T Van Scheltinga vs A Alekhine
Posted: Tue Mar 30, 2021 2:57 pm
I was pondering Van Scheltinga the other day and recalled he had drawn with Alekhine once, so had a look at Chessbase, and found this. Apologies, but pgn tags are beyond me... Anyway, I was struck by the annotation, partly as Chessbase actually acknowledged the author, but more from the text. Does anyone have more info on this? I guess TVS should have just calmly made a move and gone for a walk.
Van Scheltinga,Theo D - Alekhine,Alexander [D22]
Olympiad–08 Final A Buenos Aires (2), 02.09.1939
1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 a6 4.e3 Bg4 5.Bxc4 e6 6.Qb3 Bxf3 7.gxf3 b5 8.Be2 c5 9.a4 b4 10.dxc5 Bxc5 11.Nd2 Nf6 12.Qc4 Nbd7 13.Nb3 Be7 14.e4 0–0 15.Be3 Qb8 16.Rc1 Bd6 17.Na5 Ne5 18.Qd4 Bc7 19.Nc6 Nxc6 20.Rxc6 a5 21.Qc5 Bf4 22.Rg1 g6 23.Bxf4 Qxf4 24.Qg5 Qxh2 25.Rg2 Qh3 26.Rg3 Nxe4 27.fxe4 Qh1+ 28.Rg1 Qxe4 29.Rc4 Qb1+ 30.Qc1 Qf5 31.Rh1 Rfd8 32.Kf1 Qe5 33.Qh6 Qg7 34.Rch4 Qxh6 35.Rxh6 Rac8 36.Rxh7 Rc1+ 37.Kg2 Rxh1 38.Rxh1 Rd2 39.Bb5 Rxb2 40.Rd1 Rc2 41.Rd8+ Kg7 42.Kf3 f5 43.Ke3 g5 44.Ra8 b3 45.Bd3 f4+ 46.Kf3 g4+ 47.Kxg4 Rxf2 48.Kg5 Kf7 49.Ra7+ Kg8 50.Rxa5 f3 51.Rb5 Rb2 52.Kf4 f2 53.Kf3 Ra2 54.Rxb3 Rxa4 55.Kxf2 Ra2+ [After making this move Alekhine said loudly: "draw it is!", immediately signed the scoresheet and left the playing hall. The World Champion's prestige was huge and his young opponent had nothing left to do other than accepting Alekhine's harsh proposal. In today's world Alekhine would most probably be forfeited, nevermind his title. / W.Bartelski/]
½–½
Van Scheltinga,Theo D - Alekhine,Alexander [D22]
Olympiad–08 Final A Buenos Aires (2), 02.09.1939
1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 a6 4.e3 Bg4 5.Bxc4 e6 6.Qb3 Bxf3 7.gxf3 b5 8.Be2 c5 9.a4 b4 10.dxc5 Bxc5 11.Nd2 Nf6 12.Qc4 Nbd7 13.Nb3 Be7 14.e4 0–0 15.Be3 Qb8 16.Rc1 Bd6 17.Na5 Ne5 18.Qd4 Bc7 19.Nc6 Nxc6 20.Rxc6 a5 21.Qc5 Bf4 22.Rg1 g6 23.Bxf4 Qxf4 24.Qg5 Qxh2 25.Rg2 Qh3 26.Rg3 Nxe4 27.fxe4 Qh1+ 28.Rg1 Qxe4 29.Rc4 Qb1+ 30.Qc1 Qf5 31.Rh1 Rfd8 32.Kf1 Qe5 33.Qh6 Qg7 34.Rch4 Qxh6 35.Rxh6 Rac8 36.Rxh7 Rc1+ 37.Kg2 Rxh1 38.Rxh1 Rd2 39.Bb5 Rxb2 40.Rd1 Rc2 41.Rd8+ Kg7 42.Kf3 f5 43.Ke3 g5 44.Ra8 b3 45.Bd3 f4+ 46.Kf3 g4+ 47.Kxg4 Rxf2 48.Kg5 Kf7 49.Ra7+ Kg8 50.Rxa5 f3 51.Rb5 Rb2 52.Kf4 f2 53.Kf3 Ra2 54.Rxb3 Rxa4 55.Kxf2 Ra2+ [After making this move Alekhine said loudly: "draw it is!", immediately signed the scoresheet and left the playing hall. The World Champion's prestige was huge and his young opponent had nothing left to do other than accepting Alekhine's harsh proposal. In today's world Alekhine would most probably be forfeited, nevermind his title. / W.Bartelski/]
½–½