Moscow 1935 chess tournament

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Moscow 1935 was the second international chess tournament held in Moscow, taking place from 15 February to 15 March 1935.[1] Salo Flohr and future world champion Mikhail Botvinnik tied for first, followed by former world champions Emanuel Lasker and José Raúl Capablanca.

Tournament field[]

The single round-robin tournament was organized along the lines of Moscow 1925, with twelve Soviet players and eight international players.[2] Of the twelve Soviets, only four, Grigory Levenfish, Peter Romanovsky, Ilya Rabinovich and Fedir Bohatyrchuk had played at the 1925 event.[2]

Salo Flohr (Czechoslovakia) was internationally renowned and considered a world championship contender. Later, Flohr would be in the inaugural group to receive the grandmaster title when it was introduced by FIDE in 1950.[3] Mikhail Botvinnik (Soviet Union) was known as a rising star at age 24 and two years earlier had drawn a match with Flohr.[4] He would later become world champion in 1948. Botvinnik and Flohr (together with Levenfish) jumped out to an early lead in the tournament. After round 15, Flohr led Botvinnik by half a point. Botvinnik won in round 16 while Flohr only drew to bring the two into a first-place tie, the tournament's ultimate result as both players drew all their games in the final three rounds. Botvinnik had scored only 50% in his final nine games.[4]

Emanuel Lasker (Germany) and José Raúl Capablanca (Cuba) were former world champions. At age 66, Lasker was undefeated, beating Capablanca in their individual game and finishing third, a half point ahead of Capablanca in fourth place.[2] Reuben Fine hailed Lasker's result at age 66 as "a biological miracle."[5] Rudolph Spielmann (Austria), finished fifth.[2]

Crosstable[]

# Player 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Total
1  Salo Flohr (Czechoslovakia) X ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 1 ½ ½ 13
2  Mikhail Botvinnik (Soviet Union) ½ X ½ ½ 1 0 1 ½ 1 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 0 1 ½ 1 1 13
3  Emanuel Lasker (Germany) ½ ½ X 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 12½
4  José Raúl Capablanca (Cuba) ½ ½ 0 X ½ 1 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ 0 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 12
5  Rudolf Spielmann (Austria) ½ 0 ½ ½ X ½ ½ ½ 0 1 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 11
6  Ilya Kan (Soviet Union) ½ 1 0 0 ½ X ½ 0 1 0 1 1 ½ ½ 0 1 1 ½ ½ 1 10½
7  Grigory Levenfish (Soviet Union) ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ X ½ ½ ½ 0 1 1 ½ 1 1 1 ½ 0 1 10½
8  Andor Lilienthal (Hungary) ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ X 0 ½ 0 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 1 1 ½ 10
9  Viacheslav Ragozin (Soviet Union) ½ 0 ½ 0 1 0 ½ 1 X 0 ½ 1 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 1 10
10  Peter Romanovsky (Soviet Union) 0 0 ½ ½ 0 1 ½ ½ 1 X 1 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 0 1 1 10
11  Ilya Rabinovich (Soviet Union) 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 0 1 1 ½ 0 X 0 1 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ 1 1 9½
12  Nikolai Riumin (Soviet Union) ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ 0 0 0 0 1 1 X 0 ½ 0 1 1 1 ½ 1 9½
13  Vladimir Alatortsev (Soviet Union) ½ ½ ½ 0 0 ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ 0 1 X 0 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 9½
14   (Soviet Union) 0 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 X ½ ½ 0 1 1 1 9½
15  Georgy Lisitsin (Soviet Union) 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 0 ½ X 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 9
16  Fedor Bohatirchuk (Soviet Union) 0 1 ½ ½ ½ 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 X ½ ½ 0 ½ 8
17  Gideon Ståhlberg (Sweden) 0 0 ½ ½ 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ X ½ 1 1 8
18  Vasja Pirc (Yugoslavia) 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 0 1 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ X 1 1 7½
19  Vitaly Chekhover (Soviet Union) ½ 0 0 0 0 ½ 1 0 ½ 0 0 ½ 0 0 ½ 1 0 0 X 1 5½
20  Vera Menchik (England) ½ 0 0 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 0 0 X 1½

Notes[]

  1. ^ https://www.chessgames.com/perl/chess.pl?tid=79233
  2. ^ a b c d Golombek 1977, p. 206
  3. ^ Hooper & Whyld 1992, pp. 141–142
  4. ^ a b Pachman 1972, p. 100
  5. ^ Fine 1976, p. 51

References[]

  • Fine, Reuben, ed. (1976), The World's Great Chess Games, Dover, ISBN 0-486-24512-8
  • Golombek, Harry, ed. (1977), Golombek's Encyclopedia of Chess, Crown Publishing, ISBN 0-517-53146-1
  • Hooper, David; Whyld, Kenneth (1992), The Oxford Companion to Chess (2 ed.), Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-280049-3
  • Pachman, Ludĕk (1972) [English trans. 1975, Dover ed. 1987], Decisive Games in Chess History, Dover, ISBN 0-486-25323-6
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