He must attack, because only in that way can he develop his imagination, which is a very important thing.” This quote comes, perhaps surprisingly, from José Capablanca, a world champion far better known for his brilliant strategic and positional play than his attacking prowess.
is fatal to the beginner or medium player – such players must be aggressive. This is an excellent way to improve your chess skills and knowledge. Carefully selected questions and answers are designed to keep you actively involved and allow you to monitor your progress as you learn. By continually challenging the reader to answer probing questions throughout the book, the Move by Move format greatly encourages the learning and practising of vital skills just as much as the traditional assimilation of knowledge. Move by Move provides an ideal platform to study chess.
In this book, FIDE Master Steve Giddins invites you to join him in a study of his favourite Alekhine games, and shows us how we can all learn and improve our chess by examining Alekhine’s masterpieces. He had a phenomenal ability to unleash combinations even from seemingly harmless positions, and he is undeniably one of the best attackers the game has ever seen. Alekhine was renowned both for his fierce competitive nature and his dazzling combinative play. During his best years he dominated tournaments, and in 1927 he defeated his great rival José Raúl Capablanca to win the world title. Alexander Alekhine was a two-time World Chess Champion and is widely regarded to be one of the greatest chess players of all time.