World Chess Championship 1934 / games

The list of parts of the World Chess Championship 1934 lists all matches that from 1 April to 14 June 1934 between the 1927 reigning world champion Alexander Alekhine ( France ) and the challenger Efim Bogolyubov ( Empire ) at the competition for the world championship title in chess play were. The referee was Albert Hild.

The world championship was scheduled for a majority of points in 30 games, with the winner having to win at least six games as an additional condition. Alekhine, however, had already defended his title after 25 games with eight wins and 15 points, as a draw was enough for him according to the regulations. The competition continued to enable Alekhine to win on points; after the draw in the 26th game this was guaranteed. As a reflection were two and a half hours for 40 moves available, after which the game as a cliffhanger interrupted and continued the next game day.

The high number of black wins (7), which exceeds the number of white wins (4), is remarkable. Otherwise it only happened at the World Championships in 1951 and 2013 . On top of that, however, 1934 is the only world championship in which both opponents won more games with Black than with White (Alekhine 5: 3 with Black, Bogolyubov 2: 1).

The games are reproduced and commented on in algebraic notation , with the moves actually made being shown in bold and variants in normal type. In the table, the normal scoring is assumed, i.e. one point for a win and half a point for a draw . By clicking on the number in the top line of the table, you can go to the corresponding game.

Game overview

	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	11	12	13	14th	15th	16	17th	18th	19th	20th	21st	22nd	23	24	25th	26th	Victories	Points
Alexander Alekhine	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	8th	15½
Efim Bogolyubov	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

1st game

Bogolyubov - Alekhine
1st game

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Demolition position
Bogolyubov gave 41. Kg2-h3

The first game began on Easter Sunday, April 1, 1934, around 2 p.m., in the Kurhaus Baden-Baden . A “large number of chess enthusiasts”, as the Freiburger Sportblatt later reported, had already been there an hour before. After a greeting from the head of the competition, Ministerialrat Herbert Kraft , referee Hild gave the signal to start the first game while the spectators were taking pictures. Alekhine smoked 27 cigarettes during the game, according to the sports paper .

Alekhine, who led the black stones, made an unexpected new lady's move in the opening, after which Bogolyubov brought about a controversial exchange. Bogolyubov thought about his 11th move for three quarters of an hour, which is considered to be the cause of his later time pressure. At that time, Alekhine had a full hour's lead. While the sense of 16.Nf4 was still being discussed on move 16, he instead exchanged his knight for Alekhin's bishop with 16.Nxe7. On move 22 the game ended in a heavy piece ending. After the first time emergency phase, in which both players used up their remaining thinking time, the game was adjourned (see diagram), whereby, according to Alekhine and the analysts, Bogoljubow could have put a bigger donation move into the envelope with 41.Qf6. After resuming the next day, Bogolyubov missed the chance of winning 50.Qxh6 and opted for a pawn win, which led to the exchange of queens. Until the very end, however, the spectators were convinced that Bogolyubov would win when the game ended unexpectedly: After five chess bids from his opponent, Alekhine incorrectly complained to referee Hild for a draw by repeating the position . Bogolyubov had not taken notes in spite of sufficient time and therefore asked Hild twice about repeating the position. He got the questions wrong and confirmed the draw. It was only when Alekhine had already left that Bogolyubov found that the position had not been repeated three times. “Now there were long discussions about the end of the game. [...] In the end, the result of the first game remained undecided, ”said the German chess sheets . Just before the time control, the game ended in a draw. Bogolyubov protested. Immediately after the game, however, he had said that he did not feel harmed, since he had only considered the continuation of a draw 66. Rb8 Kc2 67. f5 anyway. He had seven minutes to make 15 moves, so he didn't calculate any other options.

It was speculated that Bogolyubov could have won with 62. Rb8 and the final position was also considered to have been won by many. For example, Reinfeld and Fine saw a white victory. However, this view was allegedly refuted by F. L. Congress of Washington DC. Instead of the move order 66. Rb8 b2 67. f5 Kc2 68. Ke4 Ra3 69. Rxb2 + Kxb2 70. g4 Rxh3 71. f6 Rh1 72. g5 with white victory there was 68.… Ra4 +, which after 69. Ke5 Ra5 + 70. Kf6 Ra3 71.Rxb2 + Kxb2 72.g4 Rxh3 drawn. Instead, however, 70. Ke6 Ra6 + 71. Kf7 would have won.

Efim Bogoljubow - Alexander Alekhine
Baden-Baden. 1st – 2nd April 1934
Improved Tarrasch Defense , D50

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 c5 (The move 4.… c5, introduced by Siegbert Tarrasch and previously considered the main defense against the Queen's Gambit, had lost a lot of popularity, which meant that the use at the World Chess Championship was considered surprising .) 5. Bg5 cxd4 6. Nxd4 dxc4 7. e3 Qb6 (This move was an innovation) 8. Bxf6 gxf6 9. Bxc4 Bd7 10. 0–0 Nc6 11. Bb3 Be7 12. Rc1 Rd8 13. Nxc6 Bxc6 14. Qh5 Qc5 15. Nd5 Qd6 16. Nxe7 (Black could castle on 16. Nf4 ) 16.… Kxe7 17. Qa5 Thg8 18. g3 Qb8 19. Ba4 Rg5 20. Qc3 Bxa4 21. Qb4 + Qd6 22. Qxa4 Qb6 23. Rc3 Rb5 24 . Rfc1 Rd7 ( Alekhine avoids the disadvantageous complications after 24.… Rxb2) 25. Qa3 + Qd6 26. Qxa7 Rxb2 27. Rc8 Rd2 28. e4 Rd1 + 29.Rxd1 Qxd1 + 30. Kg2 Qd3 31. Qc5 + Qd6 32. Qc3 ( 32. Qh5 recommended by the German chess hands) 32.… b5 (Reinfeld and Fine regard this pawn move as a mistake, as White receives a strong attack. Instead, 32.… Qe5 is recommended) 33. Rc6 Qd4 34. Qc2 b4 35. Rc4 Qb6 3 6. Qb2 Rb7 37. e5 fxe5 38. Qxe5 Qd6 39. Qg5 + Kd7 40. Rf4 f5 (see diagram) 41. Kh3 Kc6 42. Qg8 Kb5 43. Qe8 + Qd7 44. Qf8 De7 45. Qa8 Ra7 46. Qb8 + Rb7 47. Qe5 + Ka6 48. Rc4 Rb5 49. Rc6 + Ka5 50. Qxe6 (the commentators recommended 50. Qh8) 50.… Qxe6 51. Rxe6 Rd5 52. Re2 Rd6 53. f4 Rh6 + 54. Kg2 Kb5 55. h3 Rg6 56. Kf3 h5 57 Re5 + Kc4 58. Rxf5 Ra6 59. Rxh5 Rxa2 60. Rh8 b3 61. Rc8 + Kd4 62. Rd8 + Kc3 63. Rc8 + Kd3 64. Rd8 + Kc3 65. Rc8 + Kd3 . Here the referee gave an incorrect draw. ½: ½ (Stand: Alekhine ½: ½ Bogolyubov)

2nd game

In the second game Bogoljubow suffered a "catastrophic defeat" ( German chess sheets ) with the black pieces after an incorrect combination, which was refuted by the intermediate chess on move 29.

