AMSTERDAM 1956 CANDIDATES TOURNAMENT

TOURNAMENT · ROUND ORDER

Replay all 18 chess games from Amsterdam 1956 Candidates Tournament. This collection follows the event's recorded round order; search by player, opening, or date and download any game as PGN. Read about Amsterdam 1956 Candidates Tournament

Round Order Players Result Moves Opening Round
1956.03.27
Panno, Oscar vs Pilnik, Hermann
1-0 40 English Opening: King's English Variation, Reversed Sicilian ROUND 1
1956.03.28
Pilnik, Hermann vs Filip, Miroslav
1/2-1/2 57 Ruy Lopez: Closed ROUND 2
1956.03.30
Keres, Paul vs Pilnik, Hermann
1-0 41 Sicilian Defense: Keres Variation ROUND 3
1956.03.31
Pilnik, Hermann vs Bronstein, David Ionovich
1/2-1/2 24 Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defense, Rio Gambit Accepted ROUND 4
1956.04.02
Spassky, Boris Vasilievich vs Pilnik, Hermann
1/2-1/2 73 Benoni Defense ROUND 5
1956.04.04
Petrosian, Tigran V vs Pilnik, Hermann
1-0 50 Benoni Defense: King's Indian System ROUND 6
1956.04.05
Pilnik, Hermann vs Szabo, Laszlo
1-0 56 Ruy Lopez: Open, Classical Defense ROUND 7
1956.04.09
Geller, Efim P vs Pilnik, Hermann
1-0 43 Sicilian Defense: Lasker-Pelikan Variation ROUND 8
1956.04.11
Pilnik, Hermann vs Smyslov, Vasily V
1/2-1/2 22 Sicilian Defense: Boleslavsky Variation ROUND 9
1956.04.14
Pilnik, Hermann vs Panno, Oscar
1/2-1/2 63 Alekhine Defense: Modern Variation, Main Line ROUND 10
1956.04.16
Filip, Miroslav vs Pilnik, Hermann
1-0 43 English Opening: King's English Variation, Reversed Sicilian ROUND 11
1956.04.18
Pilnik, Hermann vs Keres, Paul
1/2-1/2 42 Ruy Lopez: Closed ROUND 12
1956.04.19
Bronstein, David Ionovich vs Pilnik, Hermann
1-0 30 King's Indian Defense: Fianchetto Variation, Carlsbad Variation ROUND 13
1956.04.21
Pilnik, Hermann vs Spassky, Boris Vasilievich
0-1 43 Ruy Lopez: Open, Berlin Variation ROUND 14
1956.04.24
Pilnik, Hermann vs Petrosian, Tigran V
1/2-1/2 41 Caro-Kann Defense: Karpov Variation ROUND 15
1956.04.25
Szabo, Laszlo vs Pilnik, Hermann
1-0 37 King's Indian Defense: Averbakh Variation, Main Line ROUND 16
1956.04.28
Pilnik, Hermann vs Geller, Efim P
1/2-1/2 62 Ruy Lopez: Closed ROUND 17
1956.04.30
Smyslov, Vasily V vs Pilnik, Hermann
1-0 50 Neo-Grünfeld Defense: Classical Variation, Modern Defense ROUND 18