At precisely this moment an official brought him coffee. Alekhine thanked him, while all the time staring at the board. Then, instead of sugar, he absent-mindedly put a white pawn into the cup! It was not clear to me why he was so ruffled.
Following the post about Gligoric and his concentration, here is the testimony of the late Estonian master Vlad Mikenas. He played Alexander Alekhine at Kemeri 1937.
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