Alexander Alekhine - Efim Bogoljubow
Baden-Baden, April 4, 1934
Semi-Slav Defense , Merano variant, D48

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 d5 4. e3 e6 5. Bd3 Nbd7 6. Nc3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3 a6 9. 0–0 c5 10. a4 b4 11. Ne4 Bb7 12. Sed2 Be7 13. a5 0–0 14. Nc4 Qc7 15. De2 Ng4 16. e4 cxd4 17. h3 Nge5 ?! 18.Nfxe5 Nxe5 19. Bf4 Bd6 20. Bxe5 Bxe5 21. Nb6 Ra7 22. Tac1 Qd6 23. Rc4 f5? 24.exf5 exf5 25.Re1 Qg6 26.f3 Re8 27.f4 Qg3 28.fxe5 Rxe5 (Bogoljubow found himself in time trouble in this phase and could at first glance believe that Black would win) 29.Rc8 + Kf7 30. Qh5 + g6 31 Qxh7 + Kf6 32. Rf8 + Kg5 33. h4 + Kf4 34. Qh6 + g5 35. Rxf5 + Rxf5 36. Qd6 + Kg4 37.Bxf5 + and Black gave up. 1: 0 (Status: Alekhine 1½: ½ Bogoljubow)

3rd game

The third game ended in a draw after 27 moves. Alekhine's innovation followed on the third move, which later received its own opening key. Previously, according to Hans Kmoch, Alekhine had never accepted a Queen's Gambit in a serious game.

Efim Bogoljubow - Alexander Alekhine
Baden-Baden, April 6, 1934
Accepted Queen's Gambit , Alekhine variant, D22

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 a6 (an innovation) 4. e3 Bg4 5. Bxc4 e6 6. h3 Bh5 7. Nc3 Nf6 8. 0–0 Nc6 9. a3 Bd6 10. Be2 0–0 11. Nd2 Bxe2 12. Qxe2 e5 13. dxe5 Bxe5 14. Rb1 Re8 15. Nf3 De7 16. Nxe5 Qxe5 17. Qc2 Rad8 18. Bd2 De6 19.Rfd1 Qc4 20. Bc1 Ne5 21. e4 h6 22. Be3 Rd3 23.Rxd3 Qxd3 24. Qa4 Qc4 25. Qc2 Qd3 26. Qa4 Qc4 27. Qc2 Qd3 and a draw. ½: ½ (Status: Alekhine 2: 1 Bogoljubow)

On April 8, Alekhine gave a simultaneous round of 47 games. The result for Alekhine: 41 wins, three draws, three defeats.

4th game

Alekhine - Bogolyubov
4th game

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6th									6th
5									5
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1									1
	a	b	c	d	e	f	G	H

Position after 51 ... e5xd4

The fourth game took place in Villingen . Alekhine (White) chose unusual opening moves again, which this time gave Bogolyubov an advantage. Alekhine skilfully braced himself against the impending defeat. Bogolyubov, looking in vain for a winning continuation, tried to settle into the final - and fell victim to a combination that resulted in Alekhine winning.

Alexander Alekhine - Efim Bogoljubow
Villingen, 11. – 12. April 1934
Semi-Slav Defense , D31

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bd3 Nbd7 6. f4 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3 Bb7 9. Nf3 a6 10. a4 b4 11. Ne2 c5 12. 0–0 Be7 13. a5 0–0 14. Ng3 g6 15. De2 cxd4 16. exd4 Nb8 17. Ne5 Nc6 18. Nxc6 Bxc6 19. Bc4 Bb7 20. Be3 Qd6 21. Rad1 Rfe8 22. b3 Bf8 22. Rd3 Qc7 24. Qa2 Bd6 25. Bd2 Qc6 26. Be1 Rad8 27. Rd2 Be7 28. Qb2 Rd7 29. Rc2 Qd6 (according to Hans Kmoch, Black would have had a decisive advantage with 29.… Ng4 instead) 30. Ne2 Nd5 31. Qc1 Bd8 32.Bg3 Qe7 33. Ra2 Qf6 34. Qd2 Qf5 35. Bd3 Qf6 36. Bc4 Be7 37. Qd3 Ted8 38. Be1 Qf5 39. Qd2 Qe4 40. Bd3 Qe3 + 41. Bf2 Qxd2 42. Rxd2 Rc8 43. Bc4 Kg7 44. g3 Tcd8 45. Rc1 h6 46. ​​Bd3 f5 47. Rdc2 g5 48. g4 Nxf4 ( Fritz Sämisch and Hans Kmoch recommended 48.… gxf4 49. gxf5 Kf7 and pointed out that White would have received a strong attack after 48.… fxg4 49. f5) 49. Sxf4 gxf4 50. gxf5 e5 51. Te1 exd4 52. Txe7 + Txe7 53. Lh4 Kf7 54. Lxe7 Kxe7 55. Tc7 + Td7 56. f6 + Ke8 57. Bg6 + Kd8 58. f7 Kxc7 59. f8d f3 60. Dxb4 Td6 61. Bd3 and 1: 0 (as of: A ljechin 3: 1 Bogolyubov)

5th game

In the fifth game, Bogolyubov was better after the queen swap, but could not realize the advantage. Alekhine even got an advantage, but Bogolyubov held the resulting final a draw.

Efim Bogoljubow - Alexander Alekhine
Villingen, 13.-14. April 1934
Queen's Gambit adopted , D26

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 c5 5. Bxc4 e6 6. 0–0 Sc6 7. Sc3 Be7 8. dxc5 Qxd1 9. Rxc1 Bxc5 10. a3 Ke7 11. b4 Bb6 12. Bb2 Rd8 13.Rxd8 Bxd8 14.e4 Bd7 15. Bd3 h6 16. e5 Ne8 17.Rd1 Bb6 18. Ne4 a6 19. Bc3 Sc7 20. Nd6 Nd5 21. Bb2 Nd8 22. Be4 Bc6 23. Nd4 Bc7 24.Rc1 Kd7 25. Nxc6 bxc6 26.Nc4 a5 27.b5 Rb8 28.bxc6 + Nxc6 29.g3 Rb5 30.Rd1 Rc5 31. Bd3 Ke7 32. f4 Nb6 33. Nd6 Sa4 34. La1 Nc3 35. Rf1 Bxd6 36. exd6 + Kxd6 37. f5 exf5 38.Bxf5 Nd4 39. Bd3 f5 40. Kg2 g6 41. g4 fxg4 42. Bxg6 Nf3 43.Bd3 h5 44. Rc1 Nh4 + 45. Kh1 Ne4 46. Rxc5 Nf2 + 47. Kg1 Nh3 + 48. Kf1 Kxc5 49. Ba6 Nf3 50. Kg2 h4 51. Bf6 and Alekhine offered a draw, which Bogolyubov accepted. ½: ½ (status: Alekhine 3½: 1½ Bogolyubov)

After this game, the world championship was not continued in Karlsruhe as originally planned, but in Freiburg im Breisgau. Bogolyubov said that he did not feel well rehearsed about his deficit.

6th game

Alekhine - Bogolyubov
6th game

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Position after 21.… Kg8 – h8

In the sixth game Bogolyubov had to give up his queen after Alekhine launched a sacrificial attack. Finally, the German tower and two easy pieces for the queen, after which Alekhine conquered his pawns. The game that Deutsche Schachblätter described as exciting later ended in a draw. Alekhine said after the game that he had found a way to win. Nimzowitsch finally confirmed Alekhine's assumption. Israel Albert Horowitz said the final was won for Alekhine, but could not name a winning path.

