October 19 1892 march 24, 1946 was a russian and french chess player and the fourth world chess champion. The database can be searched via many criteria, including chess players, chess opening, player ratings, game result, and the year the chess game was played. Whites knight is isolated at the edge of the board and is incapable of joining. Lessing new york, 1974 has a large number of errors. What does persuade me is that alekhine s defense is repeatedly giving an otherwise weak black opponent good chances to beat me. Black looks to allow white to overextend his pawns in the center and. My best games of chess, 19081937 by alexander alekhine. For those already familiar with most of alekhines best games, a major attraction will be the hundreds of simultaneous games, which may be regarded as the chess artists pencil sketches. We would like to show you a description here but the site wont allow us. White draws if the rook engages in a lateral pattern. Here are some beginning examples and thoughts on the alekhine s, pirc, and modern, with of course much to come on the carokann and scandi in forthcoming columns. The alekhine defense is a chess opening which belongs to the half open games. The russell enterprises 20 edition is a faithful algebraic notation version of the old descriptive notation dover edition my copy is 1985, itself a combination of volumes 1 and 2 of the original bell editions.
For alekhine, chess was his life and the world champions title was its goal and justification. Shop for alekhine s defense chess books at us chess federation sales. The alekhines defence is a chess opening that begins with the moves. Alekhines defense chess books shop for alekhines defense. Even as late as 1939 three years before capablancas death alekhine was declining offers for a. Im very glad you asked me that, because, as it happens, there is a very simple answer. Im john watson on the alekhines defence pircmodern defence. In alekhines defense, black responds to the kings pawn opening by bringing out the kings knight with. Black tempts whites pawns forward to form a broad pawn centre, with plans to undermine and attack the white structure later in the spirit of hypermodern defence. My best games of chess, 19081937 by alexander alekhine is a collection of 220 games annotated by the renowned world champion. The main expert in this line is the russian gm evgeny sveshnikov who invariably.
This way, when you will meet a fan of alekhine s defense, you will be able to suprise. Nc3 against a rare opening, we chose a rare variation. For explanation of theory tables see theory table and for notation see algebraic notation. In this book, international master cyrus lakdawala invites you to join him in studying the alekhine defence. My question is what is the opinion for this variation,someone who played the alekhine defence told me that is rather passive even as i saw that black with accurate play must be ok. Alekhine was born into a wealthy family in moscow, russia, on october 31, 1892. You can download a pdf of the table of contents and of the beginning of the. This game does not really demonstrate the true weaknesses of alekhine s defense, since you played against a beginner who did very poorly. A powers vs dake, 1937 b02 alekhine s defense, 10 moves, 10.
Black immediately challenges the white epawn and tries to lure white into constructing a big central position. View or download the best chess games of alexander alekhine. Free movebymove guide to chess thinking pdf regular contests with prizes, such as free analysis of your games by a national master access to a supportive community who wants to make your chess journey a success. This cant be right, since my database contains 19 alekhine s defence games by the namesake. What should every chess player know about alekhines defense. Click download or read online button to get alekhine defense a complete guide book now. Meeting the alekhine the classical way the alekhine defence belongs to those openings which face white with their very special challenges. Igor is a winner of many national and international tournaments in ukraine, russia, germany, yugoslavia, croatia, bulgaria, and the united states. Alexander alekhine a 43 alexander alekhine, the fourth world chess champion, a russian who had spent half his life in france, winner of the legendary 1927 match in buenos aires against capablanca, died undefeated. It is a superb piece of work which immediately takes its place in that highest and rarest class of books. May 15, 2016 dear teju,editwatch this page alekhine s defence alekhine s defence a b c d e f g h 8 chessboard480. Which opening is easier to learn, the pirc defense or the. Carlsen opts for the safer but less active reply to 5 exd6, which is 5. Instead of doing the same as white and establishing a pawn in the centre, black invites his opponent to chase his knight around the board and set up a broad pawn centre as he wins tempi.
Throughout the book there are an abundance of notes. In exchange for the center control, black will look to undermine the overextended pawns from white. We offer the widest selection of alekhine s defense chess books at the lowest prices with sameday shipping. Alekhine s defense is a sharp and often underrated counter to 1 e4. In this respect the defense game, like the beginners game and the center game before it, is not just a new chess opening. Michael mcdowell newtownards, northern ireland suggests that the world of chess by a. Books by alexander alekhine author of my best games of chess. Ideas in alekhine defense, brooklyn variation page 14. B02 alekhine s defence, two pawns attack, mikenas variation. Euwe considers him the alltime greatest attacking player. Alekhine in 1935 only to give back the crown to him two years later said about alekhine. In 1921, alekhine left soviet russia and emigrated to france, which he represented after 1925.
