Przepiórka Memorial 1957

Geller dominates the second Przepiórka Memorial
August 1957 · Szczawno-Zdrój, Poland
Geller won with 12½/15

Efim Geller won the second Przepiórka Memorial with 12½/15. Ratmir Kholmov finished on 11 and László Szabó on 10, leaving Geller a point and a half clear of the field.

A commanding score

Geller's 12½ produced a decisive first place in the sixteen-player tournament. Kholmov's 11 secured second, and Szabó stood alone in third on 10.

The field behind the leaders

Rajko Bogdanović, Victor Ciocaltea, and Kazimierz Plater each scored 8½, forming the next group behind the three front-runners.

The whole round-robin

All 120 games are preserved, with complete round labels across the fifteen-round schedule. The standings and grid can therefore be derived directly from every played pairing.

Final standings

12½/15
Geller won with 12½/15
# Player Score Record Games
1 Geller, Efim P 12½/15 +10 -0 =5
2 Kholmov, Ratmir D 11/15 +9 -2 =4
3 Szabo, Laszlo 10/15 +8 -3 =4
=4 Bogdanovic, Rajko 8½/15 +7 -5 =3
=4 Ciocaltea, Victor 8½/15 +7 -5 =3
=4 Plater, Kazimierz 8½/15 +5 -3 =7
7 Fichtl, Jiri 8/15 +5 -4 =6
8 Sliwa, Bogdan Stanislaw 7½/15 +4 -4 =7
=9 Franz, Joachim 7/15 +4 -5 =6
=9 Orbaan, Constant 7/15 +2 -3 =10
11 Winiwarter, Felix 6½/15 +5 -7 =3
=12 Nahlik, Edward 6/15 +5 -8 =2
=12 Doda, Zbigniew 6/15 +2 -5 =8
14 Szukszta, Janusz 5/15 +2 -7 =6
15 Gromek, Jozef 4½/15 +3 -9 =3
16 Dzieciolowski, Adam 3½/15 +1 -9 =5

Cross Table

Rank Player 12345678910111213141516
1 Geller, Efim P 1 ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 1 1
2 Kholmov, Ratmir D 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
3 Szabo, Laszlo ½ ½ 0 1 0 0 ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
4 Bogdanovic, Rajko ½ 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 ½ 1 1 ½ 0 1 1
5 Ciocaltea, Victor 0 ½ 0 1 1 1 0 ½ 0 1 0 1 ½ 1 1
6 Plater, Kazimierz 0 ½ 1 1 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 0 ½ 1
7 Fichtl, Jiri ½ 0 1 1 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ 1 1
8 Sliwa, Bogdan Stanislaw 0 ½ ½ 0 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 0 1
9 Franz, Joachim ½ 1 ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 0 ½ 1 0 0 1 1 ½
10 Orbaan, Constant ½ 0 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 ½
11 Winiwarter, Felix 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1
12 Nahlik, Edward 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 ½ 0 ½ 1 0 0
13 Doda, Zbigniew 0 0 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½
14 Szukszta, Janusz 0 0 0 1 ½ 1 ½ 0 0 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ ½
15 Gromek, Jozef 0 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 ½ ½
16 Dzieciolowski, Adam 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ½ ½ 0 1 ½ ½ ½

Each cell shows the row player's recorded results against the column player. ● = same player.