Alekhine v Euwe 1937, Game 22
Alekhine v Euwe · 1–0
48... Ra2 by Euwe: chances 50% → 22%
The coach: Bh4 instead (the arrow) — with it, it was about level.
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Alekhine v Euwe 1937
Netherlands · Oct 1937
Alekhine 15½–9½ Euwe
Alekhine won 15½–9½.
Momentum
The score gap, game by game: up is Alekhine.
The coach's numbers
The costliest move
The move that cost the match's loser the most, in a game they lost.
Every game
Each line is White's chances move by move, as the coach saw them; above the middle, White is better. The mark is the costliest move.
Game 1: Euwe v Alekhine 1–0
50 moves · d4 d5 c4 c6 · accuracy Euwe 94.7, Alekhine 90.6
No move cost more than 12%.
Game 2: Alekhine v Euwe 1–0
41 moves · d4 d5 c4 c6 · accuracy Alekhine 94.2, Euwe 91.0
No move cost more than 12%.
Game 3: Euwe v Alekhine ½–½
60 moves · d4 d5 c4 c6 · accuracy Euwe 92.7, Alekhine 91.2
Costliest move: 57... Ke6 (Alekhine, 29% → 6%)
Game 4: Alekhine v Euwe ½–½
27 moves · d4 d5 c4 c6 · accuracy Alekhine 93.6, Euwe 94.2
No move cost more than 12%.
Game 5: Euwe v Alekhine 1–0
41 moves · d4 d5 c4 dxc4 · accuracy Euwe 93.8, Alekhine 91.8
Costliest move: 39. Be7 (Euwe, 86% → 71%)
Game 6: Alekhine v Euwe 1–0
23 moves · d4 d5 c4 c6 · accuracy Alekhine 90.5, Euwe 84.7
Costliest move: 6... b5 (Euwe, 54% → 31%)
Game 7: Euwe v Alekhine 0–1
34 moves · d4 d5 c4 c6 · accuracy Euwe 90.1, Alekhine 92.9
Costliest move: 14. f4 (Euwe, 55% → 32%)
Game 8: Alekhine v Euwe 1–0
26 moves · d4 Nf6 c4 e6 · accuracy Alekhine 94.2, Euwe 89.2
Costliest move: 18... b6 (Euwe, 45% → 32%)
Game 9: Euwe v Alekhine ½–½
41 moves · d4 d5 c4 c6 · accuracy Euwe 93.4, Alekhine 93.8
No move cost more than 12%.
Game 10: Alekhine v Euwe 1–0
40 moves · d4 Nf6 c4 e6 · accuracy Alekhine 92.6, Euwe 89.7
Costliest move: 23... Nc6 (Euwe, 49% → 25%)
Game 11: Euwe v Alekhine ½–½
30 moves · d4 d5 c4 c6 · accuracy Euwe 92.4, Alekhine 92.3
No move cost more than 12%.
Game 12: Alekhine v Euwe ½–½
26 moves · d4 Nf6 c4 e6 · accuracy Alekhine 91.5, Euwe 92.0
No move cost more than 12%.
Game 13: Euwe v Alekhine 1–0
68 moves · d4 d5 c4 c6 · accuracy Euwe 92.6, Alekhine 90.7
Costliest move: 39... Nf3 (Alekhine, 43% → 20%)
Game 14: Alekhine v Euwe 1–0
52 moves · d4 Nf6 c4 e6 · accuracy Alekhine 92.6, Euwe 89.9
Costliest move: 24. Bh4 (Alekhine, 55% → 37%)
Game 15: Euwe v Alekhine ½–½
62 moves · d4 d5 c4 c6 · accuracy Euwe 93.8, Alekhine 94.6
No move cost more than 12%.
Game 16: Alekhine v Euwe ½–½
65 moves · d4 Nf6 c4 e6 · accuracy Alekhine 91.9, Euwe 92.3
Costliest move: 27. a3 (Alekhine, 74% → 48%)
Game 17: Euwe v Alekhine 1–0
41 moves · d4 d5 c4 c6 · accuracy Euwe 95.4, Alekhine 92.9
Costliest move: 20... e5 (Alekhine, 44% → 30%)
Game 18: Alekhine v Euwe ½–½
51 moves · Nf3 d5 c4 e6 · accuracy Alekhine 90.0, Euwe 91.2
Costliest move: 50... Nc4 (Euwe, 68% → 48%)
Game 19: Euwe v Alekhine ½–½
49 moves · d4 Nf6 c4 e6 · accuracy Euwe 88.4, Alekhine 89.9
Costliest move: 45... a6 (Alekhine, 71% → 50%)
Game 20: Alekhine v Euwe ½–½
41 moves · d4 Nf6 c4 e6 · accuracy Alekhine 89.9, Euwe 90.1
Costliest move: 13. Ng5 (Alekhine, 50% → 38%)
Game 21: Euwe v Alekhine 0–1
32 moves · d4 Nf6 c4 e6 · accuracy Euwe 86.8, Alekhine 90.0
Costliest move: 22. Rf3 (Euwe, 44% → 22%)
Game 22: Alekhine v Euwe 1–0
62 moves · Nf3 d5 c4 d4 · accuracy Alekhine 90.7, Euwe 88.7
Costliest move: 48... Ra2 (Euwe, 50% → 22%)
Game 23: Euwe v Alekhine ½–½
50 moves · d4 Nf6 c4 e6 · accuracy Euwe 91.3, Alekhine 90.9
Costliest move: 28. Ra1 (Euwe, 64% → 32%)
Game 24: Alekhine v Euwe 1–0
41 moves · Nf3 d5 c4 e6 · accuracy Alekhine 94.6, Euwe 93.1
No move cost more than 12%.
Game 25: Euwe v Alekhine 0–1
43 moves · d4 Nf6 c4 e6 · accuracy Euwe 88.6, Alekhine 92.1
Costliest move: 24. Nf5 (Euwe, 40% → 21%)
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