The third international chess tournament (the first

Carlsbad 1907 chess tournament The Carlsbad 1907 chess tournament was one of four well-known international chess tournaments held in the spa city of Carlsbad (Bohemia, then Austria-Hungary Empire). The other tournament years were 1911, 1923 and 1929 This year marked the ...

, the second Carlsbad 1911 chess tournament) was held in the health resort of

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(''German:'' Karlsbad, ''Czech:'' Karlovy Vary), Czechoslovakia. The eighteen participants, under the direction of

Viktor Tietz Viktor Tietz (13 April, 1859, Rumburg ( cs, Rumburk, northwest Bohemia, Austrian Monarchy 8 December, 1937, Karlsbad ( cs, Karlovy Vary), Bohemia, Czechoslovakia) was an ethnic-German Austrian and Czechoslovak chess player, chess life organizer a ...

, played their games in the Helenenhof Imperial Hotel, from April 27 to May 22, 1923. Alexander Alekhine showed great fighting chess and took the lead. But tailender Rudolf Spielmann defeated him in the penultimate round, and Géza Maróczy caught up.

Efim Bogoljubow Efim Bogoljubow ( or ), also known as Ewfim Dimitrijewitsch Bogoljubow, ( (); also Romanized ''Bogoljubov'', ''Bogolyubov''; uk, Юхим Дмитрович Боголюбов, Yukhym Dmytrovych Boholiubov; April 14, 1889 – June 18, 1952) ...

joined the lead in the last round. The results and standings: : The three winners earned 3,505

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for their victory, with Alekhine earning an additional "Prize of Honor," a crystal goblet worth 1,000 Kčs, and Bogoljubov receiving a cash prize worth half Alekhine's prize. The tournament also saw the distribution of ten brilliancy prizes, including three "first prizes" which went to Alekhine for his win against Grünfeld, Nimzowitsch for his win against Yates, and Yates for his win against Alekhine.

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