Table of Contents

Table of Contents

• Volume 1 •
Foreword
Preface
1. Correspondence Events 1902–1904: Aleksandr or Aleksei?
Alekhine’s Early Chess Career
Shakhmatnoe Obozrenie Correspondence Tournament No. 6, 1902–1903
Shakhmatnoe Obozrenie Correspondence Tournament No. 7, 1903–1904
Correspondence Match Against Vereshchagin 1904
2. Correspondence Events 1905–1907
Shakhmatnoe Obozrenie Correspondence Tournament No. 16, 1905–1906
Correspondence Match Against Aleksei Alekhine, 1906
F Shakhovskoi Correspondence Tournament No. 1, 1906–1907
Correspondence Match Against Geish Ollisevich, 1907
Informal Games Played Over the Board
3. On the Way to the Master’s Title 1907–1909
Informal, Correspondence and Club Events 1907–1908
Minor International and Club Events 1908–1909
All Russian Amateur Tournament at St. Petersburg, 15 February–12 March 1909
4. Young Russian Master 1909–1911
Club and Other Minor Events 1909–1910
Shakhmatnoe Obozrenie Correspondence Tournament No. 17, 1909–1910
Club, Correspondence and Other Minor Events, 1909–1911
17th DSB Congress, Masters Tournament, Hamburg, 18 July–6 August 1910
Club and Other Minor Events 1910–1911
2nd International Tournament at Karlsbad, 20 August–24 September 1911
Club Events 1911
5. International Consolidation 1912–1913
Club Events Early in 1912
Nordic Masters Tournament at Stockholm, 25 June–7 July 1912
Tournament of Russian Masters at Vilna, 19 August–17 September 1912
Club and Other Minor Events October 1912–February 1913
Match Against Levitsky Played in St. Petersburg, 28 February–16 March 1913
Quadrangular Tournament at St. Petersburg, 17–22 April 1913
International Tournament at Scheveningen and Some Associated Minor Events
Various Events in Paris and London, September 1913
Exhibition Games Played in St. Petersburg, 14–23 December 1913
6. Grandmaster Success 1914
All Russian Masters Tournament at St. Petersburg, 4–30 January 1914
International Grandmaster Tournament at St. Petersburg, 21 April–22 May 1914
Various Minor Events in St. Petersburg and Paris, 1914
19th DSB Congress, Masters Tournament, Mannheim, 20 July–1 August 1914
7. War and Revolution 1914–1917
After Mannheim, August–October 1914
Events in Moscow and Petrograd, 1914–1915
Club Tournament in Moscow, 22 October–December 1915
Other Events, 1915
Events in the Ukraine, Moscow and Petrograd, 1916–1917
 8. Soviet Russia 1917–1921
Various Events in Moscow, the Ukraine and Petrograd 1917–1919
Moscow Championship, October 1919–January 1920
Various Events in Moscow 1920
All Russian Chess Olympiad, Masters Tournament, Moscow, 4–25 October 1920
Match Against Grigoriev Played in Moscow, March 1921
 9. Re-emergence in the West 1921–1922
Events in Berlin, June 1921
Events in Triberg, June–July 1921
International Tournament at Triberg, 7 July–16 July 1921
International Tournament at Budapest, 7–19 September
Exhibitions in Czechoslovakia and The Netherlands, October 1921
International Tournament at The Hague, 25 October–5 November 1921
Various Events in The Netherlands and Germany, October 1921–January 1922
10. Wanderer in Europe 1922–1923
Exhibitions in France, Switzerland and Belgium, Early in 1922
Breyer Memorial Tournament at Pistyan, 6–29 April 1922 and Other Minor Events
First Tour of Spain, May–June 1922
Simultaneous Displays in Belgium, 1922
International Tournament at London, 31 July–19 August 1922
International Tournament at Hastings, 10–22 September 1922
Exhibitions in Paris, Berlin and Switzerland, October–November 1922
International Tournament at Vienna, 13 November–2 December 1922
Second Tour of Spain, December 1922–January 1923
11. Laying the Foundations 1923
Exhibitions in France, Belgium and Germany
Various Events in France and Italy, February–March 1923
Margate Chess Congress, Masters Tournament, 31 March–7 April 1923
3rd International Tournament at Karlsbad, 28 April–20 May 1923
Tour of Czechoslovakia, May 1923
16th BCF Congress, Portsmouth, Major Open Tournament, 13–24 August 1923
Tour of England and Scotland, September–October, 1923
Other Events in 1923
12. North America 1923–1924
Exhibitions in Canada, 22 November–1 December 1923
Tour of the USA and Canada, December 1923–April 1924
International Tournament in New York, 16 March–17 April 1924
