WCC: Alekhine-Bogoljubov 1934 ARCHIVE Contenders

Bogoljubov prepared for the match by playing a tournament in Bayreuth, Germany (9.5/10 ahead of E. Hahn with 9.0 points). He then played a serious 15-games match against Hans Mueller, scoring +7 -3 =5.

Source: Wiener Schachzeitung, May 1934, p. 141. Provided in "ANNO / Österreichische Nationalbibliothek", http://anno.onb.ac.at/cgi-content/a...

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Alekhine - Bogoljubov World Championship Rematch (1934) (1 April - 14 June 1934)

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Zuerich (1934) (14-28 July 1934)

Alekhine 1st, over Euwe and Flohr shared 2nd-3rd, Bogoljubov 4th, Lasker 5th, Nimzowitsch shared 6th-7th

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Hastings (1934/35) (27 Dec 1934 - 5 Jan 1935)

Euwe amd Flohr shared 1st, over G.A. Thomas, Capablanca and Botvinnik.

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25 Sept 1930

Alekhine visited Vienna and was interviewed by Hans Kmoch on September 25, 1930 (pages 257-258 of the September 1930 'Neue Wiener Schachzeitung'.

p.258:

The first among other candidates is Nimzowitsch but there are also younger ones like Kashdan and Flohr. Alekhine also heard the rumour that Bogoljubov was preparing for a second WC match but he doesn't know the full particulars. At the moment there's no challenge pending but he is ready to accept one any time.

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January 1934

(TfS Jan. 1934 p. 13), http://www.schack.se/tfsarkiv/histo... Aljechin says (as he had been interviewed by the Swedish magazine "Vecko-Journalen" at Café du Dome in Paris, one day after he had returned from Czechoslovakia, and he was to leave for Rotterdam the next day, and then to Hastings):

"You know that I recently have agreed about a return match with Bogoljubow, don't you? It will probably be played in Baden-Baden in April. True I have once beaten B. in a championship match, but it will certainly be interesting to meet him again. He is a dangerous player - next to me he is one of the world's three strongest."

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19 Feb 1934

-<This was on 19 Feb 1934 (Skinner and Verhoeven, p.488)>

With regard to his match with Bogoljuboff which is commencing early in April and which is guaranteed by the State of Baden, the game will be played mostly in Baden Baden, Munich and Nuremberg. He was hoping to win this match, and if so it is quite likely that Bogoljuboff will not be able to find a backing for a return match. After him the following would come into consideration for further matches-- Dr. Euwe, (page break) Flohr, and Kashdan, since these three are the great masters of the future."

-<"British Chess Magazine" (March 1934), pp.97-98> In Edward Winter Chess Note 8868 http://www.chesshistory.com/winter/...

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The Soviet Chess Federation chose Flohr as a "test opponent" for <Botvinnik> in 1933:

"Krylenko authorized Ilyin-Genevsky... to open negotiations with Czech star Salo Flohr for a match with Botvinnik in the Soviet Union. Flohr... was at the peak of his career and a legitimate world-championship challenger. A match between Botvinnik and the brilliant, diminutive positional player would be a cultural showcase for the USSR. Botvinnik claimed that the Muscovite members of Higher Soviet of Physical Culture tried to kill the match on the grounds that <<<Flohr>>> would win easily. But Krylenko was adamant."

-"Soviet Chess 1917-1991"
Andrew Soltis
MacFarland, 2000
p. 76

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http://www.chesshistory.com/winter/...

Chess Note 5275

Alekhine on Nimzowitsch

Javier Asturiano Molina (Murcia, Spain) asks about an article by Alekhine in Skakbladet after Nimzowitsch's death.

C.N. 1931 mentioned the tribute, which was published in the May 1935 issue of the Danish magazine:

Bogoljubov vs Alekhine, 1934
(D40) Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch, 65 moves, 1/2-1/2
1 game

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