AflEXMH ALEKHINE

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50P55A STRUGGLE;0]

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“80 8PMR MaT’ia—pe8aHwa B “During match-revanche in

1937 rojy raze 6bIflO npuBe/jeHO
B ,f3BL4zeHL4e BCe waxMaTHoe
eBpeLCTB0... K Ha’-Iany
3Toro 2—ro Maria y MHR ye
He &no HL4KKL4X coMHeHL4L:
MI-fe npejjcroRna 6opb6a He C
ronnaH/jL4eM 3sBe, a Co BCt4
waxa THbIM eBpesCTBOM”.
1937 all chess Jewry was set
in motion... To the beginning
of the 2nd match I had
no doubt that it would not
be the struggle against
Dutch Euwe, but against all
chess Jewry”.

flpRuKcJxBaeTcsI Imputed to
nepy AJIexKHa. Alekhine’s pen.

‘K 6opb6e P OTHOCI4I1CP COBePUJ “I was cool about the struggle

HHO Cfl0K0SH0 .. . 3T0 To)Ke
5i,ina (5OPbBA. 14 £43 ee ci
weii ecrni He flOflHbIM no6ewiye-
fleM, To, 80 BCRKOM cnyiae. C
ieCTbK.”.
... it was the STRUGGLE
too, and may be it was not
my full victory but quite
honourable one.

A.A.AlIexRH. A.Alekhine.
AflEXMH ALEKHINE
MO1 MY
5OPb5/ STRUGGLE
 Bane pHIi ,1LMHrpHea L1aupix., Valery D.Chczshchikhin
“AflEXIIH: MO &OPb&A”. “ALEKHINE: MY STRUGGLE”
Me*yHapoHbI MCT ICCF, Laureate of the 64

iiaypea *yparia ‘64 — WaxMaTI-Ioe Shahmatnoe obozrenie magazine,

o6o3peHwe” Ha 6a3e K0HKPTHbIX InternationaL master of ICCF,

HHbIX oKa3bIBaeT, T0 CTTb1 proves that Atekhines articLe,

AJlexwHa, ony6JlwKoBaHHal B 1941 published in 1941, had been

roy 6wia npeBapwTenbHo w3MeHe— changed by German — Nazy editors

Ha HeMeLKO—4awk1cTcKwMw PeKTO beforehand.

paMkl. For the first time aLt the

B KHklre BflBbI co6paHbl Boe— Atekhine vs. Euwe matches are

RI4HO BCe MaTM AJlexklHa C 3ie, collected together in this book,

BKJhtO91 flapTklkl, KoTopble lKo6bI He incLuding the games that as if

Llrpailklcb. were not pLayed.

Copyright. Text B.9aulwxwH 1992 TransLated by

OpwraMw 3. 9aulwxwHa Ustin Chashchikhin,

O4opMJleHwe j:j. 9aLLtklxklH, A. K0PWYHOB Alexey Sobakin

Corrector of the press

II3IIaTeJIbCTB0 UCI-! McDI(
Anatoty Sokotov
ISBN—5—859 18—001—2
Tnpa 5000 3aKa3 1279
THnorpaHsI MIY.

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 flPEKCJIOBKE THE PREFACE

WaxMaTwcTbI cnoplT: T0 TaKOe The chess players argue:

UJAXMAThI? — H aIoT P3HbI 0TBTbI what’s the CHESS? — and give the
— iirpa, CflOpT, HayKa, kICKyCCTBO, different answers — a game, a

6opb6a... kiTak, WXMTbI — 3T0 sport, a science, an art, a

npe)IcEe cero CflOP — floCnopbTe, struggLe. . . So, chess is an

nonpo6yTe! ARGUE first of alt — try to

Ho ecnw BbI He xOTI4Te CTTb argue!

nOCMewklLLteM, BB13bIB1Cb B CflO, But if you don’t want to

npaBkln: He receive the mockeries entering

CflObT no flYCT1KM ki nOnb3y— to the argue, keep of the ruLes:

Tecb H9HbIML4 apryMeHTaMkl; ii ec— don’t argue about trifle and use

mi B cnope Bac iiepecye 14CT14— the scientific arguments; and if

Ha, k1MeTe M*CTBO flpll3HaTb you are interested in the truth

CBOIO HenpaBoTy, ora apryMeHTbi of argue, you must have courage

flOTI1B Bac. flycTlwHwe cnopw IB— to admit your error, when the
flHOTC1 HeBa*eHMeM K ‘IkiTaTenlo ii arguments are against you. The

pOHcIIOT awe peHoMa, a HeKoMne— idLe argues aren’t respect to

TeHTH0CTb B cnope 1Bfl1TC1 Heno— reader and drop your reputation,
Ck1flbHOi HOwe. and the incompetence in argue is

HaiIBHWe nK,tkl nonaraio-r, iT0 hard burden.

pnci no5ew B cnope OcTaTOHO Ingenious people consider to

nepe)IcklTb OnfloHeHTa Ha nonea — conquer the argue enough to

jaaq KHiira pa3BeklBaeT 3Ty iin— survive of your opponent on the

nIo3klIo. haLf of century — this book

disperses this illusion.

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 ..J1 ‘-IEPflAfl B WAXMATAX CklJlbI J15I HQBQ EQPbEbI

A.A.AJIexKB.

TPABJI5I AJIEXKHA

CBeLeHL.Ici 0 *kI3HkI AnexwHa B TBepJclT, j-ITO — AnexwH 6e*an (npw

1917 — 1921 roax ‘IpeaBbI9aHo 3TOM rpklrOpbeB 3aBepqeT, 6yLTO
npoTwBope1k1Bw: no OJHk1M klI-ftPopMa— AJ1exMH BbIexafI He B 6epnwH, a B
Lk1OHHbIM IICTO9HIIKaM Ha AJ1eKcaHJpa J1OHJOH, a He B 1921 roy, a B
AneKcaHJpoBk19a 6onbweBwKw roTo— 1922—oM).
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6bIJl npklrOBOpeH K pacc-rpeny; OHk1 AnexIlHa 6blna OpraHkl3OBaHa TPBJ11
yTBep,IcEaIoT, 9T0 AnexwH 6b111 O1HaKO He CP3Y nocne ieaja, a

KaK—To cBcl3aH C 6enorBapjecKo WCTb J1T CnyCTI...

KoH-rppa3BeJKo1, HO BC 3T0 Hk1KK B aHLwKnOneJw-lecKOM cnoape

He corJlaCyeTccl C 4aKTOM yacwci “LIJaxMaTbI” (B anbHeweM “LIJOC”)

AJlexwHa B K0MMHTepHe; pyrwe yT— k13JaHHOM B “CO’ B 1990 roy 0

BePIcJaIOT, 910 AnexwHa OCBO6OJk1J1 TKI1X anL13OJax KaK: nOkyweHkle,

TpO1KM, TpeTbL.1 roBopclT, ‘ITO C yrpO3a paCCTpeJla, OcBO6O)IcEeHk1e

AJ1eXMHbIM irpan I1eHMH, “no cwne TPOLLKIIM, irpa C IleHklHbIM — He

CKa3aHO Hil CflOBa — BI1I1MO, ce

klrpbl npw6nwaBwwC K J—i KaTe—

ropLiki” — nOka TPyHO yCTaHOBLITb, 3T0 — ‘Ienyxa.

‘ITO 3JCb qncieci “pa3BecwcTOi B KHklre M.KoraHa “klCTOpwci

Kfl,oKBO” a ‘ITO — HeOnpOBep)ICIIMbIM waxMaTHO k1rbI B Poccww” o6 Ane—

caKTOM. HO JOnOJJ1k1HHO klaBecTHo: Xk1H HankiCaHO B JO6pOI(eriaTenbHOM

B 1921 rojy AJ1eXIIH Bblexafl B 6ep— jyxe (cr0 KI-Iwra aaepwea nocne
J1frlH. AKOTOB JOKa3bIBaeT, ‘ITO JO
TypHilpa HbIo—IlOpK—1927, HO

AJ1eXMH BbIeXajl neranbHO, a pyrie MaT’Ia C Kana6naHKo).

aBTOpbI, B 9aCTHOCTII, C.BaiHWTeiH HO BCKOP Ha AnexwHa 6blna

M H.rwrOpbeB, 6e3JOKa3aTenbHO cnyuiea CBOpa 6opaonwcLeB.

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...I HAVE BEING GOT POWER IN CHESS FOR FURTHER STRUGGLE

A.Alekhine.

THE PERSECUTION OF ALEKHINE.

The information about proof Less affirm that Alekhine

Atekhine’s life in 1917 — 1921 run away (at the same time
is extroadinary contradictory. Grigorjev assures as if Atekhine
According to an information went away not to Berlin, but to
source the Bolsheviks prepared London and it wasn’t in 1921,
the attempt on ALexander but in 1922). It is known too
Alexandrovich, by the others he that the persecution against
was sentenced to the fusittade; ALekhine was organized, however,
someone are maintaining that not after departure at once but
Alekhine was probably connected six years after..
with White Guard In the encyclopedia of chess
contraintetligence, but atl it (further — “CE) was published
isn’t coordinates with the fact in “SE” in 1990 about such
of Atekhine’s participation in episodes as: the attempt, the
Komintern; the others affirm threet of fusillade, the release
that Alekhine was released by by Trotsky, the play with Lenin
Trotsky, the thirds speak that — didn’t say any word — one can
Alekhine played with Lenin “that see all it is nonsense.
was approaching by the force of There was written in the book

ptay to the first category” —. itby M.Kogan “The History of Chess

is hardly to determine for this
present what is the trank lie
here and what is the irrefutable
fact.But it is known exactLy: in
1921 Alekhine went
Ber(in. A.Kotov proves Atekhine
went away legally, but other
Play in Russia’ about Alekhine
in benevolent tone (his book was
compLeted after the New York —
1927 tournament, but before the
away to match against Capabtanca).
But soon there was set the
pack of quick—writers on

authors, in particular, Alekhine.

S.Vainstein and N.Grigorjev

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9TOObI flPMBTCTBOBTb AnexwHa 14 J)I(b nw6o “wueT B waxaax 3a6—

BMCT C TM cena o9epeLHoi BeHwq” OT r)onwTw9ecKoro rHeTa,

BbInaJ, BbIilfrlTb HOBbI flOTOK I]cl3k1 nw6o pewpye ce6i 1tici 6Opb6bI C

M KileBeTbI flOTL4B COBeTCKO Poc— COBTCK14M flOpKOM.

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 ABOUT NEW ALEKHINE’S WHITE Soviet Russia, against the
GUARD SPEECH struggLe of the Russian working
New champion of the worLd is peopLe.
not apparentLy satisfied by the Citizen Atekhine true to

laurels he has reaped in chess himseLf and to the once chosen

fieLd — he’s looking for otherway responded to the White

laurels — politicaL ones in the Guard. And what did he say? He

field of struggLe with the pointed out the coincidence of
Soviet Union, struggLe with the the chess playing epoch “with
great building his peopLe has the period of poLiticaL
been carrying on. oppression when some were

The White Guard media has seeking oblivion from everyday

placed a correspondence about tyranny and violence in chess
Alekhine’s celebration by the and others were deriving
White Guard emigration in the strength for the new struggte
Russian chess circle named after and strengthening their wilt”.
Potemkin in Paris. ALl the Alekhine concluded his speech by
emigration sections sent their the common for the White Guard
representatives: there were wish for the quickest liberation
chess pLayers Znosko—Borovsky of “the Motherland” from the
and O.5.Bernstein, painter oppression of those Atekhine had
Malyavin, Alekhine’s friend so easily rejected twice. Once
according to the School of he decieved the USSR when he was
jurisprudence Polovtzev, given a passport, another time —
director of a Russian gymnasia when he acquired French
abroad Nedachin, a citizenship.
representative from Thus this pot iticat crook
“ILlyustrirovannaya Rossia” determined the essence of the
Mironov, from “Vozrojdenie” movement that invotved the

I.N.Chebyshev, from “Zvezda” broadest masses of lowes cLasses

M.L.Kantor and from “Poslednie and was for all of us the index
Izvestya” — Vikar, and some of extreme rise in poLitical
others even including ‘the Queen activity of the masses, the
of Russian Settlement” a eagerness of the working cLass
certain MmL. Severskaya. They to culture and the display of
all gathered to greet ALekhine its activities in all spheres
and at the same time to attack without exception, including
and pour Out a new shower of chess art. According to Alekhine
dirt and Libel against the our youth was either “seeking

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obLivion in chess” from time they must draw a number of

poLiticaL tyranny; or was in concLusions both for themseLves

training for the struggLe with and for their practicaL

Soviet order. behaviour.

Only he can interpret our Using the references that

chess movement this way, he who they vaLue in ALekhine onLy his

has never been in its ranks, he chess taLant as a cover, some of

who has never known it and our chess peopLe and publishers

simpLy has never seen it. But take the Liberty to keep in

the fact that Atekhine saw fit touch with Atekhine. Thus

for himself to come out with “Shakhmaty” magazine sees fit

such a statement gives quite a for itseLf to pubLisize ALekhine

definite and finaL index of the tiLL now as one of its constant

man whom we have to deaL with contributors. “Gosizdat” not onLy

nowadays. If these were some pubLishes ALekhine’s works, but

taLks that he was supposedLy it aLso accompanies them by the

eager to return to the USSR Literary preface that is a

after his victory over compLete panegyric to ALekhine

Capabtanca, now alt the without a particLe of criticism

absurdness and groundLessness of and even without the slightest

these suppositions is cLearLy mention of his poLiticaL face.

seen. It’s now done with citizen It is necessary to finish with

A(ekhine in our country, he’s this kind of ManiLovism and

our enemy and from now on we can poLiticaL attempts of “passing

treat him onLy as an enemy. over siLence”.

WeLL, it serves Atekhine ALekhine is our poLiticaL

right’ We don’t attach a special enemy and nobody must forget it.

importance to Atekhine’s threats And those who now support him

and aspirations, on that score even to a small degree is against

we have more objective data, us.We must say this cLearLy

sufficient to oppose these and everybody must understand

threats and aspirations with a and reaLize it. TaLent is taLent

scornfuL smite. But one but poLitics is poLitics and

conclusion must be drawn from wouLd never keep in touch with

ALekhines behaviour: anyone in renegades, though it were

the USSR among the chess circLes ALekhine, though it were

who stilL cherishes a hope that BogoL yubov.

Atekhine wiLL return some day, N.KryLenko.

must give it up now. At the same

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AnexklHy BCKOP flOqBklTbCci B MOCK— HenprnciHbii o6n11K Anex11Ha—peHe—
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Ha, C KH11TCK11M 61lneToM 9JleHa MaTHaq op raia—

BKfl(6) B B 1921 roy, LM aBHO enana y*e COOTBbIBO

Ha BcepOCCiiiCKOi OflMMflk1, B BTCTBYIOU*11 W 11 B 1,1 —

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nocne k1Mnepk1ank1cTk19ecKOi 11 rpa*— XMH pa 11 HaBCr—

HCKO BOHbI, OH Bb1CTflT y*e a 113 CBOMX pqJOB.

B K89CTB npeicawren TO11bKO OTKa3aBwMCb OT BCKoro o6tite

euie 3apO)KJaBweic MOCKOBCKO HIlci C HuM, COBeTCKaq waxopraHil—
WXMTHO OpraHIl3awlIl. BcKope 3LØ4 He MO*eT oHaKo flpOiTM Mk1
nocne OJ1k1Mnk1abI, 3aKJ1IO’111B aBaH— MO TOO ØaKTa, LITO AI1eXI1H ciBnci—
TOpHbIi 6paK C HeKOeIi k1HOCTpaHKOi eTC OHMM 113 TaJ1aHTnMBeiWMX

11 BbJXJ1OflOTaB Ce6e O6MaHHIM flTM waxMaTklCTOB awero BpeMeHkl.

KoMaHk1poBKy 3a rPaHk1L, OH fl0 BKna ero B 6ypya3Hyo WaXMaTHyIO

Kk1T acera coBeTcKkle pyOe— KynbTypy OrpOMH • 11 3TOO MbI OT—

— 10 —
 Preface by S.O.Vainstein to the country of proLetarian
the book “The voyage to chess dictatorship. ALekhine’s finaL
achievements” by A.A.Alekhine. poL iticaL “seLf—determination”
takes pLace abroad and his
The name of ALexandre disppointment” incites him to
Atekhine was weLt known in our the ranks of overt sLanderers of
country and not only within the the Soviet power.
chess circLes Long before his InscrupuLousness, spirituaL
victory over CapabLanca when he bankruptcy and other features
became the WorLd Chess Champion. typicaL for the nobLe and
Being a typical chess careerist Landowners’ cLass of the tsarist
he in aLL his activity strived Russia have found a worthy
for his own seLfish “ideaL” —
expression in its worthy
WorLd Chess Championship using offspring — Alexandre ALekhine
aLL the means that couLd heLp to who abroad, in the capacity of
achieve his object. During the “a prodigaL son” quickLy managed
civiL war he appears in Odessa to change the titLe of a White
where a threat of shooting for Guard, indistinguished even in
the connection with the White bourgeois Europe, to a more

Guard Secret Service hangs over convenient titLe of a French

him. This wont stop ALekhine to citizen.

appear shortLy after in Moscow So this is an unattractive

with a candidate card of the character of renegade ALekhine.

Party member of VCP(b) in his Soviet chess organization has
pocket in the capacity of already drawn corresponding
Comintern interpreter. In 1921 concLusions and struck Out
he participates in the Alekhine’s name from its ranks
ALL—Russian OLympiad, this first forever.
showing of chess forces after Having giving up aLL the
the imperiaList and civiL war, contacts with him, Soviet chess
as a representative of the organization cant ignore the
arising Moscow chess fact that ALekhine is one of the
organization. Soon after most taLented chess pLayers of
otympiad, having married a our time. His contribution to
certain foreigner and thus the bourgeois chess cuLture is
obtaining a possibiLity to go to tremendous and we by no means
a business trip abroad he Leaves are going to deny it. On the
the USSR forever, having decided contrary from whatever side we
beforehand jiever come back to began to study chess theory and

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H)OJb He COOk1paeMc oTpklLLaTb. Ha— Bpa)IcJeOHwx TeH,eHLLM 11 MeuaHcKo
o6opoT, C KaKO 6w CTOPOHbI MW HM nownqTllHw. C6OPHIIK waxMaTHblx

flOJOWJ1M K k139HM)O WXMTHO Te flPTk1 qBnqeTCq, no MHeHIIIO 3TIIX

Ok1M LI flPaKTMKLI, MW HeII3MeHHO ToBapk1LLte, “O6beKTMBHWM” aHafiki—
CTOJ1KHeMCci C MMeHeM AnexLIHa, ero 3OM pja WaXMaTHbIX napTk1, B K0
TBOP9ecTBOM, ero 1&e6)OTHWMLI B033 TOPbIX BWqBJ1qeTCq TJ1HT aopa
peHLIciMkl. floToMy ecTecTBeHHo, KK KOMMHTTOP 11 Hflh1T11K, HO
9T0 TPJ AnexIIHa, o6najaiouero, H11KK He ero npMHap,Jle*HOCTb K
KCTTII CKa3aTb, LI OflpJJ1HHWMLI onpe,&eneHHoMy KJ1aCCy. HacKonbKo
J1LITPTPHWMLI JaHHb1MLI, npeJcTaB— 3TOT B3rJ1qJ owkl6o9eH, MW nOCTa—
ncie LICKJ1)O9LITJ1bHW LIHTepeC. He— paecci P3bCHMTb Ha flPMMP
JLIBLITJ1bHO LI TO, 9T0 nPeuiarae— HacTociLue KHIIrII.
M BHLIMHLI)O 9LITTJ1i KHLI BWW— AJ1eXIIH — 1DKki flPeJ&CTaBMTeflb
na oJHoBpeMeHHo Ha TPX 13WKX LI 6yp*ya3Horo Mklpa, PCLLHMBIOUtM
6wna BcTpeeHa CTOflPOLHTHWM CBO TaJ1aHT, KK 11 BC npO4eCCM
o1&o6peHLIeM Bce LIHocTpaHHo wax OHanbI—waxMaTLICmI, Ha ec a.iepii—
MTHO KLITLIKLI. KHCKMX Jorn1apoB. Jjiq nero wax—
B HWLI 3J9LI OTHIOJb He BXO— MamI — CeJCTBO CJenaTb Kapbepy,
JLIT J1LIWTb nponeTapMaT TO flOJlb o6ecne9MBaoutyIo e.iy KoM4opTa6enb—
3b1, KOTOPyIO OH MO*eT LI3BJ19b jii H)O 6e33a6OTHy)o *M3Hb 11 BO3MO*—
ce6ci 113 LI39HLI 5yp*ya3Ho HOCTb CTTb PBHOflPBHbM 9neHOM

KyJ1bTyPW. B WaxMaTHOM klcKyccTBe, BPXWKM 6yp*ya3Horo o6uecTBa.

KK B rnO6o opacnii enoBeecK11x PaHbwe L4M OH H noJc9k1TaeT 6a—
3HaHLI, Mbl O63aHbI klCflOJlb3OBaTb PWuJkl, OH He cje 3a WXMTHIO
TpyJbI 6yp*ya3HNX TeopeTklkoB JOcKy; MHTPCW WMPOKMX Macc nq
flOCKOnbKy OHM MOT co,&ecTBo— Hero rny6oko 6e3pa3nhi9HW. OH 6y—
BTb nOJHTLI)O KBaJ1LIØLIKaL11M HaWIIX JeT LIIPaTb LI B 4)aWMCTCKOM, 11 B
pa6o’wx KaJpoB. Ho, BMCT C MoHapxw9ecKOM, 11 B KaKOM yro,&HO
TeM, B Ka*JoM oTJenbHoM cnyae Kny6e, IlMWb 6b1 TOnbKO ey xopowo
MbI JOJ1*HW flOJxOJk1Tb K 3TIIM TPy 3annaTMnM. ECJ1LI ero “aHTpenpeHe—
jaM C oco6o 6Jk1TenbHocTbIo, pa— pW” nOTpe6yIOT, OH 3 M3BeCTHy)O
3o6na9a Bpa)IcEe6Hy)o k1JOJ1OI1)O, B M3J 6yJeT, flOJ 4flaroM waxMaT,
KKO 5w CKpbITO, 3aByanhlpoBaH— KJ1M11POBBTb KaKIIe yrOJ&HO

HO copMe OHa HM npenoJHock1J1acb. k1Jek1.

