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Why does it say "Alexander Alekhine, Son of you know whom" Is that supposed to be an insult or something? I quite like Alekhine myself.
Feb 11, 2017
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The year is 1956. The tournament is the Alekhine Memorial. The man standing there with Alekhine's son, Alexander, Jr. Since he has the same name as his deceased father, the writer (Al Horowitz) was simply implying the obvious rather than stating the redundant "Alexander Alekhine, the son of Alexander Alekhine" or the uncertain "Alexander Alekhine, Jr." with no reference to his father.
Sounds wit.
batgirl wrote:
The year is 1956. The tournament is the Alekhine Memorial. The man standing there with Alekhine's son, Alexander, Jr. Since he has the same name as his deceased father, the writer (Al Horowitz) was simply implying the obvious rather than stating the redundant "Alexander Alekhine, the son of Alexander Alekhine" or the uncertain "Alexander Alekhine, Jr." with no reference to his father.
Thank you for clarifying this. I had to read it twice to make sense of what you said. I always like your history articles. Keep it up!
There's always something uncanny about chess and dead people
game from pic:
Mikhail Botvinnik and Vasily Smyslov shared first prize The Alekhine Memorial Tournament of 1956.