Moscow 1925 chess tournament

This international super-tournament, organised by Nikolai Krylenko, was held in Moscow, the Soviet Union, from 10 November to 8 December 1925. It was the world's first state-sponsored chess tournament.[1] There were eleven foreign stars and ten Soviet masters. World champion José Raúl Capablanca and his predecessor Emanuel Lasker both participated. A race between them, as in the New York 1924 chess tournament, was expected before the tournament, but Efim Bogoljubow won a sensational victory. Lasker finished 1½ points behind Bogoljubow and just ahead of Capablanca.

The event aroused great interest among the Soviet citizens. Hundreds of spectators followed the games in Hotel Metropol and ten of thousands watched demonstration boards downtown. Bogoljubow's win was regarded as a Soviet victory; however, shortly after this in 1926, like Alexander Alekhine he left the Soviet Union and became a German citizen. Later Bogoljubow and Alekhine were called "renegades" in the USSR.[2]

The film Chess Fever used a number of scenes from the tournament, and even featured Capablanca playing himself. The Cuban-Soviet film Capablanca has its main plot during the tournament.

Results

The results and standings:[3][4]

#Player123456789101112131415161718192021Total
1 Efim Bogoljubow (Soviet Union)x½0½110½11½11½111111115½
2 Emanuel Lasker (Germany)½x½1½0½1½111110½1½½1114
3 José Raúl Capablanca (Cuba)1½x11½½½½010½½½½1111113½
4 Frank James Marshall (United States)½00x½011½0111111½0½1112½
5 Savielly Tartakower (Poland)0½0½x½1½½½½111½11½½½½12
6 Carlos Torre Repetto (Mexico)01½1½x½0½½01½½1½0111112
7 Richard Réti (Czechoslovakia)1½½00½x1011½0½½11½1½½11½
8 Peter Romanovsky (Soviet Union)½0½0½10x10½100111½11111½
9 Ernst Grünfeld (Austria)0½½½½½10x1½½½0½11½½½½10½
10 Alexander Ilyin-Genevsky (Soviet Union)0011½½010x½01½0½1½½1110½
11 Fedor Bogatyrchuk (Soviet Union)½000½10½½½x½½1½1½½½½110
12 Boris Verlinsky (Soviet Union)001000½0½1½x111½01½10
13 Rudolf Spielmann (Austria)00½00½11½0½0x11½½1½01
14 Akiba Rubinstein (Poland)½0½00½½11½000x1001111
15 Grigory Levenfish (Soviet Union)01½0½0½0½1½000x11½½1½9
16 Ilya Rabinovich (Soviet Union)0½½00½000½0½½10x1½111
17 Fred Yates (England)000½010000½1½100x1½017
18 Friedrich Sämisch (Germany)0½01½0½½½½½000½½0x010
19 Solomon Gotthilf (Soviet Union)0½0½½000½½½½½0½0½1x0½
20 Fyodor Duz-Khotimirsky (Soviet Union)0000½0½0½0½01000101x16
21 Nikolai Zubarev (Soviet Union)0000½0½0½00100½001½0x


References

  1. "Russian Chess History by Bill Wall". 2009-10-28. Archived from the original on 2009-10-28. Retrieved 2019-11-20.
  2. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2016-08-18. Retrieved 2008-10-17.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. Sericano, Claudio. "Mosca 1925". La grande storia degli scacchi (in Italian). Retrieved 2019-11-20.
  4. "WebCite query result". www.webcitation.org. Archived from the original on 2009-10-25. Retrieved 2019-11-20.
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