Alekhine Alexander. New York 1924 (21st Century Edition)

Russell Enterprises, 2008. — 352 p. — ISBN13: 978-1-888690-48-4.
Today we are struggling with the plague of "grandmaster draws." Young GMs complain they have to make short draws because they can't exert themselves every day in an exhausting twelve-round tournament. New York 1924 was twenty rounds and yet somehow these old-timers- their average age was 42- managed to get by with few quick handshakes.They also complain that faster time controls don't leave them enough time to think. But they don't have to think- at least not until move fifteen or twenty or later- because Fritz prepares them for their next opponent the night before. At New York 1924 the players were on their own. They didn't even know what color they would have each day or who their opponent would be until a drawing was held fifteen minutes before their clocks were started. (This helps explain Reti's collapse in the tournament's second half. Due to luck of the drawing he had five Blacks in a row.)New York 1924 - A Truly Extraordinary TournamentOne of the most remarkable and famous chess tournaments ever took place in New York City in March and April 1924. It had a narrative that is still striking today: Three world champions – undisputed world champions, mind you – fulfilling their destiny.The stunning performance of the 55-year-old former world champion Emanuel Lasker. The seemingly invincible reigning world champion José Capablanca suffering his first loss in eight years. And all 110 tournament games deeply annotated by future world champion Alexander Alekhine.The tournament book that Alekhine produced became the stuff of legend. He provides real analysis, and with words, not just moves. He imbues the book with personality, on the one hand ruthlessly objective, even with his own mistakes, on the other, candidly subjective.This is a modern "21st Century Edition" of Alekhine’s classic, using figurine algebraic notation, adding many more diagrams, but preserving the original, masterful text and annotations, including Alekhine's fascinating overview of the opening theory at that time.