Events in chess in 1932: *Canadian Chess Federation (later renamed Chess Federation of Canada) replaces the Canadian Chess Association, and for the first time all major cities in Canada are represented. *

Buchholz system The Buchholz system (also spelled Buchholtz) is a ranking or scoring system in chess developed by Bruno Buchholz (died ca. 1958) in 1932, for Swiss system tournaments . It was originally developed as an auxiliary scoring method, but more recentl ...

for tie-breaking in tournaments is developed by Bruno Bucholz.

Tournaments

No tournaments in 1932 equal the strength of Bled 1931, but several important contests are held. * Hastings 1931/2 won by Salo Flohr (Czechoslovakia) scoring 8/9, followed by Isaac Kashdan (United States) with 7½. Further back were Max Euwe (Netherlands) at 5½ and

Mir Sultan Khan Sultan Khan ( Punjabi and ur, , 1903 – 25 April 1966; commonly referred to with honorifics as ''Mir Sultan Khan'' or ''Mir Malik Sultan Khan'') was a South Asian chess player, and later a citizen of Pakistan, who is thought to have been the ...

(India) at 4½. *London "Sunday Referee" tournament featured five players from Hastings (Flohr, Kashdan, Sultan Khan, Sir George Thomas, and Vera Menchik) with the addition of Alexander Alekhine (France), Savielly Tartakower, and Géza Maróczy. Alekhine won 9/11, followed by Flohr at 8 and Kashdan and Khan tied at 7½. *

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featured the most important tournament of the year, with ten Swiss players and six foreign masters. Alekhine won scoring 12½/15, followed by Euwe and Flohr at 11½, Sultan Khan at 11, and Ossip Bernstein and Efim Bogoljubov at 10½. * Pasadena won by Alekhine 8½/11, followed by Kashdan at 7½, and Arthur Dake, Samuel Reshevsky, and Herman Steiner at 6. * Mexico City hosts the first international chess tournament held in Mexico. Alekhine and Kashdan share first with 8½/9, followed by Captain José Joaquín Araiza (champion of Mexico and organizer of the tournament) at 6. * Hungarian Championship won by Géza Maróczy 13/17 ahead of

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at 12, Endre Steiner at 11, and

Lajos Steiner Lajos Steiner (14 June 1903, in Nagyvárad ( Oradea) – 22 April 1975, in Sydney) was a Hungarian–born Australian chess master. Steiner was one of four children of Bernat Steiner, a mathematics teacher, and his wife Cecilia,(née Schwarz) ...

and Andor Lilienthal tied at 10½. * British Championship won by

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8½/11, followed by C. H. O'D Alexander, at 8, Sir George Thomas at 7, R. P. Michell at 6½, and Theodore Tylor and defending champion Frederick Yates tied at 6. * Bad Sliač won by Salo Flohr and Milan Vidmar tied at 9½/13, followed by

Vasja Pirc Vasja Pirc () (December 19, 1907 – June 2, 1980) was a Slovenian chess player. He is best known in competitive chess circles as a strong exponent of the hypermodern defense now generally known as the Pirc Defense. Pirc was champion of Yug ...

at 8½ and

, Géza Maróczy, and Rudolf Spielmann at 8. * Western Chess Association Championship at Minneapolis won by Reuben Fine with 9½, followed by Samuel Reshevsky at 9,

Fred Reinfeld Fred Reinfeld (January 27, 1910 – May 29, 1964) was an American writer on chess and many other subjects. He was also a strong chess master, often among the top ten American players from the early 1930s to the early 1940s, as well as a college ...

at 8½, and Herman Steiner at 7½. *

Trebitsch Memorial Leopold Trebitsch Memorial Tournament was a chess competition organized by the family of Austrian silk manufacturer Leopold Trebitsch. Twenty tournaments were played in Vienna between 1907 and 1938.Vienna is won by Albert Becker with 9/11, ahead of

Ernst Grünfeld ---- Ernst Franz Grünfeld (November 21, 1893 – April 3, 1962) was an Austrian chess player and writer, mainly on opening theory. He was among the inaugural recipients of the grandmaster title in 1950. Life and career Grünfeld was bor ...

with 7½ and Erich Eliskases and

Baldur Hönlinger Baldur Hönlinger (Hoenlinger) (7 July 1905 – 12 March 1990) was an Austrian chess master who participated in tournaments and competitions from the 1920s to the 1950s. A native of Vienna, Baldur Hönlinger played at first board (+8 -3 =4) for Au ...

tied at 7.

