Overview of the events of 1932 in chess
Events in chess in 1932:
Tournaments
No tournaments in 1932 equal the strength of Bled 1931, but several important contests are held.[1]
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 (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.
Bern 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 Esteban Canal at 12, Endre Steiner at 11, and Lajos Steiner and Andor Lilienthal tied at 10½.
British Championship won by Sultan Khan 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 at 8½ and Esteban Canal , 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 at 8½, and Herman Steiner at 7½.
Trebitsch Memorial in Vienna is won by Albert Becker with 9/11, ahead of Ernst Grünfeld with 7½ and Erich Eliskases and Baldur Hönlinger tied at 7.[2]
Matches
Alexander Alekhine remains World Champion as no championship matches are held.[1]
Exhibitions
Several record-breaking exhibitions were held in 1932.[1]
George Koltanowski played 160 boards simultaneously at Antwerp , with 135 wins, 18 draws, and 6 losses.[3]
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.