AVRO 1938

Tournament Netherlands 1938

The Dutch radio company AVRO gathered the eight best players alive — the strongest tournament yet held — as a de facto world-championship qualifier on the eve of war.

Games (36)

½-½ Alexander Alekhine vs Mikhail Botvinnik 1938 · AVRO 1938 · Queen's Indian Defense: Classical Variation, Traditional Variation, Main Line The Classical Era 1-0 Alexander Alekhine vs José Raúl Capablanca 1938 · AVRO 1938 · French Defense: Tarrasch Variation, Closed Variation The Classical Era 1-0 Alexander Alekhine vs Euwe, Max 1938 · AVRO 1938 · Slav Defense: Exchange Variation, Symmetrical Line The Classical Era 0-1 Alexander Alekhine vs Fine, Reuben 1938 · AVRO 1938 · Ruy Lopez: Open, Classical Defense The Classical Era 1-0 Alexander Alekhine vs Flohr, Salo 1938 · AVRO 1938 · Ruy Lopez: Closed The Classical Era ½-½ Alexander Alekhine vs Keres, Paul 1938 · AVRO 1938 · Nimzo-Indian Defense: Normal Variation, Bernstein Defense, Exchange Line The Classical Era ½-½ Alexander Alekhine vs Reshevsky, Samuel Herman 1938 · AVRO 1938 · Nimzo-Indian Defense: Romanishin Variation The Classical Era 1-0 Mikhail Botvinnik vs Alexander Alekhine 1938 · AVRO 1938 · Queen's Gambit Declined: Semi-Tarrasch Defense, Pillsbury Variation The Classical Era 1-0 The AVRO Masterpiece Mikhail Botvinnik vs José Raúl Capablanca 1938 · AVRO 1938 · Nimzo-Indian Defense: Rubinstein System ⚙ Analysed The Classical Era ½-½ Mikhail Botvinnik vs Euwe, Max 1938 · AVRO 1938 · English Opening: Agincourt Defense The Classical Era ½-½ Mikhail Botvinnik vs Fine, Reuben 1938 · AVRO 1938 · Four Knights Game: Spanish Variation, Rubinstein Variation The Classical Era ½-½ Mikhail Botvinnik vs Flohr, Salo 1938 · AVRO 1938 · Grünfeld Defense: Russian Variation The Classical Era ½-½ Mikhail Botvinnik vs Keres, Paul 1938 · AVRO 1938 · Nimzo-Indian Defense: Sämisch Variation The Classical Era 1-0 Mikhail Botvinnik vs Reshevsky, Samuel Herman 1938 · AVRO 1938 · English Opening: King's English Variation, Taimanov Variation The Classical Era ½-½ José Raúl Capablanca vs Alexander Alekhine 1938 · AVRO 1938 · Queen's Indian Defense: Classical Variation The Classical Era ½-½ José Raúl Capablanca vs Mikhail Botvinnik 1938 · AVRO 1938 · Grünfeld Defense: Three Knights Variation, Hungarian Variation The Classical Era 1-0 José Raúl Capablanca vs Euwe, Max 1938 · AVRO 1938 · Nimzo-Indian Defense: Classical Variation, Noa Variation The Classical Era ½-½ José Raúl Capablanca vs Fine, Reuben 1938 · AVRO 1938 · Nimzo-Indian Defense: Classical Variation, Noa Variation The Classical Era 1-0 José Raúl Capablanca vs Flohr, Salo 1938 · AVRO 1938 · Grünfeld Defense: Brinckmann Attack, Grünfeld Gambit The Classical Era ½-½ José Raúl Capablanca vs Keres, Paul 1938 · AVRO 1938 · Nimzo-Indian Defense: Rubinstein System, Rubinstein Variation, Main Line The Classical Era ½-½ José Raúl Capablanca vs Reshevsky, Samuel Herman 1938 · AVRO 1938 · Grünfeld Defense: Brinckmann Attack, Reshevsky Gambit The Classical Era ½-½ Euwe, Max vs Alexander Alekhine 1938 · AVRO 1938 · Queen's Indian Defense: Fianchetto Variation, Nimzowitsch Variation, Nimzowitsch Attack The Classical Era 1-0 Euwe, Max vs Mikhail Botvinnik 1938 · AVRO 1938 · Grünfeld Defense: Russian Variation The Classical Era 1-0 Euwe, Max vs José Raúl Capablanca 1938 · AVRO 1938 · Queen's Indian Defense: Classical Variation, Traditional Variation, Nimzowitsch Line The Classical Era 1-0 Fine, Reuben vs Alexander Alekhine 1938 · AVRO 1938 · Ruy Lopez: Morphy Defense, Modern Steinitz Defense The Classical Era 1-0 Fine, Reuben vs Mikhail Botvinnik 1938 · AVRO 1938 · French Defense: Winawer Variation, Advance Variation The Classical Era ½-½ Fine, Reuben vs José Raúl Capablanca 1938 · AVRO 1938 · French Defense: Winawer Variation, Bogoljubow Variation The Classical Era ½-½ Flohr, Salo vs Alexander Alekhine 1938 · AVRO 1938 · Queen's Indian Defense: Fianchetto Variation The Classical Era ½-½ Flohr, Salo vs Mikhail Botvinnik 1938 · AVRO 1938 · Grünfeld Defense: Brinckmann Attack, Grünfeld Gambit Accepted The Classical Era ½-½ Flohr, Salo vs José Raúl Capablanca 1938 · AVRO 1938 · Slav Defense: Czech Variation, Classical System, Main Line The Classical Era ½-½ Keres, Paul vs Alexander Alekhine 1938 · AVRO 1938 · Caro-Kann Defense: Panov Attack, Modern Defense, Carlsbad Line The Classical Era ½-½ Keres, Paul vs Mikhail Botvinnik 1938 · AVRO 1938 · Queen's Indian Defense: Fianchetto Variation, Kramnik Variation The Classical Era 1-0 Keres, Paul vs José Raúl Capablanca 1938 · AVRO 1938 · French Defense: Tarrasch Variation, Open System, Main Line The Classical Era ½-½ Reshevsky, Samuel Herman vs Alexander Alekhine 1938 · AVRO 1938 · Nimzo-Indian Defense: St. Petersburg Variation The Classical Era ½-½ Reshevsky, Samuel Herman vs Mikhail Botvinnik 1938 · AVRO 1938 · Nimzo-Indian Defense: Reshevsky Variation The Classical Era ½-½ Reshevsky, Samuel Herman vs José Raúl Capablanca 1938 · AVRO 1938 · Nimzo-Indian Defense: Classical Variation, Modern Variation The Classical Era