MHorMe 113 HWMX TOBPMU* no— Ho, wici Toro LITo6bl fl11BJ19b K
naraT, 9T0 B TKO KHIlre, KaK, ceSe BHHMaHMe onpejenewx Kani—
HanpLIMep, C6OpHIIK flPTk1 AfleXM TanIICTII9eCKIIX KPOB 11 MeLeHaTC
H, He MO)ICeT 6WTb MecTa 9yIcEO TBYIOU*MX Oyp*ya, HeO5XOJk1Ma peK—
HM k1JeOJ1OrLIM, flPOTCKMBHLI)O naa 11 3LLtk1T CO6cTBeHHOrO aBTo—

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practice we t L invariably come anaLyst but in no way his class
across Alekhine’s name, his affiLiation. How much this view
opening conceptions. That’s why is erroneous we’ll try to
the book by A(ekhine, who has expLain on the examp(e of this
certain Literary quaLities, is book.
of an exceptional interest. And Alekhine is a bright
it is not surprising that the representative of the bourgeois
book, offered to our readers, world estimating his taLent as
was simuLtaneousLy published in aLL professional chess players
three Languages and was met with by the weight of American
dolLars. Chess for him are a
a hundred—per—cent approvaL by
all foreign chess critique. means to make a career ensuring
Our tasks are by no means a comfortable, careLess life and
aimed to desprive proletariat of a possibiLity to become a member
the benefit that is couLd derive of higher circLes of bourgeois
from studying bourgeois culture. socity. He won’t sit down at
In chess art as in any other the table before he accounts the
field of human knowledge we must profit; the broad masses’
utiLize the works of bourgeois interests make no difference to
theorists as they can heLp to him. He’LL pLay chess in a
raise the LeveL of working fascist,monarchist and any other
personneL’s skiLL. But at the cLub if he is paid welL. If his
same time we must approach these “entrepreneurs” demand he’lL
works in each case with pubtisize for a certain

particular vigilance exposing recompense in the name of chess

hostiLe ideoLogy whatever any kind of ideas.
concealed, and veiled form it But in order to attract
had. capitaL ist circLes’ and
Most of our comrades think bourgeois attention, pubLicity
that there is no pLace for aLien and defence of personaL prestige
ideoLogy, hostile tendencies and Irom efforts of competitive
vuLgar banaLity in such a book champions are needed.
as Atekhine’s coLlection of These two tendencies run aLL
games. A coLlection of chess through ALekhine’s work.
games according to these ALekhine tries in his book to
comrades is an “objective” raise himseLf to the
anaLysis of a series of chess unattainabLe mark. He’s genius
games which show the author’s and near him is CapabLanca, from
talent as a commentator and an whom he has just wrung the paLm

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pklTel-a OT nOnOn3HOBeHk1i KOHKyPkI— nee 9M KPaTKIIMII flOclCHeHklqMkl,

PY)OLltklX 9eMnkloHOB. 05e 3T11 TeH flbITaCb CO3JaTb Bne9aTrIeHMe, 9T0

JHL1k1I1 KpaCHO HklTb)O npOXOtqT flTMM 3TM no cBOeMy cojep*a,o
epea BCb TPJ AriexklHa. B HM Boo6tue He 3Cfl*MBOT HMKaKOrO
AnexklH nbITaeTC BO3BCTM ce5ci Ha BHMMaHMq M He MOryT CJ1*MTb Ma
HeLocqraeMy BbCOTy. OH — TMJ1OM jnq XPKTMCTMKM ero
a pqjo C HMM Kana5naHka, y K0 TaJlaHTa. flonyri-io, <aK 5i HeB3Ha—
TOOO OH TOJ1bKO ‘ITO 6e3 6OnbwO ‘ia, npM8oJTC no6o9Hble O6CTOcr
y8epeHHocTkl B no5eje BbIPBJ1 TenbcT8a, KoTopbe KO5b JornkHb
nafibMy nepBeHCTBa, ii jpyrie riy— O6bqCHMTb flPM9MH npoMrpbwe,
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TB0p9eCTB0 KOTObIX flOJBepraeTC TM M yHM’4TO)Ica TM CaMbM MX 3Ha—
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TOro, 9TO5b LOKa3aTb cBoe npe— MHTepeCOB. -

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npOPeccMOHanbHOMy aBTOPMTeTy CBMLeTeJ1bCTByeT 11 OH 0 CaMOpeK—
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CTBeHHbX HeyJa9ax, — BJb Hey—

HOCTM nOBTOpHOrO npMrnaweHM

JO6HO B KI-iMre, nocBqLLeHHo 5opb— “-IeMnMoHa” Ha racTporlM? k13 nqTM—

Oe 3a MMpOBOe nepBeHcTBo, OflyC uieTHero nepk1oJa, B Te9eHMe KOTO—
KTb npoMrpaHHble MM CaMMM flTk1k1 poro AJieXMH SoJlbwe 9M KOrja—flM—
Mama, AJ1eXMH nOCTynaeT COBCeM 50 Bb1CTflJ1 B OTe9eCTBeHHbIX Typ—
npocTo: OH flPMBOLMT roimn TeKCT HMpaX, MM jaHO OKOJ1O 50 napTM,,
napi, a 3aTeM CHa6*aeT MX 50— M3 KOTObX JlklWb B HeMH0rI4X Cny—

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without great certainty in his
victory, and other best chess
pLayers of the worLd are pygmies
whose works are severeLy
criticized. Atekhine is
cunning and cLever to dispLay
his intentions but an attentive
reader, Looking through the
games of his match
Capabtanca, can’t help noticing
with what persistent consistency
ALekhine makes use of
sLightest sLips of his adversary
to demonstrate his superiority
and badLy strike at the personaL
prestige of his rival. To beat
an opponent is not enough, it is
necessary as far as possibLe to
impede his way to return match — games with Atekhine’s comments
this is obvious tacticaL Line of
ALekhine, the winner. And if,
Like it or not, he has to speak
about his own faiLures as it is
not proper to omit the games
Lost by him in the book
dedicated to the fight for the
WorLd championship, — ALekhine on tour? From the five year
acts quite simpLy, he Lists the
bare text of these games and
then suppLies them with more
than brief expLanations trying
to produce an impression that
these games due to their content
don’t deserve attention at aLL
and they cant serve as a
materiaL for the discription of
his taLent. At the same time, as
if quite unexpectedLy, he Lists
side circumstances which shouLd
supposedLy expLain the reason
of losses turning them to a mere
chance and thus destroying their
significance. WorLd champion’s
too reputation must be stabLe since
aLL the attempts to draw
concLusions on the basis of hiS
defeats can have an effect on
with the fees and on various
maecenases’ attitude to him —
this is the credo of the
the bourgeois grandmaster who
watches vigiLantLy over his own
interests.
What about the seLection of
games itseLf? Doesn’t it testify
to the authors seLf—advertising
tasks? Isn’t it cLear that the
pLayed in a seance in Argentina
or Uruguay and weLL known to the
whoLe chess worLd have been
incLuded in the coLLection onLy
to remind exotic cLients once
again of the possibiLity of the
‘champions’ repeated invitation
period during which ALekhine
pLayed more than ever in home
tournaments, he Listed about 50
games and onLy few of them were
with mutuaL, vague chances, as
for the others, — the ptay came
to the technicaL reaLisation of
the advantage in the opening
which. Atekhine carried out with
masterLy though not aLways with
modeL for the World champion
succession. OnLy because
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KHb1Mk1, HeqCHbIMII WaHCaMII, Me)Iccy XIIHCKLIM aHaJul3OM, 11 cKoJlb3Kkle

TM KaK B OCTaJ1bHbIX irpa C8OJk1— I4eCTa O6xOJTC TMHHbIMI1 Bapkl—

J1Cb K TeXHk19eCKO peankl3awlkl aHTaMkl 111111 BklTkleBaTbIMkl paccy*j&e—
nOny9eHHOrO B Je6IoTe npeIlMyulecT— HIIqMLI. flpaBJa, TaKklx MeCT B KHkI
Ba, npoBeeHHo AJlexklHblM c Biip— re He o9eHb MHoro, TaK KK Ane—
TyO3HO, HO H cerja JocTaTo9Ho XIIH, KaK Mbl Bblwe yKa3blBaJlII, no

noKaaaTeJ1bHo wiq 9et4nIloHa tiipa B03140*HOCTII nbiraeTCq k136e)IcaTb

nocneJoBaTenbHocTbIo. TOJ1bKO no— COMHIITeJ1bHbIX jjJiq ero penyTaL&Ilkl

TOMy, 9T0 AJ1eXIIH 3a6OTIIJlCcl 6011b flapTk1.

we cero 0 CBO penyTawill 11 Ca— 9T0 )iCe Hac flI1BJ1KT B KHklre

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HI1K MHOrkIX napTI6, KoTopble, no 3aCJ1y)Ick1BaKue BHI1MaHI1 COBeTCKO—
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flpk1XOk1TCq npe*ce BCerO B O6CTa— Tpy, O6paT11BUJL4 Ha ce6ci BHIIMa
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waxaoro nMcaTeJlq. 3arpaH119HO waxMaTHo K11T11Kk1. ki

byp*ya3Hble KPIITIIKII C9IITaIOT TOJ1bKO Ce9aC, 11i.ieq nepe co6o

Anex1lHa Hakl6ojiee O6beKTIIBHbIM 143 KHk1 AnexulHa, MbI MO*eM CPBH11Tb
BCex coBpeMeHHwx KOMMeHTaTOPOB. o6e 3T14 pa6omi, MO)1Ce14 npOI43BeCTI4
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HTb yCJ1OBHO, BHecq COOTBeTCTBy TaTIIpOBaTb, 9T0 L&11b1 pc rfly6O—
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HO, qCHO, 9T0 AnexklH TOJ1bKO jo Anex14Ha B COBepweHHO HOBOM OCBe—
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TeJlbHOrO 3HaKa. B 3TOM clly9ae 3o6paHHbIM c HecocTaTo’1How npOHIl—

caMonIo6Ile, no*Hoe TLCJ1aBI4 14 L&aTeJ1bHOCTbIo. Eute 6onbwL4i KOHT

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Atekhine took so much care of What attracts our attention
his prestige and to ALekhine’s book? Why do we
self—advertisment we dont find consider it to be worthy of the

in his coLLection many games Soviet readers attention? To

that in comparison with the understand this, it is necessary

published ones definiteLy to site some paraLLeL. A few
deserved the preference. years ago the book by Soviet
ALekhine gave in his book authors G.Y.Levenfish and

considereb.Ly Less than he could. P.A.Romanovsky was pubLished. It

We shouLd draw this concLusion was dedicated to the anaLysis of

taking into account his great games of the ALekhine

talent. We have to find the Capabtanca match and drew

reason first of aLL in the attention of the Soviet and

capitaList society that brought foreign chess critique by its

him up as a bourgeois writer. positive data. And only now

The bourgeois critics having the book by Atekhine in
consider ALekhine to be the most front of us we can compare both

objective f aLL contemporary this works, we can give a final

commentators. Can we agree with estimate to the book of the

this appreciation or it should Soviet authors. We must

be admitted with the proper constatate that quite a number

corrections? It’s quite cLear of profound and vaLuabLe

for us that Atekhine can be ALekhine’s games come out in a

objective onLy to the extent new treatment, at times quite

untiL one doesn’t infringe on opposite to the interpretation

his private interests, untiL he of our masters, where a number

doesnt analyse his moves which of tactical and strategicaL

might deserve a ciuestlon—mark. points is left unrevealed or

In this case pride, faLse vanity discussed with insufficient

and motives of career guide shrewdness. We have got another

Alekhine’s analysis and opportunity to observe even a

dangerous points are evaded by greater contrast when we drew an

vague variants or fLowery analogic paralLeL between

reasonings. These places are not ALekhine’s works and those by

numerous in the book because Tartacover dedicated to the

Alekhine as we have at ready analysis of games of New York

pointed tries as far as possible tournament in 1927. Mekhines

to avoid games doubtful for hi great chess taLent and

reputat ion systematical data which

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orja HeCKOJ1bKO neT TOMY H3A AMTJ1b waxI4aTHOrO KPy*Ka neHMH—

MW flPOBOAkIJ1M aHanOrw’1HyK napaii— rpacoro jlBOpl.La flMOHPOB (B

nerib TPYAMk1 AJlexMHa 14 1930—x)’.

TapTakoBepa, nOcBclU*eHHWMII pa3ôo— IlaHHoe npewciiowe Ba1HWTeHa

py napw HbPO4fOpKCKOrO TypHIlpa cBJiceTCc npaKTw1ecKo peanM3aLLM—

1927r. B rJlyOIlHe e rioyra ‘HMKonacl KpwneHKO

14 TO9HOCTM waxP4aTHoro aHarlkl3a, “AJ1eXMH — Haw spar ii TOJibKO KàK

AwarHOCTklKe flDJ1OP4HWX P4OP4eHTOB, para ero 140*HO TpaKTOBaTb’”

onpeAeneHklw CKpWTWX, H3P4THWX KCTaTM, cornacHO “UJ3C” KpNneHKO

pecypcoB, O6bCHeHHWx ‘IwTaTenIo “HeOôOCHOBaHHO penpeCCllpOBaH”,

noj’iac c noyna*i*e flPOCTOTO, OAHaKO MMHHO B TO Tparkl’leCKOe

BWBJieTC OflOP4HOe WaXP4aTHOe OH 6WII HKOI4OI4 KCTMLLMM

iapoBaHwe AnexwHa w P4eToAkl’lecKwe cHa’lana PCØCP, arei CCCP.

AaHHWe, KOTOPW Oe3yCJ1OBHO 3C BcepOccMcKa OnhlMnMaAa 6blna

flY)kMBKT Cepbe3Horo BHMMaHMc. B 1920, a e B 1921 r. KK yT—

COBeTCKM ‘IklTaTerIb, flOMI4P4O LIIICTO ep*ae BaHWTeH.

XYAO*CTBHHWX Bfle9aTJ1eHI1, 140— TpaBnc AnexwHa, Ha’laTaq Kpw—

ACT nO’lepnHyTb 143 KHIlrw P4HOrO neHko 14 BaHwTeHoM, He npekpa—

flOJ13HWX MWCfle B ‘IaCTM Ae6POTHO uaec ii nO ce AeHb.

Teopkll4, oLLeHKkl flO3l4L&k1 14 K0P46M

Hw4OHHOO TBOp’IeCTBa. B OQI1HO9KV

HeoôxoRMMo, KoHe’lHo, jocTa—

TO’IHO KpwTw’lecKw nOAOTk1 K iiwre B MCTOPMII WXMTHWX COpeBHO—

AnexwHa. j1n ac yry6o Ba*HO BHM ro 1935—fl oco6eHHW, He

BCKPbITb ee axe a ‘IMCTO waxaT— flOfly’4MBWI4 AO Clix flOP AOIl*HOrO

MOM P4aTepklaJle, jOKa3aTb ero ocBeueHwp. B 3T014 OAY B MT’I

flCeBAO—O6beKTI4BHOCTb, CO3HaTeJlb AnexwHa C 3Be OAMH 143 COflPHM—

Hoe MCKa*eHMe MM TB0P’IeCKMX 8W KOB nonb3oBancq MHTenneIcryanbHo

BOAOB PRki fl14’IHWX klHTepeCOB. B flOP4OWbIO HOBOCO3AaHHOrO CfleL&Manklc

STOM HaflpaBJleHMkl jOJThcHa MATM pa— -ra—TpeHepa. 3TMP4Tpe—

6OTa coBeTckoro waxMaTHoro aKTkl— HOM 6WII CanoMoH ønop 14 flOI4O ran

Ba. OH MaKcy 3Be.

1932 r. CflpaBKa “UJ3C” : • ‘UiaxP4aTHbIe

ycnexM BWABMHyIIII cpiiopa B 9MCJ1O

3aMencIl Ha flOJ1X flPTHAHTOB Ha MATh c ‘IeI4flMOHOP4

p4Mpa AnexWM; BOflPOC 0 copeBHo—

CnpaBka “W3C” : “BaHwTeH Ca—BHMM ewy HMM 6bIn pewe K

MyliJi Ocinoii’ (1894—1942)... B 1938, HO OKKYflLLk1R 9exOCJlOBaKklM

awMCTCK0 repMaH14e He nO3BOJlM—

1924 — npecejaen Bcepoccwc—

— 18 —
undoubtedLy deserve a serious NikoLai Krylenko’s sLogan:
attention, are exposed in “ALekhine’s our enemy and jt’5
consummate deepness of the chess possible to interpret him only
anaLysis and diagnostics of as an enemy’’ By the way
turning points, in determination according to “CL’ Krveenko was
of secret, imperceptibLe groundlessly subjected to

resources expLained to the repression’. however t was

reader beside merely artistric preciseLy the same Uag time

impressions can derive from the when he worked a Peooles

book a tot of vaLuabLe thoughts commissar fArst of the RSFSH and

about the opening theory, the then of the USSR

position estimation and the The All—Russia Olympiad was
combinative work. in 1920, not in 1921 as

Certainly, its necessary to Vainstein affirms.

come to ALekhlnes book with a Alekhine’s baiting started by
sufficient criticism. Its of Krytenko and Vainstein hasnt
great importance to us to reveal been ended up tiLL now.
its essence even by means of
mere chess material to BEING ALONE
demonstrate his

pseudo—objectivity, deL iberate In the history of chess

misrepresentation of creative competitions 1935 is a speciaL
concLusions for private year and it hasn’t been property
interests. The work of the elucidated tiLl now. This year
Soviet chess active members must in the Alekhine’s match with

go in this direction. Euwe one of the rivaLs made use

1932. of the intetLectual assistance

of a new—born specalist — a
Marginal notes c o a c h.This coach was Salomon
FLor and he assisted Max Euwe.
Information from “CE’: Information from CE’ Chess
“Vainstein Samuit Osipovich, successes have put Flor to the
(1894 — 1942) ... in 1924 — the
number of chaLLengers for the
chairman of the ALL—Russia chess match with WorLd Champion
union.., the leader of the Atekhine: the question was

Leningrad Young Pioneer PaLace settLed with him by 1938, but

chess circLe (in 1930—s).” the occupation of CzechosLovakia

\This preface by Vainstein is by the fascist Germany didt

a practicaL reaL isation of at Low to carry Out this match

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na flpOBeCTt-i nnaHk1pyeMb1 MT’l”. ôpoweHbI orpoMHble rIlpLI: TPHPOM
B at-it-lOM cnyiae Bk1HOBaT CKO— ôbrn P.OaiH (CIlIA), rYIaBHIIM CyqbeCi
pee ca ønop, KOTOpbl Ha at-laMe— — BeHrp re3a Mapotii, ‘Ih1TfIb II
LILITOM ABPO — TypHIlpe—1938 aaHqrlJaBHI1 pyr 3Be; -iex CaJboMoH
nocneHee MecTo (4,5 O’IK 113 Oiiop, TpeHep 3Be Ha npejijywe
14), nocne ‘iero BOflPOC 0 ero a-ie, a enep cneLKop “64” —
ylacTilil B copeBHoBaHIlII Ha nep— waxt-iaTtioro OpraHa npecci CCCP.
BeHCTBO Milpa oTnart CaM co6o. CJleJyeT noJ’IepKHyTb, ‘ITO 6011b—
Bnpo’-leM, KK B11J11M OJiOp ace— UiIIHCTBO COyIaCTHIIKOB MaKCIlMarIbHo
TKk1 fl11H1fl ylacTile B MTl Ha CTapanhlCb OblTb B TeHII, ‘1T06 He
nePBeHCTBo Mwpa, HO TOYIbKO B (a— BbIJTb cBOe flM’ICTHOCTM — TalC,
‘leCTRe Tpehepa. B ‘IaCTHOCTII, CoBepweHHo crly1aHo
KpoMe TOrO, TexHklIecKIlM pyko— ôbaJlo oKa3aHo npIlcyTcTBIle 3MaHy—
BO11TeneM MTl 6b171 HaaHa’leH iirta JlacKepa Ha nepaot-i aie, a
J1119Hbl CeKpeTapb 3e raHC KMOX, Jlackep Olin rpa)IccaH11HoM CCCP
ja 11 Bce OCTaJlbHble COy9aCTHIIKM IIMeHHO a 1935—1937 rorax (cor—
ama — ceKyHaHTba,KoppecnoHeH—rlacHo “U13C”) - Opa3a “Bo apei
Tbl, ceKpeTapkl OblJflI TK 111111 MaT’Ia—peaaHwa a 1937 roy TaK*e
1IH9 CBI3aHbI c 3Be. OaKTIllecKIl Owno npiiaejeo B aI1)IceHI1e ace
wna Oopb6a KorLneKTIlBa flOTk1B waxMaTHoe eBpeicTBo” Owta Hane—
Ok1HOlKI1. Cat-ia t-ieci 3TOC “ôopb— ‘laTaHa HeOHolcpaTHo Ha eet—
Obi’, noxo*e, 3apOjktiiaCb a CCCP, KOM, aHrnh1CKOM, PCCKOM 13biKX
re ii,eci nOaBJleH11cl JlkllHOCTII 11 HIl paay He BCTpeTIIna KaKIlx—Jnl—
npeBOcxoJctuPiMi4 CIIYIaMLI yze ora 6o BOapa)keHl6i, ‘ITO ca11ceTenbcT—
6blna oBeeHa jo pat-ira rocyapc— ByeT 0 O11HO CnpaBeJ.J111BoCT11
TaeHHo flOJnITIIKII, a HeHaaIlcTb IC 3TO pa3bl.
AJlexIIHy kiflJNOCTk1OBH CTTb1M14
KpbIneHKo LI BaHwTeèiHa. AnexIIH flAPh1*CKA TAHA
t-ieooLetiiij) 3Tklx 4aKTODOB w np0
iirpan MaT’I. klIOHb 1940 — HOlOpb 1944. KaK
flo6eja AnexIlHa B 1937 roy C TOJ1bKO COBeTCKIIe “IICTOPIIKII” 6e—
orpoMHoc pa3H111e a cee BbIXO— pyTCI oniiCliBaTb 3TOT nepiio *113—
ALIT aneo 3a PaMKII CflOTk1BHOO Hil AllexIlHa, TK flOJ1HOCTbIO CTaHO
copeBHoBaHIlq, iiOo 3T0 6t,rna noOe— BITCI OeslneTpIlcTaMIl: TO yTaep*—
a tie TOJ1bKO OHOrorepo1 Haj JaIOT, ‘ITO OH BOeaaJl, TO 3BP1

LenbIM BOCKOM, HO LI no6eja jo6pa lOT, ‘ITO OH 61111 B aw11cTcKoM KOH

Ha 3,iO.i II H B CKa3Ke, a B pe— inarepe. Ha CaMOM gene AnexIlH He

anbHoi )I(113H11. BoeBan, a iican BO3MO*HOCTb Bb1

Ha awy BeCOB ya’Ik1 3e ôbrnkl ea 113 oKKyflhlpoBaHHoro HeMLaMw

— 20 -
 In this case FLor, himseLf
was to bLame who at the famous
AVRO tournament of 1938 had
taken the Last pLace (4,5 points
of 14), and the question of his
a taLe but in reaLity.
The scaLe of Euwes success
had very heavy weights: R.Fine
(USA) was his coach, Hungarian
Geza Marotzi Euwes teacher and

participation in the match no oLd friend, was the chief

Longer arose. referee; Czech SaLomon FLor,

However, as we can see FLor Euwe’s coach during the previous
has stiLL taken part in the match, was a speciaL
WorLd Championship match but the
correspondent of “64” —
onLy as a coach. chess organ of the Soviet press.
Besides, Euwe’s private It’s necessary to point out that
secretary Gans Kmokh was the majority of tI’e participants
nominated to be the technicaL tried very hard to remain in the
Leader of the match, and aLL the shadow in order not to give
other participaters — seconds, themselves away. Thus, in

correspondents and secretaries particuLar, Emanuit Lasker

were in any case connected with happened to be present at the

Euwe. As a matter of fact it was first match, and Lasker was a

the fight of a group against an Soviet citizen exact(y in 1935 —

individuaList. It Looks very 1937 (according to “CE”). The
much Like that the idea of this foLLowing phrase: “During the
fight was born in the USSR where return match of 1937 aLL the

the idea of personaL suppression chess Jewry was aLso set in

by the superior forces had been movement’ was many times

aLready carried to the rank of pubLished in German, EngLish and

state poLicy and hatred to Russian. It has never met any
ALekhine had been iLLustrated by kind of objections and that fact
the articLes by KryLenko and is evidence of its compLete
Vainstein. ALekhine correctness.
underestimated these factors and
Lost the match. PARISIAN MYSTERY
ALekhines victory in 1937
with a great difference in score June, 1940 — November, 1944.
exceeded the bounds of sporting As soon as the Soviet

competition as it was not onLy “historians” start to describe

the victory of a Lone hero over this period of Atekhine’s Life,

the whoLe army, it was the they turn into fiction writers:
victory of good over eveL not in sometimes they assert that he

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F;ai*a B CiliA (Ha POmIHY )ICeHbl). COpeBHOBaHI4X, KOM Mar-Ia C

çecb, cy no BCeMy, HaLLI4CTbI M.6OTBLIHHI1KOM. 3T14M OjraHI43aTOpbI

nOnpocinii ero HanI4Carb waxb1amylo 6oiKoTa 6blJnl HMHb1 nOcraBI4rb
CTaTbIO, flOO6eu*aB B KL1CTB OTB MexI4Ha Ha KOrIeHI4, HO CBeJ1I4 ero
THO fHoOe3HOcTkl yCTPOI4Tb ey B MOMfIY.
CBO6OJHbI Bbl3J B flopTyrariillo. kiTak, npowourno CaMOe HeBbIHO
ci npeJocraBI4J1 MaTepI4aJl, 3aT cI4Moe p,ii opraHl43aTopoB 6OKoTa
park1Bamt1I4 BOflDOCbI PeKOHCTPYKLLI4M COObITI4e — AnexwH yMep HEflO6E)K—
FIDE 14 KDI4TMK TOI4 CTeHMLLa M REHHbIM.
Jlackepa, HanMCaHHbI MHoi 3aorIro 1946 — 1991. flpwxoiiTC KOHC
AO 1938 roja”. — AJ1eXIIH. PejaK—
TarI4pOBarb, ‘ITO anex14HcKI1i 6oi—
TOpbI “flapl/l3ep .aiTyHr” nepeena—KOT BCe eue npojori)icaeTcq. CaMLIM
nM 3TOT MTDI4J1 B yxe Hai.iiC— IDKI4M npOBrIeHI4eM 3TOrO BJ11eTCc1
TCKO1i eonoriiii 14 ofly6JlLlKoBanLl ny6flI4KaLI4 CTTbI4
3a flOJnI4CbIo Ariexl4Ha. flpii 3TOM “ApiicK14e 14 eBpeiCK14e waxMaTbl” B
HaLLLIcTbI cjeria,ni BCe BO3MO*HOe, *ypane “64—WaxMaTHoe o6o3peHw&’
-4T06 He OflCTk1Tb BbIe3a Anexi— 3a 1991 r. re peai *ypi-iana
Ha. B ar,bHeweM MeXLIH He Han14— He ae ‘-Ii4TaTerno a*e Maneiwero
can jjiq HaLI4CTOB He eP14HO waHca Ha COMHeHI4e B TOM, ‘-ITO B—
CTflO9KM. TOPCTBO 3TOi CTaTbI4 .eJ1I4KoM 14
CTaTbq, Ony6Jfl1KOBaHHa B ‘fla— flOJ1HOCTbIO flpMHaJJjIe)KI4T nepy Arie—
Dkl3elD 1.aiiTyHr” Ha3blBafIaCb xI4Ha.

