| 3rd Spanish Team Chess Championship: Madrid 1959 |
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| 3rd Spanish Team Chess Championship (see all-time tournament summary) |
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| Dates: | 22nd - 26th September 1959 |
| City: | Madrid |
| Venue: | Frontón Fiesta Alegre (info) |
| Organizers: | N/A |
| Chief Arbiter: | N/A |
| Teams participating: | 6 |
| Players participating: | 50 |
| Games played: | 120 |
| Competition format: | Eight board round robin |
| Final order decided by: | Game points |
| Time control: | N/A |
| Sources: | Mundo Deportivo, la Vanguardia, ABC, Destino (.png) |
| no. | team | code | flag | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ∑ | + | = | - |
| 1. | Real Madrid CF S.d.A. | REAL | |
● | 3½ | 5 | 6 | 6½ | 7½ | 28½ | 4 | 0 | 1 |
| 2. | CA Español Barcelona | ESPB | |
4½ | ● | 5 | 5½ | 7½ | 5½ | 28 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 3. | CA Barcelona | BARC | |
3 | 3 | ● | 5½ | 4½ | 6 | 22 | 3 | 0 | 2 |
| 4. | CA Chardenet Madrid | SWMD | |
2 | 2½ | 2½ | ● | 5 | 4 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 5. | CA Maira Madrid | MRAM | |
1½ | ½ | 3½ | 3 | ● | 6 | 14½ | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 6. | CA Hogar Portuarios Valencia | PRTV | |
½ | 2½ | 2 | 4 | 2 | ● | 11 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
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There was no championship in 1958 and six teams qualified through regional championships on to the 1959 final. Spain came in impressive 9th at the Munich Olympiad the year before. From that team, Real (the strongest team in the field) fielded two players, Barcelona one and Chardenet one. However, round two saw quite big surprise as Español beat Real 4½-3½: |