Efim Geller won the 1966 Kislovodsk International with 8½/11. Leonid Stein finished one point behind, with Ratmir Kholmov and Anatoly Lutikov sharing the next score on 7.
Geller by a full point
Geller's 8½ secured sole first place over Stein's 7½. Kholmov and Lutikov shared third on 7, while Reinhart Fuchs followed on 6½.
A compact twelve-player event
The tournament's eleven rounds gave every competitor one game against each opponent. The smaller field kept the leading scores close enough for every result to matter.
Sixty-six complete games
The archive contains all 66 pairings, arranged under complete round labels from one through eleven.
Final standings
| # | Player | Score | Record | Games |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Geller, Efim P | 8½/11 | +6 -0 =5 | games |
| 2 | Stein, Leonid | 7½/11 | +7 -3 =1 | games |
| =3 | Lutikov, Anatoly S | 7/11 | +5 -2 =4 | games |
| =3 | Kholmov, Ratmir D | 7/11 | +4 -1 =6 | games |
| 5 | Fuchs, Reinhart | 6½/11 | +3 -1 =7 | games |
| =6 | Taimanov, Mark E | 5½/11 | +4 -4 =3 | games |
| =6 | Tal, Mikhail | 5½/11 | +4 -4 =3 | games |
| 8 | Nikitin, Aleksander S | 4½/11 | +1 -3 =7 | games |
| =9 | Matulovic, Milan | 4/11 | +3 -6 =2 | games |
| =9 | Simagin, Vladimir Pavlovich | 4/11 | +2 -5 =4 | games |
| 11 | Hamann, Svend | 3½/11 | +1 -5 =5 | games |
| 12 | Stefanov, P | 2½/11 | +1 -7 =3 | games |
Cross Table
| Rank | Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Geller, Efim P | 1 | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | |
| 2 | Stein, Leonid | 0 | 1 | 0 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| 3 | Lutikov, Anatoly S | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| 4 | Kholmov, Ratmir D | ½ | 1 | ½ | 0 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | |
| 5 | Fuchs, Reinhart | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | |
| 6 | Taimanov, Mark E | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | 1 | 0 | ½ | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 7 | Tal, Mikhail | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 0 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | |
| 8 | Nikitin, Aleksander S | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | |
| 9 | Matulovic, Milan | ½ | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| 10 | Simagin, Vladimir Pavlovich | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | 0 | 0 | ½ | |
| 11 | Hamann, Svend | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 1 | ½ | |
| 12 | Stefanov, P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ |
Each cell shows the row player's recorded results against the column player. ● = same player.