“APL1CKI1e 14 eBpeCiCKi4e waxMaml’ w TeKCT CTaTbI4 “ApI4CKMe 14 eB—

BbIwrIa UJeCTbIO 9aCTqMI4 C 18 no 23 peicK14e WaXMaTbI” HT CMbICJ1a npI4—
apa 1941 roja. BOW4Tb B nOJIHOM BI4J no ciiejyioWi
Ho6pb 1944 — 24 apa 1946. ’IM npw-IklHaM:
C oKoH-IaHI4eM BOHb1 Bo3o6HoBr,qeT— 1) KaK 6yJeT BI4JHO M3 arIb—
Cl TaBFI1 Ariexi4Ha. Te CMJ1bI, KO— Heiwero, B CTaTbe MexI4Ha o’Ie—
TOpbIe He CMOrJ1I4 oJor,eTb ero B BMJHb1 MHOro9I4CneHHbIe BCTaBKI4 14
P4T9 1937 roa, Tefleb HMHb1 KynIOpbI HaLII4CTCKI4X peJaKTOpOB.
flC)CTO TK JWIWI4Tb ero TI4TfI 2) C OJHO 143 BepCI4i 3TOi
9eMnMoHa Hklpa. 3T11 CI4rIb oprat-wi— CTTbI4 JOTOUJHbI 9e4TaTenb MO)KT
iOF-aIlw BeLHbI waXMaTHbIi 6Oi o3HaKoMI4Tbcq B ‘64’, N18, N19 3a
(01 . koiocoro CBOJI4i1aCh K 1991, rje clalhcl LI HaabIBaerCc)
CnenvnueM’/ AnexI4Hy 3anpeuleHo ja*e i4Ha9e “Enper,KL1e 14 apI4CKwe
[() BCeX WXMTHbIX uiaxMaml”.

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was at war, sometimes assure the World chess boycott, the
that he was in the fascist essence of which was in the

concentration camp. As a matter foLLowing: Atekhine was forbidden

of fact ALekhine was not at war, to participate in alL chess

he Looked for the possibility of competitions, except the match

Leaving Paris, occupied by the with Botvinnik.The organizers of

Germans, for the USA (his wife’s the boycott intended by that to
Motherland). Here the Nazi, force Alekhine to his knees but

taking everything into acCOunt, brought him to his grave.

asked him to write a chess So the most unbearabLe for the
article having promised to boycott’s organizers event took
arrage his free Leave for pLace —A[ekhine died INVINCIBLE.

PortugaL as a return favour. 1946 — 91. One has to establish

I prepared the material the fact that ALekhine’s

concerning the questions of FIDE boycott is stiLl going on. Ten—

reconstruction and Criticism of dentious publications of the

theories by Steinitz and Lasker, article “Aryan and Jewish chess”

written long before 1938”. —in the “64” magazine for 1991 is
Atekhine. Editors of “Pariser the brightest dispLay of this

Zaitung” have changed this fact as the editoriaL staff of

materiaL in the spirit of Nazi the magazine doesn’t give its

ideoLogy and published it signed readers the stighest chance of

by Atekhine. The Nazi did their doubt that the article’s

best not to. aLlow Atekhine’s authorship beLongs compLetely to

leave. Later on ALekhine wrote Alekhine’s pen.

not a singLe Line for the Nazi. There’s no sence in citing

The articLe published in “Pa—the next of the articLe “Aryan

riser Zaitung’ was called Aryan and Jewish chess” in fuLl. state

and Jewish Chess” and it appeared for the folLowing reasons:

in six parts from the 18th 1) As you’Ll see later on

till the 23rd of March, 1941. numerous insertions and cuts by

November, 1944 — March, 24, the Nazi editors are obvious for

1946. From the end of the war Alekhine’S articLe.

ALekhine’s baiting recommences. 2) A meticulous reader can

The forces that couLd not Look through one of this

Overpower him in the match of article’s versions in “64” N

1937 are now going to deprive 18, N 19 for 1991 where the

him of the titLe of World article is even has wrong name

Champion. These forces organized “Jewish and Aryan chess’.

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 .J1 C’-Ik1TAIO WAXMATbI £-1CKYCCTBOM

A.A.Ajiexia

EHK K 3JIOECTBO

reHLianbHblx waXMaTMCTOB B MC— TpeHep — 3TOrO CflOBa HT

TOML1 HeMHoro: JJ)IcoaKLlHo rpeKo B1113C”, xoTq MHCTMTyT TPHPCTB

(1600—1634), ‘IbM BenwKonenHbie B waxaax CyueCTByeT C MT’I
flapTLlLl no TO9HOCTM pacea w AJlexwHa C 3e B 1935 r. Y*e IIH—
KpacoTe KOM6I1Haw4 ocTaBaJlI4cb TejijiekyajibHaq wax.iamac KOH—

HenpeB3oeHHblMI1 BflflOTb O XIX CJ1bTW4 qnciecq CYU1CTBHHb1M

Beka; AHJpe Ownijop (1726—1795), aKTopoM, a TPHPCTBO CTb OJ1

ocy1uecTBL1BwI4 nepy flOflblTK 14 BblcoKoKBarn1I4w4po—
npI4BeeHI4q waxP4aTHo I4PbI B CI4C— BaHHaq icoHcynbTaw4c. Cnejymutac
TeMaTw1eCKI1 nopqoK; Atonb napiq B awe nepiioiie He

AH1epCeH (1818 — 1879) 11 flon BCTpeLlaflaCb.

Mop4w (1837 — 1884) — eI1HCT—

BeHHbIe KOpOHOBaHHb1e ‘IeMflI4OHbl. 3auplTa 4BX KOHeJ
KoHe’IHO, we B 3TOT CnLICOK BXOL1T KouCyJITaKTu — EL.Mop4n
AneKCaHJp AJ1eXLIH (1892—1946), HbIO—IopK, OKrq6pb 1857 r.
‘IbM aacnyrl4 nepe waxP4aTaMI4 I4CK— 6eJmlMI4 I4rpaT J1.OI4cKe, B.øynnep

rnO9MTeJlbHo Be1114K14. Bp n14 OyeT LI ø.fleppwH. CMnbHeweMy 143 HLIX —

Korja—HLI6yjb flOBTOPH TKO ero fleppiiHy — Mopi aan opy na—
cnopTI4BHbI nOBI4r, I(K coxpaHe— 14 BbII4rpblBaJl

HMe 3BaHI4q ‘Ie,.iniioHa MI4 O KOH— 1.e4 e5 2.’f3 ‘c6 3.c4

.a jie CBOI4x. Ero M11LI flPOTMB
aciBe 4aKTwlecKI4 6b111w P4amaMI4
OI1HO9KI1 flPOTI4B — KornleKTIlBoB, 14
wx cneyei- H3blBTb P4amaP4LI Ane—
XI4H — KoHcynbTaHml. 3T0T noBI1r
HenoBTopI4M, iiOo waxP4aTIlcTbI -re—
nepb HMKO He OTKWTC OT MH—
CTI4TyTa TpeHepcTBa.
‘f6 4.’g5 45 5.ed ‘a5 6.43
h6 7.4f3 e4 8.’’e2 ‘:c4 9.dc
c5 10.h3 0-0 11.4h2 ‘h7
12.e3 d6 13.0—0 h4 14.f4
ef 15.4:f3 h5 16.’c3 e8
17.’f2 4f 6 18.d4 4e4 19.
4:e4 :e4 20.ae1 f 5 21.:e4
:e4 22.4h4 f$ 23.c5 e5

— 24 —
 ...I CONSIDER CHESS TO BE THE ART.

A.Alekhine.

GENIUS AND THE VILLAINY

History, knows rather few wiLt never abandon the institute

Chess pLayers of genius: Joakino of coaches now.
Greko (1600 1634) whose A coach — this word is
magnificient games remained missing in “CE” aLthough the
unsurpased up tiLL XIX century institute of coaches in chess
due to the accuracy of has been existing since
calculation and to the beauty of Alekhine’s match against Euwe in
combinations; Andre Philidor 1935. Even an intellectual chess
(1726 — 1795), who made the consultation is a very important
first attempt to put the chess factor and coaching is a

play in systematic order; Adolph permanent, high—quality

Andersen C1818 — 1879) and PauL consultation. The following game
Morphy (1837 — 1884) — the only has been never found in our
crowned champions. The name of peroidic press.
ALexandre Alekhine (1892 — 1946)
who has performed great services Two knights defence
for chess is also in this list. Consultants — P.Morphy
It’s unlikely that such sporting New York, October, 1857
feat as the preservation of the D.Fiske, V.Fuller, F.Perrin play
World Champion title to the end white. Morphy gave Perrin, the
of his days wilL be repeated best of all, a start of a rook
some day. His matches against and won’
Euwe were, as a matter of fact,
the matches of an individuaL 1. e4
against groups, and they ought
to be called Alekhine The text of this game is given
consuLtants matches. This feat on pages 24 and 26. The game
is unique for the chess players has important theoretical va—

— 25 —
24.:e5 :e5 25.c4 g5 26.4f3 nhlBoCTb: Miixaiin 9HrOpIlH onpoepr
:f3 27.gf e8 28.f4 e3 29. aHanhl3bl CTeHIII.a, Onarojapi 1M/
fg hg 3O.’:e3 :e3 31.cg2 11 PYXHYJ1II erienie yeepwjeci
g7 32.d6 ed 33.cd d3 34.c5 CTe1HHI.a B ajpec MopH; aei-opy
g6 35.f 3 d2+ 36.g3 f5 3THX CTPOK yjanoc 0flP0BPHTb
37.b3 f4+ 38.f 3 h2 39.d7 H Ilackepa (‘EiornieTeHb LUiJK CCCP
:h3+ 4O.e4 h8 41.:b7 N13 3a 1990) H EOTBHHHHKa (“Bioii—
f 6 42.c7 e7 43.c8 d8 rleTeHb LWJK CCCP’ N36 3a 1989).
44.:d8 45.c6 a5 46.?d5 A Tefleb 0 rJ1aBHOM.
e7 47S?e4 ‘d8 48.b3 e7 BHHMaTeJibHLII -IHTaTenb y*e

49.a3 d8 50.b4 3HaeT, j-ITO B ra3eTe “flapHep

9epHble cJanHcb.
Kak BHJJHM, COrJlaCOBaHHble jei—
CTBHR He 09Hb CHflbHb1X HrpOKOB
M0T OjOfeTb reHHallbHoro WXM
THCTa.
A AilexHHy B 60—TH napmx
MaTie 1935 ii 1937 rojoB flPOTH
BOCTORJ1H COrJlaCOBaHHble CHJ1H1
MH0HX rpoccecepo Toro Bpe— HmpHOepr, 1983).
MeHH.
.aiTyHr 18—23 Map-i-a 1941 Otina
onyOnHkoBaHa CTTb1 A.AneXHHa
“ApHCKHe H eBpeCKHe waxMaml”.
3aTeM 3Ta CTaTbl MHOO pa nepe—
H3jaBaJ1aCb, HO (xapaKTepHal age—
Tanb) KaIcJbl pa noJBepranacb
peLaKType. flocneJHee nepeajae
H (peJaK-rypy) OCyUeCTBHJ1 r.rpHc—
xaiep (‘ rpHCXaMMepepflar”
M BOT peaKI.L1i )IcypHana

Eute 5oniwe .eHHocTb,o jJ,I11 “64—LllaxMaTHoe O6O3peHHe” B N18 H

waxMaT RBJ1STC1 0 T K p 0 B e H B N19 3a 1991 onyOJ1Hkoar1a 3T
H 0 C T b AnexHHa, KOTOpbIcI B CTaTbm, HO floLleMy—TO H3 BCX
HJ1H3X H B CTaTbIx paCKPbln BPCH 0T1afla npeJno9-reHHe flOC
CBOIO HflOCOHIO, CBOe MHpoBoaape— ,1eJHe1, BepCHH, KOTOpal cpeJH
HHe, CB0 B3flc1j Ha WXMTbI H HCTOPHKOB nOJlb3yeTCq HJ1BbIM J0
OCTaBafiCI flpH 3TOM flpeJefbHO BepHeM H3—3a HanH1H1 B Hei B071b
0ObeKTHBHb1M H aOCOflI0THO HCKDeH— HOCTH nepecKa3a. flo1eMy? floToMy
HHM. ‘ITO rpHcxaMMep TK y6eJHTeJ1bH0
Ho MHP yCTpOeH TaK, 9T0 B HM P3b1CHT flPH9HHb1 ny6nHKaI.HH
CTb H 3n0JLeCTB0: TK BllnbrenbM AJeXHHb1M nCHxorlorwleCKoro 3T10—
CTeHHI. flblTJ1C1 B CBOHX CTTb1X ja’ He reHH6yJLb, a HMeHHO B
pa3BeH1aTb flona MOp4M, a 3MaHyHn HHJepnaHax(!), ja He Korga—HH—
IlacKep — Aj0J1b4a AHjepceHa; BOT—OyJb,a HMeHHO B 1942 roJy(!)1To
BHHHHK yTBep)KJaJ1, 1TO JJ)ICOaKHHO JOBep1HBbIi H nP0CT0JWWHb1 1HTa—
rpeKo CO1HH1J1 CBOH flapTHIl... Tefib HeBOJ1bHO fl0BPHT Ka)Icc0My
Bnpo’IeM. B MHP eCTb H cnpaBeg— CJ1OB rpHCXaMMepa — H j-ITO HMeHHO

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tue but never the Less it is Morphy were ruined; the author
absent in the modern books of of these tines managed to refute
openings. both Lasker (“Bjutleten CCC of
6.d3 — Kizerltzky’s recommendation. the USSR” N 13, 1990) and
Botvinnik (“Bjutteten CCC of the
USSR’, N 36, 1989).
50.b4 Black resigned And now about the main thing.
An attentive reader already
As we can see, coordinated knows that in the newspaper
actions of not very good players “Pariser Zaitung’, March 18—23,
can overcome a chess players of 1941 the article “Aryan and
genius. Jewish Chess” by A.Alekhine was
And Atekhine in 60 games of pubtished. Later this articLe
the matches in 1935 and 1937 was repubtished many times, but
withstood the coordinated (a very characteristic detail)
efforts of the majority of each time it was edited. The
contemporary chess players. Last repubLication and editing
StiLt the greater value for were fulfit Led by G.Grishammer
chess is Alekhine’s frankness as (“Grishammer—Fertag”, Nurenberg,
in his analysises and articLes 1983).
the tatter has discLosed his And now the editoriaL staff
phitosophy, his attitude, his of the “64 Shakhmatnoe
opinion on chess, and remained obozrenie” Magazine pubtished
very objective and absoLuteLy this articLe in NN 18, 19, 1991,
sincere. but for some reason of att the
But the worLd is constructed versions it gave preference to
in the way that there is the Last one, the version that
viLlainy in it: thus Wilgetm isn’t thought to be trustworthy
Steinitz tried to dethrone PauL at aLL among the historians due
Morphy in his artictes, and to the tiberty of narration. Why
Emanuit Lasker Adotph is it so? It’s so because
Andersen; Botvinnik affirmed Grishammer is so convincing,
that Joakino Greko invented his explaining the reasons of
games... pubt icat ion ALekhine ‘5
However, justice exists in “psychological probLem” not
the wortd as welt: t4ichail anywhere but in Nethertands, and
Chigorin refuted anatysises not any day but in 1942 (!),
Steinitz and the absurd that a trusting and ingenious
statements or Steinitz about reader wiLt beLeive every

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AnexHH (a He Ha1HCTb1) 3aHwMancq noOejo CTayHTOHa, H TeM caMwM
PawHcTcKoc npOnaraHJo H 9T0 3TOT HJ1H9HHH 3aBoeBan eOe
npecTaBHTenH 4awHcTcKOi npeccw 3aIcoHHoe MeCTO B WaXMaTHO HCTO
HHKK He MOJ1H OTBa,IcHTbCq Ha pe— PHH XIX BeKa. B e caMbie MMHYTw,
aKTypy CTaTei AJlexHHa H ‘ITO icora i nHWy 3TH CTPOKH, y MeHI
AJ1eXHH paj eer Bcera Own ro— nepe rna3aMH fl*HT KHHra CTayH—
TOB Ha nmOym flOp,J1OCTb — yw TaKOB TOHa, flOCBiLL1HHi nepBOMy BCe—
Own y nero xapaKTep’ MHPHOM Me)IcEyHapOHoMy TypHHpy,
kl3BeCTtlO, ‘ITO nociie OCB060)k COCTOiBWeMYCi B 1851 roy B J1OH—
jewq flapH*a OT HeM1eB, AnexHH OH H BwHrpaHHOMy HHflbHM
aaRBHn, ‘ITO CTaTbI, KOTOP HMe— HM1u(HM MacTepoM AHJepceHOM.
na HCKJ1m9HTenbHO Hay9HwIi xapak— Pe3ynbTaT 3TOrO - COpeBHOBaHHi,
Tep, Owna nepeenaa HeMLaMH, KOTOpbI1 no cyIMec-rBy o,BlLe-rBopRn
‘ITOO noorHaTb ee K Ha1HCTCKO no6eMy HUMX aI-peCcIIBHbIX 6OeBboc
HeonorHH. OjHaKo rpHCXaMMep ne— uaxia Ha aHr J1o—eepecIco KOW -
peeprwae “CHa’lana AJ1eXHH OT—.nwieii ( B nepeol4 -rype AJ4pepceH
pian CBOe aBTopcTBo... flO3* OH pear poiiii flOJ1bO(OO eepei Kiae—
flPH3HflC B TOM, ‘ITO jecTBH— piiuoro), “TeopeTHic” CTayHTOH
TJ1bHO HanHcan 3TH cTaTbH”. BT0— B CBOe KHHre U1i aHrnHcIco
PHT H 6OTBHHHHK — AJ1eXHH nyOIIHKH OTHC ero K ‘IHCTO cny
HanHcan BCe CaM... HHKTO Ow He 9aiHOMy CT9HM OOCTOiTeJ1bCTB.
nOCMen HflHCTb nojoOym axw— OH, CTayHTOH, ilcOObi ‘IyBcTB0Ban
Hem”. YLHBHTenbHw peepac B ceOi He3opoBwM,TaK (aK neperpy—
apec joOpOflOp1jO’1HoCTH 4awHCTC— 3Hfl ceOi opraHHaaIHoHHwMH enaMH
KO npeccw’ TyPHHPa, H T.., H Tn., TO CTb
Bonpoc nepeü: 6wiii IB e Tek— oOw9Hw, o9eHb XOOWO 3HaKOMw,
c-re AneoiHa ‘Iyaie BcTasKI4? OnPaBLaTêI1bHbI .neneT! flopaweHHe
PaCCMOTpHM nOIpOOHO aO3aI: we, KOTOPO AHLePCeH HaHeC CTa—
‘Ha BOflOC 0 TOM, KK 060po yHTOHy, npeCTaBnuJ1O COOOi He9TO
HHTJ1bH1 MwCflb nycae KOpHH, ropaao Oonbwee, HewefiM HCXO
OTBeTHTb He BflDJ1H nerico. Bo OopbOw MWJJ’ BMi WaXMaTHwMH
BCIKOM Cnly9ae, B EBpone Me)Içty MaCTepaMH: 3T0 Owno nopawewe
HanOJ1HeHHwMH OrHeM H LYXOM MaT aHrno —eBpecKo
‘IaMH J1aOypLOHHe — MaK—JjOHHenH oOooHHTenbHoi HeH, HaHeCeHHO
nolBneHHeM AHjepceHa H MOp4M ObIn e HeMeico — eBpo—
nepwo waxMaTHoro ynauca, rnyOo— n e C K 0 wjee HacTynaTenb—
‘Iawa1 TO9Ka IcOTOpOrO flpHXOHT— HO OopbOw”. (AnexHH)
ci, nowany, Ha MT9 CTayHTOH — B npe,o.Jlo)ICeHHH ‘Pe3ynbTaT 3T0
CeHT—AMaH. 3TOT MaT’4 OKOH9HJ1CI ro cOpeBHOBaHHI. .“ wenei*iwe

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Grishammer’s word: that it was between the Labourdonnet

Atekhine (not the Nazi) who was Mcdonnel matches full of fire

occupied with fascist and spirit, and the appearance

propaganda; that the of Andersen and Morphy. The

representatives of the fascist deepest point of this decay very

press wouLd never dare to edit Likely faLLs on the match

Atekhine’s articLe; and that Stownton — Saint—Aman. The match

Atekhine was aLways ready for ended by Stownton’s victory and

money to commit any Low act — there by this EngLishman won his
this was his nature’ place in the chess history of
It’s known that after the the XIX century. The very
Liberation of Paris from the minutes when I’m writing these
Germans, Alekhine declared that lines, I have Stownton book
the article of exceptionatly before me, the book that was
scientific character had been dedicated to the first World
done over by the Germans to InternationaL tournament, which
adjust them to the Nazi took pLace in London in 1851 and
ideoLogy. However Grishammer was won by a German master of
juggles with facts: “At first genius Andersen. The result of
Atekhine denied his this competition that
authorship... Later he confessed personified to the point the
that he had reaLLy written these victory of agressive, fighting
articLes”. Botvinnik repeats: chess over the• English—Jewish
“Atekhine wrote everything conception (in the first round
himseLf... Nobody dared to write Andersen destroyed Polish Jew
such nonsence’. What an Kizeritzky) was put down to mere
astonishing curtsy about accidentaL coincidence by
respectabiLity of the fascist “theorist” Stownton in his book
press for the EngLish audience. He,
Question one: were there Stownton, supposedLy feLt
strange inserts in ALekhine’s unweL L as he had overworked
text? himseLf with organizing affairs
Let’s examine the foLLowing of the tournament and so on and
paragraph in detaiL: so forth, that was a usuaL, very
“Its not quite easy to weLl known babte’ The defeat
answer the question how a infLicted by Andersen on

defensive idea takes root. In Stownton was more than just the
any case in Europe there was a result of the fight between two
period of deep chess decay chess masters: this was the

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cJioBa npiit-iaJnexaT He MexklHy, ki Ko—flu16o flPTMh1 AHJepceHa C Ku—
BOT flO1eMy: 3epuLKuM, TO B jyxe CTTb14 Cfle—
1) He 6bulO HI4KKOO CMbICJ1a JEOBaJ1O ocTaHoBelTbccl I4MeHHO Ha
MeHqTb nepBy cepio” (first 6eCCMePTHOki napTilil’ 4T0 KO—

series — B C6OPHIIKe CTayHT0Ha) He4H0 we nohelMafi Anexe4H HO MO

Ha neBbIi Typ’. AJ1eXIIH pacnoiia— He flOHI4MTb pejaKTOp 143—3a flPOC

raii C6OPHIIKOM CTaYHTOHa, 0 ieM 14 TOrO He3HaHe4cl 3TO1 napTelel.

coo6uwi B npejyue npeannowe— 5) He Mor AnexuH pacnoaraci
Huh, a pejaop or ii He I4MTb C6OpHI4KOM CTayHTOHa jOflyCTl4Tb
c6opHulKa flOJ PyKO, iiii6o flPOCTO HflBI4J1bHO HanelcaHele 4aMl4J1l4l4
npeHe6per TaKIIM HaHcoM. Kui3epuiI.KOrO.
2) AI1eXI4H He MO HflI4CTb 6) IlTak 143 flyHKTOB N

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‘II4J1I4Cb nepaci Ii TPTb napeiei JlchOTCcl BcTaBkoki. Ho 3T14 ciioaa
(Ha 20—M II 17—14 xojax), 4TO npclMo—TaK14
II THyT 3a CO6O 4pa3y
,iuiwwio AHJepceHa caiio BO3MOX— (peaynbTaT)... KOTOPb1 no cy—
HOCTI4 npoJeMoHcrpk1poBaTb CBoiO LUCTBY OJ1kflTBOlJ1 no6ejy HaWiix
reHelaflbHocTb. KCTaTI4, cepiici iier— arpeccelBHblx 6OeBbIX waxMaT uaj
KIIX napTuii (rje &uia cwrpaa aHrJ1o—eBpecKoci KoHLenLuIe ‘ITO

‘6eccMepTHaci napTe4c AHJepceHa) TaK*e BfleTc BcTaBKo1.

