Saltsjöbaden Interzonal Tournament 1952

The 1952 interzonal tournament was the second interzonal tournament of the international chess association FIDE and took place from September to October 1952 in the Swedish cities of Saltsjöbaden and Stockholm . Originally started with 22 players, the Argentine Julio Bolbochán gave up after two rounds due to illness. Alexander Kotow confidently secured victory with a three-point lead over second-placed Tigran Petrosyan and, like the players in places two to eight, moved into the 1953 Candidates Tournament , which, however, Vasily Smyslow won.

The first interzonal tournament had already taken place in Saltsjöbaden in 1948 .

Closing table

	Surname	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	11	12	13	14th	15th	16	17th	18th	19th	20th	21st	22nd	total
1.	Alexander Kotow		½	½	½	½	1	1	½	1	1	½	1	½	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1		16½
2.	Tigran Petrosian	½		½	½	½	½	1	½	½	½	1	½	½	½	1	1	½	1	1	1	½		13½
3.	Mark Taimanow	½	½		½	½	½	½	½	1	½	½	½	1	1	1	½	1	½	½	1	1		13½
4th	Efim Geller	½	½	½		½	0	0	1	1	½	½	1	½	½	1	½	1	1	1	1	½		13
5.	Yuri Averbach	½	½	½	½		1	½	0	½	½	½	½	1	½	½	1	½	1	1	1	½		12½
6th	Gideon Ståhlberg	0	½	½	1	0		½	0	0	½	½	½	1	1	½	1	1	1	1	1	1		12½
7th	László Szabó	0	0	½	1	½	½		1	½	1	½	½	½	½	1	1	½	½	1	½	1		12½
8th.	Svetozar Gligorić	½	½	½	0	1	1	0		½	½	½	½	½	1	1	1	0	1	1	½	1		12½
9.	Wolfgang Unzicker	0	½	0	0	½	1	½	½		½	½	0	1	½	½	1	1	1	½	1	1		11½
10.	Erich Eliskases	0	½	½	½	½	½	0	½	½		1	½	0	½	0	½	1	½	1	1	1		10½
11.	Herman Pilnik	½	0	½	½	½	½	½	½	½	0		0	½	½	1	½	½	1	1	½	½		10
12.	Luděk Pachman	0	½	½	0	½	½	½	½	1	½	1		0	½	½	½	1	0	½	½	1		10
13.	Herman Steiner	½	½	0	½	0	0	½	½	0	1	½	1		½	0	0	1	1	½	1	1		10
14th	Aleksandar Matanović	0	½	0	½	½	0	½	0	½	½	½	½	½		0	½	1	½	1	½	1		9
15th	Gedeon Barcza	0	0	0	0	½	½	0	0	½	1	0	½	1	1		1	½	0	0	1	½		8th
16.	Gosta Stoltz	0	0	½	½	0	0	0	0	0	½	½	½	1	½	0		0	1	1	½	1		7½
17th	Luis Augusto Sánchez	0	½	0	0	½	0	½	1	0	0	½	0	0	0	½	1		½	0	1	1		7th
18th	Robert Graham Wade	0	0	½	0	0	0	½	0	0	½	0	1	0	½	1	0	½		½	0	1		6th
19th	Paul Vaitonis	0	0	½	0	0	0	0	0	½	0	0	½	½	0	1	0	1	½		½	0		5
20th	Harry Golombek	0	0	0	0	0	0	½	½	0	0	½	½	0	½	0	½	0	1	½		0		4½
21st	Lodewijk Prins	0	½	0	½	½	0	0	0	0	0	½	0	0	0	½	0	0	0	1	1			4½
22nd	Julio Bolbochan

literature

• Gideon Ståhlberg: Interzonala världsschackturneringen Stockholm-Saltsjöbaden 1952 , Sveriges Schackförbunds Förlag, Örebro 1953

Web links

• Individual rounds and final table on schachchronik.de ( Memento from May 31, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
• Highlights on mark-weeks.com