The book contains 300 of Alekhine's best games played in the period from 1907 to 1945. Alexander Alekhin has long gained a reputation not only as a genius practitioner, but also as the best theoretical chess writer of the first half of the 20th century. Alekhine's games, which are brilliant examples of chess creativity, are provided with his detailed notes, in which he reveals to the reader the main ideas of the opening used, his tastes, strategic and tactical motives of the middle of the game, and gives a clear laconic analysis of the resulting endings.
