Chess Olympiad 1956

XII Chess Olympiad
	Details
Location	USSR , Moscow
Member countries	34
Number of chess players	197
Number of parties	1220
The opening ceremony	August 31, 1956
Opened	-
Closing ceremony	September 25, 1956
Champion (men)	USSR
Champion (Women)	-

The 12th Chess Olympiad was held in Moscow from August 31 to September 25, 1956 with the participation of 34 countries.

Content

Lineups

Final A

the USSR

Botvinnik , Syslov , Keres , Bronstein , Taymanov , Geller

Yugoslavia

Gligorich , Matanovich , Ivkov , Karaklaich , Milich , Dzhurashevich

Hungary

Clogs , Bartsa , Benko , Silady , Bay , Portish

Argentina

Naydorf , Hoole. Bogochan , Panel , File , Sanguinetti , Wexler

Germany

Unciker , Schmid , Darga , Pfeiffer , Niphouse , Teschner

Bulgaria

Padevsky , Minev , Kolarov , Thring , Flowers , Milev

Czechoslovakia

Philip , Pachman , Schöfz , Reef , Alster , Hedgehog

England

Golombek , Penrose , Wade , Milner-Berry , Clark , A. Phillips

Switzerland

Blau , Bend , E. Walter , D. Keller , G. Ioner

Denmark

Larsen , Poulsen , Hey. Pedersen , Ingerslev , A. Nielsen , J. Enevoldsen

Romania

Balanel , Chokyltya , Troianescu , Shoosh , Gitscu , Radulescu

Israel

Porat , Chernyak , Aloni , Dobkin , Smiltiner

Final B

Austria

Robach , Dückstein , Kinzel , Prameshuber , Lokvenz , Buzek

Iceland

F. Olafsson , I. Johannsson , B. Möller , Thorbergsson , Gislason , A. Gudmundsson

Sweden

Stahlberg , Stenborg , Schöld , G. Backlund , Joffe , Jungquist

Final C

Philippines

Badilles , Campomanes , C. Benitez , Cardozo

Saar

Benkner , Lorson , Weixelbaumer , Foltz, Bot, G. Schmidt

India

Sapre , Gupta , Mahishkar, Venkatraman

Team Results

Semifinals

First group:

The final	A country	one	2	3	four	five	6	7	eight	+	-	=	Glasses
"A"	the USSR		2½	2½	four	3	four	four	3½	7	0	0	23½
"A"	Bulgaria	1½		3	2½	2½	3	3½	3½	6	one	0	19½
"A"	Switzerland	1½	one		3½	2	3	four	3	four	2	one	18
"B"	Poland	0	1½	½		3	3	3	four	four	3	0	15
"B"	Sweden	one	1½	2	one		2½	3	3½	3	3	one	14½
"B"	Norway	0	one	one	one	1½		2	2½	one	five	one	9
"C"	Puerto rico	0	½	0	one	one	2		2½	one	five	one	7
"C"	Saar	½	½	one	0	½	1½	1½		0	7	0	5½

The second group:

The final	A country	one	2	3	four	five	6	7	eight	+	-	=	Glasses
"A"	Yugoslavia		2½	3	3½	3½	3	four	four	7	0	0	23½
"A"	Israel	1½		1½	2	3	2½	four	3½	four	2	one	18
"A"	Denmark	one	2½		2	2	2	four	3	3	one	3	16½
"B"	Netherlands	½	2	2		2½	3	3	3	four	one	2	sixteen
"B"	Austria	½	one	2	1½		1½	2½	four	2	four	one	13
"B"	France	one	1½	2	one	2½		1½	3	2	four	one	12½
"C"	Mongolia	0	0	0	one	1½	2½		2½	2	five	0	7½
"C"	Scotland	0	½	one	one	0	one	1½		0	7	0	five

The third group:

