Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. The sketch of Dr. Alekhine, resting one fist against his face and in the middle of a chess game with an unseen opponent, is pinned to a wall. Dr. Alekhine has studied psychology all his life and after escaping from Russia to Paris during the revolution is now a citizen of France and a practitioner of law. Despite his rapid consumption of cigarettes and coffee The Great Alekhine displays a calm and relaxed demeanor. Photograph appears with the article, "Chess King's Eye Hypnotic," Los Angeles times, 22 Aug 1932: A3. Text from negative sleeve: ALEKHINE, ALEXANDER, DR. CHESS CHAMP Text from newspaper caption: Alexander (The Great) Alekhine The above pencil sketch from life, made my Graziella Jacoby for The Times, shows the Parisian chess wizard in the midst of a problem. Handwritten on negative: D A. Alekhine GRAZIELLA JACOBY FROM LIFE
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