Caïssa Christmas Tournament, Paris 1962/63

Incomplete record. This archive holds 59 of the 66 games played; 7 are missing. The full twelve-player table records 66 ordinary results. Both approved archives preserve 59 scores; seven pairings have results but no moves. No concrete default evidence was found, so 66 played games is inferred from the complete reciprocal table.

Albéric O’Kelly won the twelve-player Caïssa Christmas tournament with 9½ points from eleven games. Čeněk Kottnauer finished unbeaten on 8½, and César Boutteville took third with six.

◇The final order

O’Kelly scored nine wins, one draw and one loss. Guy Mazzoni inflicted his only defeat, while his game with Kottnauer was drawn. Kottnauer’s six wins and five draws secured second place. Roger Druon and Georges Noradounguian shared the next score behind Boutteville, each on 5½.

◇Two different Caïssa tournaments

This Christmas event is distinct from the Caïssa Easter tournament in April 1963, where O’Kelly and Kottnauer tied on 9½. The Easter field included Pedro Puig Pulido in place of Mazzoni. The exact dates of the Christmas games remain unconfirmed.

◇The surviving scores

Both approved archives preserve the same 59 scores. Seven other pairings have results but no moves, including three wins by O’Kelly. The full reciprocal table records 66 ordinary results and shows no default notation. A total of 66 played games is inferred from that published record; the available scores do not reconstruct its final standings.