1st European Team Chess Championship - preliminaries

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Preliminaries

[ AUT | CSR | ESP | FIN | FRA | GDR | GER | LUX | NED | POL | ROM | URS | YUG ]

General information
Teams participating: 11 (East Germany and Finland withdrew before the start)
Number of groups: 4
Qualifying system: Winner of each group goes through
Seeding: Pot 1: USSR, Czechoslovakia, Yugoslavia, West Germany
Pot 2: Netherlands, Spain, Poland, Romania
Pot 3: Finland, Austria, France, Luxembourg
Downloadable game file: 57prel.zip

Group 1

no. team code 1 2 3 4 ∑ + = -
1. Soviet Union URS ● 17 17 1 0 0
2. Poland POL 3 ● 3 0 0 1
Finland FIN Withdrawn.
East Germany GDR Withdrawn (replaced FIN).


Łódź (Poland), 23rd - 25th July 1955
POL Poland 3 : 17 Soviet Union URS
1 : 9 2 : 8
Śliwa 0 - 1 Smyslov
0 - 1
Arłamowski 0 - 1 Bronstein
0 - 1
Gawlikowski ½ - ½ Taimanov
0 - 1
Tarnowski 0 - 1 Boleslavsky
0 - 1
Dworzyński 0 - 1 Flohr
½ - ½
Gromek 0 - 1 Bondarevsky
0 - 1
Doda 0 - 1 Korchnoi
Branicki 0 - 1
Plater 0 - 1 Vasiukov
Brzózka 0 - 1
Brzózka ½ - ½ Furman
Pytlakowski 1 - 0
Pytlakowski 0 - 1 Simagin
Szapiro ½ - ½ Nikitin



Group 2

no. team code 1 2 3 ∑ + = -
1. Czechoslovakia CSR ● 11½ 11 22½ 2 0 0
2. Austria AUT 8½ ● 11½ 20 1 0 1
3. Netherlands NED 9 8½ ● 17½ 0 0 2


Vienna (Austria), 30th - 31st October 1955
AUT Austria 11½ : 8½ Netherlands NED
5½ : 4½ 6 : 4
Lokvenc ½ - ½ Euwe
½ - ½
Beni 0 - 1 Prins
0 - 1
Kinzel ½ - ½ Bouwmeester
1 - 0
Busek 1 - 0 Kramer
0 - 1
Auer 0 - 1 Spanjaard
1 - 0
Prameshuber ½ - ½ Orban
1 - 0
Hein ½ - ½ Barendregt
½ - ½
Platt 1 - 0 Stumpers
Dorn 1 - 0
Winiwarter 1 - 0 Visser
1 - 0
Fischer ½ - ½ Bergsma
0 - 1


Rotterdam (Netherlands), 17th - 18th December 1955
NED Netherlands 9 : 11 Czechoslovakia CSR
4½ : 5½ 4½ : 5½
Euwe 0 - 1 Filip
½ - ½
Donner 0 - 1 Pachman
0 - 1
Prins ½ - ½ Šajtar
1 - 0
Bouwmeester ½ - ½ Šefc
½ - ½
Kramer ½ - ½ Rejfíř
½ - ½
Mühring ½ - ½ Alster
½ - ½
Van Scheltinga 1 - 0 Pithart
1 - 0
Van de Berg 1 - 0 Ujtelky
0 - 1
Spanjaard 0 - 1 Fichtl
0 - 1
Orbaan ½ - ½ Ježek
½ - ½


Prague (Czechoslovakia), 28th - 30th December 1955
CSR Czechoslovakia 11½ : 8½ Austria AUT
6 : 4 5½ : 4½
Filip ½ - ½ Robatsch
½ - ½
Pachman 1 - 0 Auer
½ - ½
Šajtar ½ - ½ Beni
½ - ½
Rejfíř 1 - 0 Lokvenc
½ - ½
Alster ½ - ½ Kinzel
1 - 0
Ujtelky ½ - ½ Busek
1 - 0
Fichtl ½ - ½ Stöckel
1 - 0
Ježek ½ - ½ Prameshuber
0 - 1
Štulík 0 - 1 Dorn
½ - ½
Kozma 1 - 0 Winiwarter
0 - 1


Group 3

no. team code 1 2 3 ∑ + = -
1. Yugoslavia YUG ● 13½ 13½ 27 2 0 0
2. Romania ROM 6½ ● 13½ 20 1 0 1
3. France FRA 6½ 6½ ● 13 0 0 2


