The Careful Cat: "Maybe they were drunk"
Alekhine vs Euwe, 1932  (B14) Caro-Kann, Panov-Botvinnik Attack, 70 moves, 1/2-1/2
SnoopDogg: "Alekhine was drunk all the time"
R A J Meijer vs Euwe, 1923  (B83) Sicilian, 29 moves, 0-1
aw1988: "I think he was drunk in 1909"
Alekhine vs P Romanovsky, 1909  (C26) Vienna, 41 moves, 0-1
RookFile: "Maybe Alekhine was drunk."
Alekhine vs C J Barry, 1938  (E22) Nimzo-Indian, Spielmann Variation, 31 moves, 0-1
Sylvester: "Is this the game where Alekhine was drunk?"
Euwe vs Alekhine, 1935  (D81) Grunfeld, Russian Variation, 45 moves, 1-0
guidomiguel: i would like to know when alekhine was not drunk
Alekhine vs R E McBride, 1932  (A82) Dutch, Staunton Gambit, 56 moves, 0-1
OhioChessFan: "Alekhine must have had a few too many"
Bogoljubov vs Alekhine, 1937  (C17) French, Winawer, Advance, 24 moves, 1-0
aw1988: "Alekhine was so drunk he castled directly into mate!"
Euwe vs Alekhine, 1935  (D82) Grunfeld, 4.Bf4, 41 moves, 1-0
shakespeare918: "alekhine has been known to drink alot."
Alekhine vs Russian Team, 1932  (D61) Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox, Rubinstein Attack, 49 moves, 0-1
MoonlitKnight: "How drunk was Alekhine when this happened?"
Alekhine vs J A Solares, 1932  (B13) Caro-Kann, Exchange, 34 moves, 0-1
Kotov: "This was delirium! Alekhine's drunkenness"
Euwe vs Alekhine, 1935  (D97) Grunfeld, Russian, 36 moves, 1-0
Marius: "perhaps he has a little drunk..."
Alekhine vs L Puharre, 1926  (B18) Caro-Kann, Classical, 25 moves, 1-0
iron maiden: "Overrated? No. Drunk? Probably."
Alekhine vs C de Montmartre, 1925  (B62) Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer, 37 moves, 0-1
tpstar: "Anyone else think AAA was drunk for this one?"
Alekhine vs R Zesati, 1929  (C10) French, 37 moves, 1-0
AlexanderMorphy: too much alekhole for alekhine!
F J Perez Perez vs Alekhine, 1943  (C25) Vienna, 12 moves, 1-0
catfriend: "AA resigned just because he was drunk!"
Alekhine vs Ecole Polytechnique Paris, 1925  (D05) Queen's Pawn Game, 23 moves, 0-1
Gregor Samsa Mendel: "a serious boozer"
Znosko-Borovsky vs Alekhine, 1925  (B03) Alekhine's Defense, 34 moves, 1/2-1/2
PVS: "Alekhine must have been drunk again"
Euwe vs Alekhine, 1935  (A90) Dutch, 47 moves, 1-0
EmperorAtahualpa: "This game reeks of alcohol!"
Alekhine vs D Kirk, 1924  (C28) Vienna Game, 26 moves, 0-1
suenteus po 147: "Alekhine was a drunk"
A Evenson vs Alekhine, 1916  (C41) Philidor Defense, 48 moves, 0-1
OhioChessFan: Alekhine never could handle his alcohol.
Alekhine vs Claret, 1935  (C68) Ruy Lopez, Exchange, 44 moves, 0-1
Kulla Tierchen: "Drunken Exhibition"
Alekhine vs P de Unamuno, 1944  (C03) French, Tarrasch, 39 moves, 0-1
positionalgenius:beat a half-drunk Alekhine [Which half?]
Spassky vs Karpov, 2006  (B17) Caro-Kann, Steinitz Variation, 41 moves, 1-0
PinkZebra: "He must of been drunk!"
Capablanca vs Alekhine, 1927  (D52) Queen's Gambit Declined, 70 moves, 1-0
Sylvester: "This is game ten, this is where the binge began!"
Euwe vs Alekhine, 1935  (D45) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 41 moves, 1-0
morpstau: showed up late and intoxicated to every match game
Euwe vs Alekhine, 1937  (D28) Queen's Gambit Accepted, Classical, 41 moves, 1-0
Kulla: longer the match went, the longer he had to stay sober
Alekhine vs Capablanca, 1927  (E16) Queen's Indian, 42 moves, 0-1
Ralston: prolonged heavy drinking
Alekhine vs F Lupi, 1946  (C80) Ruy Lopez, Open, 30 moves, 1/2-1/2
kevin86: Mr. Alcohine-who did some serious drinking
B Blumenfeld vs Alekhine, 1908  (C41) Philidor Defense, 33 moves, 0-1
HailM0rphy: "human as his second, not a bottle of whiskey."
