12th Chess Olympiad — Moscow 1956
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| Round Order | Players | Result | Moves | Opening | Round |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1956.09.01 |
Keres, Paul
vs
Skold, Kristian
|
1-0 | 48 | Ruy Lopez: Closed, Chigorin Defense, Panov System | ROUND 1 |
| 1956.09.01 |
Sliwa, Bogdan Stanislaw
vs
Blau, Max
|
1/2-1/2 | 55 | Indian Defense: Anti-Nimzo-Indian | ROUND 1 |
| 1956.09.01 |
Bhend, Edwin
vs
Plater, Kazimierz
|
1-0 | 47 | King's Pawn Game: Maróczy Defense | ROUND 1 |
| 1956.09.01 |
Vestol, Aage
vs
Padevsky, Nikola Bochev
|
0-1 | 36 | Ruy Lopez: Closed, Worrall Attack | ROUND 1 |
| 1956.09.01 |
Pla, O
vs
Weichselbaumer, Ernst
|
1/2-1/2 | 47 | Nimzo-Indian Defense: Normal Variation, Gligoric System, Bronstein Variation | ROUND 1 |
| 1956.09.01 |
Folz, Werner
vs
Benitez, Francisco Emilio
|
0-1 | 25 | French Defense: Exchange Variation | ROUND 1 |
| 1956.09.01 |
Backlund, Gotthard
vs
Bronstein, David Ionovich
|
1/2-1/2 | 30 | English Opening: Agincourt Defense | ROUND 1 |
| 1956.09.01 |
Stenborg, Ake
vs
Smyslov, Vasily V
|
1/2-1/2 | 41 | Nimzo-Indian Defense: Normal Variation, Gligoric System, Bronstein Variation | ROUND 1 |
| 1956.09.01 |
Botvinnik, Mikhail
vs
Stahlberg, Gideon
|
1-0 | 55 | Réti Opening: Anglo-Slav Variation, with g3 | ROUND 1 |
| 1956.09.01 |
Colon Romero, Arturo
vs
Benkner, Otto
|
1-0 | 40 | Ruy Lopez: Closed, Chigorin Defense | ROUND 1 |
| 1956.09.01 |
Lorson, Gerhard
vs
Colon Romero, Miguel
|
1-0 | 54 | English Opening: Anglo-Indian Defense, Queen's Knight Variation | ROUND 1 |
| 1956.09.01 |
Dworzynski, Roman
vs
Walther, Edgar
|
0-1 | 35 | Sicilian Defense: Najdorf Variation, Poisoned Pawn Variation | ROUND 1 |
| 1956.09.01 |
Keller, Dieter
vs
Gromek, Jozef
|
1-0 | 32 | Sicilian Defense: Classical Variation | ROUND 1 |
| 1956.09.01 |
Minev, Nikolay Nikolaev
vs
Morcken, Otto B
|
1/2-1/2 | 36 | Tarrasch Defense | ROUND 1 |
| 1956.09.01 |
Milev, Zdravko
vs
Johannessen, Svein
|
1-0 | 32 | King's Indian Defense: Sämisch Variation | ROUND 1 |
| 1956.09.01 |
Lindblom, Per
vs
Kolarov, Atanas Stefanov
|
1/2-1/2 | 22 | Nimzo-Indian Defense: Classical Variation, Zurich Variation | ROUND 1 |
| 1956.09.02 |
Benkner, Otto
vs
Padevsky, Nikola Bochev
|
0-1 | 17 | Grünfeld Defense: Three Knights Variation, Hungarian Variation | ROUND 2 |
| 1956.09.02 |
Colon Romero, Arturo
vs
Keres, Paul
|
0-1 | 47 | Ruy Lopez: Closed | ROUND 2 |
| 1956.09.02 |
Pla, O
vs
Taimanov, Mark E
|
0-1 | 36 | King's Indian Defense: Sämisch Variation | ROUND 2 |
| 1956.09.02 |
Barda, Yngvar
vs
Keller, Dieter
|
0-1 | 28 | Nimzo-Indian Defense: Normal Variation, Bernstein Defense | ROUND 2 |
| 1956.09.02 |
Stahlberg, Gideon
vs
Sliwa, Bogdan Stanislaw
|
1/2-1/2 | 43 | Bogo-Indian Defense | ROUND 2 |
| 1956.09.02 |
Both, Gerhard
vs
Tringov, Georgi Petrov
|
0-1 | 31 | Indian Defense: West Indian Defense | ROUND 2 |
| 1956.09.02 |
Backlund, Gotthard
vs
Dworzynski, Roman
|
0-1 | 40 | English Opening: Anglo-Indian Defense, Queen's Knight Variation | ROUND 2 |
| 1956.09.02 |
Walther, Edgar
vs
Lindblom, Per
|
1-0 | 33 | Sicilian Defense: Open | ROUND 2 |
| 1956.09.02 |
Geller, Efim P
vs