Bucharest (Romania), 7th - 10th April 1955
ROM Romania 13½ : 6½ France FRA
7 : 3 6½ : 3½
Troianescu 0 - 1 Muffang
½ - ½
Bălănel 1 - 0 Mme. Chaudé de Silans
1 - 0
Ciocâltea ½ - ½ Burstein
½ - ½
Costea ½ - ½ Bergraser
½ - ½
Soós 0 - 1 Sansas
1 - 0
Erdélyi 1 - 0 Pillon
1 - 0 Leoni
Alexandrescu 1 - 0 Ravinet
½ - ½
Seimeanu 1 - 0 Aubert
0 - 1
Ghiţescu 1 - 0 Penel
1 - 0
Mititelu 1 - 0 Rolland
½ - ½


Belgrade (Yugoslavia), 28th - 30th January 1956
YUG Yugoslavia 13½ : 6½ Romania ROM
6½ : 3½ 7 : 3
Gligorić 1 - 0 Bălănel
1 - 0
Ivkov 1 - 0 Ciocâltea
½ - ½
Matanović 1 - 0 Gunsberger
1 - 0
Trifunović ½ - ½ Rădulescu
½ - ½
Pirc ½ - ½ Urseanu
½ - ½
Karaklajić 1 - 0 Halic
½ - ½
Rabar 0 - 1 Ghiţescu
1 - 0
Milić ½ - ½ Szabó
½ - ½
Đurašević 1 - 0 Troianescu
½ - ½
Janošević 0 - 1 Soós
1 - 0


Vichy (France), 1st - 3rd June 1956
FRA France 6½ : 13½ Yugoslavia YUG
2½ : 7½ 4 : 6
Bernstein   ½ - ½   Gligorić
½ - ½
Muffang   0 - 1   Matanović
½ - ½
Bouteville   0 - 1   Ivkov
½ - ½
Raizman   0 - 1   Pirc
½ - ½
Hugot   ½ - ½   Trifunović
½ - ½
Nora   1 - 0   Milić
0 - 1
Galula   0 - 1   Rabar
½ - ½
Plante   0 - 1   Udovčić
½ - ½
Catozzi   0 - 1   Đurašević
½ - ½
Sansas   ½ - ½   Janošević
0 - 1



Group 4

Luxembourg, October 1955

no. team code 1 2 3 ∑ + = -
1. West Germany GER ● 13 17 30 2 0 0
2. Spain ESP 7 ● 17½ 24½ 1 0 1
3. Luxembourg LUX 3 2½ ● 5½ 0 0 2


ESP Spain 17½ : 2½ Luxembourg LUX
10 : 0 7½ : 2½
Toran Albero 1 - 0 Wantz
1 - 0
Llado Lumbera 1 - 0 Philippe
1 - 0
Pérez Pérez 1 - 0 Sadler
½ - ½
Albareda 1 - 0 Conrady
1 - 0
Rodríguez García 1 - 0 Stalter
0 - 1
Mora 1 - 0 Schneider
1 - 0 Weber
Franco Raymundo 1 - 0 Neu
0 - 1 Marx
Puig Pulido 1 - 0 Weber
1 - 0 Dahm
Llorens 1 - 0 Marx
1 - 0 Moes
Rubio Aguado 1 - 0 Dahm
1 - 0 Reisdörfer


GER West Germany 13 : 7 Spain ESP
5½ : 4½ 7½ : 2½
Darga 1 - 0 Toran
1 - 0
Pfeiffer ½ - ½ Llado Lumbera
1 - 0
Lehmann ½ - ½ Pérez Pérez
½ - ½
Rellstab ½ - ½ Albareda
½ - ½
Gilg 0 - 1 Rodríguez García
0 - 1
Lange 0 - 1 Mora
1 - 0
Bialas 1 - 0 Franco Raymundo
½ - ½
Hönlinger ½ - ½ Puig Pulido
Tröger 1 - 0
Tröger 1 - 0 Llorens
Joppen 1 - 0
Joppen ½ - ½ Rubio Aguado
Wolk 1 - 0


LUX Luxembourg 3 : 17 West Germany GER
1½ : 8½ 1½ : 8½
Dörner 0 - 1 Darga
½ - ½
Wantz 0 - 1 Pfeiffer
0 - 1
Philippe 0 - 1 Lehmann
0 - 1
Sadler 0 - 1 Rellstab
½ - ½
Conrady 0 - 1 Gilg
0 - 1
Stalter 0 - 1 Lange
0 - 1
Schneider ½ - ½ Bialas
Neu 0 - 1
Neu 0 - 1 Tröger
Weber 0 - 1 Hönlinger
Weber 1 - 0 Joppen
Marx 0 - 1 Tröger
Marx 0 - 1 Wolk
Dahm ½ - ½