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During a Chess competition a Chessmaster should be a combination of a beast of prey and a monk
Alexander Alekhine
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Alexander Alekhine
Age: 53 †
Born: 1892
Born: October 10
Died: 1946
Died: March 24
Chess Player
Chess Theoretician
Jurist
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Moscow
Russian SFSR
Alexander Alexandrovich Alekhine
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Combination
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Competition
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Chess is a matter of vanity.
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I believe that true beauty of chess is more than enough to satisfy all possible demands.
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Psychology is the most important factor in chess.
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Play on both sides of the board is my favourite strategy.
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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.
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For my victory over Capablanca I am indebted primarily to my superiority in the field of psychology. Capablanca played, relying almost exclusively on his rich intuitive talent. But for the chess struggle nowadays one needs a subtle knowledge of human nature, an understanding of the opponent's psychology.
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As a rule, so-called positional sacrifices are considered more difficult, and therefore more praise-worthy, than those which are based exclusively on an exact calculation of tactical possibilities.
Alexander Alekhine
The purpose of human life and the sense of happiness is to give the maximum what the man is able to give.
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Chess first of all teaches you to be objective.
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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.
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A lifetime in not enough to learn everything about chess.
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Never before and never since have I seen - and I cannot even imagine, such an amazing rapidity of chess thinking that Capablanca possessed in 1913-14. In blitz games he gave all the St. Petersburg players odds of five minutes to one - and he won.
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Combination is a soul of chess.
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I study chess eight hours a day, on principle.
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The infallible criterion by which to distinguish the true from the would-be strategist is the degree of originality of his conceptions. It makes little difference whether this originality is carried to excess, as was the case with Steinitz and Nimzowitsch.
Alexander Alekhine
Deux fous gagnent toujours, mais trois fous, non!
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Playing for complications is an extreme measure that a player should adopt only when he cannot find a clear and logical plan.
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Young players expose themselves to grave risks when they blindly imitate the innovations of masters without themselves first checking all the details and consequences of these innovations.
Alexander Alekhine
I consider chess an art, and accept all those responsibilities which art places upon its devotees.
Alexander Alekhine
During a chess tournament a master must envisage himself as a cross between an ascetic monk and a beast of prey.
Alexander Alekhine
