Candidates Tournament 1959 – standings, cross table, games

Place: Bled/Zagreb/Belgrade
Year: 1959
112 games

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Cross table

	Player	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Points
1	Tal, Mihail		0 0 1 0	½ ½ ½ ½	0 1 ½ 1	1 1 1 1	1 ½ 1 1	1 1 1 ½	1 1 1 ½	20
2	Keres, Paul	1 1 0 1		0 ½ ½ ½	1 ½ ½ 0	0 1 0 1	½ ½ 1 1	1 1 1 0	1 1 1 1	18½
3	Petrosian, Tigran V	½ ½ ½ ½	1 ½ ½ ½		½ ½ 0 ½	1 1 ½ ½	0 ½ ½ 1	1 0 0 ½	½ 1 1 ½	15½
4	Smyslov, Vassily	1 0 ½ 0	0 ½ ½ 1	½ ½ 1 ½		½ ½ 1 0	0 ½ 1 0	½ 1 ½ 1	½ 0 1 1	15
5	Fischer, Robert James	0 0 0 0	1 0 1 0	0 0 ½ ½	½ ½ 0 1		1 0 ½ ½	0 1 ½ 1	½ 1 ½ 1	12½
6	Gligoric, Svetozar	0 ½ 0 0	½ ½ 0 0	1 ½ ½ 0	1 ½ 0 1	0 1 ½ ½		½ ½ 1 0	½ 1 ½ ½	12½
7	Olafsson, Fridrik	0 0 0 ½	0 0 0 1	0 1 1 ½	½ 0 ½ 0	1 0 ½ 0	½ ½ 0 1		0 0 ½ 1	10
8	Benko, Pal C	0 0 0 ½	0 0 0 0	½ 0 0 ½	½ 1 0 0	½ 0 ½ 0	½ 0 ½ ½	1 1 ½ 0		8

with Whitewith Black

Standings

Place	Player	Elo	Games	+ = −	Points	%
1	Tal, Mihail	–	28	+16 =8 −4	20	71 %
2	Keres, Paul	–	28	+15 =7 −6	18½	66 %
3	Petrosian, Tigran V	–	28	+7 =17 −4	15½	55 %
4	Smyslov, Vassily	–	28	+9 =12 −7	15	54 %
5	Fischer, Robert James	–	28	+8 =9 −11	12½	45 %
5	Gligoric, Svetozar	–	28	+6 =13 −9	12½	45 %
7	Olafsson, Fridrik	–	28	+6 =8 −14	10	36 %
8	Benko, Pal C	–	28	+3 =10 −15	8	29 %

