Paul Keres
Tournaments

Paul Keres

Section Title: Tournaments
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Year	Tournament	Place	Notes

1935	Warsaw 6th Olympiad	–	+11−5=3 on first board for Estonia

1935	Helsinki	2	Frydman won

1936	Nauheim	1–2	shared 1–2 with Alekhine

1936	Dresden	8–9	Alekhine won

1936	Zandvoort	3–4	Fine won

1937	Margate	1–2	shared 1–2 with Fine

1937	Ostend	1–3	shared 1–3 with Grob and Fine

1937	Prague	1	ahead of Zinner

1937	Vienna	1	Quadrangular

1937	Kemeri	4–5	Reshevsky, Flohr, and Petrovs shared 1st–3rd

1937	Pärnu	2–4	Schmidt won

1937	Stockholm 7th Olympiad	–	individual silver (+9−2=4) on first board for Estonia

1937	Semmering/Baden	1	ahead of Fine

1937/38	Hastings	2–3	Reshevsky won

1938	Noordwijk	2	Eliskases won

1938	AVRO	1–2	shared 1–2 with Fine, ahead of Botvinnik

1939	Leningrad–Moscow	12–13	Flohr won

1939	Margate	1	ahead of Capablanca and Flohr

1939	Buenos Aires 8th Olympiad	–	+12−2=5 on first board for bronze medal winning Estonia

1939	Buenos Aires	1–2	shared 1–2 with Najdorf

1940	12th USSR Championship	4	Lilienthal and Bondarevsky won

1941	Absolute USSR Championship	2	behind Botvinnik

1942	Tallinn	1	Estonian Championship +15−0=0

1942	Salzburg	2	behind Alekhine

1942	Munich	2	"European Championship", behind Alekhine

1943	Prague	2	behind Alekhine

1943	Poznań	1	ahead of Grünfeld

1943	Salzburg	1–2	shared 1–2 with Alekhine

1943	Tallinn	1	Estonian Championship +6−1=4

1943	Madrid	1

1944	Lidköping	2	Swedish Championship

1944/45	Riga	1	Baltic Championship

1946	Tbilisi	1	Georgian Championship

1947	Pärnu	1

1947	15th USSR Championship	1

1947	Moscow	6–7

1948	World Championship Tournament	3–4	Botvinnik 1st, Smyslov 2nd

1949	17th USSR Championship	8

1950	Budapest	4	Candidates Tournament, Bronstein and Boleslavsky 1st–2nd, Smyslov 3rd

1950	Szczawno-Zdrój	1

1950	18th USSR Championship	1

1951	19th USSR Championship	1

1952	20th USSR Championship	10–11	Botvinnik won

1952	Budapest	1

1952	Helsinki 10th Olympiad	–	+3−2=7 on first board for gold medal USSR team

1953	Zürich	2–4	Candidates Tournament, Smyslov 1st

1954	Amsterdam 11th Olympiad	–	individual gold (+13−0=1) on fourth board for gold medal USSR team

1954/55	Hastings	1–2	shared 1–2 with Smyslov

1955	22nd USSR Championship	7–8	Geller won

1955	Göteborg	2	Interzonal, Bronstein won

1956	Amsterdam	2	Candidates Tournament, Smyslov won

1956	Moscow 12th Olympiad	–	individual gold (+7−0=5) on third board for gold medal USSR team

1956	Moscow	7–8

1957	24th USSR Championship	2–3	Tal won

1957	Mar del Plata	1

1957	Santiago	1

1957/58	Hastings	1

1958	Munich 13th Olympiad	–	individual gold (+7−0=5) on third board for gold medal USSR team

1959	26th USSR Championship	7–8	Petrosian won

1959	Zürich	3–4	Tal won

1959	Bled/Belgrade/Zagreb	2	Candidates Tournament, Tal won

1959/60	Stockholm	3

1960	Leipzig 14th Olympiad	–	individual gold (+8−0=5) on third board for gold medal USSR team

1961	Zürich	1

1961	Bled	3–5	Tal won

1961	29th USSR Championship	8–11

1962	Curaçao	2–3	1962 Candidates Tournament, Petrosian won

1962	Varna 15th Olympiad	−	individual bronze (+6−0=7) on fourth board on gold medal USSR team

1963	Los Angeles	1–2	1st Piatigorsky Cup, tied with Petrosian for first

1964	Beverwijk	1–2	Hoogovens tournament, shared 1–2 with Nei

1964	Buenos Aires	1–2	shared 1–2 with Petrosian

1964	Tel Aviv 16th Olympiad	−	individual gold (+9−1=2) on fourth board for gold medal USSR team

1964/65	Hastings	1

1965	Mariánské Lázně	1–2	shared 1–2 with Hort

1965	33rd USSR Championship	6	Stein won

1966/67	Stockholm	1

1967	Moscow	9–12

1967	Winnipeg	3–4

1968	Bamberg	1

1969	Beverwijk	3–4	Hoogovens tournament, behind Botvinnik and Geller

1969	Tallinn	2–3

1970	Budapest	1

1971	Amsterdam	2–4

1971	Pärnu	2–3

1971	Tallinn	3–6

1972	Sarajevo	3–5

1972	San Antonio	5	Karpov, Petrosian, and Portisch shared 1st–3rd

1973	Tallinn	3–6

1973	Dortmund	6–7

1973	Petropolis	12–13	Interzonal, Mecking 1st; Geller, Polugaevsky, and Portisch 2nd–4th

1973	41st USSR Championship	9–12	Spassky won

1975	Tallinn	1

1975	Vancouver	1

Sentence(s)

Paul Keres won Margate 1939, ahead of Capablanca and Flohr.

final_sentence: Paul Keres won Margate 1939, ahead of Capablanca and Flohr.