Absolutely Unbelievable Blindfold Simul Game! || Alexander Alekhine vs Von Feldt (1916)

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FIDE CM Kingscrusher goes over an Absolutely Unbelievable Blindfold Simul Game! || Alexander Alekhine vs Von Feldt (1916)
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Who is Alexander Alekhine?
Alexander Alekhine (Russian: Алекса́ндр Алекса́ндрович Але́хин, Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Alekhin; pronounced [ɐlʲɪkˈsandr ɐlʲɪkˈsandrəvʲɪtɕ ɐˈlʲexʲɪn];[1][2] October 31 [O.S. October 19] 1892 - March 24, 1946) was a Russian and French chess player and the fourth World Chess Champion. He is widely considered to be one of the greatest chess players of all time.
In the early 1930s, Alekhine dominated tournament play and won two top-class tournaments by large margins. He also played first board for France in five Chess Olympiads, winning individual prizes in each (four medals and a brilliancy prize). Alekhine offered Capablanca a rematch on the same demanding terms that Capablanca had set for him, and negotiations dragged on for years without making much progress. Meanwhile, Alekhine defended his title with ease against Efim Bogoljubov in 1929 and 1934. He was defeated by Max Euwe in 1935, but regained his crown in the 1937 rematch. His tournament record, however, remained uneven, and rising young stars like Paul Keres, Reuben Fine, and Mikhail Botvinnik threatened his title. Negotiations for a title match with Keres or Botvinnik were halted by the outbreak of World War II in Europe in 1939. Negotiations with Botvinnik for a world title match were proceeding in 1946 when Alekhine died in Portugal, in unclear circumstances. Alekhine is the only World Chess Champion to have died while holding the title.
Alekhine is known for his fierce and imaginative attacking style, combined with great positional and endgame skill. He is highly regarded as a chess writer and theoretician, having produced innovations in a wide range of chess openings and having given his name to Alekhine's Defence and several other opening variations. He also composed some endgame studies.
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World War I and post-revolutionary Russia
In July-August 1914, Alekhine was leading an international Mannheim tournament, the 19th DSB Congress in Mannheim, Germany, with nine wins, one draw and one loss, when World War I broke out. Alekhine's prize was 1,100 marks (worth about 11,000 euros in terms of purchasing power today).[18] After the declaration of war against Russia, eleven "Russian" players (Alekhine, Efim Bogoljubov, Fedor Bogatyrchuk, Alexander Flamberg, N. Koppelman, Boris Maliutin, Ilya Rabinovich, Peter Romanovsky, Pyotr Saburov, Alexey Selezniev, and Samuil Weinstein) were interned in Rastatt, Germany. On September 14, 17, and 29, 1914, four of them (Alekhine, Bogatyrchuk, Saburov, and Koppelman) were freed and allowed to return home.[19] Alekhine made his way back to Russia (via Switzerland, Italy, London, Sweden, and Finland) by the end of October 1914. A fifth player, Romanovsky, was released in 1915,[20] and a sixth, Flamberg, was allowed to return to Warsaw in 1916.[21]
When Alekhine returned to Russia, he helped raise money to aid the Russian chess players who remained interned in Germany by giving simultaneous exhibitions. In December 1915, he won the Moscow Chess Club Championship. In April 1916, he won a mini-match against Alexander Evensohn with two wins and one loss at Kiev, and in summer he served in the Union of Cities (Red Cross) on the Austrian front. In September, he played five people in a blindfold display at a Russian military hospital at Tarnopol. In 1918, he won a "triangular tournament" in Moscow. ....
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[@joseraulcapablanca8564]

A stunning game, an entertaining analysis and some good historical background. Alekhine, being a stateless refugee for much of his life was once trying to cross into Poland. He was asked to show his passport, he said, “ I am Alexander Alekhine, and this is my cat Cassia, I need no such document!” Naturally they let him in As one can see from my username Alekhine was always my favourite player. Indeed a very flawed man, but prisoner of war, political prisoner scheduled for execution, stateless refugee, and finally a prisoner of war again, in the end he was a stateless, rejected alcoholic, who throughout his tribulations produced beautiful chess, theorhetcal and actual, and took the world championship from the invincible Capa, A fascinating life. Thanks KC keep up the good work.

[@dannygjk]

Alekhine was a beast and some of his blindfold simuls were recorded in which he sometimes played equally stunning games therefore I think it's plausible that this game was a legit blindfold simul game.

[@superpowermath2558]

great stuff once again

[@yotoober1]

"when I win with white, it is because I have white, when I win with black, it is because I am bogoljubov"

[@pukulu]

Alekhine was a superb blindfold player. So was Richard Reti but Alekhine was even better.

[@boriserjavec6470]

at 11:53 isn't Bxf5 also mate in 2?

[@MasterChiefSamus]

Kh5 and if g4 then Nxg4 making it a mate in 3

[@refl3ktor]

For the 500 points, i selected bxf5 as well. Didn't see the reverse order. Figured forced mate in 3 was good enough

[@yotoober1]

The cover pic is not alekhine instead effim bogoljoobov

[@jobihara]

That was real nice.

[@refl3ktor]

The "population" might even have been less than terrorized! I got forced mate in three, with bxf5. Positively boring by comparison. No vodka for me! *sigh* Fun stuff!