World Chess Championship 1929
 
Defending champion
Challenger
 
Alexander Alekhine
Alexander Alekhine
Efim Bogoljubow
Efim Bogoljubow
  France Alexander Alekhine Weimar Republic Efim Bogoljubov
 
15½Scores
  Born 31 October 1892
36/37 years old
Born 26 April 1889
40 years old

In 1929, a World Chess Championship was played between challenger Efim Bogoljubow 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.

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.

World Chess Championship Match 1929
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 Alexander Alekhine (France) 1½½01011½1½100½1101½11½½½1115½
 Efim Bogoljubov (Germany) 0½½10100½0½011½0010½00½½½5

Notes

    References

    1. Bad Kissingen (1928), chessgames.com
    2. From Morphy to Fischer, Israel Horowitz, Batsford, UK, 1973, p,96
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