Voronkow: Alexander Alekhine – The Russian Sphinx: Volume I (1892-1921) (paperback) SN_required false He plays 1

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In this fresh translation we have included both works to create the ultimate version of a classic of Soviet chess literature

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Voronkow: Alexander Alekhine – The Russian Sphinx: Volume I (1892-1921) (paperback) SN_required false He plays 1Ein tiefgehender Blick auf das Leben und die Psychologie des Schachweltmeisters Award winning historian Sergey Voronkov has written a four volume psychological biography of Alexander Alekhine, presenting the former world chess champion in a much more complicated, conflicted and tragic light than you have ever seen him before! This first volume traces his early development through to his departure from Soviet Russia in 1921, while also attempting to