The game lasted 26 moves with a queen sacrifice offer. This strategy is not without risk, but those who specialize in the alekhine find that the opening has a real practical sting and quickstrike potential. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Alexander alexandrovich alekhine was born on november 1 some sources give october 31, 1892, to a wealthy family in moscow, russia.
Play was held in the magnificent surroundings of the trade banquet hall of the hotel, manhattan square. Alexander alekhine author of my best games of chess, 1908. The winner would be the one who first won six games. Three world champions undisputed world champions, mind you fulfilling their destiny. May 27, 2009 three by alekhine, two excellent and one perhaps his worst.
For decades, alexander alekhine s account of new york 1927 was at the top of the list of works that should have been rendered into english but unaccountably were not. Samuil osipovich weinstein 18941942 was a russian chess master. Unlike alexander alekhine s justly renowned tournaments books on new york 1924 and nottingham 1936, his book on 1927 is harder to find and less wellknown. Alekhine was born into a wealthy family in moscow, russia, on october 31, 1892. Three world champions undisputed world champions, mind you. This is unlike any other tournament book ever written. Viewable chess game jose raul capablanca vs frank james marshall. Alekhine s gun is a formation in chess named after the former world chess champion alexander alekhine. He lost the world title to euwe in 1935 but won it back in 1937. When alekhine heard about this, he was furious as he and capablanca had already arranged terms for their forthcoming match in september that year.
Alekhines gun is a formation in chess named after the former world chess champion alexander alekhine. His father, alexander ivanovich alekhin, was a landowner and privy councilor to the conservative legislative fourth duma. Both alexander alekhine and aaron nimzowitsch challenged the champion at the beginning of that year, but the cuban had not yet answered those challenges definitively. The reigning world champion was found dead in his hotel room in estoril, portugal on the morning of sunday, 24 march 1946. Alexander alekhine s best games alexander alekhine additional material by c. The tournament book that alekhine produced became the stuff of. Alekhine was declared an enemy of the soviet union after making antibolshevik statements in. Alekhine did indeed play it again, scoring a very decent 66% with black, starting with this one. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading new york 1924. Following alekhines departure abroad in may 1921 and his decision to remain an emigre, the russian master embarked on the anything but easy path of a professional chessplayer.
Alekhine,alexander capablanca,jose raul e16 new york. Alekhine controversy articles written by the world chess champion in 1941 one of the greatest controversies in chess history concerns the authorship by world chess champion alexander alekhine of a series of articles published in nazi germany in 1941 during world war ii. Alexander alekhine a 43 alexander alekhine, the fourth world chess champion, a russian who had spent half his life in france, winner of the legendary 1927 match in buenos aires against capablanca, died undefeated. Alexander alekhine author of my best games of chess, 19081937. It is possible that alekhine had not fully trained for the encounter and that he was rather too appreciative of dutch hospitality, but nothing can detract from the allround excellence of euwes play. My best games of chess, 19081937 by alexander alekhine. Not everyone liked his personal character, but all admired his chess genius.
For decades, alexander alekhines account of new york 1927 was at the top of the list of works that should have been rendered into english but unaccountably were not. Alekhine s controversial masterpiece finally in english. His book my best games of chess 19241937 featured in the classic 1946 film a matter of life and death. By inducing an overextended position, black hopes to. The city staged a great tournament by having the three giants of the age. And all 110 tournament games deeply annotated by future world champion.
It was in new york that capablanca, alekhine, and the argentine organizers finally reached an agreement about the world championship match. New york 1927 kindle edition by alekhine, alexander. Alekhines controversial masterpiece finally in english. This formation was named after a game he played against aron nimzowitsch in sanremo 1930, ending with alekhine s decisive victory. Naturally, the favourite was the reigning champion capablanca, but two other remarkable players had an important fight. The new york 1927 chess tournament was an elite chess tournament held in new york city from february 19 to march 23, 1927. October 19 1892 mairch 24, 1946 wis a roushie chess grandmaster an the fowert warld chess champion. The asteroid 1909 alekhin was named in honor of alexander alekhine.
Alexander alekhine 18921946 contradictory accounts of alekhines death are rife, and here we present the main evidence and miscellaneous related claims. International chess tournament new york 1927, dallas, chess digest. Aug 12, 2014 alexander alekhine s best games alekhine, a 1949, ed 1996 nunn, j 1. In alekhines defense, black responds to the kings pawn opening by bringing out the kings knight with.
Mar 05, 2011 three years after the majestic tournament of 1924, new york hosted another great event. Alexander alekhine is the author of my best games of chess, 19081937 4. Almost all experts on the history and play of blindfold chess consider alexander alekhine the best simultaneous blindfold player ever. Almost all experts on the history and play of blindfold chess consider alexander alekhine the. The book of the sixth american chess congress, new york, 1891 or in the early 1910s wiener. My best games alekhine pdf alekhines best games 19081937 by alexander. This cant be right, since my database contains 19 alekhines defence games by the namesake. Alexander alekhines best games alekhine, a 1949, ed 1996 nunn, j 1. He is widely considered to be one of the greatest chess players of.
Alexander alekhine vs frank james marshall new york 1927 indian game. The opening was a queens gambit declined, orthodox defense, alekhine variation. Capablanca had already accepted alekhine s challenge prior to new york 1927. Alekhine was the first to be a fulltime dedicated professional of the modern type.
