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2nd Correspondence World Championship (1956) For this 2nd final (taking place from January 1st 1956 to February 30th 1958) the top three players from the 1st final (the 1950 - 1953 contest) were seeded into it but only Dr Mario Napolitano took up his free place. The rest of the field was selected by elimination in 10 preliminary groups of 7 players each. In Preliminary Group H, Volf Bergraser won the group on tie-break ahead of Lothar Schmid, but Schmid was admitted into the final after Harald Malmgren had decided against taking up his seeded position. Preliminary Group A had a three-way tie with Janos Balogh, Frantisek Batik and Berthold Koch. The Tournament director suspected this may have been engineered. According to the rules he may have promoted only Balogh because he had the most wins with Black. However, he eventually permitted all three players into the final. After the preliminary contests began the Soviet Union joined the ICCF (International Correspondence Chess Federation) and were granted a place in the 2nd final. Their nominee was Viacheslav Ragozin. Crosstable: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 Pts 1 Viacheslav Ragozin * ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 11.0 2 Lucius Endzelins ½ * ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 10.5 3 Lothar M Schmid 0 ½ * ½ 0 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 10.5 4 Ake Lundqvist ½ ½ ½ * 0 1 1 ½ 1 0 ½ 1 1 1 1 9.5 5 S Kjellander 0 ½ 1 1 * 0 0 1 1 ½ ½ 1 1 0 1 8.5 6 Eric Alfons Arnlind ½ ½ 0 0 1 * ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 8.0 7 Mario Napolitano ½ 0 ½ 0 1 ½ * ½ 1 0 0 0 ½ 1 1 6.5 8 Janos Balogh 0 0 0 ½ 0 0 ½ * ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 6.5 9 Berthold Koch 0 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 ½ * 1 1 1 ½ 1 1 6.5 10 Jaroslav Jezek 0 0 0 1 ½ ½ 1 0 0 * 1 0 ½ 1 ½ 6.0 11 Frantisek Batik 1 0 0 ½ ½ 0 1 ½ 0 0 * ½ ½ 0 1 5.5 12 Volf Bergraser 0 ½ 0 0 0 ½ 1 0 0 1 ½ * ½ ½ 1 5.5 13 Valt Borsony 0 0 0 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ * 1 1 5.5 14 Kurt Kaliwoda 0 ½ 0 0 1 ½ 0 0 0 0 1 ½ 0 * 0 3.5 15 Albert Laustsen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 0 0 1 * 1.5 Erik Jakob Larsson was the tournament director. The 1st World Correspondence Chess Championship (1950) and the 3rd World Correspondence Chess Championship (1959) were the previous and next correspondence championship tournaments. The main source for this collection was The Games of the World Correspondence Championships I - X edited by Timothy David Harding and published by B. T. Batsford Limited, London in 1979. ISBN 0 7134 5384 2. Original collection: Game Collection: 2nd World Correspondence Chess Championship, by User: Benzol.  page 1 of 5; games 1-25 of 105  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Ragozin vs K Kaliwoda   1-0 40 1956 2nd Correspondence World Championship D18 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, Dutch 2. Ragozin vs E Arnlind   ½-½ 37 1956 2nd Correspondence World Championship B74 Sicilian, Dragon, Classical 3. A Lundqvist vs Ragozin   ½-½ 23 1956 2nd Correspondence World Championship C49 Four Knights 4. F Batik vs Ragozin   1-0 53 1956 2nd Correspondence World Championship C49 Four Knights 5. Ragozin vs J Balogh   1-0 49 1956 2nd Correspondence World Championship A22 English 6. L Endzelins vs Ragozin ½-½ 20 1956 2nd Correspondence World Championship A22 English 7. V Bergraser vs Ragozin 0-1 44 1956 2nd Correspondence World Championship E66 King's Indian, Fianchetto, Yugoslav Panno 8. J Jezek vs Ragozin 0-1 35 1956 2nd Correspondence World Championship E80 King's Indian, Samisch Variation 9. S Kjellander vs Ragozin 0-1 27 1956 2nd Correspondence World Championship E64 King's Indian, Fianchetto, Yugoslav System 10. M Napolitano vs Ragozin   ½-½ 40 1956 2nd Correspondence World Championship D87 Grunfeld, Exchange 11. Ragozin vs L Schmid 1-0 28 1956 2nd Correspondence World Championship B21 Sicilian, 2.f4 and 2.d4 12. Ragozin vs A Laustsen   1-0 41 1956 2nd Correspondence World Championship D18 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, Dutch 13. Ragozin vs B Koch 1-0 46 1956 2nd Correspondence World Championship A34 English, Symmetrical 14. V Borsony vs A Laustsen 1-0 7 1956 2nd Correspondence World Championship B70 Sicilian, Dragon Variation 15. K Kaliwoda vs A Laustsen 0-1 12 1956 2nd Correspondence World Championship B75 Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack 16. Ragozin vs V Borsony   1-0 34 1956 2nd Correspondence World Championship B96 Sicilian, Najdorf 17. F Batik vs L Schmid   0-1 30 1956 2nd Correspondence World Championship C05 French, Tarrasch 18. V Bergraser vs L Schmid 0-1 49 1956 2nd Correspondence World Championship A43 Old Benoni 19. V Borsony vs L Schmid   0-1 37 1956 2nd Correspondence World Championship A14 English 20. L Endzelins vs L Schmid   ½-½ 31 1956 2nd Correspondence World Championship A07 King's Indian Attack 21. S Kjellander vs L Schmid   1-0 29 1956 2nd Correspondence World Championship A43 Old Benoni 22. A Lundqvist vs L Schmid   ½-½ 23 1956 2nd Correspondence World Championship C05 French, Tarrasch 23. L Schmid vs E Arnlind   1-0 34 1956 2nd Correspondence World Championship C82 Ruy Lopez, Open 24. L Schmid vs J Balogh   1-0 57 1956 2nd Correspondence World Championship C85 Ruy Lopez, Exchange Variation Doubly Deferred (DERLD) 25. L Schmid vs J Jezek   1-0 37 1956 2nd Correspondence World Championship E69 King's Indian, Fianchetto, Classical Main line  page 1 of 5; games 1-25 of 105    REFINE SEARCH:   White wins (1-0) | Black wins (0-1) | Draws (1/2-1/2)     There is no kibitzing for this page, yet.   NOTE: Create an account today to post replies and access other powerful features which are available only to registered users. 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