Chess Villain: How Alexander Alekhine Alienated the World and Changed the Game - Tapa blanda

Rauls, Steve

 
9781476696812: Chess Villain: How Alexander Alekhine Alienated the World and Changed the Game
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ISBN 10: 1476696810 ISBN 13: 9781476696812
Editorial: McFarland, 2024

Sinopsis

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.

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

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Editorial
McFarland
Año de publicación
2024
Idioma
Inglés
ISBN 10 
1476696810
ISBN 13 
9781476696812
Encuadernación
Tapa blanda
Número de páginas
236
Contacto del fabricante
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Persona responsable
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