title: 13th Chess Olympiad
text: # 13th Chess Olympiad
  
  The 13th Chess Olympiad (German: Die 13. Schacholympiade), organized by FIDE and comprising an open team tournament, as well as several other events designed to promote the game of chess, took place between September 30 and October 23, 1958, in Munich, West Germany.
  
  The Soviet team with 6 GMs, led by world champion Botvinnik, lived up to expectations and won their fourth gold medals in a row, with Yugoslavia and Argentina taking the silver and bronze, respectively. The West German hosts finished 7th, right behind rivals East Germany. The two neighbouring nations were tied on both game and match points, but the East Germans had won the match between the two.
  
  ## Results
  
  ### Preliminaries
  
  A total of 36 teams entered the competition and were divided into four preliminary groups of nine teams each. The top three from each group advanced to Final A, the teams placed 4th–6th to Final B, and no. 7–9 to Final C. All groups and finals were played as round-robin tournaments.
  
  Group 1 was won by the Soviet hosts, well ahead of Bulgaria and Austria. The Netherlands, Denmark, and France took the places 4–6, while Italy, Puerto Rico, and Ireland finished at the bottom of the group.
  
  Spain caused a small surprise by taking first place in group 2, ahead of the resurrected US team and the host nation. Finland, Iceland, and Israel made up the middle part of the group, while Norway, South Africa, and Iran had to settle for the bottom.
  
  Group 3 was won by Argentina, ahead of East Germany and England. Traditional chess power Hungary surprisingly had to settle for Final B, along with Poland and Colombia. Meanwhile, The Philippines, Scotland, and Lebanon finished at the bottom of the group.
  
  Czechoslovakia clinched group 4, ahead of Yugoslavia and Switzerland. Canada, Sweden, and Belgium made up the middle part of the group, while Portugal, Tunisia, and Greece completed the field.
  
  * Group 1:
  
  | Final | Country | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | + | − | = | Points |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | «A» | Soviet Union | - | 3½ | 2½ | 2½ | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3½ | 4 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 27 |
  | «A» | Bulgaria | ½ | - | 3 | 1½ | 2 | 4 | 3½ | 3½ | 3½ | 5 | 2 | 1 | 21½ |
  | «A» | Austria | 1½ | 1 | - | 2 | 2½ | 2½ | 4 | 3½ | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 21 |
  | «B» | Netherlands | 1½ | 2½ | 2 | - | 1½ | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 20½ |
  | «B» | Denmark | 1 | 2 | 1½ | 2½ | - | 1½ | 1½ | 2½ | 4 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 16½ |
  | «B» | France | 0 | 0 | 1½ | 1 | 2½ | - | 2 | 