The fourth international Carlsbad

Karlovy Vary

Karlovy Vary is a spa city situated in western Bohemia, Czech Republic, on the confluence of the rivers Ohře and Teplá, approximately west of Prague . It is named after King of Bohemia and Holy Roman Emperor Charles IV, who founded the city in 1370...

 tournament was held in the Kurhaus Hotel Imperial. Twenty two great masters, under the direction of Viktor Tietz

Viktor Tietz

Viktor Tietz was a Czech–German chess player, chess life organizer and local politician....

, played in the resort Karlsbad (Karlovy Vary) from July 30 to August 28, 1929. Only the 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...

 did not partake but during the event he wrote six reports for The New York Times

The New York Times

The New York Times is an American daily newspaper founded and continuously published in New York City since 1851. The New York Times has won 106 Pulitzer Prizes, the most of any news organization...

. The female world champion Vera Menchik

Vera Menchik

Vera Menchik was a British-Czech chess player who gained renown as the world's first women's chess champion. She also competed in chess tournaments with some of the world's leading male chess masters, defeating many of them, including future World Champion Max Euwe.The daughter of a Czech father...

 did participate. The allowed time was 30 moves in two hours, followed by 15 in one hour. The first prize of 20,000 Kronen

Czechoslovak koruna

The Czechoslovak koruna was the currency of Czechoslovakia from April 10, 1919 to March 14, 1939 and from November 1, 1945 to February 7, 1993...

 had an estimated value of £125.

Rudolf Spielmann

Rudolf Spielmann

Rudolf Spielmann was an Austrian-Jewish chess player of the romantic school, and chess writer.-Career:He was a lawyer but never worked as one....

 made a great start of 9/10. 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...

 joined the first place in round thirteen. Aron Nimzowitsch

Aron Nimzowitsch

Aron Nimzowitsch was a Russian-born Danish unofficial chess grandmaster and a very influential chess writer...

 took the sole lead in the last round.

The results and standings:

#	Player	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	Total
1		x	½	1	½	½	1	1	1	½	½	1	1	½	½	½	1	0	1	½	1	½	1	15.0
2		½	x	0	½	1	½	½	½	½	½	1	½	1	1	1	0	1	1	1	1	½	1	14.5
3		0	1	x	0	½	½	½	½	1	0	½	½	1	1	1	1	½	1	1	1	1	1	14.5
4		½	½	1	x	½	½	½	½	1	1	1	½	½	½	1	½	½	1	½	0	½	1	13.5
5		½	0	½	½	x	1	1	1	0	0	1	½	½	½	½	½	1	½	1	1	½	0	12.0
6		0	½	½	½	0	x	1	½	½	½	½	1	½	1	0	½	½	0	1	1	1	1	12.0
7		0	½	½	½	0	0	x	½	½	1	½	½	½	1	1	½	½	1	½	½	1	1	12.0
8		0	½	½	½	0	½	½	x	½	½	½	0	0	1	1	1	1	0	½	1	1	1	11.5
9		½	½	0	0	1	½	½	½	x	½	½	½	1	0	½	0	1	½	1	½	1	½	11.0
10		½	½	1	0	1	½	0	½	½	x	1	½	0	0	½	½	0	1	0	½	1	1	10.5
11		0	0	½	0	0	½	½	½	½	0	x	1	1	1	0	1	1	1	½	0	½	1	10.5
12		0	½	½	½	½	0	½	1	½	½	0	x	½	½	½	½	½	½	½	½	½	1	10.0
13		½	0	0	½	½	½	½	1	0	1	0	½	x	0	0	0	1	½	1	1	½	1	10.0
14		½	0	0	½	½	0	0	0	1	1	0	½	1	x	1	½	1	0	½	0	1	1	10.0
15		½	0	0	0	½	1	0	0	½	½	1	½	1	0	x	½	½	0	1	1	½	1	10.0
16		0	1	0	½	½	½	½	0	1	½	0	½	1	½	½	x	½	0	½	½	1	0	9.5
17		1	0	½	½	0	½	½	0	0	1	0	½	0	0	½	½	x	1	½	½	1	1	9.5
18		0	0	0	0	½	1	0	1	½	0	0	½	½	1	1	1	0	x	½	0	½	1	9.0
19		½	0	0	½	0	0	½	½	0	1	½	½	0	½	0	½	½	½	x	1	1	1	9.0
20		0	0	0	1	0	0	½	0	½	½	1	½	0	1	0	½	½	1	0	x	½	½	8.0
21		½	½	0	½	½	0	0	0	0	0	½	½	½	0	½	0	0	½	0	½	x	1	6.0
22		0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	½	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	½	0	x	3.0

Nimzowitsch got 20,000 Kronen, Capablanca and Spielmann 12,000 Kronen each, Rubinstein 8,000 Kronen, Becker, Vidmar and Euwe 5,000 Kronen each, and Bogoljubow 3,000 Kronen. Nimzowitsch expected to become challenger of the world champion and expressed his desire on his visiting cards. Unfortunately Alekhine crushed him in the San Remo 1930 chess tournament

San Remo 1930 chess tournament

San Remo 1930 was the first international chess tournament held in the famous San Remo casino. Sixteen chess masters from Europe and the Americas, including the World Champion, played a round robin tournament from 16 January to 4 February 1930...

 and Bled 1931 chess tournament

Bled 1931 chess tournament

Milan Vidmar proposed the major chess tournament that became Bled 1931. His idea was well received in both Ljubljana and the nearby health resort of Bled...

.