| ECO A40 in 1920 play it! alekhine alexand defeats white's pavlov n in 54 moves | 1. d4 e6 2. e4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Nf3 Bd6 5. Bd3 Ne7 6. c3 Bg4 7. Bg5 Nd7 8. Nbd2 Nf8 9. Bxe7 Qxe7+ 10. Qe2 Ne6 11. h3 Bh5 12. Bf5 O-O 13. O-O-O Qf6 14. Bc2 Nf4 15. Qf1 Bg6 16. Ne1 Rae8 17. g3 Rxe1 18. Rxe1 Bxc2 19. gxf4 Bg6 20. Re5 Bxe5 21. fxe5 Qf5 22. Qd1 c5 23. dxc5 Qxf2 24. Re1 Qxc5 25. Nb3 Qf2 26. Nd4 Qg3 27. b3 Qxc3+ |
| ECO A40 in 1909 play it! alekhine alexand defeats white's rotlewi georg in 74 moves | 1. d4 e6 2. c4 c5 3. e3 f5 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Nf3 a6 6. a3 Qc7 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. b4 Be7 9. Bb2 b6 10. Na4 d6 11. Rc1 O-O 12. Be2 Nbd7 13. O-O e5 14. Qb3 Kh8 15. Ng5 Qc6 16. Ne6 Re8 17. Bf3 Ne4 18. Bxe4 fxe4 19. Rfd1 Nb8 20. c5 dxc5 21. Nf4 exf4 22. Qf7 Bf8 23. Nxc5 bxc5 24. Rxc5 Be6 25. Qxf4 Bxc5 26. Bxg7+ Kg8 27. Bb2 Bf7 28. bxc5 Qg6 29. Rd6 Be6 30. Qe5 Nd7 31. Qd4 Kf7 32. c6 Nf6 33. h3 Re7 34. h4 Rg8 35. g3 Qf5 36. Qb6 Ng4 37. Rd2 Nxf2 |
| ECO A40 in 1936 play it! alekhine alexand defeats white's saemisch fritz in 112 moves | 1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 f5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 Ne4 7. Qc2 Bf6 8. Rd1 d6 9. Nbd2 Nxd2 10. Bxd2 Nc6 11. Bc3 Qe8 12. d5 Bxc3 13. Qxc3 Nd8 14. dxe6 Nxe6 15. Nd4 Nc5 16. b4 Ne4 17. Qe3 Qf7 18. g4 Re8 19. gxf5 Bxf5 20. Qf3 g6 21. Nxf5 gxf5 22. Kh1 Re5 23. Rac1 Kh8 24. Qf4 Qh5 25. Rd5 Rae8 26. e3 c6 27. Bxe4 cxd5 28. Bxd5 b5 29. Qd4 Qe2 30. Qh4 Qg4 31. Qf6+ Qg7 32. Qxd6 bxc4 33. Rg1 Qe7 34. Qxe7 R5xe7 35. Bxc4 Re4 36. Bd3 Rxb4 37. Bxf5 Rb2 38. Rf1 Rxa2 39. Kg2 a5 40. Kf3 a4 41. Rd1 Rf8 42. Rd5 Ra8 43. Rd7 a3 44. Rxh7+ Kg8 45. Rd7 Rb2 46. Rd1 Rf8 47. e4 a2 48. Ra1 Kg7 49. Kg3 Kf6 50. f3 Ke5 51. Bh7 Rf7 52. f4+ Rxf4 53. Bg8 Rff2 54. Bd5 Rxh2 55. Kf3 Rh3+ 56. Kg4 Ra3 |
| ECO A40 in 1936 play it! alekhine alexand defeats white's winter w in 78 moves | 1. d4 e6 2. e4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. Ne2 Bd6 6. c3 Qh4 7. Nd2 Bg4 8. Qc2 O-O-O 9. Nf1 g6 10. Be3 Nge7 11. O-O-O Bf5 12. Nfg3 Bxd3 13. Qxd3 h6 14. f4 Qg4 15. h3 Qd7 16. Rhf1 h5 17. Ng1 h4 18. N3e2 Nf5 19. Nf3 f6 20. Nh2 Rde8 21. Bd2 Re6 22. Ng4 Rhe8 23. Rde1 R8e7 24. Kd1 Qe8 25. Qf3 Na5 26. b3 Nc4 27. Bc1 Nce3+ 28. Bxe3 Nxe3+ 29. Nxe3 Rxe3 30. Qf2 Qb5 31. Nc1 Rxc3 32. Rxe7 Bxe7 33. Qe1 Kd7 34. f5 Re3 35. Qf2 g5 36. Re1 Re4 37. Rxe4 dxe4 38. Kd2 Bd6 39. Kc2 Bf4 |
