Alexander Alekhine’s Chess Games, 1902–1946 (2 Books)

This is by far the most comprehensive accounting of the games of this brilliant chess player: an exhaustive catalog 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 range from his earliest correspondence tournaments in 1902 through his final match with Francisco Lupi at Estoril, Portugal, in January 1946. About the Author(s) 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. Bibliographic Details Leonard M. Skinner and Robert G.P. Verhoeven Foreword by Alex A. Aljechin Format: softcover (8.5 x 11 in 2 vols.) Pages: 824 Bibliographic Info: 1,868 diagrams, references, bibliography, indexes Copyright Date: 2019 [1998] pISBN: 978-1-4766-7942-6 Imprint: McFarland Table of Contents • VOLUME 1 • Foreword x Preface xii 1. Correspondence Events 1902–1904: Aleksandr or Aleksei? 2. Correspondence Events 1905–1907 3. On the Way to the Master’s Title 1907–1909 4. Young Russian Master 1909–1911 5. International Consolidation 1912–1913 6. Grandmaster Success 1914 7. War and Revolution 1914–1917 8. Soviet Russia 1917–1921 9. Re-emergence in the West 1921–1922 10. Wanderer in Europe 1922–1923 11. Laying the Foundations 1923 12. North America 1923–1924 13. The Ascent Begins 1925 14. Success in Europe 1925–1926 15. South America 1926 16. World Championship Contender at Last 1926–1927 17. Master of the Invincible 1927–1928 18. North America 1929 19. The Golden Years 1929–1930 20. The Successes Continue 1930–1931 21. Still Supreme 1932 • VOLUME 2 • 22. The North American Tour 1932 23. The World Tour 1933 24. Events in Europe and the USA 1933 25. The Title Defended 1933–1934 26. The Calm Before the Storm 1935 27. The Championship Lost 1935–1936 28. The Rehabilitation Begins 1936 29. The Championship Regained 1936–1937 30. First Amongst Equals 1938 31. South America 1939 32. Return to Europe 1940–1941 33. Wartime Triumphs 1942 34. Wartime Successes Continue 1942–1943 35. Escape from Occupied Europe 1943–1944 36. The Final Phase 1945–1946 37. Miscellaneous Unallocated Games 734 38. Alekhine’s Tournament Record 1902–1945 736 39. Alekhine’s Career Record 1902–1946 765 Bibliography 787 Index of Alekhine’s Opponents and Consultation Partners 794 Openings Index—Descriptive Classification 803 Openings Index—ECO Classification 805