ALEXANDER
ALEKHINE'S CHESS GAMES 1902-1946
by Leonard
M. Skinner and
Robert G.P. Verhoeven
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ALEXANDER
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2543 Games of the Former World Champion, Many Annotated by Alekhine, with 1868 Diagrams, Fully Indexed 1998 Historical Book of the Year—United States Chess Federation This is by a large degree the most comprehensive accounting of the games of this brilliant chess player. Presented are 2,543 of Alekhine’s games, in an exhaustive catalog that is the result of many years of digging—an effort unparalleled in the history of chess game collections. Many of the games are annotated by Alekhine and 1,868 diagrams appear overall. The book includes games from his earliest correspondence tournaments in 1902 through his final match with Francisco Lupi at Estoril, Portugal, in January 1946. Leonard M. Skinner is a marine scientist who lives in South Glamorgan, Wales. Robert G.P. Verhoeven lives in The Hague, the Netherlands, and was formerly a librarian in the chess department of the Royal Dutch Library. Reviews: “unique...incredible”—Winnipeg Free Press; “staggering”—Chess Life; “the most substantial historical publishing event of the decade...lavishly-bound McFarland epic...a quite wonderful book”—The British Chess Magazine; “a giant of a book on a giant of a player...highly recommended”—Inside Chess; “research like never before!”—Chess Digest; “outstrips every other work of its type...perhaps the most extensive portrait ever of a chess master’s life work....a stupendous and fascinating collection...if I were to be sent to the proverbial desert island, and could take only one chess book, Alexander Alekhine’s Chess Games 1902–1946 might be it”—ChessCafe.com; “this weighty tome is worth every penny.... The heroic authors spent years tracing every known game and partial game by Alekhine...truly valuable is, of course, the unparalleled collection of games”—Chess Moves; “excellent...exceptionally well-investigated...a superb piece of work which immediately takes its place in that highest and rarest class of books: those which permanently enrich our beloved game”—New in Chess; “the most comprehensive accounting of the games of this brilliant chess player ever published...a labor of love...recommended”—Check; “outstanding...do whatever it takes to buy this book, you won’t regret it”—The Hull Chess Club Magazine; “[a] fine addition to chess literature”—Inside Chess Online; “recommended to anyone interested in Alekhine, not to be missed by any Alekhine-researcher”—Chess Base Magazine; “the best-researched and most detailed work”—The Washington Post; “monumental...one of the best books on Alekhine and on chess history in general...splendid...excellent”—Quarterly for Chess History; “impressive. A gift for every chess player! Highly recommended!...massive...magnificently produced...essential for anyone seriously interested in chess history”—Chess Mail; “offers a feast of information for the true Alekhine aficionado...a huge number of games, many well annotated by the champ...an incredible number of complete crosstables and charts...an outstanding piece of chess research...thoroughly researched, well written and handsomely produced...full of content. Anyone with a strong interest in Alekhine will not be disappointed purchasing this book. Highly recommended”—Blitz Chess; “the best book on one of the greatest players of all”—The Sunday Express, London. “An exceptionally well-investigated record of Alekhine’s early years and a large number of unpublished games from his notebooks. ...outstanding detective work which will transform readers’ knowledge of Alekhine. ...a superb piece of work which immediately takes its place in that highest and rarest class of books”—Edward Winter, Kings, Commoners and Knaves; Euro 113,00
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