56th Swiss Chess Championship :: Rapperswil 1955

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Crosstable

pos. name flag 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 pts + = -
1. IM Blau, Maximilian SUI ● ½ 0 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 9 8 2 1
2. Keller, Dieter SUI ½ ● 0 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 1 1 8½ 7 3 1
3. Walther, Edgar SUI 1 1 ● 0 0 0 1 1 ½ 1 1 1 7½ 7 1 3
4. Zimmermann, Otto SUI 0 ½ 1 ● 0 0 1 1 1 1 ½ 1 7 6 2 3
5. IM Johner, Hans SUI ½ 0 1 1 ● ½ ½ 1 0 1 ½ 1 7 5 4 2
6. Nievergelt, Erwin SUI 0 ½ 1 1 ½ ● 0 ½ ½ 0 1 1 6 4 4 3
7. Müller-Breil, Paul SUI 0 0 0 0 ½ 1 ● ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 5 3 4 4
8. Baumgartner, Walter SUI 0 0 0 0 0 ½ ½ ● 1 1 0 1 4 3 2 6
9. Olsommer, Claude SUI 0 0 ½ 0 1 ½ ½ 0 ● 0 ½ 1 4 2 4 5
10. Henneberger, Walter SUI 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 ● 1 ½ 3½ 3 1 7
11. Crisovan, Alex SUI 0 0 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ 0 ● 0 3 1 4 6
12. Nüessle, Heinrich SUI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ½ 1 ● 1½ 1 1 9

Complete results; only source-supported rounds and colours have been added. Remaining unknown colours are technical placeholders, identified in PGN. See OB-REPORTS/sui1951-1960-enrich/report.html for evidence and unresolved fields.






Information

56th Swiss Chess Championship
Dates: 7th - 16th October 1955
City: Rapperswil (Switzerland)
Venue: Hotel Du Lac
Organizers:
Head of Organizing Committee: Edwin Gmür
Tournament Director: Hans Fischer
Chief Arbiter:
Players participating: 12 (incl. 2 IMs)
Games played: 66
Competition format: Round Robin
Tie-breaks: none
Time control:
Source: Supplied final crosstable; contemporary newspapers and SSZ. Detailed citations and reconstruction audit: OB-REPORTS/sui1951-1960-enrich/report.html. Event numbering unchanged; undocumented calendar dates remain unknown.
PGN game file: sui-1955.pgn






Tournament Review

Hermann Emden withdrew through influenza after the first round. The final master crosstable contains twelve players and excludes his results. Of the 66 counted games, only 16 were drawn.