Steve Rauls Chess Villain

Autor: Steve Rauls
Verlag / Hersteller: McFarland
Erscheinungsjahr: 2024
Sprache: Englisch
Seiten: 236

How Alekhine Alienated the World

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. Alekhine Alienated the World