World Chess Championship 1934

Alekhine had been world champion since 1927. His only previous title defence had been in 1929, also against Bogoljubow, and Alekhine won that match convincingly 15½−9½. Due to the number of alternative challengers to Bogoljubow that were perceived as more worthy challengers at the time, many saw this world championship match as pointless, including Alekhine himself, who said: == Results ==

The first player to win six games and score more than 15 points would be Champion. Alekhine retained the Championship. Games Game 1: Bogoljubov–Alekhine, ½–½ Game 2: Alekhine-Bogoljubov, 1-0 Game 3: Bogoljubov-Alekhine, 1/2-1/2 Game 4: Alekhine-Bogoljubov, 1-0 Game 5: Bogoljubov-Alekhine, 1/2-1/2 Game 6: Alekhine-Bogoljubov, 1/2-1/2 Game 7: Bogoljubov-Alekhine, 1/2-1/2 Game 8: Alekhine-Bogoljubov, 1/2-1/2 Game 9: Bogoljubov-Alekhine, 0-1 Game 10: Alekhine-Bogoljubov, 0-1 Game 11: Bogoljubov-Alekhine, 0-1 Game 12: Alekhine-Bogoljubov, 1/2-1/2 Game 13: Bogoljubov-Alekhine, 1/2-1/2 Game 14: Alekhine-Bogoljubov, 1/2-1/2 Game 15: Bogoljubov-Alekhine, 1/2-1/2 Game 16: Alekhine-Bogoljubov, 1-0 Game 17: Bogoljubov-Alekhine, 0-1 Game 18: Alekhine-Bogoljubov, 1/2-1/2 Game 19: Bogoljubov-Alekhine, 1/2-1/2 Game 20: Alekhine-Bogoljubov, 1/2-1/2 Game 21: Bogoljubov-Alekhine, 0-1 Game 22: Alekhine-Bogoljubov, 1/2-1/2 Game 23: Bogoljubov-Alekhine, 1-0 Game 24: Alekhine-Bogoljubov, 0-1 Game 25: Bogoljubov-Alekhine, 0-1 Game 26: Alekhine-Bogoljubov, 1/2-1/2 == References ==