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• Leonard Barden, Chess: a master of the tactical coup, what is Alekhine’s winning move?, Financial Times, March 4, 2019

Oxford v Cambridge is the oldest annual chess fixture, first played in 1873 and now hosted at the elegant RAC headquarters at Pall Mall, London. It is normally a tight match, and although Cambridge were heavily outrated this year they got close to victory before Oxford squeaked through 4½–3½ and so reduced their series deficit to 56–59. Long sequences are a feature of the match’s history, Cambridge once winning 11 in a row immediately followed by Oxford with eight. It was a special occasion due to the presence of 侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán), the all-time No2 woman who is currently a Rhodes scholar at St Hilda’s. No fireworks, though. Her Cambridge opponent Matthew Wadsworth played solidly for a comfortable draw with opposite coloured Bishops. [Read more].

Ernesto J. Rotunno – Alexander Alexandrovich Alekhine
8th South American Chess Championship; Carrasco (Montevideo), March 22, 1938
6k1/1p5p/2P1p3/pP1pN2q/P2Qpr2/7b/5R1P/6K1 b - - 0 37

Position after 37. c5-c6

Black to play and mate in five moves. Click here for solution.