La última entrada en el diario de Alix el dia antes de morrir.
"Played Bezique with Nicholas. to bed. 15 degrees""Jugué al bezique con Nicolas. A la cama. 15 grados."
Había empezado el año nuevo en su captivero siberio jugando el bezique.
Del articúlo sobre el Pasatiempo real, nos dice que los otros juegos favoritos de la zarina fueron:
El Bridge
Patience (solitaire)
Chicane
Piquet
Pero nunca con Tatiana, la hija quién pudo decirle "NO MAMA".
"It really is not until the family's captivity, however, first at the Alexander Palace, and later on in Tobolsk and Ekaterinburg, that Bezique becomes the Empress' primary activity while spending one-on-one time with the members of her family. Increasingly unwell from a heart malady, the Empress had card games virtually every day. She would play after tea with Olga Alexandrovna, or another one of her children. If the children were otherwise engaged, she played at other games with Mlle. Schneider (particularly Chicane or Picquet.) The Empress also refers to playing Patience (which is like solitaire) when she was ill or left alone. The only times when the Empress did not play cards was during the height of the Great Lent, during the family's move from Tobolsk to Ekaterinburg, and on Great Feast Days (though she did play on Sundays frequently!)
In "The Last Diary of Tsaritsa Alexandra," the wonderful annotated version of the Empress' last journal from 1918 (Yale University Press, 1997), Alexandra Feodorovna began her new year with a game of Bezique with Nicholas after dinner. It is interesting to note that almost without exception, the Empress played cards twice a day, once with one of her children or a member of her household after tea, and again after dinner with her husband. In her diary, she frequently writes "tea. Bezique as usual with Olga" (7/20 Feb. 1918, p. 44). When the Empress used the term "as usual" in her diary, it generally means that that was a daily occurrence. When Olga was unavailable, we know that AF also played with Maria (30 April/13May, 1918), Anastasia (3/16 January, 1918), and that she frequently played "cards" with Alexei (30 Jan/12 Feb, 1918), though never specifically mentions playing Bezique with him. Tatiana is never mentioned as playing cards with the Empress, but AF does mention playing "bridge with the girls" (10/23 June, 1918). Generally speaking, when the Empress played cards after tea, Tatiana frequently read aloud while the others played."
Alexei le gustaba OTRO juego todavía menos conocido hoy. El
Nain Jaune (el enano amarillo).