Soviets Organized a Tournament to Show Their Supremacy, But One Man Wouldn't Have It

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Following the successes in international tournaments of Moscow (1925) and Moscow (1935), Nikolai Vasilyevich Krylenko again sought to stun the chess world and the Soviet Union with a third international event between Soviet masters and their foreign counterparts. This time, however, he conceived of a more rigorous format, with the ten players (five Soviets and five foreigners) in a double round robin competition. The lineup was impressive, with Capablanca and Lasker being invited back a third time to compete in Moscow, in addition to the previous year's winners, Botvinnik and Flohr. The tournament was held in Moscow's famous Hall of Columns from May 14 to June 8. Capablanca's near flawless accuracy and superiority in the endgame proved to be instrumental in winning first prize by a full point over the future world champion Botvinnik. Lasker, who had always finished ahead of his successor to the crown in prior tournaments, started out strongly, but at 67 years of age he became fatigued more easily and his performance suffered during the second cycle. The tournament brought immense excitement and interest, both to the citizens of the Soviet Union and to the greater world at large. Capablanca's first place was to be one of the last successes against the Soviet Chess School before the triumph of Robert James Fischer 36 years later. It was also the last hurrah for Krylenko, the founder and organizer of the tournament. He was arrested in January 1938, tried and executed later that year.

Mikhail Botvinnik vs Emanuel Lasker
Moscow (1936), Moscow URS, rd 10, May-27
Catalan Opening: Closed Variation (E07)

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. d4 Nbd7 7. Nc3 dc4 8. e4 c6 9. a4 a5 10. Qe2 Nb6 11. Rd1 Bb4 12. Ne5 Qe7 13. Be3 Bd7 14. Nc4 Nc4 15. Qc4 b5 16. Qe2 Rab8 17. ab5 cb5 18. e5 Ne8 19. d5 ed5 20. Nd5 Qe5 21. Nb4
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