Maybe he knew the trap, but he wanted to continue to play instead of winning after few moves
Alexander Alekhine misses Basic Opening Trap That Wins a Rook!
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Was he bored and wanted the game to be more interesting? He was saving Qf3 as a secret weapon, in case Gadjukevic opposed him in a more important setting later?
That's funny, I have a Petrosian game where he overlooked a basic tactic that would have given his opponent a clear advantage:
I was annotating games as a practice months ago and then ran it past a computer afterward.
From the way that you posted the game it looks as though alekhine is playing the white side.
Jan 21, 2014
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Because of a new update on chess.com, when looking at a posted game the move number you are on is not highlighted. Therefore, it is hard to know which move is getting annotated. So which move was the mistake Petrosian made on?
13.Nh5 is where Petrosian could have fallen into a tactical blow.
Former world champion Alexander Alekhine played a game against Gajdukevic (a chess player) and missed a well known beginner's trap in the Queen's gambit accepted. Why did this happen?