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World Chess Championship
1950 Budapest Candidates Tournament

Budapest, IV-V, 1950.
01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 Total T/B
01 Bronstein D xx = = 0 1 = 1 1 1 1 = 0 1 = = 1 = = 1 12.0 103.00
02 Boleslavsky I = = xx 1 = = = = = 1 = = = = 1 = 1 1 1 12.0 101.25
03 Smyslov V 1 0 0 = xx = = 1 = = 1 0 1 = 1 = = = = 10.0
04 Keres P = 0 = = = = xx = = 1 0 1 = = = = 1 = = 9.5
05 Najdorf M 0 0 = = 0 = = = xx = = = = 1 1 = 1 = = 9.0
06 Kotov A 0 = 0 = = 0 0 1 = = xx = 1 1 0 1 0 1 = 8.5
07 Stahlberg G 1 0 = = 1 0 0 = = = = 0 xx = = = = = = 8.0
08 Lilienthal A = = = 0 = 0 = = 0 0 0 1 = = xx 1 0 = = 7.0 63.00
09 Szabo L 0 = = 0 = = = 0 = 0 0 1 = = 0 1 xx 1 0 7.0 61.75
10 Flohr S = 0 0 0 = = = = = = 0 = = = = = 0 1 xx 7.0 60.75

Cumulative Score

The co-winners played a twelve game match; if tied after twelve games, the first decisive game would determine Botvinnik's challenger for the title.

Moscow playoff, VII-VIII, 1950.
0 1 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 Total
Bronstein 1 = = = = = 1 0 = = 0 = = 1 7.5
Boleslavsky 0 = = = = = 0 1 = = 1 = = 0 6.5

The first five players were seeded directly into the next Candidates tournament.

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