3 . j,xd6 �f6 1 4 .cS f4 I S .g3 �xd6
'll\V d3, 0-1
1 6.cxd6 lUfS 17 . J.h3 lUxd6 18.�dl
Position XXV lUe4 1 9 . 1Uxc8 lUxf2 20. J.xd7+ �d8
2 1 .�dS �xc8 22.j,xc8+, 1 -0

Game 1 2 9
Kramnik-Georgiev,
Moscow 1 994
l . lUf3 dS 2.d4 lUf6 3.c4 c6 4. lUc3
dxc4 S.a4 MS 6.lUeS e6 7.f3 j,b4
8.e4 �xe4 9.fxe4 lUxe4 1 0 . �d2
'i!fxd4 1 1 . lUxe 4 VWxe4+ 1 2 .'i!fe2
Friedman-Thomson,
�xd 2+ 1 3 . wxd2 iYdS+ 1 4 . � c 2
Canada 1 949 lUa6 I S . lUxc4 0-0-0 1 6.'i!fe3 <itb8
72 Alekhine's Block

1 7 . Ae2 �a8 18.g4 f6 1 9 . Ithdl 'i\Vg2 CUa6 1 O.cxdS CUb4 1 1 .'tWc4 CUbxdS
20 . Itxd8+ Itxd8 2 1 . 'tWxe 6 'iVxh2 1 2 . CU2b3 c6 1 3 .0-0 Ite8 14 .Itfdl
22.Itdl Itb8 23.aS CUc7 24.LOb6+!! i,g4 I S . It d2 'tWc8 1 6 . CUcS i,h3
17.Af3 Ag4 1 8 . i,g2 i,h3 1 9.Af3
i,g4 20 . i, hl hS 2 1 .b4 a6 22 . It c l
h 4 23 .a4 hxg3 24.hxg3 'tWc7 2S .bS
axbS 26. axbS l:[e3!! ( 6. 27 . . . Itxg3+
-+ )

24 . . . axb6 2 S . axb6 CUa6 26 . It a l

Itd8 27.'tWe7 'tWd6 28. It xa6+ �b8
29.�xd6+ Itxd6 30. Ita3 cS 3 1 . Itb3
g6 3 2 . l:t b S It e6 3 3 . i, d 3 It e S
34 . b4 h S 3 S . ItxcS Ite6 36.gxhS
gxhS 37 . ItxhS Itxb6 38.�c3 Itc6+ 27. CUf3 (27.fxe 3 'tWxg3+ 28. i,g2
39.�d4 Itb6 40.�cS Itc6+ 4 1 . �dS, CUxe3 -+ , Alekhine) cxbS 28.'tWxbS
1 -0 CUc3 29.'tWxb7 'tWxb7 30.CUxb7 CUxe2+
3 1 .�h2 CUe4 32.Itc4 CUxf2 33.Ag2
i,e6 34 .Itcc2 CUg4+ 3S .�h3 CUeS+
36.�h2 Itxf3 37.Itxe2 CUg4+ 38.�h3
The Rook Blocks at CUe3+ 39.�h2 CUxc2 40 .i,xf3 CUd4,
e6 (e3) 0-1

n n n n Game I 3 1
Alekhine-Wol f,
Pistyan 1922
Game 130
Reti-Alekhine, l . d4 dS 2. CUf3 cS 3 . c4 cxd4 4 .cxdS
Baden-Baden 1925 CUf6 S . CUxd4 a6 6.e4 CUxe4 7.'tWa4+
l .g3 eS 2 . CUf3 e4 3 . CUd4 dS 4 . d3 A d 7 8 . 'tW b 3 CU c S 9 . 'tW e 3 g 6
1 0 . CUf3 'tWc7 1 l .'tWc3 Itg8 1 2 . Ae3
exd3 S. 'i\Vxd3 CUf6 6. i,g2 i,b4+
b6 1 3 . CUbd2 i,g7 14 .i,d4 i,xd4
7. Ad2 Axd2+ 8. CUxd2 0-0 9 . c4
 Alekhine's Block 73

1 5 .ffxd4 j. b 5 1 6 . j.xb 5 + axb5

1 7 . 0 - 0 � a 4 1 8 . b 4 'tW d 8 1 9 . a 3
lUbd7 2 0 . � fe l wf8 2 1 .d6 lUe6
22.Dxe6!!

16.fxe3 d6 1 7 . 'tWd4 lUd7 1 8 . �f4

'tWe7 1 9 . �af1 lUeS 20. j.e4 �f8
2 1 . j.d3 j.c8 2 2 . 'tWe4 g6 23 .�f6
wg7 24.c4 j.d7 25 .h4 'tWxf6 26. lhf6
22 ... fxe6 23. lUg5 'tWb8 24. lUxe6+ wxf6 2 7 . 'tWd4 �e8 28. Wf2 wg7
wf7 25.lUg5+ wf8 26. 'tWd5 �g7 29.wel f6 30.wd2 lUg4 31 .e4 lUeS
2 7 . lUe6+ wg8 2 8 . lUxg7 + Wxg7 3 2 .'tWc3 lle7 33. 'tWa3 as 34 . 'tWb2
29.dxe7 lUf6 30.'tWxb5 �a7 3 1 . n e l lU f7 3 5 . j. c2 ll e 5 3 6 . 'tWa3 wf8
'tW d6 3 2 . e8 = lU + lUxe8 3 3 . 'tWxe8 37. j.a4 j.g4 38. 'tWd3 we7 39.c5
'tWxd2 34.'tWe5+ wf7 35.h4 lha3 dxc5 40 .'tWb5 lUd6 4 1 .'tWc6 wd8
3 6 . 'tW e 8 + w g 7 3 7 . � e 7 + w h 6 4 2 . j.c2 j.c8 4 3 . 'tWa8 g5 44. 'tWc6
3 8 . 'tW f8 + w h 5 3 9 . � e 5 + w g 4 gxh4 4 5 .gxh 4 � h 5 4 6 . e 5 fxe5
40 .�g5+, 1 -0 47. 'tWa4 e4 48. 'tWb3 j.b7 49.'tWc3
j.xd5 50. 'tWf6+ wd7 5 1 . a4 wc6
Game 132 52.'tWe7 wb7 53 .wc3 j.c6 54.wb2
Razuvaev-Tiviakov, c4 55.wc3 lUc8 56. 'tWf6 �c5 57.'tWh6
Roston-on-Don 1993 lUe7 58.'tWxh7 lUd5+ 59. wd4 c3
l . d4 lUf6 2 . c4 e6 3 . lU f3 b6 4 . g3 60. j.xe4 lUb4 61 . j.g6 j.xa4 62.h5
j.e7 5 . j.g2 j.b7 6. lUc3 0-0 7 . d5 c2 63 .j.xc2 j.xc2 64.'tWf7 a4 65.h6
j. b 4 8 . j. d 2 lU a 6 9 . 0 - 0 lU c 5 a3, 0- 1
t o.lUel �e8 l 1 .lUc2 j.xc3 12.j.xc3
exd5 13 .cxd5 lUce4 1 4 . lUe3 lUxc3
1 5 .bxc3 Dxe3U

(see next diagram)

