[Event "San Remo International Chess Tournament"] [Site "San Remo, ITA"] [Date "1930.01.16"] [Round "1"] [White "Alekhine, Alexander"] [Black "Monticelli, Mario"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C86"] [WhiteElo ""] [BlackElo ""] [TimeControl ""] [Time ""] [PlyCount "67"] [EventDate "1930.01.16"] [Annotator "Alekhine, Alexander, Nimzowitsch, Aron, et. al."] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Qe2 {Here, which is better, 6. Re1, 6. Nc3, or the text move? Few games, though, show the advantages of 6. Qe2 as well as this one.} 6... b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. a4 {Besides Alekine 's continuation,} (9. d4 Bg4 10. Rd1 {etc. is played, as in the game Brinckmann-Monticelli, Budapest, 1929.}) 9... Rb8 {Also played here is} (9... Na5 {with the continuation} 10. Bc2 Bd7 11. d4 {, etc. Best here, according to Alekhine, is 9. ... b4, to which the answer is not 10. Bd5 but 10. a5.}) 10. axb5 axb5 11. d4 exd4 {Not 11. ... Bg4 because of 12. e5 winning the knight.} 12. cxd4 Bg4 13. Rd1 {This shows the idea behind White’s sixth move: Set up a strong pawn front.} 13... d5 14. e5 {After} (14. exd5 Nxd5 15. Nc3 {Black has the interesting answer} 15... Ncb4 {with a strong piece position in the center.}) 14... Ne4 15. Nc3 Nxc3 16. bxc3 Qd7 {Poor here was 16. ... b4 because of 17. c4.} 17. h3 Bf5 18. Ra6 {Entering a new phase. Clearly, this shows the weakness of Black's ninth move, which yielded the queen's-rook file to the opponent.} 18... Kh8 {If instead 18. ... Nd8, then 19. Ne1 with a following g4. Now White begins a sharp maneuver to provoke Black to play ... h6.} 19. Ng5 h6 20. g4 Bg6 21. Nf3 Nd8 22. Ne1 c6 23. Nd3 Ne6 24. f4 f5 25. exf6 Bxf6 26. f5 Nxd4 27. cxd4 Bxd4 28. Kg2 Rbe8 29. Qf3 Bf7 30. Nf4 Be5 31. Ba3 Rg8 32. Bc5 Bb8 33. Bf2 Re4 34. Qxe4 1-0

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