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Alekhine is known for his fierce and imaginative attacking style, combined with great positional and endgame\u00a0skill. But he is also known for his simultaneous blindfold game records.<\/p>\nAlekhine is known for his fierce and imaginative attacking style, combined with great positional and endgame\u00a0skill. But he is also known for his simultaneous blindfold game records.<\/p>\n
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In simultaneous blindfold games the master has to remember several different positions at the same time without looking at the boards. The opponents can see everything of course, and they also have much more thinking time. The master is informed about the opponent moves through a referee, also known as a \u201cteller\u201d.<\/p>\n
In 1924 at the Alamac Hotel of\u00a0New York\u00a0Alekhine played 26 simultaneous\u00a0blindfold games against very strong opponents with the score of 16 wins, 5 losses, and 5 draws. This was probably the strongest of any blindfold exhibitions ever held. Next year in February in\u00a0Paris\u00a0he faced 28 teams of four players each, with the impressive result of 22 wins, 3 losses, and 3 draws.<\/p>\n On July 16, 1934 in\u00a0Chicago, Alekhine set the new world record by playing 32 (!) blindfold games\u00a0with 19 wins, four losses, and nine draws.<\/strong><\/p>\n Now let’s take a look at\u00a0a beautiful game from his Scottish tour where he played 96 simultaneous games very successfully (won 87, drew 6, lost 3) in four chess clubs. His first opponent was the experienced club player Dr J. Forrester. The game was played in the Glasgow Chess Club on October 2.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Start interactive grandmaster lesson now >><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n Alekhine was already among the strongest chess players in the world in his twenties. He won most of the\u00a0tournaments\u00a0in which he participated. In 1927 he became the fourth\u00a0World Chess Champion\u00a0by defeating\u00a0the legendary Capablanca and held the title for 8 years.<\/p>\n In the early 1930s, Alekhine dominated tournament play and decisively won two top-class tournaments. In 1937, he regained his crown in the rematch\u00a0against Max Euwe and defended it for another 9 years.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Alekhine is known for his fierce and imaginative attacking style, combined with great positional and endgame\u00a0skill. But he is also known for his simultaneous blindfold game records. <\/p>\n\t\t![\"Alekhine](\"https:\/\/learningchess.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Alekhine-in-simultan-1-LearningChess.net_.png\")
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