{"product_id":"alexander-alekhines-chess-games-1902-1946-2543-games-of-the-former-world-champion-many-annotated-by-alekhine-with-1868-diagrams-fully-indexed","title":"Alexander Alekhine's Chess Games, 1902-1946: 2543 Games of the Former World Champion, Many Annotated by Alekhine, with 1868 Diagrams, Fully Indexed","description":"\n\u003ctable align=\"center\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"2\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\"\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"productDetailSmallElements\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBiographical Note\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThe late \n\u003cb\u003eLeonard M. Skinner\u003c\/b\u003e was a marine scientist and lived in South Glamorgan, Wales. \n\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eRobert G.P. Verhoeven\u003c\/b\u003e lives in The Hague, the Netherlands, and was formerly a librarian in the chess department of the Royal Dutch Library.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eJacket Description\/Flap\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThis is by far the most comprehensive accounting of the games of this brilliant chess player: an exhaustive catalog 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 range from his earliest correspondence tournaments in 1902 through his final match with Francisco Lupi at Estoril, Portugal, in January 1946.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e - Volume 1 - \n\u003cbr\u003e Foreword \n\u003cbr\u003e Preface \n\u003cbr\u003e 1. Correspondence Events 1902-1904: Aleksandr or Aleksei? \n\u003cbr\u003e Alekhine's Early Chess Career \n\u003cbr\u003e Shakhmatnoe Obozrenie Correspondence Tournament No. 6, 1902-1903 \n\u003cbr\u003e Shakhmatnoe Obozrenie Correspondence Tournament No. 7, 1903-1904 \n\u003cbr\u003e Correspondence Match Against Vereshchagin 1904 \n\u003cbr\u003e 2. Correspondence Events 1905-1907 \n\u003cbr\u003e Shakhmatnoe Obozrenie Correspondence Tournament No. 16, 1905-1906 \n\u003cbr\u003e Correspondence Match Against Aleksei Alekhine, 1906 \n\u003cbr\u003e F Shakhovskoi Correspondence Tournament No. 1, 1906-1907 \n\u003cbr\u003e Correspondence Match Against Geish Ollisevich, 1907 \n\u003cbr\u003e Informal Games Played Over the Board \n\u003cbr\u003e 3. On the Way to the Master's Title 1907-1909 \n\u003cbr\u003e Informal, Correspondence and Club Events 1907-1908 \n\u003cbr\u003e Minor International and Club Events 1908-1909 \n\u003cbr\u003e All Russian Amateur Tournament at St. Petersburg, 15 February-12 March 1909 \n\u003cbr\u003e 4. Young Russian Master 1909-1911 \n\u003cbr\u003e Club and Other Minor Events 1909-1910 \n\u003cbr\u003e Shakhmatnoe Obozrenie Correspondence Tournament No. 17, 1909-1910 \n\u003cbr\u003e Club, Correspondence and Other Minor Events, 1909-1911 \n\u003cbr\u003e 17th DSB Congress, Masters Tournament, Hamburg, 18 July-6 August 1910 \n\u003cbr\u003e Club and Other Minor Events 1910-1911 \n\u003cbr\u003e 2nd International Tournament at Karlsbad, 20 August-24 September 1911 \n\u003cbr\u003e Club Events 1911 \n\u003cbr\u003e 5. International Consolidation 1912-1913 \n\u003cbr\u003e Club Events Early in 1912 \n\u003cbr\u003e Nordic Masters Tournament at Stockholm, 25 June-7 July 1912 \n\u003cbr\u003e Tournament of Russian Masters at Vilna, 19 August-17 September 1912 \n\u003cbr\u003e Club and Other Minor Events October 1912-February 1913 \n\u003cbr\u003e Match Against Levitsky Played in St. Petersburg, 28 February-16 March 1913 \n\u003cbr\u003e Quadrangular