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3rd World Correspondence Chess Championship (1959) The 3rd final took place over the period February 1st 1959 to February 1st 1962. There were no preliminary groups in this championship. The 1956 Amsterdam congress of the ICCF (International Correspondence Chess Federation) decided to invite: a) The first three living players from Final 1 (1st World Correspondence Chess Championship (1950)). Harald Malmgren had passed away so invitations were sent to Cecil John Seddon Purdy, Dr. Mario Napolitano and Olaf Barda. b) The first six players in Final 2 (2nd World Correspondence Chess Championship (1956)). c) Dr. Janos Balogh, who had qualified for both the earlier finals. d) The selected representatives of the five ICCF zones. The invitations were sent out in 1958. Purdy and Barda from the first final and Eric Alfons Arnlind, Viacheslav Ragozin and Lothar Schmid from the second final declined to play so the third final became the smallest of the World Correspondence Championship finals. The qualifiers from the second final who accepted were Endzelins, Kjellander and Lundqvist. The five zonal representatives were Garner from North America, Secchi from South America, Salm from Australia, Dubinin from the Soviet Union, and O'Kelly from Europe. Crosstable 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 Pts 1 O'Kelly * ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 1 1 6.5 2 Dubinin ½ * 1 ½ ½ 1 0 1 ½ 1 6.0 3 Lundqvist ½ 0 * 0 1 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 5.5 4 Salm ½ ½ 1 * ½ 0 ½ 0 1 1 5.0 5 Napolitano ½ ½ 0 ½ * 0 1 ½ 1 1 5.0 6 Secchi 0 0 0 1 1 * ½ 1 ½ 1 5.0 7 Endzelins 0 1 ½ ½ 0 ½ * ½ ½ 1 4.5 8 Kjellander ½ 0 0 1 ½ 0 ½ * ½ 1 4.0 9 Balogh 0 ½ ½ 0 0 ½ ½ ½ * 1 3.5 10 Garner* - - - - 0 - - - - * 0.0 *Garner withdrew and all his games were awarded to his opponents. For the game Garner - Napolitano 0-1 the gamescore was unavailable. According to Napolitano, few moves were played before Garner withdrew from the tournament. Erik Jakob Larsson was the tournament director. The 2nd World Correspondence Chess Championship (1956) and the 4th World Correspondence Championship were the previous and next 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: 3rd World Correspondence Chess Championship, by User: Benzol.  page 1 of 2; games 1-25 of 44  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. J Balogh vs C E Garner   1-0 24 1959 3rd World Correspondence Chess Championship C42 Petrov Defense 2. M Napolitano vs E Secchi 0-1 54 1959 3rd World Correspondence Chess Championship E29 Nimzo-Indian, Samisch 3. M Salm vs C E Garner   1-0 17 1959 3rd World Correspondence Chess Championship C42 Petrov Defense 4. M Salm vs J Balogh   1-0 39 1959 3rd World Correspondence Chess Championship C82 Ruy Lopez, Open 5. S Kjellander vs M Salm   1-0 46 1959 3rd World Correspondence Chess Championship E39 Nimzo-Indian, Classical, Pirc Variation 6. L Endzelins vs M Salm   ½-½ 29 1959 3rd World Correspondence Chess Championship C97 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin 7. M Napolitano vs M Salm   ½-½ 69 1959 3rd World Correspondence Chess Championship E66 King's Indian, Fianchetto, Yugoslav Panno 8. C E Garner vs A Lundqvist   0-1 36 1959 3rd World Correspondence Chess Championship C18 French, Winawer 9. J Balogh vs A Lundqvist   ½-½ 53 1959 3rd World Correspondence Chess Championship D45 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav 10. A Lundqvist vs E Secchi   1-0 36 1959 3rd World Correspondence Chess Championship B67 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack, 7...a6 Defense, 8...Bd7 11. M Napolitano vs L Endzelins   1-0 36 1959 3rd World Correspondence Chess Championship A43 Old Benoni 12. S Kjellander vs