World Chess Championship 1927

World Chess Championship 1927

	Defending champion	Challenger
	José Raúl Capablanca	Alexander Alekhine
	15½ Scores 18½
	Born 19 November 1888 38/39 years old	Born 31 October 1892 34/35 years old
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The 1927 World Chess Championship was played between José Raúl Capablanca and Alexander Alekhine, in Buenos Aires from September 16 to November 29, 1927. Alekhine, a Russian, became a naturalised French citizen during the match (on November 5).^[1]

According to the London rules of 1922 proposed by Capablanca, the challenger had to contribute $10,000 ($175,300 in 2023)^[2] to be able to challenge the champion. Alekhine was able to raise that money in 1927. Alekhine demanded that Capablanca fulfill this condition in order to play him in a rematch, but Capablanca was never able to come up with that money.^{[citation needed]}