Steve Rauls: Chess Villain | Taschenbuch

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Beschreibung

Starting his reign in 1927, Alexander Alekhine dominated the world of elite chess for more than a decade. To this day, he is the only world chess champion to die while holding the title. On his way to the top, Alekhine dodged artillery on World War I battlefields, narrowly escaped a Bolshevik firing squad and negotiated with Nazis to escape occupied Paris. He also earned a reputation as a "grandmonster" of chess: arrogant, amoral and alcoholic.
This book explores both the triumphs that established Alekhine as one of the most creative minds ever to storm the chess world and the tragic choices that ended his career and, finally, his life. He is still one of the most controversial figures in chess history, but competitive chess as we know it would not exist without him.

Über den Autor

Steve Rauls is an attorney living in Little Rock, Arkansas.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Table of Contents

Introduction

1.Prologue

[...] Years

[...] at the Top

[...]. Petersburg

5.Mannheim

[...] Great War

7.Revolution

8.Comrade Alekhine

[...] West

[...]

11.London 1922

12.Waiting for Capablanca

[...] York 1924

14.Doctor Alekhine

[...] Challenge

[...]

[...] York 1927

18.Buenos Aires

[...] Breakthrough

[...] Rift

[...] Feud

[...] of the World

23.Treading Water

[...] Unwilling Challenger

25.Hubris Strikes

26.Ex-Champion

[...] and Politics

[...] Again

[...] 1938

[...] in Europe

31.Occupation

32.Looking for an Exit

[...] Chess

34.Champion of Occupied Europe

35.Sojourn in Spain

36.Ostracized

37.A Challenge from the East

38.Conspiracy Theories

39.A Vacant Throne

40.Legacy

Richard Réti vs. Alexander Alekhine Baden-Baden 1925

Chapter Notes

Bibliography

Index

Details

Erscheinungsjahr:	2024
Genre:	Importe
Produktart:	Nachschlagewerke
Rubrik:	Hobby & Freizeit
Thema:	Spielen & Raten
Medium:	Taschenbuch
ISBN-13:	9781476696812
ISBN-10:	1476696810
Sprache:	Englisch
Einband:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor:	Rauls, Steve
Hersteller:	McFarland
Verantwortliche Person für die EU:	Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße:	229 x 152 x 15 mm
Von/Mit:	Steve Rauls
Erscheinungsdatum:	27.11.2024
Gewicht:	0,39 kg