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Chess Strategy: The Evolution of Style #72: Alekhine vs Yates 1922 - Queen's Gambit Declined

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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 [Event "London (10)"] [Site "London (10)"] [Date "1922.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Alexander Alekhine"] [Black "Frederick D Yates"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D64"] [PlyCount "75"] [EventDate "1922.??.??"] {Yates almost won the British Championship in 1911, when he tied for first place with Henry Atkins, but lost the play-off. He went on to secure the title in 1913, 1914, 1921, 1926, 1928 and 1931.[2} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Rc1 c6 8. Qc2 Re8 9. Bd3 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Nd5 11. Ne4 (11. h4 f6 12. Bf4 Nxf4 13. exf4 Bf8) 11... f5 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. Ned2 b5 14. Bxd5 cxd5 15. O-O a5 16. Nb3 a4 17. Nc5 Nxc5 18. Qxc5 (18. dxc5) 18... Qxc5 19. Rxc5 b4 20. Rfc1 Ba6 21. Ne5 Reb8 22. f3 b3 (22... Rc8 23. Rc7 Rxc7 24. Rxc7 Rc8 25. Ra7) 23. a3 h6 24. Kf2 Kh7 25. h4 Rf8 26. Kg3 Rfb8 (26... Rac8 27. Rxc8 Rxc8 28. Rxc8 Bxc8 29. Nd3) 27. Rc7 Bb5 28. R1c5 Ba6 29. R5c6 Re8 30. Kf4 Kg8 31. h5 Bf1 32. g3 Ba6 33. Rf7 Kh7 34. Rcc7 Rg8 35. Nd7 Kh8 36. Nf6 Rgf8 ( 36... gxf6 37. Rh7#) 37. Rxg7 Rxf6 38. Ke5 (38. Rh7+ Kg8 39. Rcg7+ Kf8 40. Rh8+ Kxg7) 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 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

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