The 112 games

Round	White	Black	Result	ECO	Moves
1	Smyslov, Vassily	Tal, Mihail	1-0	B92	65
1	Keres, Paul	Fischer, Robert James	0-1	B99	53
1	Petrosian, Tigran V	Olafsson, Fridrik	1-0	E50	37
1	Benko, Pal C	Gligoric, Svetozar	1/2-1/2	E61	35
2	Fischer, Robert James	Petrosian, Tigran V	0-1	B11	68
2	Olafsson, Fridrik	Benko, Pal C	0-1	C95	54
2	Smyslov, Vassily	Keres, Paul	0-1	C99	59
2	Tal, Mihail	Gligoric, Svetozar	1-0	E89	47
3	Keres, Paul	Tal, Mihail	1-0	A16	64
3	Petrosian, Tigran V	Smyslov, Vassily	1/2-1/2	A21	60
3	Gligoric, Svetozar	Olafsson, Fridrik	1/2-1/2	E55	42
3	Benko, Pal C	Fischer, Robert James	1/2-1/2	E61	49
4	Keres, Paul	Petrosian, Tigran V	0-1	B39	51
4	Fischer, Robert James	Gligoric, Svetozar	1-0	B57	32
4	Smyslov, Vassily	Benko, Pal C	1/2-1/2	B96	28
4	Tal, Mihail	Olafsson, Fridrik	1-0	B96	43
5	Benko, Pal C	Keres, Paul	0-1	A29	39
5	Olafsson, Fridrik	Fischer, Robert James	1-0	B86	45
5	Gligoric, Svetozar	Smyslov, Vassily	1-0	D16	38
5	Petrosian, Tigran V	Tal, Mihail	1/2-1/2	D41	12
6	Smyslov, Vassily	Olafsson, Fridrik	1/2-1/2	B41	67
6	Keres, Paul	Gligoric, Svetozar	1/2-1/2	C72	66
6	Petrosian, Tigran V	Benko, Pal C	1/2-1/2	E62	42
6	Tal, Mihail	Fischer, Robert James	1-0	E93	41
7	Olafsson, Fridrik	Keres, Paul	0-1	A09	40
7	Benko, Pal C	Tal, Mihail	0-1	A89	29
7	Fischer, Robert James	Smyslov, Vassily	1/2-1/2	B11	52
7	Gligoric, Svetozar	Petrosian, Tigran V	1-0	B19	57
8	Tal, Mihail	Smyslov, Vassily	1-0	B10	26
8	Fischer, Robert James	Keres, Paul	0-1	B11	29
8	Gligoric, Svetozar	Benko, Pal C	1-0	C95	55
8	Olafsson, Fridrik	Petrosian, Tigran V	1-0	D38	66
9	Benko, Pal C	Olafsson, Fridrik	1-0	B99	42
9	Keres, Paul	Smyslov, Vassily	1/2-1/2	C92	41
9	Gligoric, Svetozar	Tal, Mihail	1/2-1/2	C97	26
9	Petrosian, Tigran V	Fischer, Robert James	1-0	E40	31
10	Olafsson, Fridrik	Gligoric, Svetozar	1/2-1/2	A20	73
10	Fischer, Robert James	Benko, Pal C	1-0	B57	27
10	Tal, Mihail	Keres, Paul	0-1	E20	40
10	Smyslov, Vassily	Petrosian, Tigran V	1/2-1/2	E61	23
11	Petrosian, Tigran V	Keres, Paul	1/2-1/2	A29	25
11	Benko, Pal C	Smyslov, Vassily	1-0	B41	74
11	Olafsson, Fridrik	Tal, Mihail	0-1	B41	71
11	Gligoric, Svetozar	Fischer, Robert James	1-0	B99	43
12	Fischer, Robert James	Olafsson, Fridrik	1-0	C75	78
12	Keres, Paul	Benko, Pal C	1-0	C95	21
12	Tal, Mihail	Petrosian, Tigran V	1/2-1/2	C96	23
12	Smyslov, Vassily	Gligoric, Svetozar	1/2-1/2	E51	59
13	Benko, Pal C	Petrosian, Tigran V	0-1	A11	34
13	Olafsson, Fridrik	Smyslov, Vassily	0-1	A21	57
13	Fischer, Robert James	Tal, Mihail	0-1	B86	33
13	Gligoric, Svetozar	Keres, Paul	1/2-1/2	E53	72
14	Petrosian, Tigran V	Gligoric, Svetozar	1/2-1/2	A31	18
14	Tal, Mihail	Benko, Pal C	1-0	A43	30
14	Keres, Paul	Olafsson, Fridrik	1-0	B48	41
14	Smyslov, Vassily	Fischer, Robert James	1/2-1/2	B50	46
