spektrowski has kibitzed 36 times to chessgames   [more...]

Mar-31-25 Bogoljubov vs Alekhine, 1937   spektrowski: Euwe wrote in his tournament report that Bogoljubov had to go to Garmisch-Partenkirchen before the game to perform some organizing duties and then go back to Stuttgart on the same night. Alekhine knew that Bogoljubov would be tired from the lack of sleep and assumed that he ...      Nov-04-24 Saemisch vs D Przepiorka, 1922    spektrowski: Przepiorka lost on time due to a "misprint". The game sheets distributed to players had a bold line under the 50th move, whereas the actual time control was 2 hours for first 25 moves and then 1 hour per every 15 moves. So, Przepiorka made his 50th move and sat deep in thought, ...      Nov-01-24 Alekhine / Monosson vs Flohr / B Reilly, 1931   spektrowski: According to Flohr, he and Reilly let their clock run out rather than resigning.      Nov-01-24 Tartakower vs Rotlewi, 1911    spektrowski: <Olavi> Tartakower wrote a lot for TfS from 1947 up until his death in 1956. The Rotlewi episode was described in #2, 1948.      Jul-12-24 Rubinstein vs Colle, 1931   spektrowski: Schelfhout found the beginning of the forced line in De Telegraaf https://resolver.kb.nl/resolve?urn=... , but after 40...Nxe3+, showed 41.Kh2 Nxf1+ 42.Kh1 Qh3#.      Jul-12-24 Tartakower vs Rubinstein, 1931   spektrowski: It's further clarified in Het Volk that *this* round was played with 16 moves per hour control, instead of 40 moves per 2.5 hours https://resolver.kb.nl/resolve?urn=...      May-15-24 G Oskam vs Euwe, 1919    spektrowski: Euwe himself confirmed that he indeed lost this short game to Oskam in the article he wrote on the occasion of Oskam's 70th birthday: "...how he struck me down in thirteen moves in the first round of my first Dutch Championship." https://resolver.kb.nl/resolve?urn=...      Mar-26-24 Alekhine vs G J de Wolf, 1937   spektrowski: This was Alekhine's only defeat in the entire AVRO Simul Tour      Feb-09-24 J W te Kolste vs Ed. Lasker, 1913   spektrowski: Time control in Scheveningen was quite exotic: 34 moves in 2 hours, then 17 moves per hour.      Oct-14-23 Bogoljubov vs Tarrasch, 1933   spektrowski: In May 1937, both Bogoljubov and Fine were in the Netherlands on a simul tour organized by AVRO (together with Lasker, Alekhine, Euwe, Flohr and Tartakower). That tour ended on 6th May in Amsterdam, so if their conversation indeed happened, it likely took place there

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