Alexander Alekhine
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![Alekhine in 1909](/Images/godic/202412/18/Aliochin_A.A._1909_Karl_Bulla2620.jpg")
![Alex (son of Alekhine) with his wife, 2003, at Dortmund](/Images/godic/202412/18/Aljechin,Alex_Ehefrau_2003_Dortmund2621.jpg")
![Alekhine (left) vs. Bogoljubov (right); Emanuel Lasker (sitting, center) and others looking on](/Images/godic/202412/18/Alexander_Alekhine_playing_chess_against_Efim_Bogoljubov2621.jpg")
Alexander Aleksandrovich Alekhine (Russian:Алекса́ндр Алекса́ндрович Але́хин, pronounced [ɐlʲɪkˈsandr ɐlʲɪkˈsandrəvʲɪtɕ ɐˈlʲexʲɪn]; October 31 [O.S. October 19] 1892 –March 24, 1946) was a Russian and French chess grandmaster and the fourth World Chess Champion. He is widely considered one of the greatest chess players ever.