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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

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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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Writer
Moscow
Russian SFSR
Alexander Alexandrovich Alekhine
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