Although his Soviet rivals forecast disaster for him , he scored an undefeated shared first place ( +6 = 8 ) with Capablanca , 1\/2 point ahead of current World Champion Max Euwe and rising American stars Reuben Fine and Samuel Reshevsky , and 1 point ahead of ex-champion Alexander Alekhine .
Krylenko authorized his participation and , although his Soviet rivals forecast disaster for him , he scored an undefeated shared first place ( +6 = 8 ) with Capablanca , 1\/2 point ahead of the then World Champion Max Euwe and rising American stars Reuben Fine and Samuel Reshevsky , and 1 point ahead of ex-champion Alexander Alekhine .