3aKoH*lJlacb c pe3yJlbTaToM +6 =1 7) A BOT 4pa3a Pe3yJlbTaT

—3 B noflb3y Kli3epuiI.Koro, 4TO 3TOO copeBHoBaHelcl TeopeTulK”
Talolce 5bIJlO I43BecTHo AIlexI4Hy, HO CTayHTOH B CBO KHiire anci aHr—
noxowe, Heui3BecTHO peJaKTopy. J1I4CKO ny6JlI4KI4 OTHC K ‘II4CTO
3) AJ1eXI4H 6b111 JocTaTo’1Ho Cfly’Ia1HOMy CTeIeHhIIO O6CTOcITeJ1b—
OflbITHblM JlulTepaTopoM, -ITo6bl 436e— CTB’ 6oflee cooTBeTcTByeT CT141110
ran, Heiieflbix yTBep)I([jeHI471 B CTa— AiiexuiHa (a eciiii euue BbI6pOCI4Tb
Tbe, rje OKOJ1O CTa pa CK3HO cJioBa “ii.nc aurinico ny6ne4Ke4”
eBpei, epee 6oJlbwe ui,iui epee TO npeJVlOweHIle II BOBCe CTHT
MHbL1J CulTyawill He MeHqeT,flO3TO— HaTypaJlbHbIM).
M He 6b1110 HyIçobI yKa3bIBaTb 4T0 8) IlTak nOflyTHO 14C1e31114

Kui3epu1I.Ku1 — eBpe, ja euue y-i-o’i—

aHrflo — eBpeCKa
HclTb, 9T0 I4MHHO flOJ1bCKh11. KoHLenLl4cl II flOJ1bCKIIki eBpeki HO K
4) He 6b1110 II Hy*JbI B006U*e 3TOM we fleKcIlKoHy OTHOCI4TC II
ynOMelHaTb 0 KI43epI4LKOM B a63aLe, CflOBOCOIeTaHIle H e e L K 0 —

UJ1I4KOM nOcBclLueHHOM CTayHTOHY. A eBponecKa. 6e3 3T14X

eciiui yw 3BOJh1Tb paaroaop 0 Ka— IywepoJHuIx CJ1OB, CTTb1 AnexelHa

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defeat of the English—Jewish repeated about a hundred times
defensive idea from the one. Jew. more or one Jew Less

German—European idea of this doesn’t change the

attacking fight’. (Alekhine) situation and it was not

In the sentence “The result necessary to indicate that

of this competition. “ the Kizeritzky was a Jew and, what

marked words do not belong to is more, to calL him A PoLish

Alekhine and that’s the reason Jew.

why: 4) It was not necessary at

1) There wasn’t any sense in aLL to mention Kizeritzky in the

changing the words ‘first paragraph entireLy devoted to

series’ in Stownton’s coLlection Stownton. And if to bring up

to “first round”. Atekhine some Andersen’s game with

disposed of Stownton’s Kizeritzky, then in the spirit

collection and he informed of it of the articLe one ought to

in the previous sentence. The diveLt exactly on ‘the immortal

editor might not have the game” and Alekhine sureLy

collection at hand, or he simply understood it, as for the

negLected this nuance. editor, he might not understand

2) Atekhine couLd not write it due to the simpte Lack of

the word ‘destroyed” where the knowLedge of this game.

word “defeated” should be used. 5) Having Stownton’s

The first and the third games cot lection at his disposaL,
ended (on 20—th and 17-’th moves) Alekhine could not assume the

due to Kizeritzky’s gross sLips, wrong spelling of Kizeritzky

and that deprived Andersen oUt name.

of a possibiLity to demonstrate 6) From the points N 1,

his genius. By the way, a series 2, 3, 4 5 it’s cLear that the

of easy games (in which words “in the first round

Andersen’s “immortaL” game was Andersen destroyed Polish Jew

played) ended with the resuLt +6 Kizeritzky” are an insertion.

=1 —3 in favour of Kizeritzky, But these words are directly

ALekhine knew that but the foL lowed by the phrase “(the
editor seemed to be unaware of result)... that personified to
the fact. the point the victory of

3) Alekhine was rather agressive fighting chess over

experienced literary man to the English—Jewish conception”
avoid absurd statements: the which is an insertion too.
article contains the word “Jew” 7) And the phrase “The resuLt

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npIlo6peTaeT nePBO3LaHHbI cyry6o O6blrpaJl 6b1 ero, ecrni &i AnexkIhIy
waXMaTHb1 CMbICJ1. TaK, B ‘IaCTHOC— np11Hacne*aJia 4pa3a: “9hIrOphIH —
TM, pa3oöpaHHb1 HaMII a6aaL CBII— nepaci *epa Me*iyHapOLHO nJiy—
JeTenbcTByeT, ‘ITO AJ1CXIIH CKPyfly ToKpaTIIhl” (CTanO 6blTb LI 3Ta 4pa—
Jle3HO 113y’IIIJl nepoj waxMaTHo 3a — BCTBK8 peLaKTOpa).
MCTOitM OT J1a6ypLoHHe JO Mop4ii LI 10) ABTOPOB HTLICBPCK1IX
COBePWeHHO CflpaBeJJ,J1LIBO CB3bIBT BcTaB0K 6blJlO HeCKOJ1bKO, 0 ‘IBM
ynajo waxMaTHo MbICJ1LI C LIMeHeM cBItJeTeJ1bCTByeT P3H00J10CLIL
CTaYHTOHa, a riiy6o’iawym TO’IKy — cTkine: xay HLIK0J8 He XBaTLIT
C MaT’IeM CTaYHTOH — CeHT—AMaH
HIl yMa; HIl xJ1aJH0KpOBk1 napilpo—
(1843), 1160 B TO Bpe CTayHTOH BTb rpy6oe ocKop6JleHLIe A.HLIMo—
LecTBLITerlbHo LIrpa ciia6o (ero BLI’I (rih.I’IHo q CoMHeBamCb, ‘ITO
Jiy’iwiie fl8DTklII flPMXOJTC Ha ne— HIIMLOBIPI OBOPLIJ1 TK14 CJ10Ba)
PMOJ 1851—1853 r., orja COCTOq—“KTO flPOLI3HOCLIT CJ1OBO CJ1aBcIHIIH,
1)lICb ero MaT’III c KJIHMWeM LI TOT flOLI3HOCLIT CJ1OBO pa6” LIaqtu—
T.J1aao). Ho TakoBa y* CflOpTLIB— HO PflJ1LIKO “Kio flPOLI3HOCLIT
cTopoHa — KK 6b1 CKBHO Hil CJ1OBO eBpe, TOMy K 3TOMy, no*a—
LIrpafiLl 9CTHLIKLI ‘IeMnLIoHaTa, HO Jiy, He’Iero LI JO6aBLITb”, a BTOP
no6eJLITenb HeflpeMeHHO CT8HT Ha nOCfleJHei pennkiKki HhIKorJa He

3bIBTbC ‘leMnhlOHOM. 14 B 3TO OflyCTLIJ1CcI 6b1 jO XaMCTBa, KOTOPbIM

CBc13LI ca no ce6e ThITJ1 ‘leMnhlOHa LI3O6LIJ1yeT CTaTbq, 0fly6J1LIK0BaHHa
iipa oTHmJb He jae npaa Ha3bl— B “flit”.
Ban, ero O6J1aLaTeJ1cI Bbljamuw1MCq 11) ABTOP,,I aHTLIeBpeCKLIx
kIJiLI reHLIeM. BCTaB0K 6blJlLI flJlOXO 3HaKoMbl’He
9) CTaTI,cI AJlexhIHa (hlMeeTcq TOJ1bKO C LICTOPLI waxMaT (owLI6—
B BhIJ PyKOflklCb CTaTbLI, a e cc J1LICb C KLI3epLII.KLIM, yflyCTklJlkl CJly—
ny6J1k1KaLhIq) B0o614e He LIMeJ1a H ‘Ia C AJianLIH,IM LI T.J.), HO LI BO—
Tk1eBpecKO HanpaBJleHHOcm! flpii— o6ue flhiOXO 3HJ1k1 )I(hI3Hb WaXMaTLIC—
BejeM qpKhi nphlMep. Korja M.9ii— TOB flepBO TPTLI BeKa. B jyxe
rOpLILI OTflP8BLIJ1C hI8Tb MaT’I C 3TLIX aHTLIeBpeiCKLIx BCTaBOK Bfl011
B.CTeHMeM, hI3BeCTHb1 B TO B— He yMeCTHO öbIno noJ’-4epKHyTb, ‘ITO
t,iq TOCTLIK C.AnanLIH (eBpe) ne— Mahlepbl nOBeieHhIcl WaxMaTLICT0B—eB—
pejan CTeHLILy waxMamble aHaJnI— pee He OTJ1LI’IaJlLICb LI3bICKaLI—

3b1. Jteno noiiy’iiino oriiacy LI pa3— HoCTbm: nOCJle CBOLIX flO8,KHhI

D3hIflCcl CKaH,aJ1 — jOWflO JO TOrO,
‘ITO Ha AIIanhIHa 6blJla Ofly6JlhIKOBaHa
KapLI”aTypa, rje OH 6wn LI3O6pa*eH
CBk1Hbe1’ AJ1eXLIH He MOr He 3HaTb
06 3TOM 4aKTe ki HflPMHHO
J1S1HOBCKLI perycipo XMLIJ1 CO—
nepHLIKaM, a HLIMLOBLI’I Mor BCKO
‘ILITb Ha waxMambl CTOJ1LIK LI 3aO—
P8Tb “KaK q or flPOLIP8Tb 3TOMy
LIjLIOTy?” PeJaKTopw 3TLIX •aKTOB

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of this competition was put down WorLd Champion itself by no
to mere accidental coincidence means qualifies its owner to be
by “theorist” Stownton in his cat led a prominent chess pLayer
book for the English audience” or a player of genius.
corresponds more to Alekhine’s 9) Alekhine’s article (I mean
styLe (and if the words “for the the manuscript, not its

English audience” are eLiminated publication) hasn’t been of the

the sentence wiLt be quite anti—Jewish orientation at aLl.

naturaL). Let’s give such a striking

8) So, at the same time the example. When M.Chigorin went to
words “the EngLish—Jewish play the match with W.Steinitz,
conception” and “PoLish Jew” theorist S.Alapin (a Jew) weLl
have disappeared but the known at that time, passed on
word—combination “G e r m a n chess
— analisises to Steinitz.
E u r 0 p e a n’ also beLongs to The affair became known and a
this lexicon. Without these scandal broke out — and it ended
strange words Alekhine’s article that Alapin’s caricature was
assumes its original chess pubLished which pictured him as
sense. Thus, in particular, the a pig. Alekhine couLdn’t be
paragraph we discussed earlier unaware of this fact and he
shows that ALekhine has studied would certainly use it with
scrupulousLy the period of the great effect if the following
chess history from Labourdonnet phrase had belonged to Alekhine:
to Morphy and he truly links the “Chigorin’s the first victim of
decay of chess idea with the international plutocracy”
Stownton’s name, and it’s (so this phrase’s aLso the
deepest point — with the match editor’s insertion).
Stownton — Saint—Aman (1843). It 10) These are several authors
was the time when Stownton of the anti—Jewishinsertions
reaLly pLayed poorLy (his best and a discordance of styles
games felL on the period 1851 — indicates this: a boor wiLl
1853 when his matches with never have enough neither

K.Yanish and T.Laza took place). inteLlect nor presence of mind

But the sporting side is all to parry A.Nimtzovich’s rude
Like that: how badly the insult (as for me, I doubt that
participants of the championship Nimtzovich said these words) “He
played, the winner will be who pronounces the word “SLav”,
calLed the Champion. And in this pronounces the word “slave” by
connection the title of the means of an eLegant remark “He

- 33 —
He 3Harni, a AJ1eXIIH 3HarI, HO IIM Mama”. 143 3TO 4lpa3bI G,1eyeT,
He coo6iui’ BOT OHO — a ii ii 6 ii ‘ITO B Bb4KkIHTbIX aO3aLLax AneXMH
AnexIlHa. paclcpblBan flpIdpOy arpeGGIIBHOGTII
12) øawI4cTcIco npecce Owio IcoMMyHhIcThI’IecIcwx BOGnMTaHHIIKOB.
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xapakTepy, TK 14 no rpe B wax TOpbIe cIBJlcaIoTCca 3aflOWHhiKaMM G0

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who pronounces the word “Jew” titte of Atekhine’s articLe
has nothing to add it”; and the “Aryan and Jewish chess” belongs
author of the Last remark never to Nazi. It’s not difficult to
Let himself go to boorishness notice that without anti—Jewish
that abounds in the article insertions and Nazi slogans
pubLished in “PZ”. ALekhine’s articLe couLd have,
11) The • authors of for example, the foLlowing titLe
anti—Jewish insertions did not “Chess as art and chess as

know the history of chess weLt craft’.

(they -made a mistake with Question two: were there any
Kizeritski, they missed an cuts in Atekhine’s text?
opportunity with Alapin, and so The phrase “So it happened
on), they did not know well the that after the four years of the
life of chess players of the Soviet experience I, having come
first third of the century too. to Berlin... “ foLLows some

In the spirit of these paragraphs with very detailed

anti—Jewishinsertions it was description of this four year
quite appropriate to emphasize Soviet experience but these
that the manners of the chess paragraphs (with a thorough
players—Jews were far from being description of the Soviet
refind: after his defeats experience) are missing. Their
D.Yanovsky used to be rude to existence in the manuscript is
his rivaLs, as for Nimtzovlch, indicated by the folLowing
he could jump on the chess—tabLe phrase: “Fain was brought up in
and cry: “How could i Lose the communist school and that is why
game to this idiot?” The editors he was if not under chess
did not know these facts but infLuence then sureLy under
Alekhine knew and did not let poLitical infLuence of to—day’s
them know’ So, that’s Alekhine’s Russia. That’s why he is more
at ibi. agressive than. . . other masters
12) It was to the advantage both by characters and by his
of the fascist press to defame playing chess”. It goes from
the Jews once more and to pLay a this phrase that ALekhine
dirty trick on Atekhine. The discloses the nature of
Nazi certainly did not consider aggressiveness of the communist
Alekhine to be “a genuine Aryan” pupils in the eliminated
— and so anti—Jewish insertions
paragraphs. It’s quite possible
appeared in Atekhine’s purely that the whoLe article was

chess articLe. That’s why the written for this. He has never

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J1e3HbIM J1,J11 MIIPOBbIX waxMaT, ecii HOCTb. BOT ‘ITO IB11ITCI npM’-4MHo

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hidden his anti—Sovietism, he either white colours or black
would not hold back here. It’s one,but only one portrait is painted
rather surprising that not a “zebra”: (black and white):

single word was written about whitewashed and blackened phrases

his Life in years 1917 — 1921 as arouse dissonance and in no

it’s just the period little way come Into agreement with the
known to the West European audience. general tone of the entire publication
We know that in the fascist — that’s theportrait

press the slightest anti— of Botvinnik. Botvinnlk explains

Sovietism was not allowed with this, to a considerable degree
the same zeal at the same time strange fact in a rather fabulous
(march1941) as criticism of nazism way:”He (Alekhlne) marked Out
— in the Soviet press. Therefore Botvlnnik, forsaw an opportunity
if Alekhine’s article to carry out a match and did not
contained anti—Soviet attacks consider himself to have the

they would have certainly been right to insult the future rival
eliminated. And the fact that in the fight for the World Championship”.
Alekhine had firm anti—Soviet That’s what Botvinnik

views is characterized by this writes in 1991 and it’s of

Botvinnik’s remark: “Depending course beyond his power to give

on circumstances he sometimes up the knowledge of his successes
spoke vigorously against the in 1948 — 1961, but Alekhine
Soviet Union, and sometimes sent could not know this in 1941. In

Soviet chess players his regards... his suppositions he named only

No adherence to principles three chess players: “What wiLl

can be seen”. It’s a pity happen with the World Championship?

that Botvinnik does not see adherence It’s of course very difficuLt
to principles in the to predict anything definite
place where the most consistent in our fLeeting time full of

adherence to principles of high surprises. It’s very possible

moral standards is expressed: that CapabLanca will be able

it’s possible to hate the again to take away the title of
communist order with all heart the best chess players from me.
and soul and at the same time He’s still a chess pLayers of

Sincerely wish ordinary people the very high class. But it’s

welL, people who are hostages of doubtful whether it’ll be of

the Soviet system. benefit to the chess life as he

All the portraits in Alek— won’t be able for a long time to

hine’s article are stained by defend this title against the

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rojapci XOPOUMM aHaHIcIM, TOflbKO M14, Bjb B CTaTbe nepe’l14CneHbI

6narojap 1ckrno-4ITeJ1bHo npIJ1ew— CaMble )a3HbI waxMaT14c-rbl KK no

HOMy L13y’IeHIIO, BOflepBbIX, HOBbIX TeMnepaMeHTy, TaK no iapOBa—

je6ioTHbIx nyTe 1, BOBTObIX, HI’IIO.

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HOCTb 6OTBIHH11Ka no CpaBHeH1O CO

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young forces. From the other
side it will, be very usefuL for
the WorLd chess if Keres or
Etiskazes, for example, becomes
World Champion. And if one of
them realty becomes the best,
I’LL apprehend it without envy
at aLL. Who is the best of the
two? Keres pLays in a very attractive
styte,reminding Morphy,
but Etiskazes’es chess are more
extensive: they produce the expression
of the worLd cLass
chess. Can it only be a mere
chance that Etiskazes defeated
the Estonian grandmaster in 1937
in Zemmering and in 1939 in Buenos
Aires?”
The simptier expLanation of
the Botvinnik’s portrait is aLso
possible.
“Soviet master Botvinnik, deveLoping
his styLe,was subjected
to a greater infLuence of the
young Russian school than, for
exampLe, his American brother in
race Fain.Instinctively disposed
to the chess of the type “security
is above aLL” (anaLogicaL
to “EngLish—Jewish conception”)heartLess ones. Its quite easy
he graduaLLy grew into a master
who couLd weLL make use of the
offensive arms (anatogicaL to
the German—European or SLavonic—as the
Russian offensive idea).He achieved
this by means of a very
originaL and characteristic way:
he was promoted not by the offensive
idea or the idea of a
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sacrifice, but — however parado—
xicatit were — by the aspiration
for ensuring the greater safety
for himseLf by means of the
attacking potentiaLities. That
was the reasons of Botvinnik’s
successes. OnLy due to his good
knowledge, due to exceptionally
studious studying, first, of the
new opening ways, and secondLy,
of the attack’s technique and
the technique of combinative
sacrifices of oLd masters,
Botvinnik was abLe to improve
his original styLe and to give a
definite versatility to it. That
he is good today, very good,
there is no doubt about that,
otherwise he could not win five
or six times in succession in
the championships of this country.
His obvious advantage over
the rivaLs can be compared onLy
with a series of convincing victories
gained at home and abroad
by the champion of Germany Erich
ELiskazes.NevertheLess the majority
of Botvinnik’s games produces
the impression of dry and
to expLain as even the most perfect
copy in any genre of art
couLd not excite such feelings
originaL. Botvinnik’s
chess as to attack are exactLy a
perfect copy of the old masters.
However being compared with aLL
the enumerated chess players
Botvinnik can be treated as an
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exception”. /Atekhine/. reader beLeived that the articLe

The Last supposition does not for the first time had been pubLished

beLong to ALekhine as it is not in 1942, he wouLd beLieve

cLear where Botvinnik’s excLusiveness (just for a moment) that there

is, being compared with had been pubLications without

aLL the enumerated chess pLayers, anti—Soviet attacks in 1942.

as very different chess pLayers, Question three: couLd

different by temperament and by Atekhine insuLt Kagan’s menry?

their taLent are enumerated in When Atekhine came to Bert in

the articLe. in 1921, Bernard Kagan was one

EvidentLy in the paragraph of the first to meet him, Kagan

about Botvinnik there is pLenty who quickLy pubLished his

of inserts as weLL as cuts. articLe as a bookLet under the

ALekhine couLd not treat Botvin— titLe “Das Schtach Leben in

nik as an imitator, admitting at Soviet—Russtand”. We do not have

the same time that he was “very -eough data to avaiLabLe to

good’ and with that not to insert answer the question taken into

in the List of pretendents subtitLe but I must mention the

for the highest titLe. ALekhine foLLowing: if Kagan had reaLty

couLd not refrain from anti—Communist rendered assistance to Atekhine,
or at Least from anti— the Latter wouLd have never said

Soviet attacks in the paragraph insuLting words about Kagan (here

about a communist. we can name Atexandre Push—

It’s exactLy the paragraph kin as an advocate who affirmed

devoted to Botvinnik that reveaLs that genius and the viLLainy were
the fact of editing. This incompatibLe). But if Kagan
paragraph shows very cLearly under the mask of assistance had

that it was impossibLe to use driven Atekhine into some unpLeasant

the words the EngLish—Jewish history, ALekhine wouLd

conception, German—European and have never used (in my opinion)

even Aryan about the Soviet
Jew — as it was March of 1941.
It was by no means by chance
that the German historians made
a mistake in statement that
the word ‘nasty”.
ALEKHINE’S OPPOSITION TO THE
PRESSURE OF THE JEWISH CHESS.

