Alekhine-Euwe Training Match (1926) "Nach viermonatigem Aufenthalt in Südamerika war ich im Dezember 1926 heimgekehrt und mußte bereits eine Woche später in Holland gegen Dr. Euwe antreten. Diese Veranstaltung war schon ein Jahr vorher vereinbart. Es handelte sich um zehn Übungspartien ... Ich spielte zum ersten Mal nach der neuen Zeitkontrolle von 40 Zügen in 2 1/2 Stunden. ...ungewohnt und ich hatte infolge dessen sehr stark unter Zeitnot zu leiden. ... Das Resultat (+3, -2, = 5 zu meinen Gunsten) entsprach ungefähr den beiderseitigen Leistungen. Dr. Euwe spielte weit sicherer, ich hingegen war ihm taktisch überlegen, beging aber eine große Anzahl von Zeitnotfehlern. So z.B. stand ich in der 1., 7. und 9. Partie glatt auf Gewinn, erzielte aber aus diesen drei Partien nur einen (!) Punkt...." A. Aljechin, "Auf dem Wege zur Weltmeisterschaft 1923-1927", de Gruyter, 4. Aufl., 1978, S. 132 Aljechin kommentiert hier seine 2., 3. und 10. Partie. "After a stay of four months in South America, I returned home in December 1926, and had to face Dr. Euwe in Holland straight afterwards, a week later. This arrangement had already been agreed upon a year beforehand, and was for ten training games. I played for the first time under the new time control of 40 moves in 2 and a half hours ... unfamiliar, and because of this I ended up suffering very badly from time-trouble. "The result (+3-2=5 in my favour) gave a reasonable indication of both sides' achievements. Dr. Euwe played much more soundly, but on the other hand I was tactically superior to him. I committed, however, a large number of mistakes in time trouble. Thus, for instance, in the 1st, 7th and 9th games I had clearly winning positions, but I gained only a single point (!) from these three games." A. Aljechin, "On the Road to the World Championship, 1923-1927", de Gruyter, 4th edition, 1978, p. 132 Aljechin commented on games 2, 3, and 10. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 1 Alexander Alekhine ½ 1 1 ½ ½ ½ 0 0 ½ 1 5.5/10 2 Max Euwe ½ 0 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 0 4.5/10 Original collection: Game Collection: 99_training match Alekhine - Euwe 1926/27 (10 ga, by User: whiteshark  page 1 of 1; 10 games    Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Alekhine vs Euwe ½-½ 43 1926 Alekhine-Euwe Training Match C86 Ruy Lopez, Worrall Attack 2. Euwe vs Alekhine 0-1 40 1926 Alekhine-Euwe Training Match E21 Nimzo-Indian, Three Knights 3. Alekhine vs Euwe 1-0 35 1926 Alekhine-Euwe Training Match E88 King's Indian, Samisch, Orthodox, 7.d5 c6 4. Euwe vs Alekhine ½-½ 41 1926 Alekhine-Euwe Training Match C11 French 5. Alekhine vs Euwe ½-½ 49 1926 Alekhine-Euwe Training Match D30 Queen's Gambit Declined 6. Euwe vs Alekhine   ½-½ 41 1926 Alekhine-Euwe Training Match E34 Nimzo-Indian, Classical, Noa Variation 7. Alekhine vs Euwe 0-1 71 1927 Alekhine-Euwe Training Match D34 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch 8. Euwe vs Alekhine 1-0 42 1927 Alekhine-Euwe Training Match A09 Reti Opening 9. Alekhine vs Euwe ½-½ 40 1927 Alekhine-Euwe Training Match B83 Sicilian 10. Euwe vs Alekhine 0-1 27 1927 Alekhine-Euwe Training Match A04 Reti Opening   REFINE SEARCH:   White wins (1-0) | Black wins (0-1) | Draws (1/2-1/2)     Feb-17-13    Wyatt Gwyon: Translation please? Feb-17-13    ozmikey: Roughly: "After a stay of four months in South America, I returned home in December 1926, and had to face Dr. Euwe in Holland straight afterwards, a week later. This arrangement had already been agreed upon a year beforehand. The arrangement was for ten training games; I playe dfor the first time under the new time control of 40 moves in 2 and a half hours...unfamiliar, and because of this I ended up suffering very badly from time-trouble. The result (+3-2=5 in my favour) gave a reasonable indication of both sides' achievement(s). Dr. Euwe played much more soundly, but on the other hand I was tactically superior to him; I committed, however, a large number of mistakes in time trouble. Thus, for instance, in the 1st, 7th and 9th games I had clearly winning positions, but I gained only a single point (!) from these three games." NOTE: You need to pick a username and password to post a reply. 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