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Alexander Alekhine

Russian-french chess player (1892–1946).

Born October 10th, 1892 in Moscow.

Died March 24th, 1946 at 53 years old in Estoril (choking, liver failure).

Occupations
chess player, chess theoretician, jurist, translator, writer
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