Tournament at St. Petersburg, 17-22 April 1913 \n\u003cbr\u003e International Tournament at Scheveningen and Some Associated Minor Events \n\u003cbr\u003e Various Events in Paris and London, September 1913 \n\u003cbr\u003e Exhibition Games Played in St. Petersburg, 14-23 December 1913 \n\u003cbr\u003e 6. Grandmaster Success 1914 \n\u003cbr\u003e All Russian Masters Tournament at St. Petersburg, 4-30 January 1914 \n\u003cbr\u003e International Grandmaster Tournament at St. Petersburg, 21 April-22 May 1914 \n\u003cbr\u003e Various Minor Events in St. Petersburg and Paris, 1914 \n\u003cbr\u003e 19th DSB Congress, Masters Tournament, Mannheim, 20 July-1 August 1914 \n\u003cbr\u003e 7. War and Revolution 1914-1917 \n\u003cbr\u003e After Mannheim, August-October 1914 \n\u003cbr\u003e Events in Moscow and Petrograd, 1914-1915 \n\u003cbr\u003e Club Tournament in Moscow, 22 October-December 1915 \n\u003cbr\u003e Other Events, 1915 \n\u003cbr\u003e Events in the Ukraine, Moscow and Petrograd, 1916-1917 \n\u003cbr\u003e 8. Soviet Russia 1917-1921 \n\u003cbr\u003e Various Events in Moscow, the Ukraine and Petrograd 1917-1919 \n\u003cbr\u003e Moscow Championship, October 1919-January 1920 \n\u003cbr\u003e Various Events in Moscow 1920 \n\u003cbr\u003e All Russian Chess Olympiad, Masters Tournament, Moscow, 4-25 October 1920 \n\u003cbr\u003e Match Against Grigoriev Played in Moscow, March 1921 \n\u003cbr\u003e 9. Re-emergence in the West 1921-1922 \n\u003cbr\u003e Events in Berlin, June 1921 \n\u003cbr\u003e Events in Triberg, June-July 1921 \n\u003cbr\u003e International Tournament at Triberg, 7 July-16 July 1921 \n\u003cbr\u003e International Tournament at Budapest, 7-19 September \n\u003cbr\u003e Exhibitions in Czechoslovakia and The Netherlands, October 1921 \n\u003cbr\u003e International Tournament at The Hague, 25 October-5 November 1921 \n\u003cbr\u003e Various Events in The Netherlands and Germany, October 1921-January 1922 \n\u003cbr\u003e 10. Wanderer in Europe 1922-1923 \n\u003cbr\u003e Exhibitions in France, Switzerland and Belgium, Early in 1922 \n\u003cbr\u003e Breyer Memorial Tournament at Pistyan, 6-29 April 1922 and Other Minor Events \n\u003cbr\u003e First Tour of Spain, May-June 1922 \n\u003cbr\u003e Simultaneous Displays in Belgium, 1922 \n\u003cbr\u003e International Tournament at London, 31 July-19 August 1922 \n\u003cbr\u003e International Tournament at Hastings, 10-22 September 1922 \n\u003cbr\u003e Exhibitions in Paris, Berlin and Switzerland, October-November 1922 \n\u003cbr\u003e International Tournament at Vienna, 13 November-2 December 1922 \n\u003cbr\u003e Second Tour of Spain, December 1922-January 1923 \n\u003cbr\u003e 11. Laying the Foundations 1923 \n\u003cbr\u003e Exhibitions in France, Belgium and Germany \n\u003cbr\u003e Various Events in France and Italy, February-March 1923 \n\u003cbr\u003e Margate Chess Congress, Masters Tournament, 31 March-7 April 1923 \n\u003cbr\u003e 3rd International Tournament at Karlsbad, 28 April-20 May 1923 \n\u003cbr\u003e Tour of Czechoslovakia, May 1923 \n\u003cbr\u003e 16th BCF Congress, Portsmouth, Major Open Tournament, 13-24 August 1923 \n\u003cbr\u003e Tour of England and Scotland, September-October, 1923 \n\u003cbr\u003e Other Events in 1923 \n\u003cbr\u003e 12. North America 1923-1924 \n\u003cbr\u003e Exhibitions in Canada, 22 November-1 December 1923 \n\u003cbr\u003e Tour of the USA and Canada, December 1923-April 1924 \n\u003cbr\u003e International Tournament in New York, 16 March-17 April 1924 \n\u003cbr\u003e Final Exhibitions in New York, April 1924 \n\u003cbr\u003e 