E7: A Safe Choice
Update: 2021-02-04
Description
It was October 1935 and Alexander Alekhine was on his way to Amsterdam to defend his World Champion title. To avoid a serious challenge he’d chosen a relatively easy opponent for the match, a man named Max Euwe. Euwe was actually an amateur player, so to Alekhine, he seemed like a safe choice. But as it turned out, he wasn’t.
The game we're studying this time is actually Max Euwe vs. Bobby Fischer, New York (1957). I think it's a better game for visualization training than any of the Euwe vs. Alekhine games. Before you listen, check out the full annotation here: https://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1044436
Training Resources:
- Game analysis (video): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wno-k1IrZDY&t=176s
- Queen's Gambit Declined (video): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G2F8inwFmk0
- Article on Euwe: https://en.chessbase.com/post/the-gentleman-boxer-world-che-champion
- Book: Chess Words of Wisdom by Mike Henebry
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