[Event "World Championship 16th"]
[Site "The Netherlands"]
[Date "1937.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Euwe, Max"]
[Black "Alekhine, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D17"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "1937.10.??"]

{The rematch of the World championship was organised in the Netherlands two
years after the first match. This time the players visited nine cities.
Alekhine's playing strength decreased slowly. Therefore Euwe started as the
favourite.} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Ne5 Nbd7 7.
Nxc4 Qc7 8. g3 e5 9. dxe5 Nxe5 10. Bf4 Nfd7 11. Bg2 f6 12. O-O Rd8 13. Qc1 Be6
14. Ne4 $1 {A theoretical duel is continued. Euwe plays a move of Türn.} Bb4 (
14... Bxc4 15. Qxc4 Nxc4 16. Bxc7 Rc8 17. Bf4 {favours White (Euwe).}) 15. a5
O-O 16. a6 ({Alekhine's idea} 16. Ra4 $1 Be7 17. Qc3 {keeps a slight advantage.
}) 16... bxa6 $6 (16... b6 {does not ruin the queen's side.}) 17. Nxe5 Nxe5 18.
Nc5 Bxc5 (18... Bc8 $2 19. Bxe5 Qxe5 20. Qc4+ {costs a piece.}) 19. Qxc5 g5 $2
{The king's side is ruined.} (19... Qb6 $1 20. Qc3 {(Euwe).}) 20. Be3 Bd5 21.
Rxa6 Bxg2 22. Kxg2 (22. Rxa7 $2 Bxf1 23. Rxc7 Rd1 24. Qc2 Bxe2+ 25. Kg2 Bf3+
26. Kh3 Nf7 {ends terribly.}) 22... Rf7 23. Rfa1 $1 Qd6 (23... Qb8 $1 {
tries to keep material equality (Alekhine)} 24. Bd4 {
and pawn a7 will be lost anyway.}) 24. Qxd6 Rxd6 25. Rxa7 (25. b4 $1 {(Euwe).})
25... Rxa7 26. Rxa7 Nc4 27. Bc5 Re6 (27... Rd2 28. Be7 $1) 28. Bd4 Rxe2 29.
Bxf6 g4 $1 {Suddenly Black threatens 30...Ne3+ 31.Kg1 Re1#.} (29... Nxb2 $2 30.
Ra2 {loses a piece.}) 30. Kf1 $1 Rc2 31. Rg7+ Kf8 32. Rxg4 Nxb2 33. Bxb2 Rxb2
34. Rc4 Rb6 35. Ke2 Kf7 36. Rh4 Kg6 37. Rf4 Rb3 38. Rc4 Rb6 39. Ke3 Kf5 40. g4+
Ke6 (40... Kg5 41. f3 {(Euwe).}) 41. f4 Kd5 42. Rd4+ Ke6 43. f5+ Ke7 44. Re4+
Kf7 45. h4 Rb1 46. Kf4 Rc1 47. Ra4 h6 48. Ra7+ Kg8 49. g5 Rc4+ 50. Ke5 $1 {
Euwe took the lead immediately.} (50. Ke5 Rxh4 51. g6 {and 52.Kf6.}) 1-0

[Event "World Championship 16th"]
[Site "The Netherlands"]
[Date "1937.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Alekhine, Alexander"]
[Black "Euwe, Max"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D17"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1937.10.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Ne5 e6 {
Bogoljubow played this move twice against Alekhine in Wiesbaden 1929.} 7. Bg5
Bb4 8. Nxc4 (8. f3 {is sharper.}) 8... Qd5 $1 9. Bxf6 (9. Qb3 Na6 {
is playable too.}) 9... Qxc4 (9... gxf6 10. Ne3 Qa5 11. Qb3 {
is good for White (Alekhine).}) 10. Qd2 gxf6 11. e4 Qb3 12. exf5 Nd7 13. fxe6
fxe6 14. Be2 O-O-O 15. O-O e5 $1 {Euwe takes the initiative.} (15... Nb6 16.
Rfc1 $1 {gives no advantage}) 16. dxe5 Nxe5 17. Qc1 Bxc3 (17... Rhg8 $1 18. Ne4
Nf3+ 19. Bxf3 Qxf3 20. Ng3 Qg4 $11 {(Alekhine).}) 18. bxc3 Rhg8 19. Qe3 Kb8 $6
(19... Qd5 20. g3 Qd2 {(Euwe).}) 20. g3 Rd7 21. Rab1 $1 Qc2 ({Avoids} 21...
Qxa4 $2 22. Ra1) 22. Rfe1 Qd2 23. Qxd2 Rxd2 24. f4 Ng6 25. Bc4 Rgd8 $6 ({
A fine defence is} 25... Rg7 $1 26. Re8+ Kc7 27. Kh1 b6 28. Rbe1 Rgd7) 26. Re6
R8d6 27. Rbe1 Kc7 28. Rxd6 Rxd6 (28... Kxd6 $2 29. Bg8 {
leaves the position open.}) 29. h4 Kd7 30. Kf2 Ne7 31. Kf3 Nd5 $2 ({Euwe finds
} 31... f5 {necessary. White answers} 32. h5 {in order to prepare g4.}) 32. Bd3
$1 h6 33. Bf5+ Kd8 34. Kg4 $1 Ne7 ({Alekhine's great point is} 34... Nxc3 35.
Kh5 Nxa4 36. Kxh6 {and the h-pawn decides.}) 35. Bb1 Ke8 (35... Rd5 36. f5 Kd7
37. Rf1 {and Kh5.}) 36. Kh5 Kf7 (36... f5 $1 37. Bxf5 Rd5 38. g4 Kf7 39. c4 $1
Rc5 40. Re5 {(Belavenets and Riumin).}) 37. Ba2+ Kf8 38. Kxh6 Rd2 39. Be6 Rd3
40. g4 Rxc3 41. g5 {Euwe played wonderfully during the transition from the
opening to the middle game and collapsed thereafter.} 1-0

