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13th Chess Olympiad

1958 chess tournament in Munich, West Germany

The 13th Chess Olympiad (), organized by FIDE and comprising an open team tournament, as well as several other events designed to promote the game of chess, took place between September 30 and October 23, 1958, in Munich, then part of West Germany.

The Soviet team with 6 GMs, led by world champion Botvinnik, lived up to expectations and won their fourth gold medals in a row, with Yugoslavia and Argentina taking the silver and bronze, respectively. The West German hosts finished 7th, right behind rivals East Germany. The two neighbouring nations were tied on both game and match points, but the East Germans had won the match between the two.

Results

Preliminaries

A total of 36 teams entered the competition and were divided into four preliminary groups of nine teams each. The top three from each group advanced to Final A, the teams placed 4th–6th to Final B, and no. 7–9 to Final C. All groups and finals were played as round-robin tournaments.

Group 1 was won by the Soviet hosts, well ahead of Bulgaria and Austria. The Netherlands, Denmark, and France took the places 4–6, while Italy, Puerto Rico, and Ireland finished at the bottom of the group.

Spain caused a small surprise by taking first place in group 2, ahead of the resurrected US team and the host nation. Finland, Iceland, and Israel made up the middle part of the group, while Norway, South Africa, and Iran had to settle for the bottom.

Group 3 was won by Argentina, ahead of East Germany and England. Traditional chess power Hungary surprisingly had to settle for Final B, along with Poland and Colombia. Meanwhile, The Philippines, Scotland, and Lebanon finished at the bottom of the group.

Czechoslovakia clinched group 4, ahead of Yugoslavia and Switzerland. Canada, Sweden, and Belgium made up the middle part of the group, while Portugal, Tunisia, and Greece completed the field.

Group 1:

Final	Country	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	+	−	=
URS	-	3½	2½	2½	3	4	4	3½	4	8	0	0	27
Bulgaria	½	-	3	1½	2	4	3½	3½	3½	5	2	1	21½
	1½	1	-	2	2½	2½	4	3½	4	5	2	1	21
Netherlands	1½	2½	2	-	1½	3	3	3	4	5	2	1	20½
	1	2	1½	2½	-	1½	1½	2½	4	3	4	1	16½
France	0	0	1½	1	2½	-	2	3½	4	3	4	1	14½
Italy	0	½	0	1	2½	2	-	3½	1½	2	5	1	11
PUR	½	½	½	1	1½	½	½	-	3	1	7	0	8
	0	½	0	0	0	0	2½	1	-	1	7	0	4

Group 2:

Final	Country	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	+	−	=
Spain	-	2	2½	3	2½	3	3½	3½	3½	7	0	1	23½
USA	2	-	1½	3½	3	3	3	3½	3½	6	1	1	23
	1½	2½	-	2	3	1½	4	4	3½	5	2	1	22
	1	½	2	-	2	3	2½	1½	3	3	3	2	15½
	1½	1	1	2	-	2½	2	2	3½	2	3	3	15½
	1	1	2½	1	1½	-	2	3	3	3	4	1	15
	½	1	0	1½	2	2	-	2½	2	1	4	3	11½
South Africa	½	½	0	2½	2	1	1½	-	2½	5	2	1	10½
Iran	½	½	½	1	½	1	2	1½	-	0	7	1	7½

Group 3:

Final	Country	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	+	−	=
	-	2½	1½	2½	2	3	3½	4	4	6	1	1	23
East Germany	1½	-	3	2	2½	3	2½	2½	4	6	1	1	21
England	2½	1	-	1½	3	2	3	3	4	5	2	1	20
	1½	2	2½	-	2½	1	3½	3½	3	5	2	1	19½
Poland	2	1½	1	1½	-	2	3½	3½	4	3	3	2	19
	1	1	2	3	2	-	1½	2½	3½	3	3	2	16½
PHI	½	1½	1	½	½	2½	-	2	4	2	5	1	12½
	0	1½	1	½	½	1½	2	-	3	1	6	1	10
	0	0	0	1	0	½	0	1	-	0	8	0	2½

Group 4:

Final	Country	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	+	−	=
	-	2	3	2	2½	4	3½	4	4	6	0	2	25
	2	-	2	4	2½	2½	3½	4	3½	6	0	2	24
Switzerland	1	2	-	1½	2½	4	3½	4	1½	4	3	1	20
Canada	2	0	2½	-	2½	3	2	3½	3½	5	1	2	19
Sweden	1½	1½	1½	1½	-	3½	4	2	3	3	4	1	18½
Belgium	0	1½	0	1	½	-	2½	2½	2½	3	5	0	10½
	½	½	½	2	0	1½	-	2	3	1	5	2	10
Tunisia	0	0	0	½	2	1½	2	-	3½	1	5	2	9½
Greece	0	½	2½	½	1	1½	1	½	-	1	7	0	7½

Final

:{| class="wikitable" |+ Final A ! # !!Country !! Players !! Points !! MP !! HTH

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:{| class="wikitable" |+ Final B ! # !! Country !! Players !! Points !! MP |- | 13 || || Szabó, Barcza, Portisch, Bilek, Honfi, Forintos || 31 || |- | 14 || Netherlands || Euwe, Donner, Prins, van den Berg, Kramer, Roessel || 28 || |- | 15 || Canada || Yanofsky, Anderson, Vaitonis, Füster, Joyner, Siemms || 24½ || 17 |- | 16 || || Cuéllar, Sánchez, de Greiff, Martín || 24½ || 13 |- | 17 || || Porat, Czerniak, Aloni, Smiltiner, Pilshchik, Kraidman || 23½ || |- | 18 || || Larsen, Andersen, Enevoldsen J., Pedersen, Ravn, Enevoldsen H. || 23 || |- | 19 || Poland || Śliwa, Tarnowski, Szukszta, Witkowski, Kostro, Brzózka || 22½ || |- | 20 || Sweden || Ståhlberg, Johansson, Sterner, Nilsson, Arnlind, Hörberg || 21 || |- | 21 || || Ojanen, Böök, Rantanen, Fred, Koskinen, Hällström || 19 || |- | 22 || || Jóhannsson, Pálmason, Thorbergsson, Jónsson, Guðmundsson, Kristjánsson || 18 || |- | 23 || France || Raizman, Boutteville, Bergraser, Lemoine, Catozzi, Noradounguian || 15 || |- | 24 || Belgium || Dunkelblum, Franck, Van Schoor, Van den Broeck, Beyen, Weltjens || 13½ || |}

:{| class="wikitable" |+ Final C ! # !! Country !! Players !! Points !! MP !! HTH |- | 25 || || Rojahn, Vestøl, Ofstad, Bøckman, Lindblom, Halvorsen || 30 || || |- | 26 || PHI || Cardoso, Campomanes, Borja, Aldecoa || 29½ || || |- | 27 || South Africa || Heidenfeld, Dreyer, Kirby, Grivainis, Isaacson, Stern || 28 || || |- | 28 || Italy || Primavera, Romani, Norcia, Palmiotto, Laco, Contedini || 26½ || || |- | 29 || || Fairhurst, Aitken, Macleod, Perkins, Beckingham E., Thomson || 25½ || || |- | 30 || Greece || Syngellakis, Angos, Panagopoulos, Sakellaropoulos, Anastasopoulos, Zografakis || 25 || || |- | 31 || || Durão, Oliveira, Ribeiro, Gonçalves, Pereira, Cardoso || 23 || || |- | 32 || Iran || Safvat, Mashian, Pakdaman, Lotfy, Navabi, Assar || 20 || || |- | 33 || PUR || Cintrón, Benítez, Reissmann, Llavandero, Azúar, Vissepó || 14½ || 4 || 2½ |- | 34 || || Walsh, Reilly, Canton B., Loughrey, Russell A., Reid || 14½ || 4 || 1½ |- | 35 || Tunisia || Lagha, Harrouchi, Kchouk, Ennigrou, Mohsen || 14 || || |- | 36 || || Chalabi, Gabriel, Tarazi, Allam, Succar || 13½ || || |}

