1964 Amsterdam Interzonal
May 19 - June 24, 1964

                    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4
 1. Smyslov    USR  x ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 1 1  17 - 6
 2. Larsen     DEN  ½ x 1 ½ 0 1 0 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 1  17 - 6
 3. Spassky    USR  ½ 0 x ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 0 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 1 1 1  17 - 6
 4. Tal        USR  ½ ½ ½ x ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 1 1 1  17 - 6
 5. Stein      USR  ½ 1 ½ ½ x 0 1 ½ 0 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 1  16½- 6½
 6. Bronstein  USR  ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 x ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 1 1 ½ 1 1 1 1  16 - 7
 7. Ivkov      YUG  ½ 1 ½ ½ 0 ½ x ½ ½ ½ 0 1 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 ½ 1 1 1  15 - 8
 8. Reshevsky  USA  ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ x ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 1  14½- 8½
 9. Portisch   HUN  0 0 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ x ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 1 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 1  14½- 8½
10. Gligoric   YUG  0 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ x ½ 1 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 0 1 1 1  14 - 9
11. Darga      BRD  0 0 1 ½ ½ 0 1 ½ 1 ½ x 0 ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 1 ½ ½ 1 ½  13½- 9½
12. Lengyel    HUN  0 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 1 x ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 1  13 -10
13. Pachman    CZE  ½ 0 0 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ x ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 1 1 ½ ½  12½-10½
14. Evans      USA  0 ½ ½ 0 0 0 ½ 0 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ x 1 ½ 0 1 1 1 ½ ½ 1 ½  10 -13
15. Tringov    BUL  ½ ½ 0 0 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 0 ½ 0 0 0 x ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 1   9½-13½
16. Benko      USA  ½ ½ 0 0 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ x ½ 0 1 0 1 ½ ½ ½   9 -14
17. Rossetto   ARG  ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 0 1 0 ½ x ½ ½ ½ 0 1 0 1   8 -15
18. Fogulman   RAG  ½ 0 0 0 ½ 0 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 0 ½ 1 ½ x 0 0 1 1 0 1   8 -15
19. Bilek      HUN  0 ½ 0 0 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ 0 0 ½ 0 0 ½ 0 ½ 1 x ½ 1 1 ½ ½   8 -15
20. Quinones   PER  0 0 0 0 ½ ½ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 ½ 1 ½ x ½ 1 ½ 1   7 -16
21. Porath     IL   0 0 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 0 1 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ 0 1 0 0 ½ x 0 ½ ½   5½-17½
22. Perez      C    0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 0 0 0 1 x 1 1   5 -18
23. Berger     AUS  0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 0 ½ 1 1 ½ ½ ½ 0 x 0   4½-18½
24. Vranesic   CAN  0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 1 x   4 -19

  • Players in Green advanced to the 1965 Candidates Matches.

  • Keres, as the runner-up in the previous Candidates, was seeded into the 1965 Candidates. Botvinnik, as the loser of the last World Championship should have been seeded into the 1965 Candidates, but declined to participate. His place was taken by Geller, who had finished third in the previous Candidates.

  • The 1959 ruling prohibiting more than 3 players from the same country from qualifying was still in effect. As a result, Stein (again!) and Bronstein were excluded from qualification.

  • With Stein and Bronstein out of the way, Portisch and Reshevsky tied for the final Candidates spot, and played off. 
               1 2 3
Portisch   1 ½ 1  2½
Reshevsky  0 ½ 0   ½

    Portisch beat Reshevsky 2½-½ in the playoff to take the last spot. Both Portisch wins were with the Black pieces.

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