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Alexander Alexandrovich Alekhine (31 October 1892 – 24 March 1946) was the 4th World Champion and the first master of the universal style of play. A legend of chess, he contributed immensely to the development of the game. From a young age, he developed a knack for chess.

Many chess history experts keep arguing whom to consider the best chess player of all time, but we will try to stay away from it. The aim of this article is different. The idea is to familiarize the readers with the greatest chess players and their best games. That’s why I ranked the best chess […]

Positional chess is often what makes the difference between a strong player and an amateur, although solving tactic exercises is easier than working on positional understanding and that might be the reason why so many people don’t pay enough attention to the latter one. Chess masters can easily spot weaknesses in a position and target […]

Chess Books: We get many questions from readers who want to know what books to read in order to improve at chess. Although we don’t have a specific answer to this question, as each individual is different and they may need to focus on different things in order to see improvement, we do believe that […]

There is probably little we could say about Alexander Alekhine that is new to our readers. He is considered to be one of the greatest players ever and his games are an inspiration to every chess aficionado. He became the fourth World Champion in 1927, after defeating the Cuban legend Jose Raul Capablanca. He defended […]