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

31
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).

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