8th Clare Benedict Cup: Neuhausen 1961

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Basic data

8th Clare Benedict Cup
Date: 5th - 9th April 1961
City: Neuhausen near Rheinfall, Switzerland
Venue: Kirchgemeindehaus Neuhausen
Tournament Director: Mr. Alois Nagler (SUI)
Hear Referee: IA Hansjürg Leuzinger (SUI)
Teams participating: 6
Players participating: 28 (including 3 GMs and 10 IMs)
Games played: 60
Game system: Four board round robin.
Tie-breaks: 1. Game points; 2. Match points
Clock routine: 2.5h for first 40 moves, then 1h for each next 16 moves
Downloadable game file: 61cbc.zip


Tournament review

To be added soon.



Best board results

bd name code pts gms %
1. GM Unzicker, Wolfgang GER 4 5 80.0
2. GM Schmid, Lothar GER 4 62.5
3. Walther, Edgar SUI 3 83.3
4. Kinzel, Anton AUT 3 4 75.0
r. IM Pfeiffer, Gerhard GER 4 37.5


Interesting games


White Knight dancing all over the board.
Unzicker, Wolfgang (GER) - Robatsch, Karl (AUT) 1 - 0

A simple finishing shot.
Unzicker, Wolfgang (GER) - Cappello, Guido (ITA) 1 - 0