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| May-06-09 |
| AnalyzeThis: Yes. World war 1 basically shattered Rubinstein and Schlecter. Could see how 2 world wars could do this to anyone. |
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May-06-09
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| capatal: If Alekhine had just given Capablanca a timely and $$ reasonable rematch, (even with a 'Rematch Rubber clause' stipulation). - That gracious act alone, might well have enhanced all of life's prospects - for Alekhine's remaining years. |
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| May-07-09 |
| Poulsen: <testguy><In my opinion he was one of the most intensely tragic figures of chess. Here's a quote from 1944, enough to make a grown man cry [...]> I personally do not see him as a tragic figure at all. His chess-skills served him well - even in hard times. The wars had a great impact on his life, including his financial situation - but that was the case for almost everyone in Europe. Generally he was not to be found among people in need. He died penniless - and without many friends, but that was largely his own doing. It's no surprise though, that he saw himself as victim to circumstances. In any case his illfate - and personality flaws - does not overshadow the fact, that he was one of the very greatest chessplayer, that has ever lived. |
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| May-10-09 |
| WhiteRook48: "I am Alexander Alekhine, Chess Champion of the World! I have a cat named Chess. Papers? I don't need any papers."
--Alekhine, being asked to produce identification papers while crossing the Polish border |
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| May-29-09 |
| Fanacas: Schlechters is a much more tragic figure in chess. As is noteboom. |
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| May-29-09 |
| masterwojtek: You call me Grandmaster. I am not Grandmaster, I am not even master. Chess will always be the master of me, of Capablanca and of all of us. |
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Jun-03-09
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| furrer: WhiteRook: Did he get trough? |
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| Jun-03-09 |
| WhiteRook48: yes, they let Alekhine through |
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Jun-04-09
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| furrer: That sounds like some of my uncles storys, he is a prof. in germany and he once "forgot" his driver license, but when they saw his card, they changed there opinion! |
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Jun-06-09
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| capatal: <Rare Alekhine Interview>
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QrH-... |
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| Jun-09-09 |
| drnooo: For what it is worth . Chessgames, has the wrong way to pronounce the name: Firsthand from a very good chess player in Miami who knew Alekhines sister: straight from the horses mouth: she said the way that Alekhine chose to pronounce his name was .... al yache' in. as in ear ache etc. with the stress on second syllable and very quick sound to the first syllable.... the way they have it here is the correct russian way. but He was idiocybcratic even with his name. |
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| Jul-02-09 |
| visayanbraindoctor: I have updated an Alekhine game collection to include his decisive games against both World Champions (Lasker, Capablanca, Euwe, Botvinnik) and the rising youthful prodigies of the 1930s (Fine, Keres, Reshevsky, Flohr). Corrections are welcome. Game Collection: Alekhine vs Champions & Prodigies Decisive Games |
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| Sep-27-09 |
| Ziggurat: From Olimpiu Urcan's latest column at ChessCafe.com: <I think everyone who has seriously studied blindfold play thinks Alekhine outshines all others. Koltanowski said so very specifically in his writings and when I visited the Amber tourney in Nice last year the masters I spoke to invariably named him as the best ever. At Nice I discussed blindfold chess and its history with GM Vlastimil Hort, who stated that he has given more blindfold displays of six to sixteen boards, from his youth to the present day, than anyone else in Europe; he is now sixty-five years old. When asked who was the greatest blindfold player of all time it took him less than a millisecond to answer: “Alekhine, of course!” Unlike other blindfold players, Alekhine took no quick draws and played almost every game to a decisive finish. He made very few errors and some of his games were so good that he included them in collections of his best games. When I studied all the games in our book, I thought Alekhine played many finer blindfold games than anyone else. My votes would go to Alekhine, Najdorf, Pillsbury, Réti, and Fine as the best five blindfold players of all time.> |
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| Oct-12-09 |
| walker: What about Kh5? |
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| Oct-12-09 |
| walker: <capatal> Amazing interview. Thanks! |
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Oct-15-09
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| Peligroso Patzer: I just read through the analysis of Alekhine vs Book, 1938 in Neil McDonald's new book, "The Giants of Power Play" (Everyman Chess, (c)2009, at pages 42-45). It is a remarkable attacking game. I find it surprising that this gem against Eero Einar Book does not make the list of "Notable Games" on this page. |
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Oct-15-09
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| JaneEyre: <Peligroso Patzer>, are you aware of the criterion for selection? Chessgames Help. |
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Oct-25-09
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| Open Defence: my favourite quote about Alekhine
<Alekhine is a poet who creates a work of art out of something that would hardly inspire another man to send home a picture post card. > |
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| Oct-31-09 |
| Shadowmancer: Happy Birthday Champ!! |
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| Oct-31-09 |
| Moonstone: Happy Birthday Alexander 'the Great' Alekhine!! |
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| Oct-31-09 |
| WhiteRook48: Happy birthday to "Alexander the Great!"
Best attacking player in history!!
besides Tal |
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| Nov-12-09 |
| Plato: Alekhine has the distinction of being the only player to ever defeat Capablanca in a rook and pawn endgame, having accomplished this twice in their 1927 match. Capablanca never lost a rook and pawn endgame to anyone else -- and he played about 50 such endgames. I'm not including simuls or consultation games. |
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Nov-12-09
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| Benzol: <Plato> It's a pity that Rubinstein vs Capablanca, 1911 doesn't count because of the minor pieces. :) |
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| Nov-12-09 |
| Plato: <Benzol> Yeah, I was thinking of that game too. Well, Rubinstein's legendary endgame reputation doesn't need any cute statistics, but I'm sure we could easily find some :) To me it was just an interesting stat -- not saying it really means anything! |
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| Nov-12-09 |
| Jafar219: Long Live Alekhine! |
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