FIDE consecrated it in March 1956.
As you can see from the plaque..
..Ragosin was there,
and World Champion, Mikhail Botvinnik.
It is a fine monument to Alekhine..
..as we'd like to remember him.
His grave it is; and he must be spinning in it.
To find out more about how he got there, look here.
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Was once looking round a cementary in Havana Cuba and the Mrs had forgotten the plan of famous tombs. When we got back to the hotel I found that Capablanca was buried there and we had missed it.
Andrew
It works if the players are sitting to the left and right of the board. - Mark
Shouldn't blame the Mrs. Andrew!
Nice try Mark, but people will be standing at the plaque-end to read the inscription and admire the tombstone, so the correct orientation should be from there. But I suppose it's all a bit academic as no-one would ever dream of playing a game on it. Or would they?
On graves - I think I read somewhere that Colman (of the variation in the Two Knights Defence) is buried in a cemetery in Wimbledon. Does anyone know the exact location?
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