Vladimir Alatortsev - Notable Chess Games

Notable Chess Games

  • Vladimir Alatortsev vs Viktor Goglidze, USSR Championship, Moscow 1931, Queen's Gambit Declined, Barmen Variation (D37), 1-0 Black sacrifices a piece for a dangerous attack, but perfect defence by White proves it to be unsound.
  • Vasily Panov vs Vladimir Alatortsev, USSR Championship, Leningrad 1934, French Defence, Winawer Variation (C18), 0-1 This sharp line was becoming fashionable, and this was one of the key early games showing that it was viable for Black.
  • Vladimir Alatortsev vs Grigory Levenfish, Leningrad 1934, Queen's Gambit Declined, Slav Defence (D11), 1-0 Patient strategical triumph over a very strong player, keyed by queenside passed pawns.
  • Vladimir Alatortsev vs Andor Lilienthal, Leningrad Championship 1938, Grunfeld Defence, Exchange Variation (D85), 1-0 A bit of an offbeat line seems to catch Black off-guard.
  • Paul Keres vs Vladimir Alatortsev, Leningrad-Moscow 1939, Queen's Gambit Declined, Slav Defence (D30), 0-1 Keres had tied for first in the super-strong AVRO event a few months earlier.
  • David Bronstein vs Vladimir Alatortsev, USSR Championship, Moscow 1944, Ruy Lopez, Closed (C92), 0-1 Bronstein was one of the most promising of the new wave of Soviet players which would dominate chess after the war.
  • In the ECO database, the D31 line of the Queens Gambit Declined is named for Alatortsev.

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