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Alexander Alekhine

1910s – 1940sWorld Champion 1927 – 1935; 1937 – 1946Peak rating Pre-FIDE261 games

The fourth World Champion, famous for complex attacking combinations, imaginative tactics and an exceptionally ambitious approach to the initiative.

Alexander Alekhine
Photo: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

How Alekhine plays

Alekhine was the great attacking champion of the 1920s and 30s: imaginative combinations, deep preparation and a will to complicate. He took the title from Capablanca in 1927 in a marathon match, and his best games remain among the most studied for their tactical richness.

What to learn from Alekhine

Alekhine's games show how to build an attack piece by piece and how to keep several threats alive at once. His annotations, in his own game collections, are famously instructive.

A game to play through

Capablanca, Jose Raul vs Alekhine, Alexander - World Championship 13th 1927 0-1 — the final position. From the 1927 World Championship match in Buenos Aires, which Alekhine won to take the title from Capablanca.

Alexander Alekhine: the final position
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.exd5 exd5 5.Bd3 Nc6 6.Ne2 Nge7 7.O-O Bf5 8.Bxf5 Nxf5 9.Qd3 Qd7 10.Nd1 O-O 11.Ne3 Nxe3 12.Bxe3 Rfe8 13.Nf4 Bd6 14.Rfe1 Nb4 15.Qb3 Qf5 16.Rac1 Nxc2 17.Rxc2 Qxf4 18.g3 Qf5 19.Rce2 b6 20.Qb5 h5 21.h4 Re4 22.Bd2 Rxd4 23.Bc3 Rd3 24.Be5 Rd8 25.Bxd6 Rxd6 26.Re5 Qf3 27.Rxh5 Qxh5 28.Re8+ Kh7 29.Qxd3+ Qg6 30.Qd1 Re6 31.Ra8 Re5 32.Rxa7 c5 33.Rd7 Qe6 34.Qd3+ g6 35.Rd8 d4 36.a4 Re1+ 37.Kg2 Qc6+ 38.f3 Re3 39.Qd1 Qe6 40.g4 Re2+ 41.Kh3 Qe3 42.Qh1 Qf4 43.h5 Rf2
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