The chess games of Alekhine / Koltanowski Blindfold Team

Alekhine / Koltanowski Blindfold Team
Number of games in database: 6
Years covered: 1934
Overall record: +3 -1 =2 (66.7%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games
      Based on games in the database; may be incomplete.

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ALEKHINE / KOLTANOWSKI BLINDFOLD TEAM	[what is this?]
Alexander Alekhine & Georges Koltanowski.

page 1 of 1; 6 games

Game	Result	Moves	Year	Event/Locale	Opening
1. Alekhine / Koltanowski vs Antwerp Chess Club	1-0	34	1934	simul tandem blind 1/6	C68 Ruy Lopez, Exchange
2. Alekhine / Koltanowski vs Chessboard Chess Club	1-0	34	1934	Antwerp sim 1of6	B32 Sicilian
3. Alekhine / Koltanowski vs Margariniere Belge Chess Club	1-0	34	1934	Antwerp tandem blind	D04 Queen's Pawn Game
4. Alekhine / Koltanowski vs Maccabi Chess Club	0-1	25	1934	Antwerp tandem blind	B20 Sicilian
5. Alekhine / Koltanowski vs Antwerp Chess Club	½-½	28	1934	Antwerp tandem blind	D32 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch
6. Alekhine / Koltanowski vs Antwerp Chess Club	½-½	35	1934	Antwerp tandem blind	B70 Sicilian, Dragon Variation

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Dec-30-02		Sneaky: Wow, this is the Dream-Team for blindfold chess!

Dec-27-05		chesscrazy: <Sneaky> Even though they lost because of a knight fork? (Well, it was tandem...oh well)

Dec-27-05		GoldenKnight: I remember Koltanowski talking about this. He said that Alekhine wanted to go on tour with him a second time, but he refused because of divergences in ideas during play. (I forget exactly how Koltanowski put it, and, though he didn't say so, I had the disctinct impression that Alekhine would get angry if Koltanowski didn't play as Alekhine thought he should.

Dec-27-05		offramp: Alekhine & Koltanowski are talking. Alekhine: We are the blindfold dream team, Kolty! We will demolish them, annihilate them. Player after player. Team after team. Village after village. ****************** Alekhine: Did they say why, Kolty, why they want to terminate my command? Kolty: I was sent on a classified mission, sir. Alekhine: It's no longer classified, is it? Did they tell you? Kolty: They told me that you had gone totally insane, and that your methods were unsound. Alekhine: Are my methods unsound? Kolty: I don't see any method at all, sir...

Dec-27-05		WMD: Some sort of Apocalypse Now skit?

Apr-30-08		Funicular: dude, the year was 1934, and the 3 games they won, they won them in 34 moves now what do you call that?

Apr-30-08		whiteshark: "Providence"! Nostradamus already predicted this major world event.

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