Tuesday 13 October 2009
ALEXANDER ALEKHINE
Alexander Alekhine is among the greatest chess player world has ever seen. Alexander At the age of 16, he was already one of Russia’s strongest players and by age 22 was considered one of the strongest players in the world, winning most tournaments he played in throughout the 1920’s and was dominating tournament play by the early 1930’s. In 1921, he was granted permission to leave Russia for a visit to the West. He never returned. Alekhine’s biggest objective was winning the World Championship from Capablanca which he did. Alekhine won his first World Championship by defeating the legendary Jose Capablanca in 1927. He defeated Capablanca with 6 wins, 3 losses and 25 draws, the longest ever World Championship match until 1984. Alekhine dominated international chess for the next decade, until alcoholism resulted in a noticeable decline of his abilities. Though after WW2, he was not invited to tournaments due to his alleged Nazi affiliation, though evidence suggests this was largely pragmatic.
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He gained lots of credits for his playing, when he was quite young. He has made world record in blindfold play and broke the record himself. He was the fourth world chess champion, winning the title in 1927, defeating Jose Raul Capablanca. After that he was very much active holding the title till his death in 1946.
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