The third Akiba Rubinstein Memorial, born two years earlier from Max Euwe's suggestion that Poland honour its native son, produced a finish nobody could separate: Moscow's Evgeni Vasiukov and Hungary's Péter Dély shared the title outright, each finishing on 9½ from 13, with Yugoslavia's Milan Matulovic close behind on 9.
A young memorial finds its footing
The Rubinstein Memorial had begun only in 1963, at the urging of former world champion Max Euwe, who told Polish federation officials that any player, whatever his title, would be proud of an invitation to a tournament dedicated to Akiba Rubinstein's memory. By its third running in the summer of 1965, the event was already drawing a genuinely international field of fourteen to Polanica-Zdrój for a full single round-robin of 91 games.
Final standings
| # | Player | Score | Record | Games |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| =1 | Vasiukov, Evgeni | 9½/13 | +8 -2 =3 | games |
| =1 | Dely, Peter | 9½/13 | +7 -1 =5 | games |
| 3 | Matulovic, Milan | 9/13 | +6 -1 =6 | games |
| 4 | Ujtelky, Maximilian | 8½/13 | +5 -1 =7 | games |
| 5 | Neikirkh, Oleg | 7½/13 | +5 -3 =5 | games |
| =6 | Bednarski, Jacek B | 7/13 | +3 -2 =8 | games |
| =6 | Fuchs, Reinhart | 7/13 | +2 -1 =10 | games |
| 8 | Ortega, Rogelio | 6/13 | +2 -3 =8 | games |
| =9 | Grabczewski, Romuald | 5½/13 | +3 -5 =5 | games |
| =9 | Brzozka, Stefan | 5½/13 | +1 -3 =9 | games |
| =9 | Pietrusiak, Bogdan | 5½/13 | +1 -3 =9 | games |
| 12 | Filipowicz, Andrzej | 5/13 | +1 -4 =8 | games |
| 13 | Sydor, Andrzej | 3/13 | +0 -7 =6 | games |
| 14 | Serwinski, Benedykt | 2½/13 | +0 -8 =5 | games |
Cross Table
| Rank | Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vasiukov, Evgeni | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | |
| 2 | Dely, Peter | 0 | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| 3 | Matulovic, Milan | 0 | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | |
| 4 | Ujtelky, Maximilian | 0 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | |
| 5 | Neikirkh, Oleg | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| 6 | Bednarski, Jacek B | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | |
| 7 | Fuchs, Reinhart | 1 | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | |
| 8 | Ortega, Rogelio | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | |
| 9 | Grabczewski, Romuald | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | |
| 10 | Brzozka, Stefan | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | 1 | ½ | |
| 11 | Pietrusiak, Bogdan | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | |
| 12 | Filipowicz, Andrzej | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | |
| 13 | Sydor, Andrzej | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | |
| 14 | Serwinski, Benedykt | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ |
Each cell shows the row player's recorded results against the column player. ● = same player.