2nd World Correspondence Chess Championship (1956) For this 2nd final ( taking place from 1956 - 1959 ) the top three players in the 1st final ( the 1950 - 1953 contest ) were seeded into it but only Dr Mario Napolitano took up his free place. The rest of the field was selected by elimination in 10 preliminary groups of 7 players each. In Preliminary Group H, V Bergraser won the group on tie-break ahead of L Schmid, but Schmid was admitted into the final after H Malmgren had decided against taking up his seeded position. Preliminary Group A had a three-way tie with J Balogh, F Batik and B Koch. The Tournament director Larsson suspected this may have been engineered. According to the rules he may have promoted only Balogh because he had the most wins with Black. However, he eventually permitted all three players into the final. After the preliminary contests began the Soviet Union joined the I.C.C.F. ( International Correspondence Chess Federation ) and were granted a place in the 2nd final. Their nominee was V V Ragozin. Crosstable : 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 Pts 1 Viacheslav Ragozin * ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 11.0 2 Lucius Endzelins ½ * ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 10.5 3 Lothar M Schmid 0 ½ * ½ 0 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 10.5 4 Ake Lundqvist ½ ½ ½ * 0 1 1 ½ 1 0 ½ 1 1 1 1 9.5 5 S Kjellander 0 ½ 1 1 * 0 0 1 1 ½ ½ 1 1 0 1 8.5 6 Eric Alfons Arnlind ½ ½ 0 0 1 * ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 8.0 7 Mario Napolitano ½ 0 ½ 0 1 ½ * ½ 1 0 0 0 ½ 1 1 6.5 8 Janos Balogh 0 0 0 ½ 0 0 ½ * ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 6.5 9 Berthold Koch 0 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 ½ * 1 1 1 ½ 1 1 6.5 10 Jaroslav Jezek 0 0 0 1 ½ ½ 1 0 0 * 1 0 ½ 1 ½ 6.0 11 Frantisek Batik 1 0 0 ½ ½ 0 1 ½ 0 0 * ½ ½ 0 1 5.5 12 Volf Bergraser 0 ½ 0 0 0 ½ 1 0 0 1 ½ * ½ ½ 1 5.5 13 Valt Borsony 0 0 0 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ * 1 1 5.5 14 Kurt Kaliwoda 0 ½ 0 0 1 ½ 0 0 0 0 1 ½ 0 * 0 3.5 15 Albert Laustsen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 0 0 1 * 1.5 The 1st World Correspondence Chess Championship (1950) and the 3rd World Correspondence Chess Championship (1959) were the previous and next correspondence championship tournaments. Original collection: Game Collection: 2nd World Correspondence Chess Championship, by User: Benzol  page 1 of 5; games 1-25 of 105  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. J Balogh vs F Batik   ½-½ 76 1956 2nd World Correspondence Chess Championship C97 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin 2. K Kaliwoda vs F Batik   1-0 49 1956 2nd World Correspondence Chess Championship B62 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer 3. B Koch vs F Batik   1-0 55 1956 2nd World Correspondence Chess Championship D50 Queen's Gambit Declined 4. A Laustsen vs F Batik   0-1 64 1956 2nd World Correspondence Chess Championship E32 Nimzo-Indian, Classical 5. M Napolitano vs F Batik   0-1 39 1956 2nd World Correspondence Chess Championship E50 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 O-O 5.Nf3, without ...d5 6. V Borsony vs J Jezek   ½-½ 48 1956 2nd World Correspondence Chess Championship E45 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Bronstein (Byrne) Variation 7. V Borsony vs K Kaliwoda   1-0 43 1956 2nd World Correspondence Chess Championship C92 Ruy Lopez, Closed 8. V Borsony vs B Koch   ½-½ 54 1956 2nd World Correspondence Chess Championship B65 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack, 7...Be7 Defense, 9...Nxd4 9. L Endzelins vs V Borsony   1-0 41 1956 2nd World Correspondence Chess Championship E32 Nimzo-Indian, Classical 10. S Kjellander vs V Borsony   1-0 52 1956 2nd World Correspondence Chess Championship C97 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin 11. A Lundqvist vs V Borsony   1-0 37 1956 2nd World Correspondence Chess Championship C49 Four Knights 12. M Napolitano vs V Borsony   ½-½ 57 1956 2nd World Correspondence Chess Championship C22 Center Game 13. J Jezek vs F Batik   1-0 40 1956 2nd World Correspondence Chess Championship C43 Petrov, Modern Attack 14. F Batik vs A Lundqvist   ½-½ 35 1956 2nd World Correspondence Chess Championship C18 French, Winawer 15. J Balogh vs J Jezek   1-0 68 1956 2nd World Correspondence Chess Championship A62 Benoni, Fianchetto Variation 16. J Balogh vs K Kaliwoda 1-0 39 1956 2nd World Correspondence Chess Championship D49 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, Meran 17. J Balogh vs S Kjellander   0-1 28 1956 2nd World Correspondence Chess Championship C97 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin 18. J Balogh vs A Laustsen 1-0 28 1956 2nd World Correspondence Chess Championship B94 Sicilian, Najdorf 19. V Borsony vs J Balogh   ½-½ 36 1956 2nd World Correspondence Chess Championship E59 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Main line 20. L Endzelins vs J Balogh   1-0 34 1956 2nd World Correspondence Chess Championship A28 English 21. B Koch vs J Balogh ½-½ 58 1956 2nd World Correspondence Chess Championship E46 Nimzo-Indian 22. A Lundqvist vs J Balogh   ½-½ 40 1956 2nd World Correspondence Chess Championship C49 Four Knights 23. F Batik vs V Borsony   ½-½ 43 1956 2nd World Correspondence Chess Championship E14 Queen's Indian 24. F Batik vs L Endzelins   0-1 45 1956 2nd World Correspondence Chess Championship D19 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, Dutch 25. F Batik vs S Kjellander   ½-½ 29 1956 2nd World Correspondence Chess Championship C07 French, Tarrasch  page 1 of 5; games 1-25 of 105    REFINE SEARCH:   White wins (1-0) | Black wins (0-1) | Draws (1/2-1/2)       There is no kibitzing for this page, yet.   NOTE: You need to pick a username and password to post a reply. 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