World Chess Championship 1937

World Chess Championship 1937
Author: Alexander Alekhine
Publisher: Hardinge Simpole Limited
Total Pages: 220
Release: 2002-10-01
Genre: Games
ISBN: 9781843820512

In these pages we see how Alekhine's preparation, both psychological and technical, bore brilliant fruit. Once he had pinpointed Euwe's weaknesses Alekhine struck with the force of a hurricane and regained the title by virtue of some of the most energetic, accurate and elegant play ever witnessed at world championship level.

Euwe - Alekhine

Euwe - Alekhine
Author: Mikhail Botvinnik
Publisher: Independently Published
Total Pages: 149
Release: 2019-10-09
Genre:
ISBN: 9781698437347

The return match Alekhine -- Euwe was the most significant event in 1937. Both outstanding players were in excellent shape, except for the unsuccessful game of Euwe at the finish. Their games are a good material to study and, first of all, can bring invaluable benefits to all young chess players. The match-return of Alekhine -- Euwe is much more interesting than their first match in 1935. If in the first match, Alekhine played several games, roughly speaking "adventurous", then in this match he was playing in an actual style. The same style in which he played in the 1927 match with Capablanca. However, even in this match, he sometimes unreasonably complicated the position (for example, the fourteenth game); it seems to me that this is due to different reasons -- no matter how strong a chess player is, he can incorrectly assess the position. When at the end of 1937 I commented on two games of rematch for the magazine "Chess in the USSR", I noticed that my comments differ from those previously published. Moreover, this is quite understandable: comments can be unmistakable if the chess player does not write them in a hurry. I concluded that it would be extremely useful to re-analyze all the games of the match, despite the fact that they are well known to the Soviet reader. I set myself the task of analyzing the games as deeply as possible, so that the picture of the struggle was the most complete. The readers with interest would re-examine the games. It is not for me to judge how well this task has been accomplished. In advance, I must warn the reader that in some simple games I was not able to contribute anything substantial. However, in those games where the struggle was complicated -- here, it seems, I fulfilled my intentions satisfactorily.

United States Women's Chess Champions, 1937-2020

United States Women's Chess Champions, 1937-2020
Author: Alexey W. Root
Publisher: McFarland
Total Pages: 239
Release: 2022-06-15
Genre: Games & Activities
ISBN: 1476646872

As late as 1950, many chess clubs in America excluded women. The Marshall Chess Club in New York City was an exception, organizing the U.S. Women's Chess Championship beginning in the late 1930s. Since the 1980s, the average rating of the players has increased. The Saint Louis Chess Club has organized the championship since 2009, with record-setting prizes. Drawing on archives and original interviews with the living U.S. Women's Chess Champions, this book examines their careers with biographies, photos, and 171 annotated games, most of which are from the 60 championships between 1937 and 2020.

World Chess Championship

World Chess Championship
Author: Pablo Moran
Publisher: Hardinge Simpole Limited
Total Pages: 216
Release: 2003-10-01
Genre: Games
ISBN: 9781843821175

The World Chess Championship was officially founded by the Steinitz - Zukertort match of 1886. This thrilling account - Part One of the Hardinge Simpole complete history of the world chess championship- tells the stories of the champions and their challengers up to 1937. It is a record of everything that is best in chess from the decades which pre-dated control of the title by the World Chess Federation and the subsequent domination by the USSR.

My Best Games of Chess, 1908-1937

My Best Games of Chess, 1908-1937
Author: Alexander Alekhine
Publisher: Courier Corporation
Total Pages: 594
Release: 1985-01-01
Genre: Games & Activities
ISBN: 0486249417

The best games of one of the best players in chess history. 220 games with Alekhine's own accounts. Spans 30 years of tournament play.

Max Euwe's Best Games

Max Euwe's Best Games
Author: Jan Timman
Publisher: New In Chess
Total Pages: 703
Release: 2022-05-22
Genre: Games & Activities
ISBN: 908333659X

World Chess Champion Max Euwe, who held the title from 1935-1937, is one of the greatest chess players in history. Much has been written about him, and he authored dozens of books himself. But missing was an outstanding collection of games of this 'efficient, man-eating tiger' as the American grandmaster Reuben Fine once called Euwe. Max Euwe's Best Games fills this gap. And it couldn't have been written by anyone else than Euwe's successor in Dutch chess – Jan Timman, World Champion finalist and arguably one of the leading chess analysts of our time. This book offers eighty of Max Euwe's games annotated with great clarity, starting in his early twenties when he worked his way to the world top, up until his late seventies when he was still a force to be reckoned with. It is incredible how high Euwe's level of play was for over fifty years – and how attractive his attacking style was. Timman made many discoveries in Euwe's best and most famous games but has also unearthed several lesser-known brilliancies. Some interesting paradoxes are addressed along the line. For example, although he was an amateur almost his entire life, Euwe was better versed in opening theory than most of his top-level opponents. Although he was the underdog, he beat the mighty Alexander Alekhine in an epic World Championship Match in 1935. At 52, he could still beat top players like Geller and Najdorf with fantastic attacking play in the Zürich Candidates Tournament. And when he was over seventy, he was still highly dangerous for the new upcoming Dutch generation. This game collection of an often underrated World Champion, analysed by top grandmaster Jan Timman, is a must-have for anyone interested in World Championship chess.