Author: ALEKHINE, ALEXANDER; WITH MEMOIR BY J. DU MONT
Title: My Best Games of Chess 1924-1937
Description: London, G. Bell and Sons. 1962. Brown Cloth, 8vo - 7 3/4" - 9 3/4 " Tall. Ill.: Black and White Illustrations By Arthur Meyers and Paul Busch. Hardcover, Descriptive notation; Originally published in 1939, this is the 1962 reprint, and the fifth printing which includes the memoir; Textblock very clean and tight; Binding slightly edge and corner rubbed and bumped; Dust jacket is gently sunned at the spine, with lightly worn edges and corners, lightly sunned at the folds and extremities; 284p. This Chess classic is the second of three volumes covering Dr. Alexander Alekhine's whole chess career from 1908 to 1945; Included in this volume is a six-page memoir by J. Du Mont; Dr. Alekhine's play was neither classical nor hyper-modern. It combined the best of all known styles in one harmonious whole. Technique was to him a means to an end, the mark of a truly great artist. Very Good+/Very Good (in mylar).

Keywords: Chess, Best Chess Games of the Grandmasters, Grandmasters of Chess, Chess Classics Black and White Illustrations By Arthur Meyers and Paul Busch


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