Alekhines life was full and varied and without doubt deserves and demands a literary treatment.

The American, Charles D. Yaffe, has attempted this task, but has failed lamentably. He has produced an appalling book cluttered with banalities, clichés and even downright absurdities, constantly adopting the style of the typical soap opera: the work neither offers anything new, nor gives any kind of aesthetic satisfaction. It is boring, trivial and not recommended.