Imperial School of Jurisprudence Alumni: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Alexander Alekhine, Vladimir Dmitrievich Nabokov, Konstantin Pobedonostsev

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 34. Chapters: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Alexander Alekhine, Vladimir Dmitrievich Nabokov, Konstantin Pobedonostsev, Boris Anrep, Nikolai Evreinov, Vladimir Stasov, Roman Rosen, Ivan Goremykin, Modest Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Alexander Polovtsov, Alexander Serov, Aleksey Apukhtin, Alexander Bulygin, Ivan Aksakov, Mihail Aleksandrovich Stahovich. Excerpt: Alexander Alexandrovich Alekhine (31 October 1892 - 24 April 1946) (Russian: , pronounced ) was the fourth World Chess Champion. He is often considered one of the greatest chess players ever. By the age of twenty-two, he was already among the strongest chess players in the world. During the 1920s, he won most of the tournaments in which he played. In 1927, he became the fourth World Chess Champion by defeating Capablanca, widely considered invincible, in what would stand as the longest chess championship match held until 1985. In the early 1930s, Alekhine dominated tournament play and won two top-class tournaments by large margins. He also played first board for France in five Chess Olympiads, winning individual prizes in each (four medals and a brilliancy prize). Alekhine offered Capablanca a rematch on the same demanding terms that Capablanca had set for him, and negotiations dragged on for years without making much progress. Meanwhile, Alekhine defended his title with ease against Bogoljubov in 1929 and 1934. He was defeated by Euwe in 1935, but regained his crown in the 1937 rematch. His tournament record, however, remained uneven, and rising young stars like Keres, Fine, and Botvinnik threatened his title. Negotiations for a title match with Keres or Botvinnik were halted by the outbreak of World War II in Europe in 1939. Negotiations with Mikhail Botvinnik for a world title match were proceeding in 1946 when Alekhine died in Portugal, in unclear circumstances. Alekhine is known f...