Spanish team championship in chess 1961
The Spanish team championship in chess in 1961 was the fifth edition of this competition. There were eight teams at the start. CA Chardenet Madrid as defending champions and CA Español Barcelona as champions of Catalonia were qualified directly, the remaining starting places were played in qualifying competitions. Real Madrid CF (against CA Tarrasa), CA Don Bosco Madrid (against CC Guipuzcoano San Sebastián), CA Sans (against Casa de la Mancha Madrid), CA Barcelona (against Club Gambito Valencia), Club Palentino (against Ateneo Jovellanos) sat down Gijón) and CM Málaga (v CA Alcoy). The Real Madrid team became champions after a head-to-head race with CA Español Barcelona, while defending champions CA Chardenet Madrid had to settle for third place.
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The eight participating teams played a simple round-robin tournament on four boards. 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).
Dates and venue
The tournament was held from September 10th to 16th at the Real Madrid clubhouse .
Closing table
| Pl. | society | Sp | G | U | V | Board P. | Mannsch.-P. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Real Madrid CF SdA | 7th | 5 | 2 | 0 | 20.5: 7.5 | 12: 2 |
| 2. | CA Español Barcelona | 7th | 5 | 1 | 1 | 19.5: 8.5 | 11: 3 |
| 3. | CA Chardenet Madrid (M) | 7th | 3 | 3 | 1 | 17.0: 11.0 | 9: 5 |
| 4th | CA Don Bosco Madrid | 7th | 3 | 2 | 2 | 15.5: 12.5 | 8: 6 |
| 5. | CA Sans | 7th | 2 | 3 | 2 | 15.0: 13.0 | 7: 7 |
| 6th | CA Barcelona | 7th | 3 | 1 | 3 | 15.0: 13.0 | 7: 7 |
| 7th | Club Palentino | 7th | 1 | 0 | 6th | 6.0: 22.0 | 2:12 |
| 8th. | CM Málaga | 7th | 0 | 0 | 7th | 3.5: 24.5 | 0:14 |
decisions
| Spanish champions: Real Madrid | |
| (M) | Defending champion |
|---|
Crosstab
| Results | 1. | 2. | 3. | 4th | 5. | 6th | 7th | 8th. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | real Madrid | 2½ | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3½ | 4th | 3½ | |
| 2. | CA Español Barcelona | 1½ | 2 | 3½ | 3 | 2½ | 4th | 3 | |
| 3. | CA Chardenet Madrid | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2½ | 1½ | 3 | 4th | |
| 4th | CA Don Bosco Madrid | 1 | ½ | 2 | 2 | 2½ | 3½ | 4th | |
| 5. | CA Sans | 2 | 1 | 1½ | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3½ | |
| 6th | CA Barcelona | ½ | 1½ | 2½ | 1½ | 2 | 3 | 4th | |
| 7th | Club Palentino | 0 | 0 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 2½ | |
| 8th. | CM Málaga | ½ | 1 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 1½ | |
The championship team
| 1. | real Madrid |
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Arturo Pomar Salamanca , M. López, Augusto Menvielle Lacourrelle, Jaime Sicilia Pardo, José Ramón Arrupe Diego de Somonte. |
Web links
- Overview at olimpbase.org (English)