Matches

Alexander Alekhine remains World Champion as no championship matches are held. * Max Euwe and Salo Flohr draw a match played in Amsterdam (2 wins each and 4 draws) and Prague (1 win each and 6 draws). * Rudolf Spielmann wins a match in Semmering against Efim Bogoljubov, 4 to 3 and 3 draws. *Spielmann defeats Gösta Stoltz in a match in

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by 4½-1½. *Flohr beats

2 to 1 and 2 draws. *Euwe beats Spielmann 2 to 0 and 2 draws.

Exhibitions

Several record-breaking exhibitions were held in 1932. * George Koltanowski played 160 boards simultaneously at

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, with 135 wins, 18 draws, and 6 losses.These numbers add up to 159, but are given in ''The Chess Review'', Vol. 1. No. 1, p. 4. Perhaps one game was not finished. *Koltanowski also holds the blindfold simultaneous record with 30 boards, winning 20 and drawing 10 with no losses. * Alexander Alekhine played 60 teams of five players each in Paris, winning 37, drawing 17, and losing 6. * José Raúl Capablanca played 66 teams of five players each in Havana, winning 46, drawing 16, and losing 4.

Births

Fufi Santori José Santori Coll (May 7, 1932 – April 2, 2018) was a Puerto Rican basketball player and coach. Santori was also, for a short period late in his life, a bachata singer; he recorded an album, named ''El Sentimiento de Fufi'' (''Fufi's Feelin ...

in Santurce, Puerto Rico *January 16 –

Victor Ciocâltea Victor Ciocâltea (January 16, 1932 – September 10, 1983) was a Romanian chess player. He was awarded the International Master title in 1957 and the International Grandmaster title in 1978. Among his notable games is the one at the 15th Che ...

in Bucharest, Romanian GM and many time Romanian Champion *March 23 – Larry Evans in Manhattan, American GM and four-time winner of the US Championship *April 21 –

Lora Yakovleva Lora Grigoryevna Yakovleva (russian: Лора Григорьевна Яковлева, also transliterated Jakovleva; born April 21, 1932 in Perm) is a Russian chess player who holds the ICCF title of Lady Grandmaster (LGM). She was the secon ...

in Perm, Women's World Correspondence Champion (1972–1977) *June 15 – Hrvoje Bartolović in Zagreb, problemist *July 2 – Leopold Mitrofanov in Leningrad, problemist *August 11 – István Bilek in Budapest, Hungarian GM *September 14 – Carlos Jáuregui in Santiago, Chilean-Canadian player *November 1 – Yair Kraidman in Haifa, Israeli GM

Deaths

*January 12 – Daniël Noteboom, 21, Dutch player, namesake of the Noteboom Variation of the Slav Defense *April 20 – Edgard Colle, 34, Belgian player, namesake of the Colle System *April 22 – Alexander Fritz, 79, German player, namesake of the Fritz Variation of the Two Knights Defense *April 22 –

Sándor Takács Sándor Takács (10 February 1893 – 22 April 1932) was a Hungarian chess master, born Károly Sydlauer in Miskolc, Hungary. Career In 1922, Takács took 13th in Vienna (Akiba Rubinstein won). In 1924, he took 6th in Meran (Ernst Grünfeld wo ...

, 39, Hungarian player *June 15 –

Louis van Vliet Louis Moses (Mozes) van Vliet (17 August 1854, AmsterdamPeter de JongNews from the Past – Louis van Vlietat chess club.org – 15 June 1932, London) was a Dutch chess master. Personal life Van Vliet was the son of Annaatje Philip van Cleef ...

, 77, Dutch player *November 4 –

Rudolf Loman Rudolf Loman (14 October 1861 – 5 November 1932) was a Dutch chess master, the son of Abraham Dirk Loman. Born in Amsterdam, Loman lived in London for a number of years. He played chess for money against rich Englishmen, like his Dutch pupil Ja ...

, 71, Dutch player, winner of several unofficial Dutch Championships *November 10 – Frederick Yates, 48, English chess player and six-time British Champion *November 25 – Fritz Riemann, 73, German player *November 16 – Hermanis Matisons, 38, Latvian player and problemist

References

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