13. The Ascent Begins 1925 \n\u003cbr\u003e World Record Blindfold Display in Paris, 1 February 1925 \n\u003cbr\u003e International Tournament in Paris, 11-22 February 1925 \n\u003cbr\u003e Quadrangular Tournament in Berne, 1-7 March 1925 \n\u003cbr\u003e Tour of Czechoslovakia, 1925 \n\u003cbr\u003e International Tournament at Baden-Baden 15 April-14 May 1925 \n\u003cbr\u003e Exhibitions in Switzerland, 1925 \n\u003cbr\u003e 14. Success in Europe 1925-1926 \n\u003cbr\u003e 6th Hastings Congress, Premier Tournament, 28 December 1925-5 January 1926 \n\u003cbr\u003e Exhibitions in England, January 1926 \n\u003cbr\u003e International Tournament at Semmering, 6-30 March 1926 \n\u003cbr\u003e International Tournament at Dresden, 4-16 April 1926 \n\u003cbr\u003e Exhibitions in Germany, April-May 1926 \n\u003cbr\u003e Scarborough Chess Congress, 22-29 May 1926 \n\u003cbr\u003e Other Exhibitions in England, May-June 1926 \n\u003cbr\u003e Club Tournament in Birmingham, 3-9 June 1926 \n\u003cbr\u003e 15. South America 1926 \n\u003cbr\u003e Various Events in Argentina, August-September, 1926 \n\u003cbr\u003e Tournament at Buenos Aires, 23 September-11 October 1926 \n\u003cbr\u003e Exhibitions in Argentina, Septembert-October, 1926 \n\u003cbr\u003e Exhibitions in Uruguay, November 1926 \n\u003cbr\u003e 16. World Championship Contender at Last 1926-1927 \n\u003cbr\u003e Match Against Euwe Played in Various Dutch Cities, 22 December 1926-8 January 1927 \n\u003cbr\u003e International Tournament in New York, 19 February-23 March 1927 \n\u003cbr\u003e Exhibitions in Hungary, June 1927 \n\u003cbr\u003e International Tournament at Kecskemét, 25 June-14 July \n\u003cbr\u003e 17. Master of the Invincible 1927-1928 \n\u003cbr\u003e World Championship Match Played at Buenos Aires, 17 September-28 November 1927 \n\u003cbr\u003e Exhibitions in South America, December 1927 \n\u003cbr\u003e Exhibitions in Europe, 1928 \n\u003cbr\u003e 18. North America 1929 \n\u003cbr\u003e Tour of the USA, March-May 1929 \n\u003cbr\u003e Various Displays in Mexico, May 1929 \n\u003cbr\u003e International Tournament at Bradley Beach, 3-12 June 1929 \n\u003cbr\u003e Various Events in New York, 14-16 June 1929 \n\u003cbr\u003e 19. The Golden Years 1929-1930 \n\u003cbr\u003e World Championship Match Played in Germany and Holland, 6 September-12 November 1929 \n\u003cbr\u003e Exhibitions in Italy and Germany, October-November 1929 \n\u003cbr\u003e International Tournament at San Remo, 15 January-4 February 1930 \n\u003cbr\u003e Exhibitions in Scandinavia, April-May 1930 \n\u003cbr\u003e 3rd Olympiad, Hamburg, 13-27 July 1930 \n\u003cbr\u003e Exhibitions in Switzerland, Belgium, Austria and Germany, July-October 1930 \n\u003cbr\u003e 20. The Successes Continue 1930-1931 \n\u003cbr\u003e Tour of Yugoslavia, December 1930-January 1931 \n\u003cbr\u003e Consultation Games Against Euwe, Amsterdam, March 1931 \n\u003cbr\u003e Consultation Tournament at Nice, 13-24 April 1931 \n\u003cbr\u003e Other Events in France, April-May 1931 \n\u003cbr\u003e 4th Olympiad, Prague, 11-26 July 1931 \n\u003cbr\u003e Events in Iceland, August 1931 \n\u003cbr\u003e International Tournament at Bled and Ljubljana, 22 August-29 September 1931 \n\u003cbr\u003e Various Events in Paris, October-December 1931 \n\u003cbr\u003e 21. Still Supreme 1932 \n\u003cbr\u003e Minor Events Associated with the London Congress, January-February 1932 \n\u003cbr\u003e London Congress, Masters Tournament, London, 1-13 February 1932 \n\u003cbr\u003e World Record Simultaneous Team Exhibition in Paris, 28 February 1932 \n\u003cbr\u003e Training Tournament in Berne, 25-27 March 1932 \n\u003cbr\u003e Tour of France, May-July 1932 \n\u003cbr\u003e Exhibitions in Switzerland, July 1932 \n\u003cbr\u003e 36th Swiss International Championship, Masters' Group, Berne, 16-30 July 1932 \n\u003cbr\u003e - Volume 2 - \n\u003cbr\u003e 22. The North American Tour 1932 \n\u003cbr\u003e Pasadena Chess Congress, Masters Tournament, 15-28 August 1932 \n\u003cbr\u003e Exhibitions in California, September 1932 \n\u003cbr\u003e Exhibitions in Mexico, September-October 1932 \n\u003cbr\u003e International Tournament at Mexico City, 7-17 October 1932 and Other Events \n\u003cbr\u003e Tour of the USA and Canada, November-December 1932 \n\u003cbr\u003e 23. The World Tour 1933 \n\u003cbr\u003e Events in Hawaii, the Orient and the Philippines, January-February 1933 \n\u003cbr\u003e Events in the East Indies, March 1933 \n\u003cbr\u003e Exhibitions in Italy, France and Switzerland, May-June 1933 \n\u003cbr\u003e 24. Events in Europe and the USA 1933 \n\u003cbr\u003e 5th Olympiad, Folkestone, 12-23 June 1933 \n\u003cbr\u003e World Record Blindfold Simultaneous Exhibition in Chicago, 16 July 1933 \n\u003cbr\u003e Events in Washington, San Juan and New York, August-September 1933 \n\u003cbr\u003e Various Events in France, October 1933 \n\u003cbr\u003e International Tournament in Paris, 19-27 October 1933 \n\u003cbr\u003e Tour of the Netherlands, October-November 1933 \n\u003cbr\u003e Tour of Czechoslovakia, November-December 1933 \n\u003cbr\u003e Various Events in Austria and Germany, 1933 \n\u003cbr\u003e 25. The Title Defended 1933-1934 \n\u003cbr\u003e 14th Hastings Congress, Premier Tournament, 27 December 1933-5 January 1934 \n\u003cbr\u003e Exhibitions in England, January 1934 \n\u003cbr\u003e Exhibitions in the Netherlands, February 1934 \n\u003cbr\u003e Exhibitions in Belgium, Switzerland and France, February-March 1934 \n\u003cbr\u003e World Championship Match, Played in Various German Cities, 1 April-14 June 1934 \n\u003cbr\u003e Exhibitions in Germany and The Netherlands, 1934 \n\u003cbr\u003e 37th Swiss Championship and International Tournament at Zurich, 14-29 July 1934 \n\u003cbr\u003e Exhibitions in North Africa and Malta \n\u003cbr\u003e 26. The Calm Before the Storm 1935 \n\u003cbr\u003e Tour of Spain, January-March 1935 \n\u003cbr\u003e Events in Scandinavia, April-May 1935 \n\u003cbr\u003e Events in The Netherlands and France, May-June 1935 \n\u003cbr\u003e 6th Olympiad, Warsaw, 16-31 August 1935 \n\u003cbr\u003e Exhibitions in the Baltic States, September 1935 \n\u003cbr\u003e 27. The Championship Lost 1935-1936 \n\u003cbr\u003e World Championship Match Played in Various Dutch Cities, 3 October-15 December 1935 \n\u003cbr\u003e Exhibitions in Vienna, February-March 1936 \n\u003cbr\u003e Tours in Hungary, Yugoslavia and Bulgaria, March-May 1936 \n\u003cbr\u003e 28. The Rehabilitation Begins 1936 \n\u003cbr\u003e Olympiad Training Tournament at Bad Nauheim, 17-24 May 1936 \n\u003cbr\u003e Olympiad Training Tournament at Dresden, 7-14 June 1936 \n\u003cbr\u003e 5th ÚJČS Congress, International Tournament and Czechoslovakian Championship, Poděbrady, 4-26 July 1936 \n\u003cbr\u003e International Tournament at Nottingham, 10-28 August 1936 \n\u003cbr\u003e Various Events in The Netherlands, October 1936 \n\u003cbr\u003e \"De Arbeiderspers\" International Tournament at Amsterdam, 10-18 October 1936 \n\u003cbr\u003e 29. The Championship Regained 1936-1937 \n\u003cbr\u003e 17th Hastings Congress, Premier Tournament, 28 December 1936-6 January 1937 \n\u003cbr\u003e