| Portoroz Interzonal (1958) |
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Portoroz was the fourth FIDE interzonal, and the first one played outside of Sweden. It was a 21-player round robin, with the top six players qualifying for the Bled-Zagreb-Belgrade Candidates (1959) tournament, with the proviso that no more than four players from any one country could advance. (1) The chief arbiter Harry Golombek was assisted by Vladimir Vukovic. (2) The tournament committee was composed of Gligoric, Averbakh, Neikirch, Rossetto and Ozren Nedeljkovic. The prize money for 1st through 12th places was 300.000, 225.000, 200.000, 150.000, 120.000, 100.000, 80.000, 60.000, 50.000, 45.000, 40.000, and 30.000 dinari. The remaining players received 2.000 dinari for each point scored. Several special prizes were also offered. The opening ceremony featured the debut of the FIDE Hymn, composed by Dal Verme. (2) The tournament was won by Mikhail Tal with 13.5/20 (+8 =11 -1). Gligoric was 2nd with 13, Benkö and Petrosian shared 3rd with 12.5, and Ólafsson and Fischer shared 5th with 12 points. Portoroz, Yugoslavia (Slovenia), 5 August - 12 September 1958 (3) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1
1 Tal * ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 1 ½ 1 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 13.5
2 Gligoric ½ * ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ ½ 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 13.0
3 Petrosian ½ ½ * ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 1 1 1 ½ 1 12.5
4 Benkö 0 ½ ½ * ½ 1 ½ 1 1 ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 12.5
5 Ólafsson ½ 1 ½ ½ * 1 0 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 12.0
6 Fischer ½ ½ ½ 0 0 * ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 ½ 1 1 1 12.0
7 Bronstein ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ * ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 0 ½ 1 11.5
8 Averbakh ½ ½ ½ 0 0 ½ ½ * 1 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 11.5
9 Matanovic 1 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 * 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 11.5
10 Szabo 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 0 * ½ ½ 1 ½ 0 ½ 1 1 1 1 1 11.5
11 Pachman ½ 0 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ * ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 ½ 1 1 1 11.5
12 Panno 0 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ * ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ 11.0
13 Filip 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ * ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 11.0
14 Sanguineti ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ * 1 ½ 1 1 ½ 1 ½ 10.0
15 Neikirch ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 0 ½ 0 0 * 0 ½ 1 1 ½ 1 9.5
16 Larsen 0 0 1 ½ 0 0 ½ 0 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 * 1 1 ½ 0 1 8.5
17 Sherwin ½ 1 0 ½ 1 0 0 ½ 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 * 1 0 1 1 7.5
18 Rossetto 0 0 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 0 0 0 * 1 ½ 1 7.0
