Alexander Alekhine
Alexander Aleksandrovich Alekhine was a Russian and French chess player and the fourth World Chess Champion, a title he held for two reigns.
Background
- Born in
- Moscow
- Educated at
- Imperial School of JurisprudenceSaint Petersburg State UniversityUniversity of Paris
- Awards
- 🏆 world chess champion🏆 Order of Saint Stanislaus (House of Romanov)🏆 Medal of St. George
Trending & Selected Quotes
Trending topics shown first"Chess for me is not a game, but an art. Yes, and I take upon myself all those responsibilities which an art imposes on its adherents."
"The fact that a player is very short of time is, to my mind, as little to be considered as an excuse as, for instance, the statement of the law-breaker that he was drunk at the moment he committed the…"
"I can comprehend Alekhine's combinations well enough; but where he gets his attacking chances from and how he infuses such life into the very opening - that is beyond me."
"With his death, we have lost a very great chess genius whose like we'll never see again."
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Timeline
1892
Born
Birth1946
Died
Death
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