International master tournament, Bled

23-08-1931 > 20-09-1931

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 Tot
1 Alekhine, Alexander Alexandrovich FRA – 1½ 11 1½ ½½ 11 1½ 1½ 1½ ½½ 11 11 ½½ 11 20½
2 Bogolyubov, Efim Dmitriyevich GER 0½ – ½0 11 11 1½ 0½ 10 01 0½ 00 11 ½1 11 15
3 Nimzowitsch, Aaron DEN 00 ½1 – 11 00 0½ ½½ ½½ ½½ ½1 1½ 1½ 11 0½ 14
4 Flohr, Salomon CZE 0½ 00 00 – 1½ ½½ ½1 10 1½ ½1 11 ½0 ½1 ½½ 13½
5 Kashdan, Isaac USA ½½ 00 11 0½ – 1½ ½½ 00 1½ ½½ 10 11 ½½ ½½ 13½
6 Stoltz, Gösta SWE 00 0½ 1½ ½½ 0½ – ½1 11 ½½ ½1 ½1 00 01 1½ 13½
7 Vidmar, Milan YUG 0½ 1½ ½½ ½0 ½½ ½0 – ½½ 11 ½0 ½½ ½1 ½1 ½½ 13½
8 Tartakower, Ksawery POL 0½ 01 ½½ 01 11 00 ½½ – ½0 ½½ ½½ 11 ½½ ½½ 13
9 Kostić, Borislav YUG 0½ 10 ½½ 0½ 0½ ½½ 00 ½1 – ½½ ½½ 01 1½ 11 12½
10 Spielmann, Rudolf AUT ½½ 1½ ½0 ½0 ½½ ½0 ½1 ½½ ½½ – 0½ 00 1½ 11 12½
11 Maróczy, Géza HUN 00 11 0½ 00 01 ½0 ½½ ½½ ½½ 1½ – ½1 ½½ ½½ 12
12 Colle, Edgard BEL 00 00 0½ ½1 00 11 ½0 00 10 11 ½0 – 0½ 11 10½
13 Asztalos, Lajos HUN ½½ ½0 00 ½0 ½½ 10 ½0 ½½ 0½ 0½ ½½ 1½ – 0½ 9½
14 Pirc, Vasja YUG 00 00 1½ ½½ ½½ 0½ ½½ ½½ 00 00 ½½ 00 1½ – 8½

In this tournament, Alekhine realised one of the best performances by anyone ever: 5½ points clear of a field containing most of the world’s greatest masters of that time, with the exceptions of Lasker, Capablanca and Euwe. The games are widely available, e.g. in [2]. [1] gives the crosstable. Which game comes from which round was found in [3]. Note that the two last rounds of the second half were played in the opposite order as the last two rounds of the first half. The exact dates were kindly provided by Mr. Philip Jurgens, quoting [4].

Wanted

  • Not much.

Sources

  1. P. Feenstra Kuiper, Hundert Jahre Schachturniere 1851-1950, Ten Have 1964
  2. ChessBase
  3. La Nation Belge 28/08-02/10/1931
  4. H. Kmoch, Bled 1931, International Chess Tournament, Caissa Editions, 1987
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