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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 1 of 2; games 1-25 of 26  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. Kotov vs M Johansson  1-0391960Stockholm 1960/61A16 English
2. S Johannessen vs Stahlberg  1-0461960Stockholm 1960/61B30 Sicilian
3. E Book vs A Nielsen  1-0551960Stockholm 1960/61A21 English
4. Tal vs Unzicker 1-0251960Stockholm 1960/61C95 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Breyer
5. Kotov vs E Book  1-0361960Stockholm 1960/61D35 Queen's Gambit Declined
6. E Lundin vs Kotov  1-0921961Stockholm 1960/61A04 Reti Opening
7. Tal vs Stahlberg 1-0491961Stockholm 1960/61C11 French
8. E Book vs M Johansson  1-0351961Stockholm 1960/61D59 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tartakower
9. S Johannessen vs A Nielsen  1-0421961Stockholm 1960/61A41 Queen's Pawn Game (with ...d6)
10. Unzicker vs A Burehall  1-0361961Stockholm 1960/61B08 Pirc, Classical
11. M Johansson vs E Lundin 1-0321961Stockholm 1960/61C92 Ruy Lopez, Closed
12. A Nielsen vs Z Nilsson  1-0681961Stockholm 1960/61A02 Bird's Opening
13. Kotov vs S Johannessen  1-0411961Stockholm 1960/61A16 English
14. E Lundin vs A Burehall  1-0731961Stockholm 1960/61B08 Pirc, Classical
15. Tal vs A Nielsen 1-0271961Stockholm 1960/61A84 Dutch
16. A Burehall vs S Johannessen  1-0421961Stockholm 1960/61E80 King's Indian, Samisch Variation
17. A Nielsen vs Stahlberg  1-0421961Stockholm 1960/61A16 English
18. E Book vs E Lundin  1-0371961Stockholm 1960/61D25 Queen's Gambit Accepted
19. Tal vs M Johansson 1-0211961Stockholm 1960/61B94 Sicilian, Najdorf
20. Unzicker vs E Lundin  1-0441961Stockholm 1960/61C12 French, McCutcheon
21. Z Nilsson vs A Burehall  1-0611961Stockholm 1960/61B18 Caro-Kann, Classical
22. Uhlmann vs A Nielsen  1-0291961Stockholm 1960/61A41 Queen's Pawn Game (with ...d6)
23. E Book vs Z Nilsson  1-0361961Stockholm 1960/61A21 English
24. Stahlberg vs A Burehall  1-0361961Stockholm 1960/61A70 Benoni, Classical with 7.Nf3
25. Uhlmann vs M Johansson  1-0381961Stockholm 1960/61D12 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav
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