[Event "British CF-15 London International"] [Site "London"] [Date "1922.08.12"] [Round "10"] [White "Alekhine, Alexander"] [Black "Yates, Frederick Dewhurst"] [Result "1-0"] [Annotator "ChessLance"] [Variant "Standard"] [ECO "D64"] [Opening "Queen's Gambit Declined: Orthodox Defense, Rubinstein Attack"] [Source "https://lichess.org/study/piLHbDPf/JbKMsdK8"] [Orientation "white"] { [%evp 0,75,19,23,19,15,27,30,19,24,20,25,26,26,36,28,40,27,33,49,46,51,46,11,50,66,55,47,80,70,95,48,58,54,96,89,110,106,124,101,96,97,99,99,127,106,124,137,144,107,162,145,176,148,164,154,187,181,212,223,227,164,268,182,209,152,290,295,537,530,543,546,546,534,29987,29988,29989,29990] } 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Rc1 c6 8. Qc2 Re8 9. Bd3 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Nd5 11. Ne4 f5 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. Ned2 b5 14. Bxd5 cxd5 15. O-O { We are not yet in an endgame, but many details of this position end up emerging at the end of this game. It's pretty clear here that White's position is superior. Black has many weaknesses on the black squares (c5 and e5 especially), the Bishop on b7 is limited by his own pawns and White has complete control of the c-file. } { [%csl Rb5,Rc5,Rc8,Rd5,Re5,Re6,Rf5] } 15... a5 16. Nb3 { To explore the c5-square. } { [%csl Gc5][%cal Gb3c5] } 16... a4 17. Nc5 Nxc5 18. Qxc5 Qxc5 19. Rxc5 { We arrived at the endgame. Note how all the white pieces are superior to the black ones. } { [%csl Ra8,Gc5,Rc8,Ge5,Re8,Gf1][%cal Gf3e5] } 19... b4 20. Rfc1 { An easy way to coordinate the rooks: Doubling them into an open file. } { [%csl Gc1,Gc5] } 20... Ba6 21. Ne5 { Placing the knight on a weak square. } { [%csl Ge5] } 21... Reb8 22. f3 { Preparing to activate the king. } { [%csl Gf2][%cal Gg1f2] } 22... b3 23. a3 { The a4-pawn can now become a weakness. } { [%csl Ra4,Rb3,Rd5,Re6,Rf5] } 23... h6 24. Kf2 Kh7 25. h4 { Paving the way for the king, without Black playing ...g5. } { [%csl Gf4,Gg3][%cal Rg7g5,Gf2g3,Gg3f4] } 25... Rf8 26. Kg3 Rfb8 27. Rc7 { Improving the rook's position even further. } { [%csl Gc7][%cal Gc7a7,Gc7h7] } 27... Bb5 28. R1c5 Ba6 29. R5c6 { [%csl Re6] } 29... Re8 30. Kf4 Kg8 31. h5 Bf1 32. g3 Ba6 33. Rf7 Kh7 34. Rcc7 { [%csl Rg7] } 34... Rg8 35. Nd7 { Starting to create threats that Black can no longer deal with. } { [%csl Ge5][%cal Gd7f6,Gf4e5] } 35... Kh8 36. Nf6 Rgf8 37. Rxg7 Rxf6 38. Ke5 { Gaining material, and Black puts an end to his pain. } { [%csl Re6,Rf6] } 1-0