| ECO A40 in 1909 play it! alekhine alexand defeats white's andreev in 68 moves | 1. d4 e6 2. e3 b6 3. Bd3 Bb7 4. Nf3 f5 5. O-O Nf6 6. Nbd2 Nc6 7. c3 Ne7 8. Qc2 Ned5 9. g3 c5 10. e4 fxe4 11. Nxe4 c4 12. Bxc4 Nxc3 13. bxc3 Bxe4 14. Qe2 Qc7 15. Ng5 Bb7 16. Bf4 Qc6 17. f3 Nd5 18. Bd2 a6 19. Rae1 Be7 20. Ne4 O-O 21. Bb3 b5 22. Qd3 Rf5 23. Bc2 Rc8 24. g4 Nf4 25. Bxf4 Rxf4 26. Ng3 g6 27. Re3 b4 28. h3 Qd6 29. Ne2 Rxc3 30. Nxc3 Re4 31. Nd1 Qg3+ 32. Kh1 Qxh3+ 33. Kg1 Qg3+ 34. Kh1 Rxg4 |
| ECO A40 in 1926 play it! alekhine alexand defeats white's villegas benito in 102 moves | 1. d4 e6 2. e4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Nxf6+ Bxf6 7. Bxf6 Qxf6 8. Nf3 Nd7 9. Bd3 c5 10. O-O O-O 11. c3 Rd8 12. Re1 cxd4 13. Nxd4 e5 14. Nb3 Nf8 15. Qe2 Qg5 16. Rad1 Bh3 17. Qf3 Be6 18. Qg3 Qxg3 19. hxg3 Nd7 20. Be4 Rab8 21. Bd5 Bxd5 22. Rxd5 Kf8 23. Red1 Ke7 24. Na5 f6 25. b4 Nb6 26. Rxd8 Rxd8 27. Rxd8 Kxd8 28. Nxb7+ Kc7 29. Nc5 Nd5 30. Na6+ Kb6 31. c4 Nc3 32. Nc5 Nxa2 33. Na4+ Kc7 34. b5 Nb4 35. Kf1 Nd3 36. Ke2 e4 37. Ke3 Kd6 38. Kxe4 Nxf2+ 39. Kd4 Nh1 40. c5+ Kc7 41. g4 Nf2 42. g5 fxg5 43. Ke5 Ng4+ 44. Ke6 Ne3 45. Nc3 h5 46. Nd5+ Nxd5 47. Kxd5 h4 48. Ke4 g4 49. Kf4 g3 50. Ke3 g5 51. Ke2 Kb7 |
| ECO A40 in 1914 play it! alekhine alexand defeats white's lebedev sergey f in 60 moves | 1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 f5 3. Bg5 Nf6 4. e3 b6 5. Nbd2 Bb7 6. Ne5 d6 7. Nd3 Be7 8. Nf4 Qd7 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. Bc4 d5 11. Bd3 c5 12. c3 Nc6 13. h4 e5 14. dxe5 Nxe5 15. Be2 d4 16. cxd4 cxd4 17. Qb3 d3 18. Bf3 Nxf3+ 19. gxf3 O-O-O 20. O-O-O Kb8 21. Kb1 Be5 22. Qb4 Rc8 23. Rc1 Rc2 24. Rxc2 dxc2+ 25. Kxc2 Rc8+ 26. Kb1 a5 27. Qb3 Qxd2 28. Rd1 a4 29. Rxd2 axb3 30. axb3 Bxf3 |
| ECO A40 in 1914 play it! alekhine alexand defeats white's marshall frank j in 48 moves | 1. d4 e6 2. e4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. Bd3 c5 6. e5 h6 7. Bd2 cxd4 8. Nb5 Bxd2+ 9. Qxd2 Nfd7 10. Nd6+ Kf8 11. Qf4 f6 12. exf6 gxf6 13. Nxc8 e5 14. Qf3 e4 15. Bxe4 dxe4 16. Qa3+ Kg7 17. Nd6 Nc6 18. O-O-O Nde5 19. Ne2 d3 20. f4 exf3 21. gxf3 Qa5 22. Rhg1+ Kh7 23. Rxd3 Rhg8 24. Rb3 Rxg1+ |