ALekhine’s articLe had been “It’s reaLLy not a pLeasure to

pubLished exactLy in 1942. And write about myseLf. But my chess
afterwards it was repeated with activity during the Last quarter
the German punctuaL ity,as if the of the century is so cLoseLy

— 41 —
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— 42 —
connected with the subject of
this articLe that I can’t hetp
but remind of some facts fLowing
from my Longstanding negative
attitude towards the Jewish
infLuence in chess.
My cLoser acquaintance with
the Jews goes back to the time
when I arrived in Bertin in May
of 1921. At that time Kagan from
the nauty cigar trade of the
prewar time turned into a chess
editor and chess maecenas.
was why aLl my considerabte
tournaments’ successes (Hague —
1921, London — 1922, KarLsbad —
1923, Baden—Baden — 1925) were
inspired by “anti—Rubinstein
idea” and this aim was achieved
comparativeLy easy. Despite
CapabLanca agreement after the
tournament Kartsbad — 1923, aLL
the speciatists stopped consider
Rubinstein to be CapabLanca’s
rivaL of fuLL vaLue, and he
wasn’t even invited to New York

During the years of the WorLd — 1924. But shortLy after that a
war Kagan made a britLiant new danger appeared for Aryan
gesheft’ and this gave him such chess in Aron Nimtzovich.
a possibiLity. By the time I had If in that case I speak of a
come to BerLin, this man danger, it doesn’t mean yet that
reguLarly organized chess he has ever had just a singLe
tournaments and their chance against Capabtanca. But
participants were by 90% the even “an honourabte defeat”
Jews. His particuLar favourite would have turned to the
was Rubinstein. Due to Kagans advantage of the Jewish chess
instructions Rubinstein had with Nimtzovich’s taLent for
chaLLenged Capabtanka, the new setf—advertisment. That’s why it
WorLd Champion, to a match who was necessary to frustrate

immediatty agreed to accept this champion plans of Nimtzovich in

chaLLenge. As after my proLonged the same manner as it had been
isoLation in Russia I did not done earLier with Rubinstein.
know the true corretation of That’s why at the important
forges and wasn’t incLined to tournaments Zemmering — 1926,
underestimate Capabtanka ‘5 New York — 1927, Kechkemet —
energy, I made the decision to 1927, I pLayed under the badge
do everything I couLd (in of anti—Nimtzovich idea. After I
sporting sense) in order not to was ahead of Nimtzovich in all
admit the match CapabLanca — these tournaments, he was forced
Rubinstein. To achieve this I to take his chalLenge back.I remembered
ought to demonstrate my one detait of this
advantage over Rubinstein. That chalLenge: there were caLLing

— 43 —
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— 44 —
cards he had ordered by this
time and as a matter of fact
they couLd have been pLaced in
the coLLection of curious
rarities. In the caLLing cards
it was written “Arnold (its
more harmonious even for Jewish
ears than Aron) Nimtzovich, a
pretendent for the WorLd
Championship’s title in 1927,
Nimtzovich never tried to
pretend to it again.
I made my third and for the
time being the Last effort against
the Jewish chess pressure
much more Later, but in rather
unusuaL way. There were no and
of course couLdn’t have been any
other taLks about it during my
matches with Bogotyubov. Both of
the matches were of especiaLLy
sporting character, so skilL and
sporting form pLayed the decisi—
ye roLe in them. In both cases
the fortune was favourabLe to me
but even if the resuLt of these
matches had been different, I of
should not have apprehended it
tragicatty.The titLe wouLd have
fatten into reLiable hands’”
Question four: who has got
ALekhine’s nwiuscript?
It’s very Likely that the
manuscript stiLL exists, as the
editor of “Pariser Zaitung”
shouLd have taken care of its
safety. But the fact that the
manuscript has not been pubLished
yet shows that it is in
— 45 —
hands of a man who sympathizes
with fascism, sionism or communism,
as onLy these poLiticaL
forces benefit by keeping the
existing state of affairs.
It’ precisely the possession
off the manuscript that gives
the publishers some confidence
that the publication of the
forgery wilt remain unpunished.
“The information that the
article’ manuscripts have been
found needs a confirmation,” —
Botvinnik writes.
We dont need the information
about manuscripts — we need
these sheets that pretend to be
catted Atekhine’s manuscripts,
as for the chess worLd, it wiLL
be abLe to determine whether
they are originals or just the
usuaL kind of forgery.
Question five: is there
anything in the articLe inputed
to ALekhine’s pen?
Having estabLished the fact
faLsification, we can’t
blindLy believe everything, but
we aLso shouLd not calL
everything nonsense as Botvinnik
does — we shouLd ctean the diamonds
of idea from the dirt of
propaganda. IndependentLy from
the fact whether the manuscript
has been preserved or it at ready
doesn’t exist, even from the
forgery suggested to us now, it’s
possibLe to choose the facts
that are of great.
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LOBM9y yjanoc CO3JaTb ce6e I4M T ueflb no J1IIHIIM JkIarOHanbHO,

— 46 —
 Yes, there are fragments in
the articLe that, taking into
account their deepness and
frankness, can beLong to
Atekhine, nobody but him’
“Chess can’t be compared to
any other tabte game because of
one funclementaL reason, that
Leaves traces of art on chess.
The other games are not
humitiated by this onLy take
their pLaces.
The basic difference between
chess and any other games which
have the aim to win space,
materiaL and so on ties in the
foL towing: chess have something
very speciaL and its the
checkmate idea.
At the beginning of the chess
dueL the rivaLs are aLso trying
to win space and materiaL of
one another. But as soon,as the
checkmate’s idea appears, i.e.
the idea how to surround the
chief enemy’s piece, then aLL
the sacrifices of time, space or
materiaL prove its vaLue in the
name of this idea’s realization.
That’s why chess are usefuL,
that’s why they are so attractive,
tbat’s because they remind
us (sometimes subconsciousLy) of
the human aspiration for an
ideaL, the joy of seLf—sacrifice
for the idea. And that’s why
chess excite aesthetic feeLings,
that’s why the feeLing of beauty
triumphes in this game because
— 47 —
the inner spirit of chess entireLy
corresponds to the aspiration
for seLf—sacrifice so characteristic
of us”. ALekhine’
“It’s absurd to argue to the
point of Atekhine’s arguments,”
— consider the editors of “64”.
Of course, it is absurd to argue
to the point without
contra—arguments.
The criticism of Nimtzovich’s
books in ALekhine’s articLe is
aLso fair:
‘Nimtzovich acquired the
reputation of “a thorough
theorist” in definite circLes
mainLy due to the pubLication of
the two books that were
entitLed: “My system” and “My
system in practice’. According
to my profound beLief aLL this
Nimtzovich’s “system” (besides
it’s by no means ori9inal) is
based on wrong suppositions.
Nintzovich makes not onLy such
mistake as trying to achieve a
syntheticaL end with an anaLyticaL
beginning but goes even further
in his deLusion estab1i—
shing his anaLysises entireLy on
his private experience and pre’tending
them for the chess worLd
to be syntheticaL truth in the
highest instance.
Perhaps there is something
true, something right in
Nimtzovich’s study. But the
authorship of these right things
does not beLong to him, but to
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— 48—
the other both old and modern with Atekhine about it. But we

masters. That’s why there’s can increase the number of arguments

conscious or sub conscious in his favour. Few peopLe

ptagiarism there. This idea was know that Nimtzovich’s books

introduced by Morphy and it was were written under the strong

iltustrated not onLy by Chigo— inftuence of A.Petrov’s ideas

rin’s briLLiant achievements but and his book ‘Chess game” pubLished

by the victories of Pitsbery and as far back as in 1824,

Haruzek as wett.Furthermore,the— “It’s necessary to strengthen

re was such common truth as, secondly those pawns which are stronger.”

and thirdLy the expediency (Petrov) and “The ruLe of

of seizure of the seventh horizontaL superfLuous defence is

Line and that the use attributed onLy to the strong

of two rivaL’s weaknesses is points” (Nimtzovich). “When some

better than onLy of the singLe pawns form the chain in the

one. . . And with this banaLity diagonal Line, it’s necessary to

Nimtzovich succeded in creating save the one that’s at the

himseLf the name of a chess head” (Petrov) — this rute is

writer. expLained by Nimtzovich to

So such were those few ideas, smatlest detail.. Petrov gives a

however, there was a Lot of thorough basis to the

faLse things and it was due to advancement e4—e5 after the

his chess conception, even to moves 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5, but

the stightest extent originaL, Nimtzovich even considers this

denied every creative idea. to be ‘his intetLectuaL

ExampLes: 1) his idea of property” Petrov’s advice —

“tacking” is none other than a “The knight in the enemy’s game

sort of waiting of the rivaL’s strengthened by the pawns can do

error according to Steinitz and a Lot to promote the victory,

Lasker aLready known; 2) the especiaLLy, if the enemy’s pawns

idea of ‘superfLuous defence” can’t Lead it from its ptace” —

(premature defence of presumabLy was reaLized by Nimtzovich in

weak points) prevents the spirit “the Out post” idea.

of fight. Otherwise this means Here’s one more example: the

the fear of fight! And he doubts variant 1.e4 c5.2.f3 c6 3.

in his own intetLectuat facuLties b5 is known since London —
— that’s a sad picture of1851 tournament, but Nimtzovich

the intettectuaL degradation’” caLLes it to his invention!

It’s reaLty absurd to argue Thus Nimtzovich’s books

— 49-
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reaLty LOSe very much because Of i i in the most amazing way.
tt word “My. The rules mean a reguLarity, admitting
Even Nimtzovch’s most no exceptions; and every
passionate admirer Bent Larsen exception denies a ruLe. These
decLares: “I consider i rreconci table contradictions
Nimtzovich’s reaL contributipn get accustomed in chess very
to be not so great as the easiLy in immitabte symbiosis as
majority of people thinks as a the same time,as a moving piece,
great deaL of his theory has strengthening some zones of the
been already met at Steinitz’s. chess board inevitabLy weakens
And to the point of the its other zones. That’s why it’s
matter what can be objected to nonsense to care onLy for ruLes
tIe next paragraph? or onLy for exceptions in chess.
“Like Nimtzovichs System If Reti had said: “We are
the work by Reti “ New ideas in interested not in ruLes but in
the chess game” was met by most exceptions” — he wouLd have
of pseudo—inteL LectuaL,s with shown only hs LntellectuaL
great favour. They were LeveL; if he had said: “The
especiaLLy impressed by the young peopLe are interested in
absurd sLogan invented by Reti: exceptions but not in rules,” —
“We young peopLe, (he was it wouLd have been an insult
aLready 34 years old then’) are directed againstyouth; the
interested not in rules but in expression “We, young peopLe,
exeptions’ If that phrase are interested.. .“ seems to be
makes any sense at aLL, it can evidence of the soLidarity with
be interpreted Like this: “We youth. . . , aLthough in fact it
(e.g., I) know too well the incites this youth in the abyss
rute of chess. Let the mediocre of vain efforts.
chess herd make a further study The reference Like this one
of them. As for me Im a great is also true: ‘Reti has rendered
master and ILL devote myseLf to to chess those obvious services
the exceptionaLLy deLicate fiLigree that he has carried to an
works and show to the fas— absurdity Nimtzovich’s idea
cina worLd the brillnt cx— about SuperfLuous defence. The
ceptons with my own commentaries, point s that he has carried the
cLearr)g tip everything”. theory of the weak points
The çrm f the css 9me controL even to the opening.
Lies in the fact that the riLes independently of how the rivaL
and exceptions are intertwined wiLl deveLop his forces” .A brL—

51—
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— 52 —
Liant iLLustration can be given.
In the second round of
Baden—Baden — 1925 tournament in
they
the game against E.GrunfeLd Reti
had pLayed as folLows: 1.g3 e5
2. g2 and in his comments to
the game he wrote: “The most
consistent continuation wouLd
probabLy be: 2. f 3 — a kind of
ALekhine’s defence in first hand
but with such, very advantageous
difference the king’s bLack
pawn, in the case of going to
e4, can be attacked by means of
g2 or f3. And it wouLd have pLay 9. . .c5 10. b3 d4 with a
been dangerous even without the
previous move g3.”
The schoLastic discussions
about receiving defence in first
hand show the absence of chess
outlook. Chess are not
arithmetic, and in fighting for
specific points superfLuous pace
can be both, profit and burden.
In the eighth round of the
mentioned tournament Reti
reaLized his “remarkabLe” idea
against ALekhine.
So, 1.g3 e5 2. sf3. “By this
move Reti turns the game into
Alekhine’s defence with one move
ahead that white used to pLace
their bishop to g2. The idea is
interesting but its value seems
to be rather doubtfuL
especiaLLy if B(ack wou(d have
answered 2.. .e4 3.d4 c5 4.b3
(may be 4.b5 is better) 4.. .c4
5.d4 c5 and so on. After
— 53 —
that the first move of white
would have been disadvantageous:
couLd not have played 6.e3
due to dangerous weak squares in
the position.” (ALekhine). As we
can see the combination of these
two moves gives bLack a
perspective position — this is
clear to ALekhine, and not ctear
tp Reti. 2.. .e4 3.d4 d5 4.d3
ed :d3 f6 6. g2 h4+ 7.
d2 :d2+ 8.:d2 O—O.”But here
one ought to continue 8...
bd7 and in reply to 9. c4 to
beautiful game.” ALekhine.
The va(ue of the new idea is
by no means determined by its
nove(ty but by its profundity
and practicaL vatue.
Thus “Phil idor defence”
1 .e4 e5 2. t3 d6 was wet (—known
at (east for two centuries
before him.
“Russian game or Petrov’s
defence’ — 1.e4 e5 2.f 3 f 6 —
was aLso known long before
A.Petrov and C.Yanish, but onLy
they disclosed the philosophical
essence of this construction and
supplied it with a profound
anaLysis
A very curious story folLows
“ALekhine’s defence” — 1.e4 f6
some historians, for example,
Isaak Romanov and Victor Khenkin
reguLarly try to expLain the
whoLr world that originaLly the
opening was worked out by
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— 54 —
M.Ktyatskin. But actualLy it has the entire avanlanche of ideas

been already anaLyzed by A. Pet— and created a masterpiece he

roy who examined the variants 2. considered to be the best in his

e5 d5 and 2e5 e4. The first praotioe.Thus he showed that art
one is still a basic direction though it were chess or paintinq
and KLyatskin examined 2.6 g8 was created by coLours and inspiration
but not originally as that way and not by sliding
the correspondence game of Ber— callipers and tabLes of

vick against Edinburgh developed logarithms.

and its most important continuation CONCLUSION.Atekhine’s article

2.e5 g8 still is not of “Aryan and Jewish chess” pubLished

practical value.
The opening 1.g3 Reti calls by
his name and that’s not competent
as its idea “is cheaper
than blackberries”. And Alekhine
calls this opening “Fianketto
del Rai and there are good reaSons
for it as it is called
in Shiffers “Self—taught” 1005.
regularly edited, it can
in ‘Pariser Zaitung” March,
1041, cannot be regarded as imputed
to Alekhine’s pen in its
full volumeThat’s why it can be
cited completely or fragmentary
but emphasing without fail that
Atekhine’s authorship is not
so proved. And as the article was
be

Returning to the game Reti cited in free translation.

Alekhine (Baden—Baden, 1026) I “And now, not about articles
want to remind of one more A1ek- but about Alekhine himself. He

hines phrase that was written was refined intellectual excellently

by the eighth move: “After educated, an outstanding

the move in the text White representative of the rich Russian
recive a strong pressure in the nobility. But alas’ Some of
enemy’s Q—side and only vigorous his human qualities were worthy
counter—offensive in the other of regret. He set htmself di ffe—
side can be opposed to it”. rent aims (of different importhem
So, already on the eighth tance) and went towards
move Black could nave got a nice with all the resolution, sometimes

game and it proves the erroneousness not sparing his dignity.So

of the arithmetic view on (as far as I know) he managed to
chess. This game is also interesting escape internment to Germany in
because after the false 1914,having pretended to be ill.
step (8g. .0—0) Alekhine didn’t In order to go abroad after he
lose his head but felt inspired October revolution, he joined
for te fight. He fell upon Reti the RCP, married a foreign

— 55—
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mm KanaOflaHKIm, 3me LI AmleximHa,

KK II noaraecci — C flPOflk1CHO.

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sociaList and parted with her
right away. . .“ — this is what
not an ordinary informer writer
writes but Botvinnik, and not in
the secret information but in
words here about Botvinnik himseLf.
As far one can remember,he
regutarly expressed his indignation
in the press when somebody
was enthusiastic about

the “64” magazine. Atekhine, Tat, Fisher and said

Botvinnik states the facts in— “genius”. One has to ascertain
correctLy.First, Atekhine vaLued that nobody ever said “genius”
the human dignity very high: if about Botvinnik, neither in just
he did not like a person, he expressed nor in earnest. Once Botvinnik

his feeLings in not holding caLLed himseLf “a pig” in pubLic

out the hand to him but
Atekhine wouLd have never managed
to say any abusive word
like Yanovsky or Nimtzovich.Bot—
vinnik makes hints that ALek— wrongfuLLy
hines marriage with Anna Rugg
and both centrat magazines “64”
and “Shakhmaty v SSSR” published
the fact as Long—expected news.
Thus the “64” editoriat staff
and groundlessly
tries to accuse Alekhine of

was supposedLy fictions or ad— anti—semitism; one ought to look

venturous, but his son ALexandre
was born from the marriage and
he stiLL lives in Switzerland,
his mother’s homeLand.Botvinnik
deLiberateLy misrepresents everything,
confusing Ui one sentence
such facts as October revoLution,
joining the party,mar— a smaLL Letter, and the surnames
riage, divorce and going abroad.
It’s known that the BoLsheviks
themseLves offered ALekhine to
participate in the work of Com—
mintern as an interpreter;and in
this connection ALekhine’s joining
the party was of formal importance.
Alekhine’s love for A.
Rugg was proved by his son’s
birth, and by no means connected
with his Party—membership and an address, but it is not possible
family status.
It’s appropriate to say some
more attentiveLy through the
book “The Oxford Companion to
Chess”. That is where it is
possible to see something Like
anti—semitism; for exampLe, the
surnames of Jews Botvinnik, Fain
and Reshevsky are pubLished with
of CapabLanca, Euwe and
Alekhine, as it’s supposed to
do, — with a capital tetter.
Some reader wiLL be surprised:
how can Chashchikhin, being a
Laureate of the “64” magazine,
hurt so badLy the editorial
staff of “64”? Yes,I should send
my critical arrows with great
pLeasure to an apanage without
as the “64” magazine reguLarLy
demands to refer to it.

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 HOTTflHFEM - 1936

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58 —
 NOTTINGHAM - 1936

Nottingham tOurnament as a published in Manchester Guardian”

chess event of great lmOrtanOe before the terminatiOn Of

wilt remain for a long time in the tournament) he scarcely haS

everyone s memory.Since Hastings the ehances for More than the
congress of 1895 riOt a single third plaCe. For every other
tournament managed to gather all cheSs Ølayers thiS reSuLt wouLd
the best chess players of the have been regarded as excelLent
world. An invitation to No,ttirig— achievement but for the new

ham tournament was accepted b World Champion It waS a kind Of

the actuaL WorLd ChampiOn, three failure. On the other hand, how—

ex—dhampiorls and the brightest ever,We must not forget hOw dif
reresentatlve5 o the young and ficUlt is the first perfomance

old generation. of the World ChamØion after he

to what extent has this aöttoh has won this title from both the

of chess art attract tO Itself sporting and psychological pOint

the univerSaL attention? IS it of view.. He not only feels that
poSsibLe to conSider thiS comØe— aLL the eyes are turned towards
titlOn as a success Of chess him’ His every Move Is discussed
art? WILL it serVe its further and anaLysed with animation b’
development and •poØularization? the chess Ø(ayerS of the whole
In my Opinldri all theSe questionS world. Especially the rivalS
cah be answdred affirmativeLy watch him and their ambitions
and I’ll try to substantIate force ‘them to pLay for a win
thiS. First of all, LetS try to with a player who iS how considered
examIne the tournament from the to be InVlnclbLe.FULI successes

merely Sflorting point of view. are very rare in sUch situation.

The main thing that Interested Capablancas triumph In
the world of chess in Nottingham London, 1922 and my victory in
was: 1) Etiwe’S play as a new San—Remo, 1930 were exceptions.
champIon, 2) th form of cx— Doctor uwe can be comforted by
champions at lresent and 3) the the fact that his predecessors
results of the young genera— in such situation seldom achieved
tlon’s reøresentatives. better results. Steinltz

Euwe’s reSult cannot satisfy never was a good tournament player

neither himseLf nor his admires. although he considerably excelled
The moment when I am writing everybody in a match
theSe Lines (the article waS fight. And Lasker during the

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3Heprfrwl, BO11 K no6eje H HeBepo— BMTbC nociie noriyieHHoro ygapa.

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first performance as the World
Champion in 1895 was obliged to
be satisfied with third place.It
is aLso necessary to take into
account that after tiring fight
for championship (October — November,
1935) Euwe ought to devote
himself entirely to his main
work — pedagogic activity and that I am far from being satisfied
that’s why he was deprived of a
chance to receive a right training
for Nottingham. Anyhow it’s
premature to draw concLusions
about the World Champion as a
tournament pLayers, it is necessary
to wait for further events.
The ex—champions’ play allows against CapabLanca and had not
to draw more definite conclusi— carried
ons.Capablanca’ s result confirms
the general opinion that has been
created after his victory in
Moscow.Mter some period of Let— to win. But by the end of the
hargy the Cuban has found again
the oLd farm. After his very uneven
start (and that happened to
him in better time) he played
the second haLf of the tournament
with an extraodinary enthusiasm
especially against the weakest
adversaries. I consider it
almost impossibLe to criticize
Lasker — so great is my admiration
for him as a personaLityan
artist and a chess writer. I can
only ascertain, that Lasker at
his age o1 67 due to his young
energy,. wiLl to win and incredibLy
profound interpretation of
chess fight questions remains
— 61 —
the same Lasker, if not as a
practical player then a chess
philosopher. Lasker should serve
as an exampLe to all the chess
players of both the present and
future generations.
I cannot avoid an apprisal of
my own results. I must confess
with my playing in Nottingham
mainly from the point of view
of sporting achievments. During
the first haLf of the tournament
I Lost at least 1,5 points
because I had not taken advantage
of the better position
to a victory the
compLetely winning game against
TayLor. And generally speaking I
pLayed without sufficient wiLL
tournament I obtained satisfaction
as I had played several good
games and especialLy that had
beaten Euwe, not being defeated
by the moment.
As a matter of fact, I had
good hopes of Nottingham. But in
that case the thing that happens
to other WorLd Champions repeated
with me. After the defeat
(and especialLy the defeat against
Euwe Last year, absoluteLy
unexpected defeat) one needs
some time to obtain his force
for pLaying again and to recover
from the bLow he has got.The same
thing happened to Lasker
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62 —
after his match in Havana in ever, I have a feeling (I may be
1922, this very thing happened caUad old—fashioned for it)
to Capablanca and it tpok him that thre is too much of a business
seven or eight years to restore in their playing and not
his former form. The future wiLl enough art.
shOw whether I’ll be able to restore Flor’s result does not

my form of 1920—1932 and correspond to his ppssibilities.

be successful in return fight I’m absolutely convinced that
for the World Championship in this comparative failure must be
October, 1937. attributed to the overstrain —

The great success Of the most he has played too much in the
outstanding among the young tournaments lately — and after
chess players — Botvinnik, the several monthes of rest he will
USSR Champion — was not unexpected undoubtedly be able to achieve
as he had already shown great successes again.
himself in two grand Moscow tournaments It is unlikely that English
in 1935 —1936. His ac—
masters could count on success,
hievments In Nottingham confirm because they do nOt get ready
that he is the most probable for them in a proper way as most
candidate for the World Championship. of the foreign masters do. So
As for me, I think he they are not equal to the modern
has all the chancs to become demands the theory. However I
the World Champion within the was able to give some gçod games
next’ few years.Besides the great and especially the games of
talent he possesses all the Taylor and Alexander against
sporting qualities that are. of Tartakover.

the decisive importance for the A.Alekhine.

success — fearlessness, seLf—

control, precise feeling for the

position estimation and, at

last, youth. Alekhine wrote aØout ,)ews

Jn cpmparison with the strong so gently during the hardest ‘period
and proper playing of the Soviet of his life.

