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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 1 of 1; 16 games  PGN Download 
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. Stahlberg vs Z Nilsson  0-1361960Stockholm 1960/61A88 Dutch, Leningrad, Main Variation with c6
2. Z Nilsson vs Tal 0-1411960Stockholm 1960/61A43 Old Benoni
3. A Burehall vs Kotov  0-1351960Stockholm 1960/61B06 Robatsch
4. E Lundin vs Uhlmann  0-1401960Stockholm 1960/61D94 Grunfeld
5. Z Nilsson vs Uhlmann  0-1631961Stockholm 1960/61A16 English
6. Z Nilsson vs Kotov  0-1331961Stockholm 1960/61A10 English
7. Stahlberg vs Uhlmann  0-1381961Stockholm 1960/61B07 Pirc
8. M Johansson vs Z Nilsson  0-1241961Stockholm 1960/61B71 Sicilian, Dragon, Levenfish Variation
9. Stahlberg vs Kotov  0-1331961Stockholm 1960/61B06 Robatsch
10. A Burehall vs Tal 0-1391961Stockholm 1960/61B25 Sicilian, Closed
11. Kotov vs Uhlmann  0-1581961Stockholm 1960/61A07 King's Indian Attack
12. E Lundin vs S Johannessen  0-1331961Stockholm 1960/61A92 Dutch
13. A Nielsen vs Kotov  0-1621961Stockholm 1960/61A10 English
14. E Lundin vs Tal 0-1501961Stockholm 1960/61B54 Sicilian
15. A Burehall vs Uhlmann  0-1331961Stockholm 1960/61D86 Grunfeld, Exchange
16. S Johannessen vs Z Nilsson  0-1401961Stockholm 1960/61A07 King's Indian Attack
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