[Event "World Championship 16th"]
[Site "The Netherlands"]
[Date "1937.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Euwe, Max"]
[Black "Alekhine, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D46"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "1937.10.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 Bb4 {
Chigorin's move avoids the Meraner.} 7. O-O O-O 8. a3 Bxc3 (8... Ba5 {
and 8. ..Bd6 have become more usual.}) 9. bxc3 Qc7 10. Nd2 e5 $5 11. Bb2 e4 {
The closed centre restricts the two bishops.} 12. Be2 b5 $5 13. cxb5 cxb5 14.
a4 $1 (14. Bxb5 Rb8 {is too greedy.}) 14... bxa4 15. c4 $1 dxc4 16. Nxc4 Nb6 $1
17. Nxb6 axb6 18. Rxa4 Bb7 19. Rxa8 Rxa8 {
White will take the initiative on the queen's side.} 20. Qb1 Re8 {
The blockade ..Nd5 is prepared.} 21. Rc1 Qd6 22. Qc2 h6 (22... Nd5 $1 {
Maróczy).}) 23. Qc7 Qxc7 24. Rxc7 Rc8 25. Rxc8+ Bxc8 26. f3 Bb7 $1 27. Kf2 Ne8
$6 (27... Bc6 28. Ba3 b5 29. Bd1 g5 {keeps the opponent at a distance.}) 28.
Ba3 Bd5 $6 29. Be7 $6 (29. fxe4 $1 Bxe4 30. Bf3 Nf6 31. Kg3 {
and the king enters (Euwe and Botvinnik).}) 29... f5 30. fxe4 fxe4 $6 (30...
Bxe4 $5 31. Bd8 (31. Bc4+ {does not refute.} Kh7 32. d5 Kg6 33. d6 Nf6 34. Be6
Bc6 {and the pawn makes no further advance.}) 31... Nf6 32. Bxb6 Nd5 {
blockades the centre.}) 31. Bd8 Nd6 32. Bxb6 Nc4 $1 33. Bc7 Kf7 34. h4 g5 $1
35. Bh5+ Ke7 (35... Kf6 $2 36. Bd8+) 36. Bg4 Bb7 37. Be5 $2 ({
Reshevsky analyses the potential way to win} 37. hxg5 hxg5 38. Bh2 Bd5 39. Bg1
$1 {The protection of pawn e3 is taken over.} Kf6 40. Ke1 $1 Ke7 41. Bf5 Kd6
42. Kd1 Kc6 43. Kc2 Kb5 44. Kc3 Nb6 45. Bg6 Nc4 46. Be8+ Ka5 47. Bf2 $1 Nb6 48.
Be1 Nc4 49. Bc6 $1 {the defence has been taken.}) 37... Nxe5 $1 {
The strength of the exchanges surprised Euwe completely.} 38. dxe5 gxh4 39. Kg1
(39. Ke2 Bd5 40. Kd2 Be6 $1 41. Bh3 $1 Bxh3 42. gxh3 Ke6 {
and the pawn ending is drawn (Euwe and Maróczy).}) 39... Ba6 40. Kh2 Kf7 41.
Kh3 Bf1 42. Bf5 Ke7 43. Kh2 Be2 44. Kh3 Bf1 45. Bxe4 (45. Kxh4 Bxg2 $11) 45...
Ke6 46. Kxh4 Kxe5 47. Bf3 Kf6 48. Kh5 Kg7 49. e4 Bd3 50. e5 Bg6+ 51. Kg4 Kf7
52. Bd5+ Ke7 53. Kf4 Bh7 54. g3 Kf8 55. Be4 Bg8 56. Bf3 Ke7 57. Kg4 Ke6 58. Kf4
Ke7 59. Bg4 Bb3 60. Bc8 Kf7 {Alekhine escaped with great difficulty.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Championship 16th"]
[Site "The Netherlands"]
[Date "1937.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Alekhine, Alexander"]
[Black "Euwe, Max"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D17"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1937.10.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Ne5 e6 7. f3 Bb4 8. Bg5 (
{The witty} 8. e4 Bxe4 9. fxe4 Nxe4 {stems from Vidmar-Mikenas, Prague 1931.})
8... c5 9. dxc5 Qd5 $5 10. Qxd5 exd5 11. e4 $1 dxe4 $2 ({The correct variation
} 11... Bxe4 $1 12. fxe4 Nxe4 13. Bd2 Nxd2 14. Kxd2 Nc6 {
is played after half a century (Winants-Ljubojevic, Brussels 1988).}) 12. Nxc4
O-O 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. O-O-O (14. Nd6 {is dangerous too.}) 14... exf3 (14...
Bxc3 15. bxc3 exf3 16. Nd6 $1) 15. Nd5 (15. Nd6 $6 Bd7 $1 16. Nd5 Bxc5 $1)
15... Nc6 16. gxf3 $2 ({An advantage keeps} 16. Nd6 $1 Bg6 17. Nxb4 Nxb4 18.
gxf3 {(Alekhine).}) 16... Bxc5 $1 17. Nxf6+ Kh8 18. Rd5 Nd4 $1 19. Ne4 ({
White does not win a piece by} 19. b4 Be7 $1 20. Rxd4 Bxf6 21. Rf4 $4 Bg5 {
(Euwe).}) 19... Bxe4 20. fxe4 Rad8 21. Ne5 Rxd5 22. exd5 Re8 {
Euwe fears the potential strength of the d-pawn and forces a draw.} (22... Bd6
$5 23. Nc4 Bf4+ 24. Kb1 Rd8 25. Bg2 Rc8 $1 {keeps the game going.}) 23. Nxf7+
Kg7 24. Ng5 h6 25. Ne6+ ({White does not like} 25. Nh3 $6 Re1+ 26. Kd2 Nf3+ 27.
Kd3 Re3+) 25... Nxe6 26. dxe6 Rxe6 27. Bc4 {
This time Euwe defended strongly in the endgame.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Championship 16th"]
[Site "The Netherlands"]
[Date "1937.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Euwe, Max"]
[Black "Alekhine, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D28"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1937.10.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 a6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Bxc4 e6 6. O-O c5 7. Qe2 Nc6 8. Nc3
b5 9. Bb3 Be7 $2 {An important tempo is lost, according to Euwe.} (9... cxd4
10. Rd1 Bb7 {(Maróczy).}) 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. e4 $1 b4 12. e5 $1 (12. Na4 Be7 13.
Be3 {is great too (Botvinnik).}) 12... bxc3 13. exf6 gxf6 ({Maróczy analyses} 
13... Qxf6 14. Qc4 $1 cxb2 15. Qxc5 bxc1=Q (15... bxa1=Q 16. Qxc6+ Ke7 17. Rd1
Qf5 18. Ba3+ Kf6 19. Rxa1 $18) 16. Raxc1 Bd7 17. Ba4 Rc8 18. Rfd1 {
and White has a considerable positional advantage.}) 14. Qc4 Qb6 15. Qxc3 Nd4 {
Black wants to simplify.} 16. Nxd4 Bxd4 17. Ba4+ Ke7 (17... Bd7 18. Bxd7+ Kxd7
19. Rd1 e5 20. Be3 Rac8 21. Bxd4 $1 {(Euwe).}) 18. Be3 $3 {
Interference on diagonals crowns the combination.} Bxc3 $6 ({
More resistance offers} 18... Rd8 $1 19. Rad1 e5 20. Bxd4 Rxd4 21. Rxd4 exd4
22. Qf3 Rb8 {(Euwe).}) 19. Bxb6 Be5 (19... Bxb2 20. Bc5+ Kd8 21. Rfd1+ Kc7 22.
Bd6+ Kb7 23. Rab1 $18 {(Euwe).}) (19... Bb4 20. Rfd1 $1 Rb8 21. Bc7 Rb7 22.
Rac1 {and a3 will win (Euwe).}) 20. Rad1 $1 Kf8 ({A nice end is} 20... Bd6 $2
21. Rxd6 $1 Kxd6 22. Rd1+ Ke5 23. Bc6 {(Euwe).}) 21. f4 $1 Bxb2 22. Rf3 $1 Bb7
23. Rg3 {Black has no defence against the threat 24.Bc5#.} Ba3 (23... Rc8 24.
Rd8+ Rxd8 25. Bc5+ Rd6 26. Bxd6#) 24. Rxa3 Rg8 25. Rg3 Rxg3 26. hxg3 Bd5 27.
Bb3 Bxb3 28. axb3 Ke8 29. b4 Rb8 30. Bc5 Rc8 31. Ra1 Rc6 32. Kf2 f5 33. Ke3 f6
34. Kd4 Kf7 35. Kc4 Kg6 36. Rd1 Kh5 37. Rd6 Rxd6 38. Bxd6 Kg4 39. Be7 Kxg3 40.
Bxf6 Kxf4 41. Kc5 {Alekhine was defeated brilliantly. Euwe regained the lead.}
1-0

