Alekhine, Alexander (1892-1946)

Alexandre Alekhine (Public Domain)
Alternative last name spellings: Alejin, Aliojin, Alekhine, Alekhin. |
Alternative first name spellings: Aleksandr, Aleksándrovich, Alexandre. |
Alias: – |
“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.”
GENERAL INFO
Description: Alexander Alekhine was a Russian-French chess player and World Chess Champion, considered one of the best chess players of all time. He was also a writer and chess theorist, producing innovations in a wide range of chess openings and giving his name to the Alekhine’s Defense. | |
Sex: Male. | Occupation: Chess player and Chess theorist. |
Place of Birth / Death: Moscow, Russian Empire / Estoril, Portugal. | Country Tags: Russia. France. |
Centuries: XIX-XX. | Title: Grandmaster (1927). |
World Champion: 1927–35, 1937–46. | School: – |
Styles: Attacking and positional. | Chess Olympiads: 1930, 1931, 1933, 1935, 1939. |
IN MUSICHESS
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External links
- Alexander Alekhine chess games at 365Chess.com: https://www.365chess.com/players/Alexander_Alekhine – [09/03/2018].
- Alexander Alekhine on Chess24: https://chess24.com/es/informate/jugadores/alexander-alekhine – [09/03/2018].
- Alexander Alekhine player profile and games at Chessgames.com: http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessplayer?pid=10240 – [09/03/2018].
- Alexander Alekhine webarchive: https://web.archive.org/web/20110105071136/http://myuniv.atspace.com/Alekhine/ – [09/03/2018].
- Chessbase.com: Alekhine’s death – an unresolved mystery?: https://en.chessbase.com/post/alekhine-s-death-an-unresolved-mystery- – [09/03/2018].
- Wikipedia the free encyclopedia: Alexander Alekhine: https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Alekhine – [09/03/2018].
- Wikiquote: Alexander Alekhine: https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Alexander_Alekhine – [09/03/2018].
Bibliography
- Averbakh, Yuri. (2012). A history of chess. From Chaturanga to the present day. Milford, USA: Russel enterprises Inc.
- Eales, Richard. (2002). Chess: The history of a game. Glasgow, Scotland: Hardinge Simpole Publishing.
- Elo, Arpad E. (2008). The rating of chess players, Past and Present. New York: Ishi Press.
- Hooper, David. Whyld, Kenneth. (1992). The Oxford companion to chess. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
- Murray, H. J. R. (1913). A history of chess. New York: Oxford University Press.
- Tkachenko, Sergei (2018). Alekhine’s Odessa Secrets: Chess, War and Revolution. LLC Elk and Ruby Publishing House.