Candidates Tournament 1956

Candidates Tournament 1956 Amsterdam
Smyslov (1956)

Amsterdam 1956 was a chess tournament won by Vasily Smyslov.[1] It was the Candidates Tournament for the 1957 World Chess Championship match between Smyslov and Mikhail Botvinnik.

# Player 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Total
1  Vasily Smyslov (USSR) xx ½½ ½½ 0½ ½½ ½1 11 ½1 1½ ½1 11½
2  Paul Keres (USSR) ½½ xx ½½ ½½ ½½ ½1 ½½ ½0 1½ 1½ 10
3  Laszlo Szabo (Hungary) ½½ ½½ xx 1½ ½½ ½½ ½1 0½ ½½ 01 9½
4  Boris Spassky (USSR) 1½ ½½ 0½ xx ½½ ½1 0½ ½½ ½½ ½1 9½
5  Tigran Petrosian (USSR) ½½ ½½ ½½ ½½ xx 0½ 01 1½ ½½ 1½ 9½
6  David Bronstein (USSR) ½0 ½0 ½½ ½0 1½ xx ½1 1½ ½½ ½1 9½
7  Efim Geller (USSR) 00 ½½ ½0 1½ 10 ½0 xx 11 ½1 1½ 9½
8  Dr. Miroslav Filip (Czechoslovakia) ½0 ½1 1½ ½½ 0½ 0½ 00 xx 10 ½1 8
9  Oscar Panno (Argentina) 0½ 0½ ½½ ½½ ½½ ½½ ½0 01 xx 1½ 8
10  Hermann Pilnik (Argentina) ½0 0½ 10 ½0 0½ ½0 0½ ½0 0½ xx 5

References

  1. ^ Wood, Baruch H. 1956. The world championship candidates' tournament Holland 1956. Sutton Coldfield, England: Chess.
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