Strong tournaments played by World Champion #4 - Alexander Alekhine

 Alexander Alekhine

World Champion: 1927-1835, 1935-1946

Timeframe covered: 1910-1943 (34 years)

Total tournaments played: 50 (29 wins)

Total tournaments played as World Champion: 18 (15 wins)


Year

Tournament

Players

Rank

Other Top 10 Players

Score

Points

Position

1910

Hamburg

17

Unrated

#5, #6, #7, #8, #10

+1

8.5/16

=7

1911

Karlsbad

26

#17

#2, #3, #5, #6, #7, #8, #9, #10

+2

13.5/25

=8

1912

Russian Championship (Vilnius)

11

#14

#2, #6

=

9.5/19

=6

1914

Russian Championship (St Petersburg)

18

#4

#5

+10

13.5/17

=1 (pl)

1914

St Petersburg

11 in preliminaries, 5 qualified to finals

#4

#1, #2, #3, #5, #6

+2

10/18 (6/10 in preliminaries, 4/8 in finals)

3

1914

Mannheim

18

#4

#5, #6, #10

+8

9.5/11 (tournament unfinished)

1

1921

Triberg

5

Unrated (inactivity)

#3

+6

7/8

1

1921

Budapest

12

Unrated (inactivity)

#3, #4, #6

+6

8.5/11

1

1921

The Hague

10

Unrated (inactivity)

#2, #4, #6, #8, #9

+7

8/9

1

1922

Bad Pistyan

19

#2

#6, #7, #8, #9

+11

14.5/18

=2

1922

London

16

#2

#1, #3, #4, #6, #10

+8

11.5/15

2

1922

Hastings

6

#2

#3, #7

+5

7.5/10

1

1922

Vienna

15

#2

#3, #6, #7, #8, #9

+4

9/14

=4

1923

Margate

8

#2

#7, #9

+2

4.5/7

=2

1923

Karlsbad

18

#2

#3, #4, #5, #7, #9

+6

11.5/17

=1

1924

New York

11

#1

#2, #3, #7, #8, #9, #10

+4

12/20

3

1925

Paris

5

#3

#10

+5

6.5/8

1

1925

Baden-Baden

21

#3

#4, #5, #6, #7, #8, #10

+12

16/20

1

1925/1926

Hastings

10

#3

 

+8

8.5/9

=1

1926

Semmering

18

#2

#5, #7, #8, #9

+8

12.5/17

2

1926

Dresden

10

#2

#5, #7, #8

+5

7/9

2

1927

New York

6

#3

#4, #5, #7, #8

+3

11.5/20

2

1927

Kesckemet

20 (10 players in two preliminary groups, 4 players from each group, totalling 8, qualify to finals)

#3

#5

+9

12/16 (8/9 in preliminaries, 4/7 in finals)

1

1929

Bradley Beach

10

#2

 

+8

8.5/9

1

1930

San Remo

16

#1

#3, #4, #5, #7, #8, #9

+13

14/15

1

1931

Bled

14

#1

#3, #4, #5, #8, #9, #10

+15

20.5/26

1

1932

London

12

#1

#3, #7, #9, #10

+7

9/11

1

1932

Bern

16

#1

#4, #6, #7, #10

+10

12.5/25

1

1932

Mexico City

10

#1

#3

+8

8.5/9

=1

1932

Pasadena

12

#1

#3

+6

8.5/11

1

1933

Paris

10

#1

#9

+7

8/9

1

1933/1934

Hastings

10

#1

#3

+4

6.5/9

=2

1934

Zurich

16

#1

#3, #4, #5

+11

13/15

1

1936

Bad Nauheim

10

#2

#5, #9

+4

6.5/9

=1

1936

Dresden

10

#2

#5, #9

+4

6.5/9

1

1936

Podebrady

18

#2

#3,

+8

12.5/17

2

1936

Nottingham

15

#3

#1, #2, #4, #5, #6, #7, #8

+4

9/14

6

1936

Amsterdam

8

#2

#1

+2

4.5/7

3

1936/1937

Hastings

10

#5

#7

+7

8/9

1

1937

Margate

10

#4

#7, #9

+3

6/9

3

1937

Kemeri

18

#4

#5, #6, #7, #8

+6

11.5/17

4

1937

Bad Nauheim/Stuttgart/Garmisch

4

#4

#3

+1

3.5/6

=2

1938

AVRO Tournament (Netherlands)

8

#2

#1, #3, #4, #5, #6, #7, #8

=

7/14

=4

1941

Munich

16

#5

 

+6

10.5/15

=2

1941

Krakow/Warsaw

12

#5

 

+6

8.5/11

=1

1942

Salzburg

6

#8

#5, #10

+5

7.5/10

1

1942

Munich

12

#3

#4

+6

8.5/11

1

1942

Prague

12

#7

 

+6

8.5/11

=1

1943

Prague

20

#2

#5

+15

17/19

1

1943

Salzburg

6

#1

#4, #10

+5

7.5/10

=1


* Hastings 1925/1926 - Vidmar was a top 10 standard player but rating fell due to inactivity. 

** Bradley Beach 1929 - Marshall recently ranked in the top 10, in 1928.

*** Munich 1941 - Stoltz won tournament ahead of reigning World Champion.

**** Krakow/Warsaw 1941 - Schmidt shared victory with reigning World Champion.

***** Prague 1942 - Junge shared victory with reigning World Champion.

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