Alekhine’s Simultaneous Exhibition:
Sofia, Bulgaria April 1936 |
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| Champion Alexander Alekhine’s visit in April 1936
to Sofia was a memorable event for the many Bulgarian chess amateurs who
saw him. The maestro came to the capitol of Bulgaria with his wife,
Mrs. Grace Wishart, and her inseparable Siamese cat, the famous
“Chess.” The couple, in the company of some representatives of Sofia
chess circles, toured the city. The main point of the great player’s
schedule, however, was a simultaneous chess exhibition, where Alekhine met
a strong field that included, to name only two, Tsvetkov and Kiprov, who
later played in the 1939 Chess Olympiad in Buenos Aires (Buenos Aires was
the first appearance for the Bulgarian team in such an event; if we
ignore the non-FIDE Olympiad held in Munich 1936.) |
| The event, played on April 13, 1936, saw Alekhine
facing forty opponents, two of them blindfold. He won twenty-seven
games, drew nine, and lost four. As so often happens with such
displays, the games preserved disproportionately include the single
player’s draws and losses. In this case, of the six games that have
been found, Alekhine lost two and drew the other four. None of his
victories have so far been recovered. |
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Alekhine,Aleksander — Tanielian,A |
Simul |
| A40 |
Irregular Queen’s Pawn: Owen |
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| 1.e4 c6 2.d4 b6 3.c4 Bb7 4.Nc3 e6 5.d5 exd5 6.cxd5 Bb4 7.Bd3 cxd5
8.exd5 Bxc3+ 9.bxc3 Bxd5 10.Nf3 Nf6 11.Ba3 Qc7 12.0-0 Nc6 13.Re1+ Be6
14.Ba6 Ne7 15.Bd6 Qc6 16.Bxe7 Kxe7 17.Nd4 Qc5 18.Qf3 Rhd8 19.Rab1 Kf8
20.h3 Qc7 21.a4 Bd5 22.Qd3 Re8 23.Nb5 Qc5 24.Qg3 Ne4 25.Qh4 g5 26.Qxh7
Qxf2+ 27.Kh2 Qg3+ 28.Kg1 Nf6 29.Rxe8+ Rxe8 30.Qc2 Be4
0-1.
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Alexander Alekhine’s Chess Games,
1902-1946, Skinner & Verhoeven 1998,
p558 |
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Alekhine,Aleksander — Tsvetkov,Aleksandar |
Simul |
| 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7 5.c3 Ngf6 6.Ng3 c5 7.Nf3 Be7
8.Be3 0-0 9.Bd3 Qc7 10.Qc2 b6 11.Ng5 h6 12.Nh7 Re8 13.Nxf6+ Nxf6 14.0-0
Bb7 15.dxc5 Qc6 16.f3 Nd5 17.Bf2 Bxc5 18.Rae1 Rad8 19.Ne4 Bxf2+ 20.Rxf2
Nf4 21.Bf1 Qd5 22.Rd2 Qxa2 23.Bb5 Rf8 24.Nd6 Bd5 25.Ne4 Qa5 26.Bf1 b5
27.g3 Qb6+ 28.Kh1 Ng6 29.Bg2 a5 30.b3 Rc8 31.Qb2 Rc7 32.h4 Rfc8 33.h5 Ne7
34.Rd3 Nf5 35.Kh2 Rc6 36.f4 Qc7 37.Qd2 Bxe4 38.Bxe4 Rxc3 39.Rd7 Qb6 40.g4
Ne3 41.Rg1 Rc2 42.Bxc2 Rxc2 43.Qxc2 Nxc2 44.g5 Ne1 45.Rg3 hxg5 46.fxg5 Kf8
47.Rd2 Qc6 48.Rf2 Qe4 49.Kh3 Nd3 0-1.
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Alexander Alekhine’s Chess Games,
1902-1946, Skinner & Verhoeven 1998,
p558 |
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Alekhine,Aleksander — Kiprov,Aleksander |
Simul |
| D06 |
Queen’s Gambit: Marshall |
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| 1.d4 d5 2.c4 Nf6 3.cxd5 Nxd5 4.e4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.Nf3 c5 7.Bb5+
Nbd7 8.0-0 a6 9.Be2 Be7 10.d5 exd5 11.exd5 Nb6 12.Bg5 Nbxd5 13.Nxd5 Qxd5
14.Qxd5 Nxd5 15.Bxe7 Nxe7 16.Ne5 0-0 17.Bf3 Rb8 18.Rfe1 Be6 19.Nd3 Nf5
20.Nxc5 Nd4 21.Be4 Rfc8 22.b4 Nc6 23.a3 Rc7 24.Rac1 Nd8 25.f4 Rbc8 26.Rcd1
g6 27.Rd6 Kf8 28.Rb6 a5 29.Kf2 axb4 30.axb4 Bd7 31.Bd5 Nc6 32.Rc1 Be8
33.Nxb7 Ne7 34.Rxc7 Rxc7 35.Be4 Nc8 36.Ra6 Rc4 37.Bd5 Rxf4+ 38.Ke3 Rxb4
39.Nc5 Ne7 40.Bf3 Nf5+ 41.Kd2 Nh4 ½-½.
