| year
|
place
|
event
|
winner
|
2nd place
|
3rd place
|
| 1949/1950 |
Hastings |
Christmas tournament |
László Szabó ( Hungary ) |
Nicolas Rossolimo ( USA ) |
Max Euwe ( Netherlands )
|
|
1950 * |
Budapest |
Candidates tournament |
David Bronstein ( USSR ), Isaak Boleslawski ( USSR ) |
|
Vasily Smyslow ( USSR )
|
| 1950 |
Mar del Plata |
International tournament |
Svetozar Gligorić ( Yugoslavia ) |
Vasja Pirc ( Yugoslavia ), Carlos Guimard ( Argentina ) |
|
| 1950 |
Szczawno Zdrój |
Przepiorka memorial tournament |
Paul Keres ( USSR ) |
Gedeon Barcza ( Hungary ), László Szabó ( Hungary ) |
|
| 1950 |
Amsterdam |
International tournament |
Miguel Najdorf ( Argentina ) |
Samuel Reshevsky ( USA ) |
Gideon Ståhlberg ( Sweden )
|
| 1950/1951 |
Hastings |
Christmas tournament |
Wolfgang Unzicker ( FRG ) |
Alberic O'Kelly de Galway ( Belgium ), Nicolas Rossolimo ( USA ) |
|
| 1951 |
New York City |
Wertheim memorial tournament |
Samuel Reshevsky ( USA ) |
Max Euwe ( Netherlands ), Miguel Najdorf ( Argentina ) |
|
| 1951 |
Birmingham |
Staunton Memorial Tournament |
Svetozar Gligorić ( Yugoslavia ) |
Vasja Pirc ( Yugoslavia ), Gideon Ståhlberg ( Sweden ), Petar Trifunović ( Yugoslavia ) |
|
| 1951 |
Mariánské Lázně |
Zone tournament |
Luděk Pachman ( Czechoslovakia ) |
László Szabó ( Hungary ) |
Gedeon Barcza ( Hungary ), Gösta Stoltz ( Sweden )
|
| 1951 |
Bad Pyrmont |
Zone tournament |
Svetozar Gligorić ( Yugoslavia ) |
Wolfgang Unzicker ( FRG ) |
Lodewijk Prins ( Netherlands ), Aleksandar Matanović ( Yugoslavia )
|
| 1951/1952 |
Hastings |
Christmas tournament |
Svetozar Gligorić ( Yugoslavia ) |
Daniel Abraham Yanofsky ( Canada ) |
Lothar Schmid ( FRG )
|
| 1952 |
Budapest |
Maroczy Memorial Tournament |
Paul Keres ( USSR ) |
Efim Geller ( USSR ) |
Michail Botwinnik ( USSR ), Gideon Ståhlberg ( Sweden ), Wassili Smyslow ( USSR )
|
| 1952 |
Beverwijk |
Hoogovens tournament |
Max Euwe ( Netherlands ) |
Alberic O'Kelly de Galway ( Belgium ) |
Daniel Abraham Yanofsky ( Canada ), Ludwig Rellstab ( FRG )
|
| 1952 |
Havana |
International tournament |
Samuel Reshevsky ( USA ) |
Miguel Najdorf ( Argentina ) |
Svetozar Gligorić ( Yugoslavia )
|
|
1952 * |
Saltsjöbaden |
Interzonal tournament |
Alexander Kotow ( USSR ) |
Tigran Petrosyan ( USSR ) |
Mark Taimanow ( USSR )
|
| 1953 |
Bucharest |
International tournament |
Alexander Tolusch ( USSR ) |
Tigran Petrosyan ( USSR ) |
Vasily Smyslow ( USSR )
|
|
1953 * |
Neuhausen / Zurich
|
Candidates tournament |
Vasily Smyslow ( USSR ) |
David Bronstein ( USSR ), Paul Keres ( USSR ), Samuel Reshevsky ( USA ) |
|
| 1953 |
Mar del Plata |
International tournament |
Svetozar Gligorić ( Yugoslavia ) |
Miguel Najdorf ( Argentina ) |
Julio Bolbochán ( Argentina )
|
| 1953/1954 |
Hastings |
Christmas tournament |
Hugh O'Donel Alexander ( Ireland ), David Bronstein ( USSR ) |
|
Alberic O'Kelly de Galway ( Belgium )
|
| 1954 |
Bucharest |
International tournament |
Viktor Korchnoi ( USSR ) |
Raschid Neschmetdinov ( USSR ) |
Ratmir Cholmow ( USSR ), Miroslav Filip ( Czechoslovakia )
|
| 1954 |
Prague |
Zone tournament |
Luděk Pachman ( Czechoslovakia ) |
László Szabó ( Hungary ) |
Bogdan Śliwa ( Poland )
|
| 1954 |
Belgrade |
International tournament |
David Bronstein ( USSR ) |
Aleksandar Matanović ( Yugoslavia ) |
Petar Trifunović ( Yugoslavia )
|
| 1954/1955 |
Hastings |
Christmas tournament |