Alexander Alekhine - Efim Bogoljubow
Freiburg im Breisgau, 18. – 19. April 1934
Queen's Gambit , D30

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bd3 Nbd7 6. Nbd2 Be7 7. 0–0 0–0 8. b3 b6 9. Bb2 Bb7 10. De2 a5 11. a4 Bb4 12. e4 dxe4 13.Nxe4 Nxe4 14.Bxe4 De7 15.Rad1 Rfd8 16. Bc2 Tac8 17.Rd3 Nf8 18.Ne5 c5 19.dxc5 Bxc5 20.Rg3 f6 21.Ng4 Kh8 22.Nxf6 gxf6 23.Qg4 Nd7 24.Lxh7 Qxh7 25. Rh3 Rg8 (the German chess sheets recommended 25.… e5) 26. Rxh7 + Kxh7 27. Qh4 + (27. Qh3 + and 28. Qxe6 were suggested here by the German chess sheets ) 27.… Kg6 28. Rd1 Rcd8 29. Rd3 (with 29 Txd7 Txd7 30 Qxf6 + Alekhine could perpetual check passed. This said after the game that he would win so can.) 29 ... T8 30 Dg3 + Kf7 31 Qc7 Bc8 32. Ld4 Be7 33. f4 The8 (instead recommended the German chess sheets 33 ... Nc5) 34.Be3 f5 35. h3 Nc5 36. Rxd8 Rxd8 37. Qxb6 Ne4 38. g4 Rd3 39. Kg2 Bd7 40. g5 Rd6 (break-off position) 41. Qxa5 Be8 42. h4 Rd3 43. Qb6 Rd6 44. Qc7 Kf8 45. Qc8 Td3 46. Bb6 Rxb3 47. a5 Rb2 + 48. Kf3 Nd6 49. Qa8 Nxc4 50.g6 ( winning a piece is not enough to win .) 50.… Rb3 + 51. Ke2 Rb2 + 52. Kd3 Nxb6 53. axb6 Rxb6 54. g7 + Kxg7 55. Qxe8 Bxh4 (draw offer from Bogoljubow) 56. Qd7 + Kg6 57. Kc4 Bf6 58. Kc5 Rb8 59. Qxe6 Rb8 59. Qxe6 Rh8 and a draw. ½: ½ (Status: Alekhine 4: 2 Bogolyubov)

7th game

In the seventh game, repetitions of positions were brought about after only 17 moves. According to Hans Kmoch, the repetition of moves was due to the fight for the move e3 – e4.

Efim Bogoljubow - Alexander Alekhine
Freiburg im Breisgau, April 20, 1934
Queen's Gambit adopted , D28

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 c5 5. Bxc4 e6 6. 0-0 a6 7. De2 Sc6 8. Rd1 b5 9. Bb3 c4 10. Bc2 Nb4 11. a3 Nxc2 12. Qxc2 Bb7 13.Nc3 Nd5 14.Ne2 Nf6 15.Nc3 Nd5 16.Ne2 Nf6 17.Nc3 Nd5 with a draw. ½: ½ (status: Alekhine 4½: 2½ Bogolyubov)

8th game

The eighth game initially took place on the Freiburg mountain Schauinsland and was continued in Freiburg after it was canceled. After mutual pawn sacrifices , there was an exchange of queens and a rook endgame that was advantageous for Bogolyubov, which ended in a draw after mistakes. The German chess sheets questioned Bogolyubov's endgame skills. Emil Joseph Diemer wrote that Bogoljubow had completely failed after an excellent treatment of the opening and the middle game in the rook ending. He went on a complicated wrong track, which led to "downright blatant bogus moves".

Alexander Alekhine - Efim Bogoljubow
Freiburg im Breisgau, 22. – 23. April 1934
Nimzowitsch-Indian Defense , Samisch variant, E24

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. a3 Bxc3 + 5. bxc3 c5 6. Nf3 0–0 7. Bg5 d6 8. Qc2 Re8 9. e4 h6 10. Be3 Qa5 11. Bd2 e5 12. Bd3 Nc6 13. 0–0 Qc7 14. d5 Ne7 15. Nh4 g5 16. Nf5 Nxf5 17. exf5 e4 18. Be2 Bxf5 19. h4 Nh7 20. g4 e3 21. Qxf5 Re5 22. Qd3 exd2 23. Qxd2 Tae8 24. Bd3 De7 25. Bf5 Re2 26.Qd3 Nf8 27.h5 De5 28. Tab1 b6 29.Qf3 Qf6 30. a4 Kg7 31. Qd3 T8e7 32.Ra1 De5 33. a5 Nd7 34.Qf3 Qf6 35. axb6 Nxb6 36.Rxa7 Nxc4 37. Rxe7 Rxe7 38. Rd1 Ra7 39. Rc1 De5 40.Bd3 Nd2 41. Qf5 Qxf5 42. Bxf5 Nf3 + 43. Kg2 Nh4 + 44. Kg3 Nxf5 + 45. gxf5 Kf6 46. Re1 Ra4 (Bogoljubow had a winning position here) Rc4 48 .Rh8 Rxc3 + 49.Kg2 Kxf5 50.Rxh6 f6 51.Rh7 Ke5 52.h6 Ra3 53.Re7 + Kxd5 54.h7 Ra8 55.Kg3 f5 56.f4 gxf4 + (gave away the victory that could be achieved with g4 in contemporary opinion) 57. Kxf4 c4 58. Kxf5 c3 59. Rd7 Rc8 (later analyzes showed that 59.… Rh8 would still have won) 60. Rc7 Rf8 + 61. Kg6 Kd4 62. Kg7 Rb8 63. h8D Rxh8 64. Kxh8 and draw. ½: ½ (Status: Alekhine 5: 3 Bogolyubov)

9th game

The game was played in the Hotel Ruf in Pforzheim . In the ninth game Alekhine won with an unusual opening that got Bogolyubov into trouble. The move 10. Qd2 was generally criticized. The move 2.… e5 had rarely been played before, Bogoljubov's 4. f4 was described by Hans Kmoch as very mandatory. Bogolyubov did not have a single game. Alekhine recommended the gambit 7. Nf3, so Kmoch. Alekhine had only needed 58 minutes to think about the entire game, while Bogolyubov needed more than two hours for the first 12 moves. While it was initially assumed that Black would have won a position after 20.… g4, Max Euwe showed that White would still have had good chances with 24. h2 – h4.

Efim Bogoljubow - Alexander Alekhine
Pforzheim, 25. – 26. April 1934
Old Benoni Defense , A44

1. d4 c5 (The move 1.… c5 was considered refuted, since White should get the better game with 2. d5.) 2. d5 e5 (Usually 2.… d6 was played first.) 3. e4 d6 4. f4 exf4 5. Bxf4 Qh4 + (The unusual queen move is intended to weaken the white squares.) 6. g3 Qe7 7. Nc3 g5 8. Be3 Nd7 9. Nf3 h6 10. Qd2 Ngf6 11. 0–0–0 Ng4 12. Be2 Bg7 13. Rhf1 Nxe3 14. Qxe3 a6 15. Ng1 b5 16. Tde1 Bb7 17. Nd1 0–0–0 18. Bg4 Kb8 19. Bxd7 Rxd7 20. Qd2 g4 21. Ne3 De5 22. c3 h5 23. Nf5 Bf6 24. Qf4 Qxf4 + 25. gxf4 Rdd8 26. c4 (Horowitz sees this pawn sacrifice in connection with the previous queen exchange as a decisive mistake and thinks White could have defended himself.) 26.… bxc4 27. Ne3 c3 28. b3 Bd4 29. Nc4 f5 30. e5 dxe5 31. fxe5 Bxd5 32. Rxf5 Tdf8 33. Rxf8 Rxf8 34. e6 Re8 35. e7 Bxc4 36. bxc4 Lxg1 37. Rxg1 Rxe7 38. h3 gxh3 39. Kc2 h2 40. Rb1 + Rb7 41. Rx1 Rb2 Kd3 Kc7 44. Ke4 Kc6 45. Kf5 a5 46. Kg5 a4 . Bogolyubov gave up. 0: 1 (Status: Alekhine 6: 3 Bogolyubov)

10th game

The German chess sheets praised the caution that Bogolyubov exercised in the tenth game. At first, after the early queens exchange, a draw was foreseeable until Alekhine began an attack. He eventually sacrificed a pawn, overestimating his options. In the rook ending Bogoljubow used his advantage slowly but steadily.