M Napolitano   ½-½ 72 1959 3rd World Correspondence Chess Championship B65 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack, 7...Be7 Defense, 9...Nxd4 13. C E Garner vs S Kjellander 0-1 29 1959 3rd World Correspondence Chess Championship C77 Ruy Lopez 14. J Balogh vs S Kjellander   ½-½ 49 1959 3rd World Correspondence Chess Championship B50 Sicilian 15. L Endzelins vs C E Garner   1-0 33 1959 3rd World Correspondence Chess Championship C43 Petrov, Modern Attack 16. L Endzelins vs J Balogh   ½-½ 33 1959 3rd World Correspondence Chess Championship C82 Ruy Lopez, Open 17. E Secchi vs C E Garner   1-0 27 1959 3rd World Correspondence Chess Championship C42 Petrov Defense 18. S Kjellander vs E Secchi 0-1 48 1959 3rd World Correspondence Chess Championship D80 Grunfeld 19. E Secchi vs J Balogh   ½-½ 40 1959 3rd World Correspondence Chess Championship E29 Nimzo-Indian, Samisch 20. E Secchi vs L Endzelins   ½-½ 35 1959 3rd World Correspondence Chess Championship C70 Ruy Lopez 21. M Napolitano vs J Balogh   1-0 60 1959 3rd World Correspondence Chess Championship A09 Reti Opening 22. A Lundqvist vs L Endzelins   ½-½ 41 1959 3rd World Correspondence Chess Championship C16 French, Winawer 23. A Lundqvist vs M Napolitano   1-0 61 1959 3rd World Correspondence Chess Championship B65 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack, 7...Be7 Defense, 9...Nxd4 24. E Secchi vs M Salm 1-0 51 1959 3rd World Correspondence Chess Championship E58 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Main line with 8...Bxc3 25. A Lundqvist vs S Kjellander   1-0 31 1959 3rd World Correspondence Chess Championship C52 Evans Gambit  page 1 of 2; games 1-25 of 44    REFINE SEARCH:   White wins (1-0) | Black wins (0-1) | Draws (1/2-1/2)   May-10-18    GrahamClayton: The only ICCF World Correspondence Championship not to feature preliminary groups, leading to what was probably the weakest field ever to take part in an ICCF WC Finals tournament. May-10-18    Sally Simpson: The final placing's at the top of the thread are all out of place with Curtis Garner appearing top with 0 wins from 8. Curtis started off with a bit of a nightmare Curtis Evander Garner vs P Dubinin, 1959 Simply dropping a piece. I wonder if he got mixed up with the correspondence notation. writing 18.3324 instead of 3322. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ICCF_... When I played international postal chess in the 70's I hated that system. 1.e4 = 1.5254. May-10-18    morfishine: <Sally Simpson> According to the tournament write-up Garner withdrew: *Garner withdrew and all his games were awarded to his opponents. For the game Garner - Napolitano 0-1 the gamescore was unavailable. According to Napolitano, few moves were played before Garner withdrew from the tournament. But you are correct, Garner should've been listed at the bottom, or not at all for withdrawing Perhaps the Dubinin fiasco had something to do with his withdrawal NOTE: You need to pick a username and password to post a reply. Getting your account takes less than a minute, is totally anonymous, and 100% free—plus, it entitles you to features otherwise unavailable. Pick your username now and join the chessgames community! If you already have an account, you should login now. Please observe our posting guidelines: No obscene, racist, sexist, profane, raunchy, or disgusting language. No spamming, advertising, duplicate or nonsense posts. No malicious personal attacks, including cyber stalking, systematic antagonism, or gratuitous name-calling of any gratuitous name-calling of any members—including Admin and Owners—or any of their family, friends, associates, or business interests. Nothing in violation of United States law. 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