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Alekhine's death – an unresolved mystery?

Toon is now retired in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. The world chess champion, Dr.

Alexander Alekhine, is found dead in his hotel rooms. Detective Inspector Jacques Colbert, a brilliant and highly unusual man, receives the case. With the help of his assistant, Sergeant The Death of Dr.

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With the help of his assistant, Sergeant Guimard, he unravels a tangle of lies, half-truths, false leads, and ambiguous clues. His path leads through Dr.

Alekhines character, his murky past and through pre-war and current politics and espionage. In the classic tradition, Inspector Colberts iron logic solves the puzzle. Along the way meet a kaleidoscope of vivid characters, Russian proverbs, Greek mythology, philosophical references, WWII history, chess lore, wry wit and deep sadness.

PART 1: ALEKHINE’S DEATH

The twin aftershocks in the closing pages should satisfy even the most discerning reader. Alekhine had been found dead in his room in a Estoril hotel under conditions that were regarded as suspicious and indicated the need of an autopsy to ascertain the cause of death. There was no evidence whatsoever that foul play had taken place, neither suicide nor homicide. There were no other diseases to which his sudden and unexpected death could be attributed.

He was a veterinarian! This can be verified at the following sites in portuguese: To be fair, however, Dr. Antonio Jacinto Ferreira was a very good vet, because he held a post of professor at the Escola de Medicina Veterinaria da Universidade Tecnica in Lisbon. But a veterinarian all the same! Petersburg , a beautiful Sevres vase. It was a prize for having won a national youth championship.

He had it with him in his hotel room the night he died.

The time: March 24, The place: Paris. The world chess champion, Dr. Alexander Alekhine, is found dead in his hotel rooms. Was it accident? Or suicide ?. Editorial Reviews. Review. A fine historical mystery chronicling the rise and fall of a world chess The Death of Dr. Alekhine - Kindle edition by Kevin F. X. Toon. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets.

But the most recent one will be the best. I always kept it with great care. I took it everywhere with me in case I lost it. From then until this last winter it was my nightmare that the wonderful vase should be mislaid. In Paris I looked for it and, not without effort, we found the chest, in a lamentable condition.

The reigning world champion was found dead in his hotel room in Estoril, Portugal on the morning of Sunday, 24 March The above account was presented in C. It was a prize for having won a national youth championship. See, for instance, pages of the 1 April Chess World , quoted on page of A. He is also a chess master and bridge expert. Alekhine was in a hotel in Estoril, Portugal.

In what state would the contents be when the container looked so calamitous? But, miraculously, the vase was only slightly damaged, and I had it repaired in Lisbon. What a weight was lifted from my mind! And especially curious is Portela mentioning that Alekhine had lost his overcoat the night before in Lisbon and returned to his hotel without it! In the photos of Luis Lupi we can see Alekhine sitting with an overcoat… is it the same one? March 23, By kevinspraggettonchess in History.

Alekhine's death – an unresolved mystery?

A photo of the obit from this autopsy on the 27th of March can be found in Dagoberto L. The obit was signed by Dr. Reliable sources say that the autopsy report indicated that death was due to asphyxia. It also noted signs of arteriosclerosis, cronic gastritis and duodenitis. From what we can see, every aspect of this event seems to have been played down or sanitized of any drama: Alekhine, quite simply, seemed to have died while eating alone in his hotel room, choking on a piece of meat.

Death was apparently instantaneous.

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There was no foul play, we are assured right from the beginning. The photos show Alekhine slumped backwards infront of a small dining table, with a serene ,almost relieved, expression on his face.

The champion had not suffered as he passed into the after life…and we can all rest assure that Alekhine was now in a better place… That is the official story as far as the Portuguese authorities wanted us to come to know it. The photos circulated the world many times over, and were reproduced in hundreds of chess magazines and thousands of newspapers.

The simpler and less complicated the explanation, I suppose,the easier it is to accept.

But not everybody in Portugal bought the official story: The two photos are shot from slightly different angles. The author of these photos was none other than Luis C. There is good reason to believe that Luis Lupi was the highest authority at the scene on the 24th. Francisco Lupi admitted to Rui Nascimento several days after the photos had been taken that his stepfather had intentionally placed the board in the photo! This time there is not doubt that it was not a question of carelessness, but rather a deliberate manipulation of the crime scene.

Or are we to assume that it was the very last bits of food some piece of beef that Alekhine had choked on? This exact point has been raised by many over the years.