| ECO A40 in 1912 play it! alekhine alexand defeats white's sjoberg victor in 70 moves | 1. d4 e6 2. c4 f5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. e3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 b6 7. Nf3 Bb7 8. Bd3 O-O 9. O-O Qe8 10. Ne1 d6 11. f4 Nbd7 12. Qe2 Ne4 13. Bxe4 fxe4 14. Nc2 Rf5 15. Rf2 Nf8 16. Raf1 Qa4 17. g4 Rf7 18. f5 e5 19. Rb1 c5 20. Rb3 exd4 21. cxd4 Qxa2 22. Ra3 Qb2 23. Rf1 d5 24. Rfa1 cxd4 25. exd4 dxc4 26. R3a2 Qb3 27. Rxa7 Rxa7 28. Rxa7 Qd3 29. Qxd3 exd3 30. Nb4 h5 31. gxh5 Rxf5 32. Bd2 Bf3 33. h6 gxh6 34. Bxh6 Ne6 35. Be3 Nxd4 |
| ECO A40 in 1914 play it! alekhine alexand defeats white's rubinstein akiba in 56 moves | 1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. Bd3 Bb7 6. f3 c5 7. a3 Bxc3+ 8. bxc3 d5 9. Ne2 O-O 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Ng3 Qc7 12. cxd5 exd5 13. e4 cxd4 14. cxd4 Qc3 15. Be3 dxe4 16. fxe4 Ba6 17. Bxa6 Qxe3+ 18. Kh1 Nxe4 19. Nf5 Nf2+ 20. Rxf2 Qxf2 21. Qg4 g6 22. Rf1 Qb2 23. Nh6+ Kg7 24. Nxf7 Qb3 25. d5 Nf6 26. Qd4 Rxf7 27. Bc4 Qa4 28. g4 Rc8 |
| ECO A40 in 1914 play it! alekhine alexand defeats white's tarrasch siegber in 102 moves | 1. d4 e6 2. e4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. exd5 Qxd5 6. Bxf6 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 gxf6 8. Nf3 b6 9. g3 Bb7 10. Bg2 Qe4+ 11. Kd2 Qg6 12. Nh4 Qh6+ 13. f4 Nc6 14. Qe2 O-O-O 15. Kc1 Kb8 16. Kb2 Na5 17. Bxb7 Nxb7 18. Rad1 Rd5 19. c4 Ra5 20. Ng2 Rd8 21. Ne3 Qf8 22. c5 bxc5 23. d5 c4 24. Nxc4 Qb4+ 25. Ka1 Qc3+ 26. Nb2 Rd6 27. Qc4 Rda6 28. dxe6 fxe6 29. Kb1 Rxa2 30. Qxa2 Rxa2 31. Kxa2 Qxc2 32. Rc1 Qd2 33. Kb1 Nd6 34. Rc2 Qb4 35. Rd1 Nb5 36. Rd8+ Kb7 37. Rcd2 e5 38. fxe5 fxe5 39. Kc1 Nd4 40. Rd3 Qe1+ 41. Rd1 Qe4 42. Rd3 Qh1+ 43. Rd1 Qxh2 44. Kb1 Qxg3 45. Rd3 Qe1+ 46. Ka2 h5 47. Re8 Qa5+ 48. Kb1 Qe1+ 49. Ka2 Qe4 50. Rc3 Nb5 51. Rc5 Qb4 |
| ECO A40 in 1934 play it! alekhine alexand defeats white's stahlberg gideon in 88 moves | 1. d4 e6 2. c4 f5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Bxd2+ 6. Qxd2 O-O 7. Nc3 d5 8. Nf3 Nc6 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Ne5 Ne7 11. O-O c6 12. Rac1 Qe8 13. b4 Ng6 14. Nxg6 Qxg6 15. b5 Bd7 16. Qf4 Rac8 17. Qd6 Qf7 18. bxc6 Bxc6 19. Qb4 Qd7 20. e3 Ne4 21. Rfe1 b6 22. f3 Nxc3 23. Rxc3 Bb5 24. Bf1 Bxf1 25. Kxf1 Rxc3 26. Qxc3 Rc8 27. Qd3 g6 28. Kf2 Qa4 29. Re2 Rc1 30. Rb2 Kg7 31. Qb3 Qc6 32. Qd3 h5 33. Kg2 Rc3 34. Qe2 Qa4 35. g4 Qe8 36. Rb3 Rxb3 37. axb3 hxg4 38. fxg4 Qe4+ 39. Kf2 fxg4 40. Qe1 Qc2+ 41. Kg3 Qxb3 42. Kh4 Qc2 43. Qg3 Qf5 44. Qc7+ Kh6 |
