ALEKHINE, ALEXANDER (1892— ), champion chess-player, was born in Moscow on Nov. 1, 1892. He displayed precocious ability as a chess-player, and in 1910 he did well at the Hamburg tournament at the age of seventeen. When the World War broke out in 1914 he was playing at the Mannheim tourna ment and escaped from internment to serve in the Red Cross di vision of the Russian army. After the Revolution he became a naturalized Frenchman, and studied law at the University of Paris. The victor in many international tournaments, he won the world championship for blindfold chess in 1924, 1925, and 1933. In 1927 he won the world championship from Capablanca (champion since 1921), 10St it in 1935 to Dr. Max Euwe, but regained it from Dr. Euwe in 1937.
See his book, My Best Hundred Games (Eng. trans., 1927).