74 Alekhine's Block

Game ! 33. The Bishop Blocks at

Raedski-Krasenkov,
e6 (e3)
Rostov-on-Don 1993
l . d4 lLl f6 2 . c4 cS 3 . lLl f3 cxd4 � � � �
4. lLlxd4 lLlc6 S .g3 g6 6. �g2 �g7
7.0-0 0-0 B . lLlc3 lLlg4 9.e3 lLlxd4
Game !34
1 0 .exd 4 ttJ h 6 1 1 . �xh 6 �xh6
Beliavsky-Vaganian,
1 2 .cS d6 1 3 .b4 �g7 14.:tc1 l:tbB
USSR 1977
I S . a4 �fS 1 6 . l:t e l l:t e B 1 7 . b S
dxcS IB .dxcS 'tWaS 1 9 . 'tWb3 �e6 1 .d4 ttJf6 2 . c4 cS 3 .dS bS 4 . cxbS
20.l:txe6!t a6 S . bxa6 �xa6 6. ttJc3 g6 7. ttJf3
d6 B . g 3 �g7 9 . �h 3 0-0 1 0 .0-0
ttJbd7 1 1 . l:tel 'tWc7 1 2 .�f4 l:tfbB
1 3 .�d2 l:tb4 1 4 . l:tac l hS I S. �h6
�xh6 16.�xh6 l:txb2 17 .e4 �cB
18.Ae6!t

20 .. .fxe6 2 1 .h4 whB 22. ttJe4 l:tfB

2 3 . l:t d l l:t b dB 2 4 . l:txd B �xdB
2S .'tWxe 6 'tW d l + 2 6 . w h 2 �xa4
27.'tWxe7 'tWxbS 2B. ttJd6 'tWb3 29.f4
as 30 . �xb7 a4 3 1 .c6 a3 3 2 . c7
IB . . . ttJfB I 9 .eS ttJg4 20 .�xg4 �xg4
'tWc2+ 33.wh3 a2 34.cB='tW �xcB+
2 1 .ttJe4 fidB 22.e6 fxe6 23.ttJh4
3S .�xc B a l = 'tW 3 6 . ttJ f7 + w g B
'tWeB 24.dxe6 �xe6 2S. l:tc3 �f7
37. �e6 'tWhl + 38.wg4 h S + 39.wgS
26. l:tf3 'ff g 7 27.�gS l:tb6 2B. ttJc3
w h 7 4 0 . g 4 'tW g l 4 1 . ttJ e S 'tW b l
wh7 29. l:txfB l:txfB 30. l:txe6 l:tf6
4 2 . ttJd7 l:taB 43 .�dS hxg4 44. ttJf6+
31 .l:te3 �f7 32.l:tel l:tb2 33.ttJe4
whB 45 .�e4, 1 -0
l:tfxf2 34.'tWe3 l:tfS 3S. ttJxfS �xfS
36. l:tf1 'tWeS 37.ttJgS+ wg7 3B .l:tf7+
wgB 39.�xe S dxeS 40. l:txe7 c4
 Alekhine's Block 75

41 .lk7 �xa2 42.�xc4 �al + 43.Wg2 Game 1 3 6

�a2+ 44.wgl �al + 4S.Wg2 �a2+ Bareev-Shirov,
46.wh3 wg7 47. �c6 �e2 4B. �e6 Madrid 1994
�e3, 1 -0 l .c4 e6 2.g3 dS 3 . Jig2 c6 4. 'Q\Vc2
dxc4 S . 'Q\Vxc4 bS 6 . 'Q\Vc2 J.b7 7 . a4
Game 1 35
a6 B.lOc3 1Od7 9.axbS axbS l 0 . �xaB
Ivanchuk-Lukin,
'Q\VxaB l 1 . lO f3 lOgf6 1 2 .0-0 iLe7
Rostov-on-Dun 1993
1 3 . b3 0-0 14 . Jib2 �cB I S . l:1 a l
l .d4 lOf6 2.c4 g6 3. lOf3 J.g7 4 . g3 'Q\VbB 1 6 . 1O d 4 h 6 1 7 . d 3 1O e 5
dS S.cxdS lOxdS 6. J.g2 0-0 7.0-0 I B . 'Q\V c 1 lOed 7 1 9. 'Q\V d2 lOcS 20. 'Q\V c2
lOb6 B . lOc3 lOc6 9 . dS lOb4 1 O . e4 lOa6 2 1 . � c l lOb4 2 2 . 'Q\Vd2 �dB
c6 l 1 . a3 lOa6 1 2. J.gS h6 1 3 . J.f4 23.lOc2 1Oxc2 24.'Q\Vxc2 cS 2S. iLxb7
cxdS 1 4 . exdS lOc4 I S .'iWe2 lOd6 'Q\Vxb7 26.lObl lOdS 27. �dl JigS
1 6 . �adl J.g4 1 7 .h3 J.xf3 I B . Jixf3 2B.h4 �e3!!
lO c S 1 9 . h 4 � e B 2 0 . Ji g 2 'Q\V d 7
21 .wh2 1Oa4 22. lOxa4 'Q\Vxa4 23.J.h3
� adB 24 . � d3 hS 2 S . � c l lO b S
26.J.eS J.xeS 27.'Q\VxeS �d6 28 . �e3
'Q\V a S 2 9 . b4 'Q\Va4 3 0 . 'Q\V g S lOd4
3 1 .Ae6!!

29.lOd2 Jid4 30. lOe4 'Q\Vb6 3 1 .'Q\Vcl

fS 3 2 . lO c 3 'Q\Vd6 3 3 . W g 2 'Q\V e S
34.lOxdS iLxb2 3S. lOe7+ W 36.lOc6
'Q\VdS+ 37.e4 'Q\Vxc6 3 B . 'Q\Vxb2 fxe4
3 9 . d 4 e 3 + 4 0 . w g l 'Q\Vf3 4 1 . � f1
wgB, O-1
3 1 . . .lOxe6 32.dxe6 'Q\Va6 33.ext7+
wxf7 34 . � c7 �f6 3 S . wg2 'Q\Vd6
36.'Q\VcS 'Q\VxcS 37.bxcS bS 3B.c6 a6
39.�c3, 1 -0
76 Alekhine's Block

The Kni g ht Blocks at 2 4 . � h4 hS 2 S . �gS �hB 26. l:t e l

�dB 27.lLle6+ 1!
e6 (e 3 )
{jj {jj {jj {jj

Game 1 3 7
Gibot-Lazar,
Paris 1924
l . d4 lUf6 2 . lUd2 eS 3.dxe S lUg4
4.h3 lDe3!!, 0-1
27 . . . j.xe6 2 B . dxe6 �h6 2 9 . ext7
l:tfB 30 . l:txhS l:tthB 3 1 . l:txe7 lUd7
32. l:txh6 l:txh6 33.f6+, 1 -0

Game 1 3 9
Fischer-Reshevsky,
New York 1959
l . e4 cS 2 . lU f3 lUc6 3 . d4 cxd4
4 . lUxd4 g6 S.Ae3 lUf6 6.lUc3 Ag7
final position
7 . Ac4 0-0 B .Ab3 lUaS 9.eS lUeB
1 O . Axt7+ wxt7 1 1 .lLle61!
Game 1 3 8
Panov-Sorokin,
Leningrad 195 3
l .e4 c S 2. lUf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4. lUxd4
lU f6 S . lU c3 a6 6 . g 3 A g 4 7 . f3
j.d7 B.Ae3 lUc6 9.�d2 g6 1 0 . lUdS
lUxdS l 1 .exdS lUeS 1 2.h3 j.cB 1 3 . f4
lU d 7 1 4 . A g 2 A g 7 1 5 . 0 -0 0 - 0
16J::t a d1 a s 17.wh2 lUcS 1 B .fS Ad7
1 9 . j.h6 �b6 20.b3 �b4 21 .�e3
1 l . . dxe6 1 2 .'*YxdB lUc6 1 3 . �d2
�aeB 22.j.xg7 wxg7 23.�f4 �b6
.

