The 19th DSB Congress (19. Kongreß des Deutschen Schachbundes), comprising several tournaments, began on 20 July 1914 in Mannheim.
Alexander Alekhine was leading the Meisterturnier, with nine wins, one draw and one loss, when World War I broke out.
After Germany declared war on Russia (August 1) the congress was stopped end eleven “Russian” players (Alekhine, Bogoljubov, Bogatyrchuk, Flamberg, Koppelman, Maljutin, Rabinovich, Romanovsky, Saburov, Selezniev, Weinstein) were interned in Rastatt prison, Germany.
In Rastatt Alekhine shared a cell with Efim Bogoljubov.
Lacking the luxury of a chess set they started to play blindfold chess, some of which were later published in the press. In this video I am covering one of them!
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Alexander Alekhine vs Efim Bogoljubov
Blindfold game (1914) (blindfold), Rastatt GER
Vienna Game: Stanley Variation (C26)
1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4 Bxb4 5. Nd5 Nxd5 6. exd5 d6 7. Ne2 O-O 8.O-O Nd7 9. c3 Bc5 10. d4 Bb6 11. f4 exd4 12. Nxd4 Ne5 13. fxe5 dxe5 14. Ba3 Re8 15. Qf3 exd4 16. Qxf7+ Kh8 17. Bf8 dxc3+ 18. Kh1 Bd4 19. d6 Be6 20. Bxe6 Rxf8 21. dxc7 Qe8 22. Qxf8+ Qxf8 23. Rxf8+ Rxf8 24. c8=Q Rxc8 25. Bxc8
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Video Thumbnail Credits:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Alexander_Alekhine.jpg
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