World Chess Championship 1929

	Defending champion	Challenger
	Alexander Alekhine	Efim Bogoljubow
	Alexander Alekhine	Efim Bogoljubov
	15½ Scores 9½
	Born 31 October 1892 36/37 years old	Born 26 April 1889 40 years old

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.

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

	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
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

References

External links

• 1929 World Chess Championship at the Internet Archive record of Graeme Cree's Chess Pages