World Chess Championship 1927
The World Chess Championship 1927 was a battle between the reigning world chess champion José Raúl Capablanca, Alexander Alekhine and his challenger. Alekhine won and became the fourth world champion in chess history.
Prehistory
After Capablanca had become world champions at the competition in 1921, it various masters such as Rubinstein, Nimzowitsch and Alekhine wanted to ask. However, this failed to correspond with the financial demands Capablanca. Eventually Alekhine to guarantee with the help of the Argentine government, the price demanded money.
The New York tournament in the spring of 1927 to the dress rehearsal. Capablanca won there with 3 ½ points ahead of Alekhine, whom he beat crushing in a game ( three other matches ended in a draw ). Given this success and his overall record against Alekhine (3-0 after wins at 7 draws ) was Capablanca as the favorite for the upcoming world title fight.
Organization and rules
It was played in Buenos Aires.
The number of lots was not limited. Winner should be the one who would have achieved first 6 wins. Is not obvious is whether there was an additive rule, which should retain his title with a 5-5 Capablanca, so he needed only a draw, while Alekhine had to win at least 6-4.
Referee of the competition was Dr. Querencio; However, the Alekhine thanked in his book, even with the then and later chairman of the Argentine chess clubs, Dr. Molina- Carranza and Dr. Gabaret. The coverage in the local press was carried out by C. Gray for La Nación, Ellermann A. for La Prensa, C. Portelain in La Razon and C. Celaja in La Critica. Alekhine 's second was Daniel Deletang.
The prize fund amounted to $ 10,000. Of these, the defending champion received in advance 20 percent. Of the remaining sum of the winner got 60 percent and the loser 40 percent. The total cost of the competition for the Organising Club Argentino de Ajedrez amounted to almost 40,000 pesos.
Course
The match began on 16 September 1927. Than two months later, on 29 November, the fight in favor of Alekhine was decided.. With 34 games, it was the second-longest championship fight of all time, surpassed only by the aborted World Cup 1984 Another special feature was the choice of opening: All games played except the first and third were the Queen's Gambit Declined.
Follow
After his unexpected defeat Capablanca was looking for revenge - but to changed conditions: The number of games should be limited, and the prize money should be significantly lower. However, the Alekhine insisted strictly on the terms that Capablanca had previously set itself. The fact that Capablanca directly after the fight in the press irrelevant negative had expressed about Alekhine's chess skills, also did nothing to change his mind. The two were bitter enemies, neither greeting nor word changed in encounters in the tournament hall. Capablanca died in 1942 without a rematch had come about.