A. Alekhine: Agony of a Chess Genius - Softcover

Moran, Pablo

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0786459816 ISBN 13: 9780786459810

Verlag: McFarland & Co Inc, 2010

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Críticas:

"excellent...an impressive treatment...fine prose...a good solid account of what has only been known about before in a large number of scattered sources"--British Chess Magazine; "for myriad insights into the man, this is a fascinating and unusual book"--Manchester Chess Federation; "beautifully researched, emotionally moving"--IM John Donaldson (JeremySilman.com); "certainly the most complete biography that exists!"--Le Courrier des Echecs; "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"--Chess; "compelling"--Blitz Chess; "frank and equitable treatment of personal matters...vastly superior to [the competition]."--Edward Winter, Kings, Commoners and Knaves.

Reseña del editor:

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.

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• Verlag: McFarland & Co Inc
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2010
• ISBN 10: 0786459816
• ISBN 13: 9780786459810
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 328
• Herausgeber: Brandreth Dale A.