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Alexander Alekhine vs Dmitri Vedensky
Simul, 43b (1929) (exhibition), Mechanics' Institute, San Francisco, CA USA, May-11
Queen's Indian Defense: General (E12)  ·  0-1

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Feb-17-04  Whitehat1963: World champ in his prime loses his way. Is this perhaps a simul or blindfold exhibition? This is Vedensky's only game in the database.
Feb-18-04  drukenknight: wow, not real sharp play by Alekhine. Maybe someone was standing in for him on moves 15, 16, 17..while Alek. was looking for a drink. Our old friend re emerges: Not taking the pawn en passant. Tell me something, how often do you pass up the chance to take en pass. when presented to you? not many Id bet. Hmm why is that?
Feb-18-04  WMD: Another large simul played on May 11 1929 at the Mechanics Institute. Play began at 8.30 pm and finished at 2.30 am. Against 43 opponents, Alekhine scored +27 =8 -8. The chess columnist for the San Francisco Chronicle asked: "Was Dr Alekhine off his game or is it true, as rumoured, that we have an unusually strong group of chess players in San Francisco and the Bay Cities." He took the opportunity to crush the young Arthur Dake (Alekhine vs Dake, 1929) but later lost badly to him in a proper tournament game Dake vs Alekhine, 1932
Feb-18-04  drukenknight: you know what it looks like? on move 16 he can take en passant, which would have made sense. After that his position just falls apart.

I wonder if going from board to board he wasnt really paying attention move by move, but rather just looking at the position. If you are playing move by move, you would see exf6 right off. But if you dont know the last move and are just looking at the position, then...?

Something to keep in mind if you give a simul..

Oct-04-15  TheFocus: From a simultaneous exhibition in San Francisco, California at the Mechanics Institute on May 11, 1929.

Alekhine scored +27=8-8.

See <San Francisco Chronicle>, May 19, 1929.

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