At the U.S. Championship in 1989, Stuart Rachels seemed bound for the cellar. Ranked last and holding no IM norms, the 20-year-old amateur from Alabama was expe

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The best games of one of the best players in chess history. 220 games with Alekhine's own accounts. Spans 30 years of tournament play.

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