an ordinary player like me, on Alexander Alekhine: "I extremely idolize Alekhine because of his high level creativity..Especially his combinations, they are unexpected and elegant. He was the man known to be able to produce a combination out of any position that seemed to be not tactical..He was the man who could rival Jose Raul Capablanca during their era.. He was a legend❤...."
I think every match he lost alcohol was a factor. Anyway it is known that he went thru phases of drinking too often. His career without alcohol would have been even more amazing. Maybe even the best ever.
Dan Kelly as regards alcohol Alexander was playing in a simultaneous exhibition and he was so drunk he castles with his queen instead of his king until his opponent pointed it out no doubt Alexander would have laughed his head off at that Brilliant player and so logical and precise in his 1927 match with capablanca
Alekhin.....the greatest player ever....he put the enjoying & actions & unlimited think & creativity & mistress in the chess beside that he have clear situation in the Russian political so he escape to Paris ....but they criminal guys killed him .....god pleasd your soul greatest man
@@dannygjk He demanded $25000 prize fund. But was ready to play for $10000 with Bogoljubov. Meanwhile , he didn't play in any tournament where Capa was invited.
He was on another level. I think if he were alive and at his peak today, updateed with all the latest theory and computers, he would be more than a match for any of the modern GM elite.
Alekhine was never above Capa in any tournament except in AVRO 1938 where Capa had a stroke . Still Alekhine was only 6th. Capablanca was always above him in super tournaments like New York 1927 , London 1922 , New York 1924 , Nottingham 1936 , St Petersburg 1914. Alekhine had minus score against World Champions Capa , Lasker and Botvinnik and plus score against Euwe (although he also had minus against him till their 1937 rematch). In 1933 , Reuben Fine said that while he was almost equal with Alekhine in Blitz , Capablanca beat him mercilessly. Capablanca is the only WC who had a lifetime plus score against his successors ( 9-7 against Alekhine , 4-1 against Euwe) while against Botvinnik he had 1-1 score . Alekhine has negative 1-3 score verses Lasker and negative 0-1 score verses Botvinnik.
@@uddiptakakati7323 well alekhine made a lot of money out of nothing and he beat capablanca. The rules were crazy because of Capablanca. Alekhine had to work all the time just to challenge him for the title. And eventually he won. The rest is history. Capa is definitely the bad guy here. The other talented players just weren’t able to challenge Capa. So yeah I guess it’s only Cuban guy who should take the blame here
Best chess talent of all time. Incredible memory and calculation chess "motor" enrich by tremendous chess imagination. Today these qualities almost disappear victim of computer chess. Most great player todays are "robots" rather than chess artists. Computers are killing chess natural talents. Chess games now are based on "no mistakes and zero imagination".
Intersting that svidler puts Alek in a top 3 list. Top 3 of best playes of all time? which are the others, Kasparov and Fischer? Or Karpov, Capablanca, Morhpy, Carlsen?
Not quite. He was, apparently, invited to the 1946 London tournament, but the invitation was rescinded when other players objected. But he definitely wasn't refused entry to Britain by the government.
It was interesting reading recently how Alekhine deliberately falsified some of his games, or encouraged their falsification (by putting it about that certain whimsical variations were in fact the game itself - for instance, the 'Five Queens Game' was a sideline to one of his actual games, though I"m pretty sure I saw it published as an actual game in a Fred Reinfeld book!) This tells me something very interesting about his character - he was aware of the advantage of being seen as a champion, someone to be feared. He encouraged people to understand the myth of Alekhine, rather than the reality. That's very canny. It also indicates he must have had a realistic awareness of his own weaknesses too, and he didn't necessarily want others to be aware of the same thing.
Here is an extract of what Bobby himself had to say about Alekhine: "Alekhine is a player I've never really understood. He always wanted a superior centre; he manoeuvred his pieces toward the kingside, and around the 25th move, began to mate his opponent. He disliked exchanges, preferring to play with many pieces on the board. His play was fantastically complicated, more so than any player before or since."
Alekhine has always been one of my all time favourite players. Incredibly original and creative
an ordinary player like me, on Alexander Alekhine:
"I extremely idolize Alekhine because of his high level creativity..Especially his combinations, they are unexpected and elegant. He was the man known to be able to produce a combination out of any position that seemed to be not tactical..He was the man who could rival Jose Raul Capablanca during their era.. He was a legend❤...."
A well deserved tribute by the best players today. Thanks.
Alekhine was the most obsessive player ever, even more than Fischer. He even named his cat 'Chess'.
Wonderful video ! Thank you for posting !
I think every match he lost alcohol was a factor. Anyway it is known that he went thru phases of drinking too often. His career without alcohol would have been even more amazing. Maybe even the best ever.
Dan Kelly as regards alcohol Alexander was playing in a simultaneous exhibition and he was so drunk he castles with his queen instead of his king until his opponent pointed it out no doubt Alexander would have laughed his head off at that
Brilliant player and so logical and precise in his 1927 match with capablanca
Alekhin.....the greatest player ever....he put the enjoying & actions & unlimited think & creativity & mistress in the chess beside that he have clear situation in the Russian political so he escape to Paris ....but they criminal guys killed him .....god pleasd your soul greatest man
Nice video. It's nice to see the current top masters pay tribute to one of the greatest players of the game.
