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1.Rxg7 Rxf6 2.Ke5 and Yates resigned: If either black rook moves to f8, White mates by 3.Rh7+ Kg8 4.Rcg7#
- Alekhine vs Yates, London 1922, Queen's Gambit Declined: Orthodox Defense. Main Line (D64) 1–0 Alekhine conjures up an attack in the endgame, and his King joins the fray.
- Efim Bogolyubov vs Alexander Alekhine, Hastings 1922, Dutch Defence, Classical Variation (A91), 0–1 This has been called one of the greatest games ever played, with some incredibly deep variations as Black prepares to queen a pawn.
- Ernst Gruenfeld vs Alexander Alekhine, Karlsbad 1923, Queen's Gambit Declined: Orthodox Defense. Rubinstein Attack (D64), 0–1 Gruenfeld makes no obvious mistakes but his slow build-up lets Alekhine take the initiative and start squeezing him off the board. Gruenfeld desperately tries to free his position and is crushed by a series of sacrifices that forces the win of a piece or checkmate.
- Richard Reti vs Alexander Alekhine, Baden Baden 1925, Hungarian Opening: Reversed Alekhine (A00), 0–1 A tactically complex game in which Alekhine unleashes a 12-move combination that wins a Knight.
- Jose Raul Capablanca vs Alexander Alekhine, World Championship match, Buenos Aires 1927, Queen's Gambit Declined (D52), 0–1 The game ends in an interesting position with four queens on the board.
- Alexander Alekhine vs Aron Nimzowitsch, San Remo 1930, French Defence, Winawer Variation (C17), 1–0 One of the shortest games ending in a zugzwang – by the 26th move, Black is already strategically lost and has no good moves. This game also spawned the term 'Alekhine's gun' for the formation where the queen lines up behind the two rooks.
- Gideon Stahlberg vs Alexander Alekhine, Hamburg 1930, 3rd Olympiad, Nimzo-Indian Defence, Spielmann Variation (E23), 0–1 1st best game prize.
- Alexander Alekhine vs Emanuel Lasker, Zurich 1934, Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense, Bd3 line (D67), 1–0 A short game ending with a queen sacrifice. After the tournament Lasker said: "Alekhine's attacking genius has no equal in the history of the game".
- Max Euwe vs Alexander Alekhine, World Championship Match, game 4, The Hague 1935, Grunfeld Defence, Russian Variation (D81), 0–1 Alekhine sacrifices two rooks, but traps Euwe's King in the centre, wins the queen, then finishes elegantly.
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