title: Candidates Tournament 1956
text: # Candidates Tournament 1956
  
  Amsterdam 1956 was a chess tournament won by Vasily Smyslov. It was the Candidates Tournament for the 1957 World Chess Championship match between Smyslov and Mikhail Botvinnik.
  
      #Player12345678910Total 1 Vasily Smyslov (USSR)xx½½½½0½½½½111½11½½111½ 2 Paul Keres (USSR)½½xx½½½½½½½1½½½01½1½10 3 Laszlo Szabo (Hungary)½½½½xx1½½½½½½10½½½019½ 4 Boris Spassky (USSR)1½½½0½xx½½½10½½½½½½19½ 5 Tigran Petrosian (USSR)½½½½½½½½xx0½011½½½1½9½ 6 David Bronstein (USSR)½0½0½½½01½xx½11½½½½19½ 7 Efim Geller (USSR)00½½½01½10½0xx11½11½9½ 8 Dr. Miroslav Filip (Czechoslovakia)½0½11½½½0½0½00xx10½18 9 Oscar Panno (Argentina)0½0½½½½½½½½½½001xx1½8 10 Hermann Pilnik (Argentina)½00½10½00½½00½½00½xx5
  