1956 Amsterdam Candidates Tournament
March 27 - April 30, 1956
10-man Double Round Robin
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
1. Smyslov, Vassily USR xx ½½ ½1 11 ½½ 0½ ½½ ½1 1½ ½1 11½- 6½
2. Keres, Paul USR ½½ xx ½1 ½½ ½½ ½½ ½½ ½0 1½ 1½ 10 - 8
3. Bronstein, David USR ½0 ½0 xx ½1 1½ ½0 ½½ 1½ ½½ ½1 9½- 8½
4. Geller, Efim USR 00 ½½ ½0 xx 10 1½ ½0 11 ½1 1½ 9½- 8½
5. Petrosian, Tigran USR ½½ ½½ 0½ 01 xx ½½ ½½ 1½ ½½ 1½ 9½- 8½
6. Spassky, Boris USR 1½ ½½ ½1 0½ ½½ xx 0½ ½½ ½½ ½1 9½- 8½
7. Szabo, Laszlo HUN ½½ ½½ ½½ ½1 ½½ 1½ xx 0½ ½½ 01 9½- 8½
8. Filip, Miroslav CZE ½0 ½1 0½ 00 0½ ½½ 1½ xx 10 ½1 8 -10
9. Panno, Oscar ARG 0½ 0½ ½½ ½0 ½½ ½½ ½½ 01 xx 1½ 8 -10
10. Pilnik, Herman ARG ½0 0½ ½0 0½ 0½ ½0 10 ½0 0½ xx 5 -13
With his victory here, Smyslov advanced to challenge Botvinnik
for the World Championship in 1957.
The 1953 Candidates had been extremely expensive. As a result, it
was decided to cut the number of participants to 7.
Due to criticism that Smyslov was not included, even though he'd
challenged for the title in the previous match, he was added, to
bring the total to 8.
Since 7th place in the Interzonal resulted in a three-way tie
between Filip, Pilnik and Spassky, all three were included, bringing
the total up to 10.
SCORES AT THE END OF EACH ROUND
001 002 003 004 005 006 007 008 009 | 010 011 012 013 014 015 016 017 018
Smyslov ½ 1½ 2 3 3½ 4 4½ 4½ 5 5½ 6½ 7 7½ 8½ 9 10 10½ 11½
Keres ½ 1 2 2½ 3 3½ 4½ 5 5½ 6½ 7 7½ 8 8½ 9 9½ 9½ 10
Szabo ½ 1 1 1½ 2 3 3 3½ 4 4½ 5 5½ 6 6½ 7 8 8½ 9½
Spassky ½ 1 1½ 2 2½ 2½ 2½ 3½ 4 4½ 5 6 6½ 7½ 8 8½ 9 9½
Petrosian 0 0 ½ 1 1½ 2½ 3½ 4 4½ 5½ 6 6½ 7 7½ 8 8½ 9 9½
Bronstein ½ 1½ 2 2½ 3 3½ 4 4½ 5½ 5½ 6 6 7 7½ 8½ 8½ 9 9½
Geller 1 1 1½ 2½ 3 3½ 4½ 5½ 6 6 6 7 8 8½ 8½ 9 9½ 9½
Filip ½ 1 2 2 2½ 3½ 3½ 4 4 4½ 5½ 6 6 6 6 6½ 7½ 8
Panno 1 1½ 2 2 2½ 2½ 2½ 3 3½ 4 4½ 4½ 5 5½ 6½ 7 7½ 8
Pilnik 0 ½ ½ 1 1½ 1½ 2½ 2½ 3 3½ 3½ 4 4 4 4½ 4½ 5 5
RESULTS OF EACH ROUND
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Smyslov ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 1
Keres ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 10 - 8
Szabo ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 9½- 8½
Spassky ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 0 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 9½- 8½
Petrosian 0 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 9½- 8½
Bronstein ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 0 ½ 0 1 ½ 1 0 ½ ½ 9½- 8½
Geller 1 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 0 0 1 1 ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 9½- 8½
Filip ½ ½ 1 0 ½ 1 0 ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ 0 0 0 ½ 1 ½ 8 -10
Panno 1 ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 8 -10
Pilnik 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 1 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 5 -13
[Event "Amsterdam Candidates"]
[Site "Amsterdam NED"]
[Date "1956.03.27"]
[EventDate "1956.03.27"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Paul Keres"]
[Black "David Bronstein"]
[ECO "C28"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "94"]
1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. f4 Bc5 5. fxe5 Nxe5 6. Bb3
Bxg1 7. Rxg1 Nfg4 8. d4 Qh4+ 9. Kd2 Nc6 10. Qf3 Nf6 11. Kd3 b6
12. Be3 Bb7 13. Qf4 Ba6+ 14. Kd2 Qxf4 15. Bxf4 Nxd4 16. Bxc7
Nxb3+ 17. axb3 Bb7 18. e5 Ne4+ 19. Nxe4 Bxe4 20. Bd6 h5
21. Ra4 Bc6 22. Rf4 Rh6 23. c4 f6 24. b4 b5 25. b3 a5 26. cxb5
Bxb5 27. Ra1 a4 28. bxa4 Rxa4 29. Rxa4 Bxa4 30. Kc3 Rg6 31. g3
Rg4 32. Rf5 Rg5 33. Rf2 Kf7 34. exf6 gxf6 35. Re2 Bb5 36. Re4
Rd5 37. Bc5 Rd3+ 38. Kc2 Rd5 39. Bd4 d6 40. Rf4 f5 41. Kc3 Kg6
42. Rf3 Ba6 43. Re3 Kf7 44. Re1 Bb5 45. Ra1 Ke6 46. Ra8 Kd7
47. Ra7+ Kc6 1/2-1/2
[Event "Amsterdam Candidates"]
[Site "Amsterdam NED"]
[Date "1956.03.27"]
[EventDate "1956.03.27"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Efim Geller"]
[Black "Tigran Vartanovich Petrosian"]
[ECO "E58"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "91"]
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 d5 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Bd3 c5 7.O-O
Nc6 8.a3 Bxc3 9.bxc3 Qc7 10.Qc2 Na5 11.cxd5 c4 12.Be2 exd5
13.Nd2 Bg4 14.Bxg4 Nxg4 15.g3 f5 16.Rb1 Nc6 17.a4 Qd7 18.Ba3
Rfe8 19.Rfe1 b6 20.Re2 Qe6 21.Rbe1 Qh6 22.Nf1 Qh5 23.f3 Nf6
24.Nd2 Re6 25.e4 Rae8 26.e5 Nd7 27.Nf1 Qxf3 28.Rf2 Qd3 29.Qc1
Nxd4 30.cxd4 Qxd4 31.Rd1 Qg4 32.Ne3 Qe4 33.Rf4 Qxe5 34.Nxd5
Qe2 35.Rf2 Qxd1+ 36.Qxd1 Re1+ 37.Rf1 Rxd1 38.Rxd1 Ne5 39.Ne3
c3 40.Kf2 g5 41.h3 Rc8 42.Rd5 Nc4 43.Bc1 Nb2 44.Nxf5 Rc4
45.Rd8+ Kf7 46.Nd6+ 1-0
[Event "Amsterdam Candidates"]
[Site "Amsterdam NED"]
[Date "1956.03.27"]
[EventDate "1956.03.27"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vasily Smyslov"]
[Black "Laszlo Szabo"]
[ECO "E62"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "61"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nc3 d6 6. Nf3 Nc6
7. O-O e5 8. dxe5 Nxe5 9. Nxe5 dxe5 10. Qxd8 Rxd8 11. Bg5 Rd4
12. b3 c6 13. Be3 Rd8 14. Rad1 Rxd1 15. Rxd1 Be6 16. a4 a5
17. h3 Bf8 18. f4 exf4 19. gxf4 Bb4 20. Na2 Be7 21. Nc1 Bf5
22. Nd3 Ne4 23. Bb6 Bd8 24. Bd4 Bc7 25. e3 Rb8 26. Ne5 Rd8
27. Ng4 Kf8 28. Bxe4 Bxe4 29. Bc5+ Kg7 30. Bd4+ Kf8 31. Bc5+
1/2-1/2
[Event "Amsterdam Candidates"]
[Site "Amsterdam NED"]
[Date "1956.03.27"]
[EventDate "1956.03.27"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Miroslav Filip"]
[Black "Boris Spassky"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "40"]
1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. b3 Bg7 4. Bb2 O-O 5. Bg2 c5 6. c4 Nc6
7. O-O d6 8. Nc3 Bg4 9. h3 Bd7 10. d4 Qc8 11. dxc5 dxc5
12. Kh2 Rd8 13. Qc1 Bf5 14. Nd5 Nxd5 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. cxd5
Rxd5 17. Ng5 Rd8 18. Qxc5 h6 19. Nf3 Qe6 20. Rfe1 Qd6 1/2-1/2
[Event "Amsterdam Candidates"]
[Site "Amsterdam NED"]
[Date "1956.03.27"]
[EventDate "1956.03.27"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Oscar Panno"]
[Black "Herman Pilnik"]
[ECO "A21"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "80"]
1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 d6 3.Nf3 g6 4.d4 Nd7 5.g3 Bg7 6.Bg2 Nh6 7.O-O
O-O 8.e4 c6 9.b3 Re8 10.Bb2 f6 11.Qc2 Nf7 12.Rfd1 Qc7 13.h3
Nf8 14.b4 Be6 15.Qe2 Qc8 16.Kh2 exd4 17.Nxd4 Bd7 18.Qf1 Ne6
19.Nb3 Qd8 20.Rac1 Qe7 21.Re1 Rad8 22.Nd5 cxd5 23.exd5 Qf8
24.dxe6 Rxe6 25.Bxb7 Rxe1 26.Qxe1 Re8 27.Qc3 Qe7 28.Bf3 h5
29.Nd4 Ng5 30.Bd5+ Kh7 31.h4 Ne4 32.Qc2 f5 33.Nf3 Ba4 34.Qe2
Nf6 35.Ng5+ Kh8 36.Qxe7 Rxe7 37.Bxf6 Bxf6 38.Ne6 Re8 39.b5 Rc8
40.Re1 Re8 1-0
[Event "Amsterdam Candidates"]
[Site "Amsterdam NED"]
[Date "1956.03.28"]
[EventDate "1956.03.27"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Tigran Vartanovich Petrosian"]
[Black "David Bronstein"]
[ECO "E66"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "72"]
1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nf3 c5 6. O-O Nc6
7. d4 d6 8. dxc5 dxc5 9. Be3 Nd7 10. Qc1 Nd4 11. Rd1 e5
12. Bh6 Qa5 13. Bxg7 Kxg7 14. Kh1 Rb8 15. Nd2 a6 16. e3 Ne6
17. a4 h5 18. h4 f5 19. Nd5 Kh7 20. b3 Rf7 21. Nf3 Qd8 22. Qc3
Qh8 23. e4 fxe4 24. Nd2 Qg7 25. Nxe4 Kh8 26. Rd2 Rf8 27. a5
Nd4 28. b4 cxb4 29. Qxb4 Nf5 30. Rad1 Nd4 31. Re1 Nc6 32. Qa3
Nd4 33. Rb2 Nc6 34. Reb1 Nd4 35. Qd6 Nf5 36. Ng5 Nxd6 0-1
[Event "Amsterdam Candidates"]
[Site "Amsterdam NED"]
[Date "1956.03.28"]
[EventDate "1956.03.27"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Boris Spassky"]
[Black "Paul Keres"]
[ECO "D28"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "58"]
1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Bxc4 c5 6.O-O a6 7.Qe2
Nbd7 8.Nc3 b5 9.Bb3 Bb7 10.Rd1 b4 11.Na4 Qa5 12.e4 Qb5 13.Qe1
Bxe4 14.Ne5 c4 15.Nxc4 Be7 16.Bf4 O-O 17.Nd6 Bxd6 18.Bxd6 Rfc8
19.Qxb4 Qc6 20.f3 Nd5 21.Qa3 Bg6 22.Rac1 Qxc1 23.Rxc1 Rxc1+
24.Kf2 a5 25.Bxd5 exd5 26.Nc3 Nb6 27.Qc5 Rc2+ 28.Kg3 Rxb2
29.Bc7 Rc8 1/2-1/2
[Event "Amsterdam Candidates"]
[Site "Amsterdam NED"]
[Date "1956.03.28"]
[EventDate "1956.03.27"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Efim Geller"]
[Black "Vasily Smyslov"]
[ECO "E26"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "111"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. a3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 c5 6. e3 b6
7. Ne2 Nc6 8. Ng3 O-O 9. Bd3 Ba6 10. e4 Ne8 11. Be3 Na5
12. Qe2 Rc8 13. d5 Qh4 14. O-O Nd6 15. Rad1 f5 16. dxe6 dxe6
17. exf5 exf5 18. Qf3 Bb7 19. Qf4 Qf6 20. Bb1 Ne4 21. Rd7 Qc6
22. Rxb7 Qxb7 23. Nxf5 Rce8 24. Qg4 Kh8 25. Ng3 Nxg3 26. hxg3
Qf7 27. Qh4 h6 28. Bd3 Qf6 29. Qh5 Rd8 30. Be2 Qf5 31. Qh4 Qf6
32. Qh5 Nc6 33. g4 Qf7 34. Qh4 Ne7 35. Qh3 Ng6 36. Qh2 Nf4
37. Bf3 Qxc4 38. g5 Rd6 39. Rc1 Rg6 40. gxh6 Rxh6 41. Qg3 Qe4
42. Qxf4 Qxf4 43. Bxf4 Rxf4 44. Re1 Ra4 45. Re8+ Kh7 46. Be4+
g6 47. g4 Rxa3 48. Re6 Rxc3 49. Kg2 b5 50. f3 b4 51. g5 Rh4
52. Bxg6+ Kg7 53. Kg3 Rd4 54. Be8 b3 55. g6 Rd8 56. Re7+ 0-1
[Event "Amsterdam Candidates"]
[Site "Amsterdam NED"]
[Date "1956.03.28"]
[EventDate "1956.03.27"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Laszlo Szabo"]
