This is a game played between Alekhine and Tarrasch. I just looked at for the first time. This is a game played between two great players in a famous tournament. I have to admit that it bored me, and I did not find it educational at all! The opening Alekhine plays is very played nowadays because it isn't considered very strong. Alekhine is one of my favorite players, but I don't like his writing very much as I do not find it very objective.


(7) Alekhine,A - Tarrasch,S [D15]Hastings Hastings (2), 1922[Ashton,Jeff]
1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.e3 b5 6.a4 b4 7.Na2 e6 [ 7...a5 8.Bxc4 e6 9.0-0 Be7 10.Bd2 0-0 11.Nc1 Nbd7 12.Nb3 Bb7 13.Qe2 c5 14.Rfd1 Qb6 15.Be1 Rfd8 16.Bb5] 8.Bxc4 Be7 9.0-0 0-0 10.Qe2 Bb7 11.Rd1 Nbd7 12.e4 [ 12.b3] 12...a5 [ 12...c5 13.dxc5 Bxc5 ( 13...Nxe4 14.Ne5 Nexc5 15.Bb5 Bd5 16.Bxd7 Nxd7 17.Rxd5 exd5 18.Nc6 Qb6 19.Nxe7+ Kh8 20.Nxd5) ] 13.Bg5 Re8 [ 13...h6 14.Bxf6 Nxf6 15.Nc1 Qb6 16.Nb3 c5 17.dxc5 Bxc5] 14.Nc1 Qb6 15.Nb3 h6 16.Be3 Ba6 17.Nfd2 Bxc4 18.Nxc4 Qc7 19.Qf3 c5 20.Bf4 Qb7 21.d5 exd5 22.exd5 Qa6 23.Rac1 Bf8 24.Nbxa5 Ne4 25.Nc6 g5 26.Be5 Nxe5 27.N6xe5 f6 28.Qxe4 fxe5 29.d6 Bg7 30.Qd5+ Kh8 31.Qxc5 1-0