Starting Out: Alekhine's Defence

Wisconsin Bookwatch, Feb, 2005

Starting Out: Alekhine's Defence

John Cox

Everyman Chess/Globe Pequot Press

PO Box 480, Guilford, CT 06437

www.everymanchess.com

1857443705 $18.95 1-800-243-0495

Starting Out: Alekhine's Defence is an extensive guide for intermediate to advanced chess players to the controversial oppening in which Black attacks from its very first move, seeking to provoke White into a central pawn formation that will fall prey to a deadly counterattack. A favorite among many no-holds-barred professional players such as Fischer (and of course Alekhine), and more recently used by Ivanchuck and Short, the Alekhine's Defense move is excellent for the strongly aggressive player. Diagrams, sample games, tips, and warnings guide the reader into learning how to utilize or defend against Alekhine's Defence, in this smooth instructional written by FIDE Master, junior championship winner and international chess player John Cox.