Candidates Tournament 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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1 Vasily Smyslov (USSR)xx½½½½½½½111½1½111½
2 Paul Keres (USSR)½½xx½½½½½½½1½½½010
3 Laszlo Szabo (Hungary)½½½½xx½½½½½1½½01
4 Boris Spassky (USSR)½½xx½½½1½½½½½1
5 Tigran Petrosian (USSR)½½½½½½½½xx01½½
6 David Bronstein (USSR)½0½0½½½0xx½1½½½1
7 Efim Geller (USSR)00½½½010½0xx11½1
8 Dr. Miroslav Filip (Czechoslovakia)½0½1½½00xx10½18
9 Oscar Panno (Argentina)½½½½½½½½½001xx8
10 Hermann Pilnik (Argentina)½010½0½0½0xx5
Candidates Tournament 1956 Amsterdam
Smyslov (1956)

References

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