World Chess Championship 1934
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In 1934, a World Chess Championship was played between challenger Efim Bogoljubow and titleholder Alexander Alekhine. The match was held in various cities and towns in Germany from April 1 to June 14, with Alekhine retaining his title.
Background
Alekhine had been world champion since 1927. His only previous title defence had been in 1929, also against Bogoljubow, and Alekhine won that match convincingly 15½−9½.
Due to the number of alternative challengers to Bogoljubow that were perceived as more worthy challengers at the time, many saw this world championship match as pointless, including Alekhine himself, who said:
This game - more than any other - proves how useless from the sporting point of view was the arrangement of this second match, and at the same time explains my indifferent play on a number of occasions.
— Alexander Alekhine, My Best Games of Chess, 1924-1937
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 | 26 | Wins | Points | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Efim Bogoljubov (Germany) | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | 1 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 0 | ½ | 3 | 10½ |
| Alexander Alekhine (France) | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 0 | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 1 | ½ | 8 | 15½ |
Alekhine retained the Championship.
Games
Game 1: Bogoljubov-Alekhine, 1/2-1/2
Game 2: Alekhine-Bogoljubov, 1-0
Game 3: Bogoljubov-Alekhine, 1/2-1/2
Game 4: Alekhine-Bogoljubov, 1-0
Game 5: Bogoljubov-Alekhine, 1/2-1/2
Game 6: Alekhine-Bogoljubov, 1/2-1/2
Game 7: Bogoljubov-Alekhine, 1/2-1/2
Game 8: Alekhine-Bogoljubov, 1/2-1/2
Game 9: Bogoljubov-Alekhine, 0-1
Game 10: Alekhine-Bogoljubov, 0-1
Game 11: Bogoljubov-Alekhine, 0-1
Game 12: Alekhine-Bogoljubov, 1/2-1/2
Game 13: Bogoljubov-Alekhine, 1/2-1/2
Game 14: Alekhine-Bogoljubov, 1/2-1/2
Game 15: Bogoljubov-Alekhine, 1/2-1/2
Game 16: Alekhine-Bogoljubov, 1-0
Game 17: Bogoljubov-Alekhine, 0-1
Game 18: Alekhine-Bogoljubov, 1/2-1/2
Game 19: Bogoljubov-Alekhine, 1/2-1/2
Game 20: Alekhine-Bogoljubov, 1/2-1/2
Game 21: Bogoljubov-Alekhine, 0-1
Game 22: Alekhine-Bogoljubov, 1/2-1/2
Game 23: Bogoljubov-Alekhine, 1-0
Game 24: Alekhine-Bogoljubov, 0-1
Game 25: Bogoljubov-Alekhine, 0-1
Game 26: Alekhine-Bogoljubov, 1/2-1/2
External links
- at the Internet Archive record of Graeme Cree's Chess Pages