Kislovodsk International 1964
Mikhail Tal won the 1964 Kislovodsk International with 7½/10. He finished half a point ahead of Leonid Stein in a complete 11-player round robin whose 55 games are all preserved here.
Ten games apiece
Eleven players met once each, with one bye per round. The resulting 55 official played games are all present, and every pair appears exactly once.
Tal and Stein led a field that also included Yuri Averbakh, Ratmir Kholmov, Vladimir Simagin, and Vladimir Bagirov.
Tal by half a point
Tal scored six wins, three draws, and one loss for 7½. Stein followed on 7, and Averbakh took third on an unbeaten 6½.
The direct tournament page and Tal's published tournament record agree on the winning score and the order of the leading finishers.
The games
There were 29 decisive games and 26 draws. They add up to Tal's half-point win and all 11 final scores.
Final standings
| # | Player | Score | Record | Games |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tal, Mikhail | 7½/10 | +6 -1 =3 | games |
| 2 | Stein, Leonid | 7/10 | +5 -1 =4 | games |
| 3 | Averbakh, Yuri L | 6½/10 | +3 -0 =7 | games |
| =4 | Khasin, Abram Iosifovich | 5/10 | +3 -3 =4 | games |
| =4 | Bradvarevic, Aleksandar | 5/10 | +2 -2 =6 | games |
| =6 | Ciocaltea, Victor | 4½/10 | +2 -3 =5 | games |
| =6 | Fuchs, Reinhart | 4½/10 | +1 -2 =7 | games |
| =8 | Kluger, Gyula | 4/10 | +3 -5 =2 | games |
| =8 | Liberzon, Vladimir Mikhailovich | 4/10 | +2 -4 =4 | games |
| =8 | Bykhovsky, Anatoly A | 4/10 | +1 -3 =6 | games |
| 11 | Fichtl, Jiri | 3/10 | +1 -5 =4 | games |
Cross Table
| Rank | Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tal, Mikhail | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2 | Stein, Leonid | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 3 | Averbakh, Yuri L | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | |
| 4 | Khasin, Abram Iosifovich | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 1 | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | |
| 5 | Bradvarevic, Aleksandar | ½ | 0 | ½ | 1 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | |
| 6 | Ciocaltea, Victor | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 0 | ½ | ½ | |
| 7 | Fuchs, Reinhart | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 0 | ½ | ½ | |
| 8 | Kluger, Gyula | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ½ | |
| 9 | Liberzon, Vladimir Mikhailovich | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 0 | ½ | 0 | |
| 10 | Bykhovsky, Anatoly A | 0 | 1 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | |
| 11 | Fichtl, Jiri | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ |
Each cell shows the row player's recorded results against the column player. ● = same player.