1955 Gotėborg Interzonal
August 14 - September 23, 1955

                    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1
 1. Bronstein  USR  x 1 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 1 1  15 -5
 2. Keres      USR  0 x 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 ½ 1 1 0 ½ ½ 1  13½-6½
 3. Panno      ARG  0 0 x ½ 0 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 1 1 ½  13 -7
 4. Petrosian  USR  ½ ½ ½ x ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 1  12½-7½
 5. Geller     USR  0 ½ 1 ½ x ½ ½ 1 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 0 ½ 1 1 ½ 1 1  12 -8
 6. Szabo      HUN  ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ x ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 1 ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 1  12 -8
 7. Filip      CZE  ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ x ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1  11 -9
 8. Pilnik     ARG  ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ x 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1  11 -9
 9. Spassky    USR  ½ 0 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 x 1 0 ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ 0 1 1 1 ½  11 -9
10. Ilivitsky  USR  ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 0 x ½ 0 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 1  10½-9½
11. Pachman    CZE  ½ 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ x ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½  10½-9½
12. Guimard    ARG  ½ 0 0 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ x 1 1 ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ 0 1   9½-10½
13. Najdorf    ARG  ½ 0 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 0 x 0 0 ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 0   9½-10½
14. Fuderer    YUG  0 0 ½ ½ 0 0 1 0 ½ ½ 0 0 1 x ½ 1 1 1 0 1 ½   9 -11
15. Rabar      YUG  ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 0 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ x ½ 0 ½ 1 0 0   9 -11
16. Unzicker   BRD  0 0 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ 0 ½ x ½ ½ 1 ½ 1   8½-11½
17. Bisguier   USA  0 0 0 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 0 0 1 ½ x 0 1 ½ 1   8 -12
18. Stahlberg  SWE  0 1 ½ 0 0 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 x ½ ½ 1   8 -12
19. Donner     NET  0 ½ 0 0 ½ 0 0 0 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 1 0 0 0 ½ x 1 ½   5½-14½
20. Medina     VEN  0 ½ 0 0 0 0 ½ ½ 0 0 0 1 ½ 0 1 ½ ½ ½ 0 x 0   5½-14½
21. Sliwa      POL  0 0 ½ 0 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 1 ½ 1 0 0 0 ½ 1 x   5½-14½

  • Players marked in green qualified for the 1956 Candidates.

  • Smyslov, as the loser in the last World Championship was seeded into the 1956 Candidates.

  • Samuel Reshevsky and Larry Evans of the USA were eligible to play in this tournament, but withdrew, opting to play in the US Open instead.

  • In Prague the next year, Pachman and Ilivitsky played a match for the first reserve spot in the 1956 Candidates. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Ilivitsky ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 3½ w-Pachman ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 2½

  • One of the great collapses in Interzonal history was pulled off by Andrija Fuderer in this tournament. With a score of 7½-3½ after 12 rounds (with one Bye), he proceeded to go 1½-7½ the rest of the way, knocking himself well out of contention. A mere 3½-5½ score in that home stretch would have put him among the qualifiers. During the collapse, he lost to Szabo, Donner, Keres, Geller, Bronstein, and Pachman, drawing only with Petrosian, Spassky and Ilivitzky with White. After this failure, Fuderer left chess for a University career. Here is a record of his tale of woe in this tournament: 
    FUDERER  123456789012345678901
White     1 ½ 1 -1 1 0 ½ ½ ½ 0  6-4
Black    ½ 1 0 0- 1 ½ 0 0 0 0   3-7
TOTAL    ½11½010-111½00½0½0½00  9-11

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