Great video, thank you.
I've seen games by many grandmasters and world champions, but when i saw Alekhine's games, that was WOW !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Alekhine art of chess
It was Capablanca who was nervous about playing Alekhine! Alekhine won convincingly against him to become the world champion!
Pity alekhine couldn't give capablanca a return match
Yes we know about the 10k dollar fee to do so but it never happened what a pity
No it's the reverse.
@@uddiptakakati7323 The rumor of AA refusing to play Capa in a return match is false.
@@dannygjk He demanded $25000 prize fund. But was ready to play for $10000 with Bogoljubov. Meanwhile , he didn't play in any tournament where Capa was invited.
@@uddiptakakati7323 You either don't know the whole story or are avoiding the other details.
He was on another level. I think if he were alive and at his peak today, updateed with all the latest theory and computers, he would be more than a match for any of the modern GM elite.
Alekhine is the real GOAT.
No chess champion of the past or present can come close to Alekhine in chess mastery! Alekhine is incomparable!!!
You are everywhere!!
Alekhine was never above Capa in any tournament except in AVRO 1938 where Capa had a stroke . Still Alekhine was only 6th. Capablanca was always above him in super tournaments like New York 1927 , London 1922 , New York 1924 , Nottingham 1936 , St Petersburg 1914. Alekhine had minus score against World Champions Capa , Lasker and Botvinnik and plus score against Euwe (although he also had minus against him till their 1937 rematch). In 1933 , Reuben Fine said that while he was almost equal with Alekhine in Blitz , Capablanca beat him mercilessly. Capablanca is the only WC who had a lifetime plus score against his successors ( 9-7 against Alekhine , 4-1 against Euwe) while against Botvinnik he had 1-1 score . Alekhine has negative 1-3 score verses Lasker and negative 0-1 score verses Botvinnik.
@@uddiptakakati7323 well alekhine made a lot of money out of nothing and he beat capablanca. The rules were crazy because of Capablanca. Alekhine had to work all the time just to challenge him for the title. And eventually he won. The rest is history. Capa is definitely the bad guy here. The other talented players just weren’t able to challenge Capa. So yeah I guess it’s only Cuban guy who should take the blame here
Best chess talent of all time. Incredible memory and calculation chess "motor" enrich by tremendous chess imagination. Today these qualities almost disappear victim of computer chess. Most great player todays are "robots" rather than chess artists. Computers are killing chess natural talents. Chess games now are based on "no mistakes and zero imagination".
6:50 Tal?
Intersting that svidler puts Alek in a top 3 list. Top 3 of best playes of all time? which are the others, Kasparov and Fischer? Or Karpov, Capablanca, Morhpy, Carlsen?
Svidler ignores NY 1924. An aging Em. Lasker 1st, Capablanca 2nd, Alekhine 3rd. FWIW, my top 5 includes that threesome plus Morphy and Fischer.
@@eliduttman315 One tourney means nothing.
Svidler's English is devoid of a thick Russian accent. Bravo, Peter!
Not quite. He was, apparently, invited to the 1946 London tournament, but the invitation was rescinded when other players objected. But he definitely wasn't refused entry to Britain by the government.
Hmmmm. No comment from Magnus?
Jim Walker he probably doesn't like Alekhine😂😂😂😂
how do you get interwiews?
Alekhine became disappointed with lack of fame. Fischer, with excess of fame.
That's just the accent, 'a' and 'er' at the end of a word sound very similar coming from some British people.
3:53 Unfortunate use of a well-known fake photo. There are no pictures of Capa-Alekhine in play from their WC match.
Podia pelo ao menos ser legendado🤷🏾♂️
It was interesting reading recently how Alekhine deliberately falsified some of his games, or encouraged their falsification (by putting it about that certain whimsical variations were in fact the game itself - for instance, the 'Five Queens Game' was a sideline to one of his actual games, though I"m pretty sure I saw it published as an actual game in a Fred Reinfeld book!) This tells me something very interesting about his character - he was aware of the advantage of being seen as a champion, someone to be feared. He encouraged people to understand the myth of Alekhine, rather than the reality. That's very canny. It also indicates he must have had a realistic awareness of his own weaknesses too, and he didn't necessarily want others to be aware of the same thing.
I think the greatest player of all time was Peter Svidler. May he rest in peace.
only Fischer is better than great Alekhine
Here is an extract of what Bobby himself had to say about Alekhine:
"Alekhine is a player I've never really understood.
He always wanted a superior centre;
he manoeuvred his pieces toward the kingside,
and around the 25th move, began to mate his opponent.
He disliked exchanges, preferring to play with many pieces on the board.
His play was fantastically complicated, more so than any player
before or since."
... but History will show that Alekhine was ducking Capablanca for a rematch ... nah ..he was good but not great !!!
Of course he was great.
Not true. Capablanca put him through huge mind games before the match in 1927. Once he won it he put capa through the same mangle.
False, that is a myth, dig deeper.