Alexander Alekhine's Chess Games, 1902-1946 : 2543 Games of the Former World Champion, Many Annotated by Alekhine, with 1868 Diagrams, Fully Indexed [Library Binding]

Leonard M. Skinner (Author), Alexander Alekhine (Author), Robert G. P. Verhoeven (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0786401176 | ISBN-13: 978-0786401178 | Publication Date: July 1997 | Edition: annotated 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.

Editorial Reviews

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"[a] fine addition to chess literature" -- Inside Chess Online

"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" -- 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

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.

Product Details

• Library Binding: 824 pages
• Publisher: McFarland & Company; annotated edition edition (July 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0786401176
• ISBN-13: 978-0786401178
• Product Dimensions: 11.2 x 8.7 x 2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.8 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,686,691 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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13 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Stupendous, September 19, 1999

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John Kato (Honolulu, Hawaii USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Alexander Alekhine's Chess Games, 1902-1946 : 2543 Games of the Former World Champion, Many Annotated by Alekhine, with 1868 Diagrams, Fully Indexed (Library Binding)

This book is truly a marvelous book to have in my library. I have been collecting chess books since 1969 and despite having almost 500 chess books not much comes close. This book most clearly resembles the excellent two volume book on Rubinstein by John Donalson and Nicolay Minev. As big as a phone book this book does not easily fit on all bookshelves. The only caveat is that there could have been more anotated games. One example is that all the games from NY 1924 should have been annotated as Alekhine himself annotated all the games from the tournment and all of his games from that tournment should have been annnotated.

9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Terrific, colossal tome!, July 30, 2003

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Never_Again (Brooklyn, NY USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Alexander Alekhine's Chess Games, 1902-1946 : 2543 Games of the Former World Champion, Many Annotated by Alekhine, with 1868 Diagrams, Fully Indexed (Library Binding)

This book is everything Amazon's desription says. And it's a very solid hard-cover job, with excellent layout and printing. Some interesting biography bits prefacing each chapter were new even to a die-hard Alekhinbe fan like me.
Finally a book that does him justice. One could only wish that *all* the games were annotated, à la "Chess Stars" series (I have all four Tal volumes), but it's really hard to complain about a fine book like this.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The best Alekhine's games collection so far., October 5, 1998

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"cjug4" (Chile) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Alexander Alekhine's Chess Games, 1902-1946 : 2543 Games of the Former World Champion, Many Annotated by Alekhine, with 1868 Diagrams, Fully Indexed (Library Binding)

This huge book is of a great value to the chess enthusiast and a must for the Alekhine admirer. It is really an exhaustive investigation work and better yet, with Alekhine's own annotations on games! We must be grateful to the authors on this fine work and to the publishers for the high quality edition...