New york 1927 available for download and read online in other formats. Black immediately forces the pace and drags the game onto his own favoured territory. New york 1924 kindle edition by alexander alekhine, andy. Alexander alekhine, new york 1927 russell enterprises 2011. Books by alexander alekhine author of my best games of chess. October 19 1892 march 24, 1946 was a russian and french chess player and the fourth world chess champion.
New york 1927 following the success of the new york 1924 tournament they organized, norbert lederer and his associates decided to hold a match tournament of six or seven masters where each player would meet the other competitors four times. Unlike alexander alekhines justly renowned tournaments books on new york 1924 and nottingham 1936, his book on 1927 is harder to find and less wellknown. New york 1927 by alexander alekhine book read online scribd. New york 1927 alexander alekhine paperback, 168 pages alekhines controversial masterpiece.
Two volumes of alekhines best games have been available. Geza maroczy was asked to be the tournament director and invitations were sent to jose raul capablanca, emanuel lasker, frank james marshall, alexander. He is widely considered ane o the greatest chess players ever. In contrast, alekhine put five of his 20 games from baden baden 1925 and three of his 16 games from kecskemet 1927 in that book. Alexander alekhine became world chess champion 1927 by defeating the chess machine jose raul capablanca in buenos airesargentina. His life is a distillation of the entire 20th century, with its revolutions, world wars, upheavals and contradictions. New york 1924 was an elite chess tournament held in the alamac hotel in new york city from march 6 to april 18, 1924. The only way out for capablanca would have been, if alekhines. A master of all phases of chess, his games were richly conceived and immensely complex. One of the most remarkable and famous chess tournaments ever took place in new york city in march and april 1924. This forum is for this specific game and nothing else. Read new york 1927 by alexander alekhine for free with a 30 day free trial. Alekhine controversy articles written by the world chess.
Alexander alekhines best games alekhine, a 1949, ed. Petersburg in 1909, at the age of seventeen, with a score of twelve wins, two losses and two draws. The new york 1927 chess tournament was an elite chess tournament held in new york city. Alexander alekhines best games alekhine, a 1949, ed 1996. Uploaded by tracey gutierres on september 26, 2012. Three by alekhine, two excellent and one perhaps his worst. Alexander and john nunn foreword by garry kasparov games selected by raymond keene algebraic classics series series editor. Alexander alekhine biography childhood, life achievements. The alekhine is arguably the most forcing and aggressive reply to 1 e4. On july 25, 1934, alekhine had the white pieces and finally won in brilliant style in zurich, switzerland 37th swiss championship. As team captain of the french chess team and board 1, he voted to go on with the olympiad but refused to play the german, bohemian, and moravian teams during the 8th chess. Three years after the publication of the first volume of our history dealing with the life of one the most gifted worldclass chessplayers alexander alekhine who held the world championship title from 1927 to 1935 and again from 1935 to 1946, the reader will have a. New york 1927, 21st century edition alekhine, alexander on. Move by move 12 nkb3, but, oddly enough, never played it again.
Alekhine was current world champion 19271935 and 19371946. He was the only world chess champion to have died still in possession of the title. He was the first world champion to work hard on opening theory. His first notable chess accomplishment was winning the allrussian amateur tournament in st. Jun 19, 2016 alexander alekhine vs frank james marshall new york 1927 indian game. Capablanca was the favorite and alekhine the outsider. This formation was named after a game he played against aron nimzowitsch in sanremo 1930, ending with alekhines decisive victory. Capablanca had already accepted alekhines challenge prior to new york 1927. The match lasted 34 games and was going over two months. Alexander alekhines best games alexander alekhine additional material by c. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading new york 1927. New york 1927, 21st century edition pdf download chessok.
How to play the london system according to alekhine 1927. Marshall could only include one of his 27 games in my 50 years of chess because he only won one. In 1927, alekhine became world chess champion by defeating capablanca in a match. This time only six players competed in a quadruple round robin tournament from february to march. He married a russian baroness in 1920, which legitimised their sevenyearold daughter. Emanuel lasker, capablanca, alekhine, marshall, janowski, maroczy. Euwe considers him the alltime greatest attacking player. In a lisbon hotel, alexander alekhine aged 53 was found dead in his room with a chess set in his hands. New york 1924 kindle edition by alexander alekhine, andy soltis. Alexander alekhine simple english wikipedia, the free.
Black is inviting white to chase the knight by advancing pawns 2. Alekhine had accepted a world title challenge against botvinnik. In september 1939, world chess champion alexander alekhine 18921946 was in buenos aires when germany invaded poland on september 1, 1939. He said he spent eight hours a day studying the game, and produced many innovations in chess openings. October 19 1892 march 24, 1946 was a russian and french chess grandmaster and the fourth world chess champion. He also authored more than twenty chess books like my best games of chess, 107 great chess battles and so on. Alexander alekhines most popular book is my best games of chess. Delaware county district library ohio scanned in china. My best games of chess 19081923 by alexander alekhine. Alexander aleksandr alexanderovich alekhine some sources. World champion from 192735 and again from 193746, alexander alekhine ranks as one of the four or five greatest players in chess history. He is widely considered one of the greatest chess players ever by the age of 22, alekhine was already among the strongest chess players in. Edward lasker rates him the games supreme inventive genius. The opening is named after world champion alexander alekhine, who is responsible for much of its popularity.