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Najdorf - Cogan, Sao Paulo, Jan 1947, 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.0-0 Nxe4 5.d4 exd4 6.Re1 d5 7.Nxd4 Bd7 8.Nc3 Bb4 9.Bxc6 bxc6 10.f3 c5 11.Nb3 d4 12.Nxe4 0-0 13.Bd2 Bb5 14.Bxb4 cxb4 15.Qxd4 Qxd4+ 16.Nxd4 Ba6 17.Nc5 Bc8 18.Nc6 Kh8 19.Nxb4 1-0 Black makes a basic mistake in the opening and drops the Ne4. At the end of the game the white knights rule the board.
Vamos - Najdorf, Sao Paulo, Jan 1947, 1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nc3 e5 4.Nf3 exd4 5.Nxd4 a6 6.Qa4+ Nd7 7.Qxc4 Ngf6 8.Bf4 c5 9.Nf5 Nb6 10.Qb3 Bxf5 11.Rd1 Bd7 12.e4 c4 13.Bxc4 Nxc4 14.Qxc4 Qa5 15.Qd3 Bb4 16.e5 Bb5 17.Qf3 Nd7 0-1 Both sides come out firing shots. 9.Nf5? is a blunder hanging a piece. By the final position it is clear that Black has won the battle.
Gonzales+Azevedo - Najdorf, Sao Paulo, Jan 1947, 1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Nf6 3.Nc3 Nxe4 4.Bxf7+ Kxf7 5.Nxe4 d5 6.Ng3 Nc6 7.d3 Bc5 8.Qf3+ Kg8 9.Nh3 h6 10.0-0 Nd4 11.Qd1 Qf6 12.Nh5 Qf7 13.Re1 Bxh3 14.gxh3 Nf3+ 15.Kg2 Nxe1+ 16.Qxe1 Qxh5 0-1 The white team doesnt see any of the black threats until after they are played.
Najdorf - Wathagin+Mueller, Sao Paulo, Jan 1947, 1.f4 d6 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.e4 e5 4.Bb5 Nge7 5.Nc3 Bd7 6.0-0 Ng6 7.f5 Nge7 8.d3 Nd4 9.Bc4 b5 10.Bb3 Nxb3 11.axb3 c6 12.d4 b4 13.Ne2 d5 14.Nxe5 f6 15.Nxd7 Qxd7 16.Ng3 0-0-0 17.c3 bxc3 18.bxc3 Kb8 19.Bf4+ Ka8 20.Qe2 Nc8 21.Ra6 Bd6 22.exd5 Bxf4 23.Rxf4 Qxd5 24.c4 Qd6 25.Qf3 Ne7 26.Re4 Rhe8 27.Re1 Qxd4+ 28.Kh1 Kb8 29.Rea1 Rd7 30.h3 Red8 31.Ne4 Qe5 32.c5 Nxf5 33.Nd6 Nxd6 34.cxd6 Qxd6 35.Rxc6 Qe5 Agreed drawn. One of the few games that got away from Najdorf in this exhibition. I dont mean that he might have forgotten moves or positions in this game (probably not) but out of the opening just after black castled he missed e4-e5 for about 5 consecutive moves. Najdorf would probably have found it if there werent so many other good moves to think about. The position continues to slide as he keeps missing winning ideas and he even stumbles into a losing position but his opponent doesnt find the key move. Finally they agree to a draw.
Najdorf - Bonaudo, Sao Paulo, Jan 1947, 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 d6 4.d4 Be7 5.h3 Nf6 6.Nc3 0-0 7.0-0 h6 8.Be3 Bd7 9.Qd2 exd4 10.Nxd4 Nxd4 11.Bxd4 Be6 12.Bd3 Nd7 13.f4 f5 14.Rae1 Bh4 15.Re2 c5 16.exf5 cxd4 17.fxe6 dxc3 18.Qxc3 Nb6 19.a4 a5 20.Qd4 d5 21.b3 Nc8 22.f5 Qb6 23.Qxb6 Nxb6 24.Kh2 Nc8 25.g3 Bf6 26.h4 Ne7 27.Kh3 Agreed drawn. Mixed up move order by Najdorf results in the loss of a piece. 16.exf5? is the culprit - 16.Bf2 would have retained the advantage. In the final position Black is still a piece up (for two pawns) but finds it hard to make headway against the strong central white pawns.
