Product Description: An Historic Clash of Generations! The great international chess tournament at Nottingham, 1936 has taken its place next to other legendary tournaments such as St. Petersburg 1909, London 1922 and New York 1924. It set a record by featuring, for the first time, four men who had held the world championship title José Capablanca, Alexander Alekhine, Max Euwe (the then reigning champion) and Emanuel Lasker...read more

Product Description: Few tournaments can boast not only the presence of the past, present and future world champion but also two challengers for the supreme title. New York 1924 was one of this elite group. The old champion Lasker -now in his late fifties - engaged in the most ferocious race for first prize with his victorious opponent from the previous championship match - Capablanca...read more

Product Description: It seems almost unbelievable that the organisers of Nottingham 1936 succeeded in attracting such an illustrious field. This included world champions Euwe, Lasker, Capablanca, Alekhine and Botvinnik, as well as prospective challengers such as Fine, Reshevsky, and Flohr, and aspirants from the past - Bogolyubov, Vidmar and Tartakower...read more

This guide features Alekhine's annotations of his own games. It examines games that span his career from his early encounters with Lasker, Tarrasch and Rubenstein, through his world title battles, to his meetings with the new generation of players in the 1950s. Algebraic notations are included.

Product Description: Alexander Alekhine held the World Champion title from 1927-1935 and again from 1937 until his death in 1946. His style of play was sharp and aggressive, in direct contrast to the ultra-positional style of his predecessor, Capablanca...read more