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Alexander Alekhine vs Thomas A Jenkins
Simul, 43b (1932) (exhibition), Syracuse, NY USA, Nov-11
Queen's Gambit Declined: Marshall Defense (D06)  ·  0-1

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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?)
Oct-23-05  wasspwot: Yes that was my thought too. Then several people apparently used it against Alekhine the following year and all lost!
Dec-28-06
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  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.">

Jul-19-09
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  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

Mar-30-15
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  MissScarlett: <War of Jenkins here>
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).
Feb-22-22
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  al wazir: 37. Rxe4 was necessary.After that it's still a donnybrook.
Feb-22-22
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  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.
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

Feb-22-22  Granny O Doul: It'd be too bad if Alekhine's "mighty Russian oath" were lost to history. Any scholarly suggestions?
Feb-23-22
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  An Englishman: Good Evening: <Granny O Doul>, probably something like @#$%&*##!!! In Cyrillic characters, of course.

Oh wait, you wanted a *scholarly* suggestion. Never mind...

Feb-23-22  Cibator: Perhaps the one uttered by General Grubozaboyschikov (and heavily asterisked) in the James Bond novel From Russia, With Love.
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...

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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