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ISBN 10: 0786401176 ISBN 13: 9780786401178

Casa editrice: McFarland, 1998

Historical Book of the Year--United States Chess Federation.

Finalist, Book of the Year--British 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.

About the Author:

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.

Review:

"[a] fine addition to chess literature...a giant of a book on a giant of a player.... Highly recommended" -- Inside Chess

"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" -- Edward Winter, New in Chess

"one of the most extensive, 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" -- The Chess Cafe

"outstanding.... Do whatever it takes to buy this book, you won't regret it" -- The Hull Chess Club Magazine

"staggering" -- Chess Life

"the most comprehensive accounting of the games of this brilliant chess player ever published. ...a labor of love. Recommended" -- Check

"the most substantial historical publishing event of the decade...[a] lavishly-bound McFarland epic...a quite wonderful book to treat yourself to" -- The British Chess Magazine

"this weighty tome is worth every penny.... The heroic authors spent years tracing every known game and partial game by Alekhine.... What makes this book truly valuable is, of course, the unparalleled collection of games" --Chess Moves

"Impressive...highly recommended." --John Elburg (Chessbooks.nl)

"Recommended...not to be missed by any Alekhine-researcher." --Chess Base Magazine

"Alekhine's career has been thoroughly documented...this magnificently produced book is essential for anyone seriously interested in chess history." --Chess Mail

"Astounding...gorgeous...beautiful...any chess historian must exult when seeing the detailed quotations of sources for each game...the authors succeeded in writing a splendid Alekhine Career Record which will be an excellent guideline for further research on Alekhine's chess...the book will satisfy every demanding reader." --Quarterly for Chess History