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Alexander Alekhine, 1912

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1912

Alekhine / G Esser vs S Freiman / Levenfish

Alexander Alekhine vs Boris Koyalovich

Alexander Alekhine vs Vasily Osipovich Smyslov

Alexander Alekhine vs Konstantin Raush


January 18 1912

Alexander Alekhine vs P M Radishchev


March 1912

Konstantin Raush vs Alexander Alekhine


March 1912

Alexander Alekhine vs Grigory Levenfish


March 17 1912

Alexander Alekhine vs Ernest Baasch


April 13 1912

Eugene Znosko-Borovsky vs Alexander Alekhine


June 25 1912

Victor Sjoberg vs Alexander Alekhine


June 26 1912

Alexander Alekhine vs Georg Marco


June 27 1912

Joel Fridlizius vs Alexander Alekhine


June 28 1912

Alexander Alekhine vs Erich Cohn


June 29 1912

Hugo Langborg vs Alexander Alekhine


July 02 1912

Alexander Alekhine vs Adolf Georg Olland


July 03 1912

Rudolf Spielmann vs Alexander Alekhine


July 04 1912

Alexander Alekhine vs Fritz Englund


July 05 1912

Gustaf Nyholm vs Alexander Alekhine


July 06 1912

Alexander Alekhine vs Johannes Giersing


August 19 1912

Alexander Alekhine vs Aron Nimzowitsch


August 22 1912

Alexander Alekhine vs Stefan Levitsky


August 23 1912

Ossip Bernstein vs Alexander Alekhine

Alexander Alekhine vs Akiba Rubinstein


August 27 1912

Georg Salwe vs Alexander Alekhine


August 28 1912

Alexander Alekhine vs Grigory Levenfish


August 29 1912

Sergey von Freymann vs Alexander Alekhine


August 31 1912

Alexander Alekhine vs Semyon Alapin


September 01 1912

Abram Rabinovich vs Alexander Alekhine


September 03 1912

Aron Nimzowitsch vs Alexander Alekhine


September 07 1912

Alexander Alekhine vs Ossip Bernstein


September 13 1912

Grigory Levenfish vs Alexander Alekhine

Alexander Alekhine vs Sergey von Freymann


September 26 1912

Peter Potemkin vs Alexander Alekhine


October 18 1912

1912, Russian Chess Tournament

The Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, California, Friday, October 18, 1912

The full scores of the Russian tournament at Wilna, wherein Rubenstein surprised the world by making his fourth successive victory within the year, have come to hand, and show the following standing of competitors:
Rubenstein, won 12, lost 5; Bernstein, won 11½, lost 6½ Lewitsky, won 11, lost 7; Nimzowitsch, won 10½, lost 7½; Flamberg, won 9, lost 9; Alechine, won 8½, lost 9½; Loewenfisch, won 8½, lost 9½; Von Freymann, won 8, lost 10; Alapin, won 6, lost 12; Salwe, won 5, lost 13.
The double match of Capablanca against Jaffe and Chajes commences today in New York, having been postponed on account of the delay of the Cuban in Havana, on some matters pertaining to the coming American chess congress. Capablanca is to play the challengers on alternate days until each has contested three games.


December 17 1912

Fyodor Duz-Khotimirsky vs Alexander Alekhine


December 22 1912

Dmitri Ivanovich Ado / B M Konstansky vs Alexander Alekhine


Recommended Books

Understanding Chess by William Lombardy Chess Duels, My Games with the World Champions, by Yasser Seirawan No Regrets: Fischer-Spassky 1992, by Yasser Seirawan Chess Fundamentals, by Jose Capablanca Bobby Fischer Teaches Chess, by Bobby Fischer My 60 Memorable Games, by Bobby Fischer Bobby Fischer Games of Chess, by Bobby Fischer The Modern Chess Self Tutor, by David Bronstein Russians versus Fischer, by Mikhail Tal, Plisetsky, Taimanov, et al

'til the world understands why Robert J. Fischer criticised the U.S./British and Russian military industry imperial alliance and their own Israeli Apartheid. Sarah Wilkinson explains:

Bobby Fischer, First Amendment, Freedom of Speech
What a sad story Fischer was,” typed a racist, pro-imperialist colonial troll who supports mega-corporation entities over human rights, police state policies & white supremacy.
To which I replied: “Really? I think he [Bob Fischer] stood up to the broken system of corruption and raised awareness! Whether on the Palestinian/Israel-British-U.S. Imperial Apartheid scam, the Bush wars of ‘7 countries in 5 years,’ illegally, unconstitutionally which constituted mass xenocide or his run in with police brutality in Pasadena, California-- right here in the U.S., police run rampant over the Constitution of the U.S., on oath they swore to uphold, but when Americans don't know the law, and the cops either don't know or worse, “don't care” -- then I think that's pretty darn “sad”. I think Mr. Fischer held out and fought the good fight, steadfast til the day he died, and may he Rest In Peace.
Educate yourself about U.S./State Laws --
https://www.youtube.com/@AuditTheAudit/videos
After which the troll posted a string of profanities, confirming there was never any genuine sentiment of “compassion” for Mr. Fischer, rather an intent to inflict further defamatory remarks.

This ongoing work is a tribute to the life and accomplishments of Robert “Bobby” Fischer who passionately loved and studied chess history. May his life continue to inspire many other future generations of chess enthusiasts and kibitzers, alike.

Robert J. Fischer, Kid Chess Wizard 1956March 9, 1943 - January 17, 2008

The photograph of Bobby Fischer (above) from the March 02, 1956 The Tampa Times was discovered by Sharon Mooney (Bobby Fischer Newspaper Archive editor) on February 01, 2018 while gathering research materials for this ongoing newspaper archive project. Along with lost games now being translated into Algebraic notation and extractions from over two centuries of newspapers, it is but one of the many lost treasures to be found in the pages of old newspapers since our social media presence was first established November 11, 2017.

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