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[Event "Hastings"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "1922.09.21"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Bogoljubov, Efim"]
[Black "Alekhine, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[ECO "A90"]
[TimeControl "0"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
{ This is the best game of chess ever played according to Irving Chernev, the
author of the book 'Logical Chess'. Of course, he did not live to see the
modern games between artificially intelligent machines. Still, this game is
quite spectacular. } 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 { Black's king wisely gets off the
diagonal of white's queen. } 10. Qc3 e5 11. e3 a5 12. b3 Qe8 13. a3 Qh5 { Black
prepares a kingside attack. } 14. h4 ( { Instead of loosening the pawns around
the king, white should open the center. } 14. dxe5 dxe5 15. Nh4 Re8 16. b4 { With equal chances. } ) 14... Ng4 15. Ng5 Bd7 16. f3 Nf6 17. f4 e4 18. Rfd1 h6 19. Nh3 d5 20. Nf1 Ne7 21. a4 { White makes a tough decision to prevent b5, but in
so doing creates a hole on b4. } 21... Nc6 22. Rd2 Nb4 { Black seizes the hole for
his knight. } 23. Bh1 Qe8 24. Rg2 { Black's pieces are energized and
coordinated, while white's pieces are beat back to the rim of the board. } 24... dxc4 25. bxc4 ( { White can try to save his a-pawn: } 25. Qxc4 Be6 26. Qc3 Qf7 27. Rb1 Rac8 28. Rd2 Nfd5 29. Qa1 c5 30. Nf2 cxd4 31. Qxd4 Rc3 32. Re2 Rd8 33. Nd1 Qc7 34. Bg2 Nd3 35. Rd2 Rc2 36. Qa1 Rxd2 37. Nxd2 Qc2 38. Nf1 Rc8 39. g4 Qe2 40. gxf5 Rc2 41. Bh3 N5xf4 42. exf4 Nxf4 43. Nde3 Qf3 44. Bg2 Rxg2+ 45. Nxg2 Qxg2# ) 25... Bxa4 26. Nf2 Bd7 27. Nd2 b5 28. Nd1 Nd3 29. Rxa5 b4 30. Rxa8 bxc3 31. Rxe8 c2 { A wonderful sacrificial move. } 32. Rxf8+ Kh7 33. Nf2 c1=Q+ 34. Nf1 Ne1 35. Rh2 Qxc4 36. Rb8 Bb5 37. Rxb5 Qxb5 { White } 38. g4 { White's
pieces huddle around his king for protection. } 38... Nf3+ 39. Bxf3 exf3 40. gxf5 Qe2 { White } 41. d5 { White has not good moves. Now black will simply run white
out of moves. } ( { White can try: } 41. Nh3 Ng4 42. Rxe2 fxe2 43. Nf2 Nxe3 44. Nxe3 e1=Q+ 45. Kg2 Qxe3 ) 41... Kg8 42. h5 Kh7 43. e4 Nxe4 44. Nxe4 Qxe4 45. d6 { What else? } ( { White can try: } 45. Kf2 Qd3 46. Rh3 Qe2+ 47. Kg1 Qg2# ) 45... cxd6 46. f6 gxf6 47. Rd2 Qe2 { Amazing. Black seems to toy with white. } 48. Rxe2 fxe2 49. Kf2 exf1=Q+ 50. Kxf1 { Entering a winning endgame for black. } 50... Kg7 51. Ke2 Kf7 52. Ke3 Ke6 53. Ke4 d5+ { White resigned here.|The game might have
continued... } 54. Kd4 Kf5 55. Kxd5 Kxf4 56. Ke6 Kg5 57. Kf7 f5 58. Kg7 f4 59. Kf7 f3 { Black wins with a large material advantage. } 0-1