I stumbled across this amazing save by Alekhine, and wanted to share it. Imagine playing black in this position - bad pawn-structure and uncoordinated pieces -  against one of the most notorious endgameplayers in the history of the game: Capablanca. The comments following the moves are Mikhail Shereshevskys, from his book Endgame Strategy.

Interesting analysis - thanks smoeggi !

Although I find "Black's position is difficult, practically lost" a little bit exaggerated.

Alekhine proofed nicely that there is no reason to resign as long there is some life left in the position. I made the same experience with a number of  "lost" games. A lot of opponents get impatient when they fail to convert a advantageous position into an easy win. Then there is a good chance to turn the tables.

Therefore never resign prematurely

Very nice find and analysis!  I wish I could play endgames like Alekhine (and the rest of the game like Tal). 

Nice, thanks for posting it :)

Good to see a game where Alekhine outplays Capa heading into an endgame, amateurs often type-cast these two players as being one dimensional without realizing they were monsters in every phase of the game.

Nice game. Rh8-h5-a5 is cool!