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Or maybe he was playing with Lasker on a train, and Lasker, just for fun, "proved" to him that it's better to play without a queen. I just didn't remember exactly that it was Alekhine, and now I read about it online – it was about Lasker. They played in pairs, without a queen, and when the opponent played without a queen, Lasker let him win, but when Lasker played without a queen, he won.