7th Swiss Team Chess Championship: 1957

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Basic data

7th Swiss Team Chess Championship
(see all-time tournament summary)
Dates: 28th April - 27th October 1957
City: Various locations (season-long competition)
Organizers: Schweizerischer Schachverein
Tournament Director: Dr. Robert Levi
Chief Arbiter:
Teams participating: 7
6 teams retained from the 1956 first category
Promoted from the second category: SK Bern.
Players participating: 93 (incl. 2 IMs)
Games played: 168 (6 games were forfeited)
Competition format: Round Robin
Final order decided by: Match points, then board points.
Time control:
Sources: 22 contemporary newspaper clippings supplied by the user and local SSZ 1957 scans.
PGN game file: 57swiss.pgn



Tournament review

Cercle Jurassien competed under this name after previously being known as Court. Nimzowitsch won their second championship on board points ahead of SG Zürich.