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Alexander Alekhine vs NN
Paris Blindfold Simul 1925  ·  Colle System (D05)  ·  0-1
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Jun-18-06  ughaibu: Presumably they were speaking French.
Jun-18-06  Aspirador: I think it makes sense that Alekhine thought the queen was on b6. After 17...Bxb4 18.axb5 and white is fine. He MUST have thought that the queen was somewhere else. Other than d8, b6 is the only reasonable guess.
Nov-13-06  black knight c6: It's a pity white resigned while in a winning position <_< >_>
Dec-16-07  2021: How is this a Colle System if white played 4.Nc3?
Jun-12-08  ravel5184: Is this the same NN that Greco beat 75-0?
Dec-22-08  WhiteRook48: We should make a collection of ALL of NN's wins
Dec-23-08  WhiteRook48: Alekwine
Dec-23-08  Nullifidian: <WhiteRook48> <We should make a collection of ALL of NN's wins>

There already is one. Chessgames allows you to search all of NN's games restricted to the wins. This is the page:

http://www.chessgames.com/perl/ches...

Dec-23-08
Premium Chessgames Member
  Calli: Not really "NN" as all of the teams in this exhibition are known. See Game Collection: Alyehkin's Record breaking Blindfold Performance In this game, Black is "Ecole Polytechnique Paris".
Dec-23-08  WhiteRook48: I actually made a game collection of all of NN's wins. Just see my profile, click on my game collections, and it's the "Remarkable NN wins" collection.
Jan-24-09  WhiteRook48: maybe Alekhine played a brilliant sacrifice but forgot the follow-up
Jan-26-09  banane: i bet his mouse slipped
Feb-06-09  WhiteRook48: what, so Alekhine played the game online?
Mar-04-09
Premium Chessgames Member
  JointheArmy: <i bet his mouse slipped>

Premove.

Mar-17-09  WhiteRook48: wait this was played online?
Apr-23-09
Premium Chessgames Member
  Eisenheim: whiterook - they are teasing u - there was no internet in 1925 to play online. also, the misheard theory doesnt hold water as i dont think the algebraic notation system was used back then
Sep-12-09  Cercatore: Alekhine was drunk, or he's sleeping?
Dec-10-09  ka.chessmate21: what a great sacrifice!!!!
that's the move!!!!
Aug-10-10  culei: I think that the best we can say for him is that
He taught when he played Bc3 he played Bf3 and that makes a Lot of sense specially because when I was replaying
The game on my board I made the same mistake...
So for my convinience and his he really played Bf3 instead of Bc3?? Even though Bc3 is a good move prevents c6 but well we will never know
Dec-01-10  Tigranny: Never seen a blunder by Alekhine like this before.
Dec-01-10
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  parisattack: NN certainly improved on his play over the thrashing he took from Damiano in yesteday's puzzle. But I guess in 400 years you're bound to learn something of the game.
May-14-12  Llawdogg: A blindfold simul. It can happen.
Feb-23-13
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  DavidStyles: As for mishearing "Qd6" as "Qb6", in descriptive notation in French that'd be mishearing "D3D" as "D3CD", which, if I understand correctly, would be read out either as "Dame sur Dame trois" and "Dame sur Cavalier de la Dame trois", respectively.

But like people say: blindfold simul; even Alekhine can screw up, it seems. His mistakes simply attract more attention than ours, for their rarity.

Mar-21-13  Tigranny: How drunk was Alekhine during this game??? Hooray for NN!!!
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