Interzonal tournament Gothenburg 1955

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The 1955 interzonal tournament was the third interzonal tournament of the international chess association FIDE and took place from August to September 1955 in the Swedish city of Gothenburg . 21 players took part. Places 1 to 9 subsequently entitle them to take part in the candidates' tournament in Amsterdam , in which Vasily Smyslow also took part as the loser of the previous World Cup fight.

Closing table

Surname 1 2 3 4th 5 6th 7th 8th 9 10 11 12 13 14th 15th 16 17th 18th 19th 20th 21st total
1. Soviet Union 1955Soviet Union Dawid Bronstein 1 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 15th
2. Soviet Union 1955Soviet Union Paul Keres 0 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 ½ 1 1 0 1 ½ ½ 1 13½
3. ArgentinaArgentina Óscar Panno 0 0 ½ 0 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 ½ 13
4th Soviet Union 1955Soviet Union Tigran Petrosian ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 12½
5. Soviet Union 1955Soviet Union Efim Geller 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 1 ½ 1 1 1 ½ 1 12
6th Hungary 1949Hungary László Szabó ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 1 12
7th CzechoslovakiaCzechoslovakia Miroslav Filip ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 0 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 11
8th. ArgentinaArgentina Herman Pilnik ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 11
9. Soviet Union 1955Soviet Union Boris Spassky ½ 0 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 0 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 0 1 1 ½ 11
10. Soviet Union 1955Soviet Union Georgi Iliwitski ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 10½
11. CzechoslovakiaCzechoslovakia Luděk Pachman ½ 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 10½
12. ArgentinaArgentina Miguel Najdorf ½ 0 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 0 0 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 0 9½
13. ArgentinaArgentina Carlos Guimard ½ 0 0 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 0 1 ½ 0 ½ 1 9½
14th Yugoslavia Socialist Federal RepublicYugoslavia Braslav Rabar ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 0 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 0 1 0 9
15th Yugoslavia Socialist Federal RepublicYugoslavia Andrija Fuderer 0 0 ½ ½ 0 0 1 0 ½ ½ 0 1 0 ½ 1 1 1 1 0 ½ 9
16. Germany Federal RepublicFederal Republic of Germany Wolfgang Unzicker 0 0 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 8½
17th SwedenSweden Gideon Ståhlberg 0 1 ½ 0 0 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 8th
18th United States 48United States Arthur Bisguier 0 0 0 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 0 ½ 0 ½ 1 1 8th
19th Spain 1945Spain Antonio Medina García 0 ½ 0 0 0 0 ½ ½ 0 0 0 ½ 1 1 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 0 5½
20th NetherlandsNetherlands Johannes Hendrikus Donner 0 ½ 0 0 ½ 0 0 0 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 1 0 ½ 0 1 ½ 5½
21st Poland 1944Poland Bogdan Śliwa 0 0 ½ 0 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 ½ 1 0 1 ½ 0 0 0 1 ½ 5½

Subsequent playoff

In January 1956, Pachman and Ilwizki played a playoff for a place in the candidates' tournament. Pachman won 3½: 2½. After five draws, the Czech won the sixth game. The result was ultimately inconsequential, as no substitute was needed in the candidates' tournament.

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