Master game · Alekhine Defense
Karjakin, Sergey vs Vaganian, Rafael A, 2004
XIV It. A Alekhine Defense game with annotated key positions you can drill.
White
Karjakin, Sergey (2576)
Black
Vaganian, Rafael A (2640)
Event
XIV It
Date
2004
Opening
B04k Alekhine Defense
Result
1-0
Play through the game
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1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 g6 5. Bc4 c6 6. O-O dxe5 7. dxe5 Bg7 8. Re1
Bg4 9. Nbd2 Nd7 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Nxf3 e6 12. Bf1 Qc7 13. Qe2 h6 14. Bd2 O-O-O
15. Rad1 g5 16. c4 Ne7 17. b4 Nf8 18. Rb1 Nfg6 19. Bc3 Kb8 20. g3 Rd7 21. Qe4
Nf5 22. a4 Rc8 23. a5 Qd8 24. Bg2 a6 25. Rb3 Rd1 26. b5 axb5 27. cxb5 Qd3 28.
Qa4 Nge7 29. a6 b6 30. a7+ Ka8 31. bxc6 Nd5 32. c7 Nfe7 33. Bb4 Rxe1+ 34. Nxe1
Qc4 35. Rc3 Qe2 36. Rc2 Qxe5 37. Bxe7 1-0
Key positions
The masters found these critical moments. Drill them in spaced repetition to internalise the ideas.
16. c4!
17. b4!
22. a4!
23. a5!
26. b5!
29. a6!
32. c7!
35. Rc3!
37. Bxe7!
Drill the key positions in spaced repetition
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