Alekhine and Bogoljubow at the start of their 1929 World Championship Match

This photograph captures world champion Alexander Alekhine alongside his challenger for the 1929 World Championship Match, Efim Bogoljubow, at the match’s outset in Wiesbaden, Germany. The photo was taken at the studio of Karl Konrad Kurzrock. The caption on the back of the photograph reads: “Weltmeisterschaft. Aljechin, von Schlichting, Römmig, Bogoljubow” (translated to English: “World championship. Alekhine, von Schlichting, Römmig, Bogoljubow”). Hermann Römmig was the Treasurer of the German Chess Union at the time. The match concluded with Alekhine emerging victorious by 15½-9½.