TOURNAMENT
12th Chess Olympiad — Moscow 1956
1956 · Moscow
The Soviet Union won the 12th Chess Olympiad at Moscow in 1956 with 31 board points, ahead of Yugoslavia and Hungary (both 26½; Yugoslavia took silver on match points).
Format
Tournament
Dates
1956
Venue
Moscow
Games
1218
◈Final Standings
Thirty-four nations played four preliminary groups; the top three of each formed the Championship Final (Final A, places 1–12), the next Final B (13–24) and the rest Final C (25–34). Points shown are within each section, so a lower-section total can exceed a higher one. The archive holds 1,218 of the 1,220 games played.
This archive holds 1218 of the 1220 games played; the standings above are the official final result.
| # | Team | Points |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Soviet Union | 31 |
| 2 | Yugoslavia | 26½ |
| 3 | Hungary | 26½ |
| 4 | Argentina | 23 |
| 5 | West Germany | 22 |
| 6 | Bulgaria | 22 |
| 7 | Czechoslovakia | 20½ |
| 8 | England | 20 |
| 9 | Switzerland | 19 |
| 10 | Denmark | 19 |
| 11 | Romania | 19 |
| 12 | Israel | 15½ |
| 13 | Austria | 28 |
| 14 | Iceland | 27 |
| 15 | Sweden | 26½ |
| 16 | Belgium | 23½ |
| 17 | Finland | 22½ |
| 18 | Colombia | 21 |
| 19 | Netherlands | 21 |
| 20 | East Germany | 20½ |
| 21 | France | 19½ |
| 22 | Chile | 19 |
| 23 | Poland | 19 |
| 24 | Norway | 16½ |
| 25 | Philippines | 24 |
| 26 | Saar | 23 |
| 27 | India | 20½ |
| 28 | Iran | 19 |
| 29 | Puerto Rico | 18½ |
| 30 | Mongolia | 18½ |
| 31 | Scotland | 17½ |
| 32 | Greece | 17 |
| 33 | Ireland | 13 |
| 34 | Luxembourg | 9 |