Final Exhibitions in New York, April 1924
13. The Ascent Begins 1925
World Record Blindfold Display in Paris, 1 February 1925
International Tournament in Paris, 11–22 February 1925
Quadrangular Tournament in Berne, 1–7 March 1925
Tour of Czechoslovakia, 1925
International Tournament at Baden-Baden 15 April–14 May 1925
Exhibitions in Switzerland, 1925
14. Success in Europe 1925–1926
6th Hastings Congress, Premier Tournament, 28 December 1925–5 January 1926
Exhibitions in England, January 1926
International Tournament at Semmering, 6–30 March 1926
International Tournament at Dresden, 4–16 April 1926
Exhibitions in Germany, April–May 1926
Scarborough Chess Congress, 22–29 May 1926
Other Exhibitions in England, May–June 1926
Club Tournament in Birmingham, 3–9 June 1926
15. South America 1926
Various Events in Argentina, August–September, 1926
Tournament at Buenos Aires, 23 September–11 October 1926
Exhibitions in Argentina, Septembert–October, 1926
Exhibitions in Uruguay, November 1926
16. World Championship Contender at Last 1926–1927
Match Against Euwe Played in Various Dutch Cities, 22 December 1926–8 January 1927
International Tournament in New York, 19 February–23 March 1927
Exhibitions in Hungary, June 1927
International Tournament at Kecskemét, 25 June–14 July
17. Master of the Invincible 1927–1928
World Championship Match Played at Buenos Aires, 17 September–28 November 1927
Exhibitions in South America, December 1927
Exhibitions in Europe, 1928
18. North America 1929
Tour of the USA, March–May 1929
Various Displays in Mexico, May 1929
International Tournament at Bradley Beach, 3–12 June 1929
Various Events in New York, 14–16 June 1929
19. The Golden Years 1929–1930
World Championship Match Played in Germany and Holland, 6 September–12 November 1929
Exhibitions in Italy and Germany, October–November 1929
International Tournament at San Remo, 15 January–4 February 1930
Exhibitions in Scandinavia, April–May 1930
3rd Olympiad, Hamburg, 13–27 July 1930
Exhibitions in Switzerland, Belgium, Austria and Germany, July–October 1930
20. The Successes Continue 1930–1931
Tour of Yugoslavia, December 1930–January 1931
Consultation Games Against Euwe, Amsterdam, March 1931
Consultation Tournament at Nice, 13–24 April 1931
Other Events in France, April–May 1931
4th Olympiad, Prague, 11–26 July 1931
Events in Iceland, August 1931
International Tournament at Bled and Ljubljana, 22 August–29 September 1931
Various Events in Paris, October–December 1931
21. Still Supreme 1932
Minor Events Associated with the London Congress, January–February 1932
London Congress, Masters Tournament, London, 1–13 February 1932
World Record Simultaneous Team Exhibition in Paris, 28 February 1932
Training Tournament in Berne, 25–27 March 1932
Tour of France, May–July 1932
Exhibitions in Switzerland, July 1932
36th Swiss International Championship, Masters’ Group, Berne, 16–30 July 1932
• Volume 2 •
22. The North American Tour 1932
Pasadena Chess Congress, Masters Tournament, 15–28 August 1932
Exhibitions in California, September 1932
Exhibitions in Mexico, September–October 1932
International Tournament at Mexico City, 7–17 October 1932 and Other Events
Tour of the USA and Canada, November–December 1932
23. The World Tour 1933
Events in Hawaii, the Orient and the Philippines, January–February 1933
Events in the East Indies, March 1933
Exhibitions in Italy, France and Switzerland, May–June 1933
24. Events in Europe and the USA 1933
5th Olympiad, Folkestone, 12–23 June 1933
World Record Blindfold Simultaneous Exhibition in Chicago, 16 July 1933
Events in Washington, San Juan and New York, August–September 1933
Various Events in France, October 1933
International Tournament in Paris, 19–27 October 1933
Tour of the Netherlands, October–November 1933
Tour of Czechoslovakia, November–December 1933
Various Events in Austria and Germany, 1933
25. The Title Defended 1933–1934
14th Hastings Congress, Premier Tournament, 27 December 1933–5 January 1934
Exhibitions in England, January 1934
Exhibitions in the Netherlands, February 1934
Exhibitions in Belgium, Switzerland and France, February–March 1934
World Championship Match, Played in Various German Cities, 1 April–14 June 1934
Exhibitions in Germany and The Netherlands, 1934