Champion the other young grand—

masters produce considerably weaker
impression. Fain, shyky
are, without doubt exceptional
technicians, especialy if you
take into account their age.How—

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1. D17

Atekhine - Euwe

Amsterdam, 3. 10. 1935

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. f 3 f6 4. c3 dc 5. a4 5 6. e5 bd7
7. :c4 c7 8. g3 e5 9. de :e5 10. f4 fd7 11. g2 e6 12.
:e5 :e5 13. 0—0 e7 14. c2 fld8 15. flfdl 0—0 16. b5
fl:dl+ 17. fl:dl a5 18. d4 c8 19. b4 c7 20. b5 c5 21. f5
f6 22. e3 e6 23. d5 :d5 24. fl:d5 (a5 25. f 5 e1+ 26.
g2 d827. :e5fe28. fld7 f629. h6+h830. :c5
1:0

2. D81
Euwe - Atekhine

Amsterdam, 6—7. 10. 1935

1. d4 f6 2. c4 g6 3. c3 d5 4. b3 dc 5. :c4 e6 6. b5+
c6 7. f 3 flb8 8. e5 d7 9. :d7 :d7 10. d5 d4 11. d3
e5 12. e3 f 5 13. e4 d6 14. f4 e7 15. e3 g4 16. :a7 fla8
17. h3 fl:a7 18. hg g7 19. &e3 fla5 20. f5 f6 21. a4 h4+ 22.
g3 g5 23. f3 0—0 24. b4 flaa8 25. fla2 e8 26. flb2 f6 27.
e2 c6 28. dc bc 29. 0—0 flad8 30. g2 fld4 31. b5 cb 32. ab flb8
33. fg fg 34. b6 b7 35. h3 d6 36. d5 g7 37. flc2 :d5
38. ed fl:b6 39. flc6 fl:c6 40. dc e7 41. c4 h6 42. h1 flb2
43:flf7e844. c7 flc245. b7
1:0

3. C15
Atekhine - Euwe

Amsterdam, 8. 10. 1935

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. c3 b4 4. a3 :c3+ 5. bc de 6. g4 f6
7. :g7 flg8 8. h6 c5 9. e2 bd7 10. g3 g6 11. e3 d5
12. :e4 :c3 13. d3d5 14. e2 (f 6 15. c3 Cd 16. Cd 7b6
17. h5 flg7 18. f3 g6 19. e4 f5 20. f3 f8 21. a4 flc7
22. 0—0 d7 23. a3+ g8 24. aS c3 25. b1 a4 26. :d5 ed
27. Hb7 c6 28. a6 b6 29. c5 f4 30. f 5 h8 31. e7 e6
32. :b6 c6 33. :c6 flg8 34. e5 flg7 35. b8+ flc8 36.
g6+ fl:g6 37. &:f4 :b6 38. e5+ flg7 39. (:d5 fld8 40. ‘e5
(:d4 41. :d4
1:0

— 64 —
4. D81

Euwe - Atekhine

The Hague, 10.10.1935

1. d4 f6 2. c4 g6 3. c3 d5 4. b3 dc 5. :c4 g7 6. f4 c6
7. d1 a5 8. d2 b5 9. b3 b4 10. a4 a6 11. e3 e6 12.
c2 0—0 13. b3 ab8 14. d3 fc8 15. ge2 c5 16. :a6 &:a6
17. :c5 b6 18. f4 g4 19. f3 e5 20. fd3 ed 21. fg de 22.
:e3 :g4 23. f4 c3+ 24. d2 :c5 25. :c5 :c5 26. :b8
e7+ 27. ±‘d1 e3+ 28. ±‘c1 :c2 29. :c2 h5 30. d1 g7 31.
h3 a5 32. f4 e4 33. c7 e3+ 34. ±‘b1 a4 35. ba b3 36. ab
:b3+ 37. ±‘c1 h6+ 38. dd2 :a4 39. e5 ‘h7 40. c3 b5
41. &d4e242. g4e1+43. ±‘b2 :d244. c8 c1+
0:1

5. C15
Atekhine - Euwe

Detft, 12.10.1935

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. c3 b4 4. ge2 de 5. a3 e7 6. :e4 c6
7. e3 f 6 8. 2c3 0—0 9. g3 b6 10. e2 b7 11. 0—0 d7 12.
d2 ad8 13. fd1 c8 14. e1 e5 15. d5 d4 16. :d4 ed 17.

fl:d4 cS 18. a4 :d5 19. g4 c7 20. fl:a7 :c3 21. bc a8

22. :b7 :b7 23. f 3 d7 24. :a8 :a8 25. e4 a4 26.
ee2 f 8 27. h3 e6 28. :e6 fe 29. b1 :a3 30. e4 a6
31. ‘f 1 e732. e2f733. ±‘e3 d834. d1 ±‘e7
1/2

6. D12
Euwe - Atekhine
Rotterdam, 15—16. 10. 1935

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. f3 f6 4. e3 fS S. cd :dS 6. c4 e6 7.
0—0 d7 8. e2 g4 9. h3 hS 10. e4 Sb6 11. b3 e7 12. a4
0—0 13. a5 c8 14. a6 b6 15. ab :b7 16. a2 cS 17. dS e5
18. 94 :f3+ 19. :f3 g6 20. c3 b6 21. e2 eS 22. e3 a6
23. h4 :h4 24. :cS fc8 25. e3 e7 26. flfcl d6 27. d1
ab8 28. :c8+ :c8 29. b1 c4 30. d3 :e3 31. :a6 a7
32. :e3 cS 33. d3 b8 34. e2 e7 35. c1 hS 36. c3
b4 37. d3 b8 38. b1 d4 39. h3 gS 40. ‘g2 hg 41. g3
hS 42. c2 b6 43. e3 fl:b2 44. c4 :e3 45. :e3 b6 46.
c8+ ‘h7 47. f 5+ :f 5 48. ef f6 49. d3 d6 SO. d1 ±‘h6

— 65 —
51. g3 g5 52. e4 g6 53. fg 5 54 g7 f7 55. h1 ft 56.
h8 g6 57. d6 fl:d6 58. g8+ :g8 59 g8+ ‘t5 60. f 8+
e6 61. :g4 d3 62. e8+ f6 63. f4 e13 64 f8+ e6 65.
:f3 d2 66. f 8 d3 67. f 3 d1 68. g3 e4 69. f8 d2
70. e8+f571. e7a272. e8b273. e7
1/2

7. C15
Atekhine - Euwe
Utrecht, 17.10.1935

1. e4 e6 2. d4 dS 3. c3 b4 4. ge2 de 5. a3 e7 6. :e4 c6
7. g4 b6 8. g2 b7 9. c3 f6 10. 2g3 0—0 11. gS :e4 12.
:e4 ‘±‘h8 13. h5 e8 14. f6 :f6 15. gf gf 16. h4 d8 17.
4 e5 18. g3 fS 19. de g8 20. f 3 d3 21. e2 e4 22.
:e4 fe 23. h4 h6 24. 0—0—0 ae8 25. f 6+ ‘‘h7 26. f4 ef 27.
:f 3 a5 28. :b7 :b7 29. d7 c5 30. :f 7+ ‘‘g6 31. :c7
d3+ 32. b1 f 5 33. d1 :e5 34. f1+ ‘±‘e4 35. :a7 c4
36. d7 ‘e3 37. e1+ ‘f 3 38. :e8 :e8 39. d4 e3 40. h4
f5 41. b4
1:0

8. D45
Euwe - Atekhine

Amsterdam, 18-19.10.1935

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. f 3 f 6 4. e3 e6 5. c3 a6 6. c5 b6 7. cb
bd7 8. a4 :b6 9. d2 :a4 10. :a4 b6 11. c1 d7 12.
e5 :b2 13. :d7 :d7 14. d3 b8 15. ‘±‘e2 b6 16. b1
a3 17. :a3 :a3 18. :b6 :b6 19. b1 d7 20. :a6 e7
21. b3 d6 22. b7 cS 23. a4 b8 24. b5 a7 25. dc c5
26. b4 d6 27. a5 ‘‘c7 28. cS :c5 29. :dS d6 30. b7
a7 31. a6 d8 32. b2 d7 33. d2+ ‘e7 34. c2 d6 35.
c7+ d7 36. c2 cI6 37. f4 f5 38. c8 d8 39. c7+ d7 40.
c3 d6 41. c7+ d7 42. c3 d6 43. h4 g6 44. c2 h5 45.
c3 b6 46. c7+ ‘±‘d6 47. g7 b2+ 48. ‘±‘d3 a2 49. :g6
a3+ 50. ‘c4 :e3 51. d5 :f4 52. :e6+ ‘c7 53. c6+ ‘b8
54. g6 c7 S5. b7 ‘a7 56. g5 d8 57. :h5 :h4 58. :f5
59. b5+ c7 60. b3 a5 61. d4 f 2+ 62. ‘e4 ‘d6 63.
d3+ ‘±e6 64. c8+ e7 6S. d5 a4+ 66. ‘f 5 g3 67: d7+
‘f868. a7 f269. a6
1:0

— 66 —
9. C15

A(ekhine - Euwe

Amsterdam, 22. 10. 1935

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. c3 b4 4. g4 f6 5. :g7 g8 6. (h6
g6 7. (e3 :e4 8. d3 f5 9. ge2 c5 10. :e4 fe 11. (h3
c6 12. :h7 f6 13. f4 Cd 14. :g6 dc 15. b3 e7 16. :e7
:e7 17. h4 f7 18. h8+ f8 19. :f8+ :f8 20. g5 e5 21.
f3 ef 22. gf a3 23. f4 f5 24. fe :c2 25. 0—0 g8 26. ac1
:c1 27. :c1 f5 28. :c3 c8 29. flf3 f8 30. f6 e4 31.
g3+ f7 32. h5 c8 33. flg7+ e6 34. h6 d4 35. h7 flci+ 36.
f 2 c2+ 37. g3 :h7 38. :h7 fl :a2 39. f4 b5 40. e4
e2+ 41. :d4
1:0

10. D45
Euwe - Atekhine

Gouda, 24.10.1935

1. d4 d5 2. c4 C6 3. f 3 f6 4. e3 e6 5. C3 a6 6. CS bd7 7.
b4 aS 8. b5 e4 9. :e4 de 10. d2 fS 11. f3 h4+ 12. g3 (h6
13. e2 e7 14. g2 0—0 15. 0—0 f6 16. c4 d8 17. fe fe 18.
d6 (g6 19. b6 e7 20. C4 gS 21. d2 eS 22. :eS e6 23.
flf4 (h6 24. a3 g5 25. flf2 (g7 26. af 1 hS 27. h1 (h7 28.
C3 h4 29. gh :h4 30. g6 h7 31. :f8 fl:f8 32. d5 :d5 33.
:f8+ :f8 34. d4 e7 35. f2 h4 36. :h4 gh 37. :e4

1:0

11. D12

Atekhine - Euwe

The Hague, 27.10.1935

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. f 3 f6 4. e3 f 5 5. Cd Cd 6. c3 e6 7.
eS fd7 8. b3 (c8 9. d2 c6 10. flci e7 11. e2 d:eS
12. cle 0—0 1. b5 (d7 14. 0—0 a6 15. d4 :d4 16. ed flac8 17.
b4 :b4 18. :b4 c2 19. fl:C2 :c2 20. c1 flc8 21. h3 c6
22. a5 h6 23. b4 a4 24. fl:c6 :c6 25. d8+ e8 26. c7
c627. b8+h728. d3+g629. 1h2g730. &d8 C2
1/2

— 67 —
12. D97
Euwe - Atekhine

Amsterdam, 30. 10. 1935

1. d4 f6 2. c4 g6 3. c3 d5 4. b3 dc 5. :c4 g7 6. e4 0—0
7. f3 a6 8. f4 b5 9. :c7 (e8 10. e2 c6 11. d5 b4 12.
0—0 :e4 13. :e4 :d5 14. c1 f5 15. g3 flc8 16. d2
:f4 17. Hf4 c2 18. b4 d8 19. e1 a4 20. flbl d4 21.
f 3 c5 22. h4 c2 23. flbcl f6 24. c4+ bc 25. :c4+ lg7
26. :c2 a5 27. e2 e5 28. a3 e7 29. d4 fl:ci 30. fl:ci
h8 31. c6 c7 32. :a6 c8 33. f 1 b8 34. :e7 :e7 35.
c8+ fl:c8 36. :c8+
1:0

13. C83
Atekhine - Euwe
Amsterdam, 31.10—1.11.1935

1. e4 e5 2. f 3 c6 3. b5 a6 4. a4 f6 5. 0—0 :e4 6. d4 b5
7. b3 d5 8. de e6 9. c3 e7 10. a4 b4 11. d4 :e5 12. f4
c4 13. f5 c8 14. e1 b7 15. cb CS 16. f6 :f6 17. f5 0—0
18. bc e8 19. b4 c8 20. :c4 aS 21. a3 dc 22. c3 :c5
23. e3 c6 24. flf3 d3 25. flafl fl:e3 26. :e3 d4 27. e7
e5 28. h1 :f329. fl:f3 flf8 30. h3. :e3 31. :e3 e6 32.
flg3 e8 33. gS eS 34. :eS :eS 35. g4 e3 36. g1 fld3
37. fl:c4 fld2 38. b4 fl:g2+ 39. f1 flb2 40. d4 g6 41. ba flc2
42. bS #g7 43. e1 flcs 44. fld6 c6 45. a6 :b5 46. a7 c6
47. fl:c6 flaS 48. flc7 :a4 49. d2 gS SO. ±‘c3 hS 51. b3 a1
52. c4 g4 53. hg hg 54. d4 g6 55. eS f6+ 56. f4 fla4+ 57.
g3f558. ‘h4f6S9. b7
1/2

14. D82

Euwe - Alekhine

Groningen, 2.11.1935

1. d4 f6 2. c4 g6 3. c3 dS 4. f4 h5 S. eS f6 6. g3
:g3 7. hg c6 8. e3 g7 9. d3 0—0 10. :h7 fS 11. flhl eS 12.
de eS 13. f3 :c3+ 14. bc f6 15. Cd Hc3+ 16. f1 f6
17. c1 cd 18. c7 d7 19. bS d6 20. c4 f6 21. flch4
cS 22. a4 c3 23. g5 g7 24. h7 d8 25. :f6 :f6 26.
h7 e6 27. 1h6 f7 28. gi flg8 29. g4 g7 30. gf fl:h7 31.

— 68 —
:h7 gf 32. b3 e5 33. f 3 c8 34. g4 g6 35. :b7 (a1+
36. g2 h8 37. g5+ :g5 38. f 4+ 6 39. d6+ g5 40. f4+
h6 41. e7
1:0

15. D17

ALekhine - Euwe

Baarn, 5—6.11.1935

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. f 3 f6 4. c3 dc 5. a4 f 5 6. h4 c8
7. e3 e5 8. de :d1+ 9. :d1 b4+ 10. d2 :d2+ 11. :d2
e4+ 12. e1 e6 13. f4 a6 14. f 2 :f 2 15. :f 2 0—0—0 16.
f 3 c5 17. e2 d3+ 18. g3 :b2 19. d4 fl:d4 20. ed fld8
21. f 2 :d4 22. e3 CS 23. a3 f 5 24. g4 e4 25. flfl c6
26. aS d3 27. flc3 e4+ 28. d2 :f 4 29. :c4 d4+ 30. c2
e4+ 31. b3 gS 32. :f 7 b6 33. a3 d7 34. b3 c6 35. c4
:c4 36. :c4 b5 37. f 7 c4 38. b4 d3+ 39. c3 :e5 40.
e8+ c5 41. :b5 d3 42. e1 g6 43. a6 f 4 44. b7
e2+ 45. d2 d4 46. e7 b4 47. e4 :e4 48. :e4 f 3+
49. e2 :h2 SO. f 2 a6 51. e2 :aS 52. :c4 bS 53. e4
aS 54. eS+ b4 55. :gS a4 56. d3 a3 57. c2 a2 58. b2
a1+S9. :a1 c360. g7h661. g6d3
1/2

16. D12
Euwe - ALekhine

Gertogenbosch, 7-8.11.1935

1. d4 dS 2. c4 c6 3. f3 f6 4. e3 fS S. Cd Cd 6. c3 e6 7.
b3 c8 8. &d2 c6 9. flci e7 10. b5 0—0 11. 0—0 d8 12.
a4 aS 13. :a5 :aS 14. cS :cS 15. dc e4 16. a4 (:a4
17. :a4 fc8 18. c6 bc 19. :c6 ab8 20. d4 :b2 21. :f5
ef 22. :dS c3 23. h1 g6 24. b3 cS 25. f3 aS 26. e4 a4 27.
dS ebbS 28. h3 g7 29. c2 :dS 30. :cS :cS 31. ed :dS
32. f2 f6 33. e2 e5 34. flc2 e3 35. h2 fla3 36. g3
eS 37. d2 h6 38. h4 hS 39. e2+ d6 40. f4 f6 41. c2 dS
42. g3 gS+ 43. hg fg+ 44. :gS :f3 45. g2 d4 46. :hS f4
47. gf :f4 48. gS e4 49. f S eS+ SO. ‘±f4 e8 51. f 3
d3 52. b2 f 8+ 53. g3 c3 54. b7 f 1 55. flb8 a1 56.
3 :a2 57. e3 h2 58. c8+ b2 59. b8+ c1 60. C8÷

— 69
b1 61. flb8+ flb2 62. fla8 flb3+ 63. d4 a3 64. c4 b2 65.
h8 c3+
0:1

17. D04
ALekhine - Euwe

Eindhoven, 9.11.1935

1. d4 d5 2. f 3 f6 3. e3 f 5 4. d3 e6 5. :f 5 ef 6. d3
c8 7. b3 a6 8. 0—0 e7 9. c4 0—0 10. c3 c6 11. b2 e4 12.
flfci d8 13. e2 e6 14. a3 c7 15. CS e8 16. b4 f4 17. ef
:c3 18. :e6 :e6 19. fl:c3 :f4 20. flb3 a6 21. g3 e6 22.
a4f623. fldl
1/2

18. A20
Euwe - ALekhine

Amsterdam, 12.11.1935

1. c4 eS 2. f 3 e4 3. d4 c6 4. c2 f6 S. c3 cS 6. b3
0—0 7. g3 d5 8. Cd b4 9. :b4 :b4 10. g2 e8 11. 0—0 f S
12.

1/2

19. D16

ALekhine - Euwe

Zeist, 14-15.11.1935

1. d4 dS 2. c4 c6 3. 3 f 6 4. c3 dc S. a4 e6 6. e4 b4 7. eS
e4 8. c2 d5 9. e2 cS 10. 0—0 :c3 11. bc Cd 12. Cd c3 13.
d2 aS 14. :c3 :c3 15. fla3 c6 16. fl :c3 d7 17. flbl 0—0
18. c5 d8 19. :b7 c8 20. b1 :d4 21. :d4 Hd4 22.
3 d7 23. :a8 :a8 24. aS g6 25. d1 b4 26. c4 b8 27.
:b4 :b4 28. h3 bS 29. c8+ g7 30. dd8 b1+ 31. h2
b2 32. g3 b3+ 33. f3 b2 34. g8+ h6 35. c7 f 1 36.
:f 7 :g2+ 37. f 4 gS+ 38. e3 e2+ 39. d4 d2+ 40. e3
e2+ 41. d4 d2+ 42. c3 d3+ 43. c2 a3 44. f4 gf 45.
:f 4 e2 46. f6+ hS 47. d2 c4 48. g7 h6 49. gg6 d3+
50. c2 d7 51. :h6+ g5 52. c3 dS 53. d4 h1+ 54. e3
d555. hg6+hS56.f4h757.h4
1:0

— 70 —
20. D17

Euwe - ALekhine

Amsterdam, 16.11.1935

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. f 3 f6 4. c3 dc 5. a4 f 5 6. e5 bd7
7. :c4 c7 8. g3 e5 9. de :e5 10. f4 fd7 11. g2 f6 12.
0—0 d8 13. (c1 (b8 14. e4 e7 15. c3 0—0 16. ad1 e6
17. :e5 :e5 18. g5 fg 19. :e5 f6 20. b8 :c3 21. d6
f7 22. bc fd7 23. b1 !d6 24. !b7 8d7 25. !d7 :d7
26. e4 c5 27. c4 :a4 28. d5+ f 8 29. a1 a6 30. a2 e7
31. f4 gf 32. gf ‘f6 33. e4 g5 34. f5 h5 35. h4 gh 36. h2 g5
37. h3 a538. b7f639. d5g540. b7f641. c8
1:0

21. D17

Atekhine - Euwe

Ermeto, 19.11.1935

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. f 3 f6 4. c3 dc 5. a4 f 5 6. e5 bd7
7. :c4 c7 8. g3 e5 9. de :e5 10. f4 fd7 11. g2 d8 12.
c1 f6 13. 0—0 e6 14. :e5 :e5 15. a5 a6 16. e4 b4 17.
•c5 c8 18. :e5 fe 19. f4 d2 20. c4 d4 21. b3 ef 22. gf
e7 23. d3 e6 24. 1a3 c4-5. ±‘h1 :a3 26. !a3 0—0 27.
a4 fd8 28. a3 :d3 29. ed b4 30. f 2 :b2 31. f 1 d4
32. f5 flf4 33. !f4 :f4 34. h3 d6 35. flal f 7 36. d4 f6
37. ei b438. a1 d239. c4:d44O. e6d8
0:1

22. E33
Euwe - Atekhine

The Hague, 24.11.1935

1. d4 e6 2. c4 f 6 3. c3 b4 4. c2 c6 5. f 3 d6 6. d2
0—0 7. a3 :c3 8. :c3 e7 9. e3 e5 10.. d5 b8 11. d3 bd7
12. g5 g6 13. e4 :e4 14. :e4 c5 15. 0—0 :e4 16. :e4
f517. f3h418. (e2
1/2

— 71 —
23. D15
ALekhine - Euwe

Amsterdam, 26-27. 11. 1935

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. f3 f6 4. c3 dc 5. e3 b5 6. a4 b4 7. b1
a6 8. e2 e6 9. e5 e7 10. 0—0 0—0 11. :c4 c5 12. dc bd7
13. c6 c5 14. bd2 c7 15. c2 ad8 16. f 3 d5 17. b3 f6
18. b2 :b2 19. :b2 :c6 20. fd1 c7 21. :d5 :d5 22.
e4 d3 23. e5 :e5 24. :e5 :d2 25. :d2 :b3 26. ad1
:d2 27. :d2 c8 28. f4 f6 29. f 3 f 8 30. b2 c4 31. d2
d4 32. b3 :e4 33. c5 e1+ 34. 2 f 1+ 35. e3 c4 36.
:b4 d5 37. b8+ e7 38. g8 d6 39. e4+ :e4 40. :e4
a1 41. :g7 :a4+ 42. f3 h5 43. f7 a3+ 44. f2 f5 45.
flh7 d5 46. :h5 e4 47. h6 a6 48. g3 d6 49. h7 d3+
50. f 2 4 51. :a7 d2+ 52. f 1 e5 53. g7 e3 54. g3+
d4 55. h4 e4 56. h5 d1+ 57. e2 h1 58. g5
1/2

24. A92
Euwe - ALekhine

DeLft, 28.11.1935

1. d4 e6 2. c4 f5 3. g3 b4+ 4. d2 e7 5. g2 f 6 6. c3 0—0
7. f3 e4 8. 0—0 f6 9. :e4 fe 10. e1 :d4 11. :e4 :b2
12. :h7+ :h7 13. c2+ g8 14. :b2 c6 15. f3 d6 16. c5
dc 17. c3 e7 18. ad1 b6 19. c2 b7 20. g6 f7 21. g5
ad8 22. h4 :d1 23. :d1 d4 24. :d4 Cd 25. :d4 :f3 26.
f4 h5 27. :f8+ :f8 28. f4+ f7 29. :f 3 :f3 30. ef e5
31. f1b532. e2c533. e3
1/2

