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Alekhine's Brilliancy Prize Game

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Updated: Aug 1, 2007, 7:48 PM | 7 | Amazing Games

In 1921, Alekhine played in an international tournament in Budapest in which he took first place and won a brilliancy prize.  Alekhine annotated the game in his book My Best Chess Games 1908-1923, except he left a move out (27...Rac8 28.Rd4).  Here is the game that won the brilliancy prize.

 

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