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THE WEEKLY KNIGHT
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(for November 14, 1992)
This month marks the 100th anniversary of the birth of
Alexander Alekhine, World Champion from 1927-1935 and 1937
until his death in 1946. Considered to be one of the greatest
players of all-time (if not THE greatest), he is probably
best known for honing attacking skills into a fine art. In
fact, in reference to Alekhine's creative ability across the
board, that master of chess commentary, Tartakower, once said
that if "Chess is an art, Alekhine [is the greatest player.]"
Among Dr. Alekhine's legendary accomplishments are two of the
finest tournament results ever--a 14-1 score at 1930 San
Remo, good enough for a 2900 performance rating by today's
standards, and a 20.5-5.5 record at a very strong Bled
tournament in 1931.
Like so many of the other World Champions, Alekhine was a
rather colorful character in life. As a result, sometimes his
achievements were overshadowed by his on-and off-the-board
antics. Not exactly a "good loser", he once threw his king
across the room after a loss to Grunfeld. Similar to Fischer,
he exhibited anti-Semitic views and spent some time behind
bars (accused of being a spy.) Unlike Bobby, however,
Alekhine was married four times.
One of the more popular Alekhine stories concerns his love
for the bottle. In the words of Fox and James in THE COMPLETE
CHESS ADDICT, he loved alcohol so much that "it cost him his
World Championship title to Max Euwe in 1935. His Dutch hosts
thoughtfully provided him with free champagne. Stunned by his
defeat he renounced alcohol in favour of milk, and two years
later, regained his title."
Irving Chernev called the following game from 1922 Hastings
"The greatest masterpiece ever created on a chessboard."
White: E.Bogoljubow Black: A.Alekhine Dutch Def.
1.d4 f5 2.c4 Nf6 3.g3 e6 4.Bg2 Bb4 5.Bd2 Bd2 6.Nd2 Nc6
7.Ngf3 O-O 8.O-O d6 9.Qb3 Kh8 10.Qc3 e5 11.e3 a5 12.b3 Qe8
13.a3 Qh5 14.h4 Ng4 15.Ng5 Bd7 16.f3 Nf6 17.f4 e4 18.Rfd1
h6 19.Nh3 d5 20.Nf1 Ne7 21.a4 Nc6 22.Rd2 Nb4 23.Bh1 Qe8
24.Rg2 dc4 25.bc4 Ba4 26.Nf2 Bd7 27.Nd2 b5 28.Nd1 Nd3
29.Ra5 b4 30.Ra8 bc3 31.Re8 c2 32.Rf8 Kh7 33.Nf2 c1=Q
34.Nf1 Ne1 35.Rh2 Qc4 36.Rb8 Bb5 37.Rb5 Qb5 38.g4 Nf3
39.Bf3 ef3 40.gf5 Qe2 41.d5 Kg8 42.h5 Kh7 43.e4 Ne4 44.Ne4
Qe4 45.d6 cd6 46.f6 gf6 47.Rd2 Qe2 48.Re2 fe2 49.Kf2 ef1=Q
50.Kf1 Kg7 51.Kf2 Kf7 52.Ke3 Ke6 53.Ke4 d5 0-1
Glenn Budzinski
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