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TOURNAMENT STANDINGS
Stockholm 1960/61 Tournament

Mikhail Tal9.5/11(+8 -0 =3)[games]
Wolfgang Uhlmann9/11(+7 -0 =4)[games]
Alexander Kotov8/11(+7 -2 =2)[games]
Eero Book6.5/11(+4 -2 =5)[games]
Wolfgang Unzicker6/11(+2 -1 =8)[games]
Svein Johannessen5.5/11(+3 -3 =5)[games]
Zandor Nilsson5/11(+4 -5 =2)[games]
Axel Nielsen4/11(+2 -5 =4)[games]
Martin Johansson3.5/11(+1 -5 =5)[games]
Erik Lundin3.5/11(+2 -6 =3)[games]
Gideon Stahlberg3/11(+1 -6 =4)[games]
Arne Burehall2.5/11(+1 -7 =3)[games]
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Chessgames.com Chess Event Description
Stockholm 1960/61

Stockholm, Sweden, 29 December 1960 - 8 January 1961

Age 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 —————————————————————————————————————————————— 1 Tal 24 • ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 1 1 9½ 2 Uhlmann 25 ½ • 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 1 1 9 3 Kotov 47 ½ 0 • 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 8 4 Böök 50 0 ½ 0 • ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 ½ ½ 6½ 5 Unzicker 35 0 ½ ½ ½ • ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 6 6 Johannessen 23 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ • 0 1 ½ 1 1 0 5½ 7 Nilsson 47 0 0 0 0 ½ 1 • 0 1 ½ 1 1 5 8 Nielsen 46 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 1 • ½ ½ 1 ½ 4 =9 Johansson 42 0 0 0 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ • 1 ½ ½ 3½ =9 Lundin 56 0 0 1 0 0 0 ½ ½ 0 • ½ 1 3½ 11 Ståhlberg 52 0 0 0 ½ ½ 0 0 0 ½ ½ • 1 3 12 Burehäll 40 0 0 0 ½ 0 1 0 ½ ½ 0 0 • 2½ ——————————————————————————————————————————————

Eleven rounds in 11 days, starting on Thursday 29 December (66 games). Tal won with 9.5/11.

Sources
Tidskrift för Schack, 1/1961, pp. 2-8, 14-18, 32 (https://tfsarkiv.schack.se/pdf/1961...)
Norsk Sjakkblad, 1/1961, pp. 6-10 (https://dnkjuhc6if10z.cloudfront.ne...)
Skakbladet, 2/1961, pp. 22-24 (https://danbase.skak.dk/skakbladet/...)
Swedish newspapers (available at https://tidningar.kb.se/)

 page 1 of 3; games 1-25 of 66  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. Uhlmann vs E Book  ½-½241960Stockholm 1960/61D57 Queen's Gambit Declined, Lasker Defense
2. Stahlberg vs Z Nilsson  0-1361960Stockholm 1960/61A88 Dutch, Leningrad, Main Variation with c6
3. A Nielsen vs A Burehall  ½-½231960Stockholm 1960/61A35 English, Symmetrical
4. Z Nilsson vs Unzicker  ½-½271960Stockholm 1960/61E55 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Gligoric System, Bronstein Variation
5. Stahlberg vs E Lundin  ½-½411960Stockholm 1960/61A17 English
6. Kotov vs M Johansson  1-0391960Stockholm 1960/61A16 English
7. Tal vs S Johannessen ½-½401960Stockholm 1960/61A83 Dutch, Staunton Gambit
8. Unzicker vs M Johansson  ½-½261960Stockholm 1960/61B94 Sicilian, Najdorf
9. E Book vs A Nielsen  1-0551960Stockholm 1960/61A21 English
10. Z Nilsson vs Tal 0-1411960Stockholm 1960/61A43 Old Benoni
11. A Burehall vs Kotov  0-1351960Stockholm 1960/61B06 Robatsch
12. E Lundin vs Uhlmann  0-1401960Stockholm 1960/61D94 Grunfeld
13. S Johannessen vs Stahlberg  1-0461960Stockholm 1960/61B30 Sicilian
14. Tal vs Unzicker 1-0251960Stockholm 1960/61C95 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Breyer
15. Kotov vs E Book  1-0361960Stockholm 1960/61D35 Queen's Gambit Declined
16. M Johansson vs A Burehall  ½-½321960Stockholm 1960/61A60 Benoni Defense
17. A Nielsen vs E Lundin  ½-½571960Stockholm 1960/61A06 Reti Opening
18. Uhlmann vs S Johannessen  ½-½411960Stockholm 1960/61D16 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav
19. Z Nilsson vs Uhlmann  0-1631961Stockholm 1960/61A16 English
20. S Johannessen vs A Nielsen  1-0421961Stockholm 1960/61A41 Queen's Pawn Game (with ...d6)
21. E Lundin vs Kotov  1-0921961Stockholm 1960/61A04 Reti Opening
22. Unzicker vs A Burehall  1-0361961Stockholm 1960/61B08 Pirc, Classical
23. E Book vs M Johansson  1-0351961Stockholm 1960/61D59 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tartakower
24. Tal vs Stahlberg 1-0491961Stockholm 1960/61C11 French
25. A Burehall vs E Book  ½-½681961Stockholm 1960/61A07 King's Indian Attack
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