Levenfish vs Alekhine, 1913  (A46) Queen's Pawn Game, 21 moves, 1-0
Phony Benoni: " a bit of vodka flowing. How else to explain"
Alekhine vs Diurnbaum, 1910  (D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 31 moves, 1-0
drunknight II: drank too much this may be your best evidence
Alekhine vs D Spitzer, 1930  (A82) Dutch, Staunton Gambit, 39 moves, 0-1
bishop: "Alekhine had finished a bottle of Vodka"
Dake vs Alekhine, 1932  (B13) Caro-Kann, Exchange, 38 moves, 1-0
kevin86: man with an obvious alcohol problem
Alekhine vs Reshevsky, 1937  (B04) Alekhine's Defense, Modern, 36 moves, 1-0
TrueFiendish: Alekhine's drunkenness?
S Factor vs Alekhine, 1932  (B02) Alekhine's Defense, 48 moves, 1/2-1/2
TrueFiendish: Too much champagne,
Euwe vs Alekhine, 1935  (D81) Grunfeld, Russian Variation, 44 moves, 0-1
Whatthefat: weary excuse of Alekhine's alcoholism
Alekhine vs James Madison HS, 1932  (C47) Four Knights, 45 moves, 0-1
Sylvester: "Against Capa he would have to play sober"
Bogoljubov vs Alekhine, 1924  (C12) French, McCutcheon, 85 moves, 1/2-1/2
grook: " troubled by alcoholism"
Alekhine vs A Love, 1923  (D38) Queen's Gambit Declined, Ragozin Variation, 37 moves, 0-1
Calli: I heard Euwe was drunk! ;->
Alekhine vs Euwe, 1921  (C26) Vienna, 12 moves, 1-0
luzhin: Svidler really should stop drinking
Anand vs Svidler, 2007  (C84) Ruy Lopez, Closed, 21 moves, 1-0
Sularus: "..alekhine was also an alcoholic) LOL"
Alekhine vs Saemisch, 1923  (B30) Sicilian, 20 moves, 1-0
setebos: "Maybe AA had a few drinks"
Alekhine vs E Gomez, 1941  (C78) Ruy Lopez, 36 moves, 0-1
M. Shaune: "Alekhine was a known alchoholic."
Alekhine vs Capablanca, 1913  (C88) Ruy Lopez, 42 moves, 0-1
setebos: Was Alekhine having shots of Amontillado as he played
Alekhine vs A Pomar Salamanca, 1944  (C79) Ruy Lopez, Steinitz Defense Deferred, 71 moves, 1/2-1/2
Kevin86: "Alekhine must have been on a binge"
Alekhine vs Reti, 1922  (C77) Ruy Lopez, 59 moves, 1/2-1/2
"had a blood alcohol level higher than most beers"
Korchnoi vs Balashov, 1971  (E80) King's Indian, Samisch Variation, 22 moves, 1-0
"Gligoric was plastered!"
Fischer vs Gligoric, 1966  (C69) Ruy Lopez, Exchange, Gligoric Variation, 25 moves, 1-0
Wolfgang01: "even when he had a glass to much"
Alekhine vs E Solomon, 1929  (B40) Sicilian, 53 moves, 0-1
refutor: i just wanna know how many vodkas alekhine had in him
Bogoljubov vs Alekhine, 1922  (A90) Dutch, 53 moves, 0-1
Kevin86: "AA,(boy those are ironic initials!)"
Euwe vs Alekhine, 1937  (D17) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 50 moves, 1-0
kevin86: A.A. (how ironic initials) was probably in a bag
Alekhine vs O Rocas, 1939  (B13) Caro-Kann, Exchange, 24 moves, 0-1
kevin86: "attack as good as anybody!! Not to mention,drink"
Alekhine vs NN, 1911  (C54) Giuoco Piano, 19 moves, 1-0
dk:"standing in for him...while Alek. was looking for a drink"
Alekhine vs D Vedensky, 1929  (E12) Queen's Indian, 23 moves, 0-1
ArturoRivera: "perhaps Alekhine was drunk"
P Potemkin vs Alekhine, 1912  (B20) Sicilian, 19 moves, 0-1
soberknight: "Bill Wall once nicknamed Alekwine"
Burn vs Alekhine, 1911  (C13) French, 82 moves, 1-0
TrueF:" wasn't drunk that day" [the only game the DB!]
Alekhine vs Mendelevic, 1930  (E43) Nimzo-Indian, Fischer Variation, 32 moves, 1-0
wolfmaster: "Clearly, Alekhine was drunk."
F Lupi vs Alekhine, 1946  (C10) French, 48 moves, 1-0
pawntificator: "he was drunk. Or he was drunk at a simul."
