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🏆 Stockholm Interzonal (1952)

The event started with the FIDE Congress 8-13 September in Grand Hôtel Saltsjöbaden (about 14 km east of Stockholm proper but a part of the Stockholm county), where Geller, Eliskases and Pilnik were awarded the GM title. ... [more] Player: Harry Golombek  page 1 of 1; 20 games    Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Pachman vs Golombek ½-½ 23 1952 Stockholm Interzonal E56 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Main line with 7...Nc6 2. Golombek vs A Matanovic   ½-½ 40 1952 Stockholm Interzonal E95 King's Indian, Orthodox, 7...Nbd7, 8.Re1 3. L A Sanchez vs Golombek 1-0 38 1952 Stockholm Interzonal B12 Caro-Kann Defense 4. Golombek vs Stahlberg   ½-½ 28 1952 Stockholm Interzonal E00 Queen's Pawn Game 5. Petrosian vs Golombek 1-0 41 1952 Stockholm Interzonal A47 Queen's Indian 6. Golombek vs Geller   0-1 53 1952 Stockholm Interzonal E95 King's Indian, Orthodox, 7...Nbd7, 8.Re1 7. Szabo vs Golombek ½-½ 41 1952 Stockholm Interzonal E41 Nimzo-Indian 8. Golombek vs Kotov 0-1 41 1952 Stockholm Interzonal A15 English 9. Taimanov vs Golombek 1-0 32 1952 Stockholm Interzonal E56 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Main line with 7...Nc6 10. Golombek vs H Steiner   0-1 43 1952 Stockholm Interzonal D30 Queen's Gambit Declined 11. Eliskases vs Golombek   1-0 35 1952 Stockholm Interzonal E02 Catalan, Open, 5.Qa4 12. Golombek vs Stoltz   ½-½ 40 1952 Stockholm Interzonal D30 Queen's Gambit Declined 13. Golombek vs P Vaitonis   ½-½ 57 1952 Stockholm Interzonal A48 King's Indian 14. Gligoric vs Golombek 1-0 30 1952 Stockholm Interzonal E41 Nimzo-Indian 15. Golombek vs Prins   0-1 79 1952 Stockholm Interzonal D11 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 16. Unzicker vs Golombek   1-0 55 1952 Stockholm Interzonal B18 Caro-Kann, Classical 17. G Barcza vs Golombek 1-0 28 1952 Stockholm Interzonal E14 Queen's Indian 18. Golombek vs Pilnik   ½-½ 41 1952 Stockholm Interzonal A15 English 19. Averbakh vs Golombek 1-0 29 1952 Stockholm Interzonal E26 Nimzo-Indian, Samisch 20. Golombek vs R G Wade   1-0 46 1952 Stockholm Interzonal B06 Robatsch  page 1 of 1; 20 games      REFINE SEARCH:   White wins (1-0) | Black wins (0-1) | Draws (1/2-1/2) | Golombek wins | Golombek loses   Jun-19-14    offramp: Kotov's great Interzonal win. He scored 82.5% and won by three points. He must have felt unstoppable... But at the subsequent Zurich Candidates (1953) he scored 50% for mid-table anonymity. Jun-19-14    perfidious: 'Mid-table anonymity' sounds like the same affliction which ailed Fischer after he cruised to victory at Stockholm Interzonal (1962). Mar-15-15    offramp: After this result, how many people said, "Kotov will be the next World Champion"? I do not know. I think it would not have been many. Mar-15-15    Retireborn: <offramp> Hardly anybody, I should think. He was already nearly 40 in 1952; perhaps ten years earlier he might still have been regarded as a possible rival for Botvinnik and Smyslov. Still, you never know. Boris Gelfand, who shared first place in the 1990 Manila izt, didn't get to play a world title match until 2012 when he was well over 40! Mar-15-15    offramp: I believe <Perfidious> once gave a quick resumé of how well interzonal winners fared in the overall World Championship cycle. God knows where it was posted. I think the general synopsis was that interzonal winners were not likely to go on to become World Champion finalists. But of course there can only be one winner of a Candidates cycle! It's very tough. Mar-15-15    perfidious: <offramp> If God knows, He ain't tellin'! Can't say I recall where I maundered on in that vein, either, though my recollection is that IZ winners experienced a mixed bag, come to results--Kotov was far from the only convincing victor at the IZ stage to come a cropper when there were no rabbits to beat. Mar-15-15    Retireborn: Mecking comes to mind - he even won two interzonals, but was unable to get