Alexander Alekhine vs NN (1932)

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Alexander Alekhine vs NN
Simul, 24b (1932) (exhibition), London ENG, Jan-29
Danish Gambit: General (C21) · 1-0

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Mar-15-17		sid299792: What was the rating of NN in this game?1100 would be my guess. Atleast he had the decency to resign.

Mar-15-17		Sally Simpson: Probably just a casual player who wanted to be able to say they played the World Champion at chess. I wonder if his (or indeed her) fellow victims were happy about the quick resignation. I played Leonid Alexandrovich Shamkovich in a simul (draw - Latvian Gambit) I do recall someone saying if you are getting beat or drop a piece early on do not resign too early (he was looking at me) this makes it harder for the rest of us as he comes round quicker.

Mar-15-17		OhioChessFan: I saw Kaidanov at a simul against maybe 20 players once. He had White in all the games. Let's identify 3 players: Player A's game started out 1. e4 e5 2. Qh5 g6. Well, really, that's 1-0. But the guy apparently didn't know how to resign, and held on to the bitter end. He made Kaidanov checkmate him. It took 32 moves, I think. Player B lasted maybe 35 moves, and happened to be about as far away as possible from Player A. He told me his rating was something in the high 1900's, and that he was glad for Player A playing on just for a little more thinking time. I suspect everyone else was wishing Player A would have resigned. Player C was probably the best player in the group, one of the best players in the college chess club who put on the event. About 15 moves in, he slapped out about 4 moves in a row, Kaidanov going along with it. That <really> didn't go over well with the other players as it was a bit of ego showing, but to everyone else's detriment. Anyway, I am sure GM's are used to people not knowing any better making them play out to checkmate, but I still find it distasteful.

Mar-15-17		OhioChessFan: I forgot to mention that Kaidanov won all the games, and I think only 3 went 30 moves. One spectator came up to Player A after it was over and congratulated him, saying "Good job. You held on to the end." That drew a few smirks from the people who heard it. I sort of wanted to ask him if he noticed everyone else tipping over their Kings, but I let it go.

Mar-15-17		keypusher: <OCF> The simul giver shouldn't be too upset. That Player A didn't know when to quit is a predictable corollary of being so bad that he was lost after two moves.

Mar-15-17		Sally Simpson: Hi Ohio. "1. e4 e5 2. Qh5 g6. Well, really, that's 1-0." 1-0 is never 1-0 till White mates makes Black. Both players at the time were under 1200. 1. e4 e5 2. Qh5 g6 3. Qxe5+ Qe7 4. Qxh8 Qxe4+ 5. Kd1 Nh6 6. Qxh7 Ng4 7. f3 Nf2 Mate. click for larger view http://www.redhotpawn.com/chess/che... Shall I submit this as a potential Monday Puzzle. Just think of the fun we can have coming up with the pun.

Apr-27-22		Alekchess: If you find yourself in this predicament with a piece down and playing a master, you should resign. If your playing a lower rated player you should try hard to equalize and win, depending on your ability.

Oct-31-22		fredthebear: Alekhine was pretty lethal with the Danish Gambit: https://www.chessgames.com/perl/che...

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