Candidates tournament Zurich 1953
The 1953 Zurich Candidates Tournament was the second candidate tournament of the World Chess Federation FIDE and took place from August 29 to October 24 in Zurich and Neuhausen as a double-round tournament with fifteen participants. The players in places one to eight in the Saltsjöbaden 1952 interzonal tournament had qualified for participation. Also eligible to participate were David Bronstein as the loser in the competition for the 1951 World Chess Championship , the players on places two to five in the Budapest Candidates' tournament in 1950 and Max Euwe and Samuel Reshevsky as other participants in the 1948 World Chess Championship .
Vasily Smyslow won by two points and received the right to challenge world champion Mikhail Botvinnik in the 1954 World Chess Championship .
The first seven rounds took place in the Neuhausen parish hall, from round 8 they played in the chamber music hall of the German Congress House in Zurich.
Closing table
Surname | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4th | 5 | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14th | 15th | Points | ||||||||||||||||
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1. | Vasily Smyslow | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 18th | ||
2. | David Bronstein | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | 1 | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 16 | ||
Paul Keres | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 16 | |||
Samuel Reshevsky | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 16 | |||
5. | Tigran Petrosian | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 15th | ||
6th | Efim Geller | 0 | 0 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 1 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 0 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 14½ | ||
Miguel Najdorf | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 1 | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 14½ | |||
8th. | Alexander Kotow | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 0 | ½ | 1 | 0 | 1 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | 1 | 14th | ||
Mark Taimanow | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 14th | |||
10. | Yuri Averbach | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13½ | ||
Isaak Boleslawski | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | 13½ | |||
12. | László Szabó | ½ | ½ | 1 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 13 | ||
13. | Svetozar Gligorić | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 12½ | ||
14th | Max Euwe | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 1 | 0 | 1 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | 1 | ½ | 11½ | ||
15th | Gideon Ståhlberg | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 8th |
literature
- D. I. Bronstein: Medschdunarodnij Turnir Grossmeisterov , Fiskultura i Sport, Moscow 1956. (3rd edition 1983)
- David Bronstein: Great moments of chess. Zurich 1953 , Sportverlag Berlin 1991 (abridged version). ISBN 3328004289 .
- Max Euwe : Chess Elite in Fight. World Championship Candidates Tournament 1953 in Neuhausen and Zurich , Edition Olms, Zurich 1986. ISBN 3283000662 .
- Miguel Najdorf: Zurich 1953. 15 Contenders for the World Chess Championship , Russell Enterprises, Milford 2012. ISBN 9781936490431 .
Individual evidence
- ^ Zurich 1953: A search for traces. In: chessbase.com. September 2, 2019, accessed April 13, 2020 .
Web links
- Individual rounds and final table on schachchronik.de ( Memento from May 31, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
- Highlights on mark-weeks.com