1929 World Championship Match
1929 World Chess Championship
Alexander Alekhine (France) vs. Efim Bogoljubow (Germany)
Wiesbaden / Heidelberg / Berlin / The Hague / Amsterdam; Germany and The Netherlands
Germany and The Netherlands
September 6 - November 12, 1929
Conditions: Best of 30 Games AND 6 wins.
Alekhine retains title in the event of a 15-15 tie.
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Score
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| Alekhine
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1
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½
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½
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0
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1
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0
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1
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1
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½
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1
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½
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1
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0
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0
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½
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1
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1
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0
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1
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½
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1
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1
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½
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½
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½
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15½
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| Bogolubov
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0
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½
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½
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1
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0
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1
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0
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0
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½
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0
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½
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0
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1
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1
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½
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0
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0
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1
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0
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½
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0
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0
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½
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½
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½
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9½
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Result: Alexander Alekhine retains the World Championship.
See the Games of the Match!
Ignoring an offer from Bradley Beach, New Jersey to host the
Capablanca-Alekhine return match, Alekhine accepted a challenge from the
Russian-born German grandmaster, Efim Bogolubov (aka Bogolyubov,
Bogoljubow).
Bogolubov was one of those semi-sound attacking players of the
type who score some impressive tournament victories, but who invariably
come out very badly against their fellow elite. Despite Bogo's victories
at Moscow 1925, and Bad Kissingen 1928, the chess world gave him little
chance of success. Alekhine seemed to have felt the same way. His
opening play in this match was very experimental and the games are
generally below his standards of the time. Despite this, he managed
to rack up a record 11 wins in this match, the most ever seen in
championship play.
Bogo is most famous for the the epigram "When I have White, I win
because I have the first move. When I have Black, I win because I am
Bogolubov." Given the results of this and the
1934 championship matches,
one is tempted to add to that, "And when I lose, it's because I'm playing
Alekhine."
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