Najdorf - Trouzeau, Sao Paulo, Jan 1947, 1.e4 e5 2.f4 d5 3.exd5 e4 4.d3 Qxd5 5.Qe2 Nf6 6.Nc3 Bb4 7.Bd2 Bxc3 8.Bxc3 Bf5 9.Bxf6 gxf6 10.g4 Bd7 11.Bg2 Nc6 12.Bxe4 Qa5+ 13.c3 0-0-0 14.f5 Rde8 15.Nf3 h5 16.Rg1 hxg4 17.Rxg4 Bxf5 18.Bxf5+ Qxf5 19.Re4 Ne5 20.Nxe5 fxe5 21.0-0-0 f6 22.Rf1 Qg5+ 23.Kb1 Rhg8 24.d4 Qg2 25.Qxg2 Rxg2 26.h4 Rh2 Agreed drawn. Najdorf looks to have come out of the opening with a pleasant advantage. But the look is superficial - problem king safety. There is no denying the ugliness of Blacks kingside pawns but the pieces become active and the next counterattack leaves Black with good chances. Najdorf aimed for the final position with the idea of winning the endgame (Rxf6 and dxe5 with a strong central passed pawn) but Black has the idea of doubling rooks on the seventh which balances the chances.
Back to Alekhine. (Ive had queries about Alekhines later blindfold exhibitions - especially stories that have grown into legends). It seems almost everyone who ever met Alekhine had stories about him. For example Najdorf and Koltanowski had several interesting stories about him. Personally in my youth (as a teenager) Geza Fuster shared some interesting stories about Alekhine. As regards blindfold chess after his world record breaking 32 board exhibition in Chicago in 1933 Alekhine never did any more exhibitions of more than 12 boards. One of the most amazing stories which has spread to several sources and has grown to quite the legend is the supposed 32 board blindfold exhibition that Alekhine gave during the war against Nazi Generals. It never happened.
Reichsmarschal Franck, the military governor of Poland, was a chess enthusiast and spent some time with Alekhine. The story of the 32 board exhibition probably evolved from a lesser exhibition of 6 boards that Franck and some of his staff officers played in. The legend of this exhibition grew to such an extent that it is one of the key scenes of the movie White Snows of Russia (Belyy sneg Rossii) which you can find on youtube (unfortunately I have had trouble trying to provide a link.) Readers who see the movie will notice several inaccuracies in the presentation of the exhibition and in the actors portrayal of Alekhine but apparently the movie was well received and makes for great theatre.
The movie: White Snows of Russia (Belyy sneg Rossii) with the scene of Alekhine playing blindfold chess against 32 Nazi generals can be found at www.chessgames.com. On the homepage go to the right sidebar and click on Player Directory - under the A's find Alekhine. In the commentary under Alekhine the post referring to the movie link should appear on the current page.
Alekhine spent a good part of his time during WW2 in Portugal and Spain and was well received by chess players there. He trained the prodigy Arturo Pomar, who at age 13 drew Alekhine in a tournament game - still the record for youngest to draw the world champion. The only recorded games I could come across for blindfold chess during that time come from that area and even those were the rare ones where Alekhines genius shone through. One example: Alekhine - Supico 1942, 1.e4 e5 2.d4 exd4 3.c3 dxc3 4.Nxc3 Bb4 5.Bc4 Qe7 6.Nge2 Nf6 7.0-0 0-0 8.Bg5 Qe5 9.Bxf6 Qxf6 10.Nd5 Qd6 11.e5 Qc5 12.Rc1 Qa5 13.a3 Bxa3 14.bxa3 c6 15.Ne7+ Kh8 16.Qd6 Qd8 17.Nd4 b6 18.Rc3 c5 19.Ndf5 Ba6 20.Qg6 1-0 The final move of the game Alekhine plays Marshalls immortal golden shower move, blindfolded no less!!
Here is a very short blindfold game played in San Sebastian, Spain in 1944: Alekhine - De Cossio 1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Bc5 3.Bc4 Ne7 4.d3 Nbc6 5.Qh5 0-0 6.Bg5 Qe8 7.Nf3 Ng6 8.Nd5 Bb6 9.Nf6+ gxf6 10.Bxf6 1-0
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