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TOURNAMENT STANDINGS
World Junior Championship Tournament
Bruno Parma9/11(+8 -1 =2)[games]
Florin Gheorghiu8.5/11(+8 -2 =1)[games]
Alexander Kuindzhy8/11(+6 -1 =4)[games]
Coenraad Zuidema7/11(+5 -2 =4)[games]
Helmut Pfleger7/11(+6 -3 =2)[games]
Heikki Westerinen5.5/11(+4 -4 =3)[games]
Ricardo Calvo Minguez5/11(+4 -5 =2)[games]
Arne Vinje Gulbrandsen4.5/11(+2 -4 =5)[games]
Bela Nagy4/11(+3 -6 =2)[games]
Gudmundur Larusson3/11(+3 -8 =0)[games]
Ove Kinnmark2.5/11(+1 -7 =3)[games]
Derek Thomson2/11(+1 -8 =2)[games]
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Chessgames.com Chess Event Description
World Junior Championship (1961)

The Hague, the Netherlands, 21 August - 1 September 1961

             Age  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2
—————————————————————————————————————————————
 1 Parma      19  ● 1 0 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 1 1  9
 2 Gheorghiu  17  0 ● 0 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 1 1 1  8½
 3 Kuindzhi   19  1 1 ● ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 1 1 ½ 0  8
 4 Zuidema    19  ½ 0 ½ ● 1 ½ ½ 1 0 1 1 1  7
 5 Pfleger    18  0 ½ ½ 0 ● 1 1 1 0 1 1 1  7
 6 Westerinen 17  ½ 0 0 ½ 0 ● 0 ½ 1 1 1 1  5½
 7 Calvo      17  0 0 0 ½ 0 1 ● ½ 0 1 1 1  5
 8 Vinje      18  0 0 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ ● ½ 1 ½ 1  4½
 9 Nagy       --  0 0 0 1 1 0 1 ½ ● 0 0 ½  4
10 Lárusson   19  0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 ● 1 1  3
11 Kinnmark   16  0 0 ½ 0 0 0 0 ½ 1 0 ● ½  2½
12 Thomson    19  0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 ½ ●  2
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Eleven rounds in 12 days, starting on Monday 21 August (66 games). Rest day 27 August. The field consisted of three players from each of four preliminary groups (12-19 August). Chief arbiter: Harry de Graaf. Parma beat Gheorghiu in Round 10 and became World Junior Champion with 9/11.

There was also a B tournament (for places 13-24), won by James Rodney Phillips, and a C tournament, won by Wlodzimierz Schmidt.

Photo: https://images.chesscomfiles.com/up...

Sources
OlimpBase (https://olimpbase.org/ind-junior/wu...)
Dutchbase (https://maxeuwe.nl/files-dutchbase/...)
Belgian Chess History (https://www.belgianchesshistory.be/...)
Skakbladet, 10/1961, pp. 146-150 (https://danbase.skak.dk/skakbladet/...)
Tidskrift för Schack, 7/1961, pp. 193-195 (https://tfsarkiv.schack.se/pdf/1961...)
Magyar Sakkélet, 10/1961, pp. 147-148 (https://adt.arcanum.com/en/view/Sak...)
Norsk Sjakkblad, 2/1962, pp. 12-15 (https://dnkjuhc6if10z.cloudfront.ne...)
Dutch newspapers (available at https://www.delpher.nl/nl/kranten)

 page 1 of 3; games 1-25 of 66  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. D Thomson vs G Larusson  0-1251961World Junior ChampionshipE54 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Gligoric System
2. Gheorghiu vs Westerinen  1-0391961World Junior ChampionshipD32 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch
3. Parma vs C Zuidema  ½-½401961World Junior ChampionshipC64 Ruy Lopez, Classical
4. B Nagy vs R Calvo Minguez  1-0341961World Junior ChampionshipD44 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav
5. A Kuindzhy vs A Vinje Gulbrandsen ½-½1411961World Junior ChampionshipC00 French Defense
6. O Kinnmark vs H Pfleger  0-1671961World Junior ChampionshipC67 Ruy Lopez
7. D Thomson vs O Kinnmark  ½-½311961World Junior ChampionshipE53 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3
8. H Pfleger vs A Kuindzhy ½-½401961World Junior ChampionshipD31 Queen's Gambit Declined
9. G Larusson vs Westerinen  0-1341961World Junior ChampionshipB67 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack, 7...a6 Defense, 8...Bd7
10. A Vinje Gulbrandsen vs B Nagy  ½-½211961World Junior ChampionshipE70 King's Indian
11. R Calvo Minguez vs Parma  0-1251961World Junior ChampionshipA04 Reti Opening
12. C Zuidema vs Gheorghiu 0-1361961World Junior ChampionshipD28 Queen's Gambit Accepted, Classical
13. Parma vs A Vinje Gulbrandsen 1-0261961World Junior ChampionshipC18 French, Winawer
14. Westerinen vs C Zuidema ½-½921961World Junior ChampionshipC64 Ruy Lopez, Classical
15. B Nagy vs H Pfleger  1-0321961World Junior ChampionshipA56 Benoni Defense
16. O Kinnmark vs G Larusson  0-1631961World Junior ChampionshipA07 King's Indian Attack
17. Gheorghiu vs R Calvo Minguez  1-0451961World Junior ChampionshipA53 Old Indian
18. A Kuindzhy vs D Thomson  0-1391961World Junior ChampionshipC34 King's Gambit Accepted
19. R Calvo Minguez vs Westerinen  1-0571961World Junior ChampionshipB99 Sicilian, Najdorf, 7...Be7 Main line
20. A Vinje Gulbrandsen vs Gheorghiu  0-1361961World Junior ChampionshipE88 King's Indian, Samisch, Orthodox, 7.d5 c6
21. D Thomson vs B Nagy  ½-½341961World Junior ChampionshipE34 Nimzo-Indian, Classical, Noa Variation
22. H Pfleger vs Parma  0-1521961World Junior ChampionshipD38 Queen's Gambit Declined, Ragozin Variation
23. G Larusson vs C Zuidema  0-1421961World Junior ChampionshipC68 Ruy Lopez, Exchange
24. O Kinnmark vs A Kuindzhy  ½-½861961World Junior ChampionshipC10 French
25. B Nagy vs O Kinnmark  0-1391961World Junior ChampionshipE54 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Gligoric System
 page 1 of 3; games 1-25 of 66  PGN Download
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