| ECO A80 in 1935 play it! alekhine alexand defeats white's ekenberg bengt in 46 moves | 1. d4 f5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e3 e6 4. Bd3 b6 5. O-O Bb7 6. c4 Bd6 7. Nc3 O-O 8. Qe2 Bb4 9. Bd2 Ne4 10. a3 Bd6 11. b4 Rf6 12. Ne5 Bxe5 13. dxe5 Rg6 14. f3 Nxd2 15. Qxd2 Nc6 16. e4 Nxe5 17. exf5 exf5 18. Rae1 Qh4 19. Be4 Qxh2+ 20. Kf2 Qh4+ 21. Kg1 Bxe4 22. Rxe4 Qh2+ 23. Kf2 Rf8 |
| ECO A84 in 1922 play it! alekhine alexand defeats white's saemisch friedri in 56 moves | 1. d4 f5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 b6 5. Bd3 Bb7 6. Nc3 Bb4 7. Bd2 O-O 8. Qc2 Bxc3 9. Bxc3 Ne4 10. O-O-O a5 11. Kb1 Na6 12. Ka1 Nb4 13. Bxb4 axb4 14. Rhf1 Bc6 15. Nd2 Nxd2 16. Rxd2 Bxg2 17. Rg1 Bf3 18. Rg3 Ra5 19. d5 Bh5 20. f4 Qf6 21. Rf2 g6 22. Kb1 Rfa8 23. Qb3 Kg7 24. Rg5 Bg4 25. e4 Qd4 26. exf5 exf5 27. Bxf5 Bxf5+ 28. Rxf5 Rxa2 |
| ECO A81 in 1934 play it! alekhine alexand defeats white's bogoljubov efim in 124 moves | 1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. c4 O-O 6. Nc3 d6 7. Bf4 Qe8 8. Rc1 Nc6 9. d5 Nd8 10. Nb5 Qd7 11. Qb3 a6 12. dxe6 Nxe6 13. Nc3 Nxf4 14. gxf4 Kh8 15. Nd5 Bd8 16. e3 Ne4 17. Nd4 c5 18. Ne2 Ba5+ 19. Ndc3 b5 20. O-O Bb7 21. Nxe4 Bxe4 22. Rfd1 Bxg2 23. Kxg2 Rab8 24. cxb5 Rxb5 25. Qd5 Rxb2 26. Ng3 Bb6 27. a3 c4 28. Kg1 Qe8 29. Rxc4 Bc5 30. a4 Qg6 31. Rc3 h5 32. h4 Qf6 33. Rcd3 g6 34. Qc4 a5 35. Qc3 Qxc3 36. Rxc3 Ra2 37. Rc4 Rb8 38. Rd5 Rb1+ 39. Kg2 Rbb2 40. Nh1 Rb4 41. Rcxc5 dxc5 42. Rxc5 Raxa4 43. Rc8+ Kg7 44. Rc7+ Kh6 45. Rc6 Ra2 46. Ng3 Kg7 47. Rc7+ Kf8 48. Rc8+ Kf7 49. Rc7+ Ke8 50. Rc6 Rbb2 51. Nh1 Kf7 52. Rc7+ Kf6 53. Rc6+ Kg7 54. Rc7+ Kh6 55. Rc6 a4 56. Kh3 a3 57. e4 fxe4 58. f5 e3 59. fxg6 exf2 60. Ng3 Rb3 61. Rf6 Kg7 62. Rxf2 Rxg3+ |
| ECO A82 in 1913 play it! alekhine alexand defeats white's lasker edward by checkmate in 92 moves | 1. d4 f5 2. e4 fxe4 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. f3 d5 5. fxe4 dxe4 6. Bg5 Bf5 7. Qe2 Nc6 8. Bxf6 exf6 9. O-O-O Bd6 10. Nxe4 O-O 11. Nxd6 cxd6 12. Qf2 Qa5 13. Bc4+ Kh8 14. Ne2 Nb4 15. Bb3 Rac8 16. Nc3 Bg6 17. Rhf1 b5 18. Rd2 Nd3+ 19. Rxd3 Bxd3 20. Rd1 b4 21. Rxd3 bxc3 22. Kb1 Rfe8 23. bxc3 Rxc3 24. Qd2 Rxb3+ 25. cxb3 Qf5 26. Kb2 Qf1 27. Re3 Rxe3 28. Qxe3 Qxg2+ 29. Ka3 h6 30. Qe6 Qc6 31. h4 h5 32. Qf7 Qe4 33. Qf8+ Kh7 34. Qxd6 Qxh4 35. d5 Qe4 36. Qc5 Qe5 37. b4 h4 38. d6 h3 39. Qc2+ f5 40. d7 h2 41. d8=Q h1=Q 42. Qc4 Qhe4 43. Qdg8+ Kh6 44. Qa6+ Kg5 45. Qxa7 Qc3+ 46. Qb3 Qexb4# |
