Bled 1931 chess tournament
- Bled 1931 chess tournament
Milan Vidmar was the instigator of the major chess tournament that became Bled 1931. His idea was well received in both Ljubljana (his birthplace) and the nearby health resort of Bled. An organizing committee was set up and at the end of July 1931, following the 4th Chess Olympiad in Prague this committee commissioned Hans Kmoch to conduct the negotiations with the competitors for a double round tournament to be held at Lake Bled. [http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chesscollection?cid=1010036]
José Raúl Capablanca could not be invited due to his problems with world champion Alexander Alekhine. Fourteen important chess players accepted the invitation. The players stayed at the Hotel Toplice and it was here that most of the tournament except Round 19 (held in Ljubljana) took place. Round one started in the large salon on August 23. Alekhine obtained a very sound triumph: he didn't lose a single one of his twenty-six games, and won the tournament 5½ points before Bogoljubow! [http://xoomer.alice.it/cserica/scacchi/storiascacchi/tornei/1900-49/1931bled.htm] His gambit style was humiliating for the other players. [http://www.endgame.nl/bled1931.htm]
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