On behalf of all the Admins. I would like to welcome you to our group. This group has many aspects. Besides the obvious that of studying the Alekhine Defence, our hope is that you will also make friends along the way. Since chess is all about knowledge for the difference between you and a GM is that they have more of it we try to offer a well rounded understanding of chess. Yes, we do understand that this cite offers many videos on chess yet, these videos can not answer questions that you might have. Below is a brief bio of Alekhine.
Alekhine was born into a wealthy family in Moscow, Russia on October 31, 1892.His father Alexander Ivanovich Alekhine was a landowner and Privy Councilor to the conservative legislative Fourth Duma.His mother, Anisya Ivanovna Alekhina (born Prokhorova), was the daughter of a rich industrialist. Alekhine was first introduced to chess by his mother, and older brother, Alexei, and an older sister, Varvara (Barbara).
Alekhine's peak period was in the early 1930s, when he won almost every tournament he played, sometimes by huge margins. Afterward, his play declined, and he never won a top-class tournament after 1934. After Alekhine regained his world title in 1937, there were several new contenders, all of whom would have been serious challengers.
Alekhine was one of the greatest attacking players and could apparently produce combinations at will. What set him apart from most other attacking players was his ability to see the potential for an attack and prepare for it in positions where others saw nothing. Rudolf Spielmann, a master tactician who produced many brilliancies, said, "I can see the combinations as well as Alekhine, but I cannot get to the same positions." Dr. Max Euwe said, "Alekhine is a poet who creates a work of art out of something that would hardly inspire another man to send home a picture post-card."An explanation offered by Reti was, "he beats his opponents by analysing simple and apparently harmless sequences of moves in order to see whether at some time or another at the end of it an original possibility, and therefore one difficult to see, might be hidden." John Nunn commented that "Alekhine had a special ability to provoke complications without taking excessive risks", and Edward Winter called him "the supreme genius of the complicated position."Some of Alekhine's combinations are so complex that even modern champions and contenders disagree in their analyses of them.
Alekhine's games have a higher percentage of wins than those of any other World Champion, and his drawn games are on average among the longest of all champions'.His desire to win extended beyond formal chess competition. When Fine beat him in some casual games in 1933, Alekhine demanded a match for a small stake. And in table tennis, which Alekhine played enthusiastically but badly, he would often crush the ball when he lost.
Not many bios of Alekhine go into his game Game Philosophy I did find one though and this is what they had said about Alekhine's philosophy.
Alekhine's style took ideas from all the various schools of thought. He developed and integrated them together into a new dynamic chess. Combined with his determination to win, and immense capacity for work, he became one of the most effective players in his era.
He refined Lasker's approach to chess (of making the opponent play in uncomfortable positions to their style), by giving his opponents the opportunity to overindulge in their very own style of play! Examples include beating Capablanca in simple chess, out complicating Nimzovich, and luring Reti into enormously idea-rich positions!
I just reread this, and since I didn't say it the first time, I'll say it now, thanks for the post. Reading what they said about Alekhine is great; and inspiring.
On behalf of all the Admins. I would like to welcome you to our group. This group has many aspects. Besides the obvious that of studying the Alekhine Defence, our hope is that you will also make friends along the way. Since chess is all about knowledge for the difference between you and a GM is that they have more of it we try to offer a well rounded understanding of chess. Yes, we do understand that this cite offers many videos on chess yet, these videos can not answer questions that you might have. Below is a brief bio of Alekhine.
Alekhine was born into a wealthy family in Moscow, Russia on October 31, 1892.His father Alexander Ivanovich Alekhine was a landowner and Privy Councilor to the conservative legislative Fourth Duma.His mother, Anisya Ivanovna Alekhina (born Prokhorova), was the daughter of a rich industrialist. Alekhine was first introduced to chess by his mother, and older brother, Alexei, and an older sister, Varvara (Barbara).
Alekhine's peak period was in the early 1930s, when he won almost every tournament he played, sometimes by huge margins. Afterward, his play declined, and he never won a top-class tournament after 1934. After Alekhine regained his world title in 1937, there were several new contenders, all of whom would have been serious challengers.
Alekhine was one of the greatest attacking players and could apparently produce combinations at will. What set him apart from most other attacking players was his ability to see the potential for an attack and prepare for it in positions where others saw nothing. Rudolf Spielmann, a master tactician who produced many brilliancies, said, "I can see the combinations as well as Alekhine, but I cannot get to the same positions." Dr. Max Euwe said, "Alekhine is a poet who creates a work of art out of something that would hardly inspire another man to send home a picture post-card."An explanation offered by Reti was, "he beats his opponents by analysing simple and apparently harmless sequences of moves in order to see whether at some time or another at the end of it an original possibility, and therefore one difficult to see, might be hidden." John Nunn commented that "Alekhine had a special ability to provoke complications without taking excessive risks", and Edward Winter called him "the supreme genius of the complicated position."Some of Alekhine's combinations are so complex that even modern champions and contenders disagree in their analyses of them.
Alekhine's games have a higher percentage of wins than those of any other World Champion, and his drawn games are on average among the longest of all champions'.His desire to win extended beyond formal chess competition. When Fine beat him in some casual games in 1933, Alekhine demanded a match for a small stake. And in table tennis, which Alekhine played enthusiastically but badly, he would often crush the ball when he lost.
Not many bios of Alekhine go into his game Game Philosophy I did find one though and this is what they had said about Alekhine's philosophy.
Alekhine's style took ideas from all the various schools of thought. He developed and integrated them together into a new dynamic chess. Combined with his determination to win, and immense capacity for work, he became one of the most effective players in his era.
He refined Lasker's approach to chess (of making the opponent play in uncomfortable positions to their style), by giving his opponents the opportunity to overindulge in their very own style of play! Examples include beating Capablanca in simple chess, out complicating Nimzovich, and luring Reti into enormously idea-rich positions!