Oh! this opponent, this collaborator against your will, whose notion of beauty always differs from yours and whose means are often too limited for active assistance to your intentions!

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.