Euwe–Bogoljubow Match 1941

Euwe takes a ten-game match at wartime Karlsbad
20 July – 2 August 1941 · Karlsbad, now Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic
Euwe won 6½–3½

Max Euwe defeated Efim Bogoljubow 6½–3½ in a ten-game match at Karlsbad. Euwe won five games, Bogoljubow two, and three were drawn across a conventional two-week master-match schedule.

Euwe turns the match in the middle rounds

Euwe won the opener before Bogoljubow equalized in game three. Three consecutive Euwe victories in games four, five and six established a lead that the final four games could not erase.

Bogoljubow won game ten, but Euwe had already clinched the match by winning game nine. All ten games survive.

Cross table

6½–3½
Euwe won · official result +5-2=3
Player 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Pts
Euwe 1½0111½½10 6½
Bogoljubov 0½1000½½01 3½

1 win · ½ draw · 0 loss — click a game number to replay it.