Asztalos Memorial 1958

Portisch wins the 1958 Asztalos Memorial
1958 · Balatonfüred, Hungary
Portisch won with 9/11

Lajos Portisch won the 1958 Asztalos Memorial with 9/11, half a point ahead of Alexander Tolush. István Bilek and László Szabó shared the next place on 7.

Portisch at the head of the table

Portisch's 9 secured sole first in the twelve-player tournament. Tolush remained close on 8½, but the next pair — Bilek and Szabó — finished a further point and a half back.

A clear leading pair

The final table separated Portisch and Tolush from the rest of the field. Gedeon Barcza followed the players tied on 7 with a score of 6.

A complete edition

The archive holds all 66 games from the eleven-round single round-robin, with every pairing and round represented.

Final standings

9/11
Portisch won with 9/11
# Player Score Record Games
1 Portisch, Lajos 9/11 +7 -0 =4
2 Tolush, Alexander V 8½/11 +8 -2 =1
=3 Bilek, Istvan 7/11 +5 -2 =4
=3 Szabo, Laszlo 7/11 +4 -1 =6
=5 Barcza, Gedeon 6/11 +4 -3 =4
=5 Troianescu, Octavio 6/11 +3 -2 =6
7 Bobotsov, Milko Georgiev 5/11 +4 -5 =2
=8 Malich, Burkhard 4/11 +2 -5 =4
=8 Sokolov, Vladimir 4/11 +2 -5 =4
10 Paoli, Enrico 3½/11 +3 -7 =1
=11 Plater, Kazimierz 3/11 +2 -7 =2
=11 Forintos, Gyozo Victor 3/11 +1 -6 =4

Cross Table

Rank Player 123456789101112
1 Portisch, Lajos 1 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 1 ½
2 Tolush, Alexander V 0 1 0 1 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 1
3 Bilek, Istvan 0 0 ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 1 1
4 Szabo, Laszlo ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 1 1 ½
5 Barcza, Gedeon ½ 0 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 0 1 1
6 Troianescu, Octavio ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 1 1 1 ½ ½
7 Bobotsov, Milko Georgiev 0 ½ 0 1 0 1 0 ½ 1 1 0
8 Malich, Burkhard 0 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 1 ½ 0 0 1
9 Sokolov, Vladimir 0 0 ½ 0 0 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 1
10 Paoli, Enrico 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 ½ 0 1
11 Plater, Kazimierz 0 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 1 0 1 ½
12 Forintos, Gyozo Victor ½ 0 0 ½ 0 ½ 1 0 0 0 ½

Each cell shows the row player's recorded results against the column player. ● = same player.