My Best Games of Chess: 1908-1937

by Alexander Alekhine, Igor Zaitsev (Foreword by)

Overview

The Genius of Alekhine In chess literature, there have only been a very few chess books that have immediately - and permanently - established themselves as classics. Lasker's Manual of Chess by Emanuel Lasker, Masters of the Chessboard by Richard Réti and Dvoretsky's Endgame Manual by Mark Dvoretsky are three that come to mind. There are of course others, among them My Best Games of Chess, 1908-1937 by the fourth world chess champion, Alexander Alekhine. The original English edition, published three-quarters of a century ago, used English descriptive notation, contained one photograph, no crosstables and was released in two separate volumes. This new 21st-century edition, presented with modern algebraic notation, has combined both books into a single volume, added more than three dozen archival photographs, crosstables, Alekhine's complete match and tournament records, a foreword by Russian grandmaster Igor Zaitsev, as well as many more diagrams. A comprehensive computer-assisted analytical supplement has also been prepared and is available for download at no extra charge, so that, if you wish, you may compare Alekhine's impressive notes with the preferences of the silicon monster. Whether you feel as if you are revisiting an old friend, or being introduced to this splendid game collection for the first time, you will marvel at how Alekhine's games and works remain in many respects extraordinarily consonant with the modern approach. And you will not fail to be impressed by the genuine genius that is Alekhine.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781936490660
Publisher:	Russell Enterprises, Incorporated
Publication date:	05/13/2013
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Sales rank:	278,104
File size:	20 MB
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About the Author

Alexander Alekhine, World Chess Champion from 1927-35 and 1937-46, is considered one of greatest tactical geniuses of all time. This game collection, written by the man himself, is also considered one of the best games collections ever published.

Table of Contents

Editor's Preface Taylor Kingston 5

Foreword Igor Zaitsev 8

Memoir of Alekhine J. Du Mont 14

Summary of Career Results 19

Part I (1908-20)

Chapter I St. Petersburg Amateur Tournament, 1909 23

Chapter II International Tournament at Hamburg, 1910 27

Chapter III International Tournament at Carlsbad, 1911 31

Chapter IV International Tournament at Stockholm, 1912 39

Chapter V All-Russian Masters' Tournament at Vilna, 1912 46

Chapter VI Masters' Quadrangular Tournament at St. Petersburg, 1913 54

Chapter VII International Tournament at Scheveningen, 1913 58

Chapter VIII All-Russian Masters' Tournament at St. Petersburg, 1914 63

Chapter IX International Tournament at St. Petersburg, 1914 71

Chapter X International Tournament at Mannheim, 1914 77

Chapter XI Local Tournaments, Exhibition and Match Games, Simultaneous and Correspondence Games, etc. 87

Part II (1920-23)

Chapter XII All-Russian Masters' Tournament at Moscow, 1920 (1st Soviet Championship) 117

Chapter XIII International Tournament at Triberg, 1921 120

Chapter XIV International Tournament at Budapest, 1921 126

Chapter XV International Tournament at The Hague, 1921 134

Chapter XVI International Tournament at Pistyan, 1922 140

Chapter XVII International Tournament at London, 1922 151

Chapter XVIII International Tournament at Hastings, 1922 159

Chapter XIX International Tournament at Vienna, 1922 165

Chapter XX International Tournament at Margate, 1923 174

Chapter XXI International Tournament at Carlsbad, 1923 176

Chapter XXII Major Open Tournament at Portsmouth, 1923 194

Chapter XXIII Exhibition Games and Simultaneous Games 199

Part III (1924-27)

Chapter XXIV Tournament Games and Match with Capablanca 218

Part IV (1929-34)

Chapter XXV Tournament Games and Matches with Bogoljubow 262

Part V (1934-37)

Chapter XXVI Tournament Games and Matches with Dr. Euwe 341

Part VI (1924-33)

Chapter XXVII Simultaneous and Blindfold Play, Exhibition and Consultation Games 423

Index of Opponents and Consultation Partners 450

Index of Openings by Name 452

Index of Openings by ECO Code 453

Computer-assisted Supplement (free PDF download): russell-enterprises.com/excerptsanddownloads.html.