Tuhia he tomokanga mo tenei irava - I muri i tana wikitoria i Paris i te 1938 me te tuarua i te whakataetae iti ake i Margate i te 1939, i takaro a Capablanca mo Cuba i te 8th Chess Olympiad
, i Buenos Aires, a riro i te mētara koura mo te mahi pai i runga i te. I a Capablanca raua ko Alekhine e tohu ana i a raua whenua i Buenos Aires, i whakamatau a Capablanca ki te whakarite i tetahi tukinga o te Toa o te Ao. I whakakahore a Alekhine, i kii ia he mea tika kia waatea ia ki te tiaki i tana whenua whanau, France, i te mea kua tiimata te Pakanga Tuarua o te Ao. I kii a Capablanca i mua atu kaore ia e takaro ki a Alekhine mena ka tutaki a raatau kapa.