Bled 1931 chess tournament
Bled 1931 chess tournament was a major chess tournament proposed by Milan Vidmar and held in 1931 in Bled and Ljubljana, Slovenia, then part of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia.[1]
Al Horowitz noted that Alekhine used his position as world champion to keep Capablanca out of the event.[2] Akiba Rubinstein was invited, but was replaced by Stoltz because Rubinstein accepted the invitation too late.[3]
Fourteen leading chess
gambit style was humiliating for the other players.[5]
Crosstable
| # | Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Alexandre Alekhine (France)
|
** | 1½ | 11 | ½½ | 1½ | 1½ | 11 | 1½ | ½½ | 1½ | 11 | 11 | ½½ | 11 | 20½ |
| 2 |  Efim Bogoljubov (Germany) |
0½ | ** | ½0 | 11 | 0½ | 11 | 1½ | 10 | 0½ | 01 | 00 | 11 | ½1 | 11 | 15 |
| 3 |  Aron Nimzowitsch (Denmark) |
00 | ½1 | ** | 00 | ½½ | 11 | 0½ | ½½ | ½1 | ½½ | 1½ | 1½ | 11 | 0½ | 14 |
| 4 |  Isaac Kashdan (United States) |
½½ | 00 | 11 | ** | ½½ | 0½ | 1½ | 00 | ½½ | 1½ | 10 | 11 | ½½ | ½½ | 13½ |
| 5 |  Milan Vidmar (Kingdom of Yugoslavia) |
0½ | 1½ | ½½ | ½½ | ** | ½0 | ½0 | ½½ | ½0 | 11 | ½½ | ½1 | ½1 | ½½ | 13½ |
| 6 |  Salo Flohr (Czechoslovakia) |
0½ | 00 | 00 | 1½ | ½1 | ** | ½½ | 10 | ½1 | 1½ | 11 | ½0 | ½1 | ½½ | 13½ |
| 7 |  Gösta Stoltz (Sweden) |
00 | 0½ | 1½ | 0½ | ½1 | ½½ | ** | 11 | ½1 | ½½ | ½1 | 00 | 01 | 1½ | 13½ |
| 8 |  Savielly Tartakower (Poland) |
0½ | 01 | ½½ | 11 | ½½ | 01 | 00 | ** | ½½ | ½0 | ½½ | 11 | ½½ | ½½ | 13 |
| 9 |  Rudolf Spielmann (Austria) |
½½ | 1½ | ½0 | ½½ | ½1 | ½0 | ½0 | ½½ | ** | ½½ | 0½ | 00 | 1½ | 11 | 12½ |
| 10 | Borislav Kostić (Kingdom of Yugoslavia) |
0½ | 10 | ½½ | 0½ | 00 | 0½ | ½½ | ½1 | ½½ | ** | ½½ | 01 | 1½ | 11 | 12½ |
| 11 |  Géza Maróczy (Hungary) |
00 | 11 | 0½ | 01 | ½½ | 00 | ½0 | ½½ | 1½ | ½½ | ** | ½1 | ½½ | ½½ | 12 |
| 12 |  Edgar Colle (Belgium) |
00 | 00 | 0½ | 00 | ½0 | ½1 | 11 | 00 | 11 | 10 | ½0 | ** | 0½ | 11 | 10½ |
| 13 | Lajos Asztalos (Kingdom of Yugoslavia) |
½½ | ½0 | 00 | ½½ | ½0 | ½0 | 10 | ½½ | 0½ | 0½ | ½½ | 1½ | ** | 0½ | 9½ |
| 14 | Vasja Pirc (Kingdom of Yugoslavia) |
00 | 00 | 1½ | ½½ | ½½ | ½½ | 0½ | ½½ | 00 | 00 | ½½ | 00 | 1½ | ** | 8½ |
References
- ^ "Bled 1931". Chessgames.com. Retrieved 2014-06-18.
- ^ The World Chess Championship: A History, by I.A. Horowitz, Macmillan, New York, 1973
- ^ Salo Flohr (1976). Far-near (to 45th anniversary of tournament at Lake Bled).
- ^ "bled". Xoomer.alice.it. 2013-03-13. Retrieved 2014-06-18.
- ^ "Baden-Baden 1925, San Remo 1930, Bled 1931 and Moscow 1956". Endgame.nl. Archived from the original on 2012-07-29. Retrieved 2014-06-18.
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