Alexander Alekhine Quotes

• The purpose of human life and the sense of happiness is to give the maximum what the man is able to give.

  Alexander Alekhine

• The fact that a player is very short of time is, to my mind, as little to be considered an excuse as, for instance, the statement of the law-breaker that he was drunk at the time he committed the crime.

  Alexander Alekhine

• Oh! this opponent, this collaborator against your will, whose notion of beauty always differs from yours and whose means are often too limited for active assistance to your intentions!

  Alexander Alekhine

• In my opinion, a master is morally obliged to seize every sort of opportunity and to try to solve the problems of the position without fear of some simplifications.

  Alexander Alekhine

• I think that for the highest achievements nowadays… need to have the stable as a rock scientific base. And also need to own modesty.

  Alexander Alekhine

• I have had to work long and hard to eradicate the dangerous delusion that, in a bad position, I could always, or nearly always, conjure up some unexpected combination to extricate me from my difficulties.

  Alexander Alekhine

• I believe that true beauty of chess is more than enough to satisfy all possible demands.

  Alexander Alekhine

• Chess is not only knowledge and logic.

  Alexander Alekhine

• 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.

  Alexander Alekhine

• Chess first of all teaches you to be objective.

  Alexander Alekhine

Alexander Alekhine (10)

Birth:	31st October, 1892
Death:	24th March, 1946
Nationality:	French, Russian
Profession:	Chess Player

About

Alexander Alexandrovich Alekhine, PhD was the fourth World Chess Champion. He is often considered one of the greatest chess players ever. In the early 1930s, Alekhine dominated tournament play and won two top-class tournaments by large margins. He also played first board for France in five Chess Olympiads, winning individual prizes in each. He was defeated by Euwe in 1935, but regained his crown in the 1937 rematch. His tournament record, however, remained uneven, and rising young stars like Keres, Fine, and Botvinnik threatened his title. Negotiations for a title match with Keres or Botvinnik were halted by the outbreak of World War II in Europe in 1939. Negotiations with Botvinnik for a world title match were proceeding in 1946 when Alekhine died in Portugal, in unclear circumstances.

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