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I believe that true beauty of chess is more than enough to satisfy all possible demands.

~Alexander Alekhine

Topics: Beauty Believe Chess Demands Enough More Possible Satisfy Than True True Beauty I Believe I Believe That

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Chess for me is not a game, but an art. Yes, and I take upon myself all those responsibilities which an art imposes on its adherents.

~Alexander Alekhine

Topics: Art Chess Game Me Myself Responsibilities Take Those Which Yes

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In my opinion, a master is morally obliged to seize every sort of opportunity and to try to solve the problems of the position without fear of some simplifications.

~Alexander Alekhine

Topics: Every Fear In My Opinion Master Morally Obliged Opinion Opportunity Position Problems Seize Solve Some Sort Try Without

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Chess first of all teaches you to be objective.

~Alexander Alekhine

Topics: Chess First First Of All Objective Teaches You

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The purpose of human life and the sense of happiness is to give the maximum what the man is able to give.

~Alexander Alekhine

Topics: Able Give Happiness Human Human Life Life Man Maximum Purpose Sense

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Chess is not only knowledge and logic.

~Alexander Alekhine

Topics: Chess Knowledge Logic Only

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Oh! this opponent, this collaborator against your will, whose notion of beauty always differs from yours and whose means are often too limited for active assistance to your intentions!

~Alexander Alekhine

Topics: Active Against Always Assistance Beauty Collaborator Differs Intentions Limited Means Notion Often Oh Opponent Too Whose Will Your Yours

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I think that for the highest achievements nowadays... need to have the stable as a rock scientific base. And also need to own modesty.

~Alexander Alekhine

Topics: Achievements Also Base Highest Modesty Need Nowadays Own Rock Scientific Stable Think I Think

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The fact that a player is very short of time is, to my mind, as little to be considered an excuse as, for instance, the statement of the law-breaker that he was drunk at the time he committed the crime.

~Alexander Alekhine

Topics: Committed Considered Crime Drunk Excuse Fact He Instance Little Mind Player Short Statement Time Very

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I have had to work long and hard to eradicate the dangerous delusion that, in a bad position, I could always, or nearly always, conjure up some unexpected combination to extricate me from my difficulties.

~Alexander Alekhine

Topics: Always Bad Combination Could Dangerous Delusion Difficulties Eradicate Had Hard Long Me Nearly Position Some Unexpected Up Work

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Biography

Nationality: Russian

Type: Celebrity

Born: October 31st, 1892

Died: March 24th, 1946

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