Alekhine's Gun: Course Module Format

Alekhine's Gun: Course Module Format

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The Theory

This is sometimes used to describe when the Queen back's up two rooks to increase the pressure on the same file. It stems from a very famous Alekhine game against Nimzovich where it was dramatic how White just built up the pressure more and more on the c6 square.

Alexander Alekhine vs. Aaron Nimzovich:

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.Bd2 Ne7 6.Nb5 Bxd2+ 7.Qxd2 0–0 8.c3 b6 9.f4 Ba6 10.Nf3 Qd7 11.a4 Nbc6 12.b4 cxb4 13.cxb4 Bb7 14.Nd6 f5 15.a5 Nc8 16.Nxb7 Qxb7 17.a6 Qf7 18.Bb5 N8e7 19.0–0 h6 20.Rfc1 Rfc8 21.Rc2 Qe8? 22.Rac1 Rab8 23.Qe3 Rc7 24.Rc3 Qd7 25.R1c2 Kf8 26.Qc1








Analyse position



...Rbc8 27.Ba4 b5 28.Bxb5 Ke8 29.Ba4 Kd8 30.h4! h5 31.Kh2 g6 32.g3 1-0

Practice resources

Master Collection Games illustrating this Glossary concept (Glossary Recommended illustrations)

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Play like...Blackburne,Joseph Henry vs. Rosenthal,Samuel, 1878
Play through...Blackburne,Joseph Henry vs. Rosenthal,Samuel, 1878

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Play like...Alekhine,Alexander vs. Nimzowitsch,Aaron, 1930
Play through...Alekhine,Alexander vs. Nimzowitsch,Aaron, 1930

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Play like...Winter,William vs. Alekhine,Alexander, 1936
Play through...Winter,William vs. Alekhine,Alexander, 1936

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Play like...Simagin,Vladimir vs. Averbakh,Yuri L, 1956
Play through...Simagin,Vladimir vs. Averbakh,Yuri L, 1956

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Play like...Taimanov,Mark E vs. Geller,Efim P, 1959
Play through...Taimanov,Mark E vs. Geller,Efim P, 1959

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Play like...Ivkov,Borislav vs. Gereben,Erno, 1963
Play through...Ivkov,Borislav vs. Gereben,Erno, 1963

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Play like...Smyslov,Vassily vs. Lengyel,L, 1964
Play through...Smyslov,Vassily vs. Lengyel,L, 1964

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Play like...Panno,Oscar vs. Korchnoi,Viktor, 1969
Play through...Panno,Oscar vs. Korchnoi,Viktor, 1969

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Play like...Bouwmeester,Hans vs. Roehrl,Karl, 1970
Play through...Bouwmeester,Hans vs. Roehrl,Karl, 1970

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Play like...Korchnoi,Viktor vs. Karpov,Anatoly, 1978
Play through...Korchnoi,Viktor vs. Karpov,Anatoly, 1978



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