The tragic last years of world chess champion Alexander Alekhine (1892-1946, 45 of his match and tournament games in Spain and Portugal from 1943 to 1946, and 100 other late exhibiotion games are covered. A definitive biographical sketch emerges of Alekhine in his final phase, covering his marriages, alcoholism and murky involvement with the Nazis.

About the author: Pablo Morán, of Oviedo, Spain, is an international arbiter, a national master and author of seven other chess books. Frank X. Mur is a Spanish translator and interpreter living in Oakland, California.