Mar-30-25
 | | jnpope: Alekhine played sans voir against A. Simchow; Alekhine scored +28=5-7. |
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Mar-30-25
 | | NewspaperChessArchiv: November 12, 1932 Chess Games-Problems by Paul L. Cromelin, The Daily Argus, Mount Vernon, N.Y. Dramatic Moments
Those who labor under the delusion that chess is both dull and stodgy, and that excitement never enters into its play, would have had occasion to change their minds had they been in Kreutzer Hall last Sunday. For stark drama stalled the boards for several hours, charging the atmosphere and proving almost too much for some of the kibitzers. We refer to the interest aroused by the game played against Alekhine by Mrs. Paul L. Cromelin, assisted by her husband. Mrs. Cromelin, the only one of her gender opposed to the champion, early drew moans of sympathy from the kibitzers because of her bizarre ninth move, one not to be found in the books. However, it was made with full realization of the consequences, and since the greatest chess player of all time was unable to refute it, it must have been a good one. A kindred feeling for the under dog packed the onlookers around Mrs. Cromelin's board every time the champion approached it, and then the word was passed around the hall that Alekhine's attack had been beaten off, and he could not save a pawn. This was the 23rd move. That the game continued from then for as long as it did, is proof of the strenuous battle put up by her opponent to stave off defeat. And at the decisive moment in the middle of a Rook and Pawn End game, Mrs. Cromelin lightened the tension around her table by remarking that she “didn't know the doctor played such a good game of chess,” then applying herself to the win."
https://fischer-notes.blogspot.com/... |
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Mar-30-25
| | NewspaperChessArchiv: <jnpope> Do you recognize these names? "At 3:10 a.m., after about 12 hours of play, Alekhine resigned to The Daily Argus Chess Team, which was composed of Paul L. Cromeline, Dr. A. A. Blasi, Max Hacker, and Milton Krieger." Trying to process another Alekhine game from the (assumed) same day. |
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Mar-30-25
| | jnpope: Those names are not familiar to me.
My main era of interest is 19th century chess (the Charles Henry Stanley to Harry Pillsbury years) but I've been known to veer outside my lane on occasion as I have an interest in Frank Marshall and Jackson Showalter which sometimes forces me into the 20th century. |
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Mar-30-25
| | NewspaperChessArchiv: <jnpope> Actually, those years are of great interest to me, Harry Pillsbury was editor of one of the Pennsylvania chess columns for awhile, yeah, Paul Morphy era... any chess columns from the 19th century through 21st century. Anyway here's another PGN from that same page. Testing 123 if a PGN will even post. [Site "New York, NY USA"]
[Date "1932.11.06"]
[EventDate "1932.11.06"]
[White "Alexander Alekhine"]
[Black "The Daily Argus Chess Team"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D43"]
[Opening "Semi-Slav Defense"]
[Source "(Mount Vernon) Daily Argus, 1932.11.12, p5"]
[Venue "Hungaria International Chess Club, Kreutzer Hall"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. cxd5 exd5 7. e3 Bd6 8. Bd3 O-O 9. Qc2 h6 10. Bh4 Re8 11. Bg3 Nf8 12. O-O Bxg3 13. hxg3 Ng4 14. b4 Qd6 15. Rab1 Ne6 16. Bh7+ Kh8 17. Bf5 Nf8 18. Bxg4 Bxg4 19. Ne5 Be6 20. Na4 f6 21. Ng6+ Nxg6 22. Qxg6 Bg8 23. Rfc1 Bh7 24. Qh5 Bxb1 25. Rxb1 Kh7 26. Nc5 g6 27. Qg4 Re7 28. a4 Rae8 29. Qd1 Kg7 30. Qc2 Rh8 31. Nd3 h5 32. Nf4 Rh6 33. Qc5 Qxc5 34. bxc5 Rh8 35. a5 Kf7 36. Kf1 g5 37. Nd3 a6 38. Ke2 Ke6 39. Rh1 Reh7 40. Rb1 Rb8 41. Rh1 Kd7 42. Rb1 Kc7 43. Rh1 Rbh8 44. Rb1 g4 45. Nf4 Rh6 46. Kd3 f5 47. Ke2 R6h7 48. Nd3 h4 49. gxh4 Rxh4 50. g3 Rh1 51. Ne1 Rg1 52. Rc1 Rh2 53. Nd3 Rxg3 54. Nf4 Rf3 55. Rf1 Kb8 56. Ng6 Rfxf2+ 57. Rxf2 g3 58. Kf3 gxf2 59. Ke2 f1=Q+ 60. Kxf1 Ra2 61. Ne7 Rxa5 62. Nxf5 Ra2 63. Ke1 a5 64. Kd1 a4 65. Kc1 a3 66. Kb1 Re2 67. Ka1 Kc7 68. Kb1 Rf2 69. Nh4 b5 70. cxb6+ Kxb6 71. Ka1 Ka5 0-1 |
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| Mar-30-25 | | Granny O Doul: Though the engine's preference is to play 9...h6, it finds ...Ne7 a perfectly cromelin alternative. |
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