He is widely considered one of the greatest chess players ever by the age of 22, alekhine was already among the strongest chess players in. The asteroid 1909 alekhin was named in honor of alexander alekhine. This strategy is not without risk, but those who specialize in the alekhine find that the opening has a real practical sting and quickstrike potential. Uploaded by tracey gutierres on september 26, 2012. Black immediately forces the pace and drags the game onto his own favoured territory. Almost all experts on the history and play of blindfold chess consider alexander alekhine the. He lost the world title to euwe in 1935 but won it back in 1937. Alexander and john nunn foreword by garry kasparov games selected by raymond keene algebraic classics series series editor. World champion from 192735 and again from 193746, alexander alekhine ranks as one of the four or five greatest players in chess history. New york 1927 available for download and read online in other formats. World champion from 1927 35 and again from 193746, alexander alekhine ranks as one of the four or five greatest players in chess history. Alexander alekhine author of my best games of chess, 19081937.
It was in new york that capablanca, alekhine, and the argentine organizers finally reached an agreement about the world championship match. Alekhine did indeed play it again, scoring a very decent 66% with black, starting with this one. Alekhine controversy articles written by the world chess. The book of the sixth american chess congress, new york, 1891 or in the early 1910s wiener. Unlike alexander alekhines justly renowned tournaments books on new york 1924 and nottingham 1936, his book on 1927 is harder to find and less wellknown. He was the only world chess champion to have died still in possession of the title. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading new york 1924. Alexander alekhines best games alekhine, a 1949, ed. The winner would be the one who first won six games. Mar 05, 2011 three years after the majestic tournament of 1924, new york hosted another great event. Alexander alekhines best games alexander alekhine additional material by c. The reigning world champion was found dead in his hotel room in estoril, portugal on the morning of sunday, 24 march 1946. When alekhine heard about this, he was furious as he and capablanca had already arranged terms for their forthcoming match in september that year.
Following alekhines departure abroad in may 1921 and his decision to remain an emigre, the russian master embarked on the anything but easy path of a professional chessplayer. Alekhine s gun is a formation in chess named after the former world chess champion alexander alekhine. New york 1927, 21st century edition alekhine, alexander on. The opening is named after world champion alexander alekhine, who is responsible for much of its popularity. Geza maroczy was asked to be the tournament director and invitations were sent to jose raul capablanca, emanuel lasker, frank james marshall, alexander. Marshall could only include one of his 27 games in my 50 years of chess because he only won one. He is widely considered to be one of the greatest chess players of. Alekhine was current world champion 19271935 and 19371946.
Alexander alekhine s best games alexander alekhine additional material by c. Alexander alekhine, new york 1927 russell enterprises 2011. Alekhine,alexander capablanca,jose raul e16 new york new. This formation was named after a game he played against aron nimzowitsch in sanremo 1930, ending with alekhine s decisive victory.
For decades, alexander alekhines account of new york 1927 was at the top of the list of works that should have been rendered into english but unaccountably were not. New york 1927 alexander alekhine paperback, 168 pages alekhines controversial masterpiece. Naturally, the favourite was the reigning champion capablanca, but two other remarkable players had an important fight. Alexander alekhines most popular book is my best games of chess.
May 27, 2009 three by alekhine, two excellent and one perhaps his worst. Alexander alekhines best games alekhine, a 1949, ed 1996 nunn, j 1. The city staged a great tournament by having the three giants of the age. Move by move 12 nkb3, but, oddly enough, never played it again. The opening was a queens gambit declined, orthodox defense, alekhine variation. Alekhine had accepted a world title challenge against botvinnik. He also authored more than twenty chess books like my best games of chess, 107 great chess battles and so on. New york 1924 was an elite chess tournament held in the alamac hotel in new york city from march 6 to april 18, 1924. His book my best games of chess 19241937 featured in the classic 1946 film a matter of life and death. Alexander alekhine 18921946 contradictory accounts of alekhines death are rife, and here we present the main evidence and miscellaneous related claims. Alekhine s controversial masterpiece finally in english. Alekhine was born into a wealthy family in moscow, russia, on october 31, 1892.
The game lasted 26 moves with a queen sacrifice offer. In contrast, alekhine put five of his 20 games from baden baden 1925 and three of his 16 games from kecskemet 1927 in that book. It is possible that alekhine had not fully trained for the encounter and that he was rather too appreciative of dutch hospitality, but nothing can detract from the allround excellence of euwes play. Black is inviting white to chase the knight by advancing pawns 2.
Alekhines gun is a formation in chess named after the former world chess champion alexander alekhine. Alexander alekhines best games alekhine, a 1949, ed 1996. Three world champions undisputed world champions, mind you. Emanuel lasker, capablanca, alekhine, marshall, janowski, maroczy. Petersburg in 1909, at the age of seventeen, with a score of twelve wins, two losses and two draws. His first notable chess accomplishment was winning the allrussian amateur tournament in st. A master of all phases of chess, his games were richly conceived and immensely complex. Capablanca was the favorite and alekhine the outsider. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading new york 1927. This cant be right, since my database contains 19 alekhines defence games by the namesake. Alekhine controversy articles written by the world chess champion in 1941 one of the greatest controversies in chess history concerns the authorship by world chess champion alexander alekhine of a series of articles published in nazi germany in 1941 during world war ii. Aug 12, 2014 alexander alekhine s best games alekhine, a 1949, ed 1996 nunn, j 1. Alekhine was a brilliant player with a poor character.