Alexander Alekhine - Efim Bogoljubow
Pforzheim, 27. – 28. April 1934
Cambridge Springs variant , D52

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. e3 Qa5 7. Nd2 Bb4 8. Dc2 dxc4 9. Bxf6 Nxf6 10. Nxc4 Bxc3 + 11. Qxc3 Qxc3 + 12. bxc3 Ke7 13. f3 Bd7 14. Rb1 b6 15. Ne5 Rhc8 16. Ba6 Rc7 17. Kd2 c5 18. Rhc1 Rd8 19. g4 Ba4 20. h4 Nd7 21. Nxd7 Rcxd7 22. f4 h6 23. Ke2 Bc6 24. Bb5 Rd6 25. Bxc6 Rxc6 26. Kd3 f6 27. a4 e5 28. a5 Tcd6 29. axb6 axb6 30. f5 T8d7 31. Ta1 b5 32.Ra5 cxd4 33. cxd4 exd4 34. e4 Rb6 35. Rb1 b4 36. g5 b3 37. e5 fxe5 38. Rxe5 + Kf7 39. Rb2 Rb4 40. Re4 Rd5 41. Rf4 hxg5 42. hxg5 Rbb5 43. f6 g6 44. Rf3 Rxg5 45. Kxd4 Rg4 + 46. Kc3 Rgb4 47. Rf1 g5 48. Rbf2 b2 49. Rb6. Rb8 50. Rb1 Rb8 51. Ke3 Rb3 + 52. Kd2 T8b7 53. Kc2 T7b6 54. Kd1 T3b4 55. Ke1 T4b5 56. Kd1 g4 57. Kc2 Rb3 58. Rh2 Kxf6 59. Rh8 Kg7 60. Rh4 Rg3 61. Rh2 Rgb3 62. Rh4 R3b4 63. Kc3 Kg6 64. Thh1 Kg5 65. Kd2 T4b5 66. Ke2 Th6 67. Thg1 Th2 + 68. Kd3 Kh4 69. Tge1 Td5 + 70. Kc3 Rc5 + 71. Kb3 Rc1 72. Rbxc1 bxc1D 73. Txc1 g3 74. Tc8 g2 76. Rc3 + Kf2 77. Rc2 + Ke1 78. Rc1 + Ke2 79. Rc2 + Kd1 80. Ra2 Rh3 + 81. Kc4 Rg3 and A ljechin gave up for the first time in the match. 0: 1 (Status: Alekhine 6: 4 Bogolyubov)

11th game

In the eleventh game, which took place in the Hotel Marquard in Stuttgart , Bogoljubow got a better position, which he spoiled. After exchanging queens, Alekhine won a final. In a position with no chance, Bogolyubov sacrificed quality in vain. Alekhine later described 22.… Bxg2 as his mistake. Bogolyubov was of the opinion that with 30. Nxf5 instead of the move (30. a4) he would have had a chance of winning. Kmoch considered 27. a3 to be a mistake and recommended an exchange on d6. After 41 ... dxc5 the game was abandoned and continued two days later.

Efim Bogoljubow - Alexander Alekhine
Stuttgart, April 29 and May 1, 1934
Dutch Defense , Ilyin-Genewsky System, A96

1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. c4 0–0 6. Nc3 d6 7. Bf4 De8 8. Rc1 Nc6 9. d5 Nd8 10. Nb5 Qd7 11. Qb3 a6 12. dxe6 Nxe6 13.Nc3 Nxf4 14.gxf4 Kh8 15.Nd5 Bd8 16. e3 Ne4 17.Nd4 c5 18. Ne2 Ba5 + 19.Ndc3 b5 20. 0–0 Bb7 21.Nxe4 Bxe4 22.Rfd1 Bxg2 23. Kxg2 Tab8 24. cxb5 Rxb5 25.Qd5 Rxb2 26.Ng3 Bb6 27. a3 c4 28. Kg1 De8 29.Rxc4 Bc5 30. a4 Qg6 31. Rc3 h5 32.h4 Qf6 33.Rcd3 g6 34.Qc4 a5 35.Qc3 Qxc3 36.Rxc3 Ra2 37. Rc4 Rb8 38. Rd5 Rb1 + 39. Kg2 Rbb2 40. Nh1 Rb4 41.R4xc5 dxc5 42. Rxc5 Taxa4 43. Rc8 + Kg7 44. Rc7 + Kh6 45. Rc6 Ra2 46. Sg3 ​​Kg7 47. Rc7 + Kf7 + Kf7 498.c8 50. Rc6 Rbb2 51. Nh1 Kf7 52. Rc7 + Kf6 53. Rc6 + Kg7 54. Rc7 + Kh6 55. Rc6 a4 56. Kh3 a3 57. e4 fxe4 58. f5 e3 59. fxg6 exf2 60. Ng3 Rb3 61. Rf6 Kg7 62. Rxf2 Rxg3 + and Bogoljubow stopped resisting as his stalemate had broken. 0: 1 (Status: Alekhine 7: 4 Bogolyubov)

12th game

The twelfth game developed favorably for Bogolyubov. However, he did not succeed again to implement his gained advantage to victory.

Alexander Alekhine - Efim Bogoljubow
Stuttgart, 2. – 3. May 1934
Semi-Slav Defense , Merano Variant, D49

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c6 4. Nc3 d5 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3 a6 9. e4 c5 10. e5 cxd4 11. Nxb5 Nxe5 12. Nxe5 axb5 13. 0-0 Qd5 14. Qe2 Ba6 15. Bg5 Be7 16. a4 0-0 17. axb5 Bb7 18. f4 h6 19. Bh4 Rxa1 20. Rxa1 Ta8 21. Rf1 Bc5 22. Nc6 Bxc6 23. bxc6 Qxc6 24. Bxf6 gxf6 25. Qg4 + Kf8 26. Qh5 Bb6 27. Qxh6 + Ke7 28. Qh5 Rb8 29. De2 Ba5 30. h4 Qd6 31. h5 Qb4 32. Qc2 f5 33. Rc1 Kf6 34. Qf2 Kg7 35. Rd1 Kh8 36. b3 Rg8 37. Bc4 Qc3 38. Kf1 Bb6 39. De1 Qxe1 + 40. Rxe1 Rg4 41. Ra1 Rxf4 + 42. Ke2 Re4 + 43. Kd1 Kg7 44. Ra8 Bc5 45. Rb8 Bd6 46. Rb7 Kf6 47. b4 Rg4 48. b5 Rxg2 49. Rd7 50. Rc7 Bb4 51. Rd7 Rd2 + 52. Kc1 Rh2 53. b6 Bd2 + 54. Kb1 Bf4 55. b7 Rxh5 56. Rd8 Rh2 57. b8D Bxb8 58. Rxb8 e5 59. Rd8 Rh3 60. Rd7 Rc3 61. Lxf7 d3 (the German chess sheets recommended 61.… e4) 62. Kb2 Rc2 + 63. Kb3 e4 64. Bc4 Ke5 65. Rd5 + Kf4 66. Bb5 Th2 (instead, according to German chess sheets 66.… Rc7 was the last chance to win) 67. Kc3 Th5 68. Bd7 Rg5 69. Kd2 Rg2 + 70. Kc3 Rg5 71. Kd2 Rh5 72. Kc3 Ke3 73.Bxf5 d2 74. Kc2 Rh6 75.Rxd2 and a draw. ½: ½ (Status: Alekhine 7½: 4½ Bogolyubov)

13th game

In Munich the competition games were played in the Hotel Bayerischer Hof.