Gm bojkov shows you new ideas in the variation with 4. I take a quick look today at this book and i saw that he proposed 5. The twists and turns of alekhines biography are as startling as his chess combinations. Of course, i could cravenly avoid the whole problem by opening 1. Please note that im no specialist for recent theory of the alekhine. The four pawns attack is whites most ambitious try, and the variation which perhaps illustrates the basic idea of the defence best. The deposed champion played some of the best chess of his life while trying to secure a rematch with alekhine, but one never took place. Download pdf alekhine defense free online new books in. This is one of the sharpest attempts to refute alekhine s defence, advancing his central pawns white obtains a space advantage. Stockfish seems to favor c5, but i cant figure out how to play that well. When asked, how is that you pick better moves than your opponents.
Which opening is easier to learn, the pirc defense or the alekhine s defense. Alekhine defense is a bold choice for black, challenging the classical chess rules from the very beginning of the game yet proving itself to be a flexible system. Alekhine defense download alekhine defense ebook pdf or read online books in pdf, epub, and mobi format. This site is like a library, use search box in the widget to get ebook that you want. His father, alexander ivanovich alekhin, was a landowner and privy councilor to the conservative legislative fourth duma. Alexander alekhine was born october 31, 1892 at least according to the gregorian calendar which is generally used today. It is rather rarely seen, and probably many white players give it much less thought than other lines. Alekhine did indeed play it again, scoring a very decent 66% with black, starting with this one. He spent a number of years of his professional life based in moscow, where he.
Alekhine s defence no less a name than vassily ivanchuk has been playing alekhine s with moderate success. Alexander alekhine has 24 books on goodreads with 1187 ratings. Get a playing rating, and have your games stored in your personal game archive. If he can be confined and tamed, then blacks entire construct fails and he must agree to the draw. From left to right, the wives of hans kmoch, salo flohr and alexander alekhine. B hofer vs a nugteren, 1996 b02 alekhine s defense, 9 moves, 01. Black looks to allow white to overextend his pawns in the center and then looks to counter by taking back control. Twic theory tuesday 10th may, 2005 alekhine defence with 4. The idea behind blacks strategy is to have white build a large pawn center that is hard to defend. Click download or read online button to alekhine defense book pdf for free now. Im a casual, semiserious chess player and have been an active player for over 10 years. Learn how to pronounce alekhine and more about the alekhine word at. I assume that some players who use the alekhine defense do so for its surprise value. Since i was a child, i was taught that the goals of the opening were to occupy and control the center while bringing my pieces out as quickly as possible, and while facing the alekhine defense i could do all of these with.
In my time playing, one of the most unusual openings i have had the pleasure of playing against is known as alekhine s defense. Page 6 page 7 bill wall 700 opening traps quick rules of chess the point of chess is to attack the enemy king and checkmate the king so that it cannot move to any square without also being attacked. Chess openings, alekhines defence b02, scandinavian. This cant be right, since my database contains 19 alekhines defence games by the namesake. As the defense game is occupied with its development only, the opponent is free to pursue any development he desires. Black looks to allow white to chase his knight all over the board with tempo gaining pawn moves that will control the center of the board. Alekhine defence starting out everyman chess john cox on. Alekhine s defence comments all videos on alekhine s defence related ecos b02.
He distinguished himself in many important team matches, and was noted for his original opening style. The alekhine defence has been my opening of choice for over 25 years. Blacks hope is that whites central installations will become unwieldy and vulnerable to a middlegame counterattack. To begin with, lets continue our investigation of whites other most popular line, the exchange variation with 4 c4 nb6 5 exd6. Jan 30, 2010 the alekhine defense is a hypermodern defense against the e4 opening from white. Alexander alekhines most popular book is my best games of chess, 19081937. Steve giddins is a fide master and a former editor of british chess magazine. Move by move 12 nkb3, but, oddly enough, never played it again.
