BURIAL OF CHESS CHAMPION HELD UP
O-FRANCO-SPANISH WRANGLE Received Saturday, 11.30 a.m. •LONDON, April 5. Doctors who made a poqtmortem examination of the liver pf Dr. . Alexlnne, the world chess champion who aied in his hotel room at Lis- j bon recently, foqnd to their aston- ! ishment that it was in perfect con- ; dition, says the Exchange Tele- ' graph's Lisbon correspondent. i Their astonishment was due to the i fact that Dr. Alexhine consumed pints of cognac daily. The 1 doctors are now examining the brain. The body lies in a plain wood : ! coffin while the French and Span- i ish Foreign Offices decide whether j it wili be allowed" to cross the j Fxanco-Spanish frontier for burial : in France. Dr. Alexhine was a naturalised French subject.
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Chronicle (Levin), 6 April 1946, Page 5
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