Efim Bogoljubow - Alexander Alekhine
Munich, 6. – 7. May 1934
Damen-Indian construction , A47

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 b6 3. Bg5 Ne4 4. Bh4 Bb7 5. e3 h6 6. Nbd2 g5 7. Bg3 Nxg3 8. hxg3 e6 9. c3 d6 10. Qa4 + c6 11. Ne4 g4 12. Nd4 Nd7 13. 0–0–0 Rg8 14. c4 d5 15. Nc3 a6 16. Qc2 b5 17. c5 f5 18. Kb1 (Kmoch recommended 18. f3 to enforce e3 – e4) 18.… Qc7 19. Bd3 0–0–0 20. Ne2 Re8 21.Nf4 Kb8 22.Nhg6 Bg7 23.Rh2 Bc8 24.Rh5 Nf8 25.Nxf8 Bxf8 26.Rdh1 Bg7 27. a3 Qf7 28. Ka2 e5 29. dxe5 d4 + 30. Kb1 dxe3 31. e6 Bxe6 32. Nxe6 Qxe6 33.Bxf5 Qf6 34. fxe3 Rxe3 35.Bxg4 Tge8 36.Rd1 R3e4 37.Rf5 De7 38.Rf4 Re1 39.Rf1 Rxf1 40.Rxf1 Rd8 41. Bf3 De3 42. De4 Rxe4 43.c8 Lxe 45.Bf3 Be5 46. Re1 Re8 47. Re4 a5 48. b4 a4 49. Kc2 Re7 50.Rh4 Re6 51.Rg4 Ba1 52.Rg8 Bd4 53.Rf8 Re7 54.g4 Kb7 55.Rg8 Bg7 56.Rd8 Be5 57. Rf8 Bd4 58. Rf5 Be3 59. Rf6 Rc7 60. Re6 Bg5 61. Be4 Rc8 62. g3 Rc7 63. Rd6 Rc8 64. Bf5 Rd8 65. Re6 Rd2 + 66. Kb1 Rd1 + 67. Kc2 Rd2 + 68. Kb1 Rd1 + 69. Kb 70. Ka1 Td1 + 71. Ka2 Td2 + 72. Ka1 Td1 + 73. Kb2 Td2 + 74. Kb1 . Draw. ½: ½ (Stand: Alekhine 8: 5 Bogolyubov)

14th game

Culture Minister Hans Schemm and Reich Minister Hans Frank were present at the 14th game. The date of the match was May 8th and 10th, as there was an excursion to visit government officials on Wednesday, May 9th and a simultaneous performance in the evening.

Alexander Alekhine - Efim Bogoljubow
Munich, May 8 and 10, 1934
Orthodox Defense , D60

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. Qb3 Be7 7. e3 0–0 8. Be2 Ne4 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. Nxe4 dxe4 11. Nd2 e5 12. 0– 0–0 Nf6 13. h3 Rb8 14. g4 Re8 15. The1 h6 16. Qc3 Bd7 17. Nb3 b6 18. Rg1 exd4 19. Qxd4 c5 20. Qd6 Ba4 21. h4 g5 22. hxg5 hxg5 23. Qh2 Kg7 24. Rh1 Rh8 25. Qg3 Rbe8 26.Rxh8 Rxh8 27.Rg1 Bxb3 28. axb3 Re8 29.Rh1 De5 30. Qh3 Kf8 31.Rd1 Ke7 32. Kb1 Rd8 33. Rxd8 Kxd8 34. Qh8 + Ke7 35. Qc8 Nd7 36. Qb7 a5 37. Ka2 Kd8 38.Bd1 De6 39. Bc2 Nf6 40. f3 exf3 41. Qxf3 Kc7 42. Bf5 Qc6 43. Qg3 + Qd6 44. Qg2 Ng8 45. Qa8 Ne7 46. e4 Qd8 47. Qa7 + Kd6 48. Qb7 Ke5 49. Bd7 f6 50. Ka3 Kd6 51.Bb5 Ke5 52.Bd7 Kd6 53.Bb5 Ke5 54.Bd7 . Draw. ½: ½ (Stand: Alekhine 8½: 5½ Bogoljubow)

15th game

Efim Bogoljubow - Alexander Alekhine
Munich, 11. – 12. May 1934
Queen's Gambit adopted , D21

1. Nf3 e6 2. c4 d5 3. d4 dxc4 4. Nc3 a6 5. e3 b5 6. a4 b4 7. Nb1 Nf6 8. Bxc4 Bb7 9. 0–0 c5 10. Nbd2 cxd4 11. exd4 Bd6 12. Re1 0 -0 13. Ne5 Nbd7 14. Bb3 Be7 15. Ndc4 Nd5 16. a5 Qc7 17. Qd3 Rad8 18. Qg3 Bf6 19. Bd2 Nb8 20. Rac1 De7 21. Ba4 Rc8 22. Qb3 Bg5 23. Ne3 Rxc1 24. Rxc1 Rd8 25.g3 Nxe3 26.fxe3 Bd5 27. Qd3 Qb7 28. Rf1 Be4 29. Qc4 Bd5 30. Qd3 Rf8 31. Nc4 Be4 32. De2 Be7 33. Nb6 Nc6 34. Qh5 Bg6 35. Qf3 Nxa5 36. Qxb7 Nxb7 37. Rc1 Rb8 38. Nd7 Td8 39. Rc7 Be4 40. Nb6 Bd6 41. Rc1 h6 42. Bd1 Bf8 43. Kf2 e5 44. Rc8 Rxc8 45. Nxc8 Sa5 46. Nb6 Bd3 47. Nd5 Nc4 48. Nxb4 Be4 49. Bc3 Nxb4 Be4 49. Bc3 Nxb4 50.Bxb2 Bxb4 51. dxe5 Kf8 52.Bb3 Ke7 53. Ke2 a5 54.Bd4 h5 55.Ba4 g6 56.Bb3 Bf5 57.Bd5 Bc2 58.e4 a4 59. Ke3 g5 60. Ke2 Kf8 61. Ke3 Kg7 62. Ke2 Kg6 63. Ke3 h4 64. Ke2 Bb1 65. Ke3 a3 66. Ke2 Bc2 67. Ke3 Bb1 68. Ke2 a2 69. Kd1 Bc5 70. Bxa2 . Draw. ½: ½ (Stand: Alekhine 9: 6 Bogolyubov)

After the game there was a farewell evening, which meant that the departure to Bayreuth could only take place at 11 p.m.

16th game

Alekhine - Bogolyubov
16th game

	a	b	c	d	e	f	G	H
8th									8th
7th									7th
6th									6th
5									5
4th									4th
3									3
2									2
1									1
	a	b	c	d	e	f	G	H

Position after 29.… Rg8

After the six-hour journey from Munich, arriving in Bayreuth on May 13, 1934 at 5 a.m., Alekhine declared that he wanted to take one of the three rest days. He is so tired that he can no longer play on the same day. The organizers were not happy about this, as they had been beating the drum and there was no time to postpone the program. Shortly before the scheduled start of the game, Alekhine announced that he would play. He overcame his tiredness and defeated Bogolyubov. After the demolition, there were only a few trains left.

Alekhine surprisingly opened the 16th game with the e-pawn and brought the game to victory with a combination. In the Wiener Schachzeitung , Albert Becker described Alekhine's 30th move as a “brilliant idea”, which is not easy to find and which gives the game great appeal.