The final	A country	one	2	3	four	five	6	7	eight	9	+	-	=	Glasses
"A"	Argentina		2½	1½	2	3½	2½	four	four	four	6	one	one	24
"A"	Germany	1½		2½	2	2½	3	four	3½	four	6	one	one	23
"A"	England	2½	1½		2	2½	3½	four	3	3½	6	one	one	22½
"B"	Iceland	2	2	2		one	2½	3	four	four	four	one	3	20½
"B"	Chile	½	1½	1½	3		2½	1½	3½	3½	four	four	0	17½
"B"	Finland	1½	one	½	1½	1½		2	3½	3	2	five	one	14½
"C"	India	0	0	0	one	2½	2		3½	3½	3	four	one	12½
"C"	Luxembourg	0	½	one	0	½	½	½		2½	one	7	0	5½
"C"	Ireland	0	0	½	0	½	one	½	1½		0	eight	0	four

Fourth group:

The final	A country	one	2	3	four	five	6	7	eight	9	+	-	=	Glasses
"A"	Hungary		2½	2	2	2	3½	3½	3½	four	five	0	3	23
"A"	Romania	1½		2	2½	2½	2½	3½	four	3	6	one	one	21½
"A"	Czechoslovakia	2	2		2	2½	2	four	3	four	four	0	four	21½
"B"	GDR	2	1½	2		one	2½	3	four	2½	four	2	2	18½
"B"	Colombia	2	1½	1½	3		2	1½	four	2½	3	3	2	18
"B"	Belgium	½	1½	2	1½	2		3	2½	1½	2	four	2	14½
"C"	Philippines	½	½	0	one	2½	one		1½	3	2	6	0	ten
"C"	Greece	½	0	one	0	0	1½	2½		3	2	6	0	8½
"C"	Iran	0	one	0	1½	1½	2½	one	one		one	7	0	8½

Final A

No.	A country	one	2	3	four	five	6	7	eight	9	ten	eleven	12	+	-	=	Glasses
one	the USSR		2½	1½	2½	3	2½	3½	four	3	3½	2½	2½	ten	one	0	31
2	Yugoslavia	1½		2	2	2½	3	2½	2½	3	3	2	2½	7	one	3	26½
3	Hungary	2½	2		1½	2	2	2½	2	3	2½	2½	four	6	one	four	26½
four	Argentina	1½	2	2½		1½	1½	3	2½	2	1½	1½	3½	four	five	2	23
five	Germany	one	1½	2	2½		2½	1½	2	1½	2½	2½	2½	five	four	2	22
6	Bulgaria	1½	one	2	2½	1½		2	1½	3	2½	1½	3	four	five	2	22
7	Czechoslovakia	½	1½	1½	one	2½	2		2	1½	2	3	3	3	five	3	20½
eight	England	0	1½	2	1½	2	2½	2		2½	1½	2½	2	3	four	four	20
9	Switzerland	one	one	one	2	2½	one	2½	1½		2	2	2½	3	five	3	nineteen
ten	Denmark	½	one	1½	2½	1½	1½	2	2½	2		3	one	3	6	2	nineteen
eleven	Romania	1½	2	1½	2½	1½	2½	one	1½	2	one		2	2	6	3	nineteen
12	Israel	1½	1½	0	½	1½	one	one	2	1½	3	2		one	eight	2	15½

Final B

No.	A country	13	14	15	sixteen	17	18	nineteen	20	21	22	23	24	+	-	=	Glasses
13	Austria		2	0	2	3	2½	3½	3	3	3	2½	3½	eight	one	2	28
14	Iceland	2		2	1½	2	3	3	3½	3	2½	3	1½	6	2	3	27
15	Sweden	four	2		2½	2½	3½	2½	1½	3	1½	2	1½	6	3	2	26½
sixteen	Belgium	2	2½	1½		3	2	one	1½	2	3	2½	2½	five	3	3	23½
17	Finland	one	2	1½	one		3	1½	2½	3	3	2	2	four	four	3	22½
18	Colombia	1½	one	½	2	one		2	2½	2½	2	3	3	four	four	3	21
nineteen	Netherlands	½	one	1½	3	2½	2		3	2	3	1½	one	four	2	five	21
20	GDR	one	½	2½	2½	1½	1½	one		1½	3	2½	3	five	6	0	20½
21	France	one	one	one	2	one	1½	2	2½		1½	2	four	2	6	3	19½
22	Chile	one	1½	2½	one	one	2	one	one	2½		2½	3	four	6	one	nineteen
23	Poland	1½	one	2	1½	2	one	2½	1½	2	1½		2½	2	6	3	nineteen
24	Norway	½	2½	2½	1½	2	one	3	one	one	one	1½		3	7	one	16½

