Candidates Tournament 1956

GPTKB entity

Statements (61)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:World_Chess_Championship
gptkbp:career_games_played 56
gptkbp:chess_olympiad classical chess
gptkbp:chess_opening gptkb:French_Defense
gptkb:Ruy_Lopez
gptkb:Pirc_Defense
gptkb:Sicilian_Defense
gptkb:English_Opening
gptkb:Italian_Game
gptkb:Dutch_Defense
gptkb:Grünfeld_Defense
gptkb:Scotch_Game
gptkb:Nimzo-Indian_Defense
gptkb:King's_Indian_Defense
gptkb:Queen's_Gambit
gptkb:Benoni_Defense
gptkb:Catalan_Opening
gptkb:Evans_Gambit
gptkb:Reti_Opening
gptkb:Two_Knights_Defense
Caro-Kann Defense
gptkbp:duration 3 months
gptkbp:event_type international chess competition
gptkbp:final_standings 3. Mikhail Tal
5. Boris Spassky
6. Efim Geller
1. Tigran Petrosian
7. Leonid Stein
2. Viktor Korchnoi
4. Paul Keres
8. Vasily Smyslov
gptkbp:format round-robin
gptkbp:held_in gptkb:1956
gptkbp:historical_significance qualifying event for World Championship
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Candidates Tournament 1956
gptkbp:location gptkb:Yugoslavia
gptkbp:match_statistics gptkb:Korchnoi_vs_Tal
Petrosian vs Keres
Petrosian vs Tal
Korchnoi vs Keres
Petrosian vs Korchnoi
gptkbp:notable_games gptkb:Korchnoi_vs_Geller
Tal vs Stein
Keres vs Smyslov
Petrosian vs Korchnoi
Petrosian vs Smyslov
gptkbp:notable_player gptkb:Mikhail_Tal
gptkb:Boris_Spassky
gptkb:Paul_Keres
gptkb:Viktor_Korchnoi
gptkb:Tigran_Petrosian
gptkbp:number_of_players 8
gptkbp:organizer gptkb:FIDE
gptkbp:preceded_by gptkb:Candidates_Tournament_1953
gptkbp:prize_money gptkb:World_Chess_Championship_match
gptkbp:rating Elo rating system
gptkbp:runner_up gptkb:Viktor_Korchnoi
gptkbp:succeeded_by gptkb:Candidates_Tournament_1959
gptkbp:winner gptkb:Tigran_Petrosian
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Candidates_Tournament_1959
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5