Alexander Alekhine Part one

[IlluminatoSavio]

jessicafischerqueen <3

[steelydanbowler]

You always do such a great job on these. Thank you for posting.

[tigranvartanovitch]

Thanks for this. Loved the Rachmaninov, too, and the domra.

[kniki3]

ha...rach 3 from shine soundtrack...nice

[TheBackyardProfessor]

Niiiiiice. Thanks for this wonderful video.

[sadcommunity]

nimzovich was the most gangsta player of this generation !

[Sirb0b1]

Your research and contribution to Alexander Alekhine is wonderful Jessica.

[KARAB1NAS]

Nice music, whats the name of it?

[iBishopEsquire]

He is probably the most interesting character of Grandmaster history.

[pauloneiify]

alekhine number one, forever.

[elmoro78]

wow quite a collection jessica.

[jessicafischerqueen]

@voodoo9606 What a great story- thanks for posting it.

[KalleFlax]

Alkhine was a true chess warrior .You can see it looking over his games and you can also see it in his eyes. He was Russias own Bobby Fischer.

[gotaids]

2:46 Capablanca's such a fuckin' stud.

[79cristoff]

The music and the prezentation are extraordinary.Brawo,Jessica!!!

[Moremover]

In the past our teachers were always the grandmasters and worldchampions, nowadays our teachers are the computers. They play , solve and compose . So have a look at youtube.com :

/watch?v=mwYQRteeHbE

[blackoil911]

although i am pissed this was the only vidoes alekhine

somehow i like how it was put togather with the music;''

so in regards to that good work

[buzzbox2nd]

this is almost hypnotic Jessica :) beautiful work !!!

[ReaLityBlue]

Jessica, i loved this presentation; AA is has been my favorite chess player since i was 12 years old. Thanks for this video

[SocraticKnight]

This is a labour of love. The images and music are beautifully chosen to complement each other and to suggest the bitter sweet quality of AA's life.

I recognise quite a few of the pieces, though not some of the arias in the later responses. It would be great if you told us what they were.

As an admirer of Alekhine's chess playing skill I really appreciate what you have done. More?

[DrunkenPoetic]

I normally find it hard to listen to Classical but the way you use it makes it sound amazing.

[Intelasse]

Fantastic. Thank You!!!!!

[MrMrsKnight]

This is excellent Jessica! Alekhine has always been my favorite player and I feel that his best biography has yet to be written.

Great photos and thanks!

[x6801]

One of the best videos about chess around!

[inokione]

Great Video ! Thx a lot for your work!!

[sonymagellan]

Well Jess !

This podcast is already available today on blogger WORLD PASSENGER 2.0 - under label MONSIEURDELUXEMBOURG PICTURES 2.0

Great imagery work and good use of the ''Ave Maria'' classical soundtrack !!!

Greetings GEO 66

[jessicafischerqueen]

The second piece of music here is the AWESOME Rachmaninoff played by the AWESOME David Helfgard

[xiangyik]

@jessicafischerqueen David Helfgott, who is a great man but a pathetic pianist. Go read any recent reviews of his performances, or try comparing them to others on youtube. Obvious difference. :)

[Malaka57]

@jessicafischerqueen Hi, do you mean David Helfgott???

[jessicafischerqueen]

@Malaka57 Yes that's who I mean.

[Malaka57]

@jessicafischerqueen Thanks for the Alekhine show, by the way, ...

[georgegrasser]

[Site "Chicago"]

[Date "1924.??.??"]

[White "Florence Gleason"]

[Black "Alexander Alekhine"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d5 3.c4 e6 4.e3 c5 5.Nc3 a6 6.cxd5 exd5 7.Bd3 Nc6 8.0-0 Bg4 9.Be2 Be7 10.b3 0-0 11.Bb2 Rc8 12.Qc2 Bxf3 13.Bxf3 cxd4 14.exd4 Nxd4 15.Qd3 Bc5 16.Na4 Nxf3+ 17.Qxf3 Ne4 18.Rad1 Qg5

19.Nxc5 Rxc5 20.Rfe1 Rfc8 21.h3 Rc2 22.Re2 h6 23.Rde1 Qg6 24.a3 Nd2 25.Qxd5 Rxb2 26.Rxd2 Rxd2 27.Qxd2 Rc2 28.Qd8+ Kh7 29.Qd7 Rc3 30.Qxb7 Rxh3 31.Re8 Qb1+ 0-1

Simply copy and paste to pgn viewer.

[georgegrasser]

This was the game referred to at 5:49.

Anyone can contact me if they have problems uploading a game to a pgn viewer. It takes all of 3 or 4 clicks.

[jessicafischerqueen]

Amazing I didn't even notice that in the news report at the bottom of the image. Florence was also blindfolded!!

Very sharp eyes and generous too mr. grasser thanks.

And yes folks if you don't have a chess engine you can just download an interface for free such as Baba Chess and paste the PGN right in and play through the moves.

[Madawaska03]

Thank you very much!

[romeobishop]

Encore!!! Alekhine probably loved chess more than any player that ever lived...he had a cat named chess! Don't forget to put the picture with him and his cat.

[jessicafischerqueen]

lol I know - he had twin cats that played chess with each other as well.

There will be two more chapters to come on AA Alekhine- this guy had a rough life as you know- being a chess master through two World Wars isn't a good recipe for fortune and happiness

[georgegrasser]

@jessicafischerqueen This is a lot of work Jessica. You are awesome! Thank you!