12th Chess Olympiad: Moscow 1956

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Final A

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8th round

20th September 1956, 1700

URS Soviet Union 3 : 1 Switzerland SUI
GM Botvinnik ½ - ½ IM Blau
GM Smyslov 1 - 0 Bhend
GM Keres ½ - ½ Walther
GM Bronstein 1 - 0 Keller

HUN Hungary 2½ : 1½ Czechoslovakia CSR
GM Szabó ½ - ½ GM Filip
GM Barcza 0 - 1 GM Pachman
IM Benkő 1 - 0 Šefc
IM Bély 1 - 0 Alster

ENG England 1½ : 2½ Yugoslavia YUG
IM Golombek ½ - ½ GM Gligorić
Penrose 0 - 1 GM Matanović
IM Wade ½ - ½ GM Ivkov
Clarke ½ - ½ IM Milić

ARG Argentina 1½ : 2½ Bulgaria BUL
GM Najdorf ½ - ½ Padevsky
IM Bolbochán ½ - ½ Minev
GM Panno 0 - 1 IM Tsvetkov
GM Pilnik ½ - ½ IM Milev

GER West Germany 2½ : 1½ Romania ROM
GM Unzicker ½ - ½ Ciocâltea
Darga ½ - ½ IM Troianescu
Niephaus 1 - 0 Soós
Teschner ½ - ½ Ghiţescu

ISR Israel 3 : 1 Denmark DEN
IM Czerniak 0 - 1 IM Larsen
IM Porath 1 - 0 Poulsen
Aloni 1 - 0 Pedersen
Dobkin 1 - 0 Nielsen

<< Standings after 8th round >>

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no. code pts 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
1. URS 22½ ENG
4
ISR
GER
3
HUN
ARG
BUL
CSR
SUI
3
DEN YUG ROM
2. YUG 20½ ARG
2
BUL
3
CSR
SUI
3
DEN
3
GER
ROM
2
ENG
ISR URS HUN
3. HUN 19 ROM
ENG
2
ISR
4
URS
GER
2
ARG
BUL
2
CSR
SUI DEN YUG
4. ARG 16½ YUG
2
ROM
ENG
ISR
URS
HUN
GER
BUL
CSR SUI DEN
5. GER 16 ISR
SUI
URS
1
DEN
HUN
2
YUG
ARG
ROM
BUL ENG CSR
6. BUL 15½ DEN
YUG
1
ROM
ENG
ISR
3
URS
HUN
2
ARG
GER CSR SUI
7. SUI 15 CSR
GER
DEN
2
YUG
1
ROM
2
ENG
ISR
URS
1
HUN ARG BUL
CSR 15 SUI
DEN
2
YUG
ROM
3
ENG
2
ISR
3
URS
½
HUN
ARG BUL GER
9. DEN 14½ BUL
CSR
2
SUI
2
GER
YUG
1
ROM
3
ENG
ISR
1
URS HUN ARG
10. ROM 14 HUN
ARG
BUL
CSR
1
SUI
2
DEN
1
YUG
2
GER
ENG ISR URS
11. ENG 13½ URS
0
HUN
2
ARG
BUL
CSR
2
SUI
DEN
YUG
ROM GER ISR
12. ISR 10 GER
URS
HUN
0
ARG
½
BUL
1
CSR
1
SUI
DEN
3
YUG ROM ENG