Candidates tournament Amsterdam 1956

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Amsterdam 1956

The Candidates Tournament Amsterdam 1956 was the third candidate tournament of the world chess federation FIDE , which determined the challenger of the chess world champion. The double-round tournament took place from March 27th to May 1st in Amsterdam with ten participants.

In addition to the defeated finalist of the 1954 World Chess Championship , Vasily Smyslow , those players who had qualified at the Gothenburg interzonal tournament in 1955 (ranks one to nine) took part. As in the 1953 Candidates ' tournament, Smyslow won and again earned the right to challenge world champion Mikhail Botvinnik in a title fight .

Closing table

Surname 1 2 3 4th 5 6th 7th 8th 9 10 Points
1 Soviet Union 1955Soviet Union Vasily Smyslow ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 11½
2 Soviet Union 1955Soviet Union Paul Keres ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 0 1 ½ 10
3-7 Soviet Union 1955Soviet Union David Bronstein ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ 1 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 9½
3-7 Soviet Union 1955Soviet Union Efim Geller 0 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 1 0 ½ 0 1 ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 ½ 9½
3-7 Soviet Union 1955Soviet Union Tigran Petrosian ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 9½
3-7 Hungary 1949Hungary László Szabó ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 1 9½
3-7 Soviet Union 1955Soviet Union Boris Spassky 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 9½
8-9 ArgentinaArgentina Óscar Panno 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 1 1 ½ 8th
8-9 CzechoslovakiaCzechoslovakia Miroslav Filip ½ 0 ½ 1 0 ½ 0 0 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 0 ½ 1 8th
10 ArgentinaArgentina Herman Pilnik ½ 0 0 ½ ½ 0 0 ½ 0 ½ 1 0 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ 0 5

literature

  • Max Euwe and WJ Mühring: The Candidates Tournament for the 1956 World Cup , W. ten Have, Amsterdam 1956.
  • Abramow, L. Турнир Гроссмейстеров в Амстердаме Fiskultura i Sport, Moscow 1958.

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