4 Alexander Alekhine puzzles with complete games

Alekhine's Impressive Tournament Record

Alexander Alekhine won or shared first place in eight out of the fifteen strong tournaments that he played in from 1921 to 1927. He played in ten tournaments from 1929 to 1933 and won every one of them (in two of them, he was tied for 1st). Out of 108 games, he only lost three.

Since becoming a master in 1909, Alekhine played in 44 strong tournaments. He won, or tied for first, in 29 of them and placed second, or tied for it, eight times. In other words, in 37 of 44 strong tournaments, he placed either first or second. Of 39 minor tournaments, he took first place in 34 of them.

(Julius Du Mont, My Best Games of Chess, 1924–1937, Alexander Alekhine)

Here are four Alekhine puzzles for you to solve.

puzzle 1:

complete game:

puzzle 2:

complete game:

puzzle 3:

complete game:

puzzle 4:

complete game:

(Source: Alexander Alekhine: Master of Attack by Alexander Raetsky and Maxim Chetverik in the Masters series for Everyman Chess)