Amsterdam 1956 was a chess tournament won by Vasily Smyslov.[1] It was the Candidates Tournament for the 1957 World Chess Championship match between Smyslov and Mikhail Botvinnik.
# Player 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Total 1 
Vasily Smyslov (USSR)xx ½½ ½½ 0½ ½½ ½1 11 ½1 1½ ½1 11½ 2 Paul Keres (USSR)½½ xx ½½ ½½ ½½ ½1 ½½ ½0 1½ 1½ 10 3 
Laszlo Szabo (Hungary)½½ ½½ xx 1½ ½½ ½½ ½1 0½ ½½ 01 9½ 4 Boris Spassky (USSR)1½ ½½ 0½ xx ½½ ½1 0½ ½½ ½½ ½1 9½ 5 Tigran Petrosian (USSR)½½ ½½ ½½ ½½ xx 0½ 01 1½ ½½ 1½ 9½ 6 David Bronstein (USSR)½0 ½0 ½½ ½0 1½ xx ½1 1½ ½½ ½1 9½ 7 Efim Geller (USSR)00 ½½ ½0 1½ 10 ½0 xx 11 ½1 1½ 9½ 8 
Dr. Miroslav Filip (Czechoslovakia)½0 ½1 1½ ½½ 0½ 0½ 00 xx 10 ½1 8 9 
Oscar Panno (Argentina)0½ 0½ ½½ ½½ ½½ ½½ ½0 01 xx 1½ 8 10 Hermann Pilnik (Argentina)½0 0½ 10 ½0 0½ ½0 0½ ½0 0½ xx 5
References edit
- ^ Wood, Baruch H. 1956. The world championship candidates' tournament Holland 1956. Sutton Coldfield, England: Chess.