5th Spanish Team Chess Championship: Madrid 1961

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Basic data

5th Spanish Team Chess Championship
(see all-time tournament summary)
Dates: 10th - 16th September 1961
City: Madrid
Venue: Local Real Madrid (Valenzuela 2, Madrid)
Organizers: N/A
Chief Arbiter: N/A
Teams participating: 8
Players participating: 45
Games played: 112
Competition format: Four board round robin
Final order decided by: Game points
Time control: N/A
Sources: Mundo Deportivo, la Vanguardia, ABC, Destino (.png)



Standings

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no. team code flag 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 ∑ MP + = -
1. Real Madrid CF S.d.A. REAL ● 2½ 2 3 2 3½ 4 3½ 20½ 12 5 2 0
2. CA Español Barcelona ESPB 1½ ● 2 3½ 3 2½ 4 3 19½ 11 5 1 1
3. CA Chardenet Madrid SWMD 2 2 ● 2 2½ 1½ 3 4 17 9 3 3 1
4. CA Don Bosco Madrid DBMD 1 ½ 2 ● 2 2½ 3½ 4 15½ 8 3 2 2
5. CA Sans SANS 2 1 1½ 2 ● 2 3 3½ 15 7 2 3 2
6. CA Barcelona BARC ½ 1½ 2½ 1½ 2 ● 3 4 15 7 3 1 3
7. Club Palentino PLCA 0 0 1 ½ 1 1 ● 2½ 6 2 1 0 6
8. CM Málaga MLGA ½ 1 0 0 ½ 0 1½ ● 3½ 0 0 0 7

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Line-ups


Real Madrid CF S.d.A.: Pomar 6/7, M.López 4½/7, Menvielle 4½/6, Sicilia 3½/5, Arrupe 2/3
CA Español Barcelona: Ulvestad 4½/7, F.Puig 5/7, Ballbé 1½/3, Sánchez 3½/4, Monedero 3½/4, Vilageliu 1½/3
CA Chardenet Madrid: F.J.Pérez 4/7, Torán 5/7, E.Pérez 3½/7, Crespo 3½/5, Jimeno 1/1, Fuentes 0/1
CA Don Bosco Madird: López Navarro 3/5, Estrada 5½/7, V.Martín 3/6, Cuéllar ½/4, Pérez Arriaga 2/4, Gutiérrez 1½/2
CA Sans: Saborido 2½/7, Serra 4½/7, García Orús 3½/6, Colomer 2½/4, Bescós 2/3, Gibert 0/1
CA Barcelona: Albareda 5½/7, Anguera 2½/7, Bas 1/5, Temiño 3/6, Vila Sala 3/3
Club Palentino: Arribas ½/7, G.Pérez 1/7, Alonso 3½/7, Fuentenebro 0/3, Sánchez Blanco 0/1, Melero 1/3
CM Málaga: Mendoza ½/6, Cazorla 0/5, Linares 1½/7, García Toré 1/7, González Haro ½/3


Tournament review

The following teams qualified:

  • CA Chardenet Madrid (titleholders)
  • CA Español Barcelona (champions of Catalonia 1961)
  • Real Madrid CF (beat CA Tarrasa)
  • CA Don Bosco Madrid (beat CC Guipuzcoano San Sebastián)
  • CA Sans (beat Casa de la Mancha Madrid)
  • CA Barcelona (beat Club Gambito Valencia)
  • Club Palentino (beat Ateneo Jovellanos Gijón)
  • CM Málaga (beat CA Alcoy)

Real Madrid and Español were two strongest sides and were running shoulder by shoulder.
The results of decisive match (round 3) were as follows:
Real Madrid-Español 2½-1½: Pomar-Ulvestad 1-0, M.López-F.Puig ½-½, Menvielle-Sánchez 0-1, Arrupe-Vilageliu 1-0