Svetozar Gligorić won the 1951 Bad Pyrmont zonal with 11/14. Wolfgang Unzicker finished second on 10, while Lodewijk Prins and Aleksandar Matanović shared the next score on 9½.
Gligorić by a point
Gligorić's 11 secured sole first place over Unzicker's 10. Prins and Matanović shared third on 9½, and Harry Golombek followed on 9.
Fifteen players, fifteen rounds
The odd-sized field gave each player fourteen games and one bye across the fifteen-round schedule. The full event required 105 games.
The complete zonal
All 105 pairings are here, seven games to a round, and the standings they give match the historical scores.
Final standings
| # | Player | Score | Record | Games |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gligoric, Svetozar | 11/14 | +9 -1 =4 | games |
| 2 | Unzicker, Wolfgang | 10/14 | +6 -0 =8 | games |
| =3 | Matanovic, Aleksandar | 9½/14 | +7 -2 =5 | games |
| =3 | Prins, Lodewijk | 9½/14 | +7 -2 =5 | games |
| 5 | Golombek, Harry | 9/14 | +5 -1 =8 | games |
| 6 | Pirc, Vasja | 8½/14 | +5 -2 =7 | games |
| 7 | Bogoljubov, Efim | 8/14 | +5 -3 =6 | games |
| =8 | Aitken, James Macrae | 6½/14 | +5 -6 =3 | games |
| =8 | Donner, Jan Hein | 6½/14 | +4 -5 =5 | games |
| 10 | Grob, Henry | 6/14 | +3 -5 =6 | games |
| 11 | Kramer, Haije J | 5½/14 | +3 -6 =5 | games |
| =12 | Kuebart, Erich | 5/14 | +4 -8 =2 | games |
| =12 | De Moura, Joao | 5/14 | +3 -7 =4 | games |
| 14 | Pomar Salamanca, Arturo | 3/14 | +1 -9 =4 | games |
| 15 | Paoli, Enrico | 2/14 | +0 -10 =4 | games |
Cross Table
| Rank | Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gligoric, Svetozar | ½ | ½ | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ½ | |
| 2 | Unzicker, Wolfgang | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | ½ | |
| 3 | Matanovic, Aleksandar | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | |
| 4 | Prins, Lodewijk | 1 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| 5 | Golombek, Harry | 0 | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | ½ | |
| 6 | Pirc, Vasja | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | |
| 7 | Bogoljubov, Efim | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | |
| 8 | Aitken, James Macrae | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ½ | 0 | 1 | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| 9 | Donner, Jan Hein | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | 1 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| 10 | Grob, Henry | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 1 | ½ | |
| 11 | Kramer, Haije J | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 1 | ½ | 1 | |
| 12 | Kuebart, Erich | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ½ | 1 | |
| 13 | De Moura, Joao | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ½ | 1 | |
| 14 | Pomar Salamanca, Arturo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | |
| 15 | Paoli, Enrico | ½ | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Each cell shows the row player's recorded results against the column player. ● = same player.