[Black "Oscar Panno"]
[ECO "A56"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "83"]
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e5 4.Nc3 d6 5.e4 g6 6.Be2 Bg7 7.Bg5 Na6
8.Nf3 h6 9.Bd2 Bg4 10.a3 Bxf3 11.Bxf3 Nd7 12.Nb5 Qe7 13.Qc2 h5
14.h4 Bh6 15.Bxh6 Rxh6 16.O-O-O Nf6 17.Qd2 Rh8 18.Qg5 Nh7
19.Qe3 Nc7 20.Be2 Nxb5 21.cxb5 Nf6 22.Kb1 O-O-O 23.Rc1 Kb8
24.Qg5 Rde8 25.f3 Nd7 26.Qxe7 Rxe7 27.g4 Nf6 28.g5 Nd7 29.Bf1
f6 30.gxf6 Rf7 31.Bh3 Nb6 32.Rhg1 Rxf6 33.Rg3 Rhf8 34.Be6 a6
35.bxa6 bxa6 36.Rcg1 Rxf3 37.Rxg6 Rf1+ 38.Rxf1 Rxf1+ 39.Ka2
Rf4 40.Bf5 Kc7 41.Rg7+ Kb8 42.Rg8+ 1/2-1/2
[Event "Amsterdam Candidates"]
[Site "Amsterdam NED"]
[Date "1956.03.28"]
[EventDate "1956.03.27"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Herman Pilnik"]
[Black "Miroslav Filip"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "113"]
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.d3 b5 7.Bb3
d6 8.a4 Bb7 9.Nc3 b4 10.Nd5 Na5 11.Ba2 Nxd5 12.exd5 b3 13.cxb3
Bxd5 14.b4 Bxa2 15.Rxa2 Nc6 16.Bd2 Qd7 17.Qc2 Nd8 18.d4 exd4
19.Nxd4 O-O 20.Ra3 Bf6 21.Rh3 g6 22.Bc3 Re8 23.Nf5 Bxc3
24.Nh6+ Kg7 25.Qxc3+ f6 26.f4 Nf7 27.Nxf7 Qxf7 28.f5 g5 29.Rg3
Re5 30.h4 h6 31.hxg5 hxg5 32.Rh3 Rae8 33.Qg3 Rh8 34.Rxh8 Kxh8
35.Rc1 Qe7 36.Qc3 Re3 37.Qd2 Qe4 38.Rc4 Qe5 39.Rxc7 Re1+
40.Kf2 Rb1 41.Rc8+ Kg7 42.Rc7+ Kh6 43.Rc3 d5 44.b5 axb5
45.axb5 Qxf5+ 46.Rf3 Qe5 47.Rb3 Qe4 48.Rh3+ Kg7 49.Qc3 Qf4+
50.Rf3 Qh4+ 51.Ke2 Qe4+ 52.Kf2 d4 53.Qd2 Qh4+ 54.Rg3 Qh1
55.Rxg5+ Kf7 56.Rg4 Qg1+ 57.Kg3 1/2-1/2
[Event "Amsterdam Candidates"]
[Site "Amsterdam NED"]
[Date "1956.03.30"]
[EventDate "1956.03.27"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "David Bronstein"]
[Black "Boris Spassky"]
[ECO "E63"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "67"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nc3 d6 6. Nf3 Nc6
7. O-O a6 8. d5 Na5 9. Nd2 c5 10. Qc2 Rb8 11. b3 e5 12. dxe6
fxe6 13. Bb2 b5 14. cxb5 axb5 15. Nce4 Bb7 16. Bxf6 Bxf6
17. Rad1 Bg7 18. Nf3 Bd5 19. Nfg5 Nc6 20. e3 Qe7 21. h4 c4
22. bxc4 bxc4 23. a3 Rb2 24. Qa4 Ne5 25. Rxd5 exd5 26. Nc3 Kh8
27. Nxd5 Qe8 28. Qxe8 Rxe8 29. f4 Ng4 30. Nf7+ Kg8 31. Nxd6
Rxe3 32. Nxc4 Rxg3 33. Nxb2 Bxb2 34. Rf3 1/2-1/2
[Event "Amsterdam Candidates"]
[Site "Amsterdam NED"]
[Date "1956.03.30"]
[EventDate "1956.03.27"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Oscar Panno"]
[Black "Efim Geller"]
[ECO "A14"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "37"]
1.c4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 Be7 5.O-O O-O 6.b3 a5 7.d4 a4
8.Na3 c6 9.Bb2 Nbd7 10.e3 Qa5 11.Ne5 Nxe5 12.dxe5 Nd7 13.cxd5
exd5 14.e4 Nxe5 15.exd5 cxd5 16.Bxe5 Bxa3 17.Qxd5 Qxd5 18.Bxd5
Ra5 19.Rfd1 1/2-1/2
[Event "Amsterdam Candidates"]
[Site "Amsterdam NED"]
[Date "1956.03.30"]
[EventDate "1956.03.27"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Paul Keres"]
[Black "Herman Pilnik"]
[ECO "B20"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "81"]
1.e4 c5 2.Ne2 d6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.c3 Nf6 6.d4 O-O 7.O-O Qc7
8.Na3 Nc6 9.h3 Rd8 10.Be3 e5 11.d5 Nb8 12.b4 Nbd7 13.Qb3 b6
14.Nc4 Ne8 15.g4 Bb7 16.Ng3 Rdc8 17.Rfc1 Qd8 18.a4 Bf6 19.a5
b5 20.Nd2 a6 21.Nf3 Rc7 22.c4 bxc4 23.Rxc4 Rb8 24.Qa3 cxb4
25.Rxb4 Rbc8 26.Bf1 Rc3 27.Qb2 Ba8 28.Bxa6 R8c7 29.Ne2 Rc2
30.Qb1 R2c5 31.Bb5 Rc8 32.Bxd7 Qxd7 33.Bxc5 dxc5 34.Rb8 Nd6
35.Nc3 h5 36.Rxc8+ Qxc8 37.Qb6 Be7 38.Nxe5 hxg4 39.Nxg4 Kg7
40.Qb2 Nc4 41.Qe2 1-0
[Event "Amsterdam Candidates"]
[Site "Amsterdam NED"]
[Date "1956.03.30"]
[EventDate "1956.03.27"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vasily Smyslov"]
[Black "Tigran Vartanovich Petrosian"]
[ECO "E63"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "105"]
1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. d4 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. Nf3 Nc6
7. O-O a6 8. h3 Rb8 9. Be3 b5 10. cxb5 axb5 11. d5 Na5 12. b4
Nc4 13. Ba7 Rb7 14. Bd4 e5 15. dxe6 fxe6 16. Bxf6 Qxf6 17. Rc1
d5 18. e3 Qe7 19. Nd4 Qxb4 20. Qd3 Qc5 21. Nb3 Qe7 22. Nd4 Qc5
23. a4 bxa4 24. Nxa4 Qd6 25. h4 Kh8 26. Ne2 Rb4 27. Nac3 Ba6
28. Ra1 Rb2 29. Rfc1 Rfb8 30. Rxa6 Qxa6 31. Nxd5 exd5 32. Bxd5
Rd2 33. Bxc4 Rxd3 34. Bxa6 Ra3 35. Bc4 Ra1 36. Rxa1 Bxa1
37. Kg2 c5 38. Kf3 Rb4 39. Bd5 Kg7 40. Nf4 c4 41. Ng2 Bc3
42. g4 Be5 43. Be4 Rb2 44. Ne1 Rd2 45. g5 c3 46. Kg2 Bd6
47. Nc2 h6 48. Nd4 hxg5 49. hxg5 Be7 50. Kg3 Bd6+ 51. f4 Kf7
52. Kf3 Bc5 53. Nc2 1/2-1/2
[Event "Amsterdam Candidates"]
[Site "Amsterdam NED"]
[Date "1956.03.30"]
[EventDate "1956.03.27"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Miroslav Filip"]
[Black "Laszlo Szabo"]
[ECO "E77"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "37"]
1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 g6 3.e4 d6 4.d4 Bg7 5.f4 c5 6.d5 O-O 7.Nf3 e6
8.Be2 exd5 9.exd5 Re8 10.O-O Ng4 11.Re1 Bd4+ 12.Nxd4 cxd4
13.Qxd4 Qh4 14.Bd2 Qxh2+ 15.Kf1 Na6 16.Bxg4 Bxg4 17.Ne4 Rxe4
18.Rxe4 Nc5 19.Re3 1-0
[Event "Amsterdam Candidates"]
[Site "Amsterdam NED"]
[Date "1956.03.31"]
[EventDate "1956.03.27"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Herman Pilnik"]
[Black "David Bronstein"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "48"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6
dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 Ke8 10. b3 Be6 11. Bb2
Bb4 12. Rfd1 Bxc3 13. Bxc3 c5 14. h3 Ne7 15. Bb2 b6 16. Rd2 h6
17. Rad1 Nc6 18. Nh2 Ke7 19. Nf1 Rhd8 20. Ne3 Rxd2 21. Rxd2
Rd8 22. Rxd8 Kxd8 23. f4 Nd4 24. Kf2 Nf5 1/2-1/2
[Event "Amsterdam Candidates"]
[Site "Amsterdam NED"]
[Date "1956.03.31"]
[EventDate "1956.03.27"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Efim Geller"]
[Black "Miroslav Filip"]
[ECO "C95"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "75"]
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3
d6 8.c3 O-O 9.h3 Nb8 10.d4 Nbd7 11.c4 b4 12.c5 Bb7 13.Qc2 exd4
14.c6 d3 15.Qc4 Nb6 16.cxb7 Nxc4 17.bxa8=Q Qxa8 18.Bxc4 Nxe4
19.Bxd3 d5 20.a3 a5 21.Be3 Nc5 22.Bf1 b3 23.Nbd2 a4 24.Bf4 Bf6
25.Be5 Bxe5 26.Nxe5 Ne6 27.Rac1 Qa5 28.Ndf3 c5 29.Red1 c4
30.Nc6 Qc5 31.Nb4 Rd8 32.Ne5 Nd4 33.Rd2 f6 34.Ng4 Nc2 35.Nxc2
bxc2 36.Rcxc2 Rd6 37.Ne3 Kf8 38.Rd1 1-0
[Event "Amsterdam Candidates"]
[Site "Amsterdam NED"]
[Date "1956.03.31"]
[EventDate "1956.03.27"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Laszlo Szabo"]
[Black "Paul Keres"]
[ECO "E53"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "38"]
1.c4 Nf6 2.d4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 c5 5.Bd3 O-O 6.Nf3 d5 7.O-O b6
8.cxd5 exd5 9.a3 Bxc3 10.bxc3 Ba6 11.Bxa6 Nxa6 12.Qd3 Nc7
13.c4 Ne6 14.Bb2 dxc4 15.Qxc4 Rc8 16.Rfd1 cxd4 17.Qe2 Qe7
18.Nxd4 Nxd4 19.Bxd4 Rc6 1/2-1/2
[Event "Amsterdam Candidates"]
[Site "Amsterdam NED"]
[Date "1956.03.31"]
[EventDate "1956.03.27"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Tigran Vartanovich Petrosian"]
[Black "Boris Spassky"]
[ECO "A26"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "142"]
1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d6 6. Nc3 Nc6
7. d3 a6 8. Nd2 Rb8 9. a3 Ne8 10. e3 Bd7 11. Qc2 f5 12. b4 e5
13. Bb2 g5 14. Nd5 Ne7 15. Nxe7+ Qxe7 16. f4 Nf6 17. Rae1 h6
18. Nf3 Nh7 19. Bc3 Rbe8 20. Qb2 Bf6 21. b5 axb5 22. cxb5 Qg7
23. fxe5 dxe5 24. d4 e4 25. Ne5 Bxe5 26. dxe5 Be6 27. g4 Qg6
28. Qb1 Bd5 29. gxf5 Rxf5 30. Rxf5 Qxf5 31. Qd1 Qe6 32. Qh5
Re7 33. Bh3 g4 34. Bxg4 Rg7 35. h3 Qe7 36. Bb4 Qd7 37. Kh1 Be6
38. Rd1 Bxg4 39. Qxg4 Qxg4 40. hxg4 Ng5 41. Kg2 Ne6 42. Kh3
Rf7 43. g5 hxg5 44. Kg4 b6 45. a4 Kg7 46. Kh5 g4 47. Kxg4 Kg6
48. a5 bxa5 49. Bxa5 Rf2 50. Bxc7 Nxc7 51. Rd6+ Kg7 52. b6 Ne8
53. Rd8 Rb2 54. Rxe8 Rxb6 55. Kf5 Kf7 56. Ra8 Ke7 57. Ra7+ Ke8
58. Kxe4 Rb4+ 59. Kf5 Rb6 60. Rg7 Rb3 61. e4 Kf8 62. Ra7 Rb6
63. Rd7 Ke8 64. Rd6 Rb4 65. Rh6 Ra4 66. Rb6 Ke7 67. Rb7+ Ke8
68. Kf6 Rxe4 69. Ke6 Kf8 70. Rb8+ Kg7 71. Kd6 Kf7 1/2-1/2
[Event "Amsterdam Candidates"]
[Site "Amsterdam NED"]
[Date "1956.03.31"]
[EventDate "1956.03.27"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vasily Smyslov"]
[Black "Oscar Panno"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "81"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5
7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. Be3 Be6 10. f4 exf4 11. Bxf4 Nc6
12. Kh1 Qb6 13. Qd2 Rac8 14. Be3 Qc7 15. Nd4 Nxd4 16. Bxd4 Nd7
17. Rad1 Ne5 18. Qe3 b5 19. Qg3 b4 20. Nd5 Bxd5 21. exd5 g6
22. Bxa6 Ra8 23. Bb5 Ra5 24. Bc6 Nxc6 25. dxc6 Qxc6 26. c3 Rg5
27. Qf2 Qa6 28. Qe3 Qb7 29. Rf2 Rg4 30. cxb4 Qxb4 31. Bc3 Qa4
32. b3 Qc6 33. Qxe7 Qxc3 34. Qxd6 h5 35. h3 Rg3 36. Kh2 h4
37. Qf4 g5 38. Qf5 Qc7 39. Kh1 Qc8 40. Rd7 Qc1+ 41. Kh2 1-0
[Event "Amsterdam Candidates"]
[Site "Amsterdam NED"]
[Date "1956.04.04"]
[EventDate "1956.03.27"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "David Bronstein"]
[Black "Laszlo Szabo"]
[ECO "E58"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "85"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 c5
7. O-O Nc6 8. a3 Bxc3 9. bxc3 Qc7 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Bb2 c4