past Korchnoi and Polugaevsky. Torre and Sax who shared first place in 1982 and 1987 also only made fleeting appearances in the Candidates. No disgrace, of course - as <offramp> says it was very tough! Mar-15-15    offramp: Reaching the WC final was like <The Right Stuff>. Extremely hard. I think the 1962 Curacao Candidates may have been the hardest. Bobby got a shock; he'd won the Interzonal by a mile, then lost his first two games in the Caribbean. Mar-15-15    keypusher: <perfidious > <offramp > Kotov resembled Fischer in that he spoiled his chances at the outset, losing his first three games. The tournament wasn't a washout for him though. He got wins against Smyslov and Reshevsky and also won the first brilliancy prize against Averbakh. Mar-25-15    offramp: Sorry. It was <Petrosianic: <perfidious> <As to those title aspirants named by <offramp>, fat lot of good their massive plus scores did them:> Well, that's a good question. How have Interzonal winners fraed in the Candidates? 1948 - Bronstein: Tied for First in Candidates, drew world championship match 1952 - Kotov: 8th-9th in Candidates, 50% score 1955 - Bronstein: 3rd - 7th in Candidates, +1 score. 1958 - Tal: Won Candidates, won World Championship. Jackpot! 1962 - Fischer: 4th at Candidates, +1 score. 1964 - Smyslov: Eliminated in Quarterfinals. Larsen: Eliminated in Semifinals. Tal: Eliminated in Finals. Spassky: Won Candidates, lost world championship match 1967 - Larsen: Eliminated in Semifinals. 1970 - Fischer: Won Candidates, won World Championship. Jackpot! 1973 - Mecking: Eliminated in Quarterfinals. Korchnoi: Eliminated in Finals. Karpov: Won Candidates, became World Champion. Jackpot! 1976 - Larsen: Eliminated in Quarterfinals. Mecking: Eliminated in Quarterfinals. 1979 - Petrosian: Eliminated in Quarterfinals. Portisch: Eliminated in Semifinals. Huebner: Eliminated in Finals. Tal: Eliminated in Quarterfinals. 1982 - Portisch: Eliminated in Quarterfinals. Torre: Eliminated in Quarterfinals. Ribli: Eliminated in Semifinals. Kasparov: Won Candidates, won world championship. Jackpot! 1985-7 - Vaganian: 1st-3rd in Candidates Tournament. Eliminated in Quarterfinals. Yusupov: 1st-3rd in Candidates Tournament. Eliminated in semifinals. Timman: Qualified from Candidates Tournament, eliminated in Quarterfinals. 1988-90 Korchnoi: Eliminated in Octifinals Sax: Eliminated in Octifinals Salov: Eliminated in Octifinals Short: Eliminated in Quarterfinals. Hjartarson: Eliminated in Quarterfinals. Speelman: Eliminated in Seminfinals. So, there's a real mixed bag here. A couple of jackpots, and also a lot of quick exits and mediocre candidates tournament results. But out of 34 Interzonal winners, only 4 went all the way.> Feb-25-16    alexmagnus: This is the earliest Interzonal from which there are still some players alive (three of them - Taimanov, Averbakh and Matanovic). Sep-01-17    offramp: Taimanov is now dead, but the other two are still alive. Apr-01-19    ughaibu: <out of 34 Interzonal winners, only 4 went all the way> This is rather misleading as there were only 14 opportunities to go "all the way". Apr-15-21    carpovius: The article above says no words about the winner who finished 3 points ahead the board (+13-0=7). Outstanding result! Apr-15-21    carpovius: 5 first places for soviets)) NOTE: Create an account today to post replies and access other powerful features which are available only to registered users. Becoming a member is free, anonymous, and takes less than 1 minute! If you already have a username, then simply login login under your username now to join the discussion. Please observe our posting guidelines: No obscene, racist, sexist, or profane language. No spamming, advertising, duplicate, or gibberish posts. No vitriolic or systematic personal attacks against other members. Nothing in violation of United States law. No cyberstalking or malicious posting of negative or private information (doxing/doxxing) of members. No trolling. 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