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Candidates Tournament 1953

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Zurich 1953 was a chess tournament won by Vasily Smyslov. It was a Candidates Tournament for the 1954 World Chess Championship match between Smyslov and Mikhail Botvinnik.

# Player 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Total
1  Vasily Smyslov (USSR) xx ½½ 11 ½1 ½½ 11 ½½ ½0 ½½ ½½ ½½ ½½ 11 18
2  David Bronstein (USSR) ½½ xx 11 ½½ ½0 ½½ ½½ ½½ ½½ 01 ½½ ½½ 16
3  Paul Keres (USSR) 00 xx ½½ ½1 ½1 ½½ ½½ ½½ 11 ½1 ½½ 11 16
4  Samuel Reshevsky (USA) ½0 00 ½½ xx ½½ ½½ ½½ 10 ½½ ½1 ½1 ½1 11 16
5  Tigran Petrosian (USSR) ½½ ½½ ½0 ½½ xx ½½ ½½ 00 ½½ ½½ 11 ½1 11 15
6  Efim Geller (USSR) 00 ½1 ½0 ½½ ½½ xx 11 ½0 01 ½½ 01 ½1 01 ½½ 14½
7  Miguel Najdorf (Argentina) ½½ ½½ ½½ ½½ 00 xx ½0 ½½ ½½ ½½ 11 14½
8  Alexander Kotov (USSR) ½1 ½½ ½½ 01 ½½ ½1 xx 10 00 10 01 14
9  Mark Taimanov (USSR) ½½ ½½ ½½ 11 10 01 xx 10 ½½ ½½ ½0 11 14
10  Yuri Averbakh (USSR) ½½ ½½ ½½ ½½ 01 xx ½½ ½½ 11 00 13½
11  Isaac Boleslavsky (USSR) ½½ ½½ 00 ½0 ½½ 10 ½½ 11 ½½ ½½ xx ½0 ½½ ½1 ½½ 13½
12  Laszlo Szabo (Hungary) ½½ 10 00 ½½ 01 ½½ ½½ ½1 xx ½½ 13
13  Svetozar Gligorić (Yugoslavia) ½0 ½0 ½0 ½0 ½½ ½1 ½½ xx ½1 11 12½
14  Max Euwe (Netherlands) 00 ½½ ½½ 00 10 00 ½0 ½½ ½0 xx 11½
15  Gideon Ståhlberg (Sweden) ½½ 00 00 ½½ 00 10 00 11 ½½ 00 xx 8

References

Bronstein, David (1979) [1960], Zurich International chess tournament, 1953 (2nd ed.), Dover Publications, ISBN 0-486-23800-8