[Event "World Championship 16th"]
[Site "The Netherlands"]
[Date "1937.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Alekhine, Alexander"]
[Black "Euwe, Max"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D10"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "1937.10.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 dxc4 4. e4 e5 5. Bxc4 $6 exd4 {
Euwe gives a sound answer to a doubtful idea.} 6. Nf3 $3 {
The turning point in Euwe's world championship has been reached.} b5 $4 ({
The crucial variation is} 6... dxc3 7. Bxf7+ Ke7 8. Qb3 $1 cxb2 $3 (8... Nf6 {
The variation is almost forced.} 9. e5 Ne4 10. O-O $1 Qb6 11. Qc4 $1 cxb2 12.
Bxb2 Qxb2 13. Qxe4 Kxf7 14. Ng5+ Ke8 15. Qf4 Be7 16. Qf7+ Kd8 17. Rad1+ Bd7 18.
Ne6+ Kc8 19. Qxe7 Qxe5 20. Rxd7 $1 Nxd7 21. Rd1 Kb8 22. Qxd7 a6 23. Rb1 {
(Botvinnik)} Ra7 $1 24. Nd8 Ka8 $1 25. Qc8+ Qb8 26. Qxb8+ Kxb8 27. Nxc6+ Ka8
28. Nxa7 Kxa7 $11) 9. Bxb2 Qb6 10. Ba3+ c5 11. Bxg8 Rxg8 12. Bxc5+ $1 Qxc5 13.
O-O $1 Qh5 $3 ({The timid} 13... Rh8 $2 {loses due to} 14. Rac1 Qb6 15. Rxc8
Qxb3 16. axb3 g6 17. Rd1) 14. Qxg8 Be6 15. Qh8 Nc6 $19 {(Goncharov).}) 7. Nxb5
$1 Ba6 $6 ({Poor Max had missed} 7... cxb5 8. Bd5) 8. Qb3 $1 Qe7 (8... Bxb5 $2
9. Bxf7+ Kd7 10. Nxd4 $1 (10. Bxg8 $2 Rxg8 11. Qxg8 $2 Bb4+)) 9. O-O (9. Nd6+
Qxd6 10. Bxf7+ Kd8 11. Bxg8 {wins material.}) 9... Bxb5 (9... cxb5 10. Bd5 Bb7
11. Qxb5+ $18) 10. Bxb5 Nf6 (10... cxb5 $2 11. Qd5 $18) 11. Bc4 Nbd7 12. Nxd4
Rb8 13. Qc2 Qc5 14. Nf5 Ne5 15. Bf4 Nh5 16. Bxf7+ Kxf7 17. Qxc5 Bxc5 18. Bxe5
Rb5 19. Bd6 Bb6 20. b4 Rd8 21. Rad1 c5 22. bxc5 Bxc5 23. Rd5 {The humiliation
had a strong effect on Euwe. He lost the next game by blunders. His
superiority lasted from the 'Incident in Ermelo' til the 'Disaster in Haarlem'.
} 1-0

[Event "World Championship 16th"]
[Site "NLD"]
[Date "1937.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Euwe, Max"]
[Black "Alekhine, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "D18"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.e3 e6 7.Bxc4 Nbd7 8.O-O Bd6
9.Qe2 Ne4 10.Nxe4 Bxe4 11.Nd2 Bg6 12.e4 Bc7 13.Bb3 O-O 14.f4 Nf6 15.Bc2 Qxd4+
16.Kh1 Qb4 17.g4 Rad8 18.f5 exf5 19.exf5 Rfe8 20.Qg2 Qxg4 21.fxg6 hxg6 22.Bd1 Qxg2+
23.Kxg2 Rd4 24.Nf3 Rg4+ 25.Kh3 Rd8 26.Bg5 Rb4 27.Bd2 Re4 28.Bb3 Re2 29.Bc3 Rd3
30.Kh4 Rxf3 31.Rxf3 Rxh2+ 32.Rh3 g5+ 33.Kxg5 Rxh3 34.Bd1 Ne4+  0-1

[Event "World Championship 16th"]
[Site "The Netherlands"]
[Date "1937.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Alekhine, Alexander"]
[Black "Euwe, Max"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E34"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1937.10.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 Qxd5 6. e3 c5 7. a3 Bxc3+ 8.
bxc3 Nbd7 {
It is inconsistent to play the quiet Nimzo-Indian and choose a sharp variation.
} 9. f3 $5 {A novelty starts the struggle for the centre.} cxd4 10. cxd4 Nb6
11. Ne2 Bd7 12. Nf4 (12. e4 {
might be better, but Alekhine wants active play by the pieces.}) 12... Qd6 13.
Bd2 {Threatens 14.Bb4.} Rc8 14. Qb2 Nfd5 $1 15. Nxd5 exd5 16. Bb4 Qe6 17. Kf2
Na4 $5 (17... Nc4 $6 18. Bxc4 Rxc4 19. Rac1 Rxc1 20. Rxc1 Bc6 21. e4 $1 Kd7 $1
{(Euwe and Botvinnik)} 22. exd5 Bxd5 23. Qc2 $1 {and a dangerous attack.}) (
17... f5 18. Bc5 $1 Kf7 19. Bxb6 Qxb6 20. Qxb6 axb6 {seems to be playable.})
18. Qd2 b6 $2 (18... f5 19. Bd3 Kf7 20. Rhe1 Rhe8 {and Black can defend
himself against the attack in the centre (Euwe and Alekhine).}) 19. Ba6 Rb8 (
19... Rd8 20. Rhe1 f6 21. e4 Kf7 22. Bb7 $18) 20. e4 $1 b5 (20... dxe4 21. Rhe1
$1) 21. Qf4 $1 Rb6 22. exd5 $1 Qxd5 23. Rhe1+ Be6 24. Rac1 f6 25. Rc7 Kd8 26.
Rxa7 {Euwe was humiliated for the third time in a row. He recovered somewhat,
but the level of the games remained poor.} 1-0

