Bled 1931 chess tournament
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Milan Vidmar
proposed the major chess tournament that became Bled 1931. His idea was well received in both Ljubljana
(his birthplace) and the nearby health resort of Bled
. An organizing committee was set up, and at the end of July 1931, following the 4th Chess Olympiad
in Prague this committee commissioned Hans Kmoch
to conduct the negotiations with the competitors for a double round tournament to be held at Lake Bled.
José Raúl Capablanca
could not be invited due to his disputes with world champion Alexander Alekhine
. Fourteen leading chess masters accepted their invitations. The players stayed at the Hotel Toplice and it was here that most of the tournament except Round 19 (held in Ljubljana) took place. Round one started in the large salon on August 23. Alekhine won decisively, not losing a single game and winning the tournament 5½ points ahead of Efim Bogoljubow
. His gambit style was humiliating for the other players.
Milan Vidmar
Milan Vidmar was a Slovene electrical engineer, chess player, chess theorist, philosopher, and writer. He was a specialist in power transformers and transmission of electric current.- Biography :...
proposed the major chess tournament that became Bled 1931. His idea was well received in both Ljubljana
Ljubljana
Ljubljana is the capital of Slovenia and its largest city. It is the centre of the City Municipality of Ljubljana. It is located in the centre of the country in the Ljubljana Basin, and is a mid-sized city of some 270,000 inhabitants...
(his birthplace) and the nearby health resort of Bled
Bled
Bled is a municipality in northwestern Slovenia in the region of Upper Carniola. The area, within the Julian Alps, is a popular tourist destination.-History:...
. An organizing committee was set up, and at the end of July 1931, following the 4th Chess Olympiad
4th Chess Olympiad
The 4th Chess Olympiad, organized by the Fédération Internationale des Échecs and comprising an open and women's tournament, as well as several events designed to promote the game of chess, took place between July 11 and July 26, 1931, in Prague, Czechoslovakia...
in Prague this committee commissioned Hans Kmoch
Hans Kmoch
Johann "Hans" Joseph Kmoch was an Austrian-Dutch-American chess International Master , International Arbiter , and a chess journalist and author, for which he is best known....
to conduct the negotiations with the competitors for a double round tournament to be held at Lake Bled.
José Raúl Capablanca
José Raúl Capablanca
José Raúl Capablanca y Graupera was a Cuban chess player who was world chess champion from 1921 to 1927. One of the greatest players of all time, he was renowned for his exceptional endgame skill and speed of play...
could not be invited due to his disputes with world champion Alexander Alekhine
Alexander Alekhine
Alexander Alexandrovich Alekhine was the fourth World Chess Champion. He is often considered one of the greatest chess players ever.By the age of twenty-two, he was already among the strongest chess players in the world. During the 1920s, he won most of the tournaments in which he played...
. Fourteen leading chess masters accepted their invitations. The players stayed at the Hotel Toplice and it was here that most of the tournament except Round 19 (held in Ljubljana) took place. Round one started in the large salon on August 23. Alekhine won decisively, not losing a single game and winning the tournament 5½ points ahead of Efim Bogoljubow
Efim Bogoljubow
Efim Dmitriyevich Bogolyubov was a Russo-German chess grandmaster who won numerous events and played two matches with Alexander Alekhine for the world championship.-Early career:...
. His gambit style was humiliating for the other players.
| # | Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | / | ** | 1½ | 11 | ½½ | 1½ | 1½ | 11 | 1½ | ½½ | 1½ | 11 | 11 | ½½ | 11 | 20.5 |
| 2 | / | 0½ | ** | ½0 | 11 | 0½ | 11 | 1½ | 10 | 0½ | 01 | 00 | 11 | ½1 | 11 | 15.0 |
| 3 | / | 00 | ½1 | ** | 00 | ½½ | 11 | 0½ | ½½ | ½1 | ½½ | 1½ | 1½ | 11 | 0½ | 14.0 |
| 4 | ½½ | 00 | 11 | ** | ½½ | 0½ | 1½ | 00 | ½½ | 1½ | 10 | 11 | ½½ | ½½ | 13.5 | |
| 5 | / | 0½ | 1½ | ½½ | ½½ | ** | ½0 | ½0 | ½½ | ½0 | 11 | ½½ | ½1 | ½1 | ½½ | 13.5 |
| 6 | / | 0½ | 00 | 00 | 1½ | ½1 | ** | ½½ | 10 | ½1 | 1½ | 11 | ½0 | ½1 | ½½ | 13.5 |
| 7 | 00 | 0½ | 1½ | 0½ | ½1 | ½½ | ** | 11 | ½1 | ½½ | ½1 | 00 | 01 | 1½ | 13.5 | |
| 8 | 0½ | 01 | ½½ | 11 | ½½ | 01 | 00 | ** | ½½ | ½0 | ½½ | 11 | ½½ | ½½ | 13.0 | |
| 9 | ½½ | 1½ | ½0 | ½½ | ½1 | ½0 | ½0 | ½½ | ** | ½½ | 0½ | 00 | 1½ | 11 | 12.5 | |
| 10 | / | 0½ | 10 | ½½ | 0½ | 00 | 0½ | ½½ | ½1 | ½½ | ** | ½½ | 01 | 1½ | 11 | 12.5 |
| 11 | 00 | 11 | 0½ | 01 | ½½ | 00 | ½0 | ½½ | 1½ | ½½ | ** | ½1 | ½½ | ½½ | 12.0 | |
| 12 | 00 | 00 | 0½ | 00 | ½0 | ½1 | 11 | 00 | 11 | 10 | ½0 | ** | 0½ | 11 | 10.5 | |
| 13 | / | ½½ | ½0 | 00 | ½½ | ½0 | ½0 | 10 | ½½ | 0½ | 0½ | ½½ | 1½ | ** | 0½ | 9.5 |
| 14 | / | 00 | 00 | 1½ | ½½ | ½½ | ½½ | 0½ | ½½ | 00 | 00 | ½½ | 00 | 1½ | ** | 8.5 |