Peter Leepin vs Alexander Alekhine - Munich 1941

[@baderb52]

Alekhin is a beast. The precision of which his moves are calculated is unbelievable. I call him the chess scientist.

[@fallaciouswanderer8269]

Thanks Mato for providing games like this. My game improved a lot since I subscribed.

[@rkuppal5]

Alekhine was the Greatest chess player of all time...A chess genius & a chess machine...In developing new concepts ( eg Alekhine defence, Alekhine block etc ) , in strategy , in Tactics he was Supreme..

[@danilogallardo5804]

many thanks Mr. Mato.Jelic

[@boat6float]

Am I the only one who is fascinated that a major chess championship would be held in Nazi Germany as the Total War of WWII was raging?

[@Josuep07]

Where are the Alekhine vs Capablanca games?

[@elcastorgrande]

Leepin never knew what hit him. A common occurrence among Alekhine's opponents.

[@proxirr1509]

great video

[@benjafflolz]

when the white knight went to g5 and alekhine pushed his pawn threatening the bishop, why did white not fork the queen and rook? What's the downside of that continuation for white ?

[@Neoptolemus]

Wher e is the pawn sacrifice?

[@Watermelon_Man92]

The sacrifice is not forced but it does happen in the game. If I were White I would have actually immediately traded away the dark square bishop because I know that due to the possible (and likely) f4 move from Alekhine, the bishop is likely to become a liability so I would rather have it off the board.

[@Neoptolemus]

i believe Mato means c7 pawn sacrifice and not f4. He says that now white is a pawn up @ 2:25.

[@springnuance7048]

why f5 is a sacrifice?

[@jonathandonovan1802]

aand why didnt white fork the rook and the queen with nite?

[@sidgar1]

Are you talking about 2:18? Because Black can play Qe7. Then if White plays Nxf8, Black plays fxe3 bishop and where is the white Knight going? If he takes on h7, Black can play exf2+ and the Rook on f1 cannot take because of Bc5 pinning and winning the rook, and if King takes the pawn on f2, Black takes the knight on h7 anyway, basically trading a rook for 2 minor pieces and leaving White king exposed with Rf8+ coming

[@omriavital6309]

brilliantly calculated attack on the king side! its amazing how Alekhine takes advantage on the fienchetto pawn structure in front of the casteled king to coordinate his pieces. its a shame that white traded his dragon bishop to a piece which is not black's light squared bishop if such trade happened early in the game white would have done much better I think

[@Narrowcros]

Destructive light square weaknesses

[@mohamedabdelmoaty7238]

Very good game

[@kevinbyrne4538]

Once again, Alekhine eliminates the opposing king's defenders and then launches a relentless mating attack. By the end of the game, White's king was facing Black's queen and bishop -- with almost no White pieces to help defend him.

[@RedKnight-fn6jr]

Nice game!

[@daniyalhameed5509]

Imagine a game between Alekhine and Fischer, whom would you support ?

[@HarryIsTheHero]

chess :)

[@Hallands.]

I guess I would've supported Fischer, since he would be the only one needing it! No, but seriously, I think Fischer would have put up some interesting resistance and maybe have lasted more than 25 moves, mmm?

[@daniyalhameed5509]

+Dj Neef Agreed.

[@Hallands.]

+Dj Neef I wouldn't be able to, I'm afraid. I was mainly kidding. Are you really capable of this comparative analysis? GM yourself much?

[@mcmcx5514]

Fischer would destroy him. Is that even a question?

[@hassanel-gharib1420]

pls mato want more games for tal

[@Watermelon_Man92]

Trading away the defensive fianchetto bishop while the opponent has it's counterpart is usually not a good idea. You have to know exactly what you are doing to make that kind of decision and have it turn out okay. As a matter of fact, if I'm in a situation where my opponent tries to invade my king's camp with a bishop that I cannot challenge, and that bishop is attacking a rook, in many cases I'll let the bishop take the rook because that's how bad I want that bishop off the board.

[@Bigjuergo]

killa move!

[@AhmedMohamed-zr9kw]

and black is betta :D

[@noelmasangcay4955]

Alekhine tremendous and outrageous moves, makes his all opponents like a noob.

[@Marcel-gt4tp]

Mato obozavam te

[@driptcg]

alekhine always the best!

[@khaledit7050]

Mato always ask: what do you think about this game I think: its a very very complicated game and needs brain like Alekhine to make all this calculations

[@edlawrence5059]

Was this game played under the tutelage of the Nazis?

[@TrotisApple]

Yes, they captured Alekhine in France, 1940.

[@tonymostromable]

Yes, Josef Goebbels gave an opening speech.

[@LFC303606ACID]

More first than ever! Second even..

[@joaquinsanchezpinto6901]

Gay

[@joaquinsanchezpinto6901]

Dazzwidd in spanish

[@TrotisApple]

+Joaquín Sanchez Pinto sexo