The Carlsbad 1929 chess tournament was one of four well-known international chess tournaments held in the spa city of Carlsbad (Karlovy Vary, Bohemia, Czechoslovakia).
[1] The 1929 Carlsbad tournament was held at the Kurhaus (Kaiserbad) imperial bath hotel.
[1] Twenty-two masters, under the direction of Viktor Tietz, participated from July 30 to August 28, 1929.
The world champion Alexander Alekhine did not play but he wrote six reports for The New York Times during the tournament.
Nimzowitsch expected to become challenger of the world champion and expressed his desire on his visiting cards.