Alekhine's Anguish: A Novel of the Chess World - Yaffe "CHTX37" He combined his brilliant successes

He combined his brilliant successes on the board with a passion for writing and meticulously analysing his own games and those of his rivals

he has introduced ambitious and aggressive ways for Black to play in the main lines

and you're viewing my hand sculpted #36 PicoDragon

Published: July 2008

Pieces included

Alekhine's Anguish: A Novel of the Chess World - Yaffe "CHTX37" He combined his brilliant successesWorld chess champion Alexander Alekhine has been called the "Grandmaster of Chess," perhaps an apt moniker considering the drunken binges, the fits of depression, the scandalous affairs, the marriages of convenience to women much older than he, the painful compromises of his life. Alekhine had only one real ambition to be chess champion of the world and that he was, when he choked to death on a piece of meat while crouched alone over a chess board in