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- A. Alekhine,
C. Alexander (commented 10 last games - of period of
1938-1942), J. Nunn (notes to games)
- “Alexander Alekhine's Best Games”
- level: qualified
- 296 pages (algebraic notation, year: 1996)
- Alekhine comments his best games (1909-1937, including his best games of 2nd match vs
Euwe). The foreword of Kasparov (who is a most famous "pupil" of Alekhine, he
studied Alekhine's books and games very much in his youth). Books
of Alekhine teach very successfully, they has a great clarity of explanations. Alekhine is
one of few real chess philosophers in the history, he is able (using brilliant abstract
ideas) to explain very complicated situations on board. Probably, one of the best ways to
improve your chess understanding if you are a qualified amateur (especially of active
style), pay attention also to "107 Great Chess Battles".
118 games at all. Useful notes of elite GM John Nunn.
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- R.Verchoeven, L.Skinner “Alexander
Alekhine's Chess Games”
- level: qualified
- 824 pages, dimensions (in inches): 2.00 x 11.22 x 8.66, year: 1998
- 2,543 Alekhine's games (1902-1946). 1868 diagrams. Many of the games are annotated by
Alekhine. There are a lot of materials about Alekhine's life.
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- A. Alekhine
“107 Great Chess
Battles (1939-1945)”
- level: qualified
- 256 pages, dimensions (in inches): 0.63 x 8.48 x 5.42
algebraic notation
- It's a compilation of 107 games annotated by Alekhine in 1939-1946. De facto - last book
of genius. It's about the most interesting games of the period (only one game is out of
1939-1945: Bardeleben - Alekhine, 1908). Also here are 2 articles of Alekhine (one on
Capablanca). Deep and witty annotations (as always) of Alekhine, commentaries has also a
delicate humor sometimes. Here are games of Alekhine (31 games), Keres, Capablanca,
Bogoljubov, Saemisch, Tartakower, Reshevsky, Kashdan, Mikenas, Pomar, Petrov and other
famous chess players. Here are how presented the most popular openings: Ruy Lopez (19
games), French Defence (9), Caro-Kann Defence (9), Sicilian Defence (7), Alekhine's
Defence (1), Queen's Gambit Declined (7), Queen's Pawn & Nimzowitsch Defence (11),
Grunfeld Defence (7), Queen's Indian Defence (4), Dutch Defence (1), English Opening (4).
You can use this book, certainly, as manual (strategy, positional playing, witty tactical
tricks, openings, and more). It has a rather big percent of pretty short games. One of the
most interesting chess books ever. Translator - Edward Winter.
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- A. Alekhine “The Book of the Nottingham International Chess Tournament”
- level: qualified
- 320 pages, dimensions (in inches): 0.66 x 8.50 x 5.50, year: 2002
- About the historical supertournament of 1936 where took
part 5 world champions which had had the chess crown for 67 years! One of best
books about chess tournaments in history. More about.
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- A. Alekhine “New York
International Chess Tournament 1924”
- level: qualified
- 220 pages, year: 2004
- Many experts consider that it's the best book about tournaments. 110 games. Took part in the competition: Capapablanca, Em. Lasker, Alekhine,
Marshall, Bogoljubov, Janowsky, Reti, Maroczy, Tartakower, Ed. Lasker, Yates.
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- A. Alekhine
“Sixty-Six Master Games Played in the
London International Chess Tournament, 1932”
- level: qualified
- 108 pages, dimensions (in inches): 0.25 x 8.50 x 5.50, year: 2003
- About the main tournament of 1932. More about.
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- A. Alekhine “World Chess Championship 1937”
- level: qualified
- 220 pages, dimensions (in inches): 0.50 x 8.50 x 5.50, year: 2002
- It's about the rematch Alekhine - Euwe in 1937 (where
Alekhine played especially well).
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- A. Alekhine
“On
the Road to the World Championship”
- level: qualified
- 217 pages
- 66 favorite games of Alekhine (1923-1927) except games from the New York
tournaments
- (1924, 1927). There are also all 34 games of great match Capablanca - Alekhine (1927).
And there are several short articles of Alekhine about his chess way during that period.
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- A. Alekhine
“My Best Games of Chess, 1908-1937”
- level: qualified
- 581 pages, dimensions (in inches): 1.06 x 8.48 x 5.44
- Minus: the descriptive notation ("1.P-K4")
instead of new notation - algebraic ("1.e4"), pay attention to that book.
- There are 220 selected games with great comments of the genius. Alekhine wrote 2 main
books about his best games (1908-1923 & 1924-1937) - this book has both volumes. The
games of 1937 are included. The most popular work among the
books of Alekhine.
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- One more variant:
- A. Alekhine
“My Best Games of
Chess, 1908-1923” (1978) , “My
Best Games of Chess, 1924-1937” (2000)
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- J.Donaldson, N.Minev, Y.Seirawan “Alekhine in the Americas”(1997) , “Alekhine in Europe
and Asia”(1997)
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- A. Alekhine “The International Chess Tournament
in New York in 1927”
- level: qualified
- The strange fact: practically not available in English
- Took part: Capapablanca, Alekhine, Nimzowitsch, Marshall,
Spielmann, Vidmar. The detailed comments of all 60 games. Here is a very interesting
article of Alekhine about the meaning of the tournament (especially the part about
Capablanca).
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