Bogoljubow–Euwe Match 1928 (First)

Efim Bogoljubow and Max Euwe played ten games in the Netherlands during April and May 1928. Five games were drawn and the five decisive games split three to two in Bogoljubow's favor, giving him the match 5½–4½.

◇The lead changes hands

After two opening draws, Euwe won game three. Bogoljubow immediately equalized in game four, and Euwe moved ahead once more by winning game six.

The decisive swing came in games seven and eight. Bogoljubow won both, turning a one-point deficit into a one-point lead, then held it with draws in games nine and ten.

◇Complete at ten

The historical match table records ten games and a 5½–4½ win for Bogoljubow. The ten games here give exactly that: three Bogoljubow wins, two Euwe wins and five draws.

This is the first of their two ten-game matches in 1928; the later 1928–29 encounter is a separate event in the archive.