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| Posted by ccmcacollister nikto.net 4/17/2006 04:24:05 Play online chess |  Subject: Alekhine: man & Chess playerMessage: Thus this thread is born for discussion about the Chess player, the man, and perhaps (hopefully) some games (annotations!! ?), and Hyperlinks!? Regards, Craig }8-) |
| Posted by ccmcacollister nikto.net 4/17/2006 04:27:32 Play online chess | PS// Message: A Great Chess player! That he sometimes fudged in his annotations, or changed a move here or there?! Born Russian!? Died choking on a piece of meat, eaten at home sans utinsels !? (somewhere this has been disputed too. And believe I have even seen it claimed that it was pretty much forced down his throat?! ) |
| Posted by bucklehead nikto.net 4/17/2006 06:10:19 Play online chess | A couple of articles Message: There was also a recent ChessBase item on Alekhine's death: -> chessbase.com . |
| Posted by ccmcacollister nikto.net 4/17/2006 07:21:34 Play online chess | thanks bucklehead .... Message: (But then there is a guy in town who has Paul Morphy's hand! Identical looking, not the part itself :) |
| Posted by thunker nikto.net 4/17/2006 10:10:41 Play online chess | Classic Message: Can be found at my little web site... -> home.ionet.net |
| Posted by taborov nikto.net 4/17/2006 13:30:08 Play online chess | Александр Александрович Алéхин Message: Alekhine's first chess accomplishment was when, in 1909, at the age of seventeen, he won the All-Russian Amateur Tournament in St. Petersburg with a score of twelve wins, two losses and two draws. He was awarded a national master title for this performance. The tournament was held concurrently with the more famous professional international event won by Emanuel Lasker and Akiba Rubinstein. Meanwhile, in the United States, later that year a twenty-three-year-old Cuban by the name of José Raúl Capablanca shocked American chess players by thrashing Frank Marshall in a match. The lives of Alekhine and Capablanca would soon intertwine. In 1914, after Alekhine finished 3rd behind Lasker and Capablanca in a tournament in Saint Petersburg, Tsar Nicholas II named him as one of the five original grandmasters. Alekhine also served in World War One, and was wounded. He became cosmopolitan in his life, living in many countries, and speaking Russian, French, German, and English. Following the Russian Revolution, in 1919 he was suspected of espionage, arrested and imprisoned in Odessa, though he was eventually freed. He won the 1st USSR Championship in 1920. In 1921 Alekhine left Soviet Russia never to return, moving to France, where four years later he became a French citizen and entered the Sorbonne Faculty of law. Although his thesis on the Chinese prison system went uncompleted, he nevertheless claimed the title of "Dr Alekhine". From 1921 to 1927, Alekhine amassed an excellent tournament record, winning or sharing 12 out of 20 first prizes in the tournaments he played. -> en.wikipedia.org |
| Posted by ionadowman nikto.net 4/17/2006 16:37:02 Play online chess | Why was Ferriera's note written in English? Message: |
| Posted by ccmcacollister nikto.net 4/17/2006 22:38:02 Play online chess | One win? Message: -> www.chessgames.com |
| Posted by ionadowman nikto.net 4/18/2006 14:15:20 Play online chess | That finish... Message: |
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