| Chess Mitropa Cup: Vienna 1953 |
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| Mitropa Cup (cities event) | |
| Date: | 27th - 31st December 1953 |
| City: | Vienna, Austria |
| Teams participating: | 6 (city teams) |
| Players participating: | 28 (including 2 GMs and 3 IMs) |
| Games played: | 48 |
| Game system: | Four board round robin. |
| Tie-breaks: | 1. Game points |
| Time control: | N/A |
| Downloadable game file: | 53mitropa.zip |
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The very first Mitropa Cup took place in late 1953 in Vienna and was actually cities event. Powerful Belgrade team fielded GM Trifunović and IM Milić at top boards while Vienna had promising newbie Robatsch at top board along with the living legend GM Grünfeld at board #3. Belgrade took easy win defeating closest contenders Vienna 2½-1½ on penultimate day. Karl Robatsch scored 4½/5 to produce best individual result. |
| bd | name | flag | code | pts | gms | % |
| 1. | Robatsch, Karl | |
VIE | 4½ | 5 | 90.0 |
| 2. | IM Milić, Borislav | |
BEG | 3 | 4 | 75.0 |
| 3.= | GM Grünfeld, Ernst | |
VIE | 3½ | 4 | 87.5 |
| 3.= | Đurašević, Božidar | |
BEG | 3½ | 4 | 87.5 |
| 4. | Walther, Edgar | |
ZRH | 4 | 5 | 80.0 |