[Event "World Championship 16th"]
[Site "NLD"]
[Date "1937.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Euwe, Max"]
[Black "Alekhine, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "D18"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.e3 e6 7.Bxc4 Bb4 8.O-O Nbd7
9.Qe2 Ne4 10.Bd3 Bxc3 11.bxc3 Nxc3 12.Qc2 Bxd3 13.Qxd3 Nd5 14.Ba3 a5 15.Rab1 Nb4
16.Bxb4 axb4 17.Rxb4 O-O 18.Qc2 Qc7 19.Rfb1 Rfb8 20.e4 Ra5 21.e5 h6 22.Nd2 c5
23.Nb3 Raa8 24.Rc4 b6 25.f4 Qc6 26.dxc5 bxc5 27.Ra1 Qb6 28.Ra3 Qa7 29.Qf2 Nb6
30.Rxc5 Nxa4 31.Rc1 Qxf2+ 32.Kxf2 Rb4 33.g3 Rd8 34.Ke2 Nb6 35.Nd2 g5 36.fxg5 hxg5
37.Rd3 Nd5 38.Rc4 Rxc4 39.Nxc4 Ra8 40.Ne3 Nxe3 41.Rxe3  1/2-1/2

[Event "World Championship 16th"]
[Site "NLD"]
[Date "1937.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Alekhine, Alexander"]
[Black "Euwe, Max"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "E34"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 d5 5.cxd5 Qxd5 6.e3 c5 7.a3 Bxc3+ 8.bxc3 Nc6
9.Nf3 O-O 10.c4 Qd6 11.Bb2 cxd4 12.exd4 b6 13.Bd3 Bb7 14.O-O Rac8 15.Qe2 Qf4
16.Rad1 Rfe8 17.h3 Na5 18.Ne5 Be4 19.Rfe1 Bxd3 20.Qxd3 Red8 21.Bc1 Qh4 22.Qe2 Re8
23.g4 Nc6 24.Kg2 Nxe5 25.dxe5 Nh5 26.gxh5 Rxc4 27.Qf3 Rf8 28.h6 f5 29.Qg3 Qxg3+
30.fxg3 Rfc8 31.hxg7 Rc2+ 32.Kf3 R2c3+ 33.Be3 Rxa3 34.Rd7 Rc4 35.Kf2 Rc2+
36.Re2 Raa2 37.Rxc2 Rxc2+ 38.Kf3 a5 39.Bh6 Rc8 40.Ra7  1-0

[Event "World Championship 16th"]
[Site "NLD"]
[Date "1937.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Euwe, Max"]
[Black "Alekhine, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "D17"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.Ne5 e6 7.Bg5 Bb4 8.f3 h6
9.Bxf6 gxf6 10.Nxc4 c5 11.dxc5 Qxd1+ 12.Rxd1 Bc2 13.Rc1 Bb3 14.Nd2 Bxc3 15.Rxc3 Bxa4
16.e4 Ke7 17.Bd3 Rd8 18.Ke2 Nc6 19.Ke3 Nb4 20.Bb1 Bb5 21.Nb3 f5 22.Na5 b6
23.cxb6 axb6 24.Nc4 Ra1 25.Na3 Ba6 26.Rb3 Nd3 27.exf5 Nxb2 28.Rxb2 Rxa3+
29.Kf2 Rd6 30.fxe6 Rxe6  1/2-1/2

[Event "World Championship 16th"]
[Site "NLD"]
[Date "1937.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Alekhine, Alexander"]
[Black "Euwe, Max"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "E34"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 d5 5.cxd5 Qxd5 6.e3 c5 7.a3 Bxc3+ 8.bxc3 O-O
9.Nf3 cxd4 10.cxd4 b6 11.Bc4 Qc6 12.Bd3 Qxc2 13.Bxc2 Ba6 14.Ne5 Nbd7 15.Nxd7 Nxd7
16.Bb2 Rac8 17.Rc1 Rfd8 18.f3 e5 19.Kf2 exd4 20.Bxd4 Nc5 21.Rhd1 Ne6 22.Bb3 Rxc1
23.Rxc1 Nxd4 24.exd4 Rc8 25.Rd1 Rc3 26.d5  1/2-1/2

[Event "World Championship 16th"]
[Site "NLD"]
[Date "1937.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Euwe, Max"]
[Black "Alekhine, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "D18"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.e3 e6 7.Bxc4 Nbd7 8.Qe2 Ne4
9.O-O Bb4 10.Bd3 Bxc3 11.Bxe4 Bb4 12.Bxf5 exf5 13.d5 cxd5 14.Qb5 Qa5 15.Qxb7 Rb8
16.Qc6 Qc5 17.Nd4 Rb6 18.Qxc5 Nxc5 19.a5 Ra6 20.Nc2 Bxa5 21.b4 Bxb4 22.Bb2 Ba5
23.Bxg7 Rg8 24.Be5 Nb3 25.Ra4 Rag6 26.Bg3 Bb6 27.Rf4 h5 28.Rh4 a5 29.Rxh5 Rc6
30.Na3 d4 31.exd4 Nxd4 32.Re1+ Kd7 33.Kf1 Rc3 34.Nb1 Rc2 35.Rd1 Kc6 36.Rh6+ Rg6
37.Rh8 Kb7 38.Rf8 Rg7 39.Be5 Nf3 40.Rb8+ Ka7 41.Rd7+ Bc7 42.Rxc7+ Kxb8 43.Rxc2+ Nxe5
44.Rc5 f6 45.Rxa5 Rc7 46.Nd2 Rc2 47.Rd5 Kc7 48.Ke2 Rb2 49.h3 Kc6 50.Rd4 Kc5
51.Ke3 Ng6 52.Rd8 Ne7 53.Kd3 Rb7 54.Ke3 Rb2 55.Rd3 Nd5+ 56.Kf3 Nb4 57.Rc3+ Kd4
58.Rb3 Rxb3+ 59.Nxb3+ Ke5 60.g3 Nc6 61.h4 Nd8 62.Nc5 Nf7 63.Nd3+ Kd4 64.Ne1 Ke5
65.Nd3+ Ke6 66.Kf4 Nd6 67.Nc5+ Kf7 68.Nb3  1-0