Alexander Alekhine - Efim Bogoljubow
Bayreuth, 13.-14. May 1934
Spanish game , delayed exchange variant , C77

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Nc3 Bd6 7. d3 c5 8. h3 Be6 9. Be3 h6 10. a4 c4 11. d4 exd4 12. Bxd4 Bb4 13. 0–0 c6 14. e5 Nd5 15. Ne4 Nf4 16. Bc5 Bxc5 17. Qxd8 + Rxd8 18. Nxc5 b6 19. Nb7 Rd7 20. Nd6 + Ke7 21. Nd4 Bd5 22. g3 Nxh3 + 23. Kh2 Ng5 24. f4 Ne4 25. N6f5 + Kd8 26.Nxg7 f6 27.Rad1 Kc8 28.Ndf5 fxe5 29. fxe5 Rg8 30. e6 Rdxg7 31.Nxg7 Rxg7 32.Rxd5 cxd5 33. Rf8 + Kc7 34. Rf7 + Kd6 35. Rxg7 Kxe6 b5 37 38. a5 d4 39. Rxa6 b4 40. Kf3 c3 41. bxc3 bxc3 42. Re6 + Kxe6 43. Kxe4 and Bogolyubov resigned. 1: 0 (Status: Alekhine 10: 6 Bogolyubov)

After the game, there were a few days of rest.

17th game

The game was played on Whitsunday in the Kurhaus in Bad Kissingen . In a variant of the Queen's Gambit, Bogolyubov chose a risky continuation on move five. Alekhine, who energetically used his king's bishop, scored another victory with three extra pawns.

Efim Bogoljubow - Alexander Alekhine
Bad Kissingen, May 20, 1934
Queen's Gambit accepted , D24

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. e4 b5 6. e5 Nd5 7. Ng5 e6 8. Qf3 Qd7 9. Nxd5 exd5 10. a3 Nc6 11. Be3 Nd8 12. Be2 Qf5 13. Qg3 h6 14.Nh3 c6 15. f4 Qc2 16. Qf2 Bxa3 17. 0–0 Bxb2 18. Tae1 Bf5 19. g4 Be4 20. f5 Nb7 21. Nf4 0–0–0 22. Qg3 g5 23. fxg6 ep fxg6 24 Bd1 Qc3 25. Ne6 Tde8 26.Rf6 Re7 27.Ref1 The8 28.Nf4 Nd8 29. Qf2 Da3 30. Bf3 Bxf3 31. Qxf3 g5 32. Ne2 Re6 33.Rf5 Qd3 34.h4 Rg6 35.h5 Tge6 36. Qf2 c5 37.Rf3 Qc2 38. De1 Nc6 39.R1f2 De4 40.Ng3 Qxg4 41.Kg2 Bxd4 and 0: 1 (status: Alekhine 11: 6 Bogoljubow)

18th game

Alekhine consumed 47 and Bogolyubov 53 minutes for the game.

Alexander Alekhine - Efim Bogoljubow
Bad Kissingen, May 21, 1934
Colle-System , D05

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. e3 c5 4. Bd3 d5 5. dxc5 Bxc5 6. a3 0–0 7. b4 Be7 8. Nbd2 a5 9. b5 Nbd7 10. Bb2 Nc5 11. a4 Nxd3 + 12. cxd3 Nd7 13. 0–0 f6 14. d4 Nb6 15. Qb3 Bd7 16. Rfc1 Nc8 17. e4 Nb6 18. Ba3 Bxa3 19. Qxa3 Be8 20. e5 Bh5 21. exf6 Qxf6 22. Rc7 Bxf3 23. Nxf3 Nc4 24. Qc3 Rf7 25.Rxf7 Qxf7 26.Ne5 Nxe5 27.dxe5 Rf8 28.Rf1 Ra8 and a draw. ½: ½ (status: Alekhine 11½: 6½ Bogolyubov)

Due to the early decisions in Bad Kissingen, there were several days of rest, which is why a simultaneous performance was held on May 24th. From fifty games Alekhine had 36 wins, five draws and nine defeats after six and a half hours. Bogolyubov won thirty of their 45 games in five and a quarter hours, drew eleven times and lost four games.

19th game

According to Kmoch, Bogolyubov was winning after 16 moves. With 8. Ne5 he made an unusual move, after which Alekhine did not choose the best continuation.

Efim Bogoljubow - Alexander Alekhine
Nuremberg, 26. – 27. May 1934
Queen's Gambit adopted , D27

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 c6 3. c4 e6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Bd3 c5 6. 0–0 dxc4 7. Bxc4 a6 8. Ne5 Qc7 9. Nd2 b5 10. Be2 cxd4 11. exd4 Bb7 12. a4 b4 13.Ndc4 Nd5 14. a5 Be7 15. Qa4 + Nc6 16. Nb6 Rd8 17.Nxd5 Rxd5 18. Bf3 Rb5 (here, according to Albert Becker, Bogoljubow could win quality or shape with 19. Qc2 ) 19.Nxc6 Bxc6 20. Bf4 Qd7 21. Bxc6 Qxc6 22.Rac1 De4 23. Bd6 Lxd6 24.Rc8 + Ke7 25.Rxh8 Qxd4 26.g3 Qxb2 27.Ra8 Qa3 28.Qd1 Qxa5 29.Ra7 + Bc7 30.Qd4 Rd5 31.Qe3 Rd7 32.Rc1 Bb6 33.Rxd7 + Kxd7 34. Qf3 Ke7 35. Qb7 + Kf6 36. Rc6 Bd4 37. Rc7 Qd5 38. Rxf7 + Kg6 39. Rd7 Qxb7 40. Rxb7 Bc3 41. Ra7 Kf5 42. Kf1 b3 43. Rxa6 b2 44. Rb6 Ke4 45. Ke2 Kd4 46. Kd1 Kd3 47. g4 e5 48. f3 Ke3 49. Rb3 Kf4 50. Kc2 Bd4 51. h4 g6 52. h5 gxh5 53. gxh5 h6 54. Kd2 Kg3 55. Ke2 Kf4 56. Rb4 Kg3 57. Rb3 Kf4 58. Rb4 with Draw. ½: ½ (as of: Alekhine 12: 7 Bogolyubov)

20th batch

The curious situation arose that two games were played on one day at a World Cup. On the morning of May 27, 1934, the second half of the 19th game was finished and the 20th game was played in the evening. The final was favorable to Alekhine, according to Kmoch.

Alexander Alekhine - Efim Bogoljubow
Nuremberg, May 27, 1934
Cambridge Springs variant , D52

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. d4 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. e3 Qa5 7. Nd2 Bb4 8. Qc2 dxc4 9. Bxf6 Nxf6 10. Nxc4 Bxc3 + 11. Qxc3 Qxc3 + 12. bxc3 Ke7 13. f3 Bd7 14. Ne5 Rhc8 15. Kd2 Rc7 16. Bd3 c5 17. Rhb1 Rd8 18. a4 Bc8 19. a5 Nd7 20. Nxd7 Bxd7 21. Be4 Bc8 22. f4 h6 23. Rb5 f5 24. Bf3 g5 25. g3 g4 26. Bg2 Rdd7 27.Rh1 Kd6 28. Rd1 h5 29. Ke2 cxd4 30. Rxd4 + Ke7 31. Rxd7 + Kxd7 32. e4 a6 33. Re5 Kd6 34. Kd3 h4 35. exf5 exf5 36. Rd5 + Ke7 37. gxh4 Be6 38. Rd4 Rc5 39. Rb4 Rxa5 40. Rxb7 + Kf6 41. Rb6 Ke7 42. Rb7 + Kf6 43. Rb6 Ke7 44. Rb7 + Kf6 with a draw. ½: ½ (Stand: Alekhine 12½: 7½ Bogoljubow)

After a day of rest, the opponents started their journey to Karlsruhe on May 29th.

