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TOURNAMENT STANDINGS
Stockholm 1960/61 Tournament

Mikhail Tal9.5/11(+8 -0 =3)[games]
Wolfgang Uhlmann9/11(+7 -0 =4)[games]
Alexander Kotov8/11(+7 -2 =2)[games]
Eero Book6.5/11(+4 -2 =5)[games]
Wolfgang Unzicker6/11(+2 -1 =8)[games]
Svein Johannessen5.5/11(+3 -3 =5)[games]
Zandor Nilsson5/11(+4 -5 =2)[games]
Axel Nielsen4/11(+2 -5 =4)[games]
Martin Johansson3.5/11(+1 -5 =5)[games]
Erik Lundin3.5/11(+2 -6 =3)[games]
Gideon Stahlberg3/11(+1 -6 =4)[games]
Arne Burehall2.5/11(+1 -7 =3)[games]
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Chessgames.com Chess Event Description
Stockholm 1960/61

Stockholm, Sweden, 29 December 1960 - 8 January 1961

Age 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 —————————————————————————————————————————————— 1 Tal 24 • ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 1 1 9½ 2 Uhlmann 25 ½ • 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 1 1 9 3 Kotov 47 ½ 0 • 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 8 4 Böök 50 0 ½ 0 • ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 ½ ½ 6½ 5 Unzicker 35 0 ½ ½ ½ • ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 6 6 Johannessen 23 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ • 0 1 ½ 1 1 0 5½ 7 Nilsson 47 0 0 0 0 ½ 1 • 0 1 ½ 1 1 5 8 Nielsen 46 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 1 • ½ ½ 1 ½ 4 =9 Johansson 42 0 0 0 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ • 1 ½ ½ 3½ =9 Lundin 56 0 0 1 0 0 0 ½ ½ 0 • ½ 1 3½ 11 Ståhlberg 52 0 0 0 ½ ½ 0 0 0 ½ ½ • 1 3 12 Burehäll 40 0 0 0 ½ 0 1 0 ½ ½ 0 0 • 2½ ——————————————————————————————————————————————

Eleven rounds in 11 days, starting on Thursday 29 December (66 games). Tal won with 9.5/11.

Sources
Tidskrift för Schack, 1/1961, pp. 2-8, 14-18, 32 (https://tfsarkiv.schack.se/pdf/1961...)
Norsk Sjakkblad, 1/1961, pp. 6-10 (https://dnkjuhc6if10z.cloudfront.ne...)
Skakbladet, 2/1961, pp. 22-24 (https://danbase.skak.dk/skakbladet/...)
Swedish newspapers (available at https://tidningar.kb.se/)

 page 3 of 3; games 51-66 of 66  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
51. E Book vs Z Nilsson  1-0361961Stockholm 1960/61A21 English
52. M Johansson vs Stahlberg  ½-½141961Stockholm 1960/61D26 Queen's Gambit Accepted
53. Kotov vs Uhlmann  0-1581961Stockholm 1960/61A07 King's Indian Attack
54. E Lundin vs S Johannessen  0-1331961Stockholm 1960/61A92 Dutch
55. Unzicker vs S Johannessen  ½-½251961Stockholm 1960/61C70 Ruy Lopez
56. Uhlmann vs M Johansson  1-0381961Stockholm 1960/61D12 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav
57. Stahlberg vs A Burehall  1-0361961Stockholm 1960/61A70 Benoni, Classical with 7.Nf3
58. Tal vs E Book 1-0481961Stockholm 1960/61C66 Ruy Lopez
59. Z Nilsson vs E Lundin  ½-½351961Stockholm 1960/61C09 French, Tarrasch, Open Variation, Main line
60. A Nielsen vs Kotov  0-1621961Stockholm 1960/61A10 English
61. S Johannessen vs Z Nilsson  0-1401961Stockholm 1960/61A07 King's Indian Attack
62. M Johansson vs A Nielsen  ½-½281961Stockholm 1960/61C11 French
63. Kotov vs Unzicker  ½-½511961Stockholm 1960/61A07 King's Indian Attack
64. A Burehall vs Uhlmann  0-1331961Stockholm 1960/61D86 Grunfeld, Exchange
65. E Book vs Stahlberg  ½-½401961Stockholm 1960/61A10 English
66. E Lundin vs Tal 0-1501961Stockholm 1960/61B54 Sicilian
 page 3 of 3; games 51-66 of 66  PGN Download
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