[Event "World Championship 16th"]
[Site "NLD"]
[Date "1937.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Alekhine, Alexander"]
[Black "Euwe, Max"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "E02"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Nf3 dxc4 5.Qa4+ Nbd7 6.Qxc4 c5 7.Bg2 Nb6 8.Qd3 cxd4
9.O-O Be7 10.Nxd4 O-O 11.Nc3 e5 12.Nf5 Bb4 13.Qc2 Bxc3 14.bxc3 Bxf5 15.Qxf5 Qc7
16.Bh6 Nbd7 17.Qg5 Ne8 18.Rab1 Nc5 19.Qg4 Rd8 20.Bg5 Rd6 21.Qc4 b6 22.f4 Rg6
23.Rbd1 e4 24.Bh4 b5 25.Qb4 a5 26.Qa3 f5 27.Bd8 Qa7 28.Kh1 Ra6 29.Rd5 Ne6
30.Rfd1 Nxd8 31.Rxd8 Qf7 32.R1d5 Rc6 33.Rxb5 Qc4 34.Rxf5 Rcf6 35.Rxf6 gxf6
36.Rd4 Qxe2 37.Qb3+ Kh8 38.Rxe4 Qd2 39.Qb1 Qxc3 40.Qe1 Qxe1+ 41.Rxe1 Nd6
42.Bc6 Rb8 43.Re6 Rb1+ 44.Kg2 Rb2+ 45.Kh3 Nf5 46.Rxf6 Ne7 47.Be4 Kg7 48.Re6 Kf7
49.Rh6 Rxa2 50.Rxh7+ Kf6 51.Rh6+ Kf7 52.Ra6  1-0

[Event "World Championship 16th"]
[Site "NLD"]
[Date "1937.??.??"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Euwe, Max"]
[Black "Alekhine, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "D19"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.e3 e6 7.Bxc4 Bb4 8.O-O Nbd7
9.Qe2 Bg6 10.Bd3 Bxd3 11.Qxd3 O-O 12.Rd1 Qe7 13.e4 e5 14.Bg5 h6 15.Bxf6 Qxf6
16.d5 Rfd8 17.dxc6 bxc6 18.Na2 Be7 19.b4 a5 20.Qc3 axb4 21.Nxb4 Nc5 22.Rxd8+ Rxd8
23.Qc4 Nxe4 24.Nxc6 Nd2 25.Nxd2 Rxd2 26.Nxe7+ Qxe7 27.a5 Qf6 28.Rf1 Qd8 29.a6 Rd4
30.Qa2 Rd5 31.Qc4 Ra5 32.Rb1 Qa8 33.Qc7 Qxa6 34.Rb8+ Kh7 35.h3 Ra1+ 36.Kh2 Qf6
37.Qc2+ g6 38.Rb3 Qf4+ 39.g3 Qa4 40.Qd3 Ra2 41.Kg2 Qa7 42.Qe3 Qc7 43.Qf3 Kg7
44.Qd5 Ra5 45.Rb5 Rxb5 46.Qxb5 Qc3 47.Qe8 Qd4 48.Qc6 Qd3 49.Qc5 Qe4+ 50.Kg1 g5
51.g4 Qd4 52.Qc2 Qf4 53.Kg2 h5 54.gxh5 e4 55.Qd1 Kh6 56.Qd4 Qf3+ 57.Kg1 Kxh5
58.Qh8+ Kg6 59.Qg8+ Kf6 60.Qd8+ Kf5 61.Qc8+ Ke5 62.Qb8+  1/2-1/2

[Event "World Championship 16th"]
[Site "NLD"]
[Date "1937.??.??"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Alekhine, Alexander"]
[Black "Euwe, Max"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "E02"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 dxc4 5.Qa4+ Nbd7 6.Nf3 c5 7.Nc3 a6 8.O-O Be7
9.dxc5 Bxc5 10.Qxc4 b5 11.Qh4 Bb7 12.Bg5 O-O 13.Rad1 Qc7 14.Rc1 Qb6 15.b4 Be7
16.Rfd1 Bc6 17.Be3 Qb7 18.Rxd7 Bxd7 19.Ng5 Qb8 20.Bxa8 Qxa8 21.Nxh7 Rc8 22.Ng5 Rc4
23.Nce4 Rxc1+ 24.Bxc1 Qd5 25.Nc3 Qe5 26.Bb2 Bc6 27.a3 Bd6 28.e3 Qf5 29.e4 Qg6
30.f3 Nd7 31.Nh3 f6 32.Nf4 Qf7 33.Qg4 Ne5 34.Qxe6 Nxf3+ 35.Kf2 Qxe6 36.Nxe6 Nd2
37.Nd4 Nxe4+ 38.Nxe4 Bxe4 39.Ke3 Bb7 40.Nf5 Bc7 41.Bd4 Kf7 42.Bc5 Kg6 43.Bd6 Bd8
44.Nd4 Bd5 45.h3 Bb6 46.Bc5 Bc7 47.Ne2 Bc4 48.Nf4+ Kf7 49.h4 g5 50.hxg5 fxg5
51.Nh3 Kf6 52.Nf2 Kf5 53.g4+ Ke6 54.Nh3 Kf6 55.Bd4+ Kg6 56.Ke4 Bf1 57.Nf2 Bg2+
58.Kd3 Bd5 59.Nd1 Bf3 60.Nf2 Bf4 61.Be3 Bg3 62.Kd4 Bb8 63.Kd3 Be5 64.Bd4 Bf4
65.Be3  1/2-1/2

[Event "World Championship 16th"]
[Site "NLD"]
[Date "1937.??.??"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Euwe, Max"]
[Black "Alekhine, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "D19"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.e3 e6 7.Bxc4 Bb4 8.O-O O-O
9.Qe2 Ne4 10.Bd3 Bxc3 11.bxc3 Nxc3 12.Qc2 Bxd3 13.Qxd3 Nd5 14.Ba3 Re8 15.Rab1 b6
16.Rfc1 a5 17.Ne5 Nb4 18.Bxb4 axb4 19.Nxc6 Nxc6 20.Rxc6 e5 21.Rxb4 exd4 22.Rxd4 Qb8
23.Qb5 Rc8 24.g3 Rxc6 25.Qxc6 h6 26.Rb4 Ra6 27.Qb5 Qa8 28.Rd4 Qc8 29.Re4 Kh7
30.Re7 Ra5 31.Qxb6 Qc1+ 32.Kg2 Rf5 33.Qd4 Qc2 34.e4 Rf6 35.Re5 Rc6 36.a5 Qe2
37.Qd5 Rc1 38.Qxf7 Qf1+ 39.Kf3 Qd1+ 40.Kf4 Qd2+ 41.Kg4  1-0

