FIDE World Chess Championship cycle 1961-1963

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Candidates play-off :: Moscow 1962

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Match results

name Flag 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 pts + = -
GM Keres, Paul URS ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 2 5 1
GM Geller, Efim URS ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ 0 1 5 2

Both players shared 2nd place in CuraƧao 1962 candidates.
Keres won and was selected as substitute for 1963 World Championship match (Botvinnik was not certain if he wants to play).
Also, he was directly seeded into candidates' pool for the next World Championship cycle.






Information

Candidates play-off
Dates: 11th - 25th August 1962
City: Moscow (Soviet Union)
Venue:
Organizers:
Chief Arbiter:
Time control: 2h30m/40 + 1h/16
Website: http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chess.pl?tid=83290
PGN game file: wc1963-candplayoff.pgn