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Alekhine

Born in 1892 to a wealthy russian family, Alexander Alekhine grew to be one of the world's greatest chess champions.

Alekhine won the All-Russian Amateur Tournament in 1909 at the age of 17. He went on to defeat Capablanca in 1927 for the world chess championionship title to become the fourth world chess champion.

He later lost and regained the title to Max Euxe in 1935 and 1937. Alekhine remained chess champion of the world until his early and untimely death on March 14, 1946.

alekhine books

Alexander Alekhine's Best Games: Algebraic Edition  NEW! Garry Kasparov,Alexander Alekhine

$26.24

Alekhine's Anguish: A Novel of the Chess World Charles D. Yaffe   This is a fictionalized account of the life and career of world chess champion Alexander Alekhine. Born into Russian nobility, Alekhine lost... [read more]

$29.95

Alexander Alekhine's Chess Games, 1902-1946 : 2543 Games of the Former World Champion, Many Annotated by Alekhine, with 1868 Diagrams, Fully Indexed Robert G. P. Verhoeven,Leonard M. Skinner   2543 games of the former world champion, many annotated by Alekhine himself. An exhaustive study of chess strategy that belongs in every... [read more]

$125.00

Alexander Alekhine: Master of Attack (Masters (Everyman Chess)) Alex Raetsky,Maxim Chetverik

$18.95

My Best Games of Chess, 1908 - 1937 Alexander Alekhine   Alexander Alekhine was one of chess's greatest inventive geniuses and here he presents his 220 best games, with fascinating personal accounts of... [read more]

$16.95

New items!

The Spectator Book of Chess: An Anthology 2001-2004 $19.95

The Sunday Times Book Of Chess $19.95

World Chess Championship 1957 and 1958 (Hardinge Simpole Chess Classics) $29.95

The World Chess Championship 1954 (Hardinge Simpole Chess Classics) $29.95