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World Chess Championship
1953 Zurich Candidates Tournament
Highlights

Double round robin

Round 2 : Reshevsky - Petrosian
Position
after 25...Re7-e6
('iron logic' - Bronstein)

Round 4 : Smyslov - Stahlberg
Position
after 20.Nf3-e5
(intending 21.Ng4)

Round 4 : Taimanov - Najdorf
Position
after 33...Bd7-h3

Round 10 : Najdorf - Stahlberg
Position
after 55.Bd5-c6+ 1-0

Round 14 : Averbakh - Kotov
Position
after 30...Qd7-h3(xP)+
First Brilliancy Prize

After rd.15
Smyslov 9.5
Reshevsky 8.5
Bronstein 8.5
Najdorf 8.0
Euwe 7.5
Petrosian 7.5
Boleslavsky 7.5
Keres 7.0
Taimanov 7.0
Kotov 6.5
Geller 6.0
Szabo 6.0
Averbakh 6.0
Gligoric 6.0
Stahlberg 3.5

Round 21 : Boleslavsky - Keres
Position
after 18...g7-g6
('solves many defensive problems' - Bronstein)

Round 22 : Gligoric - Euwe
Position
after 38.g4-g5

Round 24 : Keres - Smyslov
Position
after 19...d5-c4(xP)

After rd.30
Smyslov 18.0
Reshevsky 16.0
Keres 16.0
Bronstein 16.0
Petrosian 15.0
Geller 14.5
Najdorf 14.5
Kotov 14.0
Taimanov 14.0
Boleslavsky 13.5
Averbakh 13.5
Szabo 13.0
Gligoric 12.5
Euwe 11.5
Stahlberg 8.0

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