3rd World Correspondence Chess Championship (1959) The 3rd final took place over the period 1959 - 1962. There were no preliminary groups in this championship. - The 1956 Amsterdam congress of the I.C.C.F. ( International Correspondence Chess Federation ) decided to invite : a) The first three living players from Final 1. Harald Malmgren had passed away so invitations were sent to C J S Purdy, Dr Mario Napolitano and Olaf Barda. b) The first six players in Final 2. c) Dr J Balogh, who had qualified for both the earlier Finals. d) The selected representatives of the five I.C.C.F. zones. - The invitations were sent out in 1958. Purdy and Barda from the first final and Arnlind, Ragozin and Schmid from the second final declined to play so the third final became the smallest of the World Correspondence Championship finals. - The qualifiers from the second final who accepted were Endzelins, Kjellander and Lundqvist. - The five zonal representatives were : E Garner from North America E Secchi from South America M Salm from Australia P Dubinin from the Soviet Union A O'Kelly de Galway from Europe. - Crosstable : 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 O'Kelly * ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 1 1 6.5 2 Dubinin ½ * 1 ½ ½ 1 0 1 ½ 1 6.0 3 Lundqvist ½ 0 * 0 1 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 5.5 4 Salm ½ ½ 1 * ½ 0 ½ 0 1 1 5.0 5 Napolitano ½ ½ 0 ½ * 0 1 ½ 1 1 5.0 6 Secchi 0 0 0 1 1 * ½ 1 ½ 1 5.0 7 Endzelins 0 1 ½ ½ 0 ½ * ½ ½ 1 4.5 8 Kjellander ½ 0 0 1 ½ 0 ½ * ½ 1 4.0 9 Balogh 0 ½ ½ 0 0 ½ ½ ½ * 1 3.5 10 Garner** 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 * 0.0 - ** E Garner withdrew and all his games were awarded to his opponents. For the game E Garner - M Napolitano 0-1 the gamescore was unavailable. According to Napolitano, few moves were played before Garner withdrew from the tournament. - The 2nd World Correspondence Chess Championship (1956) and the 4th World Correspondence Championship tournament were the previous and next correspondence championship tournaments. Original collection: Game Collection: 3rd World Correspondence Chess Championship, by User: Benzol  page 1 of 2; games 1-25 of 44  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. J Balogh vs E Garner   1-0 24 1959 3rd World Correspondence Chess Championship C42 Petrov Defense 2. M Napolitano vs E Secchi   0-1 54 1959 3rd World Correspondence Chess Championship E29 Nimzo-Indian, Samisch 3. M Salm vs E Garner   1-0 17 1959 3rd World Correspondence Chess Championship C42 Petrov Defense 4. M Salm vs J Balogh   1-0 39 1959 3rd World Correspondence Chess Championship C82 Ruy Lopez, Open 5. S Kjellander vs M Salm   1-0 46 1959 3rd World Correspondence Chess Championship E39 Nimzo-Indian, Classical, Pirc Variation 6. L Endzelins vs M Salm   ½-½ 29 1959 3rd World Correspondence Chess Championship C97 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin 7. M Napolitano vs M Salm   ½-½ 69 1959 3rd World Correspondence Chess Championship E66 King's Indian, Fianchetto, Yugoslav Panno 8. E Garner vs A Lundqvist   0-1 36 1959 3rd World Correspondence Chess Championship C18 French, Winawer 9. J Balogh vs A Lundqvist   ½-½ 53 1959 3rd World Correspondence Chess Championship D45 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav 10. A Lundqvist vs E Secchi   1-0 36 1959 3rd World Correspondence Chess Championship B67 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack, 7...a6 Defense, 8...Bd7 11. M Napolitano vs L Endzelins   1-0 36 1959 3rd World Correspondence Chess Championship A43 Old Benoni 12. S Kjellander vs M Napolitano   ½-½ 72 1959 3rd World Correspondence Chess Championship B65 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack, 7...Be7 Defense, 9...Nxd4 13. E Garner vs S Kjellander   0-1 29 1959 3rd World Correspondence Chess Championship C77 Ruy Lopez 14. J Balogh vs S Kjellander   ½-½ 49 1959 3rd World Correspondence Chess Championship B50 Sicilian 15. L Endzelins vs E Garner   1-0 33 1959 3rd World Correspondence Chess Championship C43 Petrov, Modern Attack 16. L Endzelins vs J Balogh   ½-½ 33 1959 3rd World Correspondence Chess Championship C82 Ruy Lopez, Open 17. E Secchi vs E Garner   1-0 27 1959 3rd World Correspondence Chess Championship C42 Petrov Defense 18. S Kjellander vs E Secchi 0-1 48 1959 3rd World Correspondence Chess Championship E61 King's Indian 19. E Secchi vs J Balogh   ½-½ 40 1959 3rd World Correspondence Chess Championship E29 Nimzo-Indian, Samisch 20. E Secchi vs L Endzelins   ½-½ 35 1959 3rd World Correspondence Chess Championship C70 Ruy Lopez 21. M Napolitano vs J Balogh   1-0 60 1959 3rd World Correspondence Chess Championship A09 Reti Opening 22. A Lundqvist vs L Endzelins   ½-½ 41 1959 3rd World Correspondence Chess Championship C16 French, Winawer 23. A Lundqvist vs M Napolitano   1-0 61 1959 3rd World Correspondence Chess Championship B65 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack, 7...Be7 Defense, 9...Nxd4 24. E Secchi vs M Salm 1-0 51 1959 3rd World Correspondence Chess Championship E58 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Main line with 8...Bxc3 25. A Lundqvist vs S Kjellander   1-0 31 1959 3rd World Correspondence Chess Championship C52 Evans Gambit  page 1 of 2; games 1-25 of 44    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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