White to move. Can White hold this? How should White proceed?
Alekhine – NN (New York 1918)
6k1/pr3ppp/1p3qn1/5NQ1/8/8/P4PPP/4R1K1 w – – 0 1
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nice one, 1.Re8 Nf8 2. Nh6 Qh6 3. Rxf8 Kxf8 4. Dd8
Just to point out that:
This was in 1924 not 1918.
Black player was A. Frieman.
This was from a blindfold simul.
In the position black has a pawn at c4.
This is only a variation since in the real game black played g7xf6 not Qxf6.
Thanks for researching this, Anon 10:43. This seems to be the game. You’re right about the pawn on c4. Curious about your “g7xf6 not Qxf6” comment — the linked game gives 22…Qxf6.
As i mentioned in a previous post, in some old games the names (or positions) may differ from different sources.