[Event "Mannheim"] [Site "Mannheim GER"] [Date "1914.08.01"] [Round "11"] [White "Alexander Alekhine"] [Black "Hans Fahrni"] [Result "1-0"] [Variant "Standard"] [ECO "C13"] [Opening "French Defense: Alekhine-Chatard Attack, Albin-Chatard Gambit"] [Annotator "https://lichess.org/@/chessentialsBLOG"] [Source "https://lichess.org/study/pc4x0yT2/H6v1EAoy"] [Orientation "white"] { Game and comments are taken from chessgames.com: https://www.chessgames.com/nodejs/game/viewGamePGN?text=1&gid=1011903 } 1. e4 { Notes by Richard Reti } 1... e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e5 Nfd7 6. h4 { This ingenious method of play which has subsequently been adopted by all modern masters is characteristic of Alekhine's style. } 6... Bxg5 7. hxg5 Qxg5 8. Nh3 { ! The short-stepping knight is always brought as near as possible to the actual battle field. Therefore White does not make the plausible move 8 Nf3 but 8 Nh3 so as to get the knight to f4. } 8... Qe7 9. Nf4 Nf8 10. Qg4 f5 { The only move. Not only was 11 Qxg7 threatened but also Nxd5. } 11. exf6 gxf6 12. O-O-O { He again threatens Nxd5. } 12... c6 13. Re1 Kd8 14. Rh6 e5 15. Qh4 Nbd7 16. Bd3 e4 17. Qg3 Qf7 { Forced - the sacrifice of the knight at d5 was threatened and after 17...Qd6 18 Bxe4 dxe4 19 Rxe4 and 20 Qg7 wins. } 18. Bxe4 dxe4 19. Nxe4 Rg8 20. Qa3 { Here, as so often happens, a surprising move and one difficult to have foreseen, forms the kernel of an apparently simple Alekhine combination. } 20... Qg7 { After 20�Qe7, 21 Qa5+ b6 22 Qc3 would follow. } 21. Nd6 Nb6 22. Ne8 Qf7 { White mates in three moves. } 23. Qd6+ { 1-0 White wins. } 1-0