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Alexander Alekhine vs Joseph Sawyer
Blindfold simul, 21b (1923) (exhibition), National Athletics Association, Montreal CAN, Dec-01
Slav Defense: Alekhine Variation (D15)  ·  1-0

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Mar-07-05  soberknight: A pun might include the word "adventures".
Jan-05-11
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  GrahamClayton: A fantastic game by Alekhine. After tying Black down after the first 20 moves, he regroups by exchanging Knights (23.♘e5), strengthening a4 (31.b3), and attacking the c6 square (36.♖c6). Such a strategic game is more of an effort in a simultaneous blindfold exhibition than a miniature with a sharp winning combination.
Jun-08-15  TheFocus: From a blindfold simultaneous exhibition in Montreal, Canada on December 1, 1923 at the Nationale Athletics Association.

Alekhine scored +12=5-4. This broke the previous blindfold record held by Pillsbury at 20.

See <La Presse>, December 7, 1923, pg. 48.

May-23-18  zanzibar: I have a different French version ending after 44.Re5. What's the source of this game?

ACB (1924) p6, via Winter, picture of Alekhine + Montreal chess players:

http://www.chesshistory.com/winter/...

Sawyer is there, although there must be a better photo somewhere, but it's not here:

http://chess.ca/sawyer-joseph

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May-24-18
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  offramp: <soberknight: A pun might include the word "adventures".>

"Just Sawyer Message".

May-24-18  zanzibar: <TheFocus>'s reference to <La Presse> isn't to the Paris version, but to

<La Presse (Montreal)>

An earlier account of the event comes from Dec 3, 1923 p11 and is available online:

http://numerique.banq.qc.ca/patrimo...

The source cited by <Focus> gives the game, and it also ends at 44.Re5.

<CG version with 44. ...Rf4 45. Ra5 Rd4 46. Rb5 is wrong>

Oct-20-24  Mathematicar: Of course, if 32...c5, then 33.dxc5 34.Nxc5 Be3 wins and if 33...Bxc5 34.Qe3! and Black is doomed.

This game is from Alekhine's book "On the road to the World Championship" (game 8). In Croatia this book is regarded as a chess masterpiece and I can easly understand why. Alekhine's notes are very understandable, altough one is advised to study more basic books before this one (Lasker's Manual seems like a very good start, especially for positional play).

I find quite interesting how evolution of chess style influenced also the style in which authors annotated their games and/or general schemes of chess thought.

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