World Chess Championship 1929
The 1929 World Chess Championship was played between challenger Efim Bogoljubov[lower-alpha 1] and titleholder Alexander Alekhine. The match was held in Wiesbaden, Heidelberg and Berlin in Germany, and the Hague, Rotterdam and Amsterdam in the Netherlands, from September 6 to November 12. Alekhine retained his title.
| Defending champion | Challenger |
 Alexander Alekhine |
 Efim Bogoljubow |
.svg.png.webp){kind=small} Alexander Alekhine |
.svg.png.webp){kind=small} Efim Bogoljubov |
| 15½ | 9½ |
| Born 31 October 1892 36/37 years old |
Born 26 April 1889 40 years old |
| ← 1927 | 1934 → |
Background
Alekhine had been world champion since his 1927 victory over José Raúl Capablanca.
In 1928, Bogoljubov won a major tournament at Bad Kissingen, ahead of Capablanca and most other leading players of the day except for Alekhine.[1] Following this win, he challenged Alekhine for the world title. There was also an alternative offer of a return match against Capablanca in Bradley Beach, New Jersey, USA.[2]
Under the rules at the time, the champion chose the challenger, and Alekhine chose to play a match against Bogoljubov.
Results
The first player to win six games and score more than 15 points would be champion.
| 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 | Wins | Points | |
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| Alexander Alekhine (France) |
1 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 11 | 15½ |
| Efim Bogoljubov (Germany) |
0 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 5 | 9½ |
Notes
- Also spelled as "Bogoljubow"
References
- Bad Kissingen (1928), chessgames.com
- From Morphy to Fischer, Israel Horowitz, Batsford, UK, 1973, p,96
External links
- 1929 World Chess Championship at the Internet Archive record of Graeme Cree's Chess Pages
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