Symbols | p. 8 |
Introduction | p. 9 |
Excelsior | p. 11 |
Across the Centuries | p. 14 |
Alexander Alekhine Plays the Steeplechase | p. 19 |
Laws of the Steeplechase | p. 26 |
The Opening Steeplechase | p. 29 |
Paris Opening [A00] | p. 29 |
Larsen's Opening [A00] | p. 30 |
English Opening [A18] | p. 30 |
English Opening [A27] | p. 33 |
English Opening [A39] | p. 33 |
Modern Defense [A42] | p. 34 |
Dutch Defense [A84] | p. 34 |
Owen's Defense [B00] | p. 35 |
Center Counter Defense [B01] | p. 36 |
Pirc Defense [B09] | p. 36 |
Caro-Kann Defense [B15] | p. 37 |
Caro-Kann Defense [B18] | p. 37 |
Sicilian Defense [B23] | p. 37 |
French Defense [C12] | p. 38 |
Center Opening [C20] | p. 40 |
Danish Gambit [C21] | p. 40 |
Vienna Game [C27] | p. 45 |
King's Gambit [C35] | p. 45 |
Scotch Gambit [C44] | p. 48 |
The Modern Move Order | p. 49 |
Two Knights Defense [C55] | p. 50 |
Ruy Lopez [C64] | p. 51 |
Chigorin's Defense [D07] | p. 52 |
Albin's Counter Gambit [D08] | p. 52 |
Slav Defense [D15] | p. 53 |
Queen's Gambit Accepted [D21] | p. 53 |
Tarrasch Defense [D32] | p. 54 |
Ragozin Defense [D39] | p. 54 |
Variation I | p. 55 |
Variation II (The Junge System) | p. 57 |
Variation III | p. 62 |
Variation IV | p. 63 |
Variation V | p. 64 |
Semi-Slav Defense [D47] | p. 67 |
The Modern Line | p. 68 |
Queen's Gambit [D53] | p. 70 |
Queen's Gambit [D60] | p. 70 |
Queen's Indian Defense [E12] | p. 71 |
Queen's Indian Defense [E17] | p. 71 |
Old Indian Defense [E97] | p. 72 |
The Middlegame Steeplechase | p. 73 |
The a-pawn March | p. 73 |
The b-pawn March | p. 74 |
The c-pawn March | p. 77 |
The d-pawn March | p. 81 |
The e-pawn March | p. 89 |
The f-pawn March | p. 95 |
The g-pawn March | p. 100 |
The h-pawn March | p. 103 |
The Mutual Steeplechase | p. 109 |
Excelsior in Chess Compositions | p. 110 |
March of the Doubled Pawns | p. 113 |
Postscript | p. 117 |
Index of Players | p. 119 |
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