Alexander Alexandrovich Alekhine Quotes
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 Alexandrovich Alekhine
I'm very glad you asked me that, because, as it happens, there is a very simple answer. I think up my own moves, and I make my opponent think up his. (on being asked how it was that he picked better moves than his opponents)
Alexander Alexandrovich Alekhine
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 Alexandrovich Alekhine
To win against me, you must beat me three times: in the opening, the middlegame and the endgame.
Alexander Alexandrovich Alekhine