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Alexander Alekhine’s Chess Games,
1902-1946, Skinner & Verhoeven 1998,
p558 |
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Alekhine,Aleksander — Voinov,Nikolai |
Simul |
| B83 |
Sicilian: Scheveningen |
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| 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e6 5.Be2 d6 6.0-0 Nf6 7.Nc3 Be7
8.b3 a6 9.Bb2 Qc7 10.Kh1 Nxd4 11.Qxd4 b5 12.a4 e5 13.Qd3 b4 14.Nd5 Nxd5
15.exd5 f5 16.a5 Bf6 17.Qd2 0-0 18.Bc4 Qc5 19.c3 bxc3 20.Bxc3 Rb8 21.Qe2
Bd7 22.f4 e4 23.Bxf6 Rxf6 24.Bxa6 Rxb3 25.Bc4 Rc3 26.a6 Rf8 27.Rfc1 Rxc1+
28.Rxc1 Bb5 29.a7 Bxc4 30.Qxc4 Qxa7 31.h3 Qe3 32.Rf1 Qc5 33.Qxc5 dxc5
34.Rc1 Rc8 35.d6 c4 36.Kg1 Kf7 37.d7 Rd8 38.Rxc4 Rxd7 39.g4 Ke6 40.Rc5
fxg4 41.hxg4 Re7 42.Re5+ Kf6 43.Rf5+ Ke6 44.Kf2 Kd6 45.Ke3 Kc6 46.Ra5
½-½.
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Alexander Alekhine’s Chess Games,
1902-1946, Skinner & Verhoeven 1998,
p558 |
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Alekhine,Aleksander — Radoslavov,A |
Simul |
| 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.c4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.Nf3 Be7 7.Bd3 dxc4
8.Bxc4 a6 9.0-0 0-0 10.Re1 b5 11.Bd3 Bb7 12.Bf4 Bd6 13.Ne5 Nc6 14.Nxc6
Bxc6 15.Be5 Qe7 16.Qe2 Bxe5 17.dxe5 Nd5 18.Qe4 g6 19.Qg4 Nxc3 20.bxc3 Bd5
21.a4 Rac8 22.axb5 axb5 23.Rac1 Bc4 24.Be4 Rc5 25.f4 Bd5 26.Qe2 Bxe4
27.Qxe4 Rc4 28.Qe3 Rfc8 29.h3 Qc5 30.Rb1 Rxc3 31.Qxc5 R3xc5 32.Kf2 Rb8
33.Rb4 Rc4 34.Reb1 Rxb4 35.Rxb4 f6 36.Ke3 fxe5 37.fxe5 Kf7 38.Kd4 Rd8+
39.Ke4 Rd5 40.Rb2 Ke7 41.h4 Kd8 42.g4 Kc7 43.h5 gxh5 44.gxh5 Kb6 45.Kf4
½-½.
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Alexander Alekhine’s Chess Games,
1902-1946, Skinner & Verhoeven 1998,
p558 |
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Alekhine,Aleksander — Trayanov,Teodor
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Simul |
| C57 |
Traxler Counterattack
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| 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Ng5 Bc5 5. Bxf7+ Ke7 6. Bd5 Rf8 7. O-O d6 8.
Bxc6 bxc6 9. d3 Bg4 10. Nf3 Qe8 11. Be3 Bxe3 12. fxe3 Qg6 13. Nbd2 Rab8 14. b3
Be6 15. Qe1 Qh6 16. h3 Ke8 17. Nh4 Kd7 18. Rb1 g5 19. Nf5 Qg6 20. Nc4 g4 21.
h4 g3 22. Rf3 Qh5 23. Rxg3 Ng4 24. Rf3 Bxf5 25. exf5 Rxf5 26. Qg3 Rxf3 27.
gxf3 Rg8 28. Kh1 Nh6 29. Qh3+ Nf5 30. Rg1 Qxh4 31. Qxh4 Rxg1+ 32. Kxg1 Nxh4
33. Kf2 Nf5 34. b4 h5 35. c3 Ne7 36. e4 Ng6 37. d4 exd4 38. cxd4 h4 39. Ne3
Nf4 40. a3 Nd3+ 41. Ke2 Nf4+ 42. Kf2 Nd3+ 43. Ke2 Nf4+ 44. Kf2
½-½.
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"Vestnik na Sofiiskija
shahmaten klub", 1936 |
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All games in
pgn format
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A. Alekhine with Bulgarian chess players and officials.Alekhine’s autograph and the date: April 16,
1936.
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Alekhine, his wife, and their famous cat, “Chess,” arrive
in Sofia.
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Arrival in Sofia. Mrs. Wishart with her cat and
flowers.
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From left to right: R. Rusiecki, A. Alekhine, Mrs.
Wishart, NN.
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Sightseeing in Sofia. From the left: R. Rusiecki, Mrs.
Wishart, A. Alekhine, NN.
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Sightseeing in Sofia. From the left: R. Rusiecki, A.
Alekhine, Mrs Wishart, NN.
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Simultaneous exhibition in Sofia - the beginning of the
display.
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Simultaneous exhibition in Sofia - Alekhine in the
middle.
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Simultaneous exhibition in Sofia - Alekhine in the
middle.
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Simultaneous exhibition in Sofia - the last
games.
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