Alexander Alekhine

thumb|Alexandre Alekhine. Alexander Alexandrovich Alekhine (October 31 or November 1, 1892 – March 24, 1946) was a Russian-born naturalized French chess grandmaster (officially naturalized in 1927 only three days before the World Champion title), and the fourth World Chess Champion. Quotes 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 crime. In: Chess Life, Vol. 16-18, 1961. p. 113. On the Zeitnot problem. I study chess eight hours a day, on principle. Attributed in: David Hooper, ‎Kenneth Whyld (1996) The Oxford companion to chess. p. 8. Chess first of all teaches you to be objective. Quoted in: M. Yudovich, ‎A. Kotov (2001) The Soviet School of Chess, p. 42. 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. Quoted in: Daniel James Brooks (2013) Poetics. Book 1, p. 72. Disputed During a chess competition a chess master should be a combination of a beast of prey and a monk. Attributed to Alekhine in page 11 of Essential Chess Quotations by John C. Knudsen (Falls Church, 1998), per Edward Winter This quotation and many variants of it are commonly attributed to Alekhine however per Winter "with regard to Alekhine there has been no primary source". About Alexander Alekhine It was impossible to win against Capablanca; against Alekhine it was impossible to play. Paul Keres, quoted in: Bruce Pandolfini (1992) Pandolfini's Chess Complete: The Most Comprehensive Guide. p. 208. Capablanca was the greatest talent, but Alekhine was the greatest in his achievements. Mikhail Botvinnik, quoted in: Chess, Vol. 52, Nr. 1003-1018, 1987, p. 184. In playing through an Alekhine game one suddenly meets a move which simply takes one's breath away. Conel Hugh O'Donel Alexander, quoted in: Alexander Alekhine (1972) My Best Games of Chess, 1924-1937: . 1938-1945. p. 12. Alekhine's attacks came suddenly, like destructive thunderstorms that erupted from a clear sky. Garry Kasparov; Quoted in: Raymond Keene (1999) Keene on Chess, p. 243. 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. Rudolf Spielmann in: Fred Reinfeld (1956) Why You Lose at Chess, p. 160. Alekhine is a poet who creates a work of art out of something that would hardly inspire another man to send home a picture post card. Max Euwe, in: Fred Reinfeld (1956) Why You Lose at Chess, p. 180. Fortune favors the bold, especially when they are Alekhine. Lodewijk Prins, in: Chess Review, Vol. 19-20 (1952). External links Category:Chess grandmasters Category:People from Moscow Category:People from France Category:1946 deaths Category:Chess Olympiad competitors