Wonderful music. I wonder if Brad Pitt studied him before making the film.

Not to mention Britten's playful pizzicato in the (not so) Simple Symphony. One of my favorite slices of classical music.

I almost died, because I was actually expecting to see a video interview or something where Dylan explains how much he loved <Senor Wences>...> Hey Jess, Bob Dylan did go on to say that song was written about Senor Wences. After the song he did an interview, but it was edited from that clip.

Here are his thoughts about the strongest players, given December 1935 during the <Alekhine-Euwe 1935> match:

Edward Winter, Chessnote 4577. Capablanca’s views on his rivals

http://www.chesshistory.com/winter/...>

<At a dinner organized by the Spanish Chess Federation at the Casino de Madrid in December 1935 Capablanca was questioned about his rivals. <<<The Alekhine v Euwe world championship match was then being played in the Netherlands, and the Cuban was guarded on that subject.>>> As for the future, he believed that he himself had the greatest right to challenge for the world title, followed by Flohr (who had enjoyed much success in recent years) and Lasker (regarded by Capablanca as still in the first rank of champions, despite his age). The Cuban had very high praise for Botvinnik, whom he considered more likely to become world champion than such other young players as Lilienthal and Reshevsky. Finally, Capablanca spoke highly of Tartakower, saying that he was, when on form, one of the most redoubtable masters.>

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I suspect <Capablanca> didn't think <Euwe> had any chance to win against <Alekhine> in 1935. A look at <Euwe's> form sheet coming in to the match, however, indicates he had a right to be there. He was peaking just before the match, and ranked 2d in the world by chessmetrics after Hastings 1934/35 (1934).

<Euwe the Challenger>

Budapest (1921) 5-19 Sept. 1921

5th behind Alekhine

Euwe vs Bogoljubov, 1921 <1-0>

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Alekhine-Euwe Training Match (1926) 22 Dec. - 8 Jan. 1927

+2, -3, = 5

Round 7

Alekhine vs Euwe, 1927 <0-1>

Round 8

Euwe vs Alekhine, 1927 <1-0>

Alekhine: <"After a stay of four months in South America, I returned home in December 1926, and had to face <<<Dr. Euwe>>> in Holland straight afterwards, a week later. This arrangement had already been agreed upon a year beforehand, and was for ten training games. I played for the first time under the new time control of 40 moves in 2 and a half hours ... unfamiliar, and because of this I ended up suffering very badly from time-trouble.

"The result (+3-2=5 in my favour) gave a reasonable indication of both sides' achievements. Dr. Euwe played much more soundly, but on the other hand I was tactically superior to him. I committed, however, a large number of mistakes in time trouble. Thus, for instance, in the 1st, 7th and 9th games I had clearly winning positions, but I gained only a single point (!) from these three games.">

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Bogoljubov - Euwe: First FIDE Championship (1928) 4 April - 5 May 1926

+2 -3 =5

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<The Hague 1928> World Amateur Championship July-Aug 1928

1st over Dawid Przepiórka, Karel Treybal, Hermanis Matisons

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Bogoljubov - Euwe: Second FIDE Championship (1928) 23 Dec. 1928 to 6 Jan. 1929

+1 -2 =7

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Hastings 1930/31 (1930) 29 Dec. 1930 - 7 Jan. 1931

1st over José Raúl Capablanca and Mir Sultan Khan

Sultan Khan vs Euwe, 1931 <0-1>

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<Euwe-Flohr Match 1932> June-Aug 1932

+3 -3 =13

Euwe vs Flohr, 1932 <1-0>

Euwe vs Flohr, 1932 <1-0>

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<Berne 1932> 16-30 July 1932

Shared 2d with Flohr behind Alekhine, over Mir Sultan Khan, Ossip Bernstein, Efim Bogoljubov

Berne (1932)

Euwe vs Bogoljubov, 1932 <1-0>

Alekhine vs Euwe, 1932 <Drawn in 70 moves>

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<Zurich 1934> July 14 - 28th, 1934.

Shared 2d with Flohr behind Alekhine, over Bogoljubov, Emanuel Lasker and Aaron Nimzowitsch

Zurich (1934)

Euwe vs Alekhine, 1934 <1-0>

<Alekhine's only loss in the tournament>

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<Hastings 1934/35> 27 Dec. 1934 - 5 Jan. 1935

Shared 1st with Thomas and Flohr, over Capablanca, Botvinnik and Lilienthal

Hastings 1934/35 (1934)

Yes well spotted and thank you too.

I've added that item to the currently "split-folder" <Alekhine-Euwe 1935> draft edit: Game Collection: TEMPORARY FOLDER

This result certainly helps explain why <Capablanca> might leave <Dr. Euwe> off his list of "strongest opponents."

I've seen it before though. ; P
In fact there used to be a really good quality version on You Tube, who knows these days. ; (

Alice Cooper has a few songs to give ya the old Halloween spirit.

Can't Sleep Clowns Will Eat Me
http://youtu.be/Uxkg-2RMJhw

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oEr7...

P.S. On Alice Coopers biggest record 'Schools Out' the album came packaged with panties as the sleeve on the records. ; P Here is Alice's biggest anthem.

Did you know about Alekhine's fire incident?

Esseg, 1930. He lit his cigarette but fell asleep. The cigarette cuaght fire but someone from a neighbouring room smelled it and alerted the hotel staff. The door to Alekhine's room had to be smashed. It took some time until Alekhine had recovered from the numbness.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Travel...

Handle Me With Care
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xk...

Tweeter & The Monkey Man
http://youtu.be/Hk8D2KVLD6A