I have had to work long and hard to eradicate the dangerous delusion that, in a bad position, I could always, or nearly always, conjure up some unexpected combination to extricate me from my difficulties.

In the early 1930s Alekhine dominated tournament play and won two top-class tournaments by large margins. Alexander Alexandrovich Alekhine PhD (Russian: Алекса́ндр Алекса́ндрович Але́хин pronounced [ɐlʲɪkˈsandr ɐlʲɪkˈsandrəvʲɪtɕ ɐˈlʲoxʲɪn]; October 31 [O. October 19] 1892 – March 24 1946) was the fourth World Chess Champion.