AxeS 1 4 . 0-0 lUd6 l S . Af4 lUc4

 Alekhine's Block 77

1 6 . 'tIf e 2 Axf4 1 7 'tIfxc 4 <it> g 7 7 . Ac4 cS B . ltJe2 0-0 9 . 0-0 ltJc6

1 B . ltJe4 Ac7 1 9 . 1tJc5 lH6 2 0 . c 3 1 O . Ae3 'tIfc7 l 1 . 1:1 c 1 1:1dB 1 2 . 'tIfd2
e 5 2 1 . 1:1 ad 1 ltJdB 2 2 . ltJd7 1:1 c 6 'tIf a 5 1 3 ' 1:1 fd 1 b6 1 4 . Ah6 A a 6
23 .'tIfh4 1:1e6 24.ltJc5 1:1f6 25.ltJe4 1 5.Axa 6 Axh6 1 6 . 'tIfxh 6 'tIfxa6
l:tf4 26.'tIfxe7+ l:tf7 27. 'tIfa3 ltJc6 1 7 . ltJf4 cxd4 1 B . l:td3 'tIfb5 19. 1:th3
2B.ltJd6 Axd6 29. 1:1xd6 Af5 30.b4 'tIfe5 20.'tIfxh7+ <it>fB 2 1 . llle 6+!!
l:t ffB 3 1 . b5 ltJ d B 3 2 . l:t d 5 ltJ f7
33 .l:tc5 a6 34 .b6 Ae4 35.l:te1 Ac6
36.l:txc6 bxc6 37.b7 l:tabB 3B.'tIfxa6
ltJdB 3 9 . l:t b 1 l:t f7 4 0 . h 3 l:t fxb7
4 1 .l:txb7+ 1:1xb7 42 .'tIfaB, 1-0

Game 1 40
Luzgin-Ioffe,
Minsk 1968
1 . e4 g6 2 . ltJf3 d6 3 . Ac4 ltJd7
2 1 . . .fxe 6 2 2 . 'tIfxg 6 'tIf f6 2 3 . l:t f3
4. Axf7 + <it>xf7 5 . ltJg5+ C5 . . . <it>eB
'tIfxf3 24.gxf3 d3 25.<it>h 1 , 1 -0
6.lll e 6!! +- , see diagram) , 1 -0

Game 1 42
Zaitsev-Vogt,
Baku 1980
1 .e4 cS 2.ltJf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4. ltJxd4
d6 5. ltJc3 Ae7 6.g4 a6 7 . Ae3 b5
8. Ag2 Ab7 9.0-0 h5 1 0.gxh5 ltJd7
1 1 . a3 'tIfc7 1 2 . f4 ltJgf6 1 3 . 'tIfe2
l:txh5 1 4 . f5 e 5 15. lll e 6!!

final position (see next diagram)

Game 1 4 1
1 5 .. .fxe6 1 6 . fxe6 'tIfc4 1 7 . exd7+
Gligoric-Smejkal , ltJxd7 l B . 'tIfxc4 bxc4, 1/2-1/2
Iceland 1975
1 .d4 ltJf6 2.c4 g6 3 . ltJc3 d5 4.cxd5
ltJxd 5 5 . e 4 ltJxc 3 6 . bxc 3 A g 7
78 Alekhine's Block

3 1 .'tWc2 exf3 32.lOxf3 d 4 33. l:ta3

Ag4 34 . l:t a2 l:te3 3S.';t> gl l:tbeB
36.l:tf1 Axf3 37. exf3 l:txf3 3B.'tWdl
l:tee3 39.l:taf2 l:txf2 40 .l:txf2 ffe6
41 .c;t>f1 cS 4 2 . 'tWd2 'ff a6 43.'tWdl
'tWb6 44. l:td2 'tWb7 4S.c;t>gl l:txd3 ,
0-1

Game 144
Afte r 1 5 .lLle6!!
Vyzmanavin-Tseitlin,
USSR 1985
l .d4 lOf6 2 . lOf3 g6 3 . AgS Ag7
Game 1 43. 4 . c3 0 - 0 S . lO b d 2 b6 6 . e 4 d S
Miles-Littlewood, 7 . A d 3 A b 7 B . 'tWe 2 h6 9 . j. h4
England 1984 dxe4 1 0 . lOxe4 lOhS I l .Ag3 lOd7
l .c4 eS 2 . lOc3 lOf6 3 . lOf3 lOc6 1 2.0-0-0 cS 1 3.Ac4 cxd4 1 4 . lOxd4
4.d3 d6 S .g3 g6 6. Ag2 Ag7 7.0-0 'tWcB 1 5.111 e 6n
0-0 B J:! b l as 9 . a3 l:teB 1 O . AgS
h6 1 1 . Axf6 'tWxf6 1 2 . b4 axb4
1 3 .axb4 'tWdB 1 4 .bS lOe7 I S . 'tWb3
A e 6 1 6 . lO d 2 l:t b B 1 7 . l:t a l c6
I B.l:ta7 dS 19 .1:tcl hS 20.'tWa2 h4
2 1 .bxc6 bxc6 22.lOf3 h3 23.j.hl
lOfS 24. lOd2 Ah6 2 S.l:tdl /Lle3 ! !

IS ... lOeS I6.AxeS AxeS 17.lOd2 Af6

I B .g4 bS 1 9 . 9xh S bxc4 20.lOxfB
Axhl 2 1 . lLlxg6 'tWb7 22.lLleS l:tbB
23.lLldxc4 A g S + 24 . c;t> b l 'tW e 4 +
2S.'tWxe4 Axe4+ 26.c;t>al l:tcB 27. l:td4
A fS 2B . f4 Af6 2 9 . lLl e 3 A e 6
3 0 . c 4 a s 3 1 .b3 Ag7 32.c;t>bl c;t>fB
26.fxe3 Axe3+ 27.c;t>f1 'tWf6+ 2B .Af3 33 .c;t>c2 �eB 34. c;t>d2 Af6 3S.c;t>e2
Ad4 2 9 . l:t a 3 Axc3 30. l:txc3 e 4
 Alekhine's Block 79

l:t bB 3 6 . tLl d S a4 3 7 . tLl c 7 + �fB �c7 47.M2 i.bI 4B.a4 MS 49.i.el

3B. tLlxe 6 + fxe 6 3 9 . tLl d 7 + �f7 h3+ SO.�f3 i.d6, 0-1
40. tLlxbB i.xd4, 1 -0
Game 1 46
Game 1 45 Krasenkov -Dvoirys,
Teske-Gruenberg, Podolsk 1993
Tsittau 1989 l .tLlf3 tLlf6 2 .d4 g6 3.c4 j,g7 4.g3
l . c4 tLlf6 2 . tLlc3 cS 3 . g3 e6 4. tLlf3 dS S.cxdS tLlxdS 6.j,g2 tLlc6 7.e4
b6 S . i.g2 i.b7 6 . 0-0 i.e7 7 .b3 tLlb6 B . dS tLlaS 9 . 0-0 0-0 1 0 . tLlc3
0-0 B. i.b2 dS 9.cxdS tLlxdS 1 0. l:tc1 c6 1 1 . i. f4 cxdS 1 2 . exdS tLl ac4
tLla6 l 1 . d4 l:t c B 1 2 . tLlbS tLl ac7 1 3 .'tWe2 MS 1 4 .�ac1 lkB I S . b3
13.tLlxc7 l:txc7 1 4.dxcS i.xcS I S . l:tc4 tLld6 16.i.eS j,h6 1 7 . rt cdl 'tWd7
i. a 6 1 6 . l:t a 4 i. b S 1 7 . l:t g 4 fS I B . j,d4 j,g4 1 9.h3 tLlfS 20.hxg4
I B . tLld4 fxg4 19. tLlxe6 lL:)e3!! tLlxd4 2 1 . tLlxd4 l:txc3 22J Ifel ctJcB
23.i.h3 l:tcS 24.llJe6!!, 1 -0