37th Swiss Championship and International Tournament at Zurich, 14–29 July 1934
Exhibitions in North Africa and Malta
26. The Calm Before the Storm 1935
Tour of Spain, January–March 1935
Events in Scandinavia, April–May 1935
Events in The Netherlands and France, May–June 1935
6th Olympiad, Warsaw, 16–31 August 1935
Exhibitions in the Baltic States, September 1935
27. The Championship Lost 1935–1936
World Championship Match Played in Various Dutch Cities, 3 October–15 December 1935
Exhibitions in Vienna, February–March 1936
Tours in Hungary, Yugoslavia and Bulgaria, March–May 1936
28. The Rehabilitation Begins 1936
Olympiad Training Tournament at Bad Nauheim, 17–24 May 1936
Olympiad Training Tournament at Dresden, 7–14 June 1936
5th ÚJČŠ Congress, International Tournament and Czechoslovakian Championship, Poděbrady, 4–26 July 1936
International Tournament at Nottingham, 10–28 August 1936
Various Events in The Netherlands, October 1936
“De Arbeiderspers” International Tournament at Amsterdam, 10–18 October 1936
29. The Championship Regained 1936–1937
17th Hastings Congress, Premier Tournament, 28 December 1936–6 January 1937
Events in The Netherlands and France, January–March 1937
Margate Easter Congress, Premier Tournament, 31 March–9 April 1937
Further Displays in France and The Netherlands, April–May 1937
International Tournament at Kemeri, 15 June–10 July 1937
Quadrangular Tournament Played in Various German Cities, 18–27 July 1937
Great Simultaneous Display in Paris, 19 September 1937
World Championship Match Played in Various Dutch Cities, 5 October–7 December
Exhibition Garnes Played in Various Dutch Cities, 8–16 December 1937
30. First Amongst Equals 1938
Exhibitions in Italy, England and France, January 1938
International Tournament at the Hotel Miramar de Carrasco, Montevideo, 7–25 March 1938
Exhibitions in Buenos Aires, March 1938
Margate Easter Congress, Premier Tournament, 20–29 April 1938
Tour of Czechoslovakia, May–June 1938
Plymouth Chess Club Jubilee Tournament, 5–10 September 1938
Tour of Ireland and Britain, September–October 1938
AVRO Tournament Played in Various Dutch Cities, 2–27 November 1938
31. South America 1939
Events in Venezuela, Trinidad, Colombia and Panama, 1939
Exhibitions in Brazil and Argentina, May–August 1939
8th Olympiad, Buenos Aires, 23 August–19 September 1939
Millington Drake International Tournament at Montevideo, 21–29 September 1939
32. Return to Europe 1940–1941
Exhibitions in Portugal, 1940
France, 1940–1941
Exhibitions in Portugal and Spain, 1941
2nd Europa Tournament at Munich, 8–21 September 1941
2nd General Government Tournament at Cracow and Warsaw, 5–21 October 1941
Other Events in Warsaw, 1941
Second Tour of Spain, 1941
33. Wartime Triumphs 1942
Exhibitions in Germany, 1942
International Tournament at Salzburg, 9–18 June 1942
1st European Championship, Munich, 14–26 September 1942
3rd General Government Tournament, Poland, 11–28 October 1942
34. Wartime Successes Continue 1942–1943
International Tournament at Prague, 5–16 December 1942
Exhibitions in Czechoslovakia, December 1942–March 1943
Match Against Bogoljubow Played in Warsaw, 27–28 March 1943
International Tournament at Prague, 10–29 April 1943 and Other Minor Events
Exhibitions in Germany, 1943
International Tournament at Salzburg, 9–18 June 1943
35. Escape from Occupied Europe 1943–1944
Exhibitions in Spain, 1943–1944
Match Against Rey Ardid Played at Zaragoza, 8–12 April 1944
International Tournament at Gijón, 14–23 July 1944
Various Exhibitions, 1944–1945
36. The Final Phase 1945–1946
Training Tournament in Madrid, 26 February–6 March 1945
Minor Events in Spain, 1945
International Tournament at Gijón, 12–21 July 1945
International Tournament at Sabadell, 2–10 August 1945
International Tournament at Almería, 21–29 August 1945 and Other Minor Events
International Tournament at Melilla, 8–14 September 1945
Last Exhibitions in Spain 1945
Match Against Lupi Played at Estoril, 6–9 January 1946
37. Miscellaneous Unallocated Games
38. Alekhine’s Tournament Record 1902–1945
39. Alekhine’s Career Record 1902–1946
Bibliography
Index of Alekhine’s Opponents and Consultation Partners
Openings Index—Descriptive Classification
Openings Index—ECO Classification