6th Swiss Team Chess Championship: 1956

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Basic data

6th Swiss Team Chess Championship
(see all-time tournament summary)
Dates: May 1956 - 1956
City: Various locations (season-long competition)
Organizers: Schweizerischer Schachverein
Tournament Director: Dr. Robert Levi
Chief Arbiter:
Teams participating: 6
5 teams retained from the 1955 top division
Promoted from the second category: CÉ Court.
Players participating: 83 (incl. 3 IMs)
Games played: 112
Competition format: Round Robin
Final order decided by: Match points, then board points.
Time control:
Sources: Seven newspaper clippings supplied by the user, published between 4 May and 5 November 1956; two additional clippings on league expansion and the promotion play-off (including 24 December 1956); four further clippings confirming the resumed Blau–Bernard game, Bern’s promotion by lot and Court’s 5½–2½ play-off win; SSZ 1956, selected scans (first-round results and standings after round 4).
Missing data: Incomplete PGN: 112 of 120 games. The postponed Basel–Nimzowitsch match in round 1 ended 4–4, inferred from subsequent standings, but its individual results are missing. Geneva scored 16½ board points from the five match results, not the 17½ printed in the final table. Exact round dates remain unconfirmed. The standings generated from this incomplete PGN will differ from the full season totals.
PGN game file: 56swiss.pgn


Playoffs

The first category was expanded from six to seven teams for 1957. Bern and Rapperswil drew both promotion matches 4–4. In the replay in Luzern, the unfinished Blau–Bernard game was initially referred for adjudication, but was resumed at the assessors' request. Max Blau won after 112 moves, making the final match score 4–4. The drawing of lots already held in Luzern therefore awarded promotion to Bern. Court then defeated Rapperswil 5½–2½ and retained their place in the first category. The deciding match had been scheduled for 20 January 1957 in Olten. Individual results, Court players first: Tordion–Bernard 1–0, Schilt–Marthaler 0–1, Lardon–Gmür ½–½, Monnier–Trachsler 0–1, Baud–Fischer 1–0, Straub–Schönenberger 1–0, Jacques–Herzig 1–0, Roth–Bäbler 1–0.