Article Number
LXALENY1927
Author
New York 1927
168 pages, paperback, Russell Enterprises, 1. edition 2011
Out of stock
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.
This is unlike any other tournament book ever written. Not only do you have one of the greatest annotators of all time rendering some brilliant analysis, but he melds it with an exceptional agenda, an anti-Capablanca agenda. And since he wrote it after defeating Capablanca in their marathon match, he sounds like a sore loser who became a sore winner.
So, this is just a mean-spirited book, right? Nothing of the sort. Alekhine goes beyond elaborate move analysis and offers deep positional insights and psychological observations. Nikolai Grigoriev, in his foreword to the 1930 Russian edition of this book, pointed out how Alekhine broke new ground by underlining the critical moments of each game.
Why Alekhine's work was published in German, in Berlin in 1928, and not in English, is unclear. But now, after more than 80 years, it's finally available to the largest audience of chessplayers. It's about time.
This is unlike any other tournament book ever written. Not only do you have one of the greatest annotators of all time rendering some brilliant analysis, but he melds it with an exceptional agenda, an anti-Capablanca agenda. And since he wrote it after defeating Capablanca in their marathon match, he sounds like a sore loser who became a sore winner.
So, this is just a mean-spirited book, right? Nothing of the sort. Alekhine goes beyond elaborate move analysis and offers deep positional insights and psychological observations. Nikolai Grigoriev, in his foreword to the 1930 Russian edition of this book, pointed out how Alekhine broke new ground by underlining the critical moments of each game.
Why Alekhine's work was published in German, in Berlin in 1928, and not in English, is unclear. But now, after more than 80 years, it's finally available to the largest audience of chessplayers. It's about time.
| EAN | 9781888690835 |
|---|---|
| Weight | 220 g |
| Manufacturer | Russell Enterprises |
| Width | 15.2 cm |
| Height | 22.7 cm |
| Medium | Book |
| Year of Publication | 2011 |
| Author | Alexander Alekhine |
| Language | English |
| Edition | 1 |
| ISBN-13 | 9781888690835 |
| Pages | 168 |
| Binding | paperback |
004 Foreword
010 Editor's Note
012 Crosstable
013 The 1927 New York Tournament as Prologue to the World Championship in Buenos Aires
Cycle I
026 First Round
034 Second Round
043 Third Round
048 Fourth Round
058 Fifth Round
Cycle II
065 Sixth Round
071 Seventh Round
080 Eighth Round
089 Ninth Round
097 Tenth Round
Cycle III
103 Eleventh Round
111 Twelfth Round
116 Thirteenth Round
122 Fourteenth Round
127 Fifteenth Round
Cycle IV
134 Sixteenth Round
141 Seventeenth Round
146 Eighteenth Round
151 Nineteenth Round
160 Twentieth Round
167 Index of Players
168 Index of Openings
010 Editor's Note
012 Crosstable
013 The 1927 New York Tournament as Prologue to the World Championship in Buenos Aires
Cycle I
026 First Round
034 Second Round
043 Third Round
048 Fourth Round
058 Fifth Round
Cycle II
065 Sixth Round
071 Seventh Round
080 Eighth Round
089 Ninth Round
097 Tenth Round
Cycle III
103 Eleventh Round
111 Twelfth Round
116 Thirteenth Round
122 Fourteenth Round
127 Fifteenth Round
Cycle IV
134 Sixteenth Round
141 Seventeenth Round
146 Eighteenth Round
151 Nineteenth Round
160 Twentieth Round
167 Index of Players
168 Index of Openings
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