Benitez, Francisco Emilio
|
1-0 | 27 | King's Indian Defense: Fianchetto Variation, Classical Main Line | ROUND 2 |
| 1956.09.02 |
Gromek, Jozef
vs
Joffe, Manne
|
1-0 | 35 | King's Indian Defense: Sämisch Variation, Orthodox Variation | ROUND 2 |
| 1956.09.02 |
Milev, Zdravko
vs
Schmitt, Peter his
|
1/2-1/2 | 23 | Alekhine Defense | ROUND 2 |
| 1956.09.02 |
Plater, Kazimierz
vs
Stenborg, Ake
|
1/2-1/2 | 59 | French Defense | ROUND 2 |
| 1956.09.02 |
Minev, Nikolay Nikolaev
vs
Lorson, Gerhard
|
1-0 | 33 | Ruy Lopez: Morphy Defense | ROUND 2 |
| 1956.09.02 |
Morcken, Otto B
vs
Bhend, Edwin
|
1/2-1/2 | 34 | Dutch Defense: Classical Variation, Ilyin-Zhenevsky Variation, Alatortsev-Lisitsyn Line | ROUND 2 |
| 1956.09.02 |
Bronstein, David Ionovich
vs
Colon Romero, Miguel
|
1-0 | 42 | Sicilian Defense: Najdorf Variation, Lipnitsky Attack | ROUND 2 |
| 1956.09.02 |
Blau, Max
vs
Vestol, Aage
|
1/2-1/2 | 42 | Sicilian Defense: Najdorf Variation | ROUND 2 |
| 1956.09.03 |
Lorson, Gerhard
vs
Smyslov, Vasily V
|
1/2-1/2 | 41 | English Opening: King's English Variation, Reversed Sicilian | ROUND 3 |
| 1956.09.03 |
Bhend, Edwin
vs
Minev, Nikolay Nikolaev
|
1/2-1/2 | 12 | Four Knights Game: Spanish Variation | ROUND 3 |
| 1956.09.03 |
Benitez, Francisco Emilio
vs
Dworzynski, Roman
|
0-1 | 33 | King's Indian Defense | ROUND 3 |
| 1956.09.03 |
Stenborg, Ake
vs
Morcken, Otto B
|
0-1 | 33 | Semi-Slav Defense: Main Line | ROUND 3 |
| 1956.09.03 |
Vestol, Aage
vs
Stahlberg, Gideon
|
1/2-1/2 | 41 | Sicilian Defense: Boleslavsky Variation | ROUND 3 |
| 1956.09.03 |
Taimanov, Mark E
vs
Weichselbaumer, Ernst
|
1-0 | 41 | Nimzo-Indian Defense: Normal Variation, Gligoric System, Bronstein Variation | ROUND 3 |
| 1956.09.03 |
Tringov, Georgi Petrov
vs
Walther, Edgar
|
1-0 | 41 | Sicilian Defense: Najdorf Variation | ROUND 3 |
| 1956.09.03 |
Johannessen, Svein
vs
Backlund, Gotthard
|
0-1 | 56 | English Opening: Anglo-Indian Defense | ROUND 3 |
| 1956.09.03 |
Botvinnik, Mikhail
vs
Benkner, Otto
|
1-0 | 27 | English Opening: King's English Variation, Four Knights Variation, Fianchetto Line, with Nb6 | ROUND 3 |
| 1956.09.03 |
Reissmann, Paul
vs
Balcarek, Wiktor
|
1-0 | 69 | French Defense: Classical Variation | ROUND 3 |
| 1956.09.03 |
Keller, Dieter
vs
Milev, Zdravko
|
1/2-1/2 | 16 | Sicilian Defense: Classical Variation | ROUND 3 |
| 1956.09.03 |
Ljungqvist, Lennart
vs
Rojahn, Ernst
|
1-0 | 38 | Queen's Pawn Game | ROUND 3 |
| 1956.09.03 |
Gromek, Jozef
vs
Borras Duran, Pere
|
1-0 | 30 | Nimzo-Indian Defense: Normal Variation | ROUND 3 |
| 1956.09.03 |
Plater, Kazimierz
vs
Colon Romero, Miguel
|
1-0 | 61 | Sicilian Defense: Dragon Variation, Yugoslav Attack | ROUND 3 |
| 1956.09.03 |
Padevsky, Nikola Bochev
vs
Blau, Max
|
1-0 | 29 | Sicilian Defense: O'Kelly Variation | ROUND 3 |
| 1956.09.03 |
Folz, Werner
vs
Geller, Efim P
|
0-1 | 41 | Sicilian Defense: Dragon Variation, Classical Variation, Battery Variation | ROUND 3 |
| 1956.09.04 |
Pla, O
vs
Lindblom, Per
|
1-0 | 20 | King's Indian Defense: Four Pawns Attack | ROUND 4 |
| 1956.09.04 |
Szapiro, Gedali
vs
Geller, Efim P
|
0-1 | 33 | King's Indian Defense: Fianchetto Variation, Immediate Fianchetto | ROUND 4 |