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Gerald Frank Anderson vs Alexander Alekhine
Simul (1946) (exhibition), British Embassy, Lisbon POR, Mar-09
Queen's Gambit Declined: Modern Variation (D50)  ·  0-1

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Nov-14-19  Jean Defuse: ...

<Alekhine's last known game>

G. F. Anderson, in 1946, was working in the British Embassy in Lisbon, and, as a highly skilled chess player (he was also known for composing chess problems as early as 1919), was nominated to deliver the challenge from Botvinnik to Alekhine. He played a game with the World Champion in the Embassy and it became the last recorded game by Alekhine.

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Position after 27. e6:


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On p. 221 of the July issue of British Chess Magazine, 1946 - the editor opines that Anderson could have won with 27. Rf6.

Although this move is certainly better than what Anderson actually played, computer analysis has shown that Alekhine had all his bases covered and would still have won.

Source: 'Last Gambit in Lisbon' (Audio Drama) - http://www.bstephen.me.uk/audio/bes...

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<Was this game part of a simultaneous display?>

Andy Soltis - 'Chess Lists', p. 175:

'Alekhine's Final Simul'

Two weeks before his fatal heart attack, Alexander Alekhine gave a simultaneous exhibition in Lisbon. His last recorded game was a 32-move win as Black against a British problem composer, Gerald F. Anderson.

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<Alekhine's death>

Edward Winter: http://www.chesshistory.com/winter/...

Frederic Friedel: https://en.chessbase.com/post/alekh...

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Nov-14-19  Parachessus: After 27. Rf6 Nxf6! 28. Bxh7 Nxh7 29. Nxf4 Bf5 30. f3 Rcd8 31. Qe3 Ng5, Alekhine has a winning advantage. His extra pieces are fully mobilized and in control of the board.
Nov-17-19
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  MissScarlett: <<Was this game part of a simultaneous display?>>

Apparently so. One can only assume the source for the claim is the same <BCM>, 1946, p.221, mentioned above.

<Skinner & Verhoeven> under the title, <Simultaneous Display in Lisbon, 9 March 1946>, have: <This exhibition was the last known event in which Alekhine played. No details are available on the result of the display or the conditions under which it was played.>

Aug-24-21  Jean Defuse: ...

<Remembering Gerald Anderson MBE DFC>

https://britishchessnews.com/2020/0...

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Dec-05-22  Margetic D: The last documented game of Alekhine. It was payed on 9.March 1946. 15 days before Alekhines death. There are reports, Alekhine analyzed a middle game for On 24 March 1946, the Reuters news agency reported the death of the world champion, who is still considered by many experts to be the best chess player of all time. There are reports that Alekhine was analysing the middlegame of a game at the chess board in his hotel room at the Hotel Estoril, which was probably a preparation for his confirmed title match with Mihail Botvinik in Moscow. Rest in peace Alexander.

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