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I believe that true beauty of chess is more than enough to satisfy all possible demands.
— Alexander Alekhine
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Alexander Alekhine
chess player, chess theoretician, writer, jurist, translator
1892 – 1946
Alexander Aleksandrovich Alekhine was a Russian and French chess player and the fourth World Chess Champion, a title he held for two reigns.
All Quotes by Alexander Alekhine
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Chess is not only knowledge and logic.
— Alexander Alekhine
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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.
— Alexander Alekhine
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With his death, we have lost a very great chess genius whose like we'll never see again.
— Alexander Alekhine
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I study chess eight hours a day, on principle.
— Alexander Alekhine
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Chess first of all teaches you to be objective.
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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