G.Bell and Sons LTD, London 1950, 267p.,  hardback, no dust-jacket, 490 grams, good condition, no inscriptions, but the two last pages are detached (see photo).Ex Libris of F.G.Krug (see photo).

Garry Kasparov wrote, “Alexander Alekhine is the first luminary among the others who are still having the greatest influence on me. I like his universality, his approach to the game, his chess ideas. I am sure that the future belongs to Alekhine chess.”

Bobby Fischer wrote, “He had great imagination. He could see more deeply into a situation than any other player in chess history. It was in the most complicated positions that Alekhine found his grandest concepts.”  Reuben Fine wrote that Alekhine's collection of best games was one of the three most beautiful that he knew. World Champion