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CNNSS PLAYDRS

THE MODNRN CHESSCHAMPIONS

AND THEIR MOST CHARACTERISTICGAMES

WITH ANNOTATIONS AND BIOGRAPHIES

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By C. H, O'D. ALE)NDiR. 43. net

DR.MAX EUWE

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PREFACE

Ts$ is a translation of "Zoo Schaken Zrj" ("They

play chesslike this") in which Dr. Euwe introduced

the Dutch chess-playing public to the seven grand

masters who were to paticipate with him in thc

lamousA.V.R.O. toumament.

From the first we tried to ke€p close to his text,

because

sli IsaAc PTTIAN & so\s lc^NrDi), LrD

D61G':,6)

Herr Hans Kmoch rounded otr "Zoo SchakenZij"

with a few paragraphsabout Dr. Buwe himselt and

this part ofthe book we have completelyrewritten and

greatly extended. It was almost impossiblefor Herr

Kmoch to furnish anything his Dutch public did not

already know; but we were in a very different posi-

tion, and our B tish and Amcrican readers will

be grateful for anything we can tell about Dr. Euwe.

Our only further departure from the original is the

addition of a few remarks about events subsequent

to its publication.

it is so highly personal. Fate helped by losing

our MS., wh:th wal addrF,sed Lous in BuenosAires

(where we were playing in the Intemational Team

Tournament) a few days before war broke out and

has never been seensince. In correcting the proofs,

we had consequentlv to refer back to the Dutch

PRETACE

Dr. Euwc has co-operaredin the kind and warm_

hcarted manner typical of him. We alsoowe a debt of

gratitude to Mr. J. Creeveyfor ungrudging help in

the correction of the proofs, to which labour Messls.

R. BIow, W. Riison Morry, T. C. N{ Olsen, and

G. P. Smith have also cont.ibrtted a noble part.

L. PRINS

B. H. WOOD

CONTENTS

PREI]tCE

CHAPTER I

WIIAT DO TI{EY LIKE ?

CHAPTER II

Ar-EXANDERAT-ExANDRovrrcH ALEKI{.,'E (rirgrolt)

PREFACE

TO THE SECOND EDITION

Ar-EKHTNEAT IIrs BIST (gonrJ) .

CHAPTER III

JosE RAouL CAPABLANCA (b;ograplAt) .

CAPABLANCA Ilrrs OUT (gdrnff) .

Cur otr, as a result of the war, from both the author

and my co-translater, I have taken th€ liberty of

preserving the essential topicality of this work by

adding a few more paragraphs at the end of eachof

the individual biographies

CHAPTER IV

sALo rlor{R (bkerafir))

HOW ILOEIIR PLA.IS \Eame,

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B. H. WOOD

CHAPTER V

MICHAEL MOISIAYOVTTCII BOTVINNIK

BOT\/IIiIMK MAKES IlIs BOw

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CHAPTER VI

SAMUEL Rxsr{EvsKY

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CHAPTER VII

REUBEN rrNE (bkelelb)

FiNE rN ACTTON (gdr?6)

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RISHEVSKY AT WORK (gdlndr)

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coNTENTS

CHAPTER VIII

PAUL KERES (biae PIry\

KERIS I\ HIS CIFMLNT gAfl'\

CHAPTER IX

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MEET THE MASTERS

CHAPTER I

WIIAT DO THEY LIKE?

B€lorc passine under rrview. one by one. the maslers

.onsider"i no"adays as leading challengers

IS E\WX \biogapb\

.,. ENOACES TlrE ENEMY (gdter)

for the

world's cbampionship, let us make d general survey

of the outstanding learuresof their lndividual styles of

Dlav. We intend to focus on the most noteworthy

:le;eni in the stvle of each in turn and thus give a

picture of the divergent methods which they adopt to

attain their end

By our question we really mean "What

ILLUSTRATIONS

DR Al.xdDE" lrt?-A\. t4al'J Cronp'a1

JosE RAo!L cAPAsLANc^, t',tttd Chanfian t92l

sdo !LoHR.