21st game

Bogolyubov - Alekhine
21st game

	a	b	c	d	e	f	G	H
8th									8th
7th									7th
6th									6th
5									5
4th									4th
3									3
2									2
1									1
	a	b	c	d	e	f	G	H

Position after 33 ... Taxb7

In the 21st game, Bogolyubov reached a winning position, but spoiled it after a seemingly inexplicable serious mistake on move 34. Kmoch, on the other hand, explained the mistake by Bogolyubov's unnecessary haste shortly before the cancellation. Nevertheless, the abandoned position was still a draw. Alekhine stated to have analyzed for 12 hours without discovering any gain. Bogolyubov made another mistake after the resumption and lost.

Efim Bogoljubow - Alexander Alekhine
Karlsruhe, May 30, 1934
Queen's Gambit rejected , D30

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 a6 4. c5 (this move was introduced into tournament practice by Alekhine against Rubinstein in The Hague in 1921) 4.… b6 5. cxb6 c5 6. Nc3 Nd7 7. Sa4 c4 8. Bd2 Bd6 9. b3 Bb7 10. e3 cxb3 11. Qxb3 Ne7 12. Bd3 0–0 13. 0–0 Nc6 14. Rfc1 e5 15. Bf5 e4 16. Ne1 Nf6 17. Nc5 De7 18. g3 Rfb8 19. a4 a5 20. Qb5 Nd8 21. Nxb7 Nxb7 22. Tab1 h5 23. Ng2 g6 24. Bh3 g5 25. Bf5 Qd8 26. Rc6 Be7 27.h4 gxh4 28. Nxh4 Nd6 29.Rxd6 Qxd6 30. b7 Ra7 31. Bc8 Bd8 32. Nf5 Qa6 33. Qc5 (instead, according to German chess sheets, 33. Bc1 would have been stronger if the bishop had been transferred via a3 to c5) 33.… Taxb7 34. Rb5 (the exchange on b7 would have won here, according to the German chess sheets ) 34.… Rxb5 35.Bxa6 Rxc5 36. dxc5 Nd7 37. c6 Ne5 38.Nd4 Rb2 39. Bc3 Rb1 + 40. Kg2 Bb6 41.Bb7 Nf3 42. Nxf3 exf3 + 43. Kxf3 Bc7 44.Ba6 Rc1 45. Bd4 Rxc6 46. Bb. Bxd5 Rxa4 48. Ke2 Bd6 49. f4 Bf8 50. f5 Rb4 51. Bc3 Rg4 52. Be5 a4 53. e4 h4 54. Kf3 h3 55. Bf4 Rg7 56. g4 Rh7 57. Lh2 Bd6 58. Bxd6 h2 59. Lxh2 Rxh2 60. e5 a3 61. e6 fxe6 62.Bxe6 + Kf8 63. Kf4 a2 and White resigned. 0: 1 (Stand: Alekhine 13½: 7½ Bogoljubow)

22nd game

The journey to Mannheim only took an hour, but since the two players did not arrive in time for the scheduled departure and had to take a later train, they only reached Mannheim shortly before the start of the game. Alekhine unintentionally went to another hotel and could therefore not be found for a short time. The game was finally able to begin with a slight delay. It was played in the rooms of the Harmonie-Gesellschaft Mannheim.

Alexander Alekhine - Efim Bogoljubow
Mannheim, June 1, 1934
Nimzowitsch-Indian Defense , Classical System , E35

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 Nbd7 8. e3 0–0 9. Bd3 c5 10. dxc5 Nxc5 11. Ne2 Nxd3 + 12. Qxd3 Be6 13. 0-0 Be7 14. Rfd1 Da5 15. Nd4 Rfc8 16. Tac1 Rc4 17. b3 Rc5 18. Sa4 Rxc1 19. Rxc1 Rc8 20. Rxc8 + Bxc8 21. Qc3 Qd8 22. f3 Bd7 23. Nb2 Qb6 24. Nd3 Ne4 25.fxe4 Bxh4 26.exd5 Qg6 27.Qd2 De4 28.Nf3 Qxd5 29.Nxh4 Bb5 30.Nf3 Bxd3 31. Kf2 Qf5 32.g4 De4 33. Qa5 Ba6 34.Qd8 + Kh7 35.Qd4 Qc2 + 36.Kg3 Bf1 37. Qd5 Qc7 + 38.Kf2 Ba6 39. Qe4 + Kg8 40. Qe8 + Kh7 41. Qe4 + g6 42.h4 and Alekhine offered the draw that Bogolyubov agreed to. ½: ½ (as of: Alekhine 14: 8 Bogolyubov)

23rd game

In the 23rd game, Bogolyubov introduced an important innovation. After missing several opportunities to attack, the challenger won the final. According to Kmoch, it was Bogolyubov's best performance in this world championship.

Efim Bogoljubow - Alexander Alekhine
Mannheim, 3rd – 4th June 1934
Queen's Gambit adopted , D23

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 dxc4 4. Qa4 + (the innovation) 4.… c6 5. Qxc4 Bf5 6. Nc3 e6 7. g3 Nbd7 8. Bg2 Bc2 9. e3 Be7 10. 0–0 0– 0 11. a3 a5 12. De2 Bg6 13. e4 Qb6 14. h3 Da6 15. De3 c5 16. e5 Nd5 17. Nxd5 exd5 18. Bd2 Be4 19. Bc3 c4 20. Ne1 Bxg2 21. Nxg2 b5 22. f4 Qh6 23 . Qf3 b4 24. Bd2 Nb6 25. g4 Qc6 26. f5 f6 27. Nf4 Rfc8 28. exf6 Bxf6 29. Ne6 c3 30. bxc3 Nc4 31. Bf4 Nxa3 ( Helling recommended 31.… b3, which in his opinion offers more chances) 32. g5 Bd8 33. Be5 Ra7 34. Qh5 Nc4 35. cxb4 (the German chess sheets recommended 35. g6) 35.… Nxe5 36. dxe5 Bb6 + 37. Kh1 d4 + 38. Qf3 Qxf3 + 39. Rxf3 Rc3 40. Rff1 d3 41. f6 Rc6 42. Nxg7 Rxg7 43. fxg7 axb4 44. Rf6 Bd4 45. Ra8 + Kxg7 46. Rxc6 d2 47. Rc7 + Kg6 48. Rg8 + Kf5 49. Rf8 + Ke4 50. Rf1 Bxe5 51. Rc4 + Kd3 52. Le1. 53 54. Rb1 Bh4 55. Rb3 + Ke2 56. Rb5 Ke3 57. Rd5 Ke2 58. Rf7 and the world champion capitulated. 1: 0 (Status: Alekhine 14: 9 Bogolyubov)

24th game

According to Kmoch, Alekhine failed several times to refute Bogolyubov's dubious strategy. According to Alekhine, 14. Qc1 would have led to a decisive advantage.