25. D52
ALekhine - Euwe
Amsterdam, 1—2. 12. 1935

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. f 3 6 4. c3 e6 5. g5 bd7 6. e3 a5
7. Cd :d5 8. d2 7b6 9. d3 :c3 10. bc d5 11. c1 :c3
12. 0—0 b4 13. a3 :a3 14. a1 b3 15. c2 d5 16. e4 :e4
17. &:b4 :g5 18. e5 aS 19. a3 f6 20. g6+ hg 21. :g6
f3+ 22. Hf3 :f3 23. gf h5 24. f4 f5 25. d3 :f3 26.
c5 b6 27. g2 f 4 28. b3 e5 29. de e6 30. c1 0—0—0 31. ef
g4+ 32. f3 f 8 33. e3 :f6 34. f4 g5 35. d3 c4 36. f5
— 72 —
h4 37. ad1 fl:h2 38. ‘e4 e2+ 39. ‘f 3 e8 40. ‘g4 d8 41.
e5 fl:dl 42. fl:dl e2+ 43. :g5 :f5+ 44. :f5 :d1 45.
:c6 a4
0:1

26. E18

Euwe - ALekhine

Zandvort,3—4. 12.1935

1. d4 e6 2. c4 f5 3. g3 b4+ 4. d2 e7 5. g2 f6 6. c3 0—0
7. f 3 e4 8. 0—0 b6 9. c2 b7 10. e5 :c3 11. :c3 :g2
12. :g2 c8 13. d5 d6 14. d3 e5 15. h1 c6 16. b3 ‘h8 17.
f4 e4 18. b4 c5 19. c2 d7 20. e3 f6 21. 5 . :c3 22.
:d6 b8 23. :e4 f 6 24. d2 g5 25. e4 gf 26. gf d4 27. e5
e8 28. e6 g8 29. f3 fg6 30. g1 :g1 31. :g1 f6 32.
g5 g7 33. ed fl:d7 34. e3 e7 35. e6 f 8 36. e5 :e5
37. fe f5 38. e1 h6 39. d8 f 2 40. e6 d2 41. c6 fle8 42.
e7 b5 43. d8 g7 44. b7 f6 45. fle6+ g5 46. d6 :e7 47.
e4+

1:0

27. C27

ALekhine - Euwe

The Hague, 6.12.1935

1. e4 e5 2. c3 f6 3. c4 :e4 4. h5 d6 5. b3 e7 6.
f 3 c6 7. :e5 :e5 8. :e5 0—0 9. d5 e8’1O. 0—0 f 8 11.
4 c6 12. e3 a5 13. d4 h5 14. c3 e4 15. f3 g5 16. d5 Cd
17. :d5 e6 18. g4 g6 19. e3 b6 20. ad1 b7 21. :g6
hg 22. fe1 ac8 23. f 2 c5 24. :c5 :d5 25. :d5 :c5
26. :e8+ :e8 27. b4 e6 28. :e6 de 29. fld7 c8 30. :a7

:c3 31. a8+ h7 32. a4 b3 33. b5 g5 34. e2 e5 35. d2 f6

36. c2 b4 37. c3 d4 38. a6 g6 39. :b6 :a4 40. a6
d441. b6
1:0

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28. D66
Euwe - Atekhine
Amsterdam, 8—9. 12. 1935

1. d4 f 6 2. c4 e6 3. c3 d5 4. g5 e7 5. e3 bd7 6. f 3 0—0
7. c1 c6 8. d3 h6 9. h4 dc 10. :c4 b5 11. d3 a6 12. e4
:e4 13. :e4 :h4 14. :c6 a7 15. 0—0 b6 16. e4 e7 17.
e5 c7 18. d3 c4 19. :c4 :c6 20. e5 :c1 21. :c1
b7 22. c5 :c5 23. :c5 d6 24. a4 ba 25. c4 f 4 26. fe3
g4 27. f3 g6 28. d6 d5 29. c3 h7 30. c2 :c2 31.
:c2 g6 32. c8 :c8 33. :c8 f6 34. ±‘f 2 g5 35. b6 c6
36. c4 ±‘e7 37. e3 d6 38. e2 f5 39. g3 b5+ 40. ±‘d2 f4
41. gf gf 42. g2 e5 43. de+ :e5 44. c3 f 1 45. e1 d5 46.
c2 ±‘c5 47. d4 h3 48. e2 g2 49. :f4 :f 3 50. d3+
b5 51. e5 h5 52. c4 g4 53. d6+ c5 54. f 7 h5 55.
e5 f 5 56. c4 e4 57. d2 g2 58. h4 d5 59. c4 e4 60.
d6+’cJ561. e8c562. f6f363.b3
1/2

29. B03
A(ekhine - Euwe
Amsterdam, 12—13. 12. 1935

1. e4 f6 2. e5 d5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 b6 5. f 3 g4 6. e2 de
7. CS e4 8. Gb ef 9. :f3 :f3 10. :f3 ab 11. Hb7 d7 12.
f4 eS 13. :eS :eS 14. de b4+ 15. c3 :c3+ 16. bc 0—0 17.
0—0 fe7 18. fe1 cS 19. e3 a3 20. f 3 e8 21. h3 aS 22.
d1 e7 23. c6 cS 24. d7 g6 25. f4 c4 26. :e7 :e7 27.
d4 cS 28. f 2 c6 29. a4 a7 30. flb4 bS 31. ab cb 32. f 3
ac7 33. b3 ±‘f 8 34. g4 ±‘e7 35. fS gf 36. gf f6 37. f 4 fe+
38. :eS+ :eS 39. :eS cS+ 40. e4 f6 41. a3 c4+ 42.
‘d3 h4 43. flb3 :f 5 44. :b5+ e6 45. c4 flh3+ 46. d4
d647. b6+ c748. f6 hS49. c3 b7S0. b4c7
1/2

30. D21
Euwe - Atekhine
Amsterdam, 15.12.1935

1. d4 dS 2. c4 dc 3. f 3 d7 4. a4 c6 5. f:c4 gf6 6. g3 g6
7. c3 g7 8. g2 0—0 9. 0—0 &aS 10. e4 fh5 11. d3 b6 12.
e2 d8 13. a4 bd7 14. b4 gS 15. :gS e5 16. c2 g6 17.

— 74 —
h3 h6 18. f3 g4 19. hg :g4 20. :g4 :g4 21. :f7 :f7
22. c4+ e6 23. f3 h5 24. e3 g8 25. f 2 f6 26. af 1 h4
27. :e6+ :e6 28. f4+ f 7 29. :h5 e7 30. h2 g6 31.
b2 ac8 32. f4 f 8 33. f5 g5 34. :g5 :g5 35. f4 h7
36. e6h5+37.g2f638. f3g839. f4hg54O. g1
1/2

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— 76 —
...I THOUGHT OUT THE CONTOURS OF THE DAZZLING REVANCHE.

A.Alekhine.

THE DAZZLING REVANCHE

The games of Alekhine’s was the 14—th game of the match

matches against consultants (or:
Euwe & Co.) cited here without
comments dont as much for the
sake of sharp the abridgement of
voLume aLL book as because these
games require other eLucidation
on principLe, that it was done
formeLy, as tiLL today comments
have been given superficial if
— 1937, where Alekhine having
got the advantage aLready in the
opening wasn’t in a hurry to
inflict the concLuding bLow, he
adjourned the game and conquered
just on the 7—th of November’ —
It was the dazzLing revanche for
defeat in the match — 1935.
Alekhine was the great

the talk was about easy friendly speciaL ist at dazzling

dueLs. And reaLLy the unique revanches. At the tournament
battLe was deveLoping in the Hastings —1936/37 he infLicted
history of civiLization where it to Fine so bright revanche for
was the LoneLy warrior on the preceding defeat, that Fine lost
first hand, and on the other one of sight (in a transfered

the inteLLectuaL and financiaL meaning), because in the articLe

might of the states (the speciaL “The sums of Marget” he named of

interest to those matches was S.Flor great, and led of
dispLayed by the government of ALekhine to the LeveL of
the USSR, which was necessary to beginner: “The games of ALekhine
prove the justice of the words are absoluteLy erroneous in the
of V.Mayakovsky ‘One is sense of strategy”. Soon in the
nonsense, one is zero”). But it tournament Kemery 1937
was ALekhine who came out from Alekhine created his best
the battLe as the absolute positionaL masterpiece (it
victor and with the hOnour. The happened in the game against
bright moment of this struggLe Fine). Then (1956 — 1982) Fine

— 77—
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nax M 3T0 — 3OI1OTOi ØOH) waxMaT—

— 78 —
became famous in abuse of the It is welt—known to them, he
great chess pLayers Paul Morphy pubLished in the chess
and, of course, ALekhine. So, magazines, and it is the goLd
one can see, Greeshammer took fund of chess literature. Of
away the estafette of abuse from course, the quantity of the
Fine. printed pages of Morphy much
Why now, when the acuteness less the quantity of
of the moment passed Long ago, pubLications •of any from
Botvinnik, Fine, Greeshammer, mentioned, but it onLy proves
Reshevsky, Linder and others so that Morphy wasn’t a graphoman.
activeLy speak against of There is the only one answer
Atekhine? So. they are evidentLy these questions. The creation of
too, that anti— Jewish attacks the genius chess—pLayers doesnt
beLong to Nazi, but not to grew oLder — more than three
ALekhine. hundred years the games of
We’Ll find the right answer Calabriets triumphLy pass by the
easier, if compLetely ask pages of the best text—books and
folLowing questions ourseLves. now the games of Morphy and
Why do Botvinnik and Alekhine are worthiLy going
Neishtadt affirm that Calabriets cLose by them caLling the
invented his games? But it is deLight of true judges and
quite cLear, that Joakino Greko someone’s envy. And though the
having been the strongest chess indecent journalists soil of the
player of his time stiLl pLayed great chess—pLayers, if the taLk
5Qme remarkabLe games. turns on the pure chess subject,so
Why do the historians the briLliant games of Greko,
Y.Neishtadt, V.Khenkin, I.Linder Morphy, ALekhine ceLebrate
affirm that Paul Morphy didn’t a dazzLing revanche.
leave the Literary cess legacy?

- 79 -
 D17
Euwe - Atekhine

The Hague, 5-6.10.1937

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. f 3 f6 4. c3 dc4 5. a4 5 6. e5 bd7
7. :c4 c7 8. g3 e5 9. de5 :e5 10. f4 fd7 11. g2 f6 12.
0—0 d8 13. c1 e6 14. e4 b4 15. a5 0—0 16. a6 ba6 17.
:e5 :e5 18. c5 :c5 19. :c5 g5 20. e3 d5 21. :a6
:g2 22. :g2 f7 23. fa1 d6 24. :d6 ll:d6 25. :a7 :a7
26. ll:a7 c4 27. c5 e6 28. d4 ll:e2 29. :f6 g4 30. f 1
c2 31. g7+ ‘f 8 32. :g4 :b2 33. :b2 :b2 34. c4 b6
36. e2 f7 36. 11h4 g6 37. f 4 b3 38. c4 b6 39. e3
5 40. g4+ e6 41. f4 d5 42. d4+ e6 43. f 5+ e7 44. e4+
f7 45. h4 b1 46. f4 c1 47. 11a4 h6 48. a7+ g8 49. g5
c4+ 50. e5
1:0

2. D17
Atekhine - Euwe
Aotterdam, 7. 10. 1937

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. 3 f6 4. c3 dc4 5. a4 5 6. e5 e6 7.
g5 b4 8. :c4 d5 9. :f6 :c4 10. d2 gf6 11. e4. b3 12.
ef 5 d7 13. fe6 fe6 14. e2 0—0—0 15. 0—0 e5 16. deS :e5 17.
c1 :c3 18. bc3 hg8 19. e3 ‘b8 20. g3 d7 21. ab1 c2
22. fe1 d2 23. :d2 ll:d2 24. f4 g6 25. c4 gd8 26. e6
118d6 27. be1 ‘c7 28. :d6 ll:d6 29. h4 d7 30. ‘f 2 e7 31.
3 d5 32. d3 h6 33. f5+ d8 34. g4 e7 35. b1 e8
36. h5 f 7 37. a2+ f 8 38. :h6 11d2 39. e6 d3 40. g4
!:c341. g5
1:0

3. D46
Euwe - Atekhine
Amsterdam, 10—11.10.1937

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. 3 f6 4. c3 e6 5. e3 bd7 6. d3 b4
7. 0—0 0—0 8. a3 :c3 9. bc3 c7 10. d2 e5 11. b2 e4 12. e2
b5 13. cbS cbS 14. a4 ba4 15. c4 dc4 16. :c4 b6 17. :b6 ab6
18. :a4 d7 19. ll:a8 :a8 20. b1 11e8 21. c1 d6 22. c2
h6 23. c7 :c7 24. :c7 c8 25. :c8+ :c8 26. f3 b7 27.
‘f2 e8 28. a3 d5 29. e7 f5 30. fe4 fe4 31. d8 d6 32.

— 80 —
 :b6 c4 33. c7 ‘f 7 34. h4 g5 35. h5+ ‘e7 36. g4 b7 37.
e5 :e5 38. de5 gh4 39. ‘gi a6 40. ‘h2 ‘f7 41. ‘h3 f 1
42. 5 ‘e7 43. ‘h2 e2 44. ‘h3 f 1 45. :e4 ‘e6 46. :h4
:e5 47. f3 ‘f6 48. ‘h5 ‘g7 49. e4 d3 50. e5 g6+ 51. ‘g4
‘f7 52. d5+ ‘e7 53. ‘f4 h7 54. g3 ‘f8 55. e4 g8 56.
f3e757. g4e658. f4e7
1/2

4. D17

Atekhine - Euwe

Amsterdam, 12.10.1937

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. f 3 f 6 4. c3 dc4 5. a4 5 6. e5 e6 7.
f3 b4 8. g5 cS 9. dc5 d5 10. :d5 ed5 11. e4 de4 12. :c4
0—0 13. :f6 gf6 14. 0—0—0 ef 3 15. dS c6 16. gf3 cS 17.

:f6+ h8 18. ildS d4 19. e4 :e4 20. fe4 llad8 21. eS

ll:ds 22. edS 11e8 23. :f7+ ‘g7 24. gS h6 25. e6+ :e6 26.
de6ll:e627. c4
1/2

5. D28
Euwe - Atekhine
The Hague, 14.10.1937

1. d4 dS 2. c4 dc4 3. f 3 a6 4. e3 f 6 5. :c4 e6 6. 0—0 cS 7.

e2 c6 8. c3 bS 9. b3 e7 10. dcS :cS 11. e4 b4 12. eS
bc3 13. ef6 gf6 14. c4 (b6 15. :c3 d4 16. :d4 :d4 17.
a4+ e7 18. e3 :c3 19. :b6 eS 20. iladi f 8 21. f4
:b2 22. 11f3 b7 23. 11g3 a3 24. ll:a3 11g8 25. g3 ll:g3 26.
hg3 dS 27. b3 :b3 28. ab3 ‘e8 29. b4 11b8 30. cS 11c8 31.
llai 11c6 32. ‘f2 fS 33. ‘e3 f6 34. ‘d4 f7 35. ‘c4 ‘g6 36.
d1 hS 37. !d6 !:d6 38. :d6 ‘g4 39. e7 ‘:g3 40. :f6
41. ‘cS
1:0

— 81 —
6. D10

Atekhine - Euwe

Haartem, 16.10.1937

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. c3 dc4 4. e4 e5 5. :c4 ed4 6. f 3 b5 7.

:b5 a6 8. b3 e7 9. 0—0 :b5 10. :b5 f6 11. c4 bd7
12. :cJ4 b8 13. c2 c5 14. f 5 e5 15. f4 h5 16. :f 7+
:f7 17. :c5 :c5 18. :e5 b5 19. d6 b6 20. b4 d8 21.
iladi c522. bc5 :c523. d5
1:0

7• D18

Euwe - Atekhine

Rotterdam, 19. 10. 1937

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. f 3 f 6 4. c3 dc4 5. a4 f 5 6. e3 e6 7.
:c4 bd7 8. 0—0 d6 9. e2 e4 10. :e4 :e4 11. d2 g6
12. e4 c7 13. b3 0—0 14. f4 f 6 15. c2 :d4+ 16. h1 (b4
17. g4 ad8 18. f5 ef 5 19. ef 5 fe8 20. g2 :g4 21. fg6 hg6
22. d1 :g2+ 23. :g2 11d4 24. f3 11g4+ 25. ‘h3 d8 26.
ig5 b4 27. d2 e4 28. b3 e2 29. c3 11d3 30. h4 :f 3

0:1

8. E25

Atekhine - Euwe

Leyden, 21.10.1937

1. d4 f6 2. c4 e6 3. c3 b4 4. c2 d5 5. cd5 :d5 6. e3 cS
7. a3 :c3+ 8. bc3 bd7 9. f3 cd4 10. cd4 b6 11. e2 d7 12.
f4 d6 13. d2 c8 14. b2 fdS 15. :dS edS 16. b4 e6
17. f 2 a4 18. d2 b6 19. a6 11b8 20. e4 bS 21. f4 b6 22.
edS :dS 23. he1+ e6 24. llacl f6 25. c7 d8 26. :a7
1:0

— 82 —
9. D18

Euwe - ALekhine

The Hague, 24.10.1937

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. f3 f6 4. c3 dc4 5. a4 f5 6. e3 e6 7.
:c4 b4 8. 0—0 bd7 9. e2 e4 10. d3 :c3 11. bc3 :c3
12. c2 :cJ3 13. :cJ3 cJ5 14. a3 a5 15. ab1 b4 16. :b4
ab4 17. :b4 0—0 18. c2 c7 19. fb1 fb8 20. e4 11a5 21. e5
h6 22. d2 c5 23. b3 aa8 24. c4 b6 25. f4 c6 26. dc5 bc5
27. a1 b6 28. a3 a7 29. f2 b6 30. ll:c5 :a4 31. ilci
2+ 32. :f 2 11b4 33. g3 11d8 34. ‘e2 b6 35. d2 g5 36. fg5
hg5 37. 11d3 d5 38. c4 :c4 39. :c4 11a8 40. e3 :e3 41.
:e3

1/2

10. E34
Alekhine — Euw.

The Hague, 26.10.1937

1. d4 f6 2. c4 e6 3. c3 b4 4. c2 d5 5. cds :d5 6. e3 CS
7. a3 :c3+ 8. bc3 c6 9. f 3 0—0 10. c4 d6 11. b2 cd4 12.
ed4 b6 13. d3 b7 14. 0—0 ac8 15. e2 f4 16. ad1 fe8
17. h3 a5 18. e5 e4 19. fe1 :d3 20. :d3 ed8 21. c1
h4 22. e2 e8 23. g4 c6 24. g2 :eS 25. deS hS 26. ghS
:c4 27. f 3 f8 28. h6 fs 29. g3 :g3+ 30. fg3 llfc8 31. hg7
11c2+ 32. f 3 2c3+ 33. e3 :a3 34. 11d7 11c4 35. ‘f 2 11c2+
36. e2 11aa237. :c2 :c2+38. ‘f3a539. h’ 11c840. e7
1:0

11. D17

Euwe - ALekhine

Groningen, 30. 10.1937

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. f 3 .f6 4. c3 dc4 S. a4 5 6. eS e6 7.
gS b4 8. f3 h6 9. :f6 gf6 10. :c4 c5 11. dcS :d1+ 12.
:d1 c2 13. c1 b3 14. d2 :c3 15. fl:c3 :a4 16. e4 ‘e7
17. d3 11d8 18. ‘e2 c6 19. ‘e3 b4 20. b1 bS 21. b3 fS
22. aS b6 23. cb6 ab6 24. c4 ilal 25. a3 a6 26. 11b3 d3
2. ef S :b2 28. II :b2 :a3+ 29. f 2 fld6 30. fe6 II :e6
1/2

— 83 —
12. E34
Alekhine - Euwe

Amsterdam, 1.11.1937

1. d4 f6 2. c4 e6 3. c3 b4 4. Wc2 d5 5. cd5 W:d5 6. e3 c5

7. a3 :c3+ 8. bc3 0—0 9. 3 cd4 10. cd4 b6 11. c4 Wc6 12.
d3 W:c2 13. :c2 a6 14. e5 bd7 15. :d7 :d7 16. b2
llac8 17. !cl !fd8 18. f3 e5 19. 2 ed4 20. :d4 c5 21.
!hdl e6 22. b3 !:cl 23. !:cl :d4 24. ed4 flc8 25. !dl
c326. d5
1/2

13. D18
Euwe - ALekhine

Amsterdam, 3-4. 11. 1937

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. f 3 f6 4. c3 dc4 5. a4 5 6. e3 e6 7.
:c4 bd7 8. e2 e4 9. 0—0 b4 10. d3 :c3 11. :e4 b4
12. :f 5 ef 5 13. d5 cds 14. Wb5 WaS 15. W:b7 !b8 16. Wc6 Wc5
17. d4 flb6 18. W:c5 :c5 19. aS !a6 20. c2 :a5 21. b4
:b4 22. b2 a5 23. :g7 flg8 24. e5 b3 25. !a4 !ag6 26.
g3 b6 27. !f4 h5 28. flh4 aS 29. !:h5 !c6 30. a3 d4 31.
ed4 :d4 32. e1+ ‘d7 33. f 1 !c3 34. b1 !c2 35. !dl ‘±‘c6
36. h6+ flg6 37. !h8 ±b7 38. !f8 !g7 39. e5 f3 40. !b8+
41. !d7+ c7 42. fl:c7+ ‘±‘:b8 43. fl:c2+ :e5 44. flcS f6
45. fl:a5 !c7 46. d2 !c2 47. fld5 c7 48. e2 !b2 49. h3
c6 50. !d4 c5 51. e3 g6 52. !d8 e7 53. d3 !b7 54.
‘‘e3 !b2 55. !d3 d5+ 56. 3 b4 57. !c3+ ‘d4 58. !b3
fl:b3+ 59. :b3+ ‘e5 60. g3 c6 61. h4 d8 62. c5 f7 63.
d3+ d4 64. e1 e5 65. d3+ e6 66. f 4 d6 67. c5+
f7 68. b3
1:0

14. E03
ALekhine - Euwe
ZwoLLe, 6-7.11.1937

1. d4 f6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. 3 dc4 5. Wa4+ bd7 6. :c4 cS

7. g2 b6 8. Wd3 cd4 9. 0—0 e7 10. :d4 0—0 11. c3 e5 12.
5 b4 13. Wc2 :c3 14. bc3 :f5 15. :f 5 c7 16. h6
bd7 17. g5 e8 18. ab1 c5 19. Wg4 !d8 20. g5 !d6 21.
c4 b6 22. f4 !g6 23. flbdl e4 24. h4 b5 25. b4 aS 26. Wa3

—84—
f5 27. d8 (a7 28. h1 a6 29. d5 e6 30. fd1 :d8 31.
:d8 f7 32. 1d5 c6 33. :b5 c4 34. :f5 cf6 35. :f6
gf6 36. d4 :e2 37. b3+ h8 38. :e4 d2 39. b1 :c3 40.
e1 :e1+ 41. :e1 d6 42. c6 b8 43. e6 b1+ 44. g2
b2+ 45. h3 f 5 46. :f6 e7 47. e4 g7 48. e6 f 7 49.
h6 fl :a250. :h7+f65i. h6+f752. a6
1:0

