10th Spanish Team Chess Championship: Bilbao 1966 |
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10th Spanish Team Chess Championship (see all-time tournament summary) |
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Dates: | 7th - 17th June 1966 |
City: | Bilbao (The Basque Country) |
Venue: | Sociedad Bilbaina |
Organizers: | Federación Vizcaína de Ajedrez |
Tournament Director: | Sr. Trófimo Díaz Guaderrama |
Chief Arbiter: | N/A |
Teams participating: | 12 |
Players participating: | N/A |
Games played: | 264 |
Competition format: | Four board round robin |
Final order decided by: | 1. Game points; 2. Match points |
Time control: | 40 moves in 2 hours 30 minutes, then 1 hour for each next 16 moves |
Sources: | Mundo Deportivo, la Vanguardia, Destino (.png) |
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Reigning champions Alcoy lost their top player Díez del Corral who moved to La Coruña, and were out of the race. Español, backed by P.Puig and García Orús showed robust form and came first at 28½ points, the only team to avoid match loss. Barcelona, led again by sole Spanish GM Arturo Pomar came second edging Chardenet by tie-break |