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Chess Strategy: Evolution of Chess Style #102 - The rise of Max Euwe - Zurich 1934 vs Alekhine

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â–ºPlaylists: http://www.chessworld.net/chessclubs/playlistvideosstructure.asp â–ºKingscrusher's Greatest Hit Videos! : http://tinyurl.com/6vvx6qe â–ºPlay FREE online chess at http://www.chessworld.net or realtime at http://www.chessclub.com/from/kingscrusher [Event "Zurich"] [Site "Zurich"] [Date "1934.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Max Euwe"] [Black "Alexander Alekhine"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D31"] [Annotator "Microsoft"] [PlyCount "105"] [EventDate "1934.??.??"] 1. c4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 a6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bf4 Nf6 6. e3 Bd6 7. Bxd6 Qxd6 8. Bd3 Nc6 9. Nge2 O-O 10. a3 Ne7 11. Qc2 b6 12. b4 Bb7 13. O-O Rfe8 14. Ng3 Ng6 15. Rfc1 Nh4 16. Nce2 c6 17. Rab1 Re7 18. a4 Rae8 19. a5 (19. b5 cxb5 20. axb5 a5) 19... b5 20. Nf4 Rc7 21. Qc5 Qd7 22. Re1 Ng6 23. Bf5 Qd8 24. Nd3 Bc8 25. Rbc1 Ne7 26. Bxc8 Nxc8 27. Ne5 Re6 28. e4 Nxe4 (28... dxe4 29. Nxe4 Nxe4 30. Rxe4 f6 31. Nf7 Qe8 32. Rxe6 Qxe6 33. Nd8) 29. Nxe4 dxe4 30. Rxe4 f6 (30... Ne7 ) 31. Nf7 Qe8 (31... Kxf7 32. Qh5+ Ke7 33. Rxe6+ Kxe6 34. Re1+ Kd6 35. Qc5+ Kd7 36. Qf5+ Kd6 37. Qe6#) (31... Rxf7 32. Rxe6) (31... Kxf7 32. Qh5+ g6 (32... Ke7 ) 33. Qxh7+ Kf8 34. Qh8+ Kf7 (34... Ke7 35. Rxe6+ Kd7) 35. Qxd8) 32. Rxe6 Qxe6 33. Nd8 Qe4 34. Nxc6 h6 35. d5 Qd3 36. h3 Qd2 37. g3 Kh8 38. Kg2 Qd3 39. Re1 Kh7 40. Re3 Qd2 41. Re8 Qd3 42. Qd4 Qc4 43. Qe4+ Qxe4+ (43... g6 44. Qe6) 44. Rxe4 Kg8 45. Nb8 Kf7 46. Nxa6 Rd7 47. Rd4 Ne7 48. d6 Nf5 49. Rd5 Nxd6 50. Nc5 Rd8 51. Ne4 Nb7 52. a6 Ke6 (52... Rxd5 53. axb7 Rd8 54. Nd6+ Ke7 55. Nc8+) ( 52... Rxd5 53. axb7 Rd8 54. Nd6+ Ke7 55. Nc8+) 53. Rxd8 1-0 â–ºSubscribe for my regular chess videos: http://goo.gl/zpktUK â–ºSupport the channel by donating via PayPal: http://goo.gl/7HJcDq Thumbnail Alekhine By Alexandre_Alekhine_01.jpg: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress) derivative work: JesusAngelRey (Alexandre_Alekhine_01.jpg) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons Euwe Harry Pot [CC BY-SA 3.0 nl (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/nl/deed.en)], via Wikimedia Commons https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Max_Euwe_1963.jpg

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