20. 'tW xdB l:txdB 2 1 . fxe3 i.xe3 +

final position
2 2 . � h l l:t c d 7 2 3 . tLlxd B l:txdB
24.h3 i.xe2 2S.l:tel l:tdl 26.l:txdl
i.xdl 27. i.dS+ �fB 28. �g2 gxh3+
29.�xh3 hS 30 .i.eS i.g4+ 31 .�g2
i. c S 3 2 . i. b B a s 3 3 . i. e S g S
3 4 . j,f6 j,e7 3S.j,d4 j,cS 36.M6
j,e7 37. j,d4 j,dB 3 B .j,eS We7
39. �f2 �d7 40. �g2 i.c7 4 1..i f6
i.dB 4 2 . i. e S h4 4 3 .gxh 4 gxh4
44.�f2 j,e7 4S.�g2 MS 46. i.d4
80 Alekhine's Block

The Kni g ht Blocks at Game 1 48

Alekhine-Allies,
d6 (d3)
Palma de Mallorca 1935
C{j C{j C{j C{j (simultaneous consultation)
l .e4 c6 2 .d4 dS 3 . lLlc3 dxe4 4 .lLlxe4
lLl f6 S . j. d 3 Wixd4 6 . lLl f3 Wi d8
Game 1 47
7. Wie2 lLlbd7 8.�d6 =#: , 1 -0
N eumann-Anderssen,
Berlin 1864
l .e4 eS 2.f4 exf4 3. lLlf3 gS 4.j.c4 g4
s.o-o gxf3 6.'�xf3 Wie7 7.Wixf4 lLlh6
8.lLlc3 j.g7 9.eS bS 1 O . lLlxbS lLla6
l 1 .d4 j.b7 12 .�d6+n

final position

This trap is o ver 1 00 years o ld. You

can see it in the manual o f Jean
Dufresne (cr. 1 88 1 ) after l .d4 dS
2 . c4 e6 3 . lLl c 3 cS 4 . lLlf3 €xd4
1 2 . . . cxd6 1 3.exd6 Wie4 1 4 . j.xf7+ S . lLlxd4 eS 6 . lLl d b S d4 7 . lLl d S
wd8 I S . WigS+ Wc8 16. Wixg7 lLlxf7 lLla6 8.Wia4 j.d7 9.e3 lLle7 1 O . lLld6 # ,
1-0. Here are some further examples :
17.11xf7 lld8 18.it.d2 it.c6 1 9 .it.aS
wb7 20.it.xd8 llxd8 2 1 .c4 lLlb4 Game 1 49
22 .dS j.a4 2 3 . b3 llg8 24.'tWxg8 Levenberg-Bjorklund,
Wid4+ 2S.11f2 Wixa 1 + 26. llfl Wid4+ 1 900(?)
27. whl lLld3 28. Wif7, 1-0
l .e4 dS 2.exdS WixdS 3. lLlc3 WiaS
4 . j.c4 lLlf6 S .d3 j.g4 6.f3 j.hS
7.j.d2 c6 8.�e2 lLlbd7 9 . lLlbS Wid8
10.�d6 # , 1 -0

(see next diagram)

 Alekhine's Block 81

final position final position

Game 1 50
Keres-Arlamovsky,
Alekhine's Block
Szczawno-Zdroj 195 0
on the
l .e4 c6 2.d4 dS 3 . lLlc3 dxe4 4. lLlxe4
lLld7 S : �e2 lLlgf6 6.lOd6 =11= , 1 -0 Outerm ost Squ ares

Piece sacrifices on the squares a6, h6

(a3 , h3) happen from time to time.
However they often d o not contain
the idea o f blockade, but are used
to destroy the opposing King's pa�n
cover. For example, as in o ur next
game.
final position
Game 1 52,
Alekhine-Tartakower,
Game 1 5 1
Kecskemet 1 927
Dudkin -Skitin,
USSR 1 967 l .e4 c6 2.d4 dS 3 . tUc3 dxe4 4. tUxe4
tUf6 S. lLlg3 eS 6. lLlf3 exd4 7. tUxd4
l .d4 dS 2 .c4 eS 3 .dxeS d4 4 . lLlf3
� c S 8 . 'ffi e 2 + � e 7 9 . � e 3 c S
lLl c 6 S . lLl b d 2 'ffi e 7 6 . a 3 lLlxeS
1O. lLldfS 0-0 1 l .'ffi c 4 lle8 1 2. �d3
7. lLlxd4 lOd3 =11= , 0- 1 b6 1 3 .0-0-0 h6 14.lOh6+!!
82 Alekhine's Block

1O. lLlfS 0-0 l l .llel lleS 1 2 .'iVf3 cS

1 3 . J.gS J.fS 14.lOh6+ U, 1 -0

14 . . . gxh6 1 S .�xh7+ lLlxh7 16.�g4+

<Jt>hS 17 .r!xdS llxdS IS .'iVe4 lLlc6
final position
19.'iVxc6 MS 20. lLlfS �c4 2 1 . �xh6
�dS 2 2 . Vlflc7 llacS 23. �f4 llc6
24.�xfS llxfS 25. 'iVeS+ lLlf6 26. lLld6, Game 1 54
1-0 Charushin-Granberg ,
corr. 1984-85
Nevertheless, a few examples of
l . e 4 e S 2 . lLl f3 d6 3 . d 4 exd4
Alekhine's Blo ck on the outerm ost
squares may be seen below. 4 . lLlxd4 lLlf6 S . lLlc3 J.e7 6.M4 0-0
7 � d 2 c6 S . O - O - O bS 9 . f3 b4
1 0. lLlce2 lLlhS I l . h4 cS 1 2. lLlbS
J.d7 1 3 . lLlxd6 'iVaS 1 4 . 'iVdS lLlxf4
The Kni ght Blocks I S . lLlxf4 �c6 1 6 . 'iVc4 lLld7 1 '. lLlfS
J.dS IS .lLldS J.xdS 1 9 . 'iVxdS J.f6
an Outermost Sq uare
20.'�b3 'iVc7 2 1 . J.bS lLlb6 22. lld6
fU fU fU fU a6 23.�c4 lladS 24.lOh6+U

Game 153
Alekhine-Ricondo,
Santander 1945
(blindfold simultaneous)
l .e4 eS 2. lLlf3 lLlc6 3 . �bS a6 4 . �a4
lLlf6 S.lLlc3 �e7 6.0-0 d6 7.�xc6+
bxc 6 S . d 4 exd4 9 . lLlxd 4 � b 7
 Alekhine's Block 83

