chess-The Oxford Companion to Chess - First Edition by David Hooper & Kenneth Whyld

8 ALEKHINE VARTATION
by^Lc^rER h 1819, this defenccsasrarely played
until pronoted byALEMN!in 192li his influence
lcd to ils becoDingonc oithe srandarddclences to
1e4, altnough never ihe mostpopular. IIealmost
cert.inly derired his idea Lom thc van.tion I e4
c5 2 NU Nn,. 2o5 m Nll(h Black xlso renDb
whire ro aLlvdnce hF e pawn. (See r., R pA;Ns
arAc(a rLGGI rcsrnrN.)
ALE(HINE VARIATION, 43, in the sLAv DE
FEN.L, introduced by ALEkHTN. around 1922 (scc
eDx)i 29in thc aulEN s c^MBr AccnmD fron the
lrd gane of lhc BogoljuborAlekhine chan
pionship natch ol1929i99 in lbe aulrN's cAMBr
Declincd whichrAlekhine played nine rines in his
championship 6atch*iihc PABLANCAid 197i 107
in fte Aueen\ Ganbit Declined from the o,me
Stdhlbere Alckhine Kemeri 1937: 122 in" rhe
Durcn DEEENG. int.oduccd by Alekhine in 1936;
251 i. thc srcrLAN DEF!N.E] and 672 in the
trom the 29ft match prme
Alekh'n+F
'se rols
ALEPPO CAMDIT, 26. old nanre lor the auEEN,s
AIEXANDER. CONEL HUGH O'DONEI,
(1909 74), Inie.narionar Masler 0950), rnteria,
iional Correspondence chcs Masrer0970). Born
i! Cork. he settled in England as a boy. tn spne or
because ol hh intense application ar the board bn
tournament performances rere erratic. From
aboul I937 10 the nid 1950s bc Nas regarded as ihe
slrongesr player in GreaiBritain, although hc wo.
onry iwo (1938, 1956) ol ihe t:3 Brifth chess
Fenerarion Championshrp: rn shi.h hc comprre!,
he pla)ed fur the BCF in s\ Ollmprads lrn; lqtl
io 1958. Holding a senior posl ar the Forcign
OI6ce, he {as not permiited to play in countries
underSoviet controlo! idfiuene: but stren he dnt
.ompere ibroad hc achieved only modcrate re
sulls. His best tournamcnr achievenent was ar
Hasiinss 1937 8 when he was second (+4:s)
equal *nh kREs aller REsElvsx! ahad of.rNE and
!LdHR: but he is better remcmbered fo. hlsri. unh
rRoNsrErN for Ilrst pnze at Hastings 1953 4. tle
won his game against Brorstein in l20noves after
several adjournments. and the outcone bccame a
kind ofserialin the p.ess, arolsing ereat nationat
interest in thc gaoe. Alexanderwas the authorol
several books on chess_ notably Alekhine\ Best
Gahe! al ch6s t933-19a5 (1949) aod A Baok oJ
Golombek and Hafision. Irp Rat Gan6 ofC.ll.
o D. Atdandt 11916).
lJexander Bosrnnik Anslo sorrei mdio harch 19,16
Frcnch Delen.e. wi',a\rr v.nri,m
1e4c6 2d,ldi 3NclBb4,lo-6 5alBxc3+ 6 br.3
Ner 7 Qs4 cxd,1 3 QxsT Re3 9 QxhT Qa5 l0Rbl
Qxcs+ 11 tsd2 Q.7 r2 f4 Nbr6 rr Nn Bdr t4 Nri
Rrgs 15fxgs0 0 0 16Oxt Orc5+ lTKdtNt5 ls;6
Ne3+ 19 K.1 Qe4 2OBd3 Oxgz 2l Ret Ne51
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Qg4 2r h:r Q31+ 23 Kb2 Og3 29 8g6 Nd1 30A3=O
R\s3 ll Qxg3+ Kc7 (Whjtchassrined marerial ardhas
only ro o nsolidab hn posiiio tr to .nsurc licr ory ) 32Qh7
Kd6 :rl B,l3 c4 34 0h6+ Kc7 r5 RIel Qc5 16 Kr2
Nl5 37 Qg5 Be6 33Bc2d4+ 39 Reb3 65 10Qd2 d3
ALEXANDRE, AARON (1766 1850), wrirer and
leacher. Born in Eohenleld, Bavaria, thc eldest ol
thrcc brolhers he becrne i rrhhi Afrer tuo .r
tbree years at a s,nall u.iversity at Fn h he
travelled, stopping for awhilc in Stiasbuie wbere
he save lessons in Hebrew and French. and
arriving at Paris in 1793. He was so imprcsscd by
the new regimc\ lolciance otJeas that he became
a naturalized F.eochman, teaching Cieman at
severa t colleges and privately. For yca6 cfi ess was
apastimci 6ut hewas strongenoughtooperare the
ruM whicb he dislikedon account oI the conined
sorking space. His oiher hobbies included ihe
naking ofnechanical devices, childrcn\ toys, and
furniture siih sccrel drawers. His nephew Liimlein
walked lrom Wnrzhurgto Paris to be placedundcr
his care while learning io painl. Years laier
Lan enr dcpicted StaunioD ptaying Sanrt Am!m,
{nd the eneravinghungloracenturyin the.^ri DL
Alex.ndre s nnpo ancc to chess lies in hh rwo
books. which niehl nor have bccn wrnten bad he
been ablc to nanage his affais. Hc owned rhe
holel LEchiquicr whcre his p pils lodCcd. and
alter his wife s death he lorgol to collect lrom hn
dcbtors; an old chess teacher, Castinel,lived lree
ol charge lor 1en years under hn roof. Alexandre
went bankrupt in 1816 and his property. which
included the room olthe lisl chess club in Parh.
was sold lor 12-000 ir., only to bc rcsold rhe next
year, sirhout thc ci!b, Ior 100,000 fr.
At 70, Alexandre lurncd to chess to suppofi
himscll. and worked_day aDd night to tinish his
Erldapadi. des E.r..r. He then traleued
throtrgh Germany, England, Scotland. and Ircland
toenlislsubscribers. The bookwasinrendedto bea
.olleciion oi all the openines variations lhen
known; he drcw from iboul3T books. dailnglroo
Ruy r.6pnz in rhe 16rh century to * Ar.cR and cw6
inihe lSlos.Althoughnotcompletehcc.usesome
sources were noi available lo him and somc Nere