This is why you should never use the alekhines defense. The epawn recapture occurs in all of this months games. On page 174 we learn that alekhine introduced the defense which bears his name 1 pk4 nkb3, but, oddly enough, never played it again. Black will allow white to make several tempogaining attacks on the knight and to erect an apparently imposing pawn centre in the belief that it can later be destroyed. This prompts us to raise the question of when the term alekhines defence was first employed. No less a name than vassily ivanchuk has been playing alekhine s with moderate success. Pdf merge is a simple userfriendly application that allows you to merge multiple pdf documents including scanned imported documents and images into 1 this free online pdf merger allows you to combine multiple pdf files into a single pdf document. My best games alekhine pdf alekhines best games 19081937 by alexander. Jan 08, 2016 in this short video, fm warren harper presents alekhine s defense to the upper school chess team at the awty international school. Ive been playing a lot of the alekhine defense and stumbled across the brooklyn variation, which i quite like. The chase variation is infrequently played but is a direct challenge to the alekhine s and black must know how to react to it. Now to the recent developments in the alekhine defence first i am.
In the early 1930s, alekhine dominated tournament play and won two topclass tournaments by large margins. Alexander alekhine s most popular book is my best games of chess, 19081937. By inviting whites central pawns to advance, black hopes later on to undermine and demolish whites centre. Igor is a winner of many national and international tournaments in ukraine. The chess tempo chess database provides over two million searchable chess games. Alekhine s defense one secret that players of the white pieces seldom grasp when playing against the alekhine s defense, carokann and other openings is that, by erecting a pawn wall, they inhibit their own pieces as well as blacks. He is widely considered to be one of the greatest chess players of. You can search and sort by color played, year, moves, and more. In the early 1930s, alekhine travelled the world giving simultaneous exhibitions, including hawaii, tokyo, manila, singapore, shanghai, hong kong, and the dutch east indies now indonesia in what subsequently became known as alekhines magical mystery tour. Books by alexander alekhine author of my best games of. Alekhine s defence is a chess opening that begins with the moves. The alekhine defense is a hypermodern defense against the e4 opening from white. I think up my own moves, and i make my opponent think up his. The twists and turns of alekhine s biography are as startling as his chess combinations.
Upon nf3, black can play nf6 and there will be something like alekhine s defence. A surprising counterweapon for white is the saemisch attack 1. I sacrificed a pawn in the opening for superior development. I think that ivanchuk and morozevich are the only two of the worlds superelite who play pretty much anything as black as does shirov, who has slipped some in ranking. Alekhines defence is a chess opening that begins with the moves. Alekhines defence, two pawns attack, mikenas variation. The carokann defense is one of the most popular openings in response to the kings pawn opening of 1. In my opinion, the best way to refute this provacative opening by black is to check out the game shorttimman in 1991, where an outrageous king march by short crushes alekhine s defense. Whites imposing mass of pawns in the centre often includes pawns on c4, d4, e5, and f4. Black tempts whites pawns forward to form a broad, with plans to undermine and attack the white structure later in the spirit of hypermodern defence.
World champion from 192735 and again from 193746, alexander alekhine ranks as one of the four or five greatest players in chess history. In this easytoread guide, openings expert john cox goes back to basics, studying the essential principles of alekhine s defence and its numerous variations. Reti vs alekhine, 1925 a00 uncommon opening, 40 moves, 01. A game by napoleon bonaparte from the 19th century shows the oldest known example of alekhine s defense being employed in a game. The alekhine defense is a hypermodern defense against the ever so popular e4 opening from white. The modern variation is the most common way for white to fight the alekhine, and it starts with the move nf3. Edward lasker rates him the games supreme inventive genius. But at the time when alekhine was born, the julian calendar was widely used in russia and therefore the date given in alekhines birth certificate is october 19, 1892. First up is ivanchukm carlsen, world blitz championship, moscow 2007. Two volumes of alekhines best games have been available. For example, he frequently played the defense now named after alekhine. B02 alekhines defence, two pawns attack, mikenas variation. Black can choose to head for mindboggling complications or carefully manoeuvre within the 6th to 8th ranks, waiting for the right time to strike out. Alekhines defense, i want to entice whites central pawns forward so i can undermine them while whites centre will be left with weaknesses this is the best move against alekhine, because e5 is overextensive.
His life is a distillation of the entire 20th century, with its revolutions, world wars, upheavals and contradictions. Recent games games in this opening that were either played or submited recently. Jan 17, 2010 the alekhine defense has always been the opening that has puzzled me the most. Alexander alekhine s chess games, 19021946 should be bought on its merits by anyone who cares about chess and its finest exponents. Nf3, enabling you to systematically build up a good attacking position free of risk. This attack is an invitation for white to push his pawn forward and gain a tempo by attacking the knight.
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