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In his black game against Doctor Euwe, Botvinnik made a serious mistake during the opening phase, after which he lost the game miserably:
The Grünfeld is a highly dynamic opening in which Black's position often seems to hang together by a single thread; and yet, this apparently precarious equilibrium appears to be enough to make it entirely viable — up to the highest level.
Immediately after his masterpiece against Capablanca Mikhail Botvinnik suffered a severe setback against Max Euwe
Reuben Fine's performance in the second half of the tournament has been considerably worse than his performance in the first half. After his defeat against Max Euwe, the American preferred to stabilize his play against Salo Flohr with a quick draw:
Reuben Fine could still win the tournament despite his current run of bad form
Paul Keres defended his lead in the standings with a draw against world champion Alekhine, but this game could have ended differently — first Alekhine, and later Keres, could have obtained the win. So the draw was unsatisfactory, albeit not unfair:
The Fashionable Caro-Kann Vol.1 and 2
The Caro Kann is a very tricky opening. Black’s play is based on controlling and fighting for key light squares. It is a line which was very fashionable in late 90s and early 2000s due to the successes of greats like Karpov, Anand, Dreev etc. Recently due to strong engines lot of key developments have been made and some new lines have been introduced, while others have been refuted altogether. I have analyzed the new trends carefully and found some new ideas for Black.
Paul Keres is leading the event with two rounds to go
Capablanca and Reshevsky also drew, but this game was no longer relevant to the fight for tournament victory:
