FIDE World Chess Championship cycle 1948-1951 |
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Candidates :: Budapest 1950 |
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pos. | name | flag | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | pts | + | = | - | ||||||||||
⇑ 1.-2. | GM Bronstein, David | ● | ½ | ½ | 0 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 0 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 12 | 8 | 8 | 2 | ||
⇑ 1.-2. | GM Boleslavsky, Isaak | ½ | ½ | ● | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 12 | 0 | ||
3. | GM Smyslov, Vassily | 1 | 0 | 0 | ½ | ● | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 0 | 1 | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 10 | 5 | 10 | 3 | ||
4. | GM Keres, Paul | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ● | ½ | ½ | 1 | 0 | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | 9½ | 3 | 13 | 2 | ||
5. | GM Najdorf, Miguel | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ● | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | 9 | 3 | 12 | 3 | ||
6. | GM Kotov, Alexander | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 0 | 1 | ½ | ½ | ● | ½ | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ½ | 8½ | 5 | 7 | 6 | ||
7. | GM Ståhlberg, Gideon | 1 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | ● | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 8 | 2 | 12 | 4 | ||
8.-10. | GM Lilienthal, Andor | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ½ | ½ | ● | 1 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 7 | 2 | 10 | 6 | ||
8.-10. | GM Szabó, László | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 1 | ● | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 7 | ||
8.-10. | GM Flohr, Salomon | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | 1 | ● | 7 | 1 | 12 | 5 |
Bronstein and Boleslavsky tied for 1st-2nd place and played a 12-game play-off to name the challenger for the title.
1st round | |||||||||
GM Bronstein, David | 1 - 0 | GM Szabó, László | |||||||
GM Flohr, Salomon | 0 - 1 | GM Boleslavsky, Isaak | |||||||
GM Lilienthal, Andor | ½ - ½ | GM Smyslov, Vassily | |||||||
GM Najdorf, Miguel | ½ - ½ | GM Kotov, Alexander | |||||||
GM Ståhlberg, Gideon | 0 - 1 | GM Keres, Paul | |||||||
1.-3. Bronstein, Boleslavsky, Keres — 1; 4.-7. Smyslov, Najdorf, Kotov, Lilienthal — ½; 8.-10. Ståhlberg, Szabó, Flohr — 0; |
2nd round | |||||||||
GM Boleslavsky, Isaak | ½ - ½ | GM Keres, Paul | |||||||
GM Flohr, Salomon | ½ - ½ | GM Najdorf, Miguel | |||||||
GM Kotov, Alexander | 1 - 0 | GM Lilienthal, Andor | |||||||
GM Smyslov, Vassily | 1 - 0 | GM Bronstein, David | |||||||
GM Szabó, László | ½ - ½ | GM Ståhlberg, Gideon | |||||||
