This Sunday marks the death in Portugal of Alexander Alekhine. Was it at the hands of Soviet agents, a la Trotsky in Mexico, or at the hands of the French Resistance taking revenge? He was not a very nice person. Having read the anti-semetic screeds published under his name by the Nazis during WWII, I can only wish Alekhine had been blessed with the moral integrity of a Dietrich Bonhoeffer.
In any event, the Kingdom Chess Club will mark his death as a great chess player this Sunday at Cafe Lotti, E. Burke, VT. Bring your hip flask with something to imbibe during your games, or bring a cat to sit on your lap as Alekhine often did. We'll try to play at least one game as Black using the Alekhine Defense. See you Sunday at Cafe Lotti, 2 pm to 4:30 pm.
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