[Event "World Championship 16th"]
[Site "NLD"]
[Date "1937.??.??"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Alekhine, Alexander"]
[Black "Euwe, Max"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "D41"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 e6 3.d4 Nf6 4.Nc3 c5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.e4 Nxc3 7.bxc3 cxd4 8.cxd4 Bb4+
9.Bd2 Bxd2+ 10.Qxd2 O-O 11.Bc4 Nc6 12.O-O b6 13.Rfd1 Bb7 14.Qf4 Rc8 15.d5 exd5
16.Bxd5 Qe7 17.Ng5 Ne5 18.Bxb7 Ng6 19.Qf5 Qxb7 20.Rd7 Qa6 21.h4 Rc5 22.Rd5 Rxd5
23.exd5 Qc8 24.Qe4 Re8 25.Qa4 Re7 26.d6 Rd7 27.Rd1 Nf8 28.Qf4 Qc6 29.Ne4 Qc2
30.Rc1 Qxa2 31.h5 h6 32.Ng3 Ne6 33.Qe5 Qa6 34.Nf5 Qd3 35.Kh2 Kh7 36.Rc3 Qd1
37.f3 Qd2 38.Rc4 Qg5 39.Rh4 Qf6 40.Qe4 Nc5 41.Qc2 a5 42.g3 a4 43.Rg4 g6 44.Nh4 Qxd6
45.hxg6+ fxg6 46.Rd4 Qe6 47.Rxd7+ Nxd7 48.Qxa4 h5 49.Qc2 Ne5 50.Kg2 Nc4 51.Nxg6  1/2-1/2

[Event "World Championship 16th"]
[Site "The Netherlands"]
[Date "1937.??.??"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Euwe, Max"]
[Black "Alekhine, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E21"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "1937.10.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 Ne4 $5 5. Qc2 d5 $6 (5... f5 {
is less compromising.}) 6. e3 c5 7. Bd3 Nf6 $2 (7... f5 {
does not lose two tempi.}) 8. cxd5 exd5 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. O-O Nc6 11. e4 $1 {
The position is opened rigorously.} Be7 {
Parries the threat 12.Nxd5 Nxd5 13.Qxc5 and closes the e-file.} 12. e5 (12. Rd1
$1 {is more powerful (Konstantipolsky).}) 12... Ng4 13. Re1 (13. Bb5 $1 O-O 14.
Bxc6 bxc6 15. h3 Nh6 16. Bxh6 gxh6 17. Nd4 {ruins Black's king's side (Euwe).})
13... Nb4 14. Bb5+ Kf8 $1 (14... Bd7 15. Qf5 $1) 15. Qe2 Bc5 16. Nd1 Bf5 17. h3
h5 $5 (17... Nxf2 18. Nxf2 Nc2 19. Bg5 Qb6 20. Bh4 {
might be better for Black, but Alekhine wants to counterattack.}) 18. Bg5 $1
Qb6 19. Nh4 Be4 20. hxg4 Nc2 (20... hxg4 21. e6 $3 Qxe6 (21... fxe6 22. Nc3) (
21... f6 22. e7+) (21... g3 22. Rc1) 22. a3 Nc2 23. Qxc2 Bxc2 24. Rxe6 fxe6 25.
Rc1 Bxd1 26. Ng6+ $18 {(Becker).}) 21. Nc3 $1 Nd4 (21... Nxa1 22. Rxa1 hxg4 23.
Na4 Bxf2+ 24. Kf1 {(Euwe)} Qd4 25. Qxf2 Qxf2+ 26. Kxf2 Rh5 27. Rh1 Rxg5 28.
Ng6+ $18) 22. Qf1 hxg4 $1 23. Na4 $1 Qc7 24. Rxe4 $2 (24. Nxc5 $1 Qxc5 25. Bd3
Ne6 26. Be3 Bxd3 27. Bxc5+ Nxc5 28. Re2 Rxh4 29. Qc1 $1 $18 {(Euwe).}) 24...
dxe4 25. Qc4 Rc8 26. Rc1 $2 (26. Rd1 Qxe5 $1 27. Nxc5 Rxc5 $1 28. Qxd4 Qxd4 29.
Rxd4 Rxg5 30. Rd8+ Ke7 31. Rxh8 Rxb5 $11) 26... b6 $2 (26... Qxe5 27. Nxc5 Kg8
$1 28. Be3 Rxh4 29. Bxd4 Qh5 $1 {and Black has taken over the attack.}) 27.
Nxc5 bxc5 ({Avoids} 27... Qxc5 28. Qxd4 $1) 28. Ba6 $2 (28. e6 $1 {
wins by force} Nxe6 (28... fxe6 29. Ng6+ Kf7 30. Bf4 Qb6 31. Nxh8+ {(Becker)})
29. Ng6+ Kg8 30. Ne7+ $1 {(Euwe).}) 28... Qxe5 $1 29. Bxc8 Qxg5 30. Qxc5+ Qxc5
31. Rxc5 (31. Ng6+ $1 $11) 31... Rxh4 32. Rc4 $2 (32. Re5 $1 {
and the next combination fails (Euwe).}) 32... Ne2+ 33. Kf1 Nf4 34. Kg1 g3 $3 {
Threatens 35.Rh1+!} 35. Ba6 (35. fxg3 Ne2+ 36. Kf1 Nxg3+ 37. Kg1 f5 {
and Black wins (Euwe).}) 35... gxf2+ 36. Kxf2 Rh6 $2 (36... Nd3+ {
keeps the extra pawn.}) 37. Rxe4 $2 (37. Rc8+ Ke7 38. Rc7+ {
and White has a slight advantage (Euwe).}) 37... Rxa6 (37... Nxg2 $4 38. Bb5 $1
{and White threatens 39.Re8# (Euwe).}) 38. Rxf4 Rxa2 39. Rb4 g6 40. Rb7 Kg7 41.
Kf3 g5 42. b4 Kg6 43. b5 f5 44. b6 Ra3+ 45. Kf2 a6 46. Rb8 Rb3 47. b7 Kg7 48.
Ra8 Rxb7 49. Rxa6 {
Euwe remained at a distance of two points, despite Alekhine's poor play.}
1/2-1/2

