Alexander Alekhine

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Alexander Alekhine was a Russian-French chess grandmaster and World Chess Champion renowned for his deeply imaginative attacking style and major contributions to opening theory.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf World Chess Champion
chess player
human
birthCountry Russian Empire NERFINISHED
birthDate 1892-10-31
birthPlace Moscow NERFINISHED
burialCity Paris NERFINISHED
burialPlace Montparnasse Cemetery NERFINISHED
countryOfCitizenship France
Russian Empire
deathCountry Portugal NERFINISHED
deathDate 1946-03-24
deathPlace Estoril NERFINISHED
defeatedForTitle José Raúl Capablanca NERFINISHED
eponymousOpening Alekhine Defense NERFINISHED
era classical chess era
familyName Alekhine NERFINISHED
fullName Alexander Alexandrovich Alekhine NERFINISHED
givenName Alexander
influenced Garry Kasparov NERFINISHED
Mikhail Tal NERFINISHED
language French
Russian
lostTitleTo Max Euwe NERFINISHED
nativeName Александр Александрович Алехин NERFINISHED
notableGame Alekhine vs Nimzowitsch, San Remo 1930 NERFINISHED
Alekhine vs Yates, London 1922 NERFINISHED
Bogoljubov vs Alekhine, Hastings 1922
notableOpeningContribution Alekhine Defense NERFINISHED
notableTournament Bled 1931 chess tournament NERFINISHED
New York 1927 chess tournament NERFINISHED
San Remo 1930 chess tournament NERFINISHED
notableWork My Best Games of Chess 1908–1923 NERFINISHED
My Best Games of Chess 1924–1937 NERFINISHED
occupation chess player
lawyer
openingCode B02
B03
B04
B05
participatedIn World War I (as a volunteer in relief work) NERFINISHED
playingStyle attacking
tactically imaginative
regainedTitleFrom Max Euwe NERFINISHED
religion Russian Orthodox Church
title World Chess Champion
grandmaster (retrospective)
worldChampionFrom 1927
1937
worldChampionTitle World Chess Champion
worldChampionTo 1935
1946

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Emanuel Lasker influenced Alexander Alekhine
David Bronstein influencedBy Alexander Alekhine
Mikhail Botvinnik influencedBy Alexander Alekhine