Alekhine biography

Alexander Alekhine was a Russian chess player, the first champion of the Russian Soviet Republic, and the fourth official World Chess Champion.

He was born in Moscow, in a prosperous family, on 10/19/1892.

Alekhine’s father, Alexander Ivanovich, was a well-respected citizen and a member of the Fourth State Duma.

Alekhine first became acquainted with chess at 7 years old and took a deep interest in it. “I have been playing chess since I was 7, but I got serious about it at 12,” Alexander recalled.

Thanks to his father, Alekhine attended a prestigious private school from 1902 to 1910.

His classmates and peers considered Alexander to be an unsociable, self-centered, and cynical person. He played chess constantly, pondered on moves in correspondence games, and solved problems.

First Results

Alekhine’s first remarkable achievement was a draw in a game against Harry Pillsbury at the grandmaster’s simultaneous exhibition.

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