CHESS.
i * —**” WORLD’S CHAMPION" e CHALLENGED. i . [By Electric Cable —Copyright.! ; [Aust. and N.Z. Cable Association.] :, (Received Thursday, S p.rn.) ; PARIS, March 15. ~ Alekhin, who recently won internas tional chess tournaments at Triberg e and Buda 'Pest and Prague, has sent ’ a challenge to Capablanca. Alekhin to-day established a record, winning blindfolded twelve games simultaneously, thus eclipsing Pillsbury’s i nine games.
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Manawatu Times, Volume XLVI, Issue 2076, 17 March 1922, Page 5
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61CHESS. Manawatu Times, Volume XLVI, Issue 2076, 17 March 1922, Page 5
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