15	Keres, Paul	Fischer, Robert James	0-1	A48	27
15	Smyslov, Vassily	Tal, Mihail	1/2-1/2	B42	40
15	Benko, Pal C	Gligoric, Svetozar	1/2-1/2	D32	44
15	Petrosian, Tigran V	Olafsson, Fridrik	0-1	E42	76
16	Olafsson, Fridrik	Benko, Pal C	1/2-1/2	A37	32
16	Fischer, Robert James	Petrosian, Tigran V	1/2-1/2	B11	48
16	Tal, Mihail	Gligoric, Svetozar	1-0	E13	64
16	Smyslov, Vassily	Keres, Paul	1/2-1/2	E53	35
17	Keres, Paul	Tal, Mihail	0-1	B42	40
17	Benko, Pal C	Fischer, Robert James	1/2-1/2	B90	64
17	Gligoric, Svetozar	Olafsson, Fridrik	1-0	C92	51
17	Petrosian, Tigran V	Smyslov, Vassily	0-1	D29	39
18	Fischer, Robert James	Gligoric, Svetozar	1/2-1/2	C87	40
18	Tal, Mihail	Olafsson, Fridrik	1-0	C92	42
18	Keres, Paul	Petrosian, Tigran V	1/2-1/2	D42	18
18	Smyslov, Vassily	Benko, Pal C	1-0	E93	53
19	Benko, Pal C	Keres, Paul	0-1	A25	41
19	Petrosian, Tigran V	Tal, Mihail	1/2-1/2	E39	15
19	Gligoric, Svetozar	Smyslov, Vassily	0-1	E54	50
19	Olafsson, Fridrik	Fischer, Robert James	1/2-1/2	E66	40
20	Smyslov, Vassily	Olafsson, Fridrik	1/2-1/2	B23	37
20	Keres, Paul	Gligoric, Svetozar	1-0	C97	45
20	Petrosian, Tigran V	Benko, Pal C	1-0	E30	41
20	Tal, Mihail	Fischer, Robert James	1-0	E93	34
21	Fischer, Robert James	Smyslov, Vassily	0-1	B87	48
21	Benko, Pal C	Tal, Mihail	0-1	B87	33
21	Gligoric, Svetozar	Petrosian, Tigran V	1/2-1/2	C18	41
21	Olafsson, Fridrik	Keres, Paul	0-1	D29	35
22	Fischer, Robert James	Keres, Paul	0-1	B11	55
22	Gligoric, Svetozar	Benko, Pal C	1/2-1/2	B65	57
22	Tal, Mihail	Smyslov, Vassily	1-0	B84	41
22	Olafsson, Fridrik	Petrosian, Tigran V	1/2-1/2	D58	42
23	Gligoric, Svetozar	Tal, Mihail	0-1	A78	46
23	Keres, Paul	Smyslov, Vassily	0-1	B33	40
23	Benko, Pal C	Olafsson, Fridrik	0-1	D23	44
23	Petrosian, Tigran V	Fischer, Robert James	1/2-1/2	D58	30
24	Smyslov, Vassily	Petrosian, Tigran V	1/2-1/2	A30	28
24	Fischer, Robert James	Benko, Pal C	1-0	B11	39
24	Tal, Mihail	Keres, Paul	0-1	D34	79
24	Olafsson, Fridrik	Gligoric, Svetozar	1-0	E93	70
25	Gligoric, Svetozar	Fischer, Robert James	1/2-1/2	B99	57
25	Benko, Pal C	Smyslov, Vassily	0-1	D11	34
25	Petrosian, Tigran V	Keres, Paul	1/2-1/2	D41	18
25	Olafsson, Fridrik	Tal, Mihail	1/2-1/2	E63	17
26	Fischer, Robert James	Olafsson, Fridrik	1-0	B11	42
26	Tal, Mihail	Petrosian, Tigran V	1/2-1/2	B94	24
26	Keres, Paul	Benko, Pal C	1-0	B98	23
26	Smyslov, Vassily	Gligoric, Svetozar	0-1	E61	18
27	Olafsson, Fridrik	Smyslov, Vassily	0-1	A29	41
27	Fischer, Robert James	Tal, Mihail	0-1	B87	52
27	Benko, Pal C	Petrosian, Tigran V	1/2-1/2	D26	43
27	Gligoric, Svetozar	Keres, Paul	0-1	E53	41
28	Keres, Paul	Olafsson, Fridrik	0-1	B28	41
28	Tal, Mihail	Benko, Pal C	1/2-1/2	B77	24
28	Smyslov, Vassily	Fischer, Robert James	0-1	B99	54
28	Petrosian, Tigran V	Gligoric, Svetozar	1-0	E93	45