ALEXANDER ALEKHINE SIGNED LETTER WORLD CHESS CHAMPION.

A rare chess letter by the fourth world chess champion written in ink from the Carlton Hotel in Amsterdam, Holland. Not many ALEKHINE letters on the market.

Alexander Aleksandrovich Alekhine October 31 [O.S. October 19] 1892 – March 24, 1946) was a Russian and French chess player and the fourth World Chess Champion, a title he held for two reigns.

By the age of 22, Alekhine was already among the strongest chess players in the world. During the 1920s, he won most of the tournaments in which he played. In 1921, Alekhine left Soviet Russia and emigrated to France, which he represented after 1925. In 1927, he became the fourth World Chess Champion by defeating José Raúl Capablanca.