Alekhine was a brilliant player with a poor character: "Not everyone liked his personal character, but all admired his chess genius".ᵖ⁷ That he sometimes lied, and was often half-drunk is mentioned by all his biographers.
He married a Russian baroness in 1920, which legitimised their seven-year-old daughter.
The following year he married a Swiss woman, and obtained permission to leave Russia.

The marriage, which was probably bigamous, broke up soon after.
Later he married twice more.
He settled in Paris, becoming a naturalised French citizen.
He studied law at the Sorbonne, and claimed to have got a doctorate there in 1925: he was known widely as 'Dr. Alekhine'.
Researchers have failed to find any trace of this in the records of the Sorbonne.ᵖ⁶⁹ Having at last won the world title, Alekhine used every device to avoid giving Capablanca a return match.
He remarked to a friend "Somehow the match will never take place".ᵖ⁸
Alekhine stayed in Nazi-occupied Europe during the war, where he played in tournaments organised by the Nazis.
Anti-Semitic articles appeared under his name.
Although he later claimed they were forged by the Nazis, the original manuscripts in his hand were found amongst his last wife's effects when she died.p309–313 Whether Alekhine was personally anti-semitic is not so clear.
He had good relationships with some Jewish chess players, and his fourth wife was Jewish.
Negotiations with Mikhail Botvinnik for a world title match were proceeding in 1946 when Alekhine died in Portugal. "
It is not too callous to say that he was fortunate to have died at that time.
Feeling was very strong in France against those who came under suspicion of collaboration with the enemy".ᵖ⁷⁵
Alekhine was a brilliant player with a poor character: "Not everyone liked his personal character, but all admired his chess genius".ᵖ⁷ That he sometimes lied, and was often half-drunk is mentioned by all his biographers. He married a Russian baroness in 1920, which legitimised their seven-year-old daughter. The following year he married a Swiss woman, and obtained permission to leave Russia. 
The marriage, which was probably bigamous, broke up soon after. Later he married twice more. He settled in Paris, becoming a naturalised French citizen. He studied law at the Sorbonne, and claimed to have got a doctorate there in 1925: he was known widely as 'Dr. Alekhine'. Researchers have failed to find any trace of this in the records of the Sorbonne.ᵖ⁶⁹ Having at last won the world title, Alekhine used every device to avoid giving Capablanca a return match. He remarked to a friend "Somehow the match will never take place".ᵖ⁸
Alekhine stayed in Nazi-occupied Europe during the war, where he played in tournaments organised by the Nazis. Anti-Semitic articles appeared under his name. Although he later claimed they were forged by the Nazis, the original manuscripts in his hand were found amongst his last wife's effects when she died.p309–313 Whether Alekhine was personally anti-semitic is not so clear. He had good relationships with some Jewish chess players, and his fourth wife was Jewish. Negotiations with Mikhail Botvinnik for a world title match were proceeding in 1946 when Alekhine died in Portugal. "It is not too callous to say that he was fortunate to have died at that time. Feeling was very strong in France against those who came under suspicion of collaboration with the enemy".ᵖ⁷⁵
Alexander Alekhine