Alexander Alekhine vs Desire Danczowski (1929) Object of Desire

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Alexander Alekhine vs Desire Danczowski
"Object of Desire" (game of the day Jul-08-2024)
Simul, 47b (1929) (exhibition), Cincinnati, OH USA, Apr-29
Sicilian Defense: French Variation. Normal (B40) · 1/2-1/2

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Mar-16-19		OhioChessFan: "Object of Desire"

Mar-16-19		yiotta: This lady gave Alekhine a real fight. I had assumed she got a courtesy draw, smack me for being politically incorrect. Alekhine had to fight for his life. She was a strong player.

Mar-17-19		Stonehenge: She was a he :)

Mar-17-19		yiotta: Et tu, Desire?

Sep-10-21		FSR: Didn't they name a streetcar after her?

Sep-10-21		NM JRousselle: 14... d5 screamed to be played.

Jul-08-24		An Englishman: Good Evening: Black must have played at a very high level for an amateur. One other game by him in the database, and he did much more than a draw v. a former WC. D Danczowski vs Lasker, 1926

Jul-08-24		perfidious: Only rarely have I seen this name in the masculine form, and till now only in French. As with other usage, single 'e' is masculine and double 'e' denotes the feminine form. One such which is also seen is divorce vis-a-vis the far more common divorcee. Droll pun.

Jul-08-24		OhioChessFan: Amazing two game performance. I don't remember why I chose the draw instead of the win.

Jul-08-24		fredthebear: The moral of the pun is clear: Don't play poker at the Kowalski apartment.

Jul-08-24		goodevans: <OCF: ... I don't remember why I chose the draw instead of the win.> It's a nice pun and maybe it would have suited the other game better. I guess that's an open invitation for someone to pun that one along similar lines. I this game, Alekhine played pretty weakly and was lucky to escape with the draw. <17...exd5!> would have seen him in all sorts of trouble: click for larger view 18...d4, 18...Ba3 and 18...Bd6 are all threatened and if 18.Ne2 then 18...Bb5 will be followed by 19...Bc5 ∓. It appears that after <33.Ra1> Black missed his last chance for a win: click for larger view SF says 33...Rd2 is best (-1.94 @28 ply) but that's too complicated for me. I prefer the simpler 33...Be3+ 34.Kh1 Rxg2 35.Kxg2 Bxd4 which should also be good enough for victory. Instead Black exchanged Rs after which Alekhine would have been confident of the draw.

Jul-08-24		MissScarlett: <I don't remember why I chose the draw instead of the win.> The second game was added in the summer of 2019, i.e., later than March.

Jul-08-24		FSR: Weird that Alekhine didn't play the obvious and strong 6.e5. Black has to either play the abject 6...Ng8 or 6...Nd5, when 7.Nxd5 exd5 leaves the pawn fatally weak. As <NM JRousselle> says, it's also odd that Black didn't play 14...d5!

Jul-08-24		Atking: 24...h5 as on 25.gxh? Nf5 threats mate in one!

Jul-08-24		Honza Cervenka: 16.g4 was a bit premature and unprepared attack, and after 16...d5! 17.exd5? AAA could lose quite quickly after quite obvious 17...exd5 -+. Of course 17.g5 was a lesser evil but AAA was lucky that his opponent went for a "cheap" threat of pinning of the Queen with much weaker 17...Bxd5. And even after that black was quite close of getting another great chess scalp (he beat Lasker in a simul as well) and he drew in the end. Not bad for an amateur.

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