Play the Alekhine plbealdellpsLten ialist explain mpro! sear figs ehPlay the Alekhine Valentin Bogdanov Translated by Serge MarudovFirst published in the UK by Gambit Publications Ltd 2009 Copyright © Valentin Bogdanov 2009 English-language translation © Serge Marudov 2009 Additional material © Graham Burgess 2009 The right of Valentin Bogdanov to be identified as the author of this work has been asserted in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. All rights reserved. This book is sold subject to the condition that it shall not, by way of trade or otherwise, be lent, re-sold, hired out or otherwise circulated in any form of binding or cover other than that in which it is published and without a similar condition including this condition being imposed on the subsequent purchaser. ISBN-13: 978-1-906454-15-9 ISBN-10: 1-906454-15-9 DISTRIBUTION: Worldwide (except USA): Central Books Ltd, 99 Wallis Rd, London E9 SLN, England. Tel +44 (0)20 8986 4854 Fax +44 (0)20 8533 5821. E-mail: orders@Centralbooks.com Gambit Publications Ltd, 99 Wallis Rd, London E9 SLN, England. E-mail: info@ gambitbooks.com Website (regularly updated): www.gambitbooks.com Edited by Graham Burgess Typeset by John Nunn Cover image by Wolff Morrow Printed in Great Britain by Cromwell Press Group, Trowbridge, Wilts. 10987654321 Gambit Publications Ltd Managing Director: Murray Chandler GM Chess Director: Dr John Nunn GM Editorial Director: Graham Burgess FM German Editor: Petra Nunn WFM Webmaster: Dr Helen Milligan WFM