Vasily Smyslow ( USSR ), Paul Keres ( USSR ) |
|
Luděk Pachman ( Czechoslovakia ), László Szabó ( Hungary ), Andrija Fuderer ( Yugoslavia )
|
| 1955 |
Mar del Plata |
International tournament |
Boris Ivkov ( Yugoslavia ) |
Miguel Najdorf ( Argentina ) |
Svetozar Gligorić ( Yugoslavia )
|
| 1955 |
Buenos Aires |
International tournament |
Boris Ivkov ( Yugoslavia ) |
Svetozar Gligorić ( Yugoslavia ) |
Herman Pilnik ( Argentina )
|
| 1955 |
Gothenburg |
Interzonal tournament |
David Bronstein ( USSR ) |
Paul Keres ( USSR ) |
Oscar Panno ( Argentina )
|
| 1955 |
Zagreb |
International tournament |
Vasily Smyslow ( USSR ) |
Boris Ivkov ( Yugoslavia ) |
Aleksandar Matanović ( Yugoslavia )
|
| 1955/1956 |
Hastings |
Christmas tournament |
Viktor Korchnoi ( USSR ), Friðrik Ólafsson ( Iceland ) |
|
Boris Ivkov ( Yugoslavia )
|
| 1956 |
Dresden |
International tournament |
Yuri Averbach ( USSR ), Ratmir Kholmow ( USSR ) |
|
Victor Ciocâltea ( Romania )
|
| 1956 |
Moscow |
Alexander Alekhine Memorial Tournament |
Mikhail Botvinnik ( USSR ), Vasily Smyslow ( USSR ) |
|
Mark Taimanow ( USSR )
|
|
1956 * |
Amsterdam |
Candidates tournament |
Vasily Smyslow ( USSR ) |
Paul Keres ( USSR ) |
David Bronstein ( USSR ), László Szabó ( Hungary ), Efim Geller ( USSR ), Tigran Petrosjan ( USSR ), Boris Spasski ( USSR )
|
| 1956/1957 |
Hastings |
Christmas tournament |
Svetozar Gligorić ( Yugoslavia ), Bent Larsen ( Denmark ) |
|
Friðrik Ólafsson ( Iceland ), Alberic O'Kelly de Galway ( Belgium )
|
| 1957 |
Mar del Plata |
International tournament |
Paul Keres ( USSR ) |
Miguel Najdorf ( Argentina ) |
Alexander Kotow ( USSR ), Oscar Panno ( Argentina )
|
| 1957 |
Beverwijk |
Hoogovens tournament |
Aleksandar Matanović ( Yugoslavia ) |
Gideon Ståhlberg ( Sweden ) |
Jan Hein Donner ( Netherlands )
|
| 1957 |
Gotha |
International tournament |
David Bronstein ( USSR ) |
Luděk Pachman ( Czechoslovakia ) |
Yevgeny Vasyukov ( USSR )
|
| 1957 |
Szczawno Zdrój |
International tournament |
Efim Geller ( USSR ) |
Ratmir Kholmov ( USSR ) |
László Szabó ( Hungary )
|
| 1957 |
Dallas |
International tournament |
Svetozar Gligorić ( Yugoslavia ), Samuel Reshevsky ( USA ) |
|
Bent Larsen ( Denmark ), László Szabó ( Hungary )
|
| 1957/1958 |
Hastings |
Christmas tournament |
Paul Keres ( USSR ) |
Svetozar Gligorić ( Yugoslavia ) |
Miroslav Filip ( Czechoslovakia )
|
| 1958 |
Mar del Plata |
International tournament |
Bent Larsen ( Denmark ) |
William Lombardy ( USA ) |
Erich Eliskases ( Argentina ), Oscar Panno ( Argentina ), Raúl Sanguineti ( Argentina )
|
| 1959 |
Portorož (interzonal tournament) |
Mikhail Tal ( USSR ) |
Svetozar Gligorić ( Yugoslavia ) |
Tigran Petrosjan ( USSR ), Pál Benkő ( USA )
|
| 1959 |
Mar del Plata |
International tournament |
Miguel Najdorf ( Argentina ), Luděk Pachman ( Czechoslovakia ) |
|
Bobby Fischer ( USA ), Boris Ivkov ( Yugoslavia )
|
| 1959 |
Moscow |
Alexander Alekhine Memorial Tournament |
David Bronstein ( USSR ), Vasily Smyslow ( USSR ), Boris Spassky ( USSR ) |
|
|
|
1959 * |
Bled / Zagreb / Belgrade
|
Candidates tournament |
Mikhail Tal ( USSR ) |
Paul Keres ( USSR ) |
Tigran Petrosyan ( USSR )
|
| 1959 |
Zurich |
International tournament |
Mikhail Tal ( USSR ) |
Svetozar Gligorić ( Yugoslavia ) |
Bobby Fischer ( USA ), Paul Keres ( USSR )
|
| 1959 |
Riga |
competition |
Boris Spassky ( USSR ) |
Vladas Mikėnas ( USSR ) |
Alexander Tolusch ( USSR )
|