24 . . . gxh6 2 S.�xf6 as 26.j.bS wg7 The Bishop Blocks an

2 7 . � fS � d4 2 8 . 'tW e 3 a4 2 9 . c 3
Outerm ost Square
� fd8 30.�hS �8d6 3 1 .Wbl lLlc4
32.j.xc4 �xc4 33.�c1 'tWb6 34.cxb4 � � � �
'tWxb4 3S.�xcS �d2 36.'tWxd2 'tWxd2 L- _________ ---1

37.�Sxc4 'tWxg2 38. �xa4 'tWxf3 39.eS

'tWfS + 4 0 . W a l hS 4 1 . � e l w f8 Game 1 55
42.a3 we7 43.�d4 'tWf2 44. �ee4 A lekhine-Gutkevich ,
'tWgl + 4S .Wa2 'tWg8 46. �dS we6 Moscow 1910
47.�cS 'tWa8 48J �ec4 wfS 49.a4 (sim ultaneous)
we6 SO.aS wfS S 1 .. �d4 �a7 S2.b4 l .e4 e6 2.d4 dS 3 . lLlc3 lLlf6 4.exdS
'tWb7 S3.�cdS, 1 -0
exd S S . j. g S j. e 7 6 . j. d 3 0 - 0
7 . lLl ge2 c6 8 . 'tWd2 j.e6 9 . 0-0-0
Position XXVI
lLle8 1 0 . h 4 lLl d 6 l 1 . lLl g 3 j. f6
1 2.lLlhS ltJd7 13.'tWf4 j.e7 14.iUt6U

Spigel-Salmon,
USA 1 984
14 . . . lLle8 I S . j.xg7 j.gS 1 6 . hxgS
1.lLlh6+!! wh8 2. lLlgS �e7 3 . �d8!
lLlxg7 17.j.xh7+, 1-0
lLlbd7 4 .'tWe3! (4 . . . �xe3 S . lLlgxf7 " ;
4 . . . lLldS S. 'tWxe7 lLlxe7 6. lLlgxf7 " ; Game 1 56
4 . . . gxh6 S. 'tWxe7 +- ), 1 -0 Alekhine & Frank­
Bogoljubow & Stolik,
Warsaw 1941 (consultation)
l . e 4 c S 2 . lLl f3 d6 3 . d 4 cxd4
4.lLlxd4 lLlf6 S.f3 eS 6.j.bS+ lLlbd7
7 . lLlfS �aS+ 8. lLlc3 dS 9.exdS a6
84 Alekhine's Block

1 O .�a4 b5 1 1 .�b3 lUe5 1 2 .lUe3 1 ... Ah3!! 2 . lU e 3 �xg 2 3 . lUf5

lUxb3 1 3 .exb3 �b7 1 4 . 0-0 1:1d8 (3. lUxg2 'fig5 4.f3 lUh3+ -+ ) �xe4
1 5 .'fie2 �e5 1 6.whl 0-0 1 7 . lUf5 4 . lUg3 lUh3 # , 0- 1
lUxd5 18.Ah6U
Position XXVIII

1 8 . . . f6 1 9 . 1Uxg7 lU f4 2 0 . 'fi e l
Adams- Bernsrein,
wh8 2 1 . lUf5 1:1g8 2 2 . 'fih4 1:1 g6
USA 1 93 6
23.M4 exf4 24.'fixf4 l:1dg8 25.lUh4
1:16g7 26. 1:1ae l 'fib6 27 .l:1e2 �d4 1.Ah6!! 'ff dB 2.�xg7 1:1e8 3.lUxe7+
28.lUf5 �e5 29.1:1xe5 fxe5 30.'fixe5 (3 ... 'ffxe7 4.££6 +- ; 3 ...Wxg7 4. 'fi g5+
'fie7 3 1 . 'fid4 'fid7 3 2 . 'fif6 'ff d 8 wf8 [4. . . wh8 5.'fif6 # 1 5.'fih6+ Wxe7
33.'fixd 8 l:1xd8 3 4 . lUxg 7 wxg7 6. 'ffd6 # ), 1-0
35 .1:1dl , 1 -0
Position XXIX
Position XXVII

Coria-Capablanca,
1 .. . Ah3!! 2.whl ( 2.f4 'fig6 -+ )
Buenos Aires 1 9 14 �xg2 + 3 . Wxg2 'fif3+ 4.Wgl 'ff g 4+
5. whl lUf3 6. 'fidl 'fih3 -+
 Alekhine's Block 85

Game 1 5 7 The Rook Blocks

Afek-Bimboim,
an O uterm ost Square
Israel 1993
l .e4 cS 2 . c3 dS 3.exdS �xdS 4 . d4 n n n n
ttJ c 6 S . ttJ f3 j. g 4 6 . j. e 2 cxd4
7 . cxd4 e6 8. ttJc3 �aS 9 . 0-0 ttJf6
Position XXX
1 0 .h 3 j. h S l 1 . a 3 j.e7 1 2 . j.e 3
ttJdS 1 3 . ttJxdS �xdS 1 4 Jkl 0-0
IS.ltJeS .be2 16.ttJxaS � 17.ttJxe7+
�h8 1 8 . l:tcS �a6 1 9 . � b l j.d3
20. �cl j,xfl 2 1 . �h6!!

Morphy's Problem
Mate in Two

1 .l:la6!! j, h 2 ( t . . bxa6 2 . b7 # )
.

2. l:txa7 # , 1-0
2 1 . . . f6 2 2 . 11 c 7 lI f7 2 3 . ttJ f S
Position XXXI
exfS 24Jhf7 hg2 2S.'lflxg2 gxh6
26.�xh6 : g 8 + 27. �h2 �d6+
28.f4 l:tg2+ 29.'lflxg2 �dS+ 30.�h2
�xf7 3 1 . �h4 �e6 3 2 . �f2 �e4,
1 /2-1/2

Mate in Four

1.J:1h3+!! gxh3+ 2. �f3 g4+ 3. �f4

g3 4.hxg3 # , 1 -0
86 Alekhine's Block

Alekhi ne's Block a6 B . .tbS axb S 9 . axb 5 1fxf3 ! !

In 1 0.Qxf3 l:txal l 1 . tOb3 ( l 1 .0-0 cxd4
1 2.'Wt'f4 tObd7 1 3 .�c7 l:taB 1 4 . tOc4
Openin g Theory .tcS I S . tOd6+ �e7 1 6.tOfS+ exfS
1 7 . l:t e l + tOe4 I B .£3 d3+ 1 9 .�f1
In many cases Alekhine's Block can
.td6 2 0 . 'tWc3 tOeS 2 1 .fxe4 fxe4
be applied to the stud y of chess open­
22.cxd3 .te6 23.d4 tOg4 :;: , Weiss­
ings, and mention has alread y been
made of the now typical Exchange Chistiakov, Moscow 1 94 8 ) l:ta4
sacrifice in the Sicilian Defense. Be­ 1 2.�g3 tObd7 1 3 . 'iVc7 l:taB I 4 .dxcS
low is a short compilation which ex­ .t e 7 I S . c 6 bxc6 1 6 . bxc 6 tO c s
am ines an interesting variation of the 1 7 . tOd4 tOdS I B . �g3 0-0 1 9 .0-0
French Defense, arising after the .tf6 2 0 . tO b S .t a 6 2 1 . c 4 .txbS
moves l .e4 e6 2 .d4 dS 3 . tOd2 cS 22.cxbS l:tfbB 23.b4 tOe4 24. 1Wd3
4.exdS �xdS S.tOgf3 tOf6 6. .tc4
tOec3 2 S . .td2 tOxbS 26.g3 l:ta3
�c6 7.a4 a6!? B . .tbS axbS 9.axbS
27. '�c4 hS 2B.l:tel tObc7 29.�g2
1hf3JJ
l:tbaB 30 . .tf4 l:ta2 3 1 .l:tbl tOxf4+
32.'e6'xf4 tOdS 33.'tWcl .td4 34.c7
l:txf2+ 3S.�h3 l:tcB 36.�gS l:txc7,
0- 1

