The Carlsbad 1929 chess tournament was one of four well-known international

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tournaments held in the spa city of

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(Karlovy Vary, Bohemia,

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). The other tournament years were

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, 1911 and

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. The 1929 Carlsbad tournament was held at the Kurhaus (Kaiserbad) imperial bath hotel. Twenty-two masters, 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 ...

, participated from July 30 to August 28, 1929. The world champion

Alexander Alekhine Alexander Aleksandrovich Alekhine, ''Aleksándr Aleksándrovich Alékhin''; (March 24, 1946) was a Russian and French chess player and the fourth World Chess Champion, a title he held for two reigns. By the age of 22, Alekhine was already a ...

did not play but he wrote six reports for ''

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'' during the tournament. Women's world champion Vera Menchik participated. The results and standings: : 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 was the first international chess tournament held in the San Remo casino. Sixteen chess masters including the world champion Alexander Alekhine, played a round-robin tournament from 16 January to 4 February 1930. The games were played ...

and

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. José Raúl Capablanca was not invited due to his disputes with world champ ...

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