The Polish team championship in chess in 1961 was the 17th edition of this competition. As in the previous year, the Polish team champion was the team of WKSz Legion Warszawa.
For the preliminary round, 20 teams had qualified in the championships of the voivodships , each of which played a simple round-robin tournament in three regional groups . The three group winners qualified for the final round, for which the first nine of the Polish team championship 1960 were also pre- qualified . The number of points on the board (one point for a win, half a point for a draw, no point for a defeat), then the number of team points (two points for a win, one point for a draw, no point) decided the placement for defeat). The team was eight boards, with a youngster on the seventh board and a woman on the eighth board.
Dates and venue
The regional opening groups were played from October 24th to 30th, 1960, the venues were Olsztyn (Group I), Kielce (Group II) and Warszawa (Group III). The final round took place in Wrocław from April 23-30, 1961 .
Preliminary round
Group I.
Closing table
Pl.
society
Sp
G
U
V
Board P.
MP
01.
KKS Lech Poznań
6th
6th
0
0
32.5: 15.5
12: 0
02.
KS Czarni Kraków
6th
4th
1
1
30.5: 17.5
9: 3
03.
MKSŁ Konradia Gdańsk
6th
3
1
2
26.5: 21.5
7: 5
04th
KKS Warmia Olsztyn
6th
3
0
3
22.0: 26.0
6: 6
05.
KS Olimpia Goleszów
6th
2
0
4th
20.0: 28.0
4: 8
06th
LKSz Legnica
6th
1
1
4th
19.0: 29.0
3: 9
07th
KS Czarni Słupsk
6th
0
1
5
16.5: 31.5
1:11
decisions
qualified for the final round: KKS Lech Poznań
Crosstab
Results
01.
02.
03.
04th
05.
06th
07th
01.
KKS Lech Poznań
5
4½
5½
6½
6th
5
02.
KS Czarni Kraków
3
4th
5½
6½
5½
6th
03.
MKSŁ Konradia Gdańsk
3½
4th
6½
2½
4½
5½
04th
KKS Warmia Olsztyn
2½
2½
1½
6th
4½
5
05.
KS Olimpia Goleszów
1½
1½
5½
2
3½
6th
06th
LKSz Legnica
2
2½
2½
3½
4½
4th
07th
KS Czarni Słupsk
3
2
2½
3
2
4th
Group II
Closing table
Pl.
society
Sp
G
U
V
Board P.
MP
01.
AKS Chorzów
5
5
0
0
29.5: 10.5
10-0
02.
RzKS Juvenia Kraków
5
3
1
1
25.0: 15.0
7: 3
03.
Energetyk Kielce
5
1
2
2
19.5: 20.5
4: 6
04th
KKS Ognisko Białystok
5
2
1
2
16.0: 24.0
5: 5
05.
MKS start Lublin
5
1
0
4th
15.5: 24.5
2: 8
06th
KS Concordia Piotrków Trybunalski
5
1
0
4th
14.5: 25.5
2: 8
decisions
qualified for the final round: AKS Chorzów
Crosstab
Results
01.
02.
03.
04th
05.
06th
01.
AKS Chorzów
6th
4½
6th
6½
6½
02.
RzKS Juvenia Kraków
2
4th
7th
6th
6th
03.
Energetyk Kielce
3½
4th
4th
5
3
04th
KKS Ognisko Białystok
2
1
4th
4½
4½
05.
MKS start Lublin
1½
2
3
3½
5½
06th
KS Concordia Piotrków Trybunalski
1½
2
5
3½
2½
Group III
Closing table
Pl.
society
Sp
G
U
V
Board P.
MP
01.
RKS Ursus Warszawa
6th
5
1
0
33.0: 15.0
11: 1
02.
WKS Gwardia Warszawa
6th
4th
1
1
28.0: 20.0
9: 3
03.
ŁZKS Metalowiec Łódź
6th
3
2
1
28.0: 20.0
8: 4
04th
BKS Budowlani Bydgoszcz
6th
4th
0
2
27.5: 20.5
8: 4
05.
KS Start Ostrów Wielkopolski
6th
1
1
4th
20.5: 27.5
3: 9
06th
Dom Kultury Rac.
6th
1
1
4th
19.5: 28.5
3: 9
07th
KS Warszawianka Warszawa
6th
0
0
6th
9.5: 38.5
0:12
decisions
qualified for the finals: RKS Ursus Warszawa
Crosstab
Results
01.
02.
03.
04th
05.
06th
07th
01.
RKS Ursus Warszawa
6½
4th
4½
6½
5½
6th
02.
WKS Gwardia Warszawa
1½
4th
5
4½
6½
6½
03.
ŁZKS Metalowiec Łódź
4th
4th
3
5½
4½
7th
04th
BKS Budowlani Bydgoszcz
3½
3
5
5
4½
6½
05.
KS Start Ostrów Wielkopolski
1½
3½
2½
3
4th
6th
06th
Dom Kultury Rac.
2½
1½
3½
3½
4th
4½
07th
KS Warszawianka Warszawa
2
1½
1
1½
1
2½
Finals
Closing table
Pl.
society
Sp
G
U
V
Board P.
MP
01.
WKSz Legion Warszawa (M)
11
11
0
0
58.0: 30.0
22: 0
02.
KKS Hetman Wrocław
11
6th
3
2
52.5: 35.5
15: 7
03.
AZS Kraków
11
6th
2
3
49.5: 38.5
14: 8
04th
KS Start Katowice
11
7th
0
4th
47.0: 41.0
14: 8
05.
KKSz WDK Kraków
11
6th
2
3
47.0: 41.0
14: 8
06th
KS Maraton Warszawa
11
5
1
5
46.5: 41.5
11:11
07th
LKS Pogoń Wrocław
11
3
4th
4th
46.5: 41.5
10:12
08th.
MZKS Pocztowiec Poznań
11
4th
2
5
39.0: 49.0
10:12
09.
AKS Chorzów
11
2
1
8th
38.5: 49.5
5:17
10.
SKS start Łódź
11
3
0
8th
38.0: 50.0
6:16
11.
KKS Lech Poznań
11
3
1
7th
34.5: 53.5
7:15
12.
RKS Ursus Warszawa
11
2
0
9
31.0: 57.0
4:18
decisions
Polish team champion: WKSz Legion Warszawa
qualified for the finals of the Polish team championship 1962: WKSz Legion Warszawa, KKS Hetman Wrocław, AZS Kraków, KS Start Katowice, KKSz WDK Kraków, KS Maraton Warszawa, LKS Pogoń Wrocław, MZKS Pocztowiec Poznań, AKS Chorzów