Alekhine vs E Gruer, 1929  (D44) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 28 moves, 0-1
Benjamin Lau: "unless he was drunk unfortunately"
Capablanca vs Alekhine, 1936  (A92) Dutch, 38 moves, 1-0
Moondoll: "Maybe Alekhine was drunk?"
Alekhine vs M Reiner, 1931  (C10) French, 33 moves, 0-1
waldorf: "black ..suddenly he was drunk as hell at the time"
Pillsbury vs E Chatard, 1900  (B02) Alekhine's Defense, 16 moves, 1-0
Mooceres:Alekhine had to go in cold sober and lost horribly.
Topalov vs Kasimdzhanov, 2005  (C84) Ruy Lopez, Closed, 73 moves, 1-0
kevin86: blind drunk!
C Jepson vs McShane, 2001  (A00) Uncommon Opening, 86 moves, 1-0
Spitecheck: "like Alekhine he was drunk"
de Riviere vs Morphy, 1863  (C33) King's Gambit Accepted, 30 moves, 1-0
Everexcel:"each player had to pound a 5th of vodka"
R Blau vs A Ammann, 1993  (C44) King's Pawn Game, 58 moves, 1/2-1/2
Botvinnik: he drank a whole bottle of wine before dinner
Alekhine vs Reshevsky, 1936  (D04) Queen's Pawn Game, 61 moves, 0-1
Calli "Alekhine was under the Influyente!"
Alekhine vs Bons, 1943  (D45) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 29 moves, 0-1
darth: pillsbury ...hungover or just plain drunk
Pillsbury vs Chigorin, 1896  (D07) Queen's Gambit Declined, Chigorin Defense, 38 moves, 0-1
Riverbeast: I think Fischer must have been drunk
Fischer vs H Dondis, 1964  (C23) Bishop's Opening, 19 moves, 0-1
Alcohine
Alekhine vs Bogoljubov, 1914  (C26) Vienna, 21 moves, 1-0
TrueFiendish: Maybe HP was too tanked up on whisky to start
Pillsbury vs A Ettlinger, 1893  (C14) French, Classical, 51 moves, 0-1
assume that he was drunk
H Mueller vs Duchamp, 1928  (A28) English, 10 moves, 1-0
chillowack: looks like one of Alekhine's "drunk" games
Bogoljubov vs Alekhine, 1929  (E22) Nimzo-Indian, Spielmann Variation, 38 moves, 1-0
a pun and plenty of drunk kibitzing
Alekhine vs Rubinstein, 1912  (C83) Ruy Lopez, Open, 27 moves, 0-1
markwell: Vodka
Chigorin vs Steinitz, 1889  (C52) Evans Gambit, 26 moves, 0-1
kevin86 - irony of Alexander Alekhines's initials
Heath / Spankie / Griffith vs Alekhine, 1923  (C36) King's Gambit Accepted, Abbazia Defense, 42 moves, 1/2-1/2
kevin86 - Nimzo might have gotten Alex drunk here.
Nimzowitsch vs Alekhine, 1926  (B02) Alekhine's Defense, 46 moves, 1-0
JMJ565X: and he got wasted
Alekhine vs A Romashkevich, 1906  (C20) King's Pawn Game, 18 moves, 1-0
Sneaky - hitting the sauce for this game
Bogoljubov vs Alekhine, 1942  (B15) Caro-Kann, 46 moves, 1-0
TheOutsider: Alekhine was drunk?
Euwe vs Alekhine, 1927  (A09) Reti Opening, 42 moves, 1-0
HeMateMe Is this the game where AAA was found drunk in a field
Alekhine vs Euwe, 1935  (D15) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 58 moves, 1/2-1/2
kevin86:Did he drink too much? Did he not drink enough?
Alekhine vs K Treybal, 1923  (D30) Queen's Gambit Declined, 44 moves, 0-1
29-board simul +23-4=2 "Alekhine's got to be drunk again"
Alekhine vs Kukovec, 1930  (C05) French, Tarrasch, 41 moves, 0-1
one of his legendary benders
Alekhine vs W F Wertheim, 1933  (B50) Sicilian, 25 moves, 0-1
L Engels vs Alekhine, 1936  (D85) Grunfeld, 67 moves, 1-0
slomarko: maybe AA was drunk when he planned that adjournament
D Przepiorka vs Alekhine, 1922  (E12) Queen's Indian, 69 moves, 0-1
kevin86: kiss and make up? or too much booze?
Alekhine vs F Kiss, 1927  (C78) Ruy Lopez, 39 moves, 0-1
morfishine: I think he was still drunk.
Capablanca vs Alekhine, 1927  (D52) Queen's Gambit Declined, 36 moves, 1-0
Want fries with that?
V Buerger vs Alekhine, 1937  (E10) Queen's Pawn Game, 54 moves, 1-0
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