Alexander Alekhine: Master of Attack (Masters (Everyman Chess)) [Paperback]

Alex Raetsky (Author), Maxim Chetverik (Author)

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Publication Date: December 1, 2004 | Series: Masters (Everyman Chess)

In this book Alexander Raetsky and Maxim Chetverik take a look back at how Alekhine defeated his opponents in dazzling style. Included are some of Alekhine's most famous attacks and glorious combinations. A deep study of his games cannot fail to inspire any true chess fan.

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From the Back Cover

What separated Alexander Alekhine from the rest of his contemporaries? Why did he dominate the chess world for so long? The main reason was undoubtedly his brilliant attacking style of play. Alekhine had a combinative gift and thrilled the chess public and influenced every great chess player since. Garry Kasparov once said, 'I fell in love with the rich complexity of his ideas at the chessboard. Alekhine's attacks came suddenly, like destructive thunderstorms that erupted from a clear sky.'
In this book Alexander Raetsky and Maxim Chetverik take a look back at how Alekhine defeated his opponents in dazzling style. They carefully select and analyze some of Alekhine's most famous attacks and glorious combinations. A deep study of his games cannot fail to entertain and inspire any true chess fan.

*Includes Alekhine's most celebrated games
*Test yourself with his most difficult combinations
*Perfect for sharpening your attacking play

About the Author

Alexander Raetsky is a Russian International Master and an experienced competitor on the chess tournament circuit.

Maxim Chetverik is a FIDE Master and a renowned openings expert.

Product Details

• Paperback: 128 pages
• Publisher: Everyman Chess; 1st edition (December 1, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1857443721
• ISBN-13: 978-1857443721
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 6.1 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 11.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #799,282 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A good format for a chess book, September 18, 2009

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This review is from: Alexander Alekhine: Master of Attack (Masters (Everyman Chess)) (Paperback)

There are many chess books around. Every chess player expects to learn a lot from each book but not always the expectations are fullfilled. For instance, there are many books about alekhine chess games, even written by Alekhine himself! A chess player can learn a lot reading the annotators remarks of each game, but in my opinion, the best approach is to try by yourself, I mean, to analyse deep in each position to find for yourself what is going on in each game.

Alekhine was, no doubt, a master of attack, and the chess amateur (and even the professionals), can learn from his games. Raetsky and Chetverik, did something unusual, I guess. They wrote some sort of a mini biography of Alekhine and a good chess combinations puzzle book using only Alekhine's games. They also analyse and make some good comments about most famous and spectacular Alekhine games, but the core of the book is for the aspiring chess player. He/she has to try to solve the combinations of the former world champion. The book is really neat in his conception. the authors classified the combinations at differente levels. The first chapters are really easy, one or two moves combinations, but then the difficult of the combinations pull up.

The book has few hundreds of combinations and with the authors's approach you can have a good view of Alekhine chess life and also, to get a deep knowledge of his art at the chessboard with a hands on approach!

In my opinion, this book (like other from these two authors about famous chess players), is a very good way to train in the tactic aspect of the chess student. The authors wrote also another book with this scheme around Mikhail Tal, which I recommend too.