Final A

No.	Country	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	+	−	=	Points
1	URS	-	2	2	2	3½	4	2½	3½	3½	3½	4	4	8	0	3	34½
2		2	-	2½	2½	3	3½	2½	3½	2½	2½	2½	2	9	0	2	29
3		2	1½	-	2	2	3	3	2½	3	2	2½	2	5	1	5	25½
4	USA	2	1½	2	-	2	2	2½	2½	2½	2	3	2	4	1	6	24
5		½	1	2	2	-	2½	1½	3	2	2½	3	2	4	3	4	22
6	East Germany	0	½	1	2	1½	-	3½	2½	1½	3	2½	4	5	5	1	22
7		1½	1½	1	1½	2½	½	-	3	3½	2	2½	2½	5	5	1	22
8	Switzerland	½	½	1½	1½	1	1½	1	-	3	2½	2½	3½	4	7	0	19
9	Spain	½	1½	1	1½	2	2½	½	1	-	2	2½	2½	3	6	2	17½
10	Bulgaria	½	1½	2	2	1½	1	2	1½	2	-	1½	1½	0	7	4	17
11	England	0	1½	1½	1	1	1½	1½	1½	1½	2½	-	2½	2	9	0	16
12		0	2	2	2	2	0	1½	½	1½	2½	1½	-	1	6	4	15½

Final B

No.	Country	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	+	−	=	Points
13		-	3½	1½	2	2	3	3½	2½	2½	2½	4	4	8	1	2	31
14	Netherlands	½	-	3½	2½	2½	2½	3	2	3	3	2½	3½	9	1	1	28½
15	Canada	2½	½	-	1	2	2½	2½	2½	2½	2½	3½	2½	8	2	1	24½
16		2	1½	3	-	3	1	2	1½	2	3½	2½	2½	5	3	3	24½
17		2	1½	2	1	-	3½	1½	1½	2½	2½	2½	3	5	4	2	23½
18		1	1½	1½	3	½	-	1½	2	4	2½	2	3½	4	5	2	23
19	Poland	½	1	1½	2	2½	2½	-	3	1½	2	3	3	5	4	2	22½
20	Sweden	1½	2	1½	2½	2½	2	1	-	2½	2	1½	2	3	4	4	21
21		1½	1	1½	2	1½	0	2½	1½	-	3	2	2½	3	6	2	19
22		1½	1	1½	½	1½	1½	2	2	1	-	3	2½	2	7	2	18
23	France	0	1½	½	1½	1½	2	1	2½	2	1	-	1½	1	8	2	15
24	Belgium	0	½	1½	1½	1	½	1	2	1½	1½	2½	-	1	9	1	13½

Final C

No.	Country	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	+	−	=	Points
25		-	1½	2	3	3	3	2½	2	3	2½	4	3½	8	1	2	30
26	PHI	2½	-	2	2	3	2	3	2	4	3½	3	2½	7	0	4	29½
27	South Africa	2	2	-	2	2	2	3	2½	2½	4	3½	2½	6	0	5	28
28	Italy	1	2	2	-	2½	1½	1½	3	3	2½	4	3½	6	3	2	26½
29		1	1	2	1½	-	2	2½	2½	3½	4	2	3½	5	3	3	25½
30	Greece	1	2	2	2½	2	-	2½	2½	2½	2	3	3	6	1	4	25
31		1½	1	1	2½	1½	1½	-	2½	2	2½	3½	3½	5	5	1	23
32	Iran	2	2	1½	1	1½	1½	1½	-	3	1	3	2	2	6	3	20
33	PUR	1	0	1½	1	½	1½	2	1	-	2½	1½	2	1	8	2	14½
34		1½	½	0	1½	0	2	1½	3	1½	-	1	2	1	8	2	14½
35	Tunisia	0	1	½	0	2	1	½	1	2½	3	-	2½	3	7	1	14
36		½	1½	1½	½	½	1	½	2	2	2	1½	-	0	8	3	13½

Individual medals

Board 1: YUG Svetozar Gligorić 12 / 15 = 80.0%
Board 2: CAN Frank Anderson 10½ / 13 = 80.8%
Board 3: URS Paul Keres 9½ / 12 = 79.2%
Board 4: URS David Bronstein 9½ / 12 = 79.2%
1st reserve: URS Mikhail Tal 13½ / 15 = 90.0%
2nd reserve: URS Tigran Petrosian and HUN Győző Forintos 10½ / 13 = 80.8%

References

13th Chess Olympiad: Munich 1958 OlimpBase

References

Although commonly referred to as the ''men's division'', this section is open to both male and female players.

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