[Event "World Championship 16th"]
[Site "NLD"]
[Date "1937.??.??"]
[Round "20"]
[White "Alekhine, Alexander"]
[Black "Euwe, Max"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "E34"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 d5 5.cxd5 Qxd5 6.e3 c5 7.Bd2 Bxc3 8.bxc3 O-O
9.Nf3 Nc6 10.c4 Qd6 11.dxc5 Qxc5 12.Rb1 e5 13.Ng5 h6 14.Ne4 Nxe4 15.Qxe4 Rd8
16.Rb5 Qe7 17.Be2 b6 18.Bf3 Bb7 19.Qc2 Rac8 20.O-O Ba6 21.Rd5 Nb4 22.Bxb4 Qxb4
23.Rxd8+ Rxd8 24.Rc1 Rd2 25.Qb3 Qa5 26.a3 g6 27.h4 e4 28.Bxe4 Qh5 29.Qc3 Qe2
30.Qf6 Bxc4 31.Bxg6 Rd1+ 32.Rxd1 Qxd1+ 33.Kh2 fxg6 34.Qxg6+ Kf8 35.Qxh6+ Kg8
36.Qg6+ Kf8 37.Qh6+ Kg8 38.Qg5+ Kf8 39.Qf4+ Bf7 40.Qb8+ Kg7 41.Qxa7  1/2-1/2

[Event "World Championship 16th"]
[Site "The Netherlands"]
[Date "1937.??.??"]
[Round "21"]
[White "Euwe, Max"]
[Black "Alekhine, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E16"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "1937.10.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Nc3 Ne4 $5 8.
O-O O-O 9. d5 $1 {Euwe plays for a win naturally.} Nxd2 10. Qxd2 Bf6 11. Rad1
d6 12. dxe6 (12. Nd4 Bxd4 13. Qxd4 e5 {(Alekhine).}) 12... fxe6 13. Nd4 Bxg2
14. Kxg2 (14. Nxe6 $2 Bxc3 $1 15. bxc3 (15. Qxc3 Qe7 16. Nxf8 Bxf1) 15... Qc8
$1 16. Nxf8 Bxf1 17. Qd5+ Kh8 18. Qxa8 Bxe2 $19) 14... Qc8 $1 15. Qe3 (15. f4
$6 Nc6 $1 16. Nxc6 Qb7 {(Alekhine).}) 15... Bxd4 16. Rxd4 Nc6 17. Re4 $2 {
A wrong plan starts.} (17. Rd2 {is better.}) 17... Rf6 18. f4 $6 Qd7 19. g4
Raf8 20. g5 Rf5 $1 21. h4 $6 ({Euwe missed in his earlier calculations} 21.
Rxe6 $2 Ne5 $1) (21. Qg3 Qf7 22. e3 {is a nice defence.}) 21... Qf7 22. Rf3 Kh8
(22... d5 $1 23. Rxe6 d4 24. Qe4 dxc3 25. bxc3 $1 Nd8 26. Re7 {(Alekhine)} Qh5
$1 $19) 23. Qd3 d5 $1 24. Rxe6 $5 (24. cxd5 exd5 25. Ra4 d4 $19) 24... Nb4 $1 (
24... Qxe6 $6 25. cxd5) 25. Qe3 Nc2 $1 (25... d4 26. Qe4 {gives counter-play.})
26. Qd2 Qxe6 27. cxd5 Qf7 (27... Qd7 $1 {wins more quickly.}) 28. Qxc2 Rxf4 29.
Qd3 Qh5 30. Rxf4 Rxf4 31. Qh3 Rg4+ 32. Kf2 h6 $1 {
An unprepared attack was punished.} 0-1

[Event "World Championship 16th"]
[Site "The Netherlands"]
[Date "1937.??.??"]
[Round "22"]
[White "Alekhine, Alexander"]
[Black "Euwe, Max"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A09"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "1937.10.??"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 d4 3. e3 Nc6 4. exd4 Nxd4 5. Nxd4 Qxd4 6. Nc3 Nf6 (6... e5 {
has become usual, but the text is okay.}) 7. d3 c6 (7... e5 {
keeps control over square d4.}) 8. Be3 Qd7 9. d4 $1 g6 (9... Ng4 10. Bf4 g6 11.
h3 {has little point.}) 10. Be2 Bg7 11. h3 O-O 12. O-O b6 13. Bf3 Bb7 14. a4 $1
Rad8 $6 (14... Rfd8 {will appear to be smarter.}) 15. a5 Qc7 16. Qb3 Nd7 17.
axb6 axb6 18. Ra7 Ra8 {The rook has to return.} 19. Rfa1 e6 {Prevents d5.} 20.
Rxa8 Bxa8 $6 (20... Rxa8 21. Rxa8+ Bxa8 22. Qa3 Bb7 $1 23. b4 {
and White controls more space (Alekhine).}) 21. d5 $1 cxd5 (21... c5 $2 22. d6
$1) 22. cxd5 Nc5 23. Qc4 $1 (23. Bxc5 Qxc5 24. dxe6 Bxf3 25. exf7+ Rxf7 26.
gxf3 Bxc3 27. Ra7 Qg5+ $11 {(Alekhine).}) (23. d6 $2 Nxb3 24. dxc7 Nxa1 {
(Botvinnik).}) 23... exd5 24. Bxd5 Bxd5 25. Nxd5 Qe5 26. Rb1 Na4 27. b3 Nb2 28.
Qc6 b5 $1 29. Bf4 $6 (29. Bc5 $1 {and White wins the b-pawn.}) 29... Qe6 $6 (
29... Qe2 $1 30. Rf1 Nd3 {takes advantage of the error.}) 30. Qxb5 $1 Qe4 (
30... Rd8 $2 31. Rc1 $1 Rxd5 32. Qb8+ Bf8 33. Bh6 Qd6 34. Qxd6 Rxd6 35. Rc8 {
(Alekhine).}) 31. Rc1 Nd3 32. Qc4 $1 Qe2 (32... Bd4 $4 33. Nf6+ $1) 33. Rf1
Nxf4 34. Qxf4 Qb5 35. Qf3 $1 Rb8 36. Rb1 Qa6 37. Rd1 (37. b4 Qc4 38. Ne7+ Kf8
39. Nc6 Rb5 $1 {stops the passed pawn.}) 37... Qa3 38. Rb1 Qa2 39. Qd3 Bd4 $1
40. Rf1 Qb2 41. Ne7+ $1 Kf8 42. Nc6 Bxf2+ $1 43. Kh2 $5 {
Alekhine has developed a special plan.} (43. Rxf2 Qc1+ 44. Qf1 Qxc6 45. Rxf7+
Kg8 46. Rf3 {and the passed pawn makes no progress.}) 43... Re8 $6 (43... Rb7
$1 {Alekhine has analysed} 44. Qf3 Bb6 45. Nd8 $1 {but} Qe5+ 46. Kh1 Bxd8 $1
47. Qxb7 Bc7 {leads to a great escape.}) 44. Qf3 Re2 45. Nd4 $1 Rd2 (45... Bxd4
$4 46. Qxf7#) 46. Ne6+ Ke7 (46... Kg8 $4 47. Qa8+) 47. Nf4 {
White threatens 48.Nd3.} Qd4 48. Kh1 $1 {The threat has become 49.Ne2.} Ra2 $6
(48... h5 $3 49. Ne2 Rd1 50. Qb7+ Kf8 51. Nxd4 Rxf1+ 52. Kh2 Bg1+ $1 53. Kg3
Bf2+ 54. Kf3 Bxd4+ 55. Ke4 (55. Ke2 Rf5 $11) 55... Bg1 {The position even
draws, if the bishop has to be sacrificed for the b-pawn (Euwe).}) 49. Ne2 Ra1
$1 50. Qb7+ (50. Nxd4 $6 Rxf1+ 51. Kh2 Bg1+ $11 {(Alekhine).}) 50... Kf6 $2 (
50... Kf8 $1 51. Nxd4 Rxf1+ 52. Kh2 Bg1+ 53. Kg3 Bf2+ 54. Kf3 Bxd4+ {(Alekhine)
} 55. Ke2 (55. Ke4 Bg1 $1 {If Black can play ..Re1-e6, a fortress is built.})
55... Rf2+ 56. Ke1 Kg7 {Maybe the passed pawn can be stopped at b8.}) 51. Nxd4
Rxf1+ 52. Kh2 Bg1+ 53. Kg3 Bf2+ 54. Kf3 Bxd4+ 55. Ke4 {Threatens 56.Qa6+.} Rd1
56. Qd5 $6 (56. Qc6+ Kg5 57. Qc2 $18) 56... Ke7 (56... Re1+ 57. Kxd4 Rd1+ 58.
Kc5 Rxd5+ 59. Kxd5 Ke7 60. Kc6 $18 {(Alekhine).}) 57. g4 h5 58. gxh5 f5+ 59.
Kf3 Rd3+ 60. Ke2 Re3+ 61. Kd2 Re4 62. hxg6 {Alekhine played a great game. Euwe
broke down. The final score became 15 1/2 - 9 1/2 (+10, =11, -4). Alekhine had
regained the world title.} 1-0