19 Cardoso ½ 0 0 0 0 0 1 ½ 0 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 ½ 1 0 * 1 1 6.0
20 De Greiff 0 0 ½ 0 0 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 0 ½ 0 0 ½ 1 0 ½ 0 * 0 4.5
21 Fuster 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 0 0 0 0 1 * 2.0
Round-by-round scores: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21
1 Tal 1.0 2.0 2.5 2.5 3.5 4.0 4.5 5.0 6.0 7.0 8.0 8.5 9.0 9.5 10.5 11.0 12.0 12.5 12.5 13.0 13.5
2 Gligoric 0.5 1.0 2.0 2.5 3.5 3.5 4.0 4.5 4.5 5.5 6.0 7.0 7.5 8.0 9.0 9.0 10.0 11.0 12.0 12.5 13.0
3 Petrosian 1.0 1.5 2.0 3.0 4.0 4.5 5.5 6.0 6.5 7.5 8.5 9.0 9.5 10.0 10.5 10.5 11.0 11.5 12.0 12.5 12.5
4 Benko 1.0 1.5 1.5 2.5 3.0 4.0 4.5 5.5 5.5 6.0 6.0 6.5 7.0 8.0 8.5 9.0 10.0 10.5 11.5 12.0 12.5
5 Olafsson 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 3.5 4.5 4.5 5.5 5.5 6.0 7.0 7.0 8.0 9.0 9.5 10.0 10.0 10.5 11.0 11.0 12.0
6 Fischer 0.5 1.5 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.5 3.0 4.0 5.0 5.5 5.5 6.0 6.5 7.5 8.5 9.0 9.5 10.0 10.5 11.5 12.0
7 Bronstein 0.5 1.0 2.0 2.5 3.0 3.5 3.5 4.0 4.5 5.0 5.5 6.5 7.0 7.5 8.5 9.0 9.5 10.5 11.0 11.5 11.5
8 Averbakh 0.5 1.0 2.0 3.0 4.0 4.0 4.5 5.0 5.0 6.0 7.0 7.5 7.5 8.0 8.5 9.0 9.5 9.5 10.0 11.0 11.5
9 Matanovic 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.5 2.5 3.5 4.0 5.0 5.5 5.5 6.0 7.0 7.5 8.0 9.0 9.5 9.5 10.0 10.5 10.5 11.5
10 Szabo 0.0 0.0 0.5 1.5 2.5 2.5 3.0 3.0 4.0 5.0 5.5 5.5 6.5 7.5 8.0 8.5 9.0 10.0 10.5 11.0 11.5
11 Pachman 0.5 1.0 1.5 1.5 2.5 3.5 4.0 4.0 4.5 5.0 6.0 6.0 7.0 8.0 8.5 9.0 9.5 9.5 10.0 11.0 11.5
12 Panno 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.5 2.5 3.0 3.5 4.0 5.0 5.5 6.0 6.5 7.0 8.0 8.0 8.5 8.5 9.0 10.0 10.5 11.0
13 Filip 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.0 2.5 3.0 4.0 4.0 4.5 5.0 5.0 6.0 6.5 7.5 8.5 9.0 9.5 10.0 10.5 11.0
14 Sanguinetti 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 3.0 3.5 4.5 4.5 4.5 5.0 5.0 5.5 5.5 5.5 6.0 6.5 7.0 8.0 9.0 9.5 10.0
15 Neikirch 0.5 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.5 2.5 3.0 3.5 4.0 4.5 5.5 5.5 6.0 6.0 7.0 7.0 7.0 8.0 9.0 9.5
16 Larsen 0.5 1.0 1.0 2.0 3.0 4.0 4.5 4.5 5.0 5.0 5.0 5.5 6.0 6.0 6.0 7.0 8.0 8.0 8.5 8.5 8.5
17 Sherwin 0.0 0.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.5 1.5 2.5 3.0 4.0 5.0 5.5 5.5 5.5 6.0 6.0 6.0 6.0 7.0 7.5
18 Rossetto 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 2.0 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.5 3.5 4.0 4.5 5.0 6.0 6.0 6.0 7.0
19 Cardoso 0.5 1.0 1.5 1.5 1.5 2.0 2.0 3.0 4.0 4.0 4.0 4.0 4.0 4.0 4.0 4.0 5.0 5.0 5.0 5.0 6.0
20 De Greiff 0.0 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.5 1.5 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.5 3.0 4.0 4.0 4.5 4.5
21 Fuster 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0
Tal, Gligoric, Petrosian, Benkö, Ólafsson and Fischer qualified for the Bled-Zagreb-Belgrade Candidates (1959). Photo montage: http://soloscacchi.altervista.org/w...
Notes
1) Yuri Averbakh, Centre-Stage and Behind the Scenes, Stephen W Giddins transl. (New In Chess 2011), pp. 110-114.
2) Tidskrift för Schack, no. 7 September 1958, p. 195 (https://tfsarkiv.schack.se/pdf/1958...).
