The name given to the twenty-sixth game, a Dutch Defence, played in the World Championship by Max Euwe-Alexander Alekhine in 1935. Euwe won the game in 47 moves, which virtually decided the match.
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Quotes of the Day
After losing a game I play the next one better. After losing the 2nd game I play like a lion. After 3 defeats in a row, anyone can beat me!
Eduard Gufeld
It’s always better to sacrifice your opponent’s men
Savielly Tartakower
I spend hours playing chess because I find it so much fun. The day it stops being fun is the day I give up.
Magnus Carlsen
My chess method is without formulas, without orthodox thinking. I always explain that chess is an art and that there are no definite judgments.
Lev Polugaevsky 1990 NIC
When Korchnoi was living in the USSR I called him ‘hero of socialist labour’; when he moved to the West I renamed him ‘hero of capitalist labour’!
Boris Spassky
