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Alexander Alekhine

1892 - 1946

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Alexander Aleksandrovich Alekhine (October 31 [O.S. October 19] 1892 – March 24, 1946) was a Russian and French chess player and the fourth World Chess Champion, a title he held for two reigns. By the age of 22, Alekhine was already among the strongest chess players in the world. During the 1920s, he won most of the tournaments in which he played. In 1921, Alekhine left Soviet Russia and emigrated to France, which he represented after 1925. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Alexander Alekhine is the 6th most popular chess player (down from 5th in 2019), the 102nd most popular biography from Russia (down from 101st in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Russian Chess Player.

Alexander Alekhine is most famous for being a chess player. He is considered one of the greatest chess players of all time.

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Among CHESS PLAYERS

Among chess players, Alexander Alekhine ranks 6 out of 461. Before him are Wilhelm Steinitz, Bobby Fischer, Boris Spassky, José Raúl Capablanca, and Mikhail Tal. After him are Emanuel Lasker, Mikhail Botvinnik, Anatoly Karpov, Tigran Petrosian, Max Euwe, and Garry Kasparov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1892, Alexander Alekhine ranks 15. Before him are Walter Benjamin, Zita of Bourbon-Parma, Pearl S. Buck, Manfred von Richthofen, Arthur Seyss-Inquart, and Ryūnosuke Akutagawa. After him are Amanullah Khan, Sepp Dietrich, Arthur Compton, Arthur Honegger, Theodor Eicke, and Ferdinand Schörner. Among people deceased in 1946, Alexander Alekhine ranks 15. Before him are Ion Antonescu, Ernst Kaltenbrunner, Gerhart Hauptmann, Hans Frank, Arthur Seyss-Inquart, and Mikhail Kalinin. After him are John Logie Baird, Wilhelm Frick, Julius Streicher, Manuel de Falla, Werner von Blomberg, and Fritz Sauckel.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Alexander Alekhine ranks 102 out of 3,761. Before him are Ivan Konev (1897), Ivan III of Russia (1440), Michael of Russia (1596), Alexander Suvorov (1730), Mikhail Lomonosov (1711), and Lev Kamenev (1883). After him are Nikolai Bukharin (1888), Ilya Prigogine (1917), Sofia Kovalevskaya (1850), Nikolai Yezhov (1895), Mikhail Bakhtin (1895), and Mikhail Botvinnik (1911).

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Among CHESS PLAYERS In Russia

Among chess players born in Russia, Alexander Alekhine ranks 2. Before him are Boris Spassky (1937). After him are Mikhail Botvinnik (1911), Anatoly Karpov (1951), Vasily Smyslov (1921), Viktor Korchnoi (1931), Vera Menchik (1906), Mikhail Chigorin (1850), Savielly Tartakower (1887), Olga Rubtsova (1909), Yuri Averbakh (1922), and Andor Lilienthal (1911).

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