Risky 12...0-0-0 cost Flohr the game.
V Mikenas vs Flohr, 1933  (B13) Caro-Kann, Exchange, 20 moves, 1-0
Modern Defense
Alekhine vs V Mikenas, 1933  (A00) Uncommon Opening, 45 moves, 1-0
Maróczy's career fading but gets win
F Apsenieks vs Maroczy, 1933  (D60) Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense, 31 moves, 0-1
Alekhine's rare defeats in Folkestone
Alekhine vs Tartakower, 1933  (D58) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tartakower (Makagonov-Bondarevsky) Syst, 74 moves, 0-1
Dead in the midst of an explosion
Gruenfeld vs Stahlberg, 1933  (D33) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch, 28 moves, 1-0
Alekhine survives the long haul
S Khan vs Alekhine, 1933  (D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 108 moves, 0-1
Last round loser
Flohr vs Kashdan, 1933  (A18) English, Mikenas-Carls, 30 moves, 1-0
G Thomas vs A Vajda, 1933 (C73) Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense, 47 moves, 0-1
24.Bf6!!
K Havasi vs A Sacconi, 1933  (D63) Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense, 24 moves, 1-0
Win against a dreadfully Sicilian Opening
G Stoltz vs L Steiner, 1933  (B21) Sicilian, 2.f4 and 2.d4, 38 moves, 1-0
K Opocensky vs Duchamp, 1933  (A18) English, Mikenas-Carls, 37 moves, 1/2-1/2
Gold Medal Game
Marshall vs K Treybal, 1933  (D55) Queen's Gambit Declined, 40 moves, 1-0
You can say goodbye to the medals!
F Norcia vs E Glass, 1933 (C12) French, McCutcheon, 31 moves, 1-0
Olympiad shortest decisive game in history.
R Combe vs W Hasenfuss, 1933  (A43) Old Benoni, 4 moves, 0-1
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