| ECO A80 in 1926 play it! alekhine alexand defeats white's kmoch hans in 68 moves | 1. d4 f5 2. Qd3 d5 3. Bf4 e6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. e3 Bd6 6. Be2 O-O 7. Ne5 c5 8. c3 Nc6 9. Nd2 Qc7 10. Ndf3 Nd7 11. Nxd7 Bxd7 12. Bxd6 Qxd6 13. O-O c4 14. Qd2 b5 15. Ne1 g5 16. f4 g4 17. b3 Rfb8 18. Nc2 a5 19. bxc4 bxc4 20. Rfb1 Na7 21. Qe1 Ba4 22. Bd1 Qe7 23. Qd2 Nb5 24. Rb2 Rb7 25. Rab1 Rab8 26. Be2 h5 27. g3 h4 28. e4 Nd6 29. Rxb7 Rxb7 30. Rxb7 Qxb7 31. Qc1 Nxe4 32. Ne3 hxg3 33. hxg3 Nxg3 34. Kf2 Ne4+ |
| ECO A85 in 1926 play it! alekhine alexand defeats white's portela carlos in 72 moves | 1. d4 f5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 b6 4. Bg5 e6 5. e4 fxe4 6. f3 e3 7. Bd3 Nc6 8. Nge2 Bb4 9. Rc1 O-O 10. O-O Bxc3 11. Rxc3 e5 12. dxe5 Nxe5 13. Bb1 d6 14. Rxe3 h6 15. Bxf6 Qxf6 16. Be4 Rb8 17. b3 Bd7 18. Ng3 Qg5 19. Ree1 Rbe8 20. Qd4 Kh8 21. Qe3 Rf4 22. Ne2 Nxf3+ 23. Rxf3 Rfxe4 24. Qxg5 hxg5 25. Kf1 Bg4 26. Rf2 Kh7 27. h3 Bxe2+ 28. Rexe2 Rxe2 29. Rxe2 Rxe2 30. Kxe2 Kg6 31. Ke3 Kf5 32. g3 Ke5 33. b4 c6 34. a4 d5 35. b5 cxb5 36. axb5 d4+ |
| ECO A85 in 1926 play it! alekhine alexand defeats white's portela carlos in 72 moves | 1. d4 f5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 b6 4. Bg5 e6 5. e4 fxe4 6. f3 e3 7. Bd3 Nc6 8. Nge2 Bb4 9. Rc1 O-O 10. O-O Bxc3 11. Rxc3 e5 12. dxe5 Nxe5 13. Bb1 d6 14. Rxe3 h6 15. Bxf6 Qxf6 16. Be4 Rb8 17. b3 Bd7 18. Nc3 Qg5 19. Ree1 Rbe8 20. Qd4 Kh8 21. Qe3 Rf4 22. Ne2 Nxf3+ 23. Rxf3 Rfxe4 24. Qxg5 hxg5 25. Kf1 Bg4 26. Rf2 Kh7 27. h3 Bxe2+ 28. Rexe2 Rxe2 29. Rxe2 Rxe2 30. Kxe2 Kg6 31. Ke3 Kf5 32. g3 Ke5 33. b4 c6 34. a4 d5 35. b5 cxb5 36. cxb5 d4+ |
| ECO A90 in 1922 play it! alekhine alexand defeats white's bogoljubov efim in 66 moves | 1. d4 f5 2. c4 Nf6 3. g3 e6 4. Bg2 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Bxd2+ 6. Nxd2 Nc6 7. Ngf3 O-O 8. O-O d6 9. Qb3 Kh8 10. Qc3 e5 11. e3 a5 12. b3 Qe8 13. a3 Qh5 14. h4 Ng4 15. Ng5 Bd7 16. f3 Nf6 17. f4 e4 18. Rfd1 h6 19. Nh3 d5 20. Nf1 Ne7 21. a4 Nc6 22. Rd2 Nb4 23. Bh1 Qe8 24. Rg2 dxc4 25. bxc4 Bxa4 26. Nf2 Bd7 27. Nd2 b5 28. Nd1 Nd3 29. Rxa5 b4 30. Rxa8 bxc3 31. Rxe8 c2 32. Rxf8+ Kh7 33. Nf2 c1=Q+ |
