| Jul-04-04 | | iron maiden: 32. Qxc3 runs into a pretty swallow's tail mate: 32...Qh4+ 33. Kf3 Qf4#. White has to give up a piece to save his pinned queen. |
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| Jan-16-05 | | mdz: The fact that it was a simul shows: Alekhine was not at his best at all.
W should play 30.ef Nf4 31.Kf2 b5 32.Rxd8 Rxd8 33.Rd1 to fight for a draw. Also, better 21.Be1 Nhf4 22.Bf1 with almost =.
Finally, B had a much quicker win with 31...Qh4+ 32.Kf3 e4+ 33.Qxe4 Rxc3+ 34.Bd3 Rxd3+ or 32...Rxc3 33.Bd3 e4+ 34.Qxe4 Rxd3+ |
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| Jan-16-05 | | Minor Piece Activity: You've met Tal? You lucky man. This is a very energetic encounter, looks almost Nimzowitschian with the fantastic struggle of the knights against bishops. Why not 21. Bf2 in the game? Was Alekhine afraid of Nhf4 22. Bf1 Qa5 23. Rdc1 Ba4 24. Qb2 or something similar? Maybe an earlier improvement is possible? |
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| Jan-16-05 | | Calli: <mdz> Yes, but a draw in a simul would be like a loss to AA. He is still playing for a win at that point. <Minor> If you play over AA's exhibition type games, he often used them to test out various opening variations. BTW, playing Black here is
"A Lee Jones of Leonardtown,Md, whom we understand was once a member of the Yale team" - the Washington Post |
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| Jan-16-05 | | Minor Piece Activity: <Calli> Did you click the link and see if this "Lee Jones" is different from the other ones in the db? |
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| Jan-16-05 | | Calli: He is different. To make it clearer, I could write it "A. Lee Jones". Lee being a middle name. Even if he did not use the "A", he would not be playing Kaspy and Kramnik in junior tourn 55 years later! |
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| Jan-16-05 | | Minor Piece Activity: True, but I was just checking to be sure! =) |
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| Oct-28-15 | | TheFocus: From a simultaneous exhibition in Washington, D.C. at the Jewish Community Center on August 29, 1933. Alekhine scored +27=0-1. Two games were played blindfold. See <The Washington Post>, September 10, 1933, Second Section, pg. 9. |
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 | | MissScarlett: The score in the (Washington) <Evening Star> of September 11th 1933, p.A13, differs from the current one (which I'm assuming is faithful to the <WaPo>, of September 10th, as above.) i) <3. c4 Nc6 4. Nc3 a6 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Bb4> in place of <3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. c4 Nc6 6. Nc3 Bb4> ii) <47. Kg3 g5 48. Kg4 Rf4+ 49. Kh3 e4 50. Rb6+ Kh5 51. Rd6 g4+ 52. Kh2 Nf3+ 53. Kg3 Kg5 54. Rxa6...The game was continued for 15 or 20 more moves, when Alekhine resigned.> instead of <47. Kh3 g5 48. Rb6 Kg6 0-1> |
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Jun-08-22
| | MissScarlett: (Washington) <Evening Star>, September 4th 1933, p.A11: <A Lee Jones, an engineer of Leonardtown, Md., today is the possessor of an ordinary chess board for which he might not swap a small fortune. At any rate, many another chess player would give riches to possess the ability by which the Marylander came into ownership of the checkered trifle.For Jones' board, duly inscribed and autographed by Dr. Alexander Alekhine, represents the lone victory scored over the world's foremost chess player in the recent brilliant simultaneous exhibition given by him at the Jewish Community Center, in which 27 other opponents were conquered, among them two against whom the wizard played blindfold. Through five fascinating hours Jones opposed one of the greatest chess minds of the age and when finally the winning move was made, at 1:30 a.m., Dr. Alekhine extended as a trophy the board on which the battle was fought. Both he and Jones were given an ovation as the exhibition ended. Jones played a Sicilian defense with confidence and ability. On this thirty-second move he offered the sacrifice of a rook. If Alekhine accepted it, he would be mated in two moves. To avoid this result and save his queen, Alekhine sacrificed a bishop. Notwithstanding this disadvantage, Alekhine put up a hard fight to the end. The champion, with RP on the board, against P and Kt, played for a stalemate. Jones was equal to the situation and Alekhine gracefully surrendered after about 70 moves.> |
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