12. Bc2 Re8 13. Nh4 Ng4 14. g3 Ne7 15. Bc1 Ng6 16. Ng2 f5
17. a4 Nf6 18. f3 Bd7 19. Ba3 Nh8 20. Qb1 g6 21. a5 Nf7
22. Qb4 b5 23. Rae1 Kg7 24. Bc1 a6 25. Qa3 Bc6 26. Qa1 Kg8
27. Bd2 Bb7 28. Qa3 Re7 29. Ra1 Rae8 30. Qc1 Nd8 31. Be1 Nf7
32. Kh1 Qd7 33. Bd2 Qc7 34. Qe1 Re6 35. Nf4 R6e7 36. Ng2 Bc8
37. Bc1 Re6 38. Bd2 Bb7 39. Qb1 Nd8 40. Qb4 Nc6 41. Qa3 Nd8
42. Kg1 Nf7 43. Ra2 1/2-1/2
[Event "Amsterdam Candidates"]
[Site "Amsterdam NED"]
[Date "1956.04.04"]
[EventDate "1956.03.27"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Paul Keres"]
[Black "Efim Geller"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "42"]
1.c4 c5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nc3 e6 4.g3 b6 5.Bg2 Bb7 6.O-O Be7 7.b3
O-O 8.Bb2 d5 9.cxd5 Nxd5 10.Qc2 Nc6 11.Rfd1 Rc8 12.Nxd5 Qxd5
13.Qc4 Qxc4 14.bxc4 Bf6 15.Bxf6 gxf6 16.d3 Rc7 17.Kf1 Rd8
18.Rab1 Nd4 19.Nxd4 Bxg2+ 20.Kxg2 Rxd4 21.e3 Rd6 1/2-1/2
[Event "Amsterdam Candidates"]
[Site "Amsterdam NED"]
[Date "1956.04.04"]
[EventDate "1956.03.27"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Oscar Panno"]
[Black "Tigran Vartanovich Petrosian"]
[ECO "D94"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "104"]
1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c6 3. d4 d5 4. e3 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Bd3 O-O
7. O-O Bg4 8. h3 Bxf3 9. Qxf3 e6 10. Rd1 Nbd7 11. cxd5 exd5
12. b3 Re8 13. Ba3 Nf8 14. Rac1 Ne6 15. Bb1 Ng5 16. Qg3 Nh5
17. Qd6 f5 18. Qxd8 Raxd8 19. h4 Nf7 20. Ne2 Nh6 21. g3 Ng4
22. Bc5 a6 23. Bb4 Re6 24. Kg2 Rde8 25. Bd3 Bh6 26. Nf4 Nxf4+
27. gxf4 Nf6 28. a4 Bf8 29. Bxf8 Kxf8 30. Rc3 a5 31. Rc5 Ra8
32. Rb1 Ra7 33. Kf3 Ke7 34. Rc2 Kd6 35. Rbc1 Re7 36. Rh1 Rf7
37. Ke2 b6 38. Rhc1 Rac7 39. Kf3 c5 40. Bb5 Rf8 41. Ke2 Rfc8
42. Kd3 Ne4 43. Ke2 cxd4 44. Rxc7 Rxc7 45. Rxc7 d3+ 46. Kxd3
Kxc7 47. f3 Nc5+ 48. Kc3 Kd6 49. Be8 Ke7 50. Bc6 Kd6 51. Be8
Ke7 52. Bc6 Kd6 1/2-1/2
[Event "Amsterdam Candidates"]
[Site "Amsterdam NED"]
[Date "1956.04.04"]
[EventDate "1956.03.27"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Miroslav Filip"]
[Black "Vasily Smyslov"]
[ECO "E19"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "45"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O
7. Nc3 Ne4 8. Qc2 Nxc3 9. Qxc3 f5 10. b3 Bf6 11. Bb2 d6
12. Qd2 Qc8 13. Ne1 Nd7 14. Rd1 a5 15. d5 Bxb2 16. dxe6 Nc5
17. Qxb2 Bxg2 18. Nxg2 Nxe6 19. Qd2 Qe8 20. Qd5 Kh8 21. e3 a4
22. Nf4 Nxf4 23. exf4 1/2-1/2
[Event "Amsterdam Candidates"]
[Site "Amsterdam NED"]
[Date "1956.04.04"]
[EventDate "1956.03.27"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Boris Spassky"]
[Black "Herman Pilnik"]
[ECO "A56"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "146"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e5 4. Nc3 d6 5. e4 g6 6. f3 Na6
7. Be3 Nc7 8. Qd2 a6 9. a4 b6 10. Bd3 Rb8 11. Nge2 Bg7 12. O-O
Bd7 13. h3 O-O 14. Rae1 b5 15. axb5 axb5 16. b3 Nfe8 17. Nd1
Na6 18. Nf2 Nb4 19. Bb1 Qa5 20. Nd3 bxc4 21. bxc4 Qa6 22. Nxb4
Rxb4 23. Bd3 f5 24. Rb1 fxe4 25. fxe4 Rxf1+ 26. Rxf1 Qa3
27. Bg5 Bc8 28. Qe3 Rb7 29. Qf3 Qa7 30. Nc3 Rf7 31. Nb5 Rxf3
32. Nxa7 Rxf1+ 33. Kxf1 Bd7 34. Nb5 Kf7 35. Bd8 Bf6 36. Ba5
Be7 37. Bc2 h5 38. Kf2 h4 39. Bd1 Bg5 40. Ke2 Ke7 41. Kd3 Bf4
42. Bb6 Bg3 43. Na7 Bf4 44. Nc6+ Kf7 45. Bd8 Nf6 46. Na7 Bh6
47. Nb5 Bf8 48. Ba5 Be7 49. Bd2 Ne8 50. Ba4 Kg7 51. Bd1 Kf7
52. Na7 Bf6 53. Nc6 Ng7 54. Ba4 Nh5 55. Ke2 Nf4+ 56. Kf3 Nd3
57. Bb5 Kf8 58. Ba5 Be7 59. Bd2 Bf6 60. Ke2 Nf4+ 61. Kf3 Nh5
62. Ba5 Ng7 63. Nb8 Bc8 64. Bd7 Bb7 65. Bc7 Be7 66. Ba5 Ne8
67. Bd2 Nf6 68. Bh6+ Kf7 69. Be6+ Ke8 70. Ke3 Nh7 71. Kd3 Bg5
72. Bg7 Ke7 73. Nd7 Bf4 1/2-1/2
[Event "Amsterdam Candidates"]
[Site "Amsterdam NED"]
[Date "1956.04.05"]
[EventDate "1956.03.27"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Efim Geller"]
[Black "David Bronstein"]
[ECO "D80"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "195"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2
Nxc3 7. bxc3 c5 8. e3 Nc6 9. Ne2 Bd7 10. O-O Rc8 11. Ba3 Qa5
12. Qb3 Qa6 13. Nf4 b6 14. Rfe1 Na5 15. Qd1 Nc4 16. Bc1 Qa4
17. Qxa4 Bxa4 18. Bf1 Nd6 19. Ba3 Bb5 20. Nd3 Nc4 21. Bc1 cxd4
22. cxd4 O-O 23. a4 Bc6 24. a5 Nxa5 25. Ba3 Rc7 26. Bb4 Nc4
27. Rec1 b5 28. Ra6 Rfc8 29. Bc5 Nd2 30. f4 Be4 31. Rca1 Bxd3
32. Bxd3 Nb3 33. Rb1 Nxc5 34. dxc5 Rxc5 35. Rxa7 Rc3 36. Bxb5
Rxe3 37. Rd1 Bf6 38. Kf2 Rb3 39. Be2 Rc2 40. Ra4 Rbb2 41. Re4
h5 42. h4 Kg7 43. Kf3 Rc3+ 44. Rd3 Rcc2 45. Rd7 Ra2 46. Re3
Rcb2 47. Re4 Rb6 48. Re3 Rb8 49. Red3 Rbb2 50. Re3 Rc2 51. Re4
Rc8 52. Re3 Kf8 53. Re4 Kg8 54. Re3 Rb8 55. Re4 Kf8 56. Re3 e6
57. Bc4 Rc2 58. Bd3 Rc1 59. Be2 Be7 60. Red3 Rh1 61. Rc3 Bd8
62. Kg2 Rhb1 63. Rc2 Ke8 64. Rd1 Rxd1 65. Bxd1 Rb1 66. Bf3 Ba5
67. Ra2 Be1 68. Re2 Ke7 69. Be4 Ra1 70. Bf3 Kd6 71. Rc2 Bb4
72. Rc6+ Kd7 73. Rc2 Bd6 74. Rd2 Ke7 75. Rb2 Ra4 76. Re2 Rd4
77. Re4 Rd3 78. Re2 Rc3 79. Re1 Bc5 80. Re2 Be3 81. Rb2 Kd6
82. Bd1 Rc1 83. Be2 Bd4 84. Rd2 Kd5 85. Bf3+ Kc4 86. Be2+ Kc5
87. Bd1 Ra1 88. Rc2+ Kb4 89. Bf3 Bc3 90. Re2 Kc4 91. Bc6 Ra7
92. Be8 Kd5 93. Kf3 Bd4 94. Rc2 e5 95. fxe5 Bxe5 96. Rb2 Ke6
97. Rb3 Rc7 98. Ba4 1/2-1/2
[Event "Amsterdam Candidates"]
[Site "Amsterdam NED"]
[Date "1956.04.05"]
[EventDate "1956.03.27"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Oscar Panno"]
[Black "Miroslav Filip"]
[ECO "D19"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "74"]
1.c4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.e3 e6 7.Bxc4
Bb4 8.O-O O-O 9.Qe2 Nbd7 10.e4 Bg6 11.Bd3 Bh5 12.Bf4 Re8 13.e5
Nd5 14.Nxd5 cxd5 15.Qe3 Bg6 16.Bg5 Be7 17.Bxg6 fxg6 18.Rfc1
Bxg5 19.Nxg5 Nb8 20.Rc5 Nc6 21.Rac1 Nxd4 22.Nxh7 Qh4 23.Ng5
Rf8 24.Rc7 Ne2+ 25.Qxe2 Qxg5 26.g3 Rad8 27.h4 Qf5 28.Rxb7 Rc8
29.Rcc7 Rxc7 30.Rxc7 Rd8 31.Rc3 d4 32.Rf3 d3 33.Qd1 Qe4 34.Re3
Qc4 35.Kg2 d2 36.Kf3 Rf8+ 37.Kg2 Qc1 0-1
[Event "Amsterdam Candidates"]
[Site "Amsterdam NED"]
[Date "1956.04.05"]
[EventDate "1956.03.27"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Vasily Smyslov"]
[Black "Paul Keres"]
[ECO "D33"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "51"]
1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c5 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.g3 Nf6 7.Bg2
cxd4 8.Nxd4 Bc5 9.Nxc6 bxc6 10.O-O O-O 11.Na4 Bb6 12.Qc2 Re8
13.Nxb6 Qxb6 14.Be3 Qb5 15.Rac1 Bg4 16.Rfe1 Re6 17.a4 Qa6
18.h3 Bh5 19.b3 Rb8 20.Bf1 Qb7 21.Bd4 Qxb3 22.Qxb3 Rxb3
23.Bxa7 Ra3 24.Ra1 Rxa1 25.Rxa1 Bxe2 26.a5 1/2-1/2
[Event "Amsterdam Candidates"]
[Site "Amsterdam NED"]
[Date "1956.04.05"]
[EventDate "1956.03.27"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Tigran Vartanovich Petrosian"]
[Black "Herman Pilnik"]
[ECO "A56"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "99"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e5 4. Nc3 d6 5. e4 g6 6. Nf3 Bg7
7. Bg5 Na6 8. Be2 Nc7 9. Nd2 Bd7 10. a4 b6 11. Nb5 Bxb5
12. cxb5 O-O 13. b4 h6 14. Bxf6 Qxf6 15. O-O Rfd8 16. Nc4 Bf8
17. g3 cxb4 18. Qb3 Kg7 19. Rfc1 h5 20. Ne3 Ne8 21. Qxb4 Rdc8
22. Rc6 Qd8 23. Rac1 Nf6 24. Bf1 Rcb8 25. Bh3 a6 26. Re1 axb5
27. axb5 Nh7 28. Nc4 Ra2 29. Bg2 Qf6 30. Rf1 Ng5 31. Qb3 Rba8
32. h4 Nh7 33. Rxb6 Ra1 34. Rc6 R8a2 35. Qe3 Qd8 36. Rxa1
Rxa1+ 37. Kh2 Nf6 38. f3 Qb8 39. Qb3 Nd7 40. b6 Nc5 41. Qb2
Ra4 42. Qb5 Ra2 43. Rc7 g5 44. Ne3 gxh4 45. Nf5+ Kg8 46. gxh4
Ra6 47. b7 Ra7 48. Rc8 Qxb7 49. Qe8 Nd7 50. Nxd6 1-0
[Event "Amsterdam Candidates"]
[Site "Amsterdam NED"]
[Date "1956.04.05"]
[EventDate "1956.03.27"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Laszlo Szabo"]
[Black "Boris Spassky"]
[ECO "A49"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "75"]
1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. d4 O-O 5. O-O d6 6. b3 a5
7. c4 a4 8. b4 c5 9. bxc5 dxc5 10. Na3 cxd4 11. Nxd4 Na6
12. Nab5 Nd7 13. Be3 Ndc5 14. Qc1 Bd7 15. Rd1 Rc8 16. Qa3 Re8
17. Rab1 Bf8 18. Nc2 Qa5 19. Bxb7 Nxb7 20. Rxd7 Nac5 21. Rdd1
Qa8 22. Nb4 e6 23. Qb2 Na5 24. Rdc1 Ne4 25. Na3 Rb8 26. c5 Nc6
27. Rc4 Nxc5 28. Bxc5 Bxc5 29. Rxc5 Rxb4 30. Qc3 Rxb1+
31. Nxb1 Rd8 32. Nd2 Nd4 33. Qc4 Nb3 34. axb3 a3 35. Qc3 a2
36. Ra5 Qxa5 37. Qxa5 Rxd2 38. Kg2 1-0
[Event "Amsterdam Candidates"]
[Site "Amsterdam NED"]
[Date "1956.04.07"]
[EventDate "1956.03.27"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "David Bronstein"]
[Black "Vasily Smyslov"]
[ECO "E55"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "47"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 c5 6. Nf3 d5
7. O-O dxc4 8. Bxc4 Nbd7 9. Bb3 b6 10. a3 cxd4 11. Ne2 Be7
12. exd4 Bb7 13. Nc3 Ne4 14. Nxe4 Bxe4 15. Re1 Bb7 16. Bf4 Nf6
17. Ne5 Nd5 18. Bg3 Bh4 19. Qd3 Bxg3 20. hxg3 Rc8 21. Rad1 Rc7
22. Bc2 Nf6 23. Bb1 Qd5 24. f3 1/2-1/2
[Event "Amsterdam Candidates"]
[Site "Amsterdam NED"]
[Date "1956.04.07"]
[EventDate "1956.03.27"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Boris Spassky"]
[Black "Efim Geller"]
[ECO "D32"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "84"]
1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c5 4.e3 Nf6 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.a3 cxd4 7.exd4
Be7 8.Bd3 dxc4 9.Bxc4 O-O 10.O-O a6 11.Bg5 b5 12.Ba2 Bb7
13.Rc1 b4 14.axb4 Nxb4 15.Bb1 Qa5 16.Ne5 Rac8 17.Re1 Nbd5
18.Qd3 g6 19.Qh3 Qb4 20.Bh6 Rfd8 21.Ba2 Rd6 22.Bg5 Qxd4
23.Rcd1 Nf4 24.Bxf4 Qxf4 25.Rxd6 Bxd6 26.Nxf7 Rxc3 27.Nh6+ Kg7
28.bxc3 Bc5 29.Qg3 Qxg3 30.hxg3 Kxh6 31.Bxe6 Ne4 32.Re2 Nxc3
33.Rb2 Bc6 34.Kh2 Bb5 35.f3 Kg7 36.Rb3 Bd4 37.Bc8 a5 38.Ra3 a4
39.g4 g5 40.g3 Kf6 41.f4 Bc6 42.Bf5 h6 0-1
[Event "Amsterdam Candidates"]
[Site "Amsterdam NED"]
[Date "1956.04.07"]
[EventDate "1956.03.27"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Paul Keres"]
[Black "Oscar Panno"]
[ECO "B96"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "133"]
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.f4
Bd7 8.Qf3 Nc6 9.O-O-O Qc7 10.Nxc6 bxc6 11.Bc4 Be7 12.Rd3 e5
13.Bxf6 Bxf6 14.Rhd1 O-O 15.Rxd6 Bc8 16.f5 Be7 17.R6d3 Rb8
18.Qh5 Rb4 19.Bb3 Rd4 20.Rxd4 exd4 21.Rxd4 Qf4+ 22.Kb1 Qf1+
23.Rd1 Qxg2 24.e5 g6 25.fxg6 hxg6 26.Qh6 Bf5 27.Qe3 Bg5 28.Qc5
Rd8 29.Rg1 Be7 30.Bxf7+ Kg7 31.Rxg2 Bxc5 32.Bc4 a5 33.a3 Re8
34.e6 Bxe6 35.Bxe6 Rxe6 36.Rg4 Be7 37.Ne4 Re5 38.h3 Kf7 39.Ka2
Ke6 40.a4 Kf5 41.Ng3+ Kf6 42.Kb3 g5 43.Rc4 Re6 44.Rc3 Bd8
45.Rf3+ Ke7 46.Kc4 Kd6 47.Nf5+ Kc7 48.Re3 Rf6 49.Nd4 Kd6
50.Rf3 Rg6 51.c3 Bb6 52.Rg3 Bxd4 53.cxd4 Rg8 54.Rg4 Rh8
55.Rxg5 Rxh3 56.Rxa5 Rh2 57.b3 Rc2+ 58.Kd3 Rc1 59.Rc5 Ra1
60.a5 Ra2 61.Kc3 Ra1 62.Kb2 Rd1 63.Rc4 Kc7 64.Kc2 Ra1 65.b4
Kb7 66.Rc5 Ra2+ 67.Kc3 1-0
[Event "Amsterdam Candidates"]
[Site "Amsterdam NED"]
[Date "1956.04.07"]
[EventDate "1956.03.27"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Miroslav Filip"]
[Black "Tigran Vartanovich Petrosian"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "72"]
1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d6 3. Bg2 e5 4. d3 g6 5. O-O Bg7 6. e4 O-O
7. Nbd2 Nbd7 8. a4 a5 9. Nc4 Nc5 10. Be3 Ne6 11. h3 b6 12. Qd2
Ba6 13. b3 Nh5 14. c3 Qe7 15. b4 f5 16. exf5 gxf5 17. Ng5 f4
18. Nxe6 Qxe6 19. b5 f3 20. bxa6 fxg2 21. Kxg2 d5 22. Na3 Rxa6
23. Qe2 Qg6 24. Kh2 Raa8 25. Nc2 Rae8 26. Rae1 c5 27. Rg1 Nf6
28. Qd2 d4 29. cxd4 cxd4 30. Bg5 Nd5 31. Rg2 Rf3 32. Re4 Nc3
33. Rg4 h5 34. Rh4 Rxd3 35. Qc1 Rd1 36. Qb2 Rb1 0-1
[Event "Amsterdam Candidates"]
[Site "Amsterdam NED"]
[Date "1956.04.07"]
[EventDate "1956.03.27"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Herman Pilnik"]
[Black "Laszlo Szabo"]
[ECO "C83"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "111"]
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Nxe4 6.d4 b5 7.Bb3
d5 8.dxe5 Be6 9.c3 Be7 10.Be3 Nc5 11.Bc2 Bg4 12.Nbd2 Ne6
13.Qb1 Bh5 14.Rd1 Ng5 15.Bf4 Ne6 16.Bg3 Qd7 17.h4 Na5 18.Bf5
Bg6 19.Nd4 Bxf5 20.Nxf5 O-O 21.b4 Nb7 22.Nb3 c6 23.Qe4 g6
24.Nxe7+ Qxe7 25.Qe3 a5 26.a3 axb4 27.axb4 Ra4 28.Qb6 Qc7
29.Qxc7 Nxc7 30.Nd4 c5 31.bxc5 Nxc5 32.f3 Rc4 33.Nc6 Na4
34.Ne7+ Kg7 35.Nxd5 Nxd5 36.Rxd5 Nxc3 37.Rd7 Ne2+ 38.Kh2 Nd4
39.Ra6 Kg8 40.Rb6 Nf5 41.Rxb5 Nxh4 42.e6 f6 43.Bxh4 Rxh4+
44.Kg3 g5 45.Rbd5 Rh1 46.Kf2 Ra1 47.Re7 Rh1 48.Rdd7 Rh6 49.g4
f5 50.Rg7+ Kh8 51.gxf5 Rxf5 52.e7 Re6 53.Rxh7+ Kg8 54.Rg7+ Kh8
55.Rg6 Ree5 56.Rc6 1-0
[Event "Amsterdam Candidates"]
[Site "Amsterdam NED"]
[Date "1956.04.09"]
[EventDate "1956.03.27"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Oscar Panno"]
[Black "David Bronstein"]
[ECO "A87"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "147"]
1. d4 f5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 c6
7. Nc3 Na6 8. b3 d6 9. Bb2 Bd7 10. Re1 Qa5 11. e4 fxe4
12. Nxe4 Rae8 13. Neg5 Nc7 14. Qd2 Qxd2 15. Nxd2 h6 16. Ngf3
g5 17. Rac1 Nh7 18. Bc3 Rf7 19. Re2 Nf8 20. Ne1 Nfe6 21. d5
Nd4 22. Bxd4 Bxd4 23. Ndf3 Bg7 24. dxc6 bxc6 25. Nd3 Bg4
26. Re3 c5 27. h3 Bf5 28. Rd1 a5 29. g4 Bc8 30. Nd2 Bd4
31. Re2 Kf8 32. Ne4 Ne6 33. Ng3 Nf4 34. Nxf4 gxf4 35. Nf5 Bxf5
36. gxf5 Rxf5 37. Bf3 e6 38. Kh2 Kf7 39. Rg1 Be5 40. Rd2 Rb8
41. h4 a4 42. Rb1 Ke7 43. Kh3 Bf6 44. Rd3 Bd4 45. Kg2 Be5
46. Kh3 Rff8 47. Bc6 a3 48. Kg2 Rg8+ 49. Kf3 h5 50. Rh1 Rg4
51. Ke2 d5 52. cxd5 Kd6 53. Kf3 Bd4 54. Ba4 exd5 55. Rd2 Bf6
56. Re2 Rg7 57. Be8 Re7 58. Rxe7 Kxe7 59. Bxh5 c4 60. bxc4
dxc4 61. Rc1 c3 62. Bg6 Be5 63. h5 Kf6 64. Rc2 Kg5 65. Re2 Rb5
66. Rc2 Rc5 67. Rc1 Rd5 68. Re1 Bd6 69. Rg1+ Kh6 70. Re1 Bc5
71. Re2 Kg5 72. Rc2 Bb4 73. Re2 Bd6 74. Rc2 1/2-1/2
[Event "Amsterdam Candidates"]
[Site "Amsterdam NED"]
[Date "1956.04.09"]
[EventDate "1956.03.27"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Efim Geller"]
[Black "Herman Pilnik"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "86"]
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e5 6.Ndb5 d6
7.Bg5 a6 8.Bxf6 gxf6 9.Na3 d5 10.Nxd5 Bxa3 11.bxa3 Be6 12.Ne3
Qa5+ 13.Qd2 Qxa3 14.Bd3 O-O-O 15.O-O Rhg8 16.Rfb1 Rd7 17.Kh1
Rgd8 18.Qe1 Rd4 19.Qf1 Qc3 20.a3 Kc7 21.f4 exf4 22.Qxf4+ R8d6
23.Rf1 Qc5 24.Rae1 Qxa3 25.Qxf6 Qa5 26.Qg7 Qe5 27.Qxh7 Rd8
28.Qh4 Rh8 29.Qf4 Qxf4 30.Rxf4 Ne5 31.Be2 Ng6 32.Rf6 Rxe4
33.Bd3 Reh4 34.Bxg6 Rxh2+ 35.Kg1 Rh1+ 36.Kf2 Rxe1 37.Kxe1 Rh6
38.Rxf7+ Bxf7 39.Bxf7 Rh1+ 40.Kf2 Kd6 41.g4 Ke7 42.Bd5 Rb1
43.g5 Kf8 1-0
[Event "Amsterdam Candidates"]
[Site "Amsterdam NED"]
[Date "1956.04.09"]
[EventDate "1956.03.27"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Miroslav Filip"]
[Black "Paul Keres"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "26"]
1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.g3 Bc5 5.Bg2 O-O 6.O-O d6 7.d3
Be6 8.a3 a5 9.Bg5 h6 10.Bh4 Nd4 11.Bxf6 Qxf6 12.Ne4 Qe7
13.Nxc5 dxc5 1/2-1/2
[Event "Amsterdam Candidates"]
[Site "Amsterdam NED"]
[Date "1956.04.09"]
[EventDate "1956.03.27"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Vasily Smyslov"]
[Black "Boris Spassky"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "132"]
1. c4 e6 2. g3 f5 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. b3 d5
7. Bb2 Bd7 8. d3 Be8 9. Nbd2 Nc6 10. a3 a5 11. Qc2 Qd7
12. cxd5 exd5 13. e3 Bh5 14. Bc3 Bd6 15. Qb2 Ra6 16. Rfc1 Kh8
17. Bf1 Rb6 18. Bg2 Qe6 19. Nd4 Nxd4 20. Bxd4 Ra6 21. b4 b6
22. b5 Raa8 23. Nf3 Bxf3 24. Bxf3 Rae8 25. Rc6 Re7 26. a4 h6
27. Qb3 Kh7 28. Rac1 g5 29. R6c2 Qf7 30. Kh1 f4 31. gxf4 gxf4
32. Rg1 fxe3 33. fxe3 Ne4 34. Rg7+ Qxg7 35. Bxg7 Rxf3 36. Qxd5
Ng5 37. Bd4 Ref7 38. Kg2 R3f5 39. Qa8 Nf3 40. Qh8+ Kg6 41. Rc1
Rf8 42. Qg7+ Kh5 43. Kh1 Ng5 44. h4 Nh3 45. e4 R5f7 46. Qg2
Nf2+ 47. Kg1 Ng4 48. e5 Bxe5 49. Bxe5 Nxe5 50. Qe2+ Nf3+
51. Kh1 Rg7 52. Qf2 Rf4 53. Rc4 Rxc4 54. Qxf3+ Rcg4 55. Kh2
Kxh4 56. Qf6+ Kh5 57. Qf3 Kg5 58. Qe3+ Kf5 59. Qf3+ Ke5
60. d4+ Kxd4 61. Qd1+ Kc3 62. Kh3 Kb4 63. Qc2 Rg3+ 64. Kh4
R7g4+ 65. Kh5 Rc4 66. Qd2+ Rgc3 0-1
[Event "Amsterdam Candidates"]
[Site "Amsterdam NED"]
[Date "1956.04.09"]
[EventDate "1956.03.27"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Tigran Vartanovich Petrosian"]
[Black "Laszlo Szabo"]
[ECO "E46"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "40"]
1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. d4 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Nge2 d5 6. a3 Be7
7. cxd5 exd5 8. g3 Nbd7 9. Bg2 Nb6 10. O-O Re8 11. Nf4 c6
12. f3 c5 13. Kh1 Bf8 14. Re1 Bd7 15. Nd3 cxd4 16. exd4 Rxe1+
17. Qxe1 Na4 18. Ne5 Rc8 19. Nxa4 Bxa4 20. Bd2 Nd7 1/2-1/2
[Event "Amsterdam Candidates"]
[Site "Amsterdam NED"]
[Date "1956.04.11"]
[EventDate "1956.03.27"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "David Bronstein"]
[Black "Miroslav Filip"]
[ECO "D92"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "115"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 d5 5. Bf4 O-O 6. Rc1 c5
7. dxc5 dxc4 8. Qxd8 Rxd8 9. e4 Na6 10. e5 Ng4 11. h3 Nh6
12. Bxc4 Nxc5 13. Ke2 Be6 14. Nb5 Rac8 15. Nxa7 Ra8 16. Be3
Bxc4+ 17. Rxc4 Nd7 18. Nb5 Rxa2 19. Rb4 Nf5 20. Rd1 Raa8
21. e6 Nxe3 22. fxe3 Nc5 23. exf7+ Kxf7 24. Nbd4 Rd5 25. Rf1
Bf6 26. g4 Kg8 27. Rb5 Rad8 28. Ra1 Bxd4 29. Nxd4 R8d6
30. Ra8+ Kf7 31. Rb8 h5 32. b4 Ne6 33. Rxd5 Rxd5 34. Nxe6 Kxe6
35. Rxb7 hxg4 36. hxg4 Rg5 37. Kf3 Rd5 38. Rb6+ Kf7 39. Ke4
Rd1 40. g5 Rd2 41. Rb5 Ke6 42. Re5+ Kd6 43. Ra5 Rb2 44. Ra6+
Kd7 45. Rb6 Ke8 46. Kd4 Kf7 47. e4 Rd2+ 48. Kc3 Re2 49. Kd3
Rg2 50. Rb5 Ke6 51. Rd5 Rb2 52. Kc4 Re2 53. Kd4 Rd2+ 54. Kc5
Rc2+ 55. Kb6 Rc4 56. b5 Rxe4 57. Kc6 Rb4 58. Rc5 1-0
[Event "Amsterdam Candidates"]
[Site "Amsterdam NED"]
[Date "1956.04.11"]
[EventDate "1956.03.27"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Laszlo Szabo"]
[Black "Efim Geller"]
[ECO "B64"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "44"]
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2
Be7 8.O-O-O O-O 9.f4 h6 10.Bh4 Nxe4 11.Bxe7 Nxd2 12.Bxd8 Nxf1
13.Nxc6 bxc6 14.Be7 Re8 15.Rhxf1 Rxe7 16.Rxd6 Bb7 17.Re1 c5
18.g3 Rc8 19.b3 Kf8 20.Kb2 Ke8 21.Nb5 Bc6 22.c4 a6 1/2-1/2
[Event "Amsterdam Candidates"]
[Site "Amsterdam NED"]
[Date "1956.04.11"]
[EventDate "1956.03.27"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Paul Keres"]
[Black "Tigran Vartanovich Petrosian"]
[ECO "B63"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "81"]
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2
h6 8.Bxf6 gxf6 9.O-O-O a6 10.Be2 h5 11.Kb1 Bd7 12.f4 Qb6
13.Rhf1 Qxd4 14.Qxd4 Nxd4 15.Rxd4 h4 16.f5 Rc8 17.Rd3 Rc5
18.fxe6 fxe6 19.Rxf6 Rg5 20.Rf2 Rhg8 21.Bf3 Be7 22.h3 Rf8
23.Rfd2 Bc6 24.Nd1 Kd7 25.b3 b5 26.Nf2 Kc7 27.Ng4 Rf4 28.Re2
Kd7 29.a3 Kc7 30.Kc1 d5 31.exd5 Bxa3+ 32.Kd2 Bxd5 33.Bxd5 exd5
34.Re6 a5 35.Rh6 d4 36.c3 dxc3 37.Rxc3+ Kb7 38.Rd3 Rf7 39.Rxh4
Re7 40.Ne3 Bc5 41.Rg4 1/2-1/2
[Event "Amsterdam Candidates"]
[Site "Amsterdam NED"]
[Date "1956.04.11"]
[EventDate "1956.03.27"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Herman Pilnik"]
[Black "Vasily Smyslov"]
[ECO "B59"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "44"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be2 e5
7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. Be3 Be6 10. Bf3 a5 11. Nd5 Bxd5
12. exd5 Nb8 13. Qd3 Nfd7 14. Bg4 Qc7 15. a4 Nb6 16. Nd2 N8d7
17. Bxd7 Nxd7 18. Nc4 Rac8 19. b3 Nc5 20. Bxc5 Qxc5 21. Kh1
Bg5 22. Qf5 Be7 1/2-1/2
[Event "Amsterdam Candidates"]
[Site "Amsterdam NED"]
[Date "1956.04.11"]
[EventDate "1956.03.27"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Boris Spassky"]
[Black "Oscar Panno"]
[ECO "C12"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "72"]
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. e5 h6 6. Bd2 Bxc3
7. bxc3 Ne4 8. Qg4 g6 9. Bd3 Nxd2 10. Kxd2 c5 11. Nf3 Nc6
12. Rab1 cxd4 13. cxd4 Na5 14. Qf4 Bd7 15. h4 Rc8 16. h5 g5
17. Qf6 Qxf6 18. exf6 b6 19. c3 Nc6 20. Bb5 Nb8 21. Bd3 Nc6
22. Ba6 Rc7 23. Rhe1 g4 24. Ne5 Nxe5 25. Rxe5 Rg8 26. g3 Ba4
27. Rb4 Bc6 28. Be2 Kd7 29. Rb1 Ba4 30. Rb4 Bc6 31. a3 Kd6
32. Rb1 Ba4 33. Rb4 Bc6 34. Rb1 Ba4 35. Ba6 Rb8 36. Be2 Rg8
1/2-1/2
[Event "Amsterdam Candidates"]
[Site "Amsterdam NED"]
[Date "1956.04.14"]
[EventDate "1956.03.27"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "David Bronstein"]
[Black "Paul Keres"]
[ECO "C99"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "106"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5
7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Qc7 12. Nbd2
cxd4 13. cxd4 Nc6 14. Nb3 Bb7 15. Bg5 h6 16. Bh4 Nh5 17. d5
Nd8 18. Bxe7 Qxe7 19. Nfd4 Nf4 20. Nf5 Qf6 21. Re3 Kh7 22. a4
bxa4 23. Rxa4 Bc8 24. Rb4 Nb7 25. Rc3 g6 26. Ne3 a5 27. Rb6
Qd8 28. Nc4 Ra7 29. Nc1 Qg5 30. Rg3 Qe7 31. Ne2 Nxe2+ 32. Qxe2
Rd8 33. Ra3 Bd7 34. Qe3 Rc8 35. Bd3 Be8 36. b4 a4 37. Kh2 Raa8
38. Be2 Rc7 39. b5 Qd8 40. Ra2 Kg7 41. Rc6 Rb8 42. Rd2 h5
43. Rd1 Kg8 44. Kg1 Kh7 45. Qa3 Qe7 46. Qxa4 Nc5 47. Qc2 Bxc6
48. dxc6 Rxb5 49. Nxd6 Rb6 50. Bb5 Ne6 51. Ba4 Nd4 52. Qc5
Rbxc6 53. Bxc6 Rxc6 0-1
[Event "Amsterdam Candidates"]
[Site "Amsterdam NED"]
[Date "1956.04.14"]
[EventDate "1956.03.27"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Tigran Vartanovich Petrosian"]
[Black "Efim Geller"]
[ECO "D34"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "145"]
1.c4 c5 2.g3 Nc6 3.Bg2 Nf6 4.Nf3 e6 5.O-O d5 6.cxd5 exd5 7.d4
Be7 8.Nc3 O-O 9.Bf4 cxd4 10.Nxd4 Qb6 11.Nxc6 bxc6 12.Qc2 Be6
13.Be3 Qa5 14.Qa4 Qxa4 15.Nxa4 Nd7 16.Rfd1 Rfc8 17.b3 Ba3
18.Bd4 Bg4 19.Rd2 Re8 20.e3 Bf5 21.Bb2 Bxb2 22.Rxb2 Nb6 23.Nc5
a5 24.Rc1 Rec8 25.e4 Bg6 26.f4 f6 27.Bh3 Rcb8 28.e5 fxe5
29.fxe5 a4 30.bxa4 Nc4 31.Rxb8+ Rxb8 32.e6 Rb1 33.Rxb1 Bxb1
34.Bf1 Nd6 35.a3 Kf8 36.a5 Nc8 37.Kf2 Ke7 38.Ke3 Kd6 39.Kd4
Bf5 40.Be2 Na7 41.a6 Bh3 42.a4 Nc8 43.Nb7+ Kxe6 44.Kc5 Kd7
45.Na5 Kc7 46.Nxc6 Nb6 47.Bb5 Nd7+ 48.Kxd5 Bg2+ 49.Ke6 Bxc6
50.Bxc6 Kxc6 51.a7 Nb6 52.a5 Na8 53.Kf7 g5 54.Kf6 g4 55.Kg5
Kb7 56.Kxg4 Nc7 57.Kg5 Nd5 58.h3 Nc3 59.g4 Ne4+ 60.Kf5 Ng3+
61.Kf4 Ne2+ 62.Ke3 Nc3 63.g5 Nd5+ 64.Ke4 Ne7 65.Kf4 Nd5+
66.Kf3 Ne7 67.h4 Kxa7 68.Kf4 Ng6+ 69.Kg4 Ne7 70.h5 Ka6 71.Kf4
Kxa5 72.Ke5 Kb6 73.Ke6 1-0
[Event "Amsterdam Candidates"]
[Site "Amsterdam NED"]
[Date "1956.04.14"]
[EventDate "1956.03.27"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Boris Spassky"]
[Black "Miroslav Filip"]
[ECO "D01"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "97"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Bg5 Bf5 4. f3 Bg6 5. e4 dxe4 6. Qd2 e6
7. fxe4 Bb4 8. Qe3 Ng4 9. Qd2 Nf6 10. Qe3 Ng4 11. Qf4 Qxd4
12. Ne2 Bxc3+ 13. Nxc3 h6 14. Qxg4 hxg5 15. Qxg5 Nd7 16. Be2
Rxh2 17. Rxh2 Qg1+ 18. Bf1 Qxh2 19. O-O-O Qh6 20. Qxh6 gxh6
21. Be2 O-O-O 22. Rh1 Rh8 23. Kd2 Kd8 24. Ke3 Ke7 25. Nb5 c6
26. Nc3 Ne5 27. Kf4 f6 28. Na4 b6 29. Nc3 Be8 30. b4 h5 31. g3
Ng6+ 32. Ke3 h4 33. gxh4 Rxh4 34. Rf1 Rh3+ 35. Kd2 Ne5 36. Rf2
Bg6 37. Rg2 Bf7 38. Nd1 Nf3+ 39. Bxf3 Rxf3 40. e5 Rf4
41. exf6+ Kxf6 42. a3 Rd4+ 43. Kc1 e5 44. Ne3 Bh5 45. Rg8 e4
46. Rc8 Ke5 47. Rf8 Bf3 48. Kb2 Rd7 49. Kc3 1/2-1/2
[Event "Amsterdam Candidates"]
[Site "Amsterdam NED"]
[Date "1956.04.14"]
[EventDate "1956.03.27"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Laszlo Szabo"]
[Black "Vasily Smyslov"]
[ECO "E46"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "60"]
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Ne2 d5 6.a3 Be7 7.cxd5
exd5 8.g3 Nbd7 9.Bg2 Nb6 10.O-O Re8 11.Nf4 Bf8 12.Kh1 Bf5
13.a4 a5 14.f3 h6 15.Nd3 Nc4 16.Re1 c6 17.b3 Nd6 18.Ba3 Bh7
19.Qd2 Qc7 20.Ne5 Rad8 21.Nd1 Nd7 22.Bb2 Nxe5 23.dxe5 Nf5
24.Bc3 b6 25.f4 c5 26.Rc1 Qd7 27.Qb2 h5 28.Nf2 Qe6 29.e4 dxe4
30.Nxe4 Be7 1/2-1/2
[Event "Amsterdam Candidates"]
[Site "Amsterdam NED"]
[Date "1956.04.14"]
[EventDate "1956.03.27"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Herman Pilnik"]
[Black "Oscar Panno"]
[ECO "B05"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "126"]
1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6 4.Nf3 Bg4 5.exd6 exd6 6.Be2 Be7
7.O-O O-O 8.h3 Bh5 9.c4 Nb6 10.Be3 Nc6 11.Nbd2 Bf6 12.Rc1 Re8
13.Re1 Bg6 14.Nf1 d5 15.c5 Nc8 16.Qd2 a5 17.a3 h6 18.N1h2 N8e7
19.Ng4 Nf5 20.Nxf6+ Qxf6 21.Bb5 Nxe3 22.fxe3 Be4 23.Rf1 Qe6
24.Rf2 f6 25.Nh2 Rf8 26.Nf1 Ne7 27.Ng3 Bh7 28.Rcf1 c6 29.Be2
Qd7 30.Nh5 Be4 31.Nf4 a4 32.Bg4 f5 33.Bd1 Rf6 34.Qb4 g5 35.Nh5
Rf7 36.Bxa4 Raf8 37.Qd2 Ng6 38.Bc2 Kh8 39.Ng3 Nh4 40.Nxe4 dxe4
41.Qc3 Kh7 42.b4 h5 43.Qc4 g4 44.hxg4 hxg4 45.Bxe4 g3 46.Rf4
Ng6 47.Bc2 Qe7 48.Qe2 Qg5 49.Qf3 Kg7 50.Rxf5 Rxf5 51.Bxf5 Nh4
52.Qg4 Rxf5 53.Qxg5+ Rxg5 54.a4 Rh5 55.b5 Rh8 56.Rf4 Ng6
57.Rf3 Ra8 58.bxc6 bxc6 59.Rxg3 Rxa4 60.Rf3 Ra2 61.Kf1 Ne7
62.Rf2 Ra3 63.Re2 Kf6 1/2-1/2
[Event "Amsterdam Candidates"]
[Site "Amsterdam NED"]
[Date "1956.04.16"]
[EventDate "1956.03.27"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "David Bronstein"]
[Black "Tigran Vartanovich Petrosian"]
[ECO "E95"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "58"]
1. c4 g6 2. Nc3 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 4. d4 Nf6 5. e4 O-O 6. Be2 e5
7. O-O Nbd7 8. Re1 c6 9. d5 c5 10. a3 Ne8 11. Bg5 f6 12. Bd2
f5 13. Ng5 Nc7 14. exf5 gxf5 15. f4 e4 16. Be3 h6 17. Nh3 Bxc3
18. bxc3 Nf6 19. a4 Kh8 20. Nf2 Rg8 21. Kh1 Qe8 22. Rg1 Qg6
23. Qd2 Bd7 24. g3 Rae8 25. a5 Re7 26. Rab1 Bc8 27. Rg2 Reg7
28. Rbg1 Nce8 29. h3 h5 1/2-1/2
[Event "Amsterdam Candidates"]
[Site "Amsterdam NED"]
[Date "1956.04.16"]
[EventDate "1956.03.27"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vasily Smyslov"]
[Black "Efim Geller"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "75"]
1.c4 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7 4.d4 O-O 5.Nc3 c6 6.d5 d6 7.Nf3 e5
8.O-O cxd5 9.cxd5 Nbd7 10.a4 a5 11.Rb1 Nc5 12.Nd2 Bd7 13.b3
Rc8 14.Ba3 Ne8 15.Nce4 b6 16.Nc4 Bf5 17.Nxc5 bxc5 18.e4 Bd7
19.Qd2 f5 20.Qxa5 Qg5 21.Nb6 Rd8 22.b4 cxb4 23.Qxb4 Qh5 24.Qc3
fxe4 25.Nxd7 Rxd7 26.Bxe4 Nf6 27.Bg2 e4 28.Qc4 e3 29.h3 Qg5
30.Rb3 Re8 31.Bc1 exf2 32.Rxf2 Qh5 33.Bb2 Rf7 34.Rbf3 Re1+
35.Rf1 Re4 36.Qc2 Re5 37.Bxe5 dxe5 38.Qc8+ 1-0
[Event "Amsterdam Candidates"]
[Site "Amsterdam NED"]
[Date "1956.04.16"]
[EventDate "1956.03.27"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Paul Keres"]
[Black "Boris Spassky"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "59"]
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Nc3 b5 7.Bb3
d6 8.Nd5 Na5 9.Nxe7 Qxe7 10.d4 Bb7 11.Bg5 Nxb3 12.axb3 Bxe4
13.Nxe5 dxe5 14.Re1 exd4 15.Bxf6 Qxf6 16.Rxe4+ Kd7 17.Qg4+ Kc6
18.Rf4 Qg6 19.Qf3+ Kb6 20.Rxf7 Qxc2 21.Qf4 Qc5 22.Rxg7 Rad8
23.Rf7 Rd6 24.Rc1 Re8 25.h4 Qe5 26.Qxe5 Rxe5 27.Kf1 c5 28.Re1
Red5 29.Ra1 Rd7 30.Rf6+ 1/2-1/2
[Event "Amsterdam Candidates"]
[Site "Amsterdam NED"]
[Date "1956.04.16"]
[EventDate "1956.03.27"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Oscar Panno"]
[Black "Laszlo Szabo"]
[ECO "D75"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "45"]
1.c4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 O-O 5.O-O d5 6.cxd5 Nxd5 7.d4
c5 8.dxc5 Na6 9.Ng5 Ndb4 10.Nc3 h6 11.Nf3 Qxd1 12.Rxd1 Be6
13.Ne1 Nxc5 14.Be3 Rac8 15.Bd4 a5 16.Nf3 Nc2 17.Bxg7 Kxg7
18.Rac1 Nb4 19.Nd4 Bc4 20.a3 Nba6 21.Bd5 Bxd5 22.Nxd5 Rcd8
23.Nb6 1/2-1/2
[Event "Amsterdam Candidates"]
[Site "Amsterdam NED"]
[Date "1956.04.16"]
[EventDate "1956.03.27"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Miroslav Filip"]
[Black "Herman Pilnik"]
[ECO "A21"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "85"]
1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 d6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.Nf3 Nh6 6.d4 Nd7 7.O-O
O-O 8.e4 c6 9.b3 Re8 10.h3 f6 11.Be3 Nf7 12.Qc2 Nf8 13.b4 Bd7
14.d5 Qc8 15.Kh2 cxd5 16.Nxd5 Ne6 17.Rfc1 Nc7 18.Qd2 Nxd5
19.exd5 b6 20.c5 bxc5 21.bxc5 dxc5 22.Rxc5 Qd8 23.Qa5 Bf8
24.Qxd8 Rexd8 25.Rc7 a6 26.Nd2 Nd6 27.Rac1 Rac8 28.h4 Be8
29.Ne4 Bg7 30.Rxg7+ Kxg7 31.Nxd6 Rxc1 32.Nxe8+ Kf7 33.Bxc1
Kxe8 34.Be3 f5 35.Bf1 Ra8 36.Bc4 Kd7 37.Bb3 Rc8 38.Bd2 Rb8
39.Bc1 Rb4 40.Ba3 Rd4 41.Bc5 Rd2 42.Ba4+ Kc8 43.d6 1-0
[Event "Amsterdam Candidates"]
[Site "Amsterdam NED"]
[Date "1956.04.18"]
[EventDate "1956.03.27"]
[Round "12"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Spassky"]
[Black "David Bronstein"]
[ECO "E80"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "95"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 e5 6. d5 Nh5
7. Be3 Na6 8. Qd2 Qh4+ 9. g3 Nxg3 10. Qf2 Nxf1 11. Qxh4 Nxe3
12. Kf2 Nxc4 13. b3 Nb6 14. Nge2 f5 15. Rhg1 O-O 16. Kg2 Bd7
17. a4 Bf6 18. Qg3 Nb4 19. a5 Nc8 20. exf5 Bxf5 21. Ra4 Nd3
22. Rc4 Nc5 23. Ne4 Na6 24. Nxf6+ Rxf6 25. f4 e4 26. Nc3 Ne7
27. Re1 Raf8 28. b4 c6 29. Nxe4 Bxe4+ 30. Rcxe4 Nxd5 31. Re8
Nac7 32. Rxf8+ Kxf8 33. Kh1 Rf5 34. Qh4 Nf6 35. Qf2 Nb5
36. Qe2 Nd5 37. a6 bxa6 38. Qe8+ Kg7 39. Qxc6 Kh6 40. Qxa6
Nxb4 41. Qb7 Nd3 42. Re7 Nxf4 43. Rxh7+ Kg5 44. Qe7+ Kg4
45. Qe3 Kg5 46. h4+ Kg4 47. Kh2 Nh5 48. Rh6 1-0
[Event "Amsterdam Candidates"]
[Site "Amsterdam NED"]
[Date "1956.04.18"]
[EventDate "1956.03.27"]
[Round "12"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Efim Geller"]
[Black "Oscar Panno"]
[ECO "C91"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "65"]
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3
O-O 8.d4 d6 9.c3 Bg4 10.Be3 exd4 11.cxd4 Na5 12.Bc2 Nc4 13.Bc1
c5 14.Nbd2 Nxd2 15.Qxd2 Bxf3 16.gxf3 cxd4 17.Qxd4 Rc8 18.Bb3
Rc5 19.Bf4 Qc8 20.Rad1 Nh5 21.Bg3 Qh3 22.Bd5 Nxg3 23.hxg3 Qc8
24.b4 Rc3 25.f4 Qc7 26.Kg2 Rd8 27.Rh1 h6 28.Rh5 Bf6 29.e5 dxe5
30.fxe5 Be7 31.Qe4 Rc4 32.Bxc4 Rxd1 33.Bxf7+ 1-0
[Event "Amsterdam Candidates"]
[Site "Amsterdam NED"]
[Date "1956.04.18"]
[EventDate "1956.03.27"]
[Round "12"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Herman Pilnik"]
[Black "Paul Keres"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "83"]
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.d3 d6 7.c3
O-O 8.Re1 Nd7 9.Bc2 Bf6 10.Nbd2 Nb6 11.Nc4 Nxc4 12.dxc4 Be6
13.Qe2 Na5 14.b3 b5 15.cxb5 axb5 16.Bb2 c6 17.Rad1 Qc7 18.Bb1
Rfd8 19.h3 Nb7 20.Bc1 Qe7 21.Nh2 Bg5 22.Bxg5 Qxg5 23.Rd3 Nc5
24.Rg3 Qh6 25.Nf1 g6 26.Ne3 Kh8 27.Nc2 f5 28.exf5 gxf5 29.Nd4
exd4 30.cxd4 f4 31.Rc3 Bd5 32.dxc5 Qg7 33.Qg4 Rg8 34.Qxg7+
Rxg7 35.Be4 Re7 36.f3 dxc5 37.Rc2 c4 38.bxc4 Bxc4 39.Rd1 Rxa2
40.Rxa2 Bxa2 41.Bxc6 Bc4 42.Rd4 1/2-1/2
[Event "Amsterdam Candidates"]
[Site "Amsterdam NED"]
[Date "1956.04.18"]
[EventDate "1956.03.27"]
[Round "12"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Tigran Vartanovich Petrosian"]
[Black "Vasily Smyslov"]
[ECO "D14"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "20"]
1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bf4
Bf5 7. e3 e6 8. Qb3 Bb4 9. Bb5 Qa5 10. O-O O-O 1/2-1/2
[Event "Amsterdam Candidates"]
[Site "Amsterdam NED"]
[Date "1956.04.18"]
[EventDate "1956.03.27"]
[Round "12"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Laszlo Szabo"]
[Black "Miroslav Filip"]
[ECO "B14"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "86"]
1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 c6 3.e4 d5 4.exd5 cxd5 5.d4 e6 6.Nf3 Be7 7.Bd3
dxc4 8.Bxc4 O-O 9.O-O Nc6 10.Re1 a6 11.Bg5 b5 12.Bd3 Nb4
13.Bxf6 Bxf6 14.Be4 Nd5 15.Qb3 Bb7 16.Rac1 Rb8 17.Nxd5 exd5
18.Bf5 g6 19.Bh3 Qb6 20.Qe3 Bc8 21.Bxc8 Rbxc8 22.h4 Rc4
23.Rcd1 Rc2 24.Rd2 Rxd2 25.Qxd2 h5 26.Rc1 Re8 27.Rc5 Qe6
28.Qf4 Kg7 29.Ng5 Qg4 30.Qxg4 hxg4 31.Kf1 Bxd4 32.Rxd5 Bf6
33.Rd7 Bxg5 34.hxg5 Re5 35.Ra7 Rxg5 36.Rxa6 Rc5 37.b4 Rc2
38.a3 Ra2 39.Ra7 g5 40.Ra5 Kg6 41.g3 f5 42.Rxb5 Rxa3 43.Rb6+
Kf7 1/2-1/2
[Event "Amsterdam Candidates"]
[Site "Amsterdam NED"]
[Date "1956.04.19"]
[EventDate "1956.03.27"]
[Round "13"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "David Bronstein"]
[Black "Herman Pilnik"]
[ECO "E62"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "59"]
1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. d4 d6 5. g3 O-O 6. Bg2 Nc6
7. O-O Rb8 8. h3 a6 9. a4 Nd7 10. a5 e5 11. d5 Ne7 12. e4 b6
13. axb6 cxb6 14. b4 a5 15. bxa5 bxa5 16. Ba3 Nc5 17. Bxc5
dxc5 18. Qa4 Rb4 19. Qxa5 Rxc4 20. Rfc1 Qxa5 21. Rxa5 f5
22. Bf1 Rb4 23. d6 Nc6 24. Rxc5 Bh6 25. Rxc6 Bxc1 26. Nd5 Rb8
27. Rxc1 fxe4 28. Ne7+ Kg7 29. Ng5 Bd7 30. Nxe4 1-0
[Event "Amsterdam Candidates"]
[Site "Amsterdam NED"]
[Date "1956.04.19"]
[EventDate "1956.03.27"]
[Round "13"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Miroslav Filip"]
[Black "Efim Geller"]
[ECO "A49"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "76"]
1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 O-O 5.O-O d6 6.b3 e5 7.dxe5
dxe5 8.Bb2 e4 9.Qxd8 Rxd8 10.Ng5 Bf5 11.g4 Bxg4 12.Nxe4 Nxe4
13.Bxg7 Kxg7 14.Bxe4 Nc6 15.Nc3 Nd4 16.f3 Bf5 17.Bxf5 Nxf5
18.Kf2 Rd2 19.Rac1 Rad8 20.Rfd1 Rxd1 21.Nxd1 Kf6 22.e4 Nh4
23.Ke2 Ke6 24.Nf2 f5 25.Nd3 b6 26.Nf4+ Kf6 27.Ke3 g5 28.Nd5+
Ke5 29.Ne7 f4 30.Ke2 Rd6 31.Rg1 Rd2+ 32.Kxd2 Nxf3+ 33.Kd3 Nxg1
34.Nc6+ Kf6 35.Nxa7 g4 36.Nc6 Nf3 37.Ke2 Nxh2 38.a4 g3 0-1
[Event "Amsterdam Candidates"]
[Site "Amsterdam NED"]
[Date "1956.04.19"]
[EventDate "1956.03.27"]
[Round "13"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Paul Keres"]
[Black "Laszlo Szabo"]
[ECO "C86"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "82"]
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.Qe2 Be7 6.O-O b5 7.Bb3
d6 8.a4 Bg4 9.c3 O-O 10.h3 Na5 11.Bc2 Be6 12.axb5 axb5 13.d4
Bc4 14.Bd3 Bxd3 15.Qxd3 Nc4 16.Rxa8 Qxa8 17.b3 Qa2 18.Nbd2
Nxd2 19.Bxd2 Qxb3 20.dxe5 dxe5 21.Rb1 Qa4 22.Bg5 h6 23.Bxf6
Bxf6 24.Rxb5 Rd8 25.Qe2 Qa1+ 26.Kh2 Qxc3 27.Rb2 Qd3 28.Qxd3
Rxd3 29.Rb5 Rd7 30.Nxe5 Re7 31.f4 Bxe5 32.fxe5 Kf8 33.Kg3 c6
34.Rc5 Rc7 35.Kf4 Ke7 36.h4 g6 37.Ke3 Kd7 38.Kd4 Ra7 39.Rc2
Ra4+ 40.Ke3 Ra3+ 41.Kf4 Ra5 1/2-1/2
[Event "Amsterdam Candidates"]
[Site "Amsterdam NED"]
[Date "1956.04.19"]
[EventDate "1956.03.27"]
[Round "13"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Boris Spassky"]
[Black "Tigran Vartanovich Petrosian"]
[ECO "E46"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "65"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Ne2 d5 6. a3 Be7
7. cxd5 exd5 8. g3 Nbd7 9. Bg2 Nb6 10. O-O Re8 11. b3 a5
12. a4 Bb4 13. f3 Bf5 14. g4 Bg6 15. Bd2 h6 16. Re1 Bh7
17. Ng3 Nbd7 18. h4 Bd6 19. f4 Bb4 20. g5 Bxc3 21. Bxc3 Ne4
22. Bxe4 Bxe4 23. Qg4 g6 24. f5 h5 25. Qf4 Nf8 26. Ra2 Qd7
27. Rf2 c6 28. b4 axb4 29. Bxb4 Bxf5 30. Bxf8 Rxf8 31. Nxf5
Qxf5 32. Qxf5 gxf5 33. Rb1 1/2-1/2
[Event "Amsterdam Candidates"]
[Site "Amsterdam NED"]
[Date "1956.04.19"]
[EventDate "1956.03.27"]
[Round "13"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Oscar Panno"]
[Black "Vasily Smyslov"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "49"]
1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 b6 3. Nc3 Bb7 4. d4 e6 5. e3 Bb4 6. Bd3 Ne4
7. O-O f5 8. Ne2 Bd6 9. b3 O-O 10. Ne5 Nc6 11. Bb2 Nxe5
12. dxe5 Bc5 13. Bd4 d6 14. Bxe4 Bxe4 15. Nc3 Bc6 16. Bxc5
bxc5 17. exd6 cxd6 18. Qd3 Qg5 19. f3 Rad8 20. e4 f4 21. Rad1
Rd7 22. Rd2 Qe5 23. Rfd1 Rfd8 24. Qc2 g5 25. Rd3 1/2-1/2
[Event "Amsterdam Candidates"]
[Site "Amsterdam NED"]
[Date "1956.04.21"]
[EventDate "1956.03.27"]
[Round "14"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Laszlo Szabo"]
[Black "David Bronstein"]
[ECO "D33"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "92"]
1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. g3 c4
7. Bg2 Bb4 8. O-O Nge7 9. a3 Ba5 10. e4 O-O 11. exd5 Nxd5
12. Nxd5 Qxd5 13. Ng5 Qxd4 14. Qa4 Bd8 15. Rd1 Qe5 16. Bf4 Qa5
17. Qxc4 Bxg5 18. Rd5 Be6 19. Rxa5 Bxc4 20. Rxg5 Nd4 21. Re5
Ne2+ 22. Kh1 Nxf4 23. gxf4 Rad8 24. Bxb7 Rb8 25. Rc1 Rxb7
26. Rxc4 Rxb2 27. Kg2 h6 28. Ra5 Rd8 29. f5 Rdd2 30. Rf4 Rb7
31. f6 g6 32. Re5 Rd6 33. Re8+ Kh7 34. Re7 Rxf6 35. Rxb7 Rxf4
36. Rxa7 g5 37. Rb7 Kg6 38. Rb4 Rf5 39. a4 Rc5 40. Rb3 Ra5
41. Rb4 Rc5 42. Rb1 Ra5 43. Ra1 Kf5 44. Kf3 h5 45. Ra3 g4+
46. Ke3 Ke5 1/2-1/2
[Event "Amsterdam Candidates"]
[Site "Amsterdam NED"]
[Date "1956.04.21"]
[EventDate "1956.03.27"]
[Round "14"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Efim Geller"]
[Black "Paul Keres"]
[ECO "C97"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "52"]
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3
d6 8.c3 O-O 9.h3 Na5 10.Bc2 c5 11.d4 Qc7 12.Nbd2 Bb7 13.Nf1
cxd4 14.cxd4 Rac8 15.Bd3 d5 16.dxe5 Nxe4 17.Ng3 f5 18.exf6
Bxf6 19.Nxe4 dxe4 20.Bxe4 Rfd8 21.Qe2 Re8 22.Nd2 Qd7 23.Qf1
Nc6 24.Nb3 Nd4 25.Bxb7 Qxb7 26.Nxd4 Bxd4 1/2-1/2
[Event "Amsterdam Candidates"]
[Site "Amsterdam NED"]
[Date "1956.04.21"]
[EventDate "1956.03.27"]
[Round "14"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Tigran Vartanovich Petrosian"]
[Black "Oscar Panno"]
[ECO "B76"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "40"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7
7. f3 Nc6 8. Qd2 O-O 9. O-O-O Be6 10. Kb1 Rc8 11. g4 Qa5
12. a3 Nd7 13. Be2 Nxd4 14. Bxd4 Bxd4 15. Qxd4 Nb6 16. Qb4
Qxb4 17. axb4 Bc4 18. Bd3 Bxd3 19. cxd3 a6 20. Rc1 Kg7 1/2-1/2
