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Alexander Alekhine, 1925

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1925

Alexander Alekhine vs Cisar


February 01 1925

Alexander Alekhine vs Les Echecs du Palais Royal

Alexander Alekhine vs Groupe de Joueurs isoles

Alexander Alekhine vs Section Italienne Comité militaire interalliée

Alexander Alekhine vs Ecole Polytechnique Paris

Alexander Alekhine vs Groupe de Joueurs isoles

Alexander Alekhine vs Echiquier Notre-Dame

Alexander Alekhine vs Cercle de la Rive Gauche

Alexander Alekhine vs Cercle de la Rive Gauche

Alexander Alekhine vs Cercle de l'Union Artistique

Alexander Alekhine vs Groupe de Joueurs isoles

Alexander Alekhine vs Journal Excelsior

Alexander Alekhine vs Echiquier Notre-Dame

Alexander Alekhine vs Les Echecs du Palais Royal

Alexander Alekhine vs Groupe du Cafe Terminus

Alexander Alekhine vs Groupe Versaillais et La Strategie

Alexander Alekhine vs Cercle de Montmartre

Alexander Alekhine vs Les Echecs du Palais Royal

Alexander Alekhine vs Cercle des Echecs

Alexander Alekhine vs Echiquier Elbeuvien

Alexander Alekhine vs Cercle de Montmartre

Alexander Alekhine vs Cercle de Montmartre

Alexander Alekhine vs Cercle de Colombes-sur-Seine

Alexander Alekhine vs Journal l'Action Francaise

Alexander Alekhine vs Cercle de la Saint Germain

Alexander Alekhine vs Echiquier Elbeuvien

Alexander Alekhine vs Cercle des Echecs

Alexander Alekhine vs Les Echecs du Palais Royal

Alexander Alekhine vs Cercle de Montmartre


A wonderful chess feat : Alexandre Alekhine (centre foreground) beating his own world record by winning 23 out of 28 simultaneous games without sight of the boards in the hall of the Petit Parisien in the Rue d'Enghien, Paris, France, February 01, 1925.

A wonderful chess feat : Alexandre Alekhine (centre foreground) beating his own world record by winning 23 out of 28 simultaneous games without sight of the boards in the hall of the Petit Parisien in the Rue d'Enghien, Paris, France, February 01, 1925.


February 02 1925

Alexander Alekhine Sets Chess Record

Omaha World-Herald, Omaha, Nebraska, Monday, February 02, 1925

Alechine, Who Played Here, Sets Chess Mark
Paris.—Alexander Alechine set a new world's record for blindfold chess Sunday. He gave a simultaneous exhibition against twenty-eight French amateurs beginning at 10:20 a.m. and completing the series at 11 p.m. He won twenty-three games, drew three and lost three.
At the end of the play Alechine appeared most as fresh as when he started the first of 8 hundred moves, averaging less than thirty moves per board.
In the chess master's tournament in New York last April Alechine faced twenty-six players in an exhibition of simultaneous blindfold chess, finishing the twelve-hour play with sixteen games won, five lost and five drawn.
Alechine gave an exhibition in Omaha last year.


February 11 1925

International Chess masters tournament, Paris, France, February 11, 1925. Invitations were extended to Alexander Alekhine, Savielly Tartakower, Karl Opocensky, Eugene Znosko-Borovsky and Edgar Colle. Alekhine finished undefeated.

International Chess masters tournament, Paris, France, February 11, 1925. Invitations were extended to Alexander Alekhine, Savielly Tartakower, Karl Opocensky, Eugene Znosko-Borovsky and Edgar Colle. Alekhine finished undefeated.


