FIDE World Chess Championship cycle 1961-1963

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Interzonal play-off :: Stockholm 1962

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Crosstable

pos. name flag 1 2 3 pts + = -
1. GM Stein, Leonid URS ½ ½ 1 1 3 2 2 0
2. GM Benko, Pal USA ½ ½ 1   2 1 2 0
3. GM Gligorić, Svetozar YUG 0 0 0   0 0 0 3

Three players shared 6th place in the interzonal. Benko qualified to the candidates' tournament as there was a limit of three qualifiers from one country.
Stein was 1st reserve from Soviet pool, while Gligorić was 1st reserve from non-Soviet pool.






Round by round results


1st round
GM Stein, Leonid URS ½ - ½ USA GM Benko, Pal
GM Gligorić, Svetozar YUG BYE  
1.-2. Stein, Benko — ½; 3. Gligorić — 0;




2nd round
GM Gligorić, Svetozar YUG 0 - 1 URS GM Stein, Leonid
GM Benko, Pal USA BYE  
1. Stein — 1½; 2. Benko — ½; 3. Gligorić — 0;




3rd round
GM Benko, Pal USA 1 - 0 YUG GM Gligorić, Svetozar
GM Stein, Leonid URS BYE  
1.-2. Stein, Benko — 1½; 3. Gligorić — 0;




4th round
GM Benko, Pal USA ½ - ½ URS GM Stein, Leonid
GM Gligorić, Svetozar YUG BYE  
1.-2. Stein, Benko — 2; 3. Gligorić — 0;




5th round
GM Stein, Leonid URS 1 - 0 YUG GM Gligorić, Svetozar
GM Benko, Pal USA BYE  
1. Stein — 3; 2. Benko — 2; 3. Gligorić — 0;








Information

Interzonal play-off
Dates: 9th - 13th March 1962
City: Stockholm (Sweden)
Venue:
Organizers: FIDE
Chief Arbiter: Mr. Gedeon Ståhlberg (SWE)
Players participating: 3 (incl. 3 GMs)
Games played: 5
Competition format: Double Round Robin
Tie-breaks: none
Time control: 2h30m/40 + 1h/16
Website: http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chess.pl?tid=83484
PGN game file: wc1963-izplayoff.pgn