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In his game against Salo Flohr, Reuben Fine scored a quick attacking victory with the white pieces:
The Classical French - Main Line
After 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3, the author takes a detailed look at a daring line with 7... cxd4 8. Nd4 Qb6, as well as the quieter plans with 7...cxd4 8. Nd4 Bc5, and the main line with 7... a6 and b5.
Reuben Fine has been dominant at the tournament in the Netherlands
World Champion Alexander Alekhine had chances to beat Paul Keres, but he did not make the most of them — until they finally slipped away from him:
Against Keres, Alekhine was not as determined as he usually is over the board
The game between Reshevsky and Capablanca was without tension. Reshevsky was a pawn up in the rook ending, but he could not convert it into a full point.
Master Class Vol.4: José Raúl Capablanca
He was a child prodigy and he is surrounded by legends. In his best times he was considered to be unbeatable and by many he was reckoned to be the greatest chess talent of all time: Jose Raul Capablanca, born 1888 in Havana.
José Raúl Capablanca, Alekhine's predecessor as World Champion, has now noticeably passed his zenith — he has drawn all his games so far
In the game between Botvinnik and Euwe, after forty moves a position was reached in which neither player could have moved anything without making concessions:
Mathematician Max Euwe was born in Amsterdam in 1901 — after becoming World Champion in 1935, chess became extraordinarily popular in the Netherlands, despite Alekhine regaining the title only two years later
