| "By means of chess I have moulded my character." (A. Alekhine). |
Alexander ALEKHINE
Born: October 31, 1892 in Moscow; died: March 24, 1946 in Ashtoryl, Portugal (but is buried in Paris).
A Russian chess player, the 4-th World Champion (1927 - 1935, 1937 - 1946), a chess theorist and literary man, the Doctor of Jurisprudence. |
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| Alexander Alekhine was a hereditary nobleman by origin. He got acquainted with chess at the age of 7, but started to play seriously only at 12. Alekhine's house was reputed as a "chess" one, for the famous Moscow chess players had often gathered there. |
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| 1914
St. Petersburg. |
At the International Grandmasters' Tournament A. Alekhine took the 3-d place, being passed only by Lasker (then the World Champion) and Capablanca (the pretender).
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| From 1921 to 1927 Alekhine had participated in 22 tournaments. Of those tournaments 13 he won, and in 6 others took the 2-d place. |
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| The World Championship Matches: |
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| 1927, Buenos Aires. |
Capablanca - Alekhine. .
The score is 18.5 : 15.5 (+ 6, - 3, = 25). Alekhine became the 4-th World Champion. |
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| 1929, Germany, Netherlands. |
Alekhine - Bogolyubov. Alekhine won with the score of 15,5 : 9,5 (+ 11, - 5, = 9). |
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| 1934, Germany. |
The 2-d match Alekhine - Bogolyubov . Alekhine's victory with the score of 15,5 : 10,5 (+ 8, - 3, = 15). |
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| 1935, Netherlands. |
Alekhine - Euwe.
. Alekhine lost with the score of 14.5 : 15.5 (- 9, + 8, = 13). Euwe - the 5-th World Champion. |
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| 1937, Netherlands.
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The return match Euwe - Alekhine. . Alekhine's convincing victory with the score of 15,5 : 9,5 (+ 10, - 4, = 11) |
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| In 1938 - 1939 the negotiations were carried on between Alekhine and M Botwinnik as to the World Championship Match. Those negotiations were interrupted by the 2-d World War (1939 - 1945). In 1946 they resumed, but Alekhine's untimely death interfered with that match conducting. The World Champion has died undefeated. |
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| Alekhine was considered as a "chess combinations genius." But his fantastic combinations rested upon strong positional basis, upon deep insight into a position.
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