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.

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.