The more I study his games, the more I wish I could play like him. He's incredible. Anyway, I was going over this game today and it really struck a chord with me. The game is Alekhine-Selesniev 1922. The reason I like it so much is this is pretty much exactly what I'm trying to change up in my game. Here's what I mean.
The following diagram occurs after 20...g6.
This is the type of position I'd look at and prefer black without thinking for more than two seconds. Black has the two bishops, a fairly safe looking kingside, and of course the far superior pawn structure. White, on the other hand, has a weak looking d-pawn and it's tough for me to find the compensation. I'd much rather have black. Well, Alekhine goes on to force resignation by move 33, just 13 moves from now. The way he plays so dynamically and mixes in tactics to achieve his goals is just fantastic.
Here's the full game and raw PGN.
http://www.chessvideos.tv/chess-game...r.php?id=75170
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1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. e3 O-O 7. Rc1 c6 8. Bd3 dxc4 9. Bxc4 Nd5 10. Bf4 Nxf4 11. exf4 Nb6 12. Bb3 Nd5 13. Qd2 Qd6 14. Ne5 Nxc3 15. bxc3 c5 16. O-O b5 17. Bc2 Ba6 18. Rfe1 Rad8 19. Rcd1 cxd4 20. cxd4 g6 21. Bb3 Bc8 22. Qe2 a6 23. d5 Qb6 24. Nc6 Rde8 25. Nxe7+ Rxe7 26. f5 Rb7 27. dxe6 fxe6 28. fxe6 Re7 29. Rd7 Rfe8 30. Qf3 Qc5 31. Qf7+ Kh8 32. Qf6+ Kg8 33. h4 Rf8 34. Qxe7 Qxf2+ 35. Kh2 Qf4+ 36. Kh1 1-0