biography
| name: |
Alekhine, Alexander Alexandrovich
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pronunciation:
[alekeen]
| sex:
| male
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| lived:
| (1892–1946)
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| biography:
| Chess player, world champion (1927–35, 1937–46), born in Moscow, Russia. He became addicted to chess from the age of 11 and gained the title of master at St Petersburg in 1909. After the Russian Revolution, he worked as a magistrate in France, and became a French citizen. He defeated Capablanca in 1927 to win the world championship, and defended it successfully (apart from a defeat by Euwe in 1935) for nearly 20 years. |
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