It's Your Move 15 Dec 1935, Sun The Morning Call (Allentown, Pennsylvania) Newspapers.com
Playing an uphill game and constantly nullifying the best efforts of his determined opponent, Max Euwe was successful in drawing the twenty-eighth game of the series with Alexander Alekhine of Paris in their match for the chess championship of the world. Sixty-three moves were recorded.
Euwe, by averting defeat which some feared was in store for him, retained the lead with the totals standing at 14½ to 13½ in his favor.
The ending, adjourned, was a most difficult one, with Alekhine holding the whip hand and pressing persistently in a vain attempt to gain the additional point he so badly needed to tie his rival's score.
Maneuvering with a bishop against the challenger's knight, the champion did his utmost to turn his advantage of a pawn into victory. The precise play and dogged resistance of the Netherlands representative checkmated his every effort. Finally, Euwe was rewarded with a draw—the eleventh thus far.
Of the seventeen games with decisive results Euwe has won nine and Alekhine eight.
Here are three more games from the match.
Alexander Alekhine vs Max Euwe
Alekhine - Euwe World Championship Match (1935), Various Locations NED, rd 21, Nov-19
Slav Defense: Czech. Carlsbad Variation (D17) 0-1
The twenty-second game was a brief draw, but in the other there was plenty of action in a rook and pawn ending, carefully defended by the champion.
Max Euwe vs Alexander Alekhine
Alekhine - Euwe World Championship Match (1935), Various Locations NED, rd 22, Nov-24
Nimzo-Indian Defense: Classical. Milner-Barry Variation (E33) 1/2-1/2
Alexander Alekhine vs Max Euwe
Alekhine - Euwe World Championship Match (1935), Various Locations NED, rd 23, Nov-26
Slav Defense: Alekhine Variation (D15) 1/2-1/2
