Alekhine is not just a genius and the first Russian world chess champion. This is a man of amazing destiny. World and civil wars, bloody revolutions, failed executions, loss of homeland, accusations of collaboration - Alekhine’s life was terribly difficult, but he adapted in an amazing way. And he did everything so that no one would stop him from doing the only thing he loved, to which he devoted himself maniacally - chess. Unlike most other books about Alekhine, in this one you will see a board with a full set of chess pieces: you will find detailed stories about the great Lasker, the elegant Capablanca, NSDAP member Bogolyubov and the Soviet colossus Botvinnik, who were an important part of the fate of our hero. Almost all of Alekhine’s life was war. With people, with circumstances... She knew both overcoming and betrayal.  And the book by Sports.ru author Stanislav Kuptsov is probably not even about chess, but about a fragile little ship called “life”. The publishing layout has been preserved.