Final C

No.	A country	25	26	27	28	29th	thirty	31	32	33	34	+	-	=	Glasses
25	Philippines		1½	1½	3½	3	2½	2	3	3	four	6	2	one	24
26	Saar	2½		2	2½	2	2	2½	3	2½	four	6	0	3	23
27	India	2½	2		2	3½	1½	1½	2½	3	2	four	2	3	20½
28	Iran	½	1½	2		1½	2½	3	1½	3	3½	four	four	one	nineteen
29th	Puerto rico	one	2	½	2½		2	3	3	2	2½	four	2	3	18½
thirty	Mongolia	1½	2	2½	1½	2		2	2	2	3	2	2	five	18½
31	Scotland	2	1½	2½	one	one	2		2½	2	3	3	3	3	17½
32	Greece	one	one	1½	2½	one	2	1½		3	3½	3	five	one	17
33	Ireland	one	1½	one	one	2	2	2	one		1½	0	6	3	13
34	Luxembourg	0	0	2	½	1½	one	one	½	2½		one	7	one	9

Winning Team Personal Results

the USSR

M. Botvinnik (+6 −0 = 7)
V. Smyslov (+5 −1 = 7)
P. Keres (+7 −0 = 5)
D. Bronstein (+9 −0 = 4)
M. Taimanov (+6 −0 = 5)
E. Geller (+7 −2 = 1)

Yugoslavia

S. Gligorich (+6 −3 = 7)
A. Matanovich (+7 −0 = 9)
B. Ivkov (+9 −1 = 6)
N. Karaklaich (+4 −1 = 4)
B. Milich (+3 −0 = 6)
B. Dzhurashevich (+4 −0 = 2)

Hungary

L. Szabo (+6 −1 = 10)
G. Bartsa (+9 −2 = 5)
P. Benko (+6 −1 = 8)
D. Siladiye (+4 −4 = 1)
M. Bay (+4 −2 = 5)
L. Portisch (+4 −0 = 4)

Best Individual Results

First board - B. Larsen (Denmark) - 14 of 18
The second board - A. Dückstein (Austria) - 13 of 17
Third board - P. Keres (USSR) - 9½ of 12
Fourth board - D. Bronstein (USSR) - 11 of 13
Spare - R. Sanguinetti (Argentina) - 9 of 11
Spare - E. Geller (USSR) - 7½ out of 10

Literature

Chess Dictionary / Ch. ed. L. Ya. Abramov ; comp. G.M. Geyler . - M .: Physical education and sport , 1964. - S. 152. - 120 000 copies.
Chess Olympiads / Yu. Averbakh , B. Turov . Moscow: Physical Education and Sport, 1974.
Chess: Encyclopedic Dictionary / Ch. ed. A.E. Karpov . - M .: Soviet Encyclopedia , 1990 .-- S. 280, 540. - 624 p. - 100,000 copies. - ISBN 5-85270-005-3 .
World Chess Olympiads. 1927-2006 / Hanamiryan G. Yerevan: 2006

Links

12th Chess Olympiad on OlimpBase.org
History of the Chess Olympiad (part four) (German)

XII Chess Olympiad

Details
Location	USSR , Moscow
Member countries	34
Number of chess players	197
Number of parties	1220
The opening ceremony	August 31, 1956
Opened	-
Closing ceremony	September 25, 1956
Champion (men)	USSR
Champion (Women)	-

Chess Olympiad 1956

Content

Lineups

Final A

Final B

Austria

Iceland

Sweden

Final C

Philippines

Saar

India

Team Results

Semifinals

Final A

Final B

Final C

Winning Team Personal Results

Best Individual Results

Literature

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