Game 1 59_
Sherbakov-Chistiakov,
Moscow 195 5
l .e4 e6 2.d4 dS 3. tOd2 cS 4 . exdS
'Wt'xdS S.tOgf3 tOf6 6 . .tc4 'Wt'c6 7 . a4
We will consider A) 10. �xf3, B)
a6 B . .t b S axb S 9 . axb 5 1fxf3JJ
1 O .gxf3 and C) 1O. l:txaB
1O.�xf3 l:txal 1 l .tOb3 l:ta4 1 2.dxcS
A) lO.Wxf3 tObd7 13 .0-0 tOxcs 1 4 .tOxcS .txcS
I S .�c3 b6 16.b3 l:tg4 17.h3 l:tg6
Game 1 58 18. 'Wt'f3 0-0 19 . .te3 .txe3 20.�xe3
Ravinsky-Chistiakov, .tb7 2 1 .£3 tOdS 2 2 . �d4 f6 23.c4
Moscow 1948 eS 2 4 . �e4 l:txg2+ 2S .�hl l:td2
l .e4 e6 2.d4 dS 3.tOd2 cS 4.exdS 26.cxdS .txdS 27.�b4 l:tdB 28. 'Wt'e7
.tf7 29.'Wt'c7 l:t2d6 30.l:tal hS 3 1 .h4
�xdS S. tOgf3 tOf6 6. .tc4 �c6 7.a4
 Alekhine's Block 87

l:tSd7 3 2 ."c2 AdS 3 3 . "fS Axb3 ltJd4 S1 . � e l ltJxf3+ 5 2 . '�d l ltJd4 ,

3 4 . "xhS l:td8 3 5 . .,f5 l:td4 3 6 . "h3 0-1
l:t f4 3 7 . l:t c 1 l:txf3 3 S . "g 4 l:t f4
3 9 . "g3 AdS+ 4 0. '� h 2 Af7 4 1 . l:t gl Game 1 6 1
g6 4 2 . "c 3 l:txh 4 + 4 3 . �g3 l:thd4 0 ' Donnell-Hergott,
44."c7 l:td3+ 4S . �h2 l:t3d6 46 . l:t a l Kingston 1 992
l:t S d7 4 7 . "bS+ � g 7 4S . l:t aS g5 1 . e4 e 6 2 .d4 dS 3 . ltJd2 cS 4 . e xd5
49. l:ta6 Ac4 5 0 . l:txb6 ll d 2 + 5 1 . �gl "xdS 5 . ltJgf3 ltJf6 6 . Ac4 "c6 7 . a4
ll dl + S2 .'�h2 117d2+ 5 3 . �g3 l:tgl + a6 S . A b S axb S 9 . axb 5 1Jxf3!!
5 4 . wf3 g4+ 5 5 . �e4 l:td4+ S 6 . �e3
1O . .,xf3 r!xa l 1 1 .ltJb3 l1aS 1 2 .dxcS
l:tg3+ 5 7 . �f2 l:tf3+ 58.�gl l:t d l +
ltJbd7 1 3 . Ae3 ltJxcS 1 4 . ltJxc5 r! a l +
S 9 . Wg2 : d 2 + , 0 - 1
1 5 .�e2 rIxh I 1 6 . "g3 Ae7 1 7 . "c7

Game 1 60 0-0 l S . "xe7 rI b l 1 9 . 1tJ d3 r! e S

2 0 . "a3 e S 2 1 . " a 2 rt g l 2 2 . ltJ e l
Janetschek-Weinzettl ,
r! h l 2 3 . h 3 ltJ h S 2 4 . ltJ d 3 ll g l
Austria 1 990
2 5 . "a4 ltJf4+ 26. ltJxf4 exf4 2 7 . "xf4
l . e4 e6 2 . d4 dS 3 . ltJd2 cS 4 . exd5
l:txg2 2S . "c7 , 1 /2- 1 / 2
"xdS S . ltJgf3 ltJf6 6. Ac4 "c6 7 . a4
a6 S . A bS axb S 9 . axb 5 lhf3!t B) lO.gxf3
1O."xf3 llxal l 1 . ltJb3 l:ta4 1 2 .dxc5
ltJbd7 1 3 .0-0 ltJxcS 1 4 . ltJxcS AxeS Game 1 62
I S .b3 llg4 1 6 . h 3 l:tg6 1 7 ."c3 b6 Pletanek-Pick,
I S . b4 ltJdS 1 9 . ., f3 ltJxb4 2 0 . c 3 Czechoslovakia 1 991
ltJ d S 2 1 . c 4 ltJ e 7 2 2 . A e 3 Axe3 1 .e4 e6 2 . d4 dS 3 . ltJd2 cS 4 . e xd5
2 3 . "xe3 0-0 24 . "xb6 e5 2 S . "c7 "xdS S . ltJgf3 ltJf6 6 . Ac4 "c6 7 . a4
ltJfS 2 6 . rI d l ltJ d 4 2 7 . � h l ltJ e 6 a6 S . A b 5 axb S 9 . axb S 1Jxf3!t
2S."xe5 A b 7 2 9 . f3 h 6 30. l:td7 l:tg5 1 O .gxf3 : x a l 1 1 . ltJb3 l:taS 1 2 . dxc5
3 1 . "d6 1:la8 3 2 . h 4 llg6 3 3 . "e7 ltJ b d7 1 3 . A e 3 �e7 1 4 . 0 - 0 0-0
l:tal + 34.Wh2 :a2 3 5 . "xf7+ wh7 1 5 . c4 eS 1 6 . "c2 lldS 1 7 . "c3 e4
3 6 . " xg 6 + �xg 6 3 7 . 11xb 7 : c 2 I s .c6 bxc6 1 9 . bxc6 ltJfS 2 0 . fxe4
3 S . l:t b6 wf5 39Jk6 ltJf4 40. l k 5 + Ah3 2 1 . : c l ltJxe4 2 2 ."e5 ltJxf2
w f6 4 1 . � g3 g5 4 2 . hxg 5 + hxgS 2 3 . A xf2 Af6 2 4 . "e 2 ltJg6 25. Ag3
4 3 . l:t c6+ wfS 4 4 . : c S + wf6 4 S . �h2 r! e S 2 6 . " h 5 A e 6 2 7 . l:t c 2 ltJ e 7
lhg2+ 46.�hl r!b2 4 7 . :cS ltJe6 2S. "bS ltJfS 29. M4 A d 4 + 30. �g2
4S . W g 1 wf5 4 9 . wfl wf4 5 0 . l:t e 8 Ae3 3 1 . Ag3 ltJxg3 3 2 . h xg3 :ebS
88 Alekhine's Block

