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Whats the difference between 1800 - 2000

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[Site "London, ENG"]
[Date "1922.08.12"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Alexander Alekhine"]
[Black "Frederick D Yates"]

--{Notes by GM Geza Maroczy}

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Very nice Game CP. Very encouraging. Good for you 🙂

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TY

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Originally posted by ChessPraxis
[Site "London, ENG"]
[Date "1922.08.12"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Alexander Alekhine"]
[Black "Frederick D Yates"]

--{Notes by GM Geza Maroczy}

[pgn]1.d4 Nf6
2.c4 e6
3.Nf3 d5
4.Nc3 Be7
5.Bg5 0-0
6.e3 Nbd7
7.Rc1 c6
8.Qc2 Re8
9.Bd3 dxc4
10.Bxc4 Nd5
11.Ne4 f5 {A weak move. Black gets now a cramped position; better was ...h6.}
12.Bxe7 Qxe ...[text shortened]... h8
36.Nf6 Rgf8
37.Rxg7 Rxf6
38.Ke5 !! {Now white wins a rook or mates black}[/pgn]
There is no possible way one could know that whites wins a rook or mates that far ahead.

P.S. I think the remark "Now white wins a rook or mates black" belongs maybe on move 34 not 21.

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30 ply is indeed a deep horizon.

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Alekhine was a Computer Mind is his generation.
"A clear Visual Photographic Mind". Very Impressive indeed...

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