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
” Kasparov was like Samson, but his hair has been shorn (2000).”
Nathan Divinsky
It’s always better to sacrifice your opponent’s men
Savielly Tartakower
One of the most important things in chess is pattern recognition: the ability to recognise typical themes and images on the board, characteristics of a position and their consequences.
Magnus Carlsen 2010
Tactics is what you do when there is something to do; strategy is what you do when there is nothing to do.
Savielly Tartakower
Never felt more like singin’ the blues, cos I never thought that I’d ever lose…
Vladimir Kramnik 2017
