Alexander Aljechin föddes 31 oktober 1892 i Moskva, han avled den 25 mars 1946 i Estoril, Portugal. Aljechin ligger begravd på Montparnasse begravningsplats i Paris. Där ligger också hans hustru Grace (Wishar) begravd. Grace avled 1956.
Monumentet restes den 23 mars 1956 på initiativ av FIDE i närvaro av bl.a. FIDEs president Foke Rogard, vicepresidenterna Vetschslav Ragozin (Sovjetunionen) och Marcel Bergman (Frankrike), liksom ledamöterna i FIDEs presidium Gian Carlo dal Vermo (Italien) och Pierre Dierman (Belgien) samt världsmästaren Michail Botvinnik.
Den 26 december 1999 förstördes graven under ett rasande oväder.
Enligt fransk lagstiftning skall anhöriga bära de ekonomiska kostnaderna för en restaurering. Närmast anhörig är en son bosatt i USA.
Det var länge oklart hur finansieringen av renoveringen skulle ordnas.

I augusti 2000 anlände följande upprop:
Lausanne, 16 August 2000
To all members of the Executive Board
To all National Federations
To all Members of the World Chess Fraternity
Dear Friends,
Rehabilitation of the grave of World Champion Alexander Alekhine
Thanks to the work of Mr. Egon Ditt, President of the German Chess Federation, and Mr. Gerald Fischer, also of the same Federation, we wish to draw attention to the current state of disrepair of the tomb of the legendary Alexander Alekhine, World Chess Champion 1927-1935, 1937-1946.
Reports reaching us, indicate the urgent need for the tomb of World Champion Alekhine to be rehabilitated. The cost for the rehabilitation of this tomb is now estimated at USD 22.000 (Twenty two thousand dollars).
We request donations from members of the world chess fraternity to contribute to the rebuilding of this chess monument located at the Montparnase Cemetery in Paris.
Kindly forward your donations to FIDE's bank account, the details of which are as follows:
UBS SA, Case Postale, 1002, Lausanne, Switzerland
Swiss Francs Account : 243-342087.02 T
US Dollar Account : 243-342087.60 Z SWIFT : UBS WCHZH10A Beneficiary : FIDE (for Alekhine tomb rehabilitation)
It should be recalled that under the Presidency of the late Folke Rogard, FIDE decided in 1956 to relocate the grave of World Champion Alekhine from Portugal to Paris. In our coming Congress in Istanbul, a proposal shall be put before General Assembly on the setting up of a Special Committee on burial sites of our great player's for decoration and upkeep in honour of our common Chess heritage.
Gens Una Sumus
Emmanuel Omuku
Executive Director

Graven är nu restaurerad. Som ses nedan