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A.Alekhine agony of a chess genius

Moran Pablo

A. Alekhine: Agony of a Chess Genius tries to encompass his last period, from October 1943 to March 1946. The Second World War made this a tragic period in world history. And the games which the world champion played in Spain are little known.


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The tragic last years of world chess champion Alexander Alekhine (1892-1946), 45 of his match and tournament games in Spain and Portugal from 1943 to 1946, and 100 other late exhibition games are covered. A definitive biographical sketch emerges of Alekhine in his final phase, covering his marriages, alcoholism and murky involvement with the Nazis. Pablo Moran, of Oviedo, Spain, is an international arbiter, a national master and author of seven other chess books. Frank X. Mur is a Spanish translator and interpreter living in Oakland, California. Dale A. Brandreth lives in Yorklyn, Delaware, and is a well known publisher and distributor of chess books. British Chess Magazine: ``Fine prose(..) a good solid account`` Edward Winter: ``Vastly superior to [the competition].`` Chess Mail: ``detailed...recommended!`` Le Courrier des Echecs: ``certainly the most complete biography that exists!`` Chess: ``a fine biographical account...full of games from Alekhine’s final years which have eluded the mainstream. One of the most remarkable chess books of the last few years``


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  • Casa editriceMcFarland
  • Code6158
  • Anno2010
  • Paginep. 314
  • Isbn9780786459810

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