Alexander Alekhine - Efim Bogoljubow
Mannheim, June 6, 1934
Queen's Gambit , D30

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bd3 Nbd7 6. Nbd2 Be7 7. 0–0 0–0 8. b3 a5 9. a3 c5 10. cxd5 exd5 11.Bb2 a4 12. bxa4 c4 13. Bc2 Da5 14. Nb1 Ne4 15. Bxe4 dxe4 16. Nfd2 Nb6 17. Nc3 f5 18. f3 exf3 19. Qxf3 Bd7 20. De2 Rac8 21. Rac1 Bf6 22. d5 Rfe8 23. Kh1 Qc5 24. e4 Nxd5 25.Rfe1 Nf4 26. De3 Nd3 27.Qxc5 Rxc5 28. La1 Bg5 29. Ncb1 fxe4 30. Bc3 Nxc1 31.Rxc1 Bxa4 32. Kg1 Bc6 33. Re1 b5 34.Nf1 Rd5 35.Ng3 Rd3 36. Ne2 Be3 + 37. Kh1 Ted8 38. Ng1 Bf2 39. Rf1 e3 and Alekhine resigned again. 0: 1 (as Aljechin 14: 10 Bogoljubow)

Bogolyubov would now have needed five and a half points from the remaining six games to win. The German chess sheets therefore assumed that his victories would come too late. The two victories of the challenger were a huge surprise for the Mannheim spectators.

25th game

The venue for the games in Berlin was the magnificent Kroll Opera . Kmoch recommended 17. dxe5 instead of 17. Bxe5 and saw this as the beginning of Black's advantage.

Efim Bogoljubow - Alexander Alekhine
Berlin, 11. – 12. June 1934
Slav Defense , D11

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 c6 3. c4 dxc4 4. e3 Bg4 5. Bxc4 e6 6. Nc3 Nd7 7. h3 Bh5 8. a3 Ngf6 9. e4 Be7 10. 0–0 0–0 11. Bf4 a5 12. Ba2 Qb6 13.g4 Bg6 14. De2 Qa6 15. De3 b5 16. Ne5 Nxe5 17. Bxe5 b4 18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19. Ne2 bxa3 20. bxa3 c5 21. Rac1 cxd4 22. Nxd4 Bxd4 23. Qxd4 Rfd8 24. Qc4 Qb7 25. f3 h5 26. De2 Rd4 27. De3 Rd7 28. gxh5 Lxh5 29. Rc5 Bg6 30. Rfc1 Rad8 31. Bc4 Rd1 + 32.Bf1 Rxc1 33. Rxc1 a4 34. Rc4 Rd1 35. Rb4 Qc7 36. f4 Qd8 37. Qf2 f5 38. e5 Be8 39. Rb6 Qc8 40. Rd6 Rc1 41. Qd4 (Bogolyubov's tied move) 41.… Kh7 42. Kf2 Qc2 + 43. Qd2 Qc5 + 44. Qe3 Rxf1 + and Bogolyubov resigned. 0: 1 (as Aljechin 15: 10 Bogoljubow)

Alekhine had thus defended the world title and only needed half a point to emerge victorious from the duel.

26th game

Alekhine was only missing one draw to win the duel. After 24 moves Bogolyubov ended the resistance and gave in when Alekhine offered a draw in a winning position.

Alexander Alekhine - Efim Bogoljubow
Berlin, June 14, 1934
King's Indian Defense , Fianchetto System, E67

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 d6 5. Nc3 0–0 6. Nf3 Nbd7 7. 0–0 e5 8. b3 Re8 9. Qc2 Ng4 10. dxe5 Ndxe5 11. Nxe5 Nxe5 12. Bb2 h5 13.Rad1 Bf5 14. Qd2 Qc8 15. Nd5 c6 16. Ne3 Bh3 17. f4 Bxg2 18. Nxg2 Ng4 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. f5 Qd8 21. Qd4 + Ne5 22. fxg6 fxg6 23. Qxd6 Qxd6 24. Rxd6 and with one pawn less, Bogolyubov accepted the draw. ½: ½ (as of: Alekhine 15½: 10½ Bogoljubow)

Alekhine was thus also on points winner of the world championship fight.

Individual references and sources

1. ↑ German chess sheets , issue 08/1934. Pp. 128-132.
2. ↑ 1951 World Chess Championship ( Memento from January 22, 2005 in the Internet Archive )
3. ^ ^{A b} Albert Becker : From the world championship fight . In: Wiener Schachzeitung , edition 08/1934 (April 1934), pp. 113–115.
4. ^ ^{A b c} Freiburger Zeitung , Sportblatt from April 3, 1934. P. 3 ( online view ).
5. ↑ ^{a b c} German chess sheets , edition 08/1934, pp. 128–132.
6. ^ The Chess Review , April 1934. p. 50.
7. ↑ ^{a b c d e f} Hans Kmoch: The competition Dr. Alekhine — Bogolyubov . In: Wiener Schachzeitung , edition 09/1934 (May 1934). Pp. 129-135.
8. ↑ ^{a b c d} Reinfeld & Fine, Dover Edition 1965, pp. 9–13.
9. ^ The Chess Review . May 1934, p. 86.
10. ↑ The game data for all games except 13, 14, 15, 18, 19 and 20 are taken from the German chess sheets . In games 13, 14, 15, 18, 19 and 20 they come from the Wiener Schachzeitung .
11. ↑ ^{a b c d} The Chess Review . May 1934, pp. 80-83.
12. ↑ ^{a b} The move evaluation is taken from the Aljechin CD from ChessBase GmbH
13. ↑ Reinfeld and Fine, Dover Edition 1965, pp. 14–15.
14. ↑ Classification of Chess Openings ( Memento of October 4, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) On: sahovski.com, accessed on October 29, 2008
15. ↑ ^{a b c d e f} Deutsche Schachblätter , Edition 09/1934, May 1, 1934, pp. 136–141.
16. ↑ Sämisch in the latest edition (Berlin), mentioned in: German chess sheets , issue 09/1934. P. 137.
17. ↑ ^{a b c d e f g h i j} Hans Kmoch: The competition for the world championship . In: Wiener Schachzeitung , issue 10–11 / 1934 (May-June 1934). Pp. 145-156.
18. ↑ quoted from Peter Anderberg: The World Cup fights Alekhine -Bogoljubow 1929 & 1934. In: Karl 25.2008,4, p. 50.
19. ↑ cf. Vladimir Budde: On the practice of rook endings . Kleine Schachbücherei Vol. 19. Beyer Verlag, Hollfeld (year?). Pp. 64-67.
20. ↑ ^{a b c d} Deutsche Schachblätter , Edition 10/1934, pp. 150–154.
21. ↑ Wiener Schachzeitung , issue 17-18 / 1934 (August 1934). P. 273.
22. ↑ ^{a b c d} The Chess Review . July 1934. pp. 104-106.
23. ↑ ^{a b c} German chess sheets , edition 11/1934, pp. 176–177.
24. ↑ ^{a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o} Hans Kmoch: World Champion Dr. Alekhine: Bogolyubov beaten 8: 3 in 15 draws . In: Wiener Schachzeitung , issue 12/1934 (June 1934). Pp. 177-181.
25. ↑ ^{a b c d e f} German chess sheets , edition 12/1934. Pp. 191-193.
26. ↑ ^{a b c d} Game analyzes in the Wiener Schachzeitung , issue 14-15 / 1934 (July-August 1934). Pp. 223-231.
27. ↑ ^{a b} Wiener Schachzeitung , edition 13/1934 (July 1934). Pp. 197-199.
28. ↑ German chess sheets , issue 13/1934. July 1, 1934. pp. 203-204.

literature

• Efim Bogolyubov: Chess fight for the world championship . Karlsruhe 1935.
• Emanuel Lasker : Games played in the return match for the world's championship . London 1935.
• Fred Reinfeld and Reuben Fine : A. Alekhine vs. ED Bogoloyubov . David McKay Company, Philadelphia 1934.

Web links

• Games at chessgames.com (English)
• Download the .pgn file with the games from the 1934 World Cup
• Scans of the World Cup reports in the German chess sheets 1934 in the archive of the German Chess Federation

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