| 1st Spanish Team Chess Championship: Barcelona/Madrid 1956 |
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| 1st Spanish Team Chess Championship (see all-time tournament summary) |
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| Dates: | 18th-19th March and 29th-30th June 1956 |
| City: | Barcelona (Catalonia) and Madrid |
| Venue: | Barcelona: Casa del Médico Madrid: N/A |
| Chief Arbiter: | N/A |
| Teams participating: | 2 |
| Players participating: | 21 |
| Games played: | 32 overall |
| Competition format: | Twice: two round eight board match. |
| Final order decided by: | Sum of game points |
| Time control: | N/A |
| Sources: | Mundo Deportivo, la Vanguardia, Destino (.png) |
| Downloadable game file: | 56spain.zip (only 3 games are available) |
| Barcelona (Catalonia), 18th - 19th March 1956 | |||||||||
| BARC | |
CA Barcelona | 11½ : 4½ | Real Madrid CF S.d.A. | |
REAL | |||
| 6½ : 1½ | 5 : 3 | ||||||||
| Albareda | 1 - 0 | Díez del Corral | |||||||
| ½ - ½ | |||||||||
| Beltrán | 1 - 0 | Sanz Alonso | |||||||
| 1 - 0 | |||||||||
| Cherta | ½ - ½ | Quelmadelos | |||||||
| 0 - 1 | |||||||||
| Bas | ½ - ½ | Gete | |||||||
| ½ - ½ | |||||||||
| Ribera Arnal | 1 - 0 | Roldán | |||||||
| 1 - 0 | |||||||||
| Serra Olives | 1 - 0 | Arrupe | |||||||
| 1 - 0 | |||||||||
| Coll | 1 - 0 | Deyk | |||||||
| 1 - 0 | |||||||||
| Catalán | ½ - ½ | Menvielle Lacourrelle | |||||||
| Trias | 0 - 1 | ||||||||
| Madrid, 29th - 30th June 1956 | |||||||||
| REAL | |
Real Madrid CF S.d.A. | 5½ : 10½ | CA Barcelona | |
REAL | |||
| 2 : 6 | 3½ : 4½ | ||||||||
| Díez del Corral | 1 : 1 | Albareda | |||||||
| Arrupe | 0 : 2 | Beltrán | |||||||
| Díaz | |||||||||
| Sanz Alonso | ½ : 1½ | Ribera Arnal | |||||||
| Gete | 0 : 2 | Coll | |||||||
| Quelmadelos | ½ : 1½ | Bas | |||||||
| Sicilia | 1 : 1 | Anguera | |||||||
| Fuentes | 1½ : 1½ | Cherta | |||||||
| Menvielle Lacourrelle | 1 : 1 | Catalán | |||||||
| TOTAL | |||||||||
| REAL | |
Real Madrid CF S.d.A. | 10 : 22 | CA Barcelona | |
REAL | |||
| 4½ : 11½ | 5½ : 10½ | ||||||||
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The arch-rivals, Real Madrid CF and Club Ajedrez Barcelona, champions of Castille and Catalonia respectively tied in the first Spanish chess team championship, the double round eight board match played twice, in Barcelona then followed in Madrid. Barcelona won comfortably on each of the four rounds and their top board Albareda beat reigning Spanish champion Díez del Corral, 2½-1½ overall. Beltrán and Coll contributed mostly to the Catalonian win scoring 4/4 each. |