33 .'C!fe5 l:txb3 3 4 . 11 e 2 �b6 3 5 . • d6 Postscript

�xc4 36. 11c2 lld3 3 7 .'C!fb4 �dS+
3 8. �h3 �c7 39. 11c3 llxc3 4 0 . 'C!fxc3 Only one type o f combination has
h6 4 1 .b4 lla2 4 2 .�g4 IH2, 0 - 1 been offered for the reader's atten-
tion, but the Russian genius Alexan­
C) 10 .J:lxa8 der Alekhine created combinations
in countless categories. A ful l study
Game 1 63 and classification of A. A. Alek hine's
Walter-Nicolaic, ta c t i c al l e g ac y s t i l l a w ai t s re-
corr. 1 971 searchers. In play ing through the
c hampion 's games one may find
l . e4 e6 2 . d 4 dS 3 . �d2 cS 4 .e xd5
thousands o f combinational arche-
'C!fxdS S . �gf3 �f6 6. �c4 'C!fc6 7 . a4 types, many ori ginal with Alekhine.
a6 8 . � b S axb S 9 . axb 5 1f xf 3 U F o r example, the following game
1O . ll xa 8 'C!fxg 2 1 1 . 'C!f f3 itxf3 opens new lines of inquiry.
1 2 . � xf3 �fd7 1 3 . � e 5 ( 1 3 . �f4
b6 1 4 . llxb8 �bB 1 5 . bb8 �b7
1 6 . � e 2 cxd4 =+= , K e res) cxd4
( 1 3 . . . �b6 1 4 J� xb8 �d6 1 5 . � c4 The Queen 's Sa crifice
�xb8 1 6 . �xb 6 � d 7 1 7 . �xd7 with a Pawn Ma rch to
�xd7 1 8 . dxc5 ± , D unaev-Kataly­ f7, c7 (fl, c2)
mov, U S S R 1 949) 1 4 . �xd7 �xd7
1 5 . �f4 C 1 S . 11 xbB �d6 1 6 . 11 a8 lle8
�, Antoshin-C histiakov, Roston- Game 1 64
on-Don 1 95 3) �d6 1 6. �xd6 �xd6 Alekhine-Samisch,
1 7 . 11 xb8 �c5 1 8 . c 4 eS 1 9 . � d 2 Berlin 1 92 3
� e 8 20 J :t a l �d7 2 1 . ll x b 7 �fS l . e4 cS 2 . �f3 �c6 3 . � e 2 e6 4 . 0-0
2 2 Jh f7 , 1 -0 d6 S . d4 cxd4 6 . �xd4 �f6 7 . �f3
� e S 8 . c 4 �xf3 + 9 . itxf3 � e 7
1 O . �c3 0-0 I I . b3 � d 7 1 2 . �b2
�f6 1 3 . n a d l a 6 1 4 . it g3 'C!f c 7
1 5 .� h l nd8 1 6 .f4 b6 1 7 . f5 A e S
18 .fxe 6!!

(see next diagram)

 Alekhine's Block 89

Position XXX II

18 . . . j,xg3 1 9 .ext7+ <it;h8 20.lLldS!!

Porter-Vakil,
(20 .. .'tWb8 2 1 . lLlc6 j,eS [2 1 . . .'tWb7 Chicago 1996
22. lLlxd81 22.j,xeS dxeS 23. lLlxb8
�xb8 2 4 . lLlc7 � f8 2 S . lLl e 6 , � 1.hxg6!! �xh 1 + 2 . <it;e 2 lLlxd4+
26.lLlxf8 and 27.�d8 +- ; 20 . . . 'tWa7 (2 . . . �xd1 3 . exf7 + <it;d7 [3 . . . <it;f8
2 1 . lLlc6 j,eS 22.j,xeS dxeS 23. lLlxa7 4.lLlxe6+ � S.lLlxd8+ +- 1 4 .j,xe6+
�xa7 24. lLlxb6 nf8 2S.lLlxc8 �xc8 <it;d6 S . j,f4 + +- ) 3 . j,xd 4 �xd1
26J'!xd7 +- ; 20 . . . 'tWb7 2 1 . lLle6 j,eS 4.gxf7 + <it;d7 S . j,xe6+ (S. �xd1 !?
22. lLlxd8 +- 20 . . . 'tWcS 2 1 . lLle6 j,d6 6 . j,xe6+ <it;c6 7 . j, h 3 , �
j,eS 22. j,xeS dxeS 23. lLlxcS bxcS 8 . j, g 2 + � ) <it; c 6 6 . �xd 1 'tW h 8
24.cuc7 �b8 2S.lLle8!! +- , Alekhine), 7 . j,e3 �d8 8 . �gl 'tW h S + 9 . lLl f3
1-0 j, f8 1 0 . �gS � ( 1 - 0/3S)

Perhaps this combination sho uld be

called "Alekhine's Passage . " In any
case , this theme occurred more than
once in the Grandmaster 's games. A
stil l more spectacular demonstration
of this can be seen in the famous
encounter B o g o ljubow-Alekhine ,
Hastings 1 922. I t also appeared in
Alekhine-Bogoljubow, Rastat 1 9 1 4
and i n Carranza-Alekhine, B uenos
Aires 1 926. More examples from
Alekhine probabl y exist, but here is
a recent interpretation of this idea:
 Index of Players 91

Index of Players Charushin 1 54

Chemikov 67
Chemin 1 4 , 1 2 8
Afek 1 5 7
Chiburdanidze 2 2
Akopian 1 09
Chistiakov 15 8, 159
Alekhine 1 , 1 6 , 1 7 ,3 1 ,3 2 , 33 . 3 4 , 3 5 , Christiansen 2 3 , 2 7
36,43 , 5 2 , 5 3 , 7 5 , 8 1 ,82,83 ,93 ,94, 1 08 ,
Daskalov 63
130, 1 3 1 , 1 48 , 1 5 2 , 1 5 3 1 5 5 , 1 5 6 , 164
Dawnman 2
Alexandria 2 2
de Finnian 2 9
Allies 1 48
de Kossio 36
Anderssen 1 4 7
Djuric 1 02
Appel 94
Donchenko 39
Apscheneek 83
Doroshkevich 10 1
Arlamovsky 1 5 0
Dubinin 5 8
Amold 1 03
Dudkin 1 5 1
Bagirov 79
Duz, Khotimisky 3 7
Bareev 9 1 , 1 36
Dvoirys 146
Barlov 1 1 5
Efimov 20
Barta 10
Enevoldsen 6
Bauer 5 5
Epishin 1 2 4
Beliavsky 1 04, 1 06 , 1 34
Euwe 3 2 , 3 5
Benko 5
Evans 1 9
Bennett 74
Feldman 4 7
Bimboim 1 5 7
Fischer 5 , 1 3 9
Bj orklund 149
Forintos 73, 1 2 0
Bogoljubow 1 5 6 Fox 5 5
Boden 45 Frank 1 5 6
Borsdorf 1 1 1 Friedstein 5 7
Brinkmann 43
Ftacnik 42 , 7 2
Bronstein 59 Gelfand 50
Bukic 1 2 Geller 8,59
Butnoris 1 0 1 Georgiev 1 1 3 , 12 9
Byrne 1 9 Gerbets 96
Cabrilo 1 02 Gibot 1 3 7
Campos 56 Gilden 2 3
Capablanca 5 6 Gligoric 1 4 1
Carstens 4 6 Granberg 154
Cegal 99 Gromadka 1 2 1
Cebalo 1 2 Grossman 75
92 Alekhine's Block

