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Alekhine vs Botvinnik! Their First Encounter Where Botvinnik Sacrifices Both Knights – ChessTerra.com

Alekhine vs Botvinnik! Their First Encounter Where Botvinnik Sacrifices Both Knights

November 30, 2020 NHaselton Chess Lectures

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At 1936 Nottingham International tournament 4th World Chess Champion Alexander Alekhine faces Soviet Chess Champion Mikhail Botvinnik. Their first ever encounter ends with a fighting draw. Alekhine later dubbed it “A short, but sharp and well played game”!
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Alexander Alekhine vs Mikhail Botvinnik
Nottingham (1936), Nottingham ENG, rd 5, Aug-14
Sicilian Defense: Dragon. Classical Variation (B72)
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be2 Bg7 7. Be3 Nc6 8.
Nb3 Be6 9. f4 O-O 10. g4 d5 11. f5 Bc8 12. exd5 Nb4 13. d6 Qxd6 14. Bc5 Qf4 15.Rf1 Qxh2 16. Bxb4 Nxg4 17. Bxg4 Qg3+ 18. Rf2 Qg1+ 19. Rf1 Qg3+ 20. Rf2 Qg1+
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