Alekhine,alexander capablanca,jose raul e16 new york. This time only six players competed in a quadruple round robin tournament from february to march. Play was held in the magnificent surroundings of the trade banquet hall of the hotel, manhattan square. This formation was named after a game he played against aron nimzowitsch in sanremo 1930, ending with alekhines decisive victory. In alekhines defense, black responds to the kings pawn opening by bringing out the kings knight with. The only way out for capablanca would have been, if alekhines. The alekhine is arguably the most forcing and aggressive reply to 1 e4. How to play the london system according to alekhine 1927.
Both alexander alekhine and aaron nimzowitsch challenged the champion at the beginning of that year, but the cuban had not yet answered those challenges definitively. Alexander alekhine was the fourth world chess champion who won several chess tournaments throughout his career. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. By inducing an overextended position, black hopes to. Alexander alekhine is the author of my best games of chess, 19081937 4. Capablanca had already accepted alekhines challenge prior to new york 1927. Alexander alekhine has 24 books on goodreads with 1185 ratings. New york 1927 following the success of the new york 1924 tournament they organized, norbert lederer and his associates decided to hold a match tournament of six or seven masters where each player would meet the other competitors four times. As team captain of the french chess team and board 1, he voted to go on with the olympiad but refused to play the german, bohemian, and moravian teams during the 8th chess.
Alexander alekhine a 43 alexander alekhine, the fourth world chess champion, a russian who had spent half his life in france, winner of the legendary 1927 match in buenos aires against capablanca, died undefeated. He said he spent eight hours a day studying the game, and produced many innovations in chess openings. Unlike alexander alekhine s justly renowned tournaments books on new york 1924 and nottingham 1936, his book on 1927 is harder to find and less wellknown. Books by alexander alekhine author of my best games of chess. Alekhine was the first to be a fulltime dedicated professional of the modern type. Delaware county district library ohio scanned in china. The match lasted 34 games and was going over two months.
October 19 1892 march 24, 1946 was a russian and french chess grandmaster and the fourth world chess champion. In the town of cascais, portugal, there is a street named after alekhine. Alekhines controversial masterpiece finally in english. Three by alekhine, two excellent and one perhaps his worst. Alexander alekhine biography childhood, life achievements. New york 1924 by alexander alekhine paperback, 352 pages one of the most remarkable and famous chess tournaments ever took place in new york city in march and april of 1924. Euwe considers him the alltime greatest attacking player. The new york 1927 chess tournament was an elite chess tournament held in new york city from february 19 to march 23, 1927. He was the first world champion to work hard on opening theory. Alexander alekhine vs frank james marshall new york 1927 indian game. Edward lasker rates him the games supreme inventive genius. Alexander alexandrovich alekhine was born on november 1 some sources give october 31, 1892, to a wealthy family in moscow, russia. Three years after the publication of the first volume of our history dealing with the life of one the most gifted worldclass chessplayers alexander alekhine who held the world championship title from 1927 to 1935 and again from 1935 to 1946, the reader will have a.
In 1927, alekhine became world chess champion by defeating capablanca in a match. New york 1927 kindle edition by alekhine, alexander. New york 1927, 21st century edition pdf download chessok. His life is a distillation of the entire 20th century, with its revolutions, world wars, upheavals and contradictions. In a lisbon hotel, alexander alekhine aged 53 was found dead in his room with a chess set in his hands. One of the most remarkable and famous chess tournaments ever took place in new york city in march and april 1924. New york 1924 kindle edition by alexander alekhine, andy soltis. Two volumes of alekhines best games have been available. New york 1927 by alexander alekhine book read online scribd.
This forum is for this specific game and nothing else. On july 25, 1934, alekhine had the white pieces and finally won in brilliant style in zurich, switzerland 37th swiss championship. He married a russian baroness in 1920, which legitimised their sevenyearold daughter. October 19 1892 march 24, 1946 was a russian and french chess player and the fourth world chess champion. International chess tournament new york 1927, dallas, chess digest. His father, alexander ivanovich alekhin, was a landowner and privy councilor to the conservative legislative fourth duma. From page 177 of kings of chess by william winter london, 1954, concerning the 192627 alekhine v euwe match. And all 110 tournament games deeply annotated by future world champion. New york 1924 kindle edition by alexander alekhine, andy. The tournament book that alekhine produced became the stuff of. Alexander alekhine 18921946 was a russianfrench grandmaster chess player, of the greatest chess players of all time and world chess champion. Almost all experts on the history and play of blindfold chess consider alexander alekhine the best simultaneous blindfold player ever. Jun 19, 2016 alexander alekhine vs frank james marshall new york 1927 indian game.
The new york 1927 chess tournament was an elite chess tournament held in new york city. Alexander aleksandr alexanderovich alekhine some sources. Read new york 1927 by alexander alekhine for free with a 30 day free trial. Three world champions undisputed world champions, mind you fulfilling their destiny. Alexander alekhine simple english wikipedia, the free. Samuil osipovich weinstein 18941942 was a russian chess master. My best games of chess 19081923 by alexander alekhine.
Capablanca had already accepted alekhine s challenge prior to new york 1927. Alexander alekhine author of my best games of chess, 1908. Viewable chess game jose raul capablanca vs frank james marshall. My best games alekhine pdf alekhines best games 19081937 by alexander. For decades, alexander alekhine s account of new york 1927 was at the top of the list of works that should have been rendered into english but unaccountably were not. In september 1939, world chess champion alexander alekhine 18921946 was in buenos aires when germany invaded poland on september 1, 1939. New york 1927 was the next tournament of this series. My best games of chess, 19081937 by alexander alekhine. Not everyone liked his personal character, but all admired his chess genius.
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