Alexander Alekhine
Alexander Alekhine
Alexander Aleksandrovich Alekhinewas a Russian and French chess player and the fourth World Chess Champion. He is widely considered one of the greatest chess players ever...
NationalityRussian
ProfessionChess Player
Date of Birth31 October 1882
CountryRussian Federation
committed considered drunk excuse fact mind player statement time
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.
against assistance beauty differs limited means notion whose yours
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!
sacrifice chess praise
As a rule, so-called "positional" sacrifices are considered more difficult, and therefore more praise-worthy, than those which are based exclusively on an exact calculation of tactical possibilities.
new-york believe victory
I did not believe I was superior to him. Perhaps the chief reason for his defeat was the overestimation of his own powers arising out of his overwhelming victory in New York, 1927, and his underestimation of mine.
player risk innovation
Young players expose themselves to grave risks when they blindly imitate the innovations of masters without themselves first checking all the details and consequences of these innovations.
chess masters
Chess will always be the master of us all.
opportunity trying opinion
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.
soul chess combination
Combination is a soul of chess.
art responsibility games
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.
objectivity chess firsts
Chess first of all teaches you to be objective.
chess logic
Chess is not only knowledge and logic
thinking rocks achievement
I think that for the highest achievements nowadays... need to have the stable as a rock scientific base. And also need to own modesty.
men giving able
The purpose of human life and the sense of happiness is to give the maximum what the man is able to give.
communication cutting pieces
The retreat of a minor piece to the back rank, where it cuts the lines of communication between the rooks, is permissable only in exceptional cases.