World Chess Championship 1927
The 1927 World Chess Championship was played between José Raúl Capablanca and Alexander Alekhine, in Buenos Aires from September 16 to November 29, 1927. Alekhine, a Russian, became a naturalised French citizen during the match (on November 5).[1] According to the London rules of 1922 proposed by Capablanca, the challenger had to contribute $10,000 ($175,300 in 2023)[2] to be able to challenge the champion. Alekhine was able to raise that money in 1927. Alekhine demanded that Capablanca fulfill this condition in order to play him in a rematch, but Capablanca was never able to come up with that money.
| Defending champion | Challenger |
 Jose Raul Capablanca |
 Alexander Alekhine |
.svg.png.webp){kind=small} José Raúl Capablanca |
.svg.png.webp){kind=small} Alexander Alekhine |
| 3 | 6 |
| Born 19 November 1888 38/39 years old |
Born 31 October 1892 34/35 years old |
| ← 1921 | 1929 → |
Results
The first player to win six games would be World Champion. Some sources suggest the match would have been drawn and replayed if it reached a score of 5–5, but it is unclear whether this was the case.[3]
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | Wins | Total | |
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| José Raúl Capablanca (Cuba) |
0 | = | 1 | = | = | = | 1 | = | = | = | 0 | 0 | = | = | = | = | = | = | = | = | 0 | = | = | = | = | = | = | = | 1 | = | = | 0 | = | 0 | 3 | 15½ |
| Alexander Alekhine (France) |
1 | = | 0 | = | = | = | 0 | = | = | = | 1 | 1 | = | = | = | = | = | = | = | = | 1 | = | = | = | = | = | = | = | 0 | = | = | 1 | = | 1 | 6 | 18½ |
Alekhine won the Championship, scoring +6−3=25.[4]
References
- Chess Notes: 8058. Alekhine’s French citizenship (C.N. 8054), Edward Winter
- https://minneapolisfed.org/about-us/monetary-policy/inflation-calculator. Retrieved 24 August 2023.
- Capablanca v Alekhine, 1927, Edward Winter, August 3, 2020
- Cree, G. "1927 World Chess Championship". Archived from the original on 2005-01-21. Retrieved 2009-06-02.
External links
- 1927 World Chess Championship at the Internet Archive record of Graeme Cree's Chess Pages
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