Editing Alexander Alekhine (section)

===1927 title match===
In 1927, Alekhine's challenge to [[José Raúl Capablanca|Capablanca]] was backed by a group of Argentine businessmen and the president of Argentina, who guaranteed the funds,<ref name="chesscornerCapablanca">{{cite web |url=http://www.chesscorner.com/worldchamps/capablanca/capablanca.htm |title=Jose Raul Capablanca |publisher=chesscorner.com |access-date=2008-05-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080515051607/http://www.chesscorner.com/worldchamps/capablanca/capablanca.htm |archive-date=15 May 2008 |url-status=live}}</ref> and organized by the Club Argentino de Ajedrez (Argentine Chess Club) in [[Buenos Aires]].<ref name="WinterCapablancaVsAlekhine1927">{{cite web |url=http://www.chesshistory.com/winter/extra/capablancaalekhine1927.html |title=Capablanca v Alekhine, 1927 |author=Winter, E. |access-date=2008-05-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080509083746/http://www.chesshistory.com/winter/extra/capablancaalekhine1927.html |archive-date=9 May 2008  |url-status=live}} Original sources include:
*{{cite journal |page=66 |journal=El Ajedrez Americano |title=Al margen del gran match |date=December 1927}};
*{{cite journal |page=454 |date=October 1926 |journal=British Chess Magazine |title=(unknown title) |author=Sergeant, P.W.}};
*{{cite journal |journal=La Prensa |title=(unknown title) |date=September 14, 1927}};

Immediately after his victory, Alekhine announced his terms for a rematch, reported in: {{cite journal |date=November 30, 1927 |journal=La Prensa |title=(unknown title)}}</ref> In the [[World Chess Championship 1927|World Chess Championship match]] played from September 16 to November 29, 1927 at Buenos Aires, Alekhine won the title, scoring +6−3=25.<ref name="graemecreeWorldChessChampionship1927"/> This was the longest formal World Championship match until the [[World Chess Championship 1984|contest in 1984]] between [[Anatoly Karpov]] and [[Garry Kasparov]].<ref>{{cite journal |last=Byrne |first=R. |date=December 21, 1984 |title=Chess title match to become longest one in modern era |journal=[[The New York Times]] |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1984/12/21/nyregion/chess-title-match-to-become-longest-one-in-modern-era.html |access-date=2009-06-03 |archive-date=2018-02-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180201150818/http://www.nytimes.com/1984/12/21/nyregion/chess-title-match-to-become-longest-one-in-modern-era.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Alekhine's victory surprised almost the entire chess world, since he had never previously won a single game from Capablanca.<ref name="graemecreeWorldChessChampionship1927">{{cite web |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050121124900/http://members.aol.com/graemecree/chesschamps/world/world1927.htm |url=http://members.aol.com/graemecree/chesschamps/world/world1927.htm |archive-date=2005-01-21 |title=1927 World Chess Championship |last=Cree |first=G. |access-date=2009-06-02}}</ref> After Capablanca's death Alekhine expressed surprise at his own victory, since in 1927 he did not think he was superior to Capablanca, and he suggested that Capablanca had been overconfident.<ref name="AlekhineTribToCapa">Alekhine, A., tribute to Capablanca, pp. 157–58, in: Alekhine, A., ''107 Great Chess Battles'', tr. E.G. Winter, Oxford University Press, 1980.</ref> Capablanca entered the match with no technical or physical preparation,<ref name="Dumont1959MemoirOfCapa">{{cite book |author=du Mont, J. |chapter=Memoir of Capablanca |title=Capablanca's Hundred Best Games of Chess |editor=Golombek, H. |publisher=G. Bell & Sons |year=1959 |pages=1–18}}</ref><ref name="Reinfeld1942ImmortalGamesOfCapaBio">{{cite book |last=Reinfeld |first=F. |title=The Immortal Games of Capablanca |publisher=Courier Dover Publications |year=1990 |orig-year=1942 |pages=1–13 |chapter=Biography |isbn=0-486-26333-9 |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bUdw5Zc1diEC&q=capablanca+biography&pg=PA1 |access-date=2009-06-01 |archive-date=2021-10-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211029220631/https://books.google.com/books?id=bUdw5Zc1diEC&q=capablanca+biography&pg=PA1 |url-status=live }}</ref> while Alekhine got himself into good physical condition<ref name="Fine1952WorldsGreatChessGames"/> and had thoroughly studied Capablanca's play.<ref>{{cite book |author=Pachman, L. |author2=Russell, A.S. |title=Modern chess strategy |publisher=Courier Dover |year=1971 |page=306 |chapter=Individual Style: Psychological Play |isbn=0-486-20290-9 |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TdWNkSYLQ8gC&q=alekhine+change+style&pg=PA306 |access-date=2009-06-02 |archive-date=2021-10-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211029220657/https://books.google.com/books?id=TdWNkSYLQ8gC&newbks=0&printsec=frontcover&pg=PA306&q=alekhine+change+style&hl=en&source=newbks_fb |url-status=live }}</ref> According to Kasparov, Alekhine's research uncovered many small inaccuracies, which occurred because Capablanca was unwilling to concentrate intensely.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.chesscafe.com/text/skittles209.pdf |title=Interview with Garry Kasparov: Part 2 |last=Kasparov |first=G. |author2=Russell, H.W. |date=July 28, 2003 |access-date=2009-06-03 |archive-date=2008-12-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081201094717/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/skittles209.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Vladimir Kramnik]] has commented that this was the first contest in which Capablanca had no easy wins.<ref name="KramnikSteinitzToKasparov">{{cite web |url=http://www.kramnik.com/eng/interviews/getinterview.aspx?id=61 |title=Kramnik Interview: From Steinitz to Kasparov |author=Kramnik, V. |access-date=2008-05-20 |author-link=Vladimir Kramnik |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080512052013/http://www.kramnik.com/eng/interviews/getinterview.aspx?id=61 |archive-date=2008-05-12 |url-status=dead }}</ref>