Edgar Colle vs Alexander Alekhine


February 12 1925

Alexander Alekhine vs Savielly Tartakower


February 13 1925

Eugene Znosko-Borovsky vs Alexander Alekhine


February 15 1925

Alexander Alekhine vs Karel Opocensky


February 17 1925

Alexander Alekhine vs Edgar Colle


February 18 1925

Savielly Tartakower vs Alexander Alekhine


February 19 1925

Alexander Alekhine vs Eugene Znosko-Borovsky


February 22 1925

Karel Opocensky vs Alexander Alekhine


March 01 1925

Walter Michel vs Alexander Alekhine


March 02 1925

Alexander Alekhine vs Oskar Naegeli


March 04 1925

Arnold Aurbach vs Alexander Alekhine


March 05 1925

Alexander Alekhine vs Walter Michel


March 06 1925

Oskar Naegeli vs Alexander Alekhine


March 07 1925

Alexander Alekhine vs Arnold Aurbach


March 11 1925

Alexander Alekhine vs F Hofhans

Alexander Alekhine vs A Stephan

Jindrich Kracmar vs Alexander Alekhine


March 14 1925

Alexander Alekhine vs Rudolf Mikulka


March 17 1925

Alexander Alekhine vs Karl Gilg


March 18 1925

Alexander Alekhine vs Hajek


March 29 1925

J Vavrinsky vs Alexander Alekhine


April 16 1925

Carlos Torre Repetto vs Alexander Alekhine


April 17 1925

Alexander Alekhine vs Edgar Colle


April 19 1925

Siegbert Tarrasch vs Alexander Alekhine


April 20 1925

Alexander Alekhine vs Fred Dewhirst Yates


April 21 1925

Aron Nimzowitsch vs Alexander Alekhine


April 24 1925

Alexander Alekhine vs Jan Willem te Kolste


April 25 1925

Richard Reti vs Alexander Alekhine


April 27 1925

Alexander Alekhine vs Karel Treybal


April 28 1925

George Thomas vs Alexander Alekhine


April 29 1925

Alexander Alekhine vs Friedrich Saemisch


May 01 1925

Rudolf Spielmann vs Alexander Alekhine


May 02 1925

Alexander Alekhine vs Ilya Rabinovich


May 04 1925

Jacques Mieses vs Alexander Alekhine


May 05 1925

Alexander Alekhine vs Carl Carls


May 06 1925

Stefano Rosselli del Turco vs Alexander Alekhine


May 08 1925

Alexander Alekhine vs Frank Marshall


May 10 1925

Efim Bogoljubov vs Alexander Alekhine


May 11 1925

Alexander Alekhine vs Akiba Rubinstein


May 13 1925

Savielly Tartakower vs Alexander Alekhine


May 14 1925

Alexander Alekhine vs Ernst Gruenfeld


September 26 1925

Alexander Alekhine vs K Meck

Alexander Alekhine vs Moriz Henneberger

Walter Michel vs Alexander Alekhine

Erwin Voellmy vs Alexander Alekhine


October 01 1925

Alexander Alekhine vs Walter Preiswerk

Alexander Alekhine vs Wladimir Grigorieff

Alexander Alekhine vs Harold Lommer

Alexander Alekhine vs Jean Louis Ormond

Alexander Alekhine vs E Rosset

Alexander Alekhine vs S Dolivo

Alexander Alekhine vs Walter Preiswerk / William Rivier


October 06 1925

Alexander Alekhine vs Andre Cheron


October 07 1925

Alexander Alekhine vs P Hermann


December 12 1925

Alexander Alekhine vs Klaas Bergsma

Alexander Alekhine vs H A Wolter

Alexander Alekhine vs Johannes Hermanus Addicks


December 14 1925

Alexander Alekhine vs Salo Landau

Alexander Alekhine vs Antonius Wap


December 18 1925

Alexander Alekhine vs B J Meijer

Alexander Alekhine vs W de Bruijn

Alexander Alekhine vs Johannes Sasburg

Alexander Alekhine vs Hidde Galema


December 21 1925

Alexander Alekhine vs C Bekink

Alexander Alekhine vs Reurt Meijer

H Naastepad vs Alexander Alekhine

P Bickes Jr vs Alexander Alekhine


December 28 1925

Alexander Alekhine vs Reginald Michell


December 29 1925

Alexander Alekhine vs Victor Wahltuch


December 30 1925

Milan Vidmar vs Alexander Alekhine

Edgar Colle vs Alexander Alekhine


December 31 1925

Alexander Alekhine vs Jakob Adolf Seitz


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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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