[Event "Amsterdam Candidates"]
[Site "Amsterdam NED"]
[Date "1956.04.21"]
[EventDate "1956.03.27"]
[Round "14"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vasily Smyslov"]
[Black "Miroslav Filip"]
[ECO "C97"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "97"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5
7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Qc7 12. Nbd2
Kh8 13. b4 cxb4 14. cxb4 Nc6 15. a3 exd4 16. Bb2 Nd7 17. Nxd4
Bf6 18. N2b3 Nb6 19. Qd3 Ne5 20. Qg3 Nbc4 21. Bc3 Bd7 22. Ne2
Qd8 23. Nf4 Bh4 24. Qh2 Rc8 25. Nd4 Nb6 26. Nfe2 Bf6 27. Red1
Na4 28. Bxa4 bxa4 29. Qg3 Bh4 30. Qe3 Bg5 31. f4 Nc4 32. Qf3
Bf6 33. Ng3 g6 34. Nde2 Bc6 35. Rac1 Bb7 36. Bd4 Kg8 37. Kh2
Re8 38. Bxf6 Qxf6 39. Rd4 Nb6 40. Rxc8 Nxc8 41. Qd3 h5 42. Nf1
Qe7 43. Nc3 Qf6 44. Qd2 h4 45. Kg1 Re6 46. Nh2 Qe7 47. f5 gxf5
48. exf5 Re3 49. Nf1 1-0
[Event "Amsterdam Candidates"]
[Site "Amsterdam NED"]
[Date "1956.04.21"]
[EventDate "1956.03.27"]
[Round "14"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Herman Pilnik"]
[Black "Boris Spassky"]
[ECO "C82"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "85"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5
7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5 Be6 9. c3 Nc5 10. Bc2 Bg4 11. h3 Bh5 12. Bf4
Be7 13. Nbd2 d4 14. Ne4 d3 15. Nxc5 dxc2 16. Qxd8+ Nxd8
17. Be3 Nc6 18. g4 Bg6 19. Rfe1 b4 20. c4 h5 21. Kg2 a5 22. b3
O-O-O 23. Rac1 hxg4 24. hxg4 f5 25. exf6 Bxf6 26. Re2 Rd1
27. Rcxc2 Bxc2 28. Rxc2 Nd4 29. Bxd4 Bxd4 30. Ne6 Bc3 31. Nf4
Re8 32. Nd5 Bd4 33. Nxd4 Rxd4 34. Ne3 Red8 35. Rc1 Rd2 36. Ra1
Rf8 37. Nd1 Kd7 38. Kg3 a4 39. bxa4 Ra8 40. Ne3 Rxa4 41. Rh1
Raxa2 42. Rh7 b3 43. Rxg7+ 0-1
[Event "Amsterdam Candidates"]
[Site "Amsterdam NED"]
[Date "1956.04.24"]
[EventDate "1956.03.27"]
[Round "15"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "David Bronstein"]
[Black "Efim Geller"]
[ECO "D50"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "109"]
1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 h6 6. Bh4 O-O
7. Rc1 b6 8. Bxf6 Bxf6 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Qf3 Be6 11. Bc4 c6
12. Bb3 Qd7 13. Nge2 Na6 14. Nf4 Rae8 15. O-O Nc7 16. h3 Be7
17. Ba4 Rc8 18. Rfd1 Bd6 19. Nce2 Ne8 20. Nd3 b5 21. Bc2 Qe7
22. Nef4 Bd7 23. a4 a6 24. Bb3 Nf6 25. Rc2 Ne4 26. Ra1 g5
27. Nh5 f5 28. axb5 axb5 29. Qd1 Ra8 30. Rac1 f4 31. exf4 gxf4
32. f3 Ng5 33. Ne5 Be8 34. h4 Ne6 35. Nxc6 Qxh4 36. Bxd5 Bf7
37. Qe1 Qxh5 38. Bxe6 Rae8 39. Bxf7+ Qxf7 40. Qh4 Qg7 41. Qh5
Qg5 42. Qxg5+ hxg5 43. Kf2 Re3 44. Re1 Rxe1 45. Kxe1 Kf7
46. Re2 Ra8 47. Kd2 Ra1 48. Kc2 Ra4 49. Kd3 Rc4 50. Ne5+ Bxe5
51. Rxe5 Rb4 52. Rxg5 Kf6 53. Rc5 Rxb2 54. Ke4 Rxg2 55. Rxb5
1-0
[Event "Amsterdam Candidates"]
[Site "Amsterdam NED"]
[Date "1956.04.24"]
[EventDate "1956.03.27"]
[Round "15"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Boris Spassky"]
[Black "Laszlo Szabo"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "118"]
1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. Qc2 Na6
7. e3 Nb4 8. Qd2 Bf5 9. Rc1 a5 10. a3 Na6 11. Nge2 Nc7 12. Ng3
Bg6 13. Be2 Be7 14. O-O O-O 15. Na4 Nd7 16. Bxe7 Qxe7 17. Nc5
Ra7 18. Nd3 Ne8 19. Nf4 Nd6 20. Rfe1 Nb6 21. Bf1 Nbc4 22. Qc3
Qd8 23. a4 Nb6 24. Qc5 Ndc8 25. b3 Nd7 26. Qc3 Nd6 27. f3 Ra8
28. e4 dxe4 29. fxe4 Qh4 30. Qf3 Rae8 31. e5 Nf5 32. Nxf5 Bxf5
33. g3 Qd8 34. Qf2 Be6 35. Qe3 Nb6 36. Bg2 Bd5 37. Bh3 f6
38. Qc3 fxe5 39. dxe5 Qg5 40. Qe3 Qd8 41. Rcd1 Qc7 42. Qc3 Qf7
43. Qxa5 g5 44. Nxd5 Qf2+ 45. Kh1 Nxd5 46. Qd2 Qxd2 47. Rxd2
Re7 48. Bg2 Nc7 49. Bf1 Kg7 50. a5 Ra8 51. b4 Nd5 52. Rd4 Rae8
53. Bg2 Rxe5 54. Rxe5 Rxe5 55. Bxd5 cxd5 56. b5 Kf6 57. Kg2
Ke6 58. Ra4 Kd6 59. a6 Re8 1/2-1/2
[Event "Amsterdam Candidates"]
[Site "Amsterdam NED"]
[Date "1956.04.24"]
[EventDate "1956.03.27"]
[Round "15"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Paul Keres"]
[Black "Vasily Smyslov"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "38"]
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Nc3 d6
7.Bxc6+ bxc6 8.d4 Nd7 9.dxe5 dxe5 10.Na4 O-O 11.Be3 Bd6 12.c4
Qe7 13.Rc1 Qe6 14.Qc2 Re8 15.Rfd1 Nf8 16.Qc3 a5 17.Bc5 Bxc5
18.Nxc5 Qe7 19.Qe3 Bg4 1/2-1/2
[Event "Amsterdam Candidates"]
[Site "Amsterdam NED"]
[Date "1956.04.24"]
[EventDate "1956.03.27"]
[Round "15"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Herman Pilnik"]
[Black "Tigran Vartanovich Petrosian"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "81"]
1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+
Nxf6 7. c3 Bg4 8. Be2 e6 9. h3 Bh5 10. Ne5 Bxe2 11. Qxe2 Bd6
12. Bg5 Qc7 13. O-O-O Nd7 14. Rhe1 O-O 15. Kb1 Rae8 16. Bc1 f6
17. Nc4 b5 18. Nxd6 Qxd6 19. Rd3 Rf7 20. b3 Nb6 21. Bb2 a5
22. Re3 Rfe7 23. c4 bxc4 24. bxc4 Na4 25. Ba1 Rb8+ 26. Rb3 Rb4
27. c5 Qd5 28. Qf3 Qc4 29. Rc1 Qb5 30. Rxb4 axb4 31. Qb3 h6
32. a3 bxa3 33. Qxb5 cxb5 34. Ka2 Ra7 35. Kb3 Nb2 36. Bxb2
axb2 37. Kxb2 Kf7 38. c6 Ra8 39. Kb3 Ke7 40. Kb4 Kd6 41. c7
1/2-1/2
[Event "Amsterdam Candidates"]
[Site "Amsterdam NED"]
[Date "1956.04.24"]
[EventDate "1956.03.27"]
[Round "15"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Miroslav Filip"]
[Black "Oscar Panno"]
[ECO "E80"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "84"]
1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 g6 3.d4 d6 4.e4 Bg7 5.f3 e5 6.dxe5 dxe5 7.Qxd8+
Kxd8 8.Be3 Be6 9.Nh3 Bxh3 10.gxh3 c6 11.Rd1+ Nbd7 12.c5 Ke7
13.Bc4 Rhd8 14.O-O Nh5 15.Rd6 Nf4 16.Rfd1 Nxh3+ 17.Kf1 Bf6
18.Na4 Bg5 19.Bf2 Nxf2 20.Kxf2 Nf6 21.Rxd8 Rxd8 22.Rxd8 Kxd8
23.Bxf7 Ke7 24.Bc4 Bf4 25.h3 Nh5 26.b3 Bc1 27.Nc3 Ba3 28.Na4
g5 29.Kg2 Kf6 30.Kf2 Bb4 31.Bg8 h6 32.Bh7 Ng7 33.Bg8 Ke7
34.Ke3 Kf8 35.Bc4 Ke8 36.Bg8 Ke7 37.Bc4 Nh5 38.Kf2 Nf6 39.Ke2
Nd7 40.Nb2 Bxc5 41.a4 a6 42.Bd3 Bd4 0-1
[Event "Amsterdam Candidates"]
[Site "Amsterdam NED"]
[Date "1956.04.25"]
[EventDate "1956.03.27"]
[Round "16"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vasily Smyslov"]
[Black "David Bronstein"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "113"]
1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Nc3
Nf6 7. O-O e6 8. b3 Be7 9. Bb2 O-O 10. Rc1 Qa5 11. Na4 Rd8
12. Qc2 Nb4 13. Qb1 Nfd5 14. a3 Na6 15. e4 Nf6 16. Bc3 Qb5
17. Rfd1 c4 18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19. Rxc4 Qa5 20. e5 Be7 21. Nc3 Bd7
22. b4 Qxa3 23. b5 Nb4 24. Ng5 Bxg5 25. Qxb4 Qxb4 26. Rxb4 Be8
27. d4 Rac8 28. Rb3 b6 29. d5 exd5 30. Nxd5 Kf8 31. Ra1 Bd2
32. e6 Bg5 33. h4 fxe6 34. Rf3+ Kg8 35. Bh3 Bd7 36. Rxa7 exd5
37. Rxd7 Bf6 38. Be6+ Kf8 39. Rf7+ Ke8 40. Rb7 Rc1+ 41. Kg2
Rd6 42. Bf5 g6 43. Bd3 Be7 44. Re3 Rd7 45. Rxb6 d4 46. Rf3 Bd6
47. Ra6 Ke7 48. Ra8 Bc5 49. Rh8 Kd6 50. Rc8 Kd5 51. h5 Rc3
52. hxg6 hxg6 53. Rc6 Rb7 54. Rxg6 Rxd3 55. Rxd3 Kc4 56. Rd1
d3 57. Rc1+ 1-0
[Event "Amsterdam Candidates"]
[Site "Amsterdam NED"]
[Date "1956.04.25"]
[EventDate "1956.03.27"]
[Round "16"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Efim Geller"]
[Black "Boris Spassky"]
[ECO "E59"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "85"]
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 c5 5.Bd3 Nc6 6.Nf3 O-O 7.O-O
d5 8.a3 Bxc3 9.bxc3 dxc4 10.Bxc4 Qc7 11.Bd3 e5 12.Qc2 Bg4
13.Nxe5 Nxe5 14.dxe5 Qxe5 15.f3 Bd7 16.Re1 Ba4 17.Qb2 Rad8
18.Bf1 b6 19.c4 Rfe8 20.Qxe5 Rxe5 21.Bb2 Re6 22.e4 Nd7 23.e5
Nb8 24.Be2 Nc6 25.Bd1 Bxd1 26.Raxd1 Rxd1 27.Rxd1 Kf8 28.f4 Na5
29.Rc1 Re8 30.Kf2 Rd8 31.Ke3 Ke7 32.f5 g6 33.g4 gxf5 34.gxf5
Rg8 35.Kf4 Rg2 36.Bc3 Nxc4 37.Be1 Nb2 38.Bh4+ Kf8 39.Kf3 Rd2
40.e6 fxe6 41.fxe6 Rxh2 42.Bg5 h6 43.Bf4 1/2-1/2
[Event "Amsterdam Candidates"]
[Site "Amsterdam NED"]
[Date "1956.04.25"]
[EventDate "1956.03.27"]
[Round "16"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Oscar Panno"]
[Black "Paul Keres"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "35"]
1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 b6 4.Bg2 Bb7 5.O-O c5 6.Nc3 Be7 7.d4
cxd4 8.Qxd4 Nc6 9.Qf4 O-O 10.Rd1 Qb8 11.b3 Rd8 12.Bb2 Na5
13.Qxb8 Raxb8 14.Nb5 d5 15.cxd5 a6 16.Nc3 Nxd5 17.Nxd5 Bxd5
18.Rac1 1/2-1/2
[Event "Amsterdam Candidates"]
[Site "Amsterdam NED"]
[Date "1956.04.25"]
[EventDate "1956.03.27"]
[Round "16"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Tigran Vartanovich Petrosian"]
[Black "Miroslav Filip"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "43"]
1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 c5 3. g3 e6 4. Bg2 d5 5. Nf3 d4 6. Nb1 Nc6
7. d3 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. e4 dxe3 10. Bxe3 Ng4 11. Nc3 Nxe3
12. fxe3 Qb6 13. Rf2 Rd8 14. Rd2 Bd7 15. d4 cxd4 16. exd4 Be8
17. c5 Qc7 18. Kh1 Bf8 19. Rc1 Ne7 20. b4 g6 21. Rd3 Bh6
22. Rb1 1/2-1/2
[Event "Amsterdam Candidates"]
[Site "Amsterdam NED"]
[Date "1956.04.25"]
[EventDate "1956.03.27"]
[Round "16"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Laszlo Szabo"]
[Black "Herman Pilnik"]
[ECO "E75"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "73"]
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Be2 O-O 6.Bg5 c5 7.d5 e6
8.Nf3 exd5 9.exd5 Bg4 10.O-O Bxf3 11.Bxf3 Nbd7 12.Qd2 Re8
