Zurich 1953 chess tournament
Zurich 1953 was a chess tournament won by Vasily Smyslov. It was a Candidates Tournament for the 1954 World Chess Championship, which led to the match between Smyslov and Mikhail Botvinnik.
# Player 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Total 1 
Vasily Smyslov (USSR) xx ½½ 11 ½1 ½½ 11 ½½ ½0 ½½ ½½ ½½ ½½ 1½ 11 1½ 18 2 David Bronstein (USSR) ½½ xx 1½ 11 ½½ ½0 ½½ ½½ 1½ ½½ ½½ 01 1½ ½½ ½½ 16 3 Paul Keres (USSR) 00 0½ xx ½½ ½1 ½1 ½½ ½½ ½½ 0½ 11 1½ ½1 ½½ 11 16 4 
Samuel Reshevsky (USA) ½0 00 ½½ xx ½½ ½½ ½½ 10 ½½ ½1 ½1 1½ ½1 11 1½ 16 5 Tigran Petrosian (USSR) ½½ ½½ ½0 ½½ xx ½½ 0½ ½½ 00 ½½ ½½ 11 ½1 1½ 11 15 6 Efim Geller (USSR) 00 ½1 ½0 ½½ ½½ xx 11 ½0 01 ½½ 01 1½ ½1 01 ½½ 14½ 7 
Miguel Najdorf (Argentina) ½½ ½½ ½½ ½½ 1½ 00 xx 1½ 1½ ½0 ½½ ½½ ½½ 0½ 11 14½ 8 Alexander Kotov (USSR) ½1 ½½ ½½ 01 ½½ ½1 0½ xx 10 1½ 00 10 1½ 0½ 01 14 9 Mark Taimanov (USSR) ½½ 0½ ½½ ½½ 11 10 0½ 01 xx 10 ½½ ½½ ½0 0½ 11 14 10 Yuri Averbakh (USSR) ½½ ½½ 1½ 0½ ½½ ½½ 1½ 0½ 01 xx ½½ ½½ 0½ 11 00 13½ 11 Isaac Boleslavsky (USSR) ½½ ½½ 00 ½0 ½½ 10 ½½ 11 ½½ ½½ xx ½0 ½½ ½1 ½½ 13½ 12 .svg.png)
Laszlo Szabo (Hungary) ½½ 10 0½ 0½ 00 0½ ½½ 01 ½½ ½½ ½1 xx 1½ ½½ 1½ 13 13 
Svetozar Gligorić (Yugoslavia) 0½ 0½ ½0 ½0 ½0 ½0 ½½ 0½ ½1 1½ ½½ 0½ xx ½1 11 12½ 14 
Max Euwe (Netherlands) 00 ½½ ½½ 00 0½ 10 1½ 1½ 1½ 00 ½0 ½½ ½0 xx 1½ 11½ 15 
Gideon Ståhlberg (Sweden) 0½ ½½ 00 0½ 00 ½½ 00 10 00 11 ½½ 0½ 00 0½ xx 8
See also
References
Bronstein, David (1979) [1960], Zurich International chess tournament, 1953 (2nd ed.), Dover Publications, ISBN 0-486-23800-8
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