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Zurich 1934 chess tournament

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155:—a nine-year layoff. Lasker started strong, beginning the tournament with a fine win playing black against Euwe in round 1. After 7 rounds Lasker was tied for the lead with Flohr at 5½ points. At age 65 and being out of practice, Lasker was at a disadvantage in a long tournament and lost in rounds 8, 10 and 12 to Bogoljubov, Nimzowitsch, and Alekhine to finish at a very creditable fifth with 10 points. This was the only time that Alekhine, Bogoljubov and Nimzowitsch beat Lasker. Earlier in round 5 Ståhlberg and Lasker played for the first time in their careers, with the younger Swede victorious. 1532: 1453: 2401: 2322: 2243: 2164: 2006: 1927: 1848: 1374: 1295: 1611: 957: 936: 894: 866: 640: 549: 351: 330: 323: 253: 943: 908: 633: 556: 386: 309: 1013: 1006: 999: 992: 985: 978: 971: 964: 950: 929: 922: 915: 901: 887: 880: 873: 859: 852: 696: 689: 682: 675: 668: 661: 654: 647: 626: 619: 612: 605: 598: 591: 584: 577: 570: 563: 393: 379: 372: 365: 358: 344: 337: 316: 302: 295: 288: 281: 274: 267: 260: 246: 846: 543: 240: 1769: 1690: 1216: 2085: 1131:
Euwe was again on the white side of a Queen's Gambit Declined in round 5 against Alekhine. Euwe won a pawn and the game with 31. Nf7!. After 31...Kxf7 32. Qh5+ Ke7 33. Rxe6+ Kxe6 34. Re1+ Kd6 35. Qc5+ Kd7 36. Qf5+ Black will be mated. Instead Alekhine gave up a pawn with 31...Qe8 32. Rxe6 Qxe6 33.
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Lasker's queen and rook. Lasker turned the tables by trading his queen for a rook, knight and pawn, winning with 35...Qxe5! 36. Nf6+ Qxf6 37. Rxf6 Nxf6 38. Rc1 Ne4 39. Be2 Nd4 40. Bf3 Nxf2 41. Qc4 Nd3 42. Rf1 Ne5 43. Qb4 Nexf3+ 44. gxf3 Ne2+ 45. Kh2 Nf4+ 46. Kh1 R2d4 47. Qe7 Kg7 48. Qc7 R8d5 49. Re1
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In round 12 Alekhine defeated Lasker for the only time in yet another Queen's Gambit Declined. After 25. Nd6-f5+ Kg7-h8 (see diagram), Alekhine forced Lasker to resign at once with 26. Qxg6! as Black has no defense against the threat of Qg7# (26...hxg6 27. Rh3+ Nh6 28. Rxh6#).
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made it impossible for Flohr to arrange a match. Flohr was leading after 11 rounds, but Alekhine caught up in round 12 when they each had 10 points, a half point ahead of Euwe and a full point ahead of Bogoljubov. Alekhine took the lead in round 13 with a win over
116:(Czechoslovakia). Alekhine won with 13/15 points, his only loss being to Euwe who finished tied for second with Flohr at 12. Alekhine again demonstrated his superiority over his contemporaries, although his winning margin of 1 point was much narrower than at 78:(United States). There were no Soviet players either, and they would not return to international competition until the next year. This type of international tournament in which one third to one half of players were from the host country was first used at 177:(Switzerland), Bernstein is reported to have asked "Am I not a chess idiot?" When Lasker agreed, Bernstein had the former world champion sign an affidavit attesting to that fact. 151:, his second attempt to challenge Alekhine. At Zurich he finished fourth at 11½, a half point behind Euwe and Flohr. Lasker was returning to competition for the first time since 161:(Denmark) was formerly a world championship contender, but in 1934 his health was declining and he would die just a year later at age 48. He finished tied for sixth with 127:
About a month before the tournament began, Euwe had accepted Alekhine's terms for a championship match to be held in the autumn of the next year. Euwe would win that
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The tournament pitted seven Swiss players against nine internationals, including six of the world's leading players. The major omissions were
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created the title in 1950. According to a well-known anecdote, after missing a winning line against
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from 14 to 29 July 1934 to commemorate the 125th anniversary of
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tied for second-third. The tournament also served as the 1934
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Nd8 Qe4 34. Nxc6 but was forced to resign on his 53rd move.
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against Euwe. After 35. Ng3-e4 (see diagram) Euwe's knight
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Index

Zürich 1934 chess tournament
chess
Zurich
Schachgesellschaft Zürich
Alexander Alekhine
Max Euwe
Salo Flohr
Swiss Championship
Hans Johner
José Raúl Capablanca
Samuel Reshevsky
Moscow 1925
Moscow 1935
Kemeri 1937
world champion
Alexander Alekhine
Emanuel Lasker
Efim Bogoljubov
Max Euwe
Salo Flohr
Bled 1931
San Remo 1930
1935 World Championship match
Great Depression
German occupation of Czechoslovakia
Gideon Ståhlberg
1934 World Championship match
Moscow 1925
Aron Nimzowitsch
Ossip Bernstein

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