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St.Petersburg 1913. 20-year old Alekhine (2nd to left) at the end of an exhibition game against 24-year old Capablanca–the first time they ever met over the board. The final position is on wallboard.
Dec 13, 2016
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#8
Alekhine got completely destroyed by Capablanca in this game, but then came the Russian revolution and Alekhine became motivated to become much, much stronger and turn professional, while Capablanca did not improve.
Dec 13, 2016
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#9
I didn't know about this historical chess nugget, but apparently Capablanca was offered stakes to play the three best chessplayers in Russia at that time. He scored 5/6 but may not have even paid much for his efforts.
I won't even try to post a link here.
I won't even try to post a link here.
Dec 13, 2016
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#10
urk escribió:
Wow!
Where does this beautiful colorized picture come from?
Got more?
Where does this beautiful colorized picture come from?
Got more?
They come from Klimbim.
Dec 13, 2016
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#11
Alekhine? Never heard of that loser.
Why dont you show some pics from Nimzowitsch instead? That guy was actually good.
Is the guy on the far left Lasker?
Dec 13, 2016
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#14
BronsteinPawn wrote:
Lol, good joke, he is far from being Lasker.
I've already identified the third dude, in Post #9 above.
It's Znosko-Borovsky, who participated at St. Petersburg... not Lasker.
From 1912 to 1914 (which includes this 1913 photo) Lasker and Capablanca were not even on speaking terms due to an acrimonious argument over the victory conditions of a proposed world title match.
Dec 13, 2016
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#15
Sorry coach, I dont read comments, how do you think I come up with such non-senses.
I mean, you just have to have a brain to see he is not Lasker, Lasker's head was shaped differently.
If something, the dude on the far left reminds me of this french dude with a 2000 rating on chess.com which is paranoic about cheating.