13.Qf4 Re5 14.Qh4 Qb6 15.Rab1 a6 16.Bd1 Rae8 17.Ba4 Rf5 18.g4
Nxg4 19.Qxg4 Ne5 20.Qd1 Rxg5+ 21.Kh1 Re7 22.f4 Rh5 23.fxe5
Bxe5 24.Rf2 Qb4 25.Bb3 Bg3 26.Qxh5 gxh5 27.hxg3 Qa5 28.Rbf1
Qd8 29.Bc2 Qd7 30.Bf5 Qe8 31.Kg2 Re3 32.a4 Kh8 33.Rf3 Re5
34.Be6 f5 35.Rxf5 Rxf5 36.Rxf5 h4 37.Rg5 1-0
[Event "Amsterdam Candidates"]
[Site "Amsterdam NED"]
[Date "1956.04.27"]
[EventDate "1956.03.27"]
[Round "17"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "David Bronstein"]
[Black "Oscar Panno"]
[ECO "E86"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "101"]
1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. d4 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 e5 6. Nge2 c6
7. Be3 O-O 8. Qd2 Qa5 9. O-O-O b5 10. cxb5 cxb5 11. dxe5 dxe5
12. Nd5 Qxd2+ 13. Rxd2 Nxd5 14. exd5 b4 15. Ng3 f5 16. Bg5 Nd7
17. Bb5 Rb8 18. Bc6 Kf7 19. Rc2 Bf6 20. Bxf6 Kxf6 21. Rd1 Rd8
22. Nf1 Nb6 23. Rc5 Bb7 24. Ne3 Rbc8 25. Nc2 Bxc6 26. dxc6
Rxd1+ 27. Kxd1 Na4 28. Ra5 Nxb2+ 29. Kc1 Nd3+ 30. Kd2 e4
31. fxe4 Ne5 32. Rxa7 Nxc6 33. Ra6 Ke5 34. exf5 gxf5 35. Rb6
f4 36. Ke2 Ke4 37. Kf2 Rc7 38. h3 Kd5 39. Nxb4+ Nxb4 40. Rxb4
Rc2+ 41. Kf3 Rxa2 42. Rxf4 Ke6 43. Rh4 Ra7 44. Rh6+ Kf5 45. h4
Ra3+ 46. Kf2 Kf4 47. Rxh7 Ra2+ 48. Kf1 Ra1+ 49. Ke2 Ra2+
50. Kd3 Rxg2 51. Rf7+ 1/2-1/2
[Event "Amsterdam Candidates"]
[Site "Amsterdam NED"]
[Date "1956.04.27"]
[EventDate "1956.03.27"]
[Round "17"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Herman Pilnik"]
[Black "Efim Geller"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "123"]
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.d3 d6 7.c3
O-O 8.Re1 b5 9.Bc2 d5 10.exd5 Qxd5 11.Nbd2 Bb7 12.Ne4 Rae8
13.Be3 Kh8 14.Nfg5 Qd8 15.Nxf6 Bxf6 16.Qh5 Bxg5 17.Bxg5 Qd5
18.d4 e4 19.Qh4 f6 20.Bd2 f5 21.Re3 Qd8 22.Qh5 h6 23.Rg3 Re6
24.Bf4 Qe8 25.Qxe8 Rexe8 26.Bxc7 Rf7 27.Bb6 Rf6 28.Re3 Nb4
29.cxb4 Rxb6 30.Rc3 Rd6 31.Rd1 Red8 32.Rc7 Bd5 33.Kf1 R8d7
34.Rxd7 Rxd7 35.Bb3 Bxb3 36.axb3 g5 37.Ke2 f4 38.d5 Kg7 39.Rd4
Kf6 40.Rxe4 Rxd5 41.g4 Rd8 42.f3 Kf7 43.Re5 Rd4 44.Rc5 Rxb4
45.Rc3 a5 46.Kd2 Ke6 47.Rd3 a4 48.Kc2 Ke5 49.bxa4 bxa4 50.Rd8
Rb6 51.Rd7 Rc6+ 52.Kd2 Rb6 53.Kc2 Rc6+ 54.Kd2 Ra6 55.Rd3 h5
56.gxh5 Rh6 57.Ra3 Rxh5 58.Rxa4 Rxh2+ 59.Ke1 Rxb2 60.Ra5+ Kd4
61.Kf1 g4 62.Ra4+ 1/2-1/2
[Event "Amsterdam Candidates"]
[Site "Amsterdam NED"]
[Date "1956.04.27"]
[EventDate "1956.03.27"]
[Round "17"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Paul Keres"]
[Black "Miroslav Filip"]
[ECO "C97"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "181"]
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3
d6 8.c3 O-O 9.h3 Na5 10.Bc2 c5 11.d4 Qc7 12.Nbd2 Re8 13.Nf1
Nc4 14.a4 Bd7 15.b3 Na5 16.Ne3 Bf8 17.Rb1 bxa4 18.bxa4 g6
19.Qe2 cxd4 20.cxd4 exd4 21.Nxd4 Bg7 22.Bb2 Nb7 23.Qf3 Qd8
24.Nc4 Qc7 25.Ne3 Qd8 26.Nb3 Bc6 27.Nc4 Rc8 28.Nd4 Bxe4
29.Bxe4 Nxe4 30.Rxe4 Rxe4 31.Qxe4 d5 32.Qf3 Rxc4 33.Ne6 fxe6
34.Bxg7 Nd6 35.Be5 Rc8 36.Qf4 Nf7 37.Rb7 Qf8 38.Kh2 Rc4 39.Qf6
Nxe5 40.Qxe6+ Nf7 41.g3 Rxa4 42.Qxd5 Rb4 43.Ra7 Rb5 44.Qa2 Rf5
45.Rxa6 Qc5 46.Ra8+ Kg7 47.Qb2+ Kh6 48.Qd2+ Ng5 49.Ra2 Kg7
50.Qb2+ Rf6 51.h4 Nf3+ 52.Kh3 Nd4 53.Kh2 Nb5 54.Qd2 Nd4 55.Qb2
Nc6 56.Kg1 Ne5 57.Qb7+ Rf7 58.Qb2 h5 59.Ra8 Kh7 60.Rd8 Qa5
61.Rd1 Qa4 62.Rd8 Qe4 63.f4 Qe3+ 64.Kh2 Ng4+ 65.Kh3 Nf6 66.Rb8
Qe6+ 67.Kh2 Qe1 68.Qg2 Re7 69.Rb7 Nd7 70.Rb2 Qe6 71.Rb7 Qg4
72.Rb2 Nc5 73.Qd2 Qe6 74.Qg2 Nd7 75.Rb7 Kg8 76.Rc7 Kf7 77.Ra7
Qc4 78.Kh3 Qe6+ 79.Kh2 Qe2 80.Ra2 Qxg2+ 81.Kxg2 Re3 82.Ra7 Ke7
83.Ra6 Nf6 84.Ra7+ Ke6 85.Ra6+ Kf7 86.Ra7+ Re7 87.Ra3 Rc7
88.Kf3 Rc5 89.Re3 Nd5 90.Re2 Rc3+ 91.Kf2 0-1
[Event "Amsterdam Candidates"]
[Site "Amsterdam NED"]
[Date "1956.04.27"]
[EventDate "1956.03.27"]
[Round "17"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Laszlo Szabo"]
[Black "Tigran Vartanovich Petrosian"]
[ECO "E89"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "62"]
1. c4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. e4 Nf6 5. f3 O-O 6. Be3 e5
7. Nge2 c6 8. d5 cxd5 9. cxd5 a6 10. Qd2 Nbd7 11. Nc1 Nh5
12. Nd3 f5 13. O-O-O Nb6 14. Nb4 Bd7 15. Kb1 Rc8 16. Qf2 Na4
17. Nxa4 Bxa4 18. b3 Bd7 19. Bb6 Qe8 20. Qd2 fxe4 21. fxe4 Bb5
22. Nd3 Nf6 23. Qb4 Qe7 24. Nb2 Bh6 25. Bxb5 axb5 26. Rhe1 Qd7
27. h3 Ne8 28. Nd3 Nc7 29. Be3 Bxe3 30. Rxe3 Na6 31. Qd2 Nc5
1/2-1/2
[Event "Amsterdam Candidates"]
[Site "Amsterdam NED"]
[Date "1956.04.27"]
[EventDate "1956.03.27"]
[Round "17"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Boris Spassky"]
[Black "Vasily Smyslov"]
[ECO "E46"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "45"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Ne2 d5 6. a3 Be7
7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Qc2 Nd7 9. Ng3 c5 10. Bd3 N5f6 11. O-O b6
12. dxc5 Nxc5 13. Be2 Bb7 14. b4 Ncd7 15. Bb2 a5 16. Qb3 axb4
17. axb4 Qb8 18. Bb5 Rxa1 19. Rxa1 Rd8 20. Rd1 Nf8 21. Na4 Bd5
22. Qc2 Rc8 23. Qd3 1/2-1/2
[Event "Amsterdam Candidates"]
[Site "Amsterdam NED"]
[Date "1956.04.30"]
[EventDate "1956.03.27"]
[Round "18"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Miroslav Filip"]
[Black "David Bronstein"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "130"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 c5 4. Nf3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Qa5+ 6. Nc3
Ne4 7. Qc2 Nf6 8. Bd2 Qc5 9. Qd3 Bg7 10. Nb3 Qh5 11. Nb5 Na6
12. Bg2 d6 13. h3 Nd7 14. Qc2 Ne5 15. N3d4 O-O 16. O-O-O Nc6
17. Nxc6 bxc6 18. Bxc6 Rb8 19. Bf3 Qe5 20. Bc3 Qc5 21. Bxg7
Kxg7 22. Qc3+ Kg8 23. a3 Be6 24. Nd4 Bd7 25. h4 h6 26. h5 g5
27. Be4 Rfc8 28. Kb1 d5 29. Nf5 Bxf5 30. Bxf5 e6 31. Bxe6 fxe6
32. Qf6 Qf8 33. Qxe6+ Kh8 34. Qe5+ Qg7 35. Qxg7+ Kxg7 36. Rxd5
Nc5 37. Rc1 a5 38. Rd6 Ne4 39. Rd7+ Kg8 40. Rd4 Nc5 41. Rcd1
Re8 42. R4d2 Ne4 43. Rc2 a4 44. c5 Nxf2 45. Rd6 Kg7 46. c6
Rbc8 47. Rd7+ Kf6 48. c7 Ng4 49. Rd4 Ne5 50. Rxa4 Re6 51. b4
Ke7 52. b5 Rb6 53. Rb4 Nf7 54. a4 Nd6 55. Rc5 Nb7 56. Rc3 Kd7
57. Rbc4 Nd6 58. Rc5 Ra8 59. Kb2 Rxa4 60. c8=Q+ Nxc8 61. Rxc8
Rb4+ 62. Kc2 R4xb5 63. Rh8 Rb2+ 64. Kd1 Re6 65. Rcc8 Rbxe2
1/2-1/2
[Event "Amsterdam Candidates"]
[Site "Amsterdam NED"]
[Date "1956.04.30"]
[EventDate "1956.03.27"]
[Round "18"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Efim Geller"]
[Black "Laszlo Szabo"]
[ECO "E53"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "102"]
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 d5 6.Nf3 c5 7.O-O
Nbd7 8.Qe2 a6 9.a3 Ba5 10.Rb1 dxc4 11.Bxc4 b5 12.Bd3 Bb7 13.b4
cxb4 14.axb4 Bc7 15.e4 e5 16.d5 Rc8 17.Bg5 h6 18.Bd2 Ne8
19.Nd1 Nd6 20.Ne3 Nf6 21.Nd1 Nxd5 22.exd5 e4 23.Bc2 exf3
24.Qxf3 Qh4 25.Qd3 f5 26.Ne3 Bb6 27.Rbc1 Qd4 28.Rfd1 Qxd3
29.Bxd3 Rce8 30.Nc2 Bxd5 31.Be3 Bxe3 32.Nxe3 Bb3 33.Bc2 Bxc2
34.Rxd6 Bb3 35.Rc3 Ba4 36.g3 f4 37.gxf4 Rxf4 38.Rxa6 Ref8
39.Ra7 Rxf2 40.Rcc7 R2f7 41.Nd5 Bb3 42.Nc3 Rf1+ 43.Kg2 R8f2+
44.Kg3 Rf3+ 45.Kh4 Rf4+ 46.Kg3 R4f3+ 47.Kg2 Be6 48.Rxg7+ Kf8
49.h3 Bxh3+ 50.Kh2 R1f2+ 51.Kg1 Rc2 0-1
[Event "Amsterdam Candidates"]
[Site "Amsterdam NED"]
[Date "1956.04.30"]
[EventDate "1956.03.27"]
[Round "18"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Tigran Vartanovich Petrosian"]
[Black "Paul Keres"]
[ECO "D34"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "45"]
1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c5 4.cxd5 exd5 5.g3 Nc6 6.Bg2 Nf6 7.O-O
Be7 8.Nc3 O-O 9.Be3 Be6 10.dxc5 Ng4 11.Bd4 Nxd4 12.Nxd4 Bxc5
13.Nb3 Bb6 14.Nxd5 Rc8 15.e3 Bxd5 16.Bxd5 Rc7 17.Qf3 Ne5
18.Qg2 Qe7 19.Nd4 Rd8 20.Rad1 g6 21.b3 Rcd7 22.e4 Rc8 23.Kh1
1/2-1/2
[Event "Amsterdam Candidates"]
[Site "Amsterdam NED"]
[Date "1956.04.30"]
[EventDate "1956.03.27"]
[Round "18"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Vasily Smyslov"]
[Black "Herman Pilnik"]
[ECO "D78"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "99"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d5 6. c4 dxc4
7. Na3 Nc6 8. Nxc4 Be6 9. b3 Qc8 10. Re1 Rd8 11. Bb2 Bd5
12. e3 a5 13. Ncd2 Ne4 14. Nxe4 Bxe4 15. Qe2 a4 16. Bc3 axb3
17. axb3 Qf5 18. Nh4 Qd5 19. Qc4 Bxg2 20. Nxg2 Rxa1 21. Rxa1
Qe4 22. Nf4 h5 23. Qd3 Qf3 24. Qe2 Qxe2 25. Nxe2 e5 26. dxe5
Nxe5 27. Ra7 Rb8 28. Kg2 c5 29. Bxe5 Bxe5 30. Nf4 Bxf4
31. gxf4 Kf8 32. Kf3 Ke7 33. f5 g5 34. e4 Kd6 35. Ra1 Kc6
36. Ke3 Rd8 37. f6 Rd6 38. h4 g4 39. e5 Rd4 40. e6 fxe6
41. Ra8 Rd7 42. Ke4 b5 43. Rc8+ Kd6 44. Kf4 c4 45. bxc4 bxc4
46. Rxc4 Ra7 47. Rd4+ Kc5 48. Ke5 Kc6 49. Kxe6 Ra2 50. Rc4+
1-0
[Event "Amsterdam Candidates"]
[Site "Amsterdam NED"]
[Date "1956.04.30"]
[EventDate "1956.03.27"]
[Round "18"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Oscar Panno"]
[Black "Boris Spassky"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "71"]
1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O
7. Rc1 b6 8. cxd5 exd5 9. e3 Bb7 10. Be2 Nbd7 11. O-O c5
12. dxc5 bxc5 13. Qc2 Rc8 14. Rfd1 Qb6 15. b3 Rfd8 16. Bg3 Nf8
17. Nh4 Ne6 18. Nf5 Bf8 19. Na4 Qa5 20. Be5 Ne4 21. Bd3 c4
22. Bf1 d4 23. exd4 cxb3 24. Qxb3 Bd5 25. Qb5 Qxb5 26. Bxb5
Rxc1 27. Rxc1 Bxa2 28. f3 Nd6 29. Nxd6 Bxd6 30. Nc3 Bb3
31. Rb1 Bc2 32. Rb2 Bxe5 33. dxe5 Bd3 34. Ra2 Bxb5 35. Nxb5
Rd5 36. Nxa7 1/2-1/2
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