1.-4. Boleslavsky, Smyslov, Keres, Kotov — 1½; 5.-6. Bronstein, Najdorf — 1; 7.-10. Ståhlberg, Lilienthal, Szabó, Flohr — ½; |
3rd round | |||||||||
GM Bronstein, David | 1 - 0 | GM Kotov, Alexander | |||||||
GM Keres, Paul | ½ - ½ | GM Szabó, László | |||||||
GM Lilienthal, Andor | ½ - ½ | GM Flohr, Salomon | |||||||
GM Najdorf, Miguel | ½ - ½ | GM Boleslavsky, Isaak | |||||||
GM Ståhlberg, Gideon | 1 - 0 | GM Smyslov, Vassily | |||||||
1.-3. Bronstein, Boleslavsky, Keres — 2; 4.-7. Smyslov, Najdorf, Kotov, Ståhlberg — 1½; 8.-10. Lilienthal, Szabó, Flohr — 1; |
4th round | |||||||||
GM Boleslavsky, Isaak | ½ - ½ | GM Szabó, László | |||||||
GM Flohr, Salomon | ½ - ½ | GM Bronstein, David | |||||||
GM Kotov, Alexander | ½ - ½ | GM Ståhlberg, Gideon | |||||||
GM Najdorf, Miguel | 1 - 0 | GM Lilienthal, Andor | |||||||
GM Smyslov, Vassily | ½ - ½ | GM Keres, Paul | |||||||
1.-4. Bronstein, Boleslavsky, Keres, Najdorf — 2½; 5.-7. Smyslov, Kotov, Ståhlberg — 2; 8.-9. Szabó, Flohr — 1½; 10. Lilienthal — 1; |
5th round | |||||||||
GM Bronstein, David | 1 - 0 | GM Najdorf, Miguel | |||||||
GM Keres, Paul | 1 - 0 | GM Kotov, Alexander | |||||||
GM Lilienthal, Andor | ½ - ½ | GM Boleslavsky, Isaak | |||||||
GM Ståhlberg, Gideon | ½ - ½ | GM Flohr, Salomon | |||||||
GM Szabó, László | ½ - ½ | GM Smyslov, Vassily | |||||||
1.-2. Bronstein, Keres — 3½; 3. Boleslavsky — 3; 4.-6. Smyslov, Najdorf, Ståhlberg — 2½; 7.-9. Kotov, Szabó, Flohr — 2; 10. Lilienthal — 1½; |
6th round | |||||||||
GM Boleslavsky, Isaak | 1 - 0 | GM Smyslov, Vassily | |||||||
GM Flohr, Salomon | ½ - ½ | GM Keres, Paul | |||||||
GM Kotov, Alexander | 1 - 0 | GM Szabó, László | |||||||
GM Lilienthal, Andor | ½ - ½ | GM Bronstein, David | |||||||
GM Najdorf, Miguel | ½ - ½ | GM Ståhlberg, Gideon | |||||||
1.-3. Bronstein, Boleslavsky, Keres — 4; 4.-6. Najdorf, Kotov, Ståhlberg — 3; 7.-8. Smyslov, Flohr — 2½; 9.-10. Lilienthal, Szabó — 2; |
7th round | |||||||||
GM Bronstein, David | ½ - ½ | GM Boleslavsky, Isaak | |||||||
GM Keres, Paul | ½ - ½ | GM Najdorf, Miguel | |||||||
GM Smyslov, Vassily | ½ - ½ | GM Kotov, Alexander | |||||||
GM Ståhlberg, Gideon | ½ - ½ | GM Lilienthal, Andor | |||||||
GM Szabó, László | 1 - 0 | GM Flohr, Salomon | |||||||
1.-3. Bronstein, Boleslavsky, Keres — 4½; 4.-6. Najdorf, Kotov, Ståhlberg — 3½; 7.-8. Smyslov, Szabó — 3; 9.-10. Lilienthal, Flohr — 2½; |
8th round | |||||||||
GM Boleslavsky, Isaak | 1 - 0 | GM Kotov, Alexander | |||||||
GM Bronstein, David | 0 - 1 | GM Ståhlberg, Gideon | |||||||
GM Flohr, Salomon | ½ - ½ | GM Smyslov, Vassily | |||||||
GM Lilienthal, Andor | ½ - ½ | GM Keres, Paul | |||||||
GM Najdorf, Miguel | ½ - ½ | GM Szabó, László | |||||||
1. Boleslavsky — 5½; 2. Keres — 5; 3.-4. Bronstein, Ståhlberg — 4½; 5. Najdorf — 4; 6.-8. Smyslov, Kotov, Szabó — 3½; 9.-10. Lilienthal, Flohr — 3; |
9th round | |||||||||
GM Keres, Paul | ½ - ½ | GM Bronstein, David | |||||||
GM Kotov, Alexander | 1 - 0 | GM Flohr, Salomon | |||||||
GM Smyslov, Vassily | 1 - 0 | GM Najdorf, Miguel | |||||||
GM Ståhlberg, Gideon | ½ - ½ | GM Boleslavsky, Isaak | |||||||
GM Szabó, László | 0 - 1 | GM Lilienthal, Andor | |||||||
1. Boleslavsky — 6; 2. Keres — 5½; 3.-4. Bronstein, Ståhlberg — 5; 5.-6. Smyslov, Kotov — 4½; 7.-8. Najdorf, Lilienthal — 4; 9. Szabó — 3½; 10. Flohr — 3; |
10th round | |||||||||
GM Boleslavsky, Isaak | 1 - 0 | GM Flohr, Salomon | |||||||
GM Keres, Paul | ½ - ½ | GM Ståhlberg, Gideon | |||||||
GM Kotov, Alexander | ½ - ½ | GM Najdorf, Miguel | |||||||
GM Smyslov, Vassily | 1 - 0 | GM Lilienthal, Andor | |||||||
GM Szabó, László | ½ - ½ | GM Bronstein, David | |||||||
1. Boleslavsky — 7; 2. Keres — 6; 3.-5. Bronstein, Smyslov, Ståhlberg — 5½; 6. Kotov — 5; 7. Najdorf — 4½; 8.-9. Lilienthal, Szabó — 4; 10. Flohr — 3; |
11th round | |||||||||
GM Bronstein, David | 1 - 0 | GM Smyslov, Vassily | |||||||
GM Keres, Paul | ½ - ½ | GM Boleslavsky, Isaak | |||||||
GM Lilienthal, Andor | 1 - 0 | GM Kotov, Alexander | |||||||
GM Najdorf, Miguel | ½ - ½ | GM Flohr, Salomon | |||||||
GM Ståhlberg, Gideon | ½ - ½ | GM Szabó, László | |||||||
1. Boleslavsky — 7½; 2.-3. Bronstein, Keres — 6½; 4. Ståhlberg — 6; 5. Smyslov — 5½; 6.-8. Najdorf, Kotov, Lilienthal — 5; 9. Szabó — 4½; 10. Flohr — 3½; |
12th round | |||||||||
GM Boleslavsky, Isaak | ½ - ½ | GM Najdorf, Miguel | |||||||
GM Flohr, Salomon | ½ - ½ | GM Lilienthal, Andor | |||||||
GM Kotov, Alexander | ½ - ½ | GM Bronstein, David | |||||||
GM Smyslov, Vassily | 1 - 0 | GM Ståhlberg, Gideon | |||||||
GM Szabó, László | 0 - 1 | GM Keres, Paul | |||||||
1. Boleslavsky — 8; 2. Keres — 7½; 3. Bronstein — 7; 4. Smyslov — 6½; 5. Ståhlberg — 6; 6.-8. Najdorf, Kotov, Lilienthal — 5½; 9. Szabó — 4½; 10. Flohr — 4; |
13th round | |||||||||
GM Bronstein, David | 1 - 0 | GM Flohr, Salomon | |||||||
GM Keres, Paul | ½ - ½ | GM Smyslov, Vassily | |||||||
GM Lilienthal, Andor | 0 - 1 | GM Najdorf, Miguel | |||||||
GM Ståhlberg, Gideon | 0 - 1 | GM Kotov, Alexander | |||||||
GM Szabó, László | 0 - 1 | GM Boleslavsky, Isaak | |||||||
1. Boleslavsky — 9; 2.-3. Bronstein, Keres — 8; 4. Smyslov — 7; 5.-6. Najdorf, Kotov — 6½; 7. Ståhlberg — 6; 8. Lilienthal — 5½; 9. Szabó — 4½; 10. Flohr — 4; |
14th round | |||||||||
GM Boleslavsky, Isaak | 1 - 0 | GM Lilienthal, Andor | |||||||
GM Flohr, Salomon | ½ - ½ | GM Ståhlberg, Gideon | |||||||
GM Kotov, Alexander | 1 - 0 | GM Keres, Paul | |||||||
GM Najdorf, Miguel | 0 - 1 | GM Bronstein, David | |||||||
GM Smyslov, Vassily | ½ - ½ | GM Szabó, László | |||||||
1. Boleslavsky — 10; 2. Bronstein — 9; 3. Keres — 8; 4.-5. Smyslov, Kotov — 7½; 6.-7. Najdorf, Ståhlberg — 6½; 8. Lilienthal — 5½; 9. Szabó — 5; 10. Flohr — 4½; |
15th round | |||||||||
GM Bronstein, David | ½ - ½ | GM Lilienthal, Andor | |||||||
GM Keres, Paul | ½ - ½ | GM Flohr, Salomon | |||||||
GM Smyslov, Vassily | ½ - ½ | GM Boleslavsky, Isaak | |||||||
GM Ståhlberg, Gideon | ½ - ½ | GM Najdorf, Miguel | |||||||
GM Szabó, László | 1 - 0 | GM Kotov, Alexander | |||||||
1. Boleslavsky — 10½; 2. Bronstein — 9½; 3. Keres — 8½; 4. Smyslov — 8; 5. Kotov — 7½; 6.-7. Najdorf, Ståhlberg — 7; 8.-9. Lilienthal, Szabó — 6; 10. Flohr — 5; |
16th round | |||||||||
GM Boleslavsky, Isaak | ½ - ½ | GM Bronstein, David | |||||||
GM Flohr, Salomon | 1 - 0 | GM Szabó, László | |||||||
GM Kotov, Alexander | 0 - 1 | GM Smyslov, Vassily | |||||||
GM Lilienthal, Andor | ½ - ½ | GM Ståhlberg, Gideon | |||||||
GM Najdorf, Miguel | ½ - ½ | GM Keres, Paul | |||||||
1. Boleslavsky — 11; 2. Bronstein — 10; 3.-4. Smyslov, Keres — 9; 5.-7. Najdorf, Kotov, Ståhlberg — 7½; 8. Lilienthal — 6½; 9.-10. Szabó, Flohr — 6; |
17th round | |||||||||
GM Keres, Paul | ½ - ½ | GM Lilienthal, Andor | |||||||
GM Kotov, Alexander | ½ - ½ | GM Boleslavsky, Isaak | |||||||
GM Smyslov, Vassily | ½ - ½ | GM Flohr, Salomon | |||||||
GM Ståhlberg, Gideon | 0 - 1 | GM Bronstein, David | |||||||
GM Szabó, László | 0 - 1 | GM Najdorf, Miguel | |||||||
1. Boleslavsky — 11½; 2. Bronstein — 11; 3.-4. Smyslov, Keres — 9½; 5. Najdorf — 8½; 6. Kotov — 8; 7. Ståhlberg — 7½; 8. Lilienthal — 7; 9. Flohr — 6½; 10. Szabó — 6; |
18th round | |||||||||
GM Boleslavsky, Isaak | ½ - ½ | GM Ståhlberg, Gideon | |||||||
GM Bronstein, David | 1 - 0 | GM Keres, Paul | |||||||
GM Flohr, Salomon | ½ - ½ | GM Kotov, Alexander | |||||||
GM Lilienthal, Andor | 0 - 1 | GM Szabó, László | |||||||
GM Najdorf, Miguel | ½ - ½ | GM Smyslov, Vassily | |||||||
1.-2. Bronstein, Boleslavsky — 12; 3. Smyslov — 10; 4. Keres — 9½; 5. Najdorf — 9; 6. Kotov — 8½; 7. Ståhlberg — 8; 8.-10. Lilienthal, Szabó, Flohr — 7; |
Candidates | |
Dates: | 9th April - 16th May 1950 |
City: | Budapest (Hungary) |
Venue: | |
Organizers: | |
Chief Arbiter: | |
Players participating: | 10 (incl. 10 GMs) |
Eligible: | From 1948 World Championship (5): Smyslov, Keres, Euwe, Reshevsky, Fine (did not arrive) From 1948 interzonal (8): Bronstein, Szabó, Boleslavsky, Kotov, Lilienthal, Najdorf, Ståhlberg, Flohr Note! Fine did not arrive to play in 1948, but was invited for 1950 candidates nonetheless. |
Games played: | 90 |
Competition format: | Double Round Robin |
Tie-breaks: | none |
Time control: | |
Website: | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Chess_Championship_1951#1950_Candidates_tournament |
Other websites: | http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chess.pl?tid=81350 |
PGN game file: | wc1951-cand.pgn |