\hc.dl Mor,{Yo!rr''r Bo]:B!'K

S/|ffL Rr'tuv'(Y, US Choaqioa

R!! B.N FrN.

PA@ Kls

DR. U}{A illME, trotld ChanPian t')3' '

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sort ol

position is the particular forte of each ? "

Here are th€

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jlJehhiae I Fauautabl( Pa' ition'

,.whv.,. !ou miqhlexclaim, ..ihat iswhar Fveryfhess

olav.' i.ri'.s. Wbat is rharacrerttic in this? You

iliEht u" w"ll say "omebody has a weakness for wealth "

-f,1 the su-e, thi" is Alekhinet great characte stic

We shall show how he tries from the very outset to

obe:'in. and l'nolu,s

hlu to lbtain. a favourable position

and only whenhe hasgained it giveshi" otherpotrer*

ful rcin. Not without reason is he famed as a con_

noiss"ur of opening dreory. To gain some advantaqc

from rhe opening is vital ro him, and be is $illing to

risk anv diifi.ulrv or even hazard ro al'a;n a' quicklv

u, possitt", o position ln which he f€els at home' How

often it happens that other masters mlss opponu 'res

DR. MACHGItrI

MEET TIIi MASTERS

WIIAT DO TIIEY LIKE?

is rhusbased on rwo toundatiorx: geniusin

the creating, and virtuosity in the exploitation o{

attacking chances.

He is the greatest attacking player of all time.

Morphy has usually been given this title, but his

task was much easier; in his time, about eighty years

ago, people had naive ideas about opening strat€gy.

Morphy was the first great positional player; none

of his opponentscould approach him in this respect

Alekhine's can; and the fact that his attacking skill

still triumphs again and again amply justifres our

description of him as unchallenged champion of the

art of attack.

To understand Alekhine's greatnessproperly, one

must-in view of the higher standard of play to-day-

giv€ the phrase "atiacking skill" a wider interpreta-

tion than has been customary. How do we, and how

used we to, tecognize an attacking player, and on

what basis do we assess his skill? Naturally on the

way in which he decideshis games; that is to say,

on his technical ability. We admire his beautiful

combinationsr especiaiiy when they are Prefaced by

some sacrifice; the more ftequent and stdking the

sacrifice, the greater our appreciation. This is an

essenriaily otd-fashionedcriterion, for it confinesitself

to visible resuhs, ignoring the mighty effolt which

must precedethem. This latier is the most important,

and nowadays is the decisivepa-rt. Ordinary mor-

tals can enq, Alekhine\ genius in the discovery of

charming and starding combinations; the morc skjlful

player who feelshimselfquite capableofexecuting such

combinatioirs has a difi'erent feeling on the subject.

To quote Spielmann,who is surely competentto pass

an opinion on combinative skill: "l can comprehend

Alekhine's combinationswell enough; but where he

gets his attacking chancesftom and how he infuses

such life into the very opening-that is beyond me.

Give me the positionshe obtains, and I should seldom

falter. Yet I continually get drawn games,even out

ofthe King's gambit."

Well said, Master Spielmann ! Alekhine'sreal genius

is in the preparation and construction of a position,

long before combinationsor mating attacks come rnto

consideration at all.

Capablancar Clear Potit;ons

The essenceof Capablancat greatness is his rare

talent for avoiding all that can complicate or contuse

the conflict. He is a realist who has banished the

romantic and the €xperimental completely. In the

attainment of positions which suit his style, or rather

temperament,he exhibits almost mystical insight; as

soonasthe leastcloud appearson the horizonrhe alteN

through a faulty appraisal of the ratio of strength to

weakness in thei. position ! This ratio is rarely so

exaggerated as one to nought; it may be five to four

or el€ven to ten, or even closer to equality. In this

appraisai and judgment of almost incalculable situa-

tions Alekhine b unsurpassable.The ratio can be one

hundredto ninety-nineand hewill steerasconfidenily as

ever for the more favourable ofthe positions offered him

To pro6t from such minimal advantages,ar extra-

ordinary flair is required for conceiving and carrying

through an attack. Alekhire has this indeed. I{is

grealness

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