Game 22 in the book: Alekhine's win over S. von Freymann at the All-Russian Masters' Tournament at St. Petersburg, 1914. A Queen's Gambit Declined annotated by Alekhine, who plays Black.
4.Bg5This move is of doubtful value, for it allows the following reply, hit upon by Duras. It is better to play 4. Kt—Q B 3 first.
4…h6After this move White has nothing better than to take the Knight, leaving his opponent with two Bishops, for if the Bishop retreats, the acceptance of the Gambit is in favour of Black.
5…dxc4More precise would have been 5. ....B—Kt 5 ch; followed by P x P; as then the Gambit Pawn could be held by P—Q Kt 4, etc.
6.Qa4+The only way of regaining the Pawn. Black threatened 6. ....B—Kt 5 ch; followed by 7. ....P—Q Kt 4.
8…a6With the intention of developing the Q B on the long diagonal, a plan which White, as the sequel shows, will be unable to frustrate.
9.a4A scheme based on insufficient means. Evidently 9. P—K 3 would have been better, although in any case Black's position was preferable.
9…b5Black still persists, for if 10. R P x P, R P x P; the White Queen and Rook would both be en prise.
11…Bb7A Pawn sacrifice, the object of which is to obstruct White's development through pressure on White's Q B 3.
12.axb5It would have been preferable to decline the offer of a Pawn. But in any event, even after 12. P—K 3, Q—Kt 3; White's position would have remained distinctly inferior.
16.Qc1All White's last moves were obviously forced.
16…Nb6Threatening 17. ....Kt—R 5.
19…Qa2Initiating the deciding manoeuvre. Black does not allow his opponent the respite he needs to disentangle his position by 20. P—K 3.
21.Qc2Now the Black Q B P will move straight on to Queen.
22…Be4Simple and immediately decisive.
Alexander Alekhine, My Best Games of Chess 1908–1923 (1927) · Public domain · source