Alekhine the Schoolboy

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  • #16
    Re: Alekhine the Schoolboy

    There actually is a website using YouTube clips to give the pronunciation of difficult chess player’s names.

    See http://www.youtube.com/user/AnnieK1974

    Among them are Fedor Bogatirchuk, Rashid Nezhmetdinov, Zoltan Sarosy, Vladimir Makogonov, Bu Xiangzhi and Dawid Przepiorka. If you have had trouble with Alekhine’s name just try Przepiorka’s!

    We must get Annie Kappel to put a clip in for Alexander Alekhine.

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    • #17
      Re: Alekhine the Schoolboy

      Originally posted by Dan Scoones View Post
      Surely that's a hard sign [ъ] and not a soft sign [ь] at the end of Alekhine's name.

      The final hard sign was standard in pre-Revolutionary Russian orthography. For instance, in chess literature of that era one often sees "Чигоринъ" in place of the later "Чигорин."
      You are right about [ъ] and [ь]. I forgot about a hard as haven't seen it for a long time.


      In 1980 a movie White Snow of Russia (Белый снег России - links to youtube files) was filmed based on the Alekhine's life. There were a lot examples of a typical (aka wrong) examples of Алёхин sound.

      In the documentary about Alekhine a narrator used Алeхин http://youtu.be/UDkLlsd_CPk?t=5m03s

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      • #18
        Re: Alekhine the Schoolboy

        Originally posted by Wayne Komer View Post
        There actually is a website using YouTube clips to give the pronunciation of difficult chess player’s names.

        See http://www.youtube.com/user/AnnieK1974

        Among them are Fedor Bogatirchuk, Rashid Nezhmetdinov, Zoltan Sarosy, Vladimir Makogonov, Bu Xiangzhi and Dawid Przepiorka. If you have had trouble with Alekhine’s name just try Przepiorka’s!

        We must get Annie Kappel to put a clip in for Alexander Alekhine.
        Excellent channel!

        A clip for Alexander Alekhine is already there:
        http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q0gaLuW4c_c

        Enjoy! :)

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        • #19
          Re: Alekhine the Schoolboy

          When all else fails, cue the native speaker! Many thanks for the link -- very helpful.

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          • #20
            Re: Alekhine the Schoolboy

            Originally posted by Wayne Komer View Post
            There actually is a website using YouTube clips to give the pronunciation of difficult chess player’s names.

            See http://www.youtube.com/user/AnnieK1974

            Among them are Fedor Bogatirchuk, Rashid Nezhmetdinov, Zoltan Sarosy, Vladimir Makogonov, Bu Xiangzhi and Dawid Przepiorka. If you have had trouble with Alekhine’s name just try Przepiorka’s!

            We must get Annie Kappel to put a clip in for Alexander Alekhine.
            There is a clip and discussion.

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