[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