Candidates Tournament 1956

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Candidates Tournament 1956 Amsterdam
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Smyslov (1956)

Amsterdam 1956 was a chess tournament won by Vasily Smyslov. [1] It was the Candidates Tournament for the 1957 World Chess Championship match between Smyslov and Mikhail Botvinnik.

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1Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Vasily Smyslov  (USSR)xx½½½½½½½111½1½111½
2Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Paul Keres  (USSR)½½xx½½½½½½½1½½½010
3Flag of Hungary (1946-1949, 1956-1957; 1-2 aspect ratio).svg  Laszlo Szabo  (Hungary)½½½½xx½½½½½1½½01
4Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Boris Spassky  (USSR)½½xx½½½1½½½½½1
5Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Tigran Petrosian  (USSR)½½½½½½½½xx01½½
6Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  David Bronstein  (USSR)½0½0½½½0xx½1½½½1
7Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Efim Geller  (USSR)00½½½010½0xx11½1
8Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Dr. Miroslav Filip  (Czechoslovakia)½0½1½½00xx10½18
9Flag of Argentina.svg  Oscar Panno  (Argentina)½½½½½½½½½001xx8
10Flag of Argentina.svg  Hermann Pilnik  (Argentina)½010½0½0½0xx5

References

  1. Wood, Baruch H. 1956. The world championship candidates' tournament Holland 1956. Sutton Coldfield, England: Chess.