Mar-19-05 | | Whitehat1963: Sitting world champion takes it on the chin from a nobody using the Opening of the Day. (I'm guessing this was a simul or blind simul?) |
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Oct-23-05 | | wasspwot: Yes that was my thought too. Then several people apparently used it against Alekhine the following year and all lost! |
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Dec-28-06
 | | Phony Benoni: This was indeed part of a simulataneous exhibition, played in Syracuse on Armistice Day, 1932. Alekhine played 39 players over-the-board and 1 blindold, losing only two games. Black was Thomas A. Jenkins (1901-1993), who wrote an article about this game in the February, 1975 issue of Michigan Chess titled, "How I Beat Alekhine (With the Help of 39 Other Players)." It's too long to quote in its entirety, but I do like the final note, after 37...Rh1+: <"Alekhine, in consternation, uttered a mighty Russian oath and swept the pieces from the board."> |
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Jul-19-09
 | | Benzol: The other game that Alyekhin lost in the Syracuse simultaneous display that was played on November 11th 1932 was this one against R J Guckemus See Alekhine vs Guckemus RJ, 1932 |
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Mar-30-15
 | | MissScarlett: <War of Jenkins here> |
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May-16-18 | | Vibov: Alekhine has a slight (varying) advantage up to 35. Red2, which is a mistake, and then 36. d6 further worsens things (engines prefer sacrificing the exchange on e4, although the continuation is still losing). |
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Feb-22-22
 | | al wazir: 37. Rxe4 was necessary.After that it's still a donnybrook. |
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Feb-22-22
 | | An Englishman: Good Evening: <MissScarlett> has our next great game title. Incidentally, can't blame Alekhine for cursing. After 6...c6 he already had a huge edge. |
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Feb-22-22 | | Gregor Samsa Mendel: What is this with people not knowing about playing 5..e5 in this line? C Chipanga vs J Ponomarenko, 2018 |
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Feb-22-22 | | Granny O Doul: It'd be too bad if Alekhine's "mighty Russian oath" were lost to history. Any scholarly suggestions? |
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Feb-23-22
 | | An Englishman: Good Evening: <Granny O Doul>, probably something like @#$%&*##!!! In Cyrillic characters, of course. Oh wait, you wanted a *scholarly* suggestion. Never mind... |
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Feb-23-22 | | Cibator: Perhaps the one uttered by General Grubozaboyschikov (and heavily asterisked) in the James Bond novel From Russia, With Love. |
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Feb-23-22 | | Cheapo by the Dozen: Since Russians are sometimes thought of as bears, as generally are people with tempers, we actually could call this The War of Jenkins/Bear
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_o... |
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Mar-01-22 | | Aminda: 16. Ne4, aiming at Nd6, seems better to me. Hard to get rid of a Nd6 knight. |
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