[Event "World Championship 16th"]
[Site "NLD"]
[Date "1937.??.??"]
[Round "23"]
[White "Euwe, Max"]
[Black "Alekhine, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "E17"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Bb7 5.Bg2 Be7 6.O-O O-O 7.b3 d5 8.Ne5 c5 9.dxc5 bxc5
10.cxd5 exd5 11.Nc3 Nbd7 12.Nd3 Nb6 13.a4 a5 14.Ba3 Rc8 15.Nb5 Ne4 16.Qe1 Nd7
17.Rd1 Nd6 18.Nf4 Nxb5 19.axb5 Nf6 20.Nxd5 Nxd5 21.e4 c4 22.Bxe7 Qxe7 23.exd5 Qxe1
24.Rfxe1 cxb3 25.d6 Bxg2 26.Kxg2 Rb8 27.d7 g6 28.Ra1 Rxb5 29.Re8 Rd5 30.Rxa5 Rxd7
31.Rxf8+ Kxf8 32.Rb5 Rd3 33.Rb7 Kg7 34.Rb6 g5 35.h3 h5 36.h4 g4 37.Rb5 Kg6
38.Rg5+ Kh6 39.Rb5 f6 40.Kf1 Kg6 41.Ke2 Rf3 42.Ke1 f5 43.Rb6+ Kf7 44.Rh6 f4
45.Rxh5 Rc3 46.Rb5 f3 47.Kd2 Rc2+ 48.Ke3 b2 49.Kf4 Rc4+ 50.Ke3 Rc2  1/2-1/2

[Event "World Championship 16th"]
[Site "NLD"]
[Date "1937.??.??"]
[Round "24"]
[White "Alekhine, Alexander"]
[Black "Euwe, Max"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "D41"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 e6 3.d4 Nf6 4.Nc3 c5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.g3 cxd4 7.Nxd5 Qxd5 8.Qxd4 Qxd4
9.Nxd4 Bb4+ 10.Bd2 Bxd2+ 11.Kxd2 Ke7 12.Bg2 Rd8 13.Ke3 Na6 14.Rac1 Rb8 15.a3 Bd7
16.f4 f6 17.Be4 Be8 18.b4 Rd7 19.f5 Nc7 20.fxe6 Nxe6 21.Nxe6 Kxe6 22.Bxh7 f5
23.Rc5 g6 24.Bg8+ Kf6 25.Rhc1 Re7+ 26.Kf2 Bc6 27.Bd5 Rbe8 28.Re1 Bxd5 29.Rxd5 g5
30.Rd6+ Ke5 31.Red1 g4 32.R1d5+ Ke4 33.Rd4+ Ke5 34.Ke3 Re6 35.R4d5+ Kf6+
36.Kf4 Kg6 37.Rxe6+ Rxe6 38.Re5 Ra6 39.Rxf5 Rxa3 40.Rb5 b6 41.Kxg4  1-0

[Event "World Championship 16th"]
[Site "NLD"]
[Date "1937.??.??"]
[Round "25"]
[White "Euwe, Max"]
[Black "Alekhine, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo ""]
[BlackElo ""]
[ECO "E46"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Ne2 d5 6.a3 Be7 7.cxd5 exd5 8.Ng3 c5
9.dxc5 Bxc5 10.b4 d4 11.bxc5 dxc3 12.Qc2 Qa5 13.Rb1 Bd7 14.Rb3 Ba4 15.Qxc3 Qd8
16.Bc4 Na6 17.Bxa6 bxa6 18.O-O Bxb3 19.Qxb3 Rb8 20.Qc2 Qd5 21.e4 Qb3 22.Qe2 Qb5
23.Qf3 Qxc5 24.Nf5 Rb1 25.Qf4 Nxe4 26.h4 Re8 27.Re1 Qc3 28.Rd1 Nd2 29.Rxd2 Rxc1+
30.Kh2 Qc7 31.Rd6 Rc5 32.g3 Rf8 33.g4 f6 34.Kh3 h5 35.Qd2 hxg4+ 36.Kxg4 Qf7
37.h5 Rxf5 38.Kxf5 Qxh5+ 39.Kf4 Qh4+ 40.Kf3 Qh3+ 41.Ke4 Re8+ 42.Kd5 Qb3+
43.Kd4 Qxa3  0-1
