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Alekhine Memorial Tournament

Mikhail Botvinnik11/15(+8 -1 =6)[games]
Vasily Smyslov11/15(+7 -0 =8)[games]
Mark Taimanov10.5/15(+6 -0 =9)[games]
Svetozar Gligoric10/15(+6 -1 =8)[games]
David Bronstein9.5/15(+5 -1 =9)[games]
Miguel Najdorf9/15(+5 -2 =8)[games]
Paul Keres8.5/15(+4 -2 =9)[games]
Ludek Pachman8.5/15(+3 -1 =11)[games]
Wolfgang Unzicker8/15(+4 -3 =8)[games]
Gideon Stahlberg8/15(+4 -3 =8)[games]
Laszlo Szabo6/15(+1 -4 =10)[games]
Nikola Padevsky5.5/15(+1 -5 =9)[games]
Wolfgang Uhlmann5.5/15(+2 -6 =7)[games]
Victor Ciocaltea3.5/15(+1 -9 =5)[games]
Bogdan Sliwa3/15(+2 -11 =2)[games]
Harry Golombek2.5/15(+0 -10 =5)[games]
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Chessgames.com Chess Event Description
Alekhine Memorial (1956)

For a quarter-century after he fled the Soviet Union, Alexander Alekhine was treated as a traitor and an enemy of the people. This attitude softened within a decade of his death, and in 1956 the Soviet Union held an important international event in his memory. Earlier that year, in April, a Soviet delegation, including Smyslov, Keres, Bronstein, Geller and Petrosian, had marked the tenth anniversary of his death at a ceremony, organised by FIDE, in the Montparnasse cemetery in Paris.

The Alekhine Memorial was held in Moscow from October 9-November 2, 1956, and featured a star-studded field including World Champion Mikhail Botvinnik and his usual challenger at the time, Vasily Smyslov. They, along with reigning Soviet Champion Mark Taimanov, forged into the lead around the half-way point and stayed one step up on the field the rest of the way.

It was Botvinnik who broke the logjam with a spurt of 4.5 points from rounds 10-14, taking a full point lead into the last round. His opponent was an out-of-form Paul Keres, who nevertheless pulled himself together to administer a stunning defeat (Keres vs Botvinnik, 1956). Taimanov settled for a short last-round draw, but Smyslov ground out a win over Gideon Ståhlberg to tie for first place.

Moscow, Soviet Union (Russia), 9 October - 2 November 1956

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 1 Botvinnik * ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 0 ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 11.0 2 Smyslov ½ * ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 11.0 3 Taimanov ½ ½ * ½ 1 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 10.5 4 Gligoric ½ ½ ½ * 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 1 10.0 5 Bronstein ½ ½ 0 1 * ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 9.5 6 Najdorf 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ * ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 9.0 7 Keres 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ * 1 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 8.5 8 Pachman ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 * ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 8.5 9 Unzicker ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 1 ½ * 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 0 1 8.0 10 Ståhlberg 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 * ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 8.0 11 Szabo 0 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ * ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 6.0 12 Padevsky 0 0 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ * 0 ½ 1 ½ 5.5 13 Uhlmann 0 0 ½ 0 0 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 * 1 ½ ½ 5.5 14 Ciocaltea 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 0 0 ½ ½ 0 * 1 ½ 3.5 15 Sliwa 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 ½ 0 * ½ 3.0 16 Golombek 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ * 2.5

Original collection: Game Collection: Alekhine Memorial International Tournament, 1956, by User: Resignation Trap.

 page 4 of 5; games 76-100 of 120  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
76. Najdorf vs Golombek  1-0421956Alekhine MemorialE47 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3
77. Szabo vs Pachman  ½-½191956Alekhine MemorialD46 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav
78. N Padevsky vs Smyslov 0-1501956Alekhine MemorialC47 Four Knights
79. Taimanov vs Uhlmann  ½-½411956Alekhine MemorialE94 King's Indian, Orthodox
80. Stahlberg vs Gligoric  ½-½581956Alekhine MemorialE64 King's Indian, Fianchetto, Yugoslav System
81. Botvinnik vs Stahlberg 1-0411956Alekhine MemorialA14 English
82. Pachman vs Bronstein  ½-½231956Alekhine MemorialA04 Reti Opening
83. Keres vs Taimanov  ½-½461956Alekhine MemorialB62 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer
84. Smyslov vs Najdorf ½-½391956Alekhine MemorialE66 King's Indian, Fianchetto, Yugoslav Panno
85. Gligoric vs Szabo  ½-½351956Alekhine MemorialE15 Queen's Indian
86. Uhlmann vs Sliwa  ½-½521956Alekhine MemorialE07 Catalan, Closed
87. Golombek vs Unzicker 0-1511956Alekhine MemorialE15 Queen's Indian
88. V Ciocaltea vs N Padevsky  ½-½411956Alekhine MemorialC90 Ruy Lopez, Closed
89. Gligoric vs Botvinnik ½-½121956Alekhine MemorialC11 French
90. Szabo vs Bronstein 0-1401956Alekhine MemorialC63 Ruy Lopez, Schliemann Defense
91. Sliwa vs Keres 0-1411956Alekhine MemorialA22 English
92. Najdorf vs V Ciocaltea  1-0651956Alekhine MemorialA15 English
93. N Padevsky vs Pachman  ½-½161956Alekhine MemorialD70 Neo-Grunfeld Defense
94. Unzicker vs Smyslov  ½-½261956Alekhine MemorialC75 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense
95. Taimanov vs Golombek  1-0541956Alekhine MemorialE47 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3
96. Stahlberg vs Uhlmann  1-0371956Alekhine MemorialA03 Bird's Opening
97. Botvinnik vs Szabo 1-0271956Alekhine MemorialA10 English
98. Bronstein vs N Padevsky  ½-½241956Alekhine MemorialD32 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch
99. Keres vs Stahlberg  ½-½321956Alekhine MemorialB98 Sicilian, Najdorf
100. Pachman vs Najdorf  ½-½161956Alekhine MemorialA05 Reti Opening
 page 4 of 5; games 76-100 of 120  PGN Download
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