Candidates tournament Budapest 1950

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The Candidates Tournament Budapest 1950 was the first candidate tournament of the World Chess Federation FIDE and took place from April 11th to May 20th 1950 in Budapest as a double-round tournament with ten participants. Vasily Smyslow and Paul Keres were placed as participants in the Moscow World Cup tournament in 1948 , plus the top placed at the Saltsjöbaden 1948 interzonal tournament . Max Euwe and Samuel Reshevsky , participants in the Moscow tournament, were unable to attend. Reuben Fine also received an invitation, but, as in 1948, showed no interest.

After 18 laps, David Bronstein was able to catch up with the leading Isaak Boleslawski . So both were tied at the top. From July 31st to August 27th there was then a playoff in Moscow for participation in the 1951 World Cup . After twelve games it was a draw, the first game decided in favor of an opponent made Bronstein a World Cup challenger.

The players in places three to five were eligible to participate in the next candidates tournament.

Closing table

Surname 1 2 3 4th 5 6th 7th 8th 9 10 Points
1 Soviet Union 1923Soviet Union Isaak Boleslawski ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 12
2 Soviet Union 1923Soviet Union David Bronstein ½ ½ 0 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 ½ 0 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 12
3 Soviet Union 1923Soviet Union Vasily Smyslow 0 ½ 1 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 0 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 10
4th Soviet Union 1923Soviet Union Paul Keres ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 0 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 9½
5 ArgentinaArgentina Miguel Najdorf ½ ½ 0 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ 9
6th Soviet Union 1923Soviet Union Alexander Kotow 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 0 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 0 1 0 1 ½ 8½
7th SwedenSweden Gideon Ståhlberg ½ ½ 1 0 1 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 8th
8th Soviet Union 1923Soviet Union Andor Lilienthal ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 0 0 1 ½ ½ 1 0 ½ ½ 7th
9 Hungary 1949Hungary László Szabó ½ 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 0 1 ½ ½ 0 1 1 0 7th
10 Soviet Union 1923Soviet Union Salo Flohr 0 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 1 7th

Playoff

Surname 1 2 3 4th 5 6th 7th 8th 9 10 11 12 13 14th Points
1 Soviet Union 1923Soviet Union David Bronstein 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 7½
2 Soviet Union 1923Soviet Union Isaak Boleslawski 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 0 6½

Individual evidence

  1. ^ P. Feenstra Kuiper: Hundred years of chess tournaments. The most important chess tournaments 1851-1950 , W. ten Have, Amsterdam 1964, p. 241.

literature

  • EGR Cordingley: World Chess Championship Candidates' Tournament Budapest 1950 , David Regis, Devon 2006.
  • Gideon Ståhlberg: Budapestturneringen 1950 , Sveriges Schackförbunds Förlag, Örebro 1951.

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