3) Magyar Sakkelet, 1958, p. 147. In Di Felice, Chess Results 1956-1960, p. 250. Source: Mikhail Tal, The Life and Games of Mikhail Tal (Cadogan 1997), p. 105. Original collection: Game Collection: Interzonals 1958: Portoroz, by
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Year | Event/Locale | Opening |
| 1. Bronstein vs Gligoric |
 | ½-½ | 42 | 1958 | Portoroz Interzonal | E86 King's Indian, Samisch, Orthodox, 7.Nge2 c6 |
| 2. Fischer vs O Neikirch |
| ½-½ | 16 | 1958 | Portoroz Interzonal | C67 Ruy Lopez |
| 3. Panno vs Pachman |
| ½-½ | 26 | 1958 | Portoroz Interzonal | E07 Catalan, Closed |
| 4. Petrosian vs J Sherwin |
| 1-0 | 58 | 1958 | Portoroz Interzonal | D27 Queen's Gambit Accepted, Classical |
| 5. F Olafsson vs Szabo |
| 1-0 | 42 | 1958 | Portoroz Interzonal | D33 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch |
| 6. Tal vs B De Greiff |
 | 1-0 | 29 | 1958 | Portoroz Interzonal | A17 English |
| 7. Averbakh vs R Cardoso |
| ½-½ | 60 | 1958 | Portoroz Interzonal | A34 English, Symmetrical |
| 8. Benko vs G Fuster |
| 1-0 | 26 | 1958 | Portoroz Interzonal | B91 Sicilian, Najdorf, Zagreb (Fianchetto) Variation |
| 9. Larsen vs Filip |
| ½-½ | 32 | 1958 | Portoroz Interzonal | A07 King's Indian Attack |
| 10. R Sanguineti vs A Matanovic |
| ½-½ | 52 | 1958 | Portoroz Interzonal | C84 Ruy Lopez, Closed |
| 11. O Neikirch vs Bronstein |
| ½-½ | 20 | 1958 | Portoroz Interzonal | A37 English, Symmetrical |
| 12. G Fuster vs Fischer |
| 0-1 | 36 | 1958 | Portoroz Interzonal | E86 King's Indian, Samisch, Orthodox, 7.Nge2 c6 |
| 13. Pachman vs F Olafsson |
| ½-½ | 20 | 1958 | Portoroz Interzonal | A07 King's Indian Attack |
| 14. B De Greiff vs Petrosian |
| ½-½ | 30 | 1958 | Portoroz Interzonal | E93 King's Indian, Petrosian System |
| 15. Szabo vs Tal |
| 0-1 | 49 | 1958 | Portoroz Interzonal | B52 Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack |
| 16. R Cardoso vs Larsen |
| ½-½ | 54 | 1958 | Portoroz Interzonal | B39 Sicilian, Accelerated Fianchetto, Breyer Variation |
| 17. Filip vs R Sanguineti |
| ½-½ | 42 | 1958 | Portoroz Interzonal | A12 English with b3 |
| 18. Gligoric vs Averbakh |
| ½-½ | 25 | 1958 | Portoroz Interzonal | E59 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Main line |
| 19. A Matanovic vs Panno |
| ½-½ | 54 | 1958 | Portoroz Interzonal | B64 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack |
| 20. H Rossetto vs Benko |
| ½-½ | 65 | 1958 | Portoroz Interzonal | B65 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack, 7...Be7 Defense, 9...Nxd4 |
| 21. Bronstein vs G Fuster |
| 1-0 | 39 | 1958 | Portoroz Interzonal | B11 Caro-Kann, Two Knights, 3...Bg4 |
| 22. Fischer vs H Rossetto |
| ½-½ | 73 | 1958 | Portoroz Interzonal | C99 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin, 12...cd |
| 23. Tal vs Pachman |
| ½-½ | 50 | 1958 | Portoroz Interzonal | C11 French |
| 24. Petrosian vs Szabo |
| ½-½ | 21 | 1958 | Portoroz Interzonal | E12 Queen's Indian |
| 25. Averbakh vs O Neikirch |
| 1-0 | 41 | 1958 | Portoroz Interzonal | C98 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin |
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Mar-07-14
 | | FSR: <perfidious> You're not kidding. Had Cardoso played 13...Nd5! in Fischer vs R T Cardoso, 1958, Fischer would have been in "deep doo doo," as George H.W. Bush would say. Had Cardoso won or drawn (instead of losing) from his much superior position against Fischer and/or lost or drawn (instead of winning) from his much inferior position against Bronstein, chess history might have been much different. |
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Jul-31-15
 | | GrahamClayton: Here is the FIDE Anthem that was played at the opening ceremony: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zlA... |
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| Feb-24-16 | | zanzibar: A fantastic montage of all the participants (and arbiter) is online. Click here: http://soloscacchi.altervista.org/w... And also: http://soloscacchi.altervista.org/?... (IT) |
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Feb-24-16
 | | moronovich: Wow,thanks <zanzibar>! |
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| Feb-24-16 | | zanzibar: <moronvich> you're welcome, and both our thanks go to the soloscacchi site. |
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| Feb-25-16 | | ozmikey: <http://soloscacchi.altervista.org/w...> Panno looks a dead ringer for Peter Hitchens in that photo! |
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Feb-25-16
 | | diceman: <zanzibar:
And also: http://soloscacchi.altervista.org/?... (IT)> I wonder what the (what looks like) "38" after Brooklyn on the Fischer postcard to Jack Collins is? |
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| Feb-26-16 | | NeverAgain: The "38" is a postal zone/district number, the predecessor of the ZIP code. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ZIP_c... |
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Feb-26-16
| | diceman: <NeverAgain: The "38" is a postal zone/district number, the predecessor of the ZIP code.> That's what I was thinking, but I don't remember it ever being two digits.