Groszpeter 2 5 Kostina 100

Gruenberg 1 45 Kramnik 89 , 1 2 5 , 1 2 9
Gruenf eld 12 7 Krasenkov 1 33 , 1 46
Gufeld 62 , 7 7 Kraulis 66
Gurgenidze 1 1 0 Kuijf 1 2 2
Gurevich 9 1 Kveinys 1 2 5 , 1 2 8
Gurieli 123 Larsen 1 04
Gusev 64 lasker,Em. 18
Gutkevich 1 5 5 Lavrentiev 66
Hansen 80 Lazar 1 3 7
Hazai 1 1 3 Lemer 1 1 7
Helmers 48 Levenberg 1 49
Henneberger 76 Levin 1 05
Hergott 1 6 1 Levitsky 5 1
Hodgson 1 2 2 Liebert 7
Honfi 1 1 0 Lipnitsky 98
Howell 1 2 6 Lisitsin 9 7
Huebner 7 7,99 Littlewood 1 43
Ioffe 1 40 Ljubojevic 50,68
Ionov 28 Lputian 1 0 7
Ivanovic 49 Lukin 1 3 5
Ivanchuk 1 1 8, 1 3 5 Luko 1 2 0
Ivkov 1 3 Lutikov 6 7
J anetschek 1 60 Luzgin 1 40
Jansa 1 1 5 Lyskov 4
Kalendovsky 1 5 MacDonnell 45
Kaposztas 65 Makagonov 57
Karoly 1 1 Makarewicz 2 1
Karpov 40, 7 1 ,8 7 Makanchev 1 1 6
Kasparov 30,68 Marache 95
Kelecevic 1 3 Marshal1 3 .44,5 1
Kengis 30 Maslov 86
Keres 1 50 Mieses 54
Klisa 1 1 2 Mikhalchishin 1 1 7
Klovans 3 8 Miles 1 06 , 143
Kluger 1 0 Miralles 42
Konstantinopolsky 98 Morphy 95
Kortchnoi 40 ,85 NN (no name) 5 2 ,5 4
Korunsky 26 Nadanian 9 2
 Index of Players 93

Natsis 103 Rossolimo 6 1

Nenashev 89 Rubinstein 8 1 . 1 2 1
Nerland 1 1 9 Ruderfer 86
Neumann 147 Rumijantzev 82
Nicolaic 163 Salomonovich 34
Nilsen 6 Salov 7 1
O'Donnell 1 6 1 Samisch 164
O'Kelly 78 Sammul 100
Oral 1 1 9 Sax 2 4
Ostrogsky 1 Schick 1 7
Padevsk:y 63 Schoneberg 7
Panov 1 3 8 Schulz 1 08
Pav�ov,:\. 69 Seed 58
Petrosian 49 Seirawan 2 7
Pick 1 6 2 Senterev 60
Pikhailieh 1 2 3 Sharbatov 9 2
Platonov 2 0 Sher 2 6
Pletanek 1 6 2 Sherbakov 70, 1 5 9
Podgaets 64 Shibarevich 69
Polgar,J. 90 Shirov 136
Polgar,Z. 14,88 Shishov 9 7
Polugaevsky 12 7 Simagin 4
Popovic 1 1 4 Skitin 1 5 1
Portisch,L. 4 1 Smejkal 1 4 1
Portisch,F. 1 1 Smirin 1 0 7
Przhiby1 3 8 Smyslov 8 0
Quinteros 1 1 4 Sorokin 138
Raedski 133 Sosonko 2 9, 48
Ravinsky 1 58 Spangenberg 7 2
Razuvaev 79, 132 Speelman 105
Reissman 6 1 Spielmann 3
Rene 9 Stanishewsky 60
Reshevsky 139 Sterk 1 6
Red 1 3 0 Stolik 1 5 6
Richtrova 88 Suetin 70
Ricondo 1 5 3 Supiko 53
Rogers 90 Sushko 1 1 2
Romero 9 Sveshnikov 24,28
Rozentalis 1 1 8 Tarrasch 93
94 Alekhinet s Block

Tartakower 1 52
Tarve 62
Teske 1 4 5
Timman 8.4 1
Tiviakov 73 , 1 3 2
T omaszewski 2 5
Tomic 1 5
Torre 1 8 , 3 7 , 7 8
Trejba1 76
Tseitlin 4 7 , 1 44
Tukmakov 8 5
Uhlmann 8 4
Uhlrich 4 6
Vaganian 1 3 4
Van Der Wiel f1 7
Vavrzhinsky 33
Vogt 1 42
V yzmanavin 1 4.,
Wade 74
Waiter 1 63
Weil 96
W einzettl 1 60
Wolf 1 3 1
Yanovsky 3 1 ,44,84
Yedidic 1 09
Yermolinsky 1 2 4
Yudasin 1 1 6
Yukhash 65
Yurtaev 39
laitsev 1 4 2
lezulkin 1 2 6
lhukov 2 1
loller 1 1 1
 Index of Openings 95

Index of Openings Queen's Indian Defense 4 1 ,48,

7 1 , 84, 1 3 2
Red Opening 2 2 ,49, 98
Albin Counter Gambit 1 5 1 Ruy Lopez 9,34,40,5 5 , 58 ,96 ,97,
Alekhine's Defense 2 0 , 2 5 1 02 , 1 53
Benko Gambit 1 3 4 Sicilian Defense 1 9 , 2 3 , 24 , 2 6 ,
Benoni Defense 10, 1 2 2 8 -30,3 8 , 50,63 ,6 5-6 7,69,1 0, 7 2 ,75 ,
Bishop's Opening 45 78,80,88, 1 03 , 1 08, 1 09 , 1 1 4 - 1 1 7 ,
Blackmar,Diemer Gambit 1 1 1 1 2 5 - 1 2 7, 138, 139, 1 4 2 , 1 5 6 , 1 5 7 , 1 6 4
Bogo, Indian Defense 13 Slav Defense 83,8 9, 1 2 9
Caro,Kann Defense 8 7 , 90 , 1 04, Stonewall Opening 1 , 1 5
1 0 5 , 1 1 2 , 1 48 , 1 50 , 1 5 2 Torre Attack 1 8 , 1 44
Center Counter Defense 33 , 1 2 2 , Veresov Opening 1 00
149 Vienna Game 2 , 3 2 , 36,54,62
Colle System 4 6,5 7 V olga Gambit 93
English Opening 1 4 , 2 7 , 1 2 0,
1 2 8 , 1 3 3 , 136, 1 43 , 1 45
Evans Gambit 95
Four Knights Game 76
French Defense 4 , 1 1 , 1 7 , 3 5 , 5 1 ,
7 7 , 9 1 , 1 0 7 , 1 1 9 , 1 2 4, 1 5 5 , 1 5 8- 163
Goring Gambit 53
Grunfeld Defense 1 3 5 , 1 4 1 , 146
Italian Game 5 2 , 6 1
Irregular 3 7 ,43 , 1 3 0 , 1 3 7
King's Gambit 60, 1 2 1 , 1 4 7
King's Indian Attack 7 . 3 9 ,64
King's Indian Defense 1 06
Modem Defense 4 7, 1 1 0 , 1 1 3 , 140
Nimzo,Indian Defense 6 , 59,85,
86, 1 0 1
Orangutan Opening 2 1
Owens Defense 56
Petroff Defense 44,73,92 ,99, 1 1 8
Philidor Defense 1 5 4
Pirc Defense 5,68 , 1 2 3
Queen's Gambit Accepted 79
Queen's Gambit Declined 3,8,
16,3 1 , 42 , 74,8 1 , 8 2 ,94, 1 3 1
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