15. D18
Euwe - Atekhine

Rotterdam, 9-10. 11. 1937

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. f3 f6 4. c3 dc4 5. a4 f5 6. e3 e6 7.
:c4 b4 8. 0—0 bd7 9. e2 g6 10. d3 :d3 11. :d3 0—0
12. d1 e7 13. e4 e5 14. g5 h6 15. :f6 :f6 16. d5 fd8
17. dc6 bc6 18. a2 e7 19. b4 aS 20. c3 ab4 21. :b4 c5 22.
:d8+ :d8 23. c4 :e4 24. :c6 d2 25. :d2 :d2 26.
:e7+ :e7 27. a5 f6 28. f1 d8 29. a6 d4 30. 1a2 d5
31. 1c4 a5 32. b1 a8 33. c7 :a6 34. b8+ h7 35. h3
a1+ 36. ±h2 ff6 37. c2+ g6 38. b3 f4+ 39. g3 1a4 40.
1d3 a2 41. g2 fa7 42. e3 c7 43. f3g7 44. d5 a5
45. b5 :b5 46. :b5 c3 47. e8 d4 48. c6 d3 49. fc5
e4+ 50. gi g5 51. g4 d4 52. c2 f4 53. g2 h5 54. gh5
h6 55. d1 e4 56. d4 f3+ 57. g1 :h5 58. h8+ g6 59.
g8+f660. d8+f561. c8+e562. b8+
1/2

16. E02
Atekhine - Euwe

Rotterdam, 11-12.11.1937

1. d4 f 6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. g2 dc4 5. a4+ bd7 6. c3 CS

7. f 3 a6 8. 0—0 e7 9. dc5 :c5 10. &:c4 b5 11. 1h4 b7 12.
g5 0—0 13. ad1 1C7 14. c1 b6 15. b4 e7 16. fd1 C6
17. e3 1b7 18. :d7 :d7 19. g5 b8 20. :a8 :a8 21.
:h7 c8 22. gS c4 23. ce4 :c1+ 24. :c1 d5 25. c3
e5 26.. b2 c6 27. a3 d6 28. e3 5 29. e4 g6 30. f3 d7
31. h3 f6 32. f4 f7 33. g4 eS 34. :e6 :f3+ 35. f2
:e6 36. :e6 d2 37. d4 :e4+ 38. :e4 :e4 39. e3 b7
40. f 5 c7 41. d4 f 7 42. c5 g6 43. d6 d8 44. d4
dS 45. h3 b6 46. cS c7 47. e2 c4 48. f4+ f 7 49. h4
g5 SO. hgs fgS 51. h3 f6 52. f 2 f 5 53. g4+ ±e6 54. h3

— 85 —
‘f 6 55. d4+ g6 56. e4 f 1 57. f 2 g2+ 58. d3 d5 59.
d1 f3 60. f2 f4 61. e3 g3 62. d4 b8 63. d3 e5
64. d4f465. e3
1/2

17. D19
Euwe - At.khine
The Hague, 14.11.1937

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. f 3 f6 4. c3 dc4 5. a4 f 5 6. e3 e6 7.
:c4 b4 8. 0—0 0—0 9. e2 e4 10. d3 :c3 11. bc3 :c3 12.
c2 :d3 13. :d3 d5 14. a3 11e8 15. llabl b6 16. llfcl aS
17. e5 b4 18. : b4 ab4 19. :c6 : c6 20. II :c6 e5 21. II :b4
ed4 22. ll:d4 b8 23. b5 11c8 24. g3 ll:c6 25. :c6 h6 26. 11b4
11a6 27. b5 Ifa8 28. 11d4 Ifc8 29. 11e4 h7 30. 11e7 11a5 31.
:b6 c1+ 32. g2 11f5 33. Ifd4 c2 34. e4 11f6 35. fle5 11c6
36. aS e2 37. d5 ilci 38. :f7 f1+ 39. f3 Ifdi+ 40. f4
d2+ 41. g4
1:0

18. D41

Alekhine - Euwe

The Hague, 16—17.11.1937

1. 3 d5 2. c4 e6 3. d4 f6 4. c3 CS 5. cd5 :d5 6. e4 :c3

7. bc3 cd4 8. cd4 b4+ 9. d2 :d2+ 10. :d2 0—0 11. c4 c6
12. 0-0 b6 13. llfdl b7 14. Iff4 flc8 15. dS edS 16. :dS Ife7
17. gS e5 18. :b7 g6 19. f S :b7 20. 11d7 Ifa6 21. h4
llcS 22. 11d5 ll:dS 23. edS c8 24. Ife4 11e8 25. Ifa4 11e7 26. d6
fld7 27. lldl f 8 28. f4 c6 29. e4 c2 30. ilci :a2 31.
hS h6 32. g3 e6 33. IfeS (a6 34. 5 (d3 35. h2 h7 36.
11c3 d1 37. f3 d2 38. flc4 gS 39. flh4 Iff6 40. e4 c5 41.
c2 aS 42. g3 a4 43. 11g4 g6 44. h4 If:d6 45. hg6+ fg6 46. 11d4
e6 47. ll:d7+ :d7 48. Ha4 hS 49. c2 eS SO. g2 c4 Si.
:g6
1/2

— 86 —
19. E21
Euwe - Atekhine

Eindhoven, 20-21.11.1937

1. d4 f 6 2. c4 e6 3. c3 b4 4. f 3 e4 5. c2 d5 6. e3 c5
7. d3 f6 8. cd5 ed5 9. dc5 :c510. 0—0 c6 11.e4 e7 12.
e5 g4 13. e1 b4 14. b5+ f8 15. e2 c5 16. d1 f 5
17. h3 h5 18. g5 b6 19. h4 e4 20. hg4 c2 21. c3 d4
22 &f 1 hg4 23. a4 c7 24. :e4 de4 25. c4 c8 26. c1 b6
27. :c5 bc5 28. a6 :e5 29. :c8 :g5 30. :c5+ :c5 31.
:c5 :h4 32. c4 e2+ 33. f 1 f4 34. gi g3 35. a6 gf 2+
36. :f 2 h6 37. :e4 :a6 38. :f4 :a2 39. b4 g6 40. b7
g7 41. f3 g5 42. b4 g6 43. b5 f5 44. b6 a3+ 45. f2 a6 46.

1/2

20. E34
Atekhine - Euwe

Amsterdam, 23.11.1937

1. d4 f6 2. c4 e6 3. c3 b4 4. c2 d5 5. cd5 :d5 6. e3 c5
7. d2 :c3 8. bc3 0—0 9. f 3 c6 10. c4 d6 11. dc5 :c5 12.
!bl e5 13. g5 h6 14. e4.:e4 15. :e4 d8 16. b5 e7 17.
e2 b6 18. 3 b7 19. c2 ac8 20. 0—0 a6 21. d5 b4 22.
:b4 :b4 23. :d8+ :d8 24. c1 d2 25. b3 a5 26. a3 g6
27. h4 e4 28. :e4 h5 29. c3 e2 30. f6 :c4 31. :g6
d1+ 32. :d1 :d1+ 33. h2 fg6 34. :g6+ ‘f8 35. :h6+ g8
36. g6+ f 8 37. h6+ g8 38. g5+ f 8 39. f4+ f7 40.
b8+ ‘g7 41. :a7
1/2

21. E18
Euwe - Atekhine

Amsterdam, 25.11.1937

1. d4 f6 2. c4 e6 3. f3 b6 4. g3 b7 5. &g2 b4+ 6. d2
e7 7. c3 e4 8. 0—0 0—0 9. d5 :d2 10. :d2 f6 11. ad1
d6 12. de6 e6 13. d4 :g2 14. :g2 c8 15. e3 :d4 16.
:d4 c6 17. e4 f6 18. f4 d7 19. g4 af8 20. g5 f 5 21.
h4 f 7 22. f 3 h8 23. d3 d5 24. :e6 b4 25. e3 c2 26.

— 87 —
d2 :e6 27. cd5 f7 28. :c2 ll:f4 29. d3 h5 30. :f4
ll:f431. h3llg4+32. f2h6
0:1

22. A09

Atekhine - Euwe

Detft, 27—28.11.1937

1. f3 d5 2. c4 d4 3. e3 c6 4. ed4 :d4 5. :d4 :d4 6. c3

f6 7. d3 c6 8. e3 d7 9. d4 g6 10. e2 &g7 11. h3 0—0 12.
0—0 b6 13. 3 &b7 14. a4 ad8 15. a5 c7 16. b3 d7 17. ab6
ab6 18. 11a7 fla8 19. fa1 e6 20. ll:a8 :a8 21. d5 cd5 22. cd5
c5 23. (c4 ed5 24. &:d5 &:d5 25. :d5 11e5 26. flbl a4 27.
b3 b2 28. .c6 b5 29. &f4 e6 30. :b5 e4 31. ilci d3 32.
c4 e2 33. llfl :f4 34. :f4 b5 35. f3 11b8 36. ilbi a6
37. d1 a3 38. flbi a2 39. d3 d4 40. llfl b2 41. e7+
‘f 8 42. c6 :f 2+ 43. ‘h2 fle8 44. 1f 3 e2 45. d4 fld2 46.
e6+ e7 47. f4 d4 48. h1 11a2 49. e2 ilal 50. b7+ f6
51. :d4 fl:fi+ 52. ‘h2 &gi+ 53. g3 f2+ 54. ‘f3 :d4+ 55.
‘e4 lldl 56. d5 ‘e7 57. g4 h5 58. gh5 f5+ 59. ‘f3 fld3+ 60.
‘e2 11e3+61. ‘d2 11e462. hg6
1:0

23. E17

Euwe - Alekhine

Rotterdam, 30.11—i. 12.1937

1. d4 f 6 2. c4 e6 3. f 3 b6 4. g3 b7 5. g2 e7 6. 0—0 0—0
7. b3 d5 8. e5 CS 9. dC5 bCS 10. CdS edS 11. C3 bd7 12. d3
b6 13. a4 aS 14. a3 11C8 15. bS e4 16. e1 d7 17. ildi
d6 18. f4 :bS 19. abS f6 20. :d5 :dS 21. e4 C4 22.
:e7 :e7 23. edS :e1 24. llf:ei Cb3 25. d6 :g2 26.
flb8 27. d7 g6 28. llai ll:b5 29. 11e8 11d5 30. ll:aS ll:d7 31.
fl:f8+ :f8 32. flb5 fld3 33. flb7 ‘g7 34. flb6 g5 35. h3 h5 36.
h4 g4 37. 11b5 ‘g6 38. flg5+ ‘h6 39. flb5 f6 40. f1 ‘g6 41.
‘e2 11f3 42. ‘e1 f5 43. 11b6+ ‘f7 44. 11h6 f4 45. fl:h5 flC3 46.
flb5f347. d2 11C2+48. e3b249. f 4 fl4+s0. e3
1/2

— 88 —
24. D41
ALekhine - Euwe

Rotterdam, 2.12.1937

1. f 3 d5 2. c4 e6 3. d4 f6 4. c3 cS 5. cd5 :d5 6. g3 cd4 7.

:d5 :d5 8. :d4 :d4 9. :d4 b4+ 10. d2 :d2+ 11. :d2
e7 12. g2 d8 13. e3 a6 14. ac1 Ub8 15. a3 d7 16. f4
f6 17. e4 e8 18. b4 fld7 19. f5 c7 20. fe6 :e6 21. :e6
:e6 22. :h7 f5 23. c5 g6 24. g8+ f6 25. flhcl fle7+ 26.
f 2 c6 27. d5 flbe8 28. flei :d5 29. :d5 g5 30. d6+ e5
31. fledl g4 32. flld5+ e4 33. fld4+ e5 34. e3 fle6 35.
fl4ds+ f6+ 36. f4 g6 37. fl:e6+ !e6 38. fleS a6 39. fl:f5
:a340. b5b641. :g4
1:0

25. E46
Euw. - ALekhin.

Th. Hague, 4.12, 7.12.1937

1. d4 f6 2. c4 e6 3. c3 b4 4. e3 0—0 5. ge2 d5 6. a3 e7
7. cd5 ed5 8. g3 CS 9. dcS :c5 10. b4 d4 11. bcS dc3 12. c2
aS 13. flbl d7 14. flb3 a4 15. :c3 d8 16. c4 a6 17.
:a6 ba6 18. 0—0 :b3 19. :b3 b8 20. c2 dS 21. e4 (b3
22. e2 b5 23. f3 :cS 24. f5 flbl 25. f4 :e4 26. h4
e8 27. flei c3 28. fldl d2 29. fl:d2 fl:ci+ 30. h2 c7 31.
fld6 c5 32. g3 flf8 33. g4 f6 34. h3 h5 35. d2 hg4+ 36. :g4
f7 37. hS fl:f5 38. :fS :h5+ 39. f4 h4+ 40. f3 h3+
41. e4fle8+42. dSb3+43. d4:a3
0:1

26. D19
ALekhine - Euwe

The Hague, 8.12.1937

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. f 3 f6 4. c3 dc4 5. a4 f 5 6. e3 e6 7.
:c4 b4 8. 0—0 0—0 9. e2 e4 10. g4 g6 11. e5 :c3 12.
bc3 :c3 13. :g6 hg6 14. flbl e7 15. f4 CS 16. dc5 c6 17.
a3 aS 18. flbcl b4 19. :b4 ab4 20. bS fd8 21. flfdl
:d1+ 22. :d1 eS 23. d6 h4 24. :c6 bc6 25. :c6 fld8 26.

1/2

— 89 —
27. E21

Euwe — ALekhine.

Amsterdam, 9.12.1937

1. d4 f6 2. c4 e6 3. c3 b4 4. f 3 b6 5. g5 h6 6. :f6
7. bc3 :f6 8. e4 b7 9. d3 d6 10. 0—0 e5 11. c5 0—0 12.
b1 d8 13.’ fc2 d7 14. cd6 cd6 15. a4 ac8 16. a5 d5 17. ab6
ab6 18. ed5 ed4 19. :d4 :d5 20. f 5 g6 21. :d7 :d7 22.
d2 h7 23. fe1 a8 24. b2 da7 25. c2 a2 26. e3
:b227. :b2 e628. a1
1/2

28. All
ALekhin. - Euw.
Amsterdam, 12. 12. 1937

1. 3 d5 2. c4 c6 3. e3 f 5 4. cd5 cd5 5. b3 c7 6. b5+

d7 7. c3 e6 8. :d7+ :d7 9. d4 gf6 10. d2 a6 11. 0—0
d6 12. f ci b6 13. c2 c8 14. a4 0—0 15. aS c7 16. &b1
b8 17. h3 flc6 18. b4 c4 19. a4 fl:ci+ 20. :c1 e4 21.
c5 :c5 22. dc5 e5 23. :e5 :e5 24. b2 c7 25. d3 f6
26. c1 c6 27. f3 g5 28. d1 f7 29. f4 b5 30. :b5 abS
31. e4 d8 32. ed5 ed5 33. flei f 8 34. d4 a8 35. c6 d8 36.
c5+ g8 37. fle8+
1:0

29. D40
Euw - ALekhine

Rotterdam, 14. 12. 1937

1. f 3 f6 2. c4 e6 3. c3 d5 4. d4 CS 5. g5 cd4 6. :d4 e5
7. f 3 d4 8. dS c6 9. e4 e7 10. :f6 :f 6 11. b4 0—0 12.
d3 aS 13. a3 e6 14. flbl ab4 15. ab4 e7 16. 0—0 f6 17. c2
h8 18. CS fla3 19. c4 fS 20. :e7 :e7 21. dS flc3 22. d2
fe4 23. :e4 fS 24. :fS :f 5 2S. fe1 c:f 3 26. gf 3 h4
27. e4 h3 28. flg4 :f3 29. g3 e4 30. flai h6 31. bS e7
32. c6 f 8 33. b4 e8 34. c7 d5 3S. d6 f4 36. d8 e2+
37. f 1 :g3+ 38. hg3 h1+ 39. e2 hS+ 40. d2 f7 41.
e1
1:0

- 90 -
30. D41
Atekhine - Euwe
Rotterdam, 16. 12. 1937

1. f 3 d5 2. c4 e6 3. d4 f6 4. c3 c5 5. cd5 :d5 6. g3 c6
7. g2 :d4 8. :d4 :c3 9. bc3 cd4 10. :d4 :d4 11. cd4
d6 12. a4 !b8 13. a3 e7 14. :d6+ :d6 15. d2 d7 16.
!hcl hc8 17. !:c8 fl:c8 18. :b7 flc4 19. a5 :d4+ 20. c3
c5 21. a6 b5 22. !a2 !c4+ 23. b3 !b4+ 24. c3 a4 25. e3
flb3+ 26. d2 b5 27. e4 c4 28. :h7 g6 29. c2 !b8 30.
b2 flh8 31. flb7 !:h7 32. flc7+ b5 33. ‘c3 fl:h2 34. fl:f7
d5 35. :a7 !:f 2 36. flg7 f 3 37. !:g6 !:e3+ 38. d4 e4+
39. d3:a640.g4b5
0:1

B “W3C” owwôo’lHo yTBep)IccaeT— “CE” mistakenLy writes that

c, ‘ITO nap-niw NN 26—30 ama the games of the match 1937 NN
1937 roja tie Iirpanhicb. 26—30 were not played.

— 91 —
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— 92 —
 Appendix

Fragment of my new book “A.ALEKHINE — GENIUS OF RUSSIA AND FRANCE”

Studying all the creative absence of the matter, I cannot

heritage of Alekhine it’s easy believe that absolute nothing

to come to such conclusion: was.

ESS WAS IN THE BEGINNING Idea was first, which

The ologians and atheists are compLetely or partiaty had been

agreed now: our world was conversed into the matter. If

crteated. OnLy reasons of the primary, relic idea wiLL be

Creation are sacrament. Name of discovered, then this wi(L mean,

Creator makes debates: God or perhaps, that convertion of idea

nature... and what was the was partial.

first? Music was born simuLtaneously

“In the Beginning was the with idea. And painting belongs
Word and the Word was with God to matter worLd. Only chess are

and the Word was God”, — fromabsolutely abstract and it quite

the Gospee according to St.John. couLd be before the matter.

“Nothing was in the WHAT IS CONCEALED IN CHESS?

beginning. Space, time and The initial position and

substance were born in our ruLes of game are immovabLe as

Universe about 15 thousand yesterday: every concrete

milLions years ago in situation at the chess—board is

supercompact fiery sphere by obvious as today, but the result

so—called Large Explosion”. of

—a game like tomorrow is

John Gribbin “The Courier of difficuLt predicted. NameLy

UNESCO” August 1986. synonimity of initial data

Colourless dullness was engenders one possible strategy

first,. — an artist’ll say and— that is why the best games of

joker’ll add, — which coveredgenius chess—players (Joakino

our brains with nil crust. But a Greko, PauL Morphy, Alexander

poet - my thirteen—yeared son Alekhine) are such similar each

Denis — draws this picture so: other, as they were played by

“SPACE one pLayer. This is why
ETERN ITY originality in chess at checking
NEVER” is plagiarism or stupidity.

I carried out my hypothesis Besides this chess duatism,

in title. Admitting absolute which is discovered Literally in

— 93 —
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— 94 —
each move, because moving piece stràñge appears at the centre of
making strong some points, it?

inevitably weakens some other THREE AIMS, TWO STRATEGIES,

points. Even such fundamental ONE GAME.

chess concepts as material Those three aims — mate (idea

space and time are penetrated by of superiority), stalemate (idea

duaLism. More materiaL usuaLLy of eternaL rest), baLance (idea

is advantage, but often it of eternaL motion). ALL these

becomes a burden what most aims aren’t equaL — mate is the

bright can be seen at stiLLmate, mOst important.

when Own pieces prevent. At These aims compete: its

first moves pieces and pawns go impossibLe to achieve at one

ahead to conquer territory, but game simuLtaneousLy mate,

soace couLd be excessive for us, stalemate and eternaL check, so

when we put opponent into if one plays for a mate, other
staLemate. There is great speeds toward equaLity or

struggLe for temp during all the stalemate.

game, but when there is zug There are twO strategics —

zwang, nobody wants to do move. strategy of capture and strategy

So, chess, literally, made of of sacririce. “Rivals efforts to

contradictions and, the most win space, temp, materiaL (i.e.

global secret of chess and their strategy of capture) in the

attractive force are closed in beginning of chess duel, —

this duaLism — it’s fine toapproximately so ALekhine wrote
think sliding at the ideas’ at Lost manuscript, — but when
labyrinths. If some subject of mate idea was born, i.e.
matter at first has some voLume, possibility to kill the King,
but onty afetrwards infLuences then for making this aim real
at space, then any piece, competitor sacrifices space,
spreading kilLing action at some time, materiaL a lot (that is
squares, doesn’t defend the transition toward strategy of
point which it stands on. There sacrifice)”. Strategy of
is idea of radiation from sacrifice is acceptable for
nothing; this radiation can go staLemate or for eternaL check.
Out untill the centre of It’s possibLe to fuLfiL strategy
radiation wiLL be attached by of sacrifice at the second move
opponent’s piece. There is a (e.g. King’s gambit), and even
question: and what wiLL be at at the first move, when this
our Universe, if something move is objectively weak or is a

— 95 —
14 Co BTOOO xoa (HanpilMep, K0 concession (e.g. Andersen
pos1eBcI4 raM6IlT), ii ae C nep— opening 1.a3).
BOrO xoja, ora 3TOT xo o6bek— Competitors can fuLfil same
TIIBHO Cna6bI 14 aKTI4’IecKI4 S1BJWI or opposite strategies, but
eTCcI yCTyflKO (HanpilMep, Je6IoT invetably the moment will become
AHJepCeHa 1.a3). when a competitor shouLd change
ConepHwKIl MOT npI4ep*k1BaTb— strategy of game (the frequently
cq iwi6o CXOHb1X cTpaTerI6, iiii6o and mistakeless feeLing of such
aslbTepHaTIlBHbIx, HO B flapTIlw He— moments shows the level of
H36eKHo HCTflT M0MeHT, ora ptaying). In the first quarter
lirpoK Bb1H*H II3MeHIITb cTpaTe of our century some ‘masters
rwio iirpi (KJ1aCC iirpi B TOM 14 didn’t recognize invetability of
COCTOI4T, (K ‘IaCTO ii CKOJ1b 6e30— the moments. They thought that
wl6O’IHO acep ‘IyBcTByeT 3Th MO— both rivaLs can fulfil the
MeHTbI). B nepBo LITBPTI4 awero strategy of capture only — this
Beka HeKoTopbIe MaCTepa He flp143— brought them to error about
HaBafihl Hekl36e),(HocTkl TKk1X MOMeH— invetabiLity of “draw death of
TOB, nosiarasiii, ‘ITO o6a conepHilka chess”.
MOT npwepioiai-icci OHO cTpa—

Tefl4l 3axBaTa — 3T0 npiiBeno lix K

Chess—board depicts space,
3a6nyIcLeHI4m 0 He1436e)ICH0cTH “H14—
pieces depict substance, moves
eHo CepTii waxMaT”.
depict time. Rival symboLizes
fate, because he doesn’t speed
WaxMaTHaci oCKa k13060a)IcaeT
towards our success, and every
npocTpaHcTBo, irypi — BeUeCTBO,
his miss like present of fate.
xoi — BpeMci. ConepHilK CHMBOJ1II—
Attractivity of chess is real
3I4pyeT cy&bOy, wOO He CTPMl4TC
possibility of achievement of
CflOCO6CTBOBaTb awey ycnexy, a
perfection — here are frequent
Ka)IcLLbI ero flpOMax KaK noapoK
situations when the only way
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Leads to the aim, and this way
COCTOIIT npeKje BCero B J1bHO
may be discovered not onLy by
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known master, but by ordinary
CTB — 3Cb ‘IaCTO B03HIIKaI0T Ck1
amateu r.
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flTb HepeK0 o6HapyKklBaeTCcl He
TOJ1bKO 3HaTHbIM Ma3CTpo, HO 14 3a—
YPJHb1M flIO6l4TeJleM.

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MocKBa. My3e LiLlik. OpwraMHbIe Moscow. Museum CCC. Origami
waxMaTHbIe 4Mrypb,, nOCBclLLleHHbIe chess—mans, devoted tO A.A[ek
hin’s centenary.
100 — J1eTL’lIO A.A.AI1eXL’lHa.

It
cPL1ILE O5b9BL.1110 FIDE DECLARED
1992 ron- rOfjo,41 11992 -THE YEAR
A.AJ1EXL9IHA OF AALEKHINE;0]

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