(even now hearing it)
However, as a kid I don't remember being focused on mailing things. |
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Aug-15-17
 | | keypusher: I just noticed something. The intro says that no more than four players from any one country could qualify for the candidates. But there were only four Soviets in the tournament (Tal, Petrosian, Bronstein, and Averbakh). My impression is that the real "discrimination" against the Soviets in the 1958-60 and 1962-63 cycles was less that there was a limit on the number that were allowed to qualify for the candidates from the interzonal and more that so few of them got to play in the interzonal to begin with. The Soviet zonal qualifier for the interzonal was the 1958 USSR championship. USSR Championship (1958) Imagine the non-qualifiers from that tournament playing a team event against everyone in the interzonal field from Matanovic down to Fuster. It would be a massacre. |
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Aug-15-17
 | | WannaBe: <diceman> Here's more on 2 digit zip code... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ZIP_C... |
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Aug-15-17
| | keypusher: <I just noticed something. The intro says that no more than four players from any one country could qualify for the candidates. But there were only four Soviets in the tournament (Tal, Petrosian, Bronstein, and Averbakh).> But this is inconsistent with Tal's own account of the internzonal. He writes: <For the first time, the rule came into force that, from any one country (read -- USSR!) no more than two (at first) and then no more than three (as was decided after 12 rounds) players could go forward from the Internal to the Candidates' tournament. Therefore, each of the Soviet quartet was required not only to win, but to come ahead of at least one of his compatriots. In short, only 1st-3rd places guaranteed success, compared to 1st-6th places for the remaining contestants.> As it turned out, only two Soviets finished in the top six, which is not to say that the limit had no effect, since Bronstein and Averbakh finished a half-point behind the last two qualifiers, Olafsson and Fischer. |
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Aug-15-17
 | | beatgiant: There was a whole big discussion on the so-called "3 Soviets Rule" here Curacao Candidates (1962) and the conclusion was that the rules and their implementation were pretty vague. That discussion concluded that the limit was raised from 2 to 3 (plus seeded players) sometime between 1959 and 1962. It's a big surprise to learn that happened while the interzonal was actually in progress. Can any other source confirm this? |
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Aug-16-17
| | keypusher: <beatgiant> It would be nice to see another source on the change from two to three Soviets while the interzonal was in progress, I agree. It would be a strange thing for a (Soviet) participant to get wrong, though. In his autobiography, published many years later, Tal's indignation over the rule is palpable. My first thought was that Smyslov's defeat in the rematch with Botvinnik had something to do with the change, but the timing doesn't work. The match was in the spring, and the interzonal was from August 5 to September 12. But maybe it was only in August that FIDE decided how many automatic seeds there would be in the candidates? For anyone who wants to check whatever archives might be helpful, I think Round 12 took place on August 23 and Round 13 was on August 27. |
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Aug-16-17
| | keypusher: <beatgiant>
See attached, courtesy of <Sally Simpson>. https://www.chess.com/blog/Spektrow... I just lost a huge post discussing it, so I'll just put up some excerpts. <By the rules established at 1956 Moscow FIDE Congress, five Interzonal winners were to progress to the Candidates'. But Smyslov (ex-World Champion) and Keres (runner-up of the last Candidates') already received personal invitations, so, out of our Soviet four, only two at most could progress! Of course, we didn't like that, and all other participants thought that it was unfair that only five players qualified, while at the previous Interzonals, there were nine qualifying places, and so they asked the FIDE officials to increase the number.For the first half of the tournament, I was in the top three, behind only Tal and Petrosian. Still, that third place gave me nothing. But before the 13th round, we got good news: the number of qualifying places was increased to six, and the number of Soviet players eligible for qualifying was increased to three.> Now the background:
<At the 1956 Moscow FIDE Congress, the round-robin tournament rule was cancelled, and the World Champion got the right for a return match instead.This decision looks unfair towards the candidates. As I have already said, in 1950s, Botvinnik was just the first among equals. He couldn't defeat neither Bronstein nor Smyslov. Moreover, we already knew the new candidate's name - Smyslov again won the right to play Botvinnik in 1957. Why would FIDE make such a concession to Botvinnik? To answer this question, we'll have to look at other decisions made at the Moscow Congress. Knowing Folke Rogard, then FIDE President, a renowned Swedish lawyer and experienced politician, I can say that in his work, he'd always strived to maintain a parity between us and the West. For instance, when M. Tal, the USSR Champion, was given the International Grandmaster title without meeting all necessary requirements, the U.S. Champion A. Bisguier was given the title as well. That was the strategy: if we concede something to Soviet Union, we have to take something away from them. And so, acting by this principle, the Congress limited the number of players from one country (read: USSR) in the Candidates' tournament to four. As I said, it was done by request of our federation, but in fact it was more of a personal request of the World Champion. Botvinnik later wrote diplomatically (in the book Botvinnik - Smyslov: The Return Match): "There was a "danger" that all or almost all candidates would represent only one country - this could decrease the interest towards chess in other parts of the world and harm the international chess community." It looks logical, but it's only the external part of the story. Botvinnik had his own ulterior plans - to create new obstacles for his main compatriot competitors. They posed the greatest threat for him, and he wanted to decrease their numbers.> |
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| Aug-16-17 | | Howard: Geez, this discussion regarding no-more-than-five-Soviets, has me confused. Is someone saying that FIDE changed the rules while the 1958 interzonal was still in progress?! That's a new one on me. |
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Aug-16-17
| | beatgiant: <Howard>
<Is someone saying...>
Tal and Averbakh are saying. And it's consistent with what we discussed on the Curacao Candidates (1962) page, the new bits being the timing and the background. So, I'm inclined to believe this. |
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Oct-31-17
 | | Eggman: I wonder why Reshevsky was not a participant in this interzonal. He placed second in the US Championship (1957/58), but he is absent here and replaced by James T. Sherwin, who finished third in that tournament. |
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| Dec-14-20 | | cameosis: the plural of yugoslav »dinar« is »dinari«, not »dinarer« |
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Oct-26-22
 | | An Englishman: Good Evening: Impressively bloodthirsty tournament--Sherwin, who finished 17th, still managed 5 wins including a record of +2 -2 =2 against the top 6 finishers who qualified for the Candidates! |
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Oct-26-22
 | | HeMateMe: Fascinating stuff. I had no idea that Sherwin, a marginal US GM had done so well, scored even against such an illustrious group. I always thought that Sherwin was just one of the many part time chess players that Fischer beat up on in the US ch. and the US Open. Didn't know that Sherwin had even played in an interzonal, had ever gotten that far. Wasn't this the interzonal where Fischer and Gligoric had a very dynamic, double edged position going, final round, but then immediately agreed to a draw when they realized that a draw would send both of them to the Candidates tournament? |
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Oct-26-22
 | | paulalbert: Jimmy Sherwin was a strong player, but definitely amateur, but was never I think an official International GM. By today's lesser standards he would definitely have achieved such ranking readily, but in those days getting the title was much more difficult.
As an investment banker at Morgan Stanley I worked extensively with him on transactions advising our client GAF where he was an Executive Vice President, but also on chess matters since we were Fellow Trustees of the American Chess Foundation where Jimmy was also President.
While traveling with him on GAF business matters we played many skittles chess games on my travel set, and I was competitive enough to put up a good fight and remember I very occasionally actually would win a game.
Ancient history, about 45 years ago, but a fond memory. |
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Oct-26-22
 | | perfidious: Sherwin is an IM.
Full stop. |
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Oct-27-22
| | An Englishman: Good Evening: <HeHateMe>, Fischer had found an improvement in the Goteberg Variation, but Gligoric was in top form and held a very complex position. Gligoric vs Fischer, 1958. |
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Oct-27-22
| | HeMateMe: Amazing that a 15 year old kid could be doing this, then make the candidates the following year. Only Carlsen could do this, maybe Kasparov, at age 15. Very short list. |
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