Events in The Netherlands and France, January-March 1937 \n\u003cbr\u003e Margate Easter Congress, Premier Tournament, 31 March-9 April 1937 \n\u003cbr\u003e Further Displays in France and The Netherlands, April-May 1937 \n\u003cbr\u003e International Tournament at Kemeri, 15 June-10 July 1937 \n\u003cbr\u003e Quadrangular Tournament Played in Various German Cities, 18-27 July 1937 \n\u003cbr\u003e Great Simultaneous Display in Paris, 19 September 1937 \n\u003cbr\u003e World Championship Match Played in Various Dutch Cities, 5 October-7 December \n\u003cbr\u003e Exhibition Garnes Played in Various Dutch Cities, 8-16 December 1937 \n\u003cbr\u003e 30. First Amongst Equals 1938 \n\u003cbr\u003e Exhibitions in Italy, England and France, January 1938 \n\u003cbr\u003e International Tournament at the Hotel Miramar de Carrasco, Montevideo, 7-25 March 1938 \n\u003cbr\u003e Exhibitions in Buenos Aires, March 1938 \n\u003cbr\u003e Margate Easter Congress, Premier Tournament, 20-29 April 1938 \n\u003cbr\u003e Tour of Czechoslovakia, May-June 1938 \n\u003cbr\u003e Plymouth Chess Club Jubilee Tournament, 5-10 September 1938 \n\u003cbr\u003e Tour of Ireland and Britain, September-October 1938 \n\u003cbr\u003e AVRO Tournament Played in Various Dutch Cities, 2-27 November 1938 \n\u003cbr\u003e 31. South America 1939 \n\u003cbr\u003e Events in Venezuela, Trinidad, Colombia and Panama, 1939 \n\u003cbr\u003e Exhibitions in Brazil and Argentina, May-August 1939 \n\u003cbr\u003e 8th Olympiad, Buenos Aires, 23 August-19 September 1939 \n\u003cbr\u003e Millington Drake International Tournament at Montevideo, 21-29 September 1939 \n\u003cbr\u003e 32. Return to Europe 1940-1941 \n\u003cbr\u003e Exhibitions in Portugal, 1940 \n\u003cbr\u003e France, 1940-1941 \n\u003cbr\u003e Exhibitions in Portugal and Spain, 1941 \n\u003cbr\u003e 2nd Europa Tournament at Munich, 8-21 September 1941 \n\u003cbr\u003e 2nd General Government Tournament at Cracow and Warsaw, 5-21 October 1941 \n\u003cbr\u003e Other Events in Warsaw, 1941 \n\u003cbr\u003e Second Tour of Spain, 1941 \n\u003cbr\u003e 33. Wartime Triumphs 1942 \n\u003cbr\u003e Exhibitions in Germany, 1942 \n\u003cbr\u003e International Tournament at Salzburg, 9-18 June 1942 \n\u003cbr\u003e 1st European Championship, Munich, 14-26 September 1942 \n\u003cbr\u003e 3rd General Government Tournament, Poland, 11-28 October 1942 \n\u003cbr\u003e 34. Wartime Successes Continue 1942-1943 \n\u003cbr\u003e International Tournament at Prague, 5-16 December 1942 \n\u003cbr\u003e Exhibitions in Czechoslovakia, December 1942-March 1943 \n\u003cbr\u003e Match Against Bogoljubow Played in Warsaw, 27-28 March 1943 \n\u003cbr\u003e International Tournament at Prague, 10-29 April 1943 and Other Minor Events \n\u003cbr\u003e Exhibitions in Germany, 1943 \n\u003cbr\u003e International Tournament at Salzburg, 9-18 June 1943 \n\u003cbr\u003e 35. Escape from Occupied Europe 1943-1944 \n\u003cbr\u003e Exhibitions in Spain, 1943-1944 \n\u003cbr\u003e Match Against Rey Ardid Played at Zaragoza, 8-12 April 1944 \n\u003cbr\u003e International Tournament at Gijón, 14-23 July 1944 \n\u003cbr\u003e Various Exhibitions, 1944-1945 \n\u003cbr\u003e 36. The Final Phase 1945-1946 \n\u003cbr\u003e Training Tournament in Madrid, 26 February-6 March 1945 \n\u003cbr\u003e Minor Events in Spain, 1945 \n\u003cbr\u003e International Tournament at Gijón, 12-21 July 1945 \n\u003cbr\u003e International Tournament at Sabadell, 2-10 August 1945 \n\u003cbr\u003e International Tournament at Almería, 21-29 August 1945 and Other Minor Events \n\u003cbr\u003e International Tournament at Melilla, 8-14 September 1945 \n\u003cbr\u003e Last Exhibitions in Spain 1945 \n\u003cbr\u003e Match Against Lupi Played at Estoril, 6-9 January 1946 \n\u003cbr\u003e 37. Miscellaneous Unallocated Games \n\u003cbr\u003e 38. Alekhine's Tournament Record 1902-1945 \n\u003cbr\u003e 39. Alekhine's Career Record 1902-1946 \n\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography \n\u003cbr\u003e Index of Alekhine's Opponents and Consultation Partners \n\u003cbr\u003e Openings Index--Descriptive Classification \n\u003cbr\u003e Openings Index--ECO Classification \n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"the most substantial historical publishing event of the decade...lavishly-bound McFarland epic...wonderful\"-- \n\u003ci\u003eBritish Chess Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e; \"Alekhine's career has been thoroughly documented...this magnificently produced book is essential for anyone seriously interested in chess history\"-- \n\u003ci\u003eChess Mail\u003c\/i\u003e; \"extensively researched...massive...raised the bar for single-player collections and biographies by several orders of magnitude...impressive\"-- \n\u003ci\u003eChessCafe.com\u003c\/i\u003e; \"this is truly a monumental work\"-- \n\u003ci\u003eChess Horizons\u003c\/i\u003e; \"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\"-- \n\u003ci\u003eNew In Chess\u003c\/i\u003e; \"a fine addition to chess literature...a giant of a book on a giant of a player...highly recommended\"-- \n\u003ci\u003eInside Chess\u003c\/i\u003e; \"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\"-- \n\u003ci\u003eQuarterly for Chess History\u003c\/i\u003e; \"a feast of information...a huge number of games, many well annotated by the champ...an incredible number of complete crosstables and charts...outstanding...thoroughly researched, well written and handsomely produced...full of content...highly recommended\"-- \n\u003ci\u003eBlitz Chess\u003c\/i\u003e; \"staggering\"-- \n\u003ci\u003eChess Life\u003c\/i\u003e; \"this book is very well researched and it is the most comprehensive and detailed book about Alekhine so far...highly recommended...a magnificent piece of work\"-- \n\u003ci\u003eSeagaard Chess Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e; \"the best-researched and most detailed work\"-- \n\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e; \"this weighty tome is worth every penny...truly valuable...unparalleled collection of games\"-- \n\u003ci\u003eChess Moves\u003c\/i\u003e; \"the most comprehensive accounting of the games of this brilliant chess player ever published...a labor of love...recommended\"-- \n\u003ci\u003eCheck\u003c\/i\u003e; \"outstanding\"-- \n\u003ci\u003eThe Hull Chess Club Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e; \"research like never before!\"-- \n\u003ci\u003eChess Digest\u003c\/i\u003e; \"unique...incredible\"-- \n\u003ci\u003eWinnipeg Free Press\u003c\/i\u003e; \"recommended...not to be missed by any Alekhine-researcher\"-- \n\u003ci\u003eChessBase\u003c\/i\u003e; \"the best book on one of the greatest players of all\"-- \n\u003ci\u003eThe Sunday Express, \u003c\/i\u003e London.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher Marketing\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e This is by far the most comprehensive accounting of the games of this brilliant chess player: an exhaustive catalog the result of many years of digging--an effort unparalleled in the history of chess game collections. 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