12th Chess Olympiad: Moscow 1956

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Final A

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1st round

10th September 1956, 1700

URS Soviet Union 4 : 0 England ENG
GM Botvinnik 1 - 0 IM Golombek
GM Keres 1 - 0 Penrose
GM Bronstein 1 - 0 IM Wade
GM Geller 1 - 0 Phillips

ARG Argentina 2 : 2 Yugoslavia YUG
GM Najdorf ½ - ½ GM Gligorić
IM Bolbochán ½ - ½ GM Matanović
GM Panno ½ - ½ GM Ivkov
GM Pilnik ½ - ½ IM Karaklajić

HUN Hungary 2½ : 1½ Romania ROM
GM Szabó 1 - 0 IM Bălănel
GM Barcza 1 - 0 Ciocâltea
IM Benkő ½ - ½ IM Troianescu
IM Szilágyi 0 - 1 Ghiţescu

BUL Bulgaria 2½ : 1½ Denmark DEN
Padevsky 0 - 1 IM Larsen
Minev 1 - 0 Poulsen
Tringov 1 - 0 Pedersen
IM Tsvetkov ½ - ½ Ingerslev

CSR Czechoslovakia 1½ : 2½ Switzerland SUI
GM Filip 0 - 1 IM Blau
GM Pachman ½ - ½ Bhend
Šefc ½ - ½ Walther
IM Rejfíř ½ - ½ Keller

ISR Israel 1½ : 2½ West Germany GER
IM Czerniak 0 - 1 GM Unzicker
IM Porath ½ - ½ Darga
Dobkin 0 - 1 Pfeiffer
Smiltiner 1 - 0 Teschner

Standings after 1st round >>

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no. code pts 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
1. URS 4 ENG
4		 ISR GER HUN ARG BUL CSR SUI DEN YUG ROM
2. SUI 2½ CSR
2½		 GER DEN YUG ROM ENG ISR URS HUN ARG BUL
BUL 2½ DEN
2½		 YUG ROM ENG ISR URS HUN ARG GER CSR SUI
GER 2½ ISR
2½		 SUI URS DEN HUN YUG ARG ROM BUL ENG CSR
HUN 2½ ROM
2½		 ENG ISR URS GER ARG BUL CSR SUI DEN YUG
6. ARG 2 YUG
2		 ROM ENG ISR URS HUN GER BUL CSR SUI DEN
YUG 2 ARG
2		 BUL CSR SUI DEN GER ROM ENG ISR URS HUN
8. ISR 1½ GER
1½		 URS HUN ARG BUL CSR SUI DEN YUG ROM ENG
ROM 1½ HUN
1½		 ARG BUL CSR SUI DEN YUG GER ENG ISR URS
DEN 1½ BUL
1½		 CSR SUI GER YUG ROM ENG ISR URS HUN ARG
CSR 1½ SUI
1½		 DEN YUG ROM ENG ISR URS HUN ARG BUL GER
12. ENG 0 URS
0		 HUN ARG BUL CSR SUI DEN YUG ROM GER ISR