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Chinese chess grandmaster
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Chinese chess grandmaster
Former Women's World Champion
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◼️ Chess History - Tournaments
▪️ 4th Candidates 1959
#4thCandidates_1959
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◼️ Chess History - Tournaments
▪️ 4th Candidates 1959
#4thCandidates_1959
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🔷 Chess History - Tournaments
🔹 4th Candidates 1959 [ Bled, Zagreb, Belgrad ]
🔹 Yugoslavia
🔹 Septamber 7 - October 29
🔹 CHAMPION: Mikhail Tal |20/28 (+16 -4 =8) |
🔰 The 1959 Candidates Tournament was hosted by three cities in Yugoslavia. The first 14 rounds were played in Bled, rounds 15-21 in Zagreb, and rounds 22-28 in Belgrade. This event would select the next challenger to world champion Mikhail Botvinnik, who had just recaptured his title in the Botvinnik - Smyslov World Championship Rematch (1958).
Mikhail Tal, Svetozar Gligorić, Pal Benko, Tigran Petrosian, Friðrik Ólafsson and Bobby Fischer qualified from the Portoroz Interzonal (1958).
Vasily Smyslov and Paul Keres were seeded directly into the candidates tournament on the strength of their 1-2 finish in the previous Amsterdam Candidates (1956).
📚 Arbiters👇
Harry Golombek was arbiter, and the seconds were Bent Larsen (Fischer), Yuri Averbakh, joined later by Alexander Koblents (Tal), Vladas Mikenas (Keres), Isaac Boleslavsky (Petrosian), Igor Bondarevsky (Smyslov) Aleksandar Matanovic (Gligorić), Klaus Viktor Darga and Ingi Randver Johannsson (Ólafsson), and Rudolf Maric (Benko)
🔰 The players would meet each other four times, twice in Bled and once in both Zagreb and Belgrade. In Bled, the players stayed at the Grand Hotel Toplice, the site of Alexander Alekhine's historic triumph in Bled (1931).
🔰 In contrast to the candidates tournaments in Zürich 1953 and in Amsterdam 1956 only eight players took part in the candidates tournament 1959. But they played a four game round-robin, 28 games altogether. Mihail Tal coped best with this challenge. He won the tournament with 20.0 /28, Keres finished second with 18½ / 28.
🔰 Tal won, becoming the challenger in the 1960 championship match.
♦️ The final standings and crosstable was as above👆
♦️ Download "4th Candidates 1959" Games database by PGN format👇
#Candidates_1959
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🔹 4th Candidates 1959 [ Bled, Zagreb, Belgrad ]
🔹 Yugoslavia
🔹 Septamber 7 - October 29
🔹 CHAMPION: Mikhail Tal |20/28 (+16 -4 =8) |
🔰 The 1959 Candidates Tournament was hosted by three cities in Yugoslavia. The first 14 rounds were played in Bled, rounds 15-21 in Zagreb, and rounds 22-28 in Belgrade. This event would select the next challenger to world champion Mikhail Botvinnik, who had just recaptured his title in the Botvinnik - Smyslov World Championship Rematch (1958).
Mikhail Tal, Svetozar Gligorić, Pal Benko, Tigran Petrosian, Friðrik Ólafsson and Bobby Fischer qualified from the Portoroz Interzonal (1958).
Vasily Smyslov and Paul Keres were seeded directly into the candidates tournament on the strength of their 1-2 finish in the previous Amsterdam Candidates (1956).
📚 Arbiters👇
Harry Golombek was arbiter, and the seconds were Bent Larsen (Fischer), Yuri Averbakh, joined later by Alexander Koblents (Tal), Vladas Mikenas (Keres), Isaac Boleslavsky (Petrosian), Igor Bondarevsky (Smyslov) Aleksandar Matanovic (Gligorić), Klaus Viktor Darga and Ingi Randver Johannsson (Ólafsson), and Rudolf Maric (Benko)
🔰 The players would meet each other four times, twice in Bled and once in both Zagreb and Belgrade. In Bled, the players stayed at the Grand Hotel Toplice, the site of Alexander Alekhine's historic triumph in Bled (1931).
🔰 In contrast to the candidates tournaments in Zürich 1953 and in Amsterdam 1956 only eight players took part in the candidates tournament 1959. But they played a four game round-robin, 28 games altogether. Mihail Tal coped best with this challenge. He won the tournament with 20.0 /28, Keres finished second with 18½ / 28.
🔰 Tal won, becoming the challenger in the 1960 championship match.
♦️ The final standings and crosstable was as above👆
♦️ Download "4th Candidates 1959" Games database by PGN format👇
#Candidates_1959
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@unitychess
29.Qe8+? [An unnecessary check that leaves White's king alone.]
[29.Ka1 Rb6!‚ △Qd4 30.Qa5 Qd4+ 31.c3 Qd6‚ 32.Rd1 (32.Qxa4? Ra6 33.Qb5 c4 34.Qb4 c5 35.Qb2 cxd3–+) 32...Bf8 33.Na2=/+]
29...Bf8–+ 30.c3 c4! [Black opens lines up to expose the enemy king even further.]
31.Kc2 [31.dxc4 Bxc4 32.Rd1 Rb6+ 33.Kc2 Bb3+ 34.Nxb3 axb3+ 35.Kb1 Qxa3 36.Rd2 Ra6–+]
31...cxd3+ 32.Kd2 Qxa3 33.Nxd3 Qa2+ 34.Ke1 Rd6 0–1
[29.Ka1 Rb6!‚ △Qd4 30.Qa5 Qd4+ 31.c3 Qd6‚ 32.Rd1 (32.Qxa4? Ra6 33.Qb5 c4 34.Qb4 c5 35.Qb2 cxd3–+) 32...Bf8 33.Na2=/+]
29...Bf8–+ 30.c3 c4! [Black opens lines up to expose the enemy king even further.]
31.Kc2 [31.dxc4 Bxc4 32.Rd1 Rb6+ 33.Kc2 Bb3+ 34.Nxb3 axb3+ 35.Kb1 Qxa3 36.Rd2 Ra6–+]
31...cxd3+ 32.Kd2 Qxa3 33.Nxd3 Qa2+ 34.Ke1 Rd6 0–1
Alexander Grischuk reveals that this was his first classical win against Maxim Vachier Lagrave.
Alexander Grischuk: "I have the feeling that the tournament is just beginning but it's ending." Fiona Steil-Antoni: "I don't have that feeling" Sacha: "That's because you work every day - unlike me!"