Alexander Alekhine's Chess Games, 1902-1946: 2543 Games of the Former World Champion, Many Annotated by Alekhine with 1868 diagrams fully Indexed

Author: Skinner, Leonard M and Robert G P VerhoevenYear: 1998Publisher: McFarland & Company, IncPlace: Jefferson, NCDescription:xv+807 pages with frontispiece portrait, diagrams, illustrations, plates, tables, figures, bibliography and indices. Small folio (11 1/4" x 8 3/4") bound in maroon cloth with gilt lettering to spine and covers. Foreword by Alex A Aljechin. First edition.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. Alexander Alekhine was a Russian and French chess player and the fourth World Chess Champion. H