Alexander Alekhine vs NN (1915) The Harem

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Alexander Alekhine vs NN
"The Harem" (game of the day Aug-05-2006)
Moscow (1915) (probably analysis), Moscow RUE
French Defense: McCutcheon. Grigoriev Variation (C12) · 1-0

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FEN COPIED

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May-01-04		kevin86: OK,already! Let's see-Alekhine was a liar,drunkard,nazi,and had an evil temper. Other than that,he was a great chessplayer. I still like the game!

May-07-04		Abecedarian: He also died pennyless and alone. Great stuff, world class chess.

Jun-11-04		soberknight: If anyone doesn't know, Tim Krabbe discusses this hoax on his website and suggests 24...Bg4+! with good drawing chances. Just type "Tim Krabbe Chess" into Google.

Jun-11-04		cu8sfan: <soberknight> Thanks! Great link.

Nov-17-04		TheGreatNN: Can somebody please post an analysis of 24.Rh6 showing how black can stay alive? When I put the game into my computer it seemed to have invisible pieces, choosing moves like "Nxd5" when the only knights were on g1 and b8, and "cxb2" causing a black pawn to change color when there is no white pawn next to it. I guess even my computer thought it was a weird game.

Nov-17-04		clocked: 24...Bg4+ 25.Qgxg4 Bxe3 26.Qxe3+ Qc5 27.Qxc5+ Kxc5 28.Kg2 Qe4+ 29.Qxe4 dxe4 is one possibility

Dec-15-04		stenis3: Hi!! I want to point out to some thing you guys missed about this book.I first saw this game in a book translated from russian (GM Kotov,1953) about life and games of A.Alechine.He sais that after a big research GM's came to a conclusion that Alechine actually played a lite-similar game,and what we see here is his analisis that he endeed posted as a real game.But there is reason for that!!! As it turnes out,you can see it by yourself,the position developdes quiet streingforward,but there is a trick! As Alechine himself writes in his own analysis to the game,the tricky part is a move 24.Rh6!!!!!! -> It is The ONLY move That wins the game for White!!! Kotov writes in his book that may be it's not such a big deal to come to position untill move 24,but actually be able to find 24.Rh6 !!!! at the board (The only move wich wins) is nearly impossible,therefore the game was PARTLy Composed by Alechine himself. It is interesting to check with fritz or other program if 24.Rh6 is indeed the ONLy ONe in that possition.If it is,as Alechine sais..well he is a genious:)) enjoy

Dec-15-04		acirce: <stenis3> As has been pointed out, it is very doubtful if even 24.Rh6 wins -- because of the counter-trick 24..Bg4+ sacrificing a bishop to gain time. The lines are complex but at least there is no CLEAR win.

Apr-05-05		InspiredByMorphy: That queen frenzy in the end of the game is outrageous. Bravo!

Jun-07-05		schnarre: A delight to browse, & more of a delight to actually play out!

Jun-30-05		Knight13: Wow. What an amazing game! Unstoppable passed pawns in the opening... Is dangerous.

Jun-30-05		farrooj: well he IS playing against NN :)

Jul-30-05		Averageguy: A lot of Queens.

Oct-13-05		AlexanderMorphy: this game is fabricated...is there a game on this database with more queens???

Oct-13-05		Spidergirl: <AlexanderMorphy this game is fabricated> just because you may never make a game similar to this one, because you were not champ and a GM as alekhine was, you have to say its fabricated?????

Oct-13-05		AlexanderMorphy: no i admit i would never be able to "make" a game similar to this one(chess)...but i think that a mixture of practise, talent and determination and each and every one of us can become a great chess player. As for the game, i'm not saying the whole game was fabricated, but 24. Rh6 really is impossible to see while on the board! So i think that alekhine did win the REAL game but he just added some brilliant touches after that!

Oct-13-05		THE pawn: Now what the hell is THAT??? 24 Rh6!? Don't know for you guys, but that was a hell of a move. comparable to Kasparov's Rxd4 or Fisher's Be6. ( you must know what I'm talking about) the down side of this move is that the rest of the game is not as awsome as the immortals of the guys above.

Oct-13-05		AlexanderMorphy: Hey winning the game is mor eimportant than an awesome game...they are usually the same thing though!

Nov-01-05		DeepBlade: This game is so fiery, the pawn race to promotion, the 5 Queens on the board do spice it up.

Dec-01-05		TheAlchemist: Isn't Alekhine's opponent's name Grigoriev (I think he was a problemist)? And about the fabrication: this game is supposed to have been published in a paper and this was just a variation figured out in the post-mortem (I'm not entirely sure, does anyone have more info?)

Dec-01-05		Calli: Yes, this is the fake game. The real game is N Grigoriev vs Alekhine, 1915

Dec-05-05		tintin: Fake or not it is still funny!

May-21-06		McCool: Chess doesn't get much better than this.

Aug-05-06		Benzol: I wonder how many other games Alyekhin "Doctored"? N Grigoriev vs Alekhine, 1915 Alekhine vs Freeman, 1924 and Alekhine vs O Tenner, 1911 are the well known ones but I'll bet there are probably others. Can anybody add to this list?

Aug-05-06		RandomVisitor: 20.Qff4 +9.63/18 should have won for White.

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