Excellent footage. Yes I do beliove that Alekhine is correct. The best top tier players are born with a predisposition to genious, yet that does not mean that hard work daily is also not required. Alekhine, Capablanca, Morphy, Tal, Fischer, Karpov, Kasparov etc., all were born with this gift and all worked hard as well
i have been playing guitar for 10 years.i keep saying people do another thing if u dont feel the talent inside of u.lots of things are about talent from birth.now im sad i spent my 10 years playin guitar.i should have done another thing.Alekhine said the truth its the way u born not practise!
@esraretin To reach the top in any sport, there are at least 7 elements needed: 1. you must be gifted, 2. as a child and later, you must have a stimulating environment, 3. you must have the occasion (money, time) and 4. the energy to 5. practice and study for hours and hours, 6. you must enjoy what you are doing and 7. you will still need that little bit of luck to get you at the top. But more important than reaching the top is: YOU CAN ENJOY PLAYING THE GUITAR OR A GAME OF CHESS AT ANY LEVEL !
I THINK A GIFT FOR CHESS IS LIKE THE GIFT OF MUSIC. THERE ARE MILLIONS OF GUITARISTS BUT ONLY A FEW WHO CAN CREATE HITS ON A REGULAR BASIS. SAME THING WITH CHESS, THERE ARE MILLIONS OF CHESS PLAYERS, BUT ONLY A FEW WHO CAN "CREATE HITS" (BRILLIANT WINNING PLANS) ON THE CHESS BOARD. YOU CAN PLAY THE GUITAR 'TILL YOUR FINGERS DROP OFF BUT STILL YOU DONT HAVE A HIT SONG. SAME WITH CHESS, YOU CAN STUDY TILL YOUR EYES FALL OUT BUT STILL GET NO THRILLING WINS AGAINST THE BEST. TALENT DOESN'T = GENUIS.
This is just incredibly interesting to me. I play through his games all the time as I find the time, and it is just soooooo much fun to actually hear his voice.
Saw a combination in a book once,"White to move and win". I sweated and strained for about an hour but could not solve it. I turned the page over and the solution was incredible with sacrifices galore a queen sac at the end to draw the enemy king into a square along the back-rank and then a last gasp mate using a rook. I later discovered that that combination was from a position that came about on a board during a 27 simultaneous game event by alekhine, where he was playing BLINDFOLDED!!!!!!!!!
@josephebacon My grandpa has a hardness of hearing and he talks exactly like him, but with a different accent. This guy and my grandpa are low on the social skills. My grandpa has been talking like this since he was really young, maybe in his 20's.
@linktruman23 Fischer himself said you have to be born with the predisposition to be great, and you said yourself that Fischer was naturally talented. Thjat is what Alekhine is saying: you must be born with a natural ability if you want to be great; it will not come from hard work alone. Obviously, he is not saying that to be great you don't have to work hard. To be the best you have to work incessantly, even with natural talent.
@linktruman23 even Fischer said that a guy who doesn't have a gift for chess couldn't become a great chess player. he could be good though. there is a video of this on youtube even. it's an interview with dick cavett and it's called "a very different bobby fischer" iirc. don't disguise your own thoughts by putting them to fischer's mouth.
sorry but that aint no real game folks no clocks, very casual even down to that epicine pushing of the pinky by Alekhine , that you pushover I can play even THIS but it makes you wonder if there is any more footage
There are lots of things that require both aptitude and hard work. Not every person has the same potential to excel at every task, stating the very reasonable opinion that chess is a game that requires natural aptitude for excellence does not an asshole make.
For example, name one single grandmaster with double digit IQ. Right there is an example of quite a large part of humanity (50%!!) that can't become great players with any amount of love for the game and hard work.
thats really his voice
GrandmasterJoel1273 1 month ago
Excellent footage. Yes I do beliove that Alekhine is correct. The best top tier players are born with a predisposition to genious, yet that does not mean that hard work daily is also not required. Alekhine, Capablanca, Morphy, Tal, Fischer, Karpov, Kasparov etc., all were born with this gift and all worked hard as well
Progrose 1 month ago
i have been playing guitar for 10 years.i keep saying people do another thing if u dont feel the talent inside of u.lots of things are about talent from birth.now im sad i spent my 10 years playin guitar.i should have done another thing.Alekhine said the truth its the way u born not practise!
esraretin 2 months ago
@esraretin To reach the top in any sport, there are at least 7 elements needed: 1. you must be gifted, 2. as a child and later, you must have a stimulating environment, 3. you must have the occasion (money, time) and 4. the energy to 5. practice and study for hours and hours, 6. you must enjoy what you are doing and 7. you will still need that little bit of luck to get you at the top. But more important than reaching the top is: YOU CAN ENJOY PLAYING THE GUITAR OR A GAME OF CHESS AT ANY LEVEL !
Oldfaithful61 1 month ago
Alekhine and Capa are the best EVER!!!
79cristoff 2 months ago
Uno DE LOS MEJORES DE TODOS LOS TIEMPOS ¡¡¡ALEKHINE!!!
gimcib 2 months ago
wow, what a rare treat to hear the voice - and insights - of the greatest chessplayer of all time
kozpetratos 5 months ago 18
I THINK A GIFT FOR CHESS IS LIKE THE GIFT OF MUSIC. THERE ARE MILLIONS OF GUITARISTS BUT ONLY A FEW WHO CAN CREATE HITS ON A REGULAR BASIS. SAME THING WITH CHESS, THERE ARE MILLIONS OF CHESS PLAYERS, BUT ONLY A FEW WHO CAN "CREATE HITS" (BRILLIANT WINNING PLANS) ON THE CHESS BOARD. YOU CAN PLAY THE GUITAR 'TILL YOUR FINGERS DROP OFF BUT STILL YOU DONT HAVE A HIT SONG. SAME WITH CHESS, YOU CAN STUDY TILL YOUR EYES FALL OUT BUT STILL GET NO THRILLING WINS AGAINST THE BEST. TALENT DOESN'T = GENUIS.
TEDOVSKY 5 months ago
@TEDOVSKY definitely! think about the times that all guitar players spent world wide.its bad:)
esraretin 2 months ago
how can a guy play 27 players simultaneously while blindfolded? playing 1 is hard enough. Incredible!
sidve 5 months ago
If this was actually Alekhine, it was fascinating to hear him! I love playing through his games.
TheBackyardProfessor 5 months ago
@TheBackyardProfessor Yes that's definitely Dr. Alekhine, from a BBC radio interview.
alecksandrkoblents 5 months ago
@alecksandrkoblents
This is just incredibly interesting to me. I play through his games all the time as I find the time, and it is just soooooo much fun to actually hear his voice.
TheBackyardProfessor 5 months ago
@alecksandrkoblents what is the name of the choral work playing in the background? who is its composer?
gilliali35 1 month ago
@gilliali35 It's the final movement, In Paradisum, from the Requiem composed by Gabriel Fauré.
Varvitski 1 month ago
Saw a combination in a book once,"White to move and win". I sweated and strained for about an hour but could not solve it. I turned the page over and the solution was incredible with sacrifices galore a queen sac at the end to draw the enemy king into a square along the back-rank and then a last gasp mate using a rook. I later discovered that that combination was from a position that came about on a board during a 27 simultaneous game event by alekhine, where he was playing BLINDFOLDED!!!!!!!!!
TEDOVSKY 5 months ago
It sure is interesting to actually hear Alekhine.
josephebacon 6 months ago
@josephebacon My grandpa has a hardness of hearing and he talks exactly like him, but with a different accent. This guy and my grandpa are low on the social skills. My grandpa has been talking like this since he was really young, maybe in his 20's.
GamedFreak 6 months ago
@linktruman23 Fischer himself said you have to be born with the predisposition to be great, and you said yourself that Fischer was naturally talented. Thjat is what Alekhine is saying: you must be born with a natural ability if you want to be great; it will not come from hard work alone. Obviously, he is not saying that to be great you don't have to work hard. To be the best you have to work incessantly, even with natural talent.
varishnakov 6 months ago
@linktruman23 even Fischer said that a guy who doesn't have a gift for chess couldn't become a great chess player. he could be good though. there is a video of this on youtube even. it's an interview with dick cavett and it's called "a very different bobby fischer" iirc. don't disguise your own thoughts by putting them to fischer's mouth.
kouluampuja96 6 months ago
SPLENDID!!!!!!!!!
79cristoff 7 months ago
@linktruman23 fischer fischer fischer. yadda yadda yadda
coyob8 7 months ago
Thank you for sharing this with us.
Albertan1956 8 months ago
The way Alekhine grabbed that piece, kind of delicate. ;-)
tatlas 8 months ago
@tatlas sure was delicate.. but brutal im sure
voodoo9606 7 months ago
At 0:10 do I see correctly or has Alekhine a ring on his left little finger? Looks a little weird to me... :)
Antharis79 8 months ago
sorry but that aint no real game folks no clocks, very casual even down to that epicine pushing of the pinky by Alekhine , that you pushover I can play even THIS but it makes you wonder if there is any more footage
doctornoooo 8 months ago
@doctornoooo Yes, the relaxed Alekhine there might suggest a photo op- maybe not even a real game of skittles.
jessicafischerqueen 8 months ago
@linktruman23 Indeed, how disrespectful by Alekhine to say such a sentence without looking at Fischer.
LuxusOhr 9 months ago
ABSOLUTE SPLENDID!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
79cristoff 9 months ago
There are lots of things that require both aptitude and hard work. Not every person has the same potential to excel at every task, stating the very reasonable opinion that chess is a game that requires natural aptitude for excellence does not an asshole make.
For example, name one single grandmaster with double digit IQ. Right there is an example of quite a large part of humanity (50%!!) that can't become great players with any amount of love for the game and hard work.
rapsarG 9 months ago