In the world full of World Chess Champions, it is quite easy to forget those who came incredibly close to the throne but never managed to make that final step. If we disregard Viktor Korchnoi,…
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Botvinnik – Bronstein World Championship Match 1951
Starting with the FIDE World Championship Tournament 1948, the jurisdiction over the World Chess Championship title had fallen completely into FIDE’s hands. At the 1947 FIDE Congress, the qualifying system for the subsequent World Championships…
FIDE World Championship Tournament 1948
After defeating Euwe in 1937, Alekhine was invited by Fide President Reub to play a match for the title against official FIDE challenger, Salo Flohr. Initially, Alekhine declined invitation; precisely during those years the new…
Learn From Mark Dvoretsky – Part Seven – Irrational Complications
Irrational Complications The following piece of analysis is taken from chapter five of Dvoretsky’s Analytical Manual. As customary, Dvoretksy’s introduction follows:
Alekhine – Euwe World Championship Rematch 1937
According to the regulations of the 1935 World Chess Championship match, in the event of Alekhine losing the title, he was granted the right to return match. Soon after the match has ended, Alekhine challenged…
History of the World Chess Championship
Introduction The title of the World Chess Champion is the highest accolade a chess player can achieve. A number of chess players in the history have been able to climb the chess summit and write…
Alekhine – Euwe World Championship Match 1935
Max Euwe, born at a dawn of the 20th century in Amsterdam, started competing in the international tournament only in the 1920s. Although he didn’t play chess professionally, pursuing mathematical studies all along, his talent…
Chess study 26 – Leonid Kubbel study
Chess study 26 Leonid Kubbel study Leonid Ivanovich Kubbel was one of the most productive chess composers of the middle of the 20th century. Today, we take a look at a beautiful study with the…
Alekhine – Bogoljubow World Championship 1934
On 12th November 1929, one day after the finish of Alekhine – Bogoljubow 1929 World Championship match, the former champion Jose Raul Capablanca sent a letter to Alekhine in which he informed him he „confirmed…
Learn From Mark Dvoretsky – Part Six – The “Trunk”
The “Trunk” The following exercise is taken from chapter two of Dvoretsky’s Analytical Manual. This is what Dvoretsky had to say about this chapter: From our search for brilliant combinations, we turn to the more prosaic, though…
Learn From Mark Dvoretsky – Part Five – The “Shrub”
The “Shrub” The following exercise is taken from chapter four of Dvoretsky’s Analytical Manual. In this chapter, the reader’s goal is trying to find the best Candidate moves for the Black side of the two…
Alekhine – Bogoljubow World Championship Match 1929
Already in Buenos Aires, immediately after their World Championship match in 1927, Alekhine and Capablanca met to discuss the conditions regarding the potential Alekhine – Capablanca rematch. According to Kasparov (Garry Kasparov On My Great…