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My Best Games of Chess, 1908 - 1937

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This is on of those books. Like My Sixty Memorable Games or My System, you just won't be able really to understand this game until you read it. Bottvinik thought that the study of Alekhine's (and Capablanca's) games should make up the backbone of one's chess learning. Yet don't think of this book as a mere obligatory read. The games are enchanting: You will find reading this book demanding, but you will also find it fun! The author of this book is one of the four or five greatest players of all time and it shows! His games, esp. those against Reti at Baden Baden, Rabinovich, and Nimzowitch, rank as some of the greatest ever played.

Look. This is plain and simple. There is not a collection of better annotated games out there, and for this price, how could you not buy it! The annotations will instruct you just as well as any middlegame book, and if you ask 10 masters if they think this is a good book, all 10 will say yes.

This is simply my favorite book period.Those who claim that Alekhine was the greatest ever have this collection of games as proof.Alekhine probably came up with more original winning schemes than any other player in history.Some of his moves seemingly come from nowhere.You are sure to improve by studying this collection of games.

This is a wonderful collection of games from the legendary world champion. Aleknine sheds light on all phases of the game: opening, middlegame, and endgame. His unsurpassed combinative ability is on display together with the positional thinking and combative attitude that made him a winner with an attacking style.

I am a hobby type player and found the annotations far easier to understand than any other game collection. This book really helped me improve by showing that one can recover from poor moves in the opening or even middlegame miscalculations.

This book is actually two separate books, bound together in one volume. Considering the price, this book is an absolute bargain if you are looking for a good collection of annotated games.

Even though the price is very low, the games annotated in this collection are incredible. Alekhine spent a great deal of time and care to annotate the games and to point out blunders, side lines, and highlights of each position. His annotations are clear and approachable and will appeal to the novice and master alike. Plodding through these games on an actually board is a pleasure as well.

The book is in descriptive notation instead of algebraic; if you can handle this, and you want a collection of very well-annotated games by one of the very best players of all time, then this book will fill the need beautifully.

Alekhine invented "attack preconditions without commitment," an essential concept of modern players. This is why Botvinnik insisted it is essential to study Alekhine.

It's miraculous to watch Alehine increase his readiness to attack the King while at the same time being ready to attack ANYWHERE. Of course, this is a wonderful book just to enjoy, since Fischer called Alekhine "the deepest player who ever lived." Meaning? Fantastic combinations explode at any moment!

How do you create a safe, flexible position that can suddenly turn into a whirlwind attack? Read this book and find out!

Whenever I want to see a true masterpeice on the chess board I go straight to this book. The breif information about his life also dispells a lot of bad rumors.

Alekhine was not just the strongest player of his era, but also a gifted writer. In this book, strategic themes like weak squares, pawn structures etc.. are expressed in simple plain language for the uninitiated. Guaranteed to improve one's understanding of the middle-game.

This volume is also priced reasonably, as with most Dover Chess books anyway.....

Alekhine is my favorite chess player. In his games each move he made was in concert with the last. He was very good at executing a sacrifice of material to gain a better position, then forcing his opponent to return the material while they are in an unpleasant position and next forcing their resignation with a knock out combination! There are many examples of this in his book. He was very well versed in all phases of the game and gave very deep analysis in this book that flaunt these skills. This is a must have for all!

This was the book that made me fall in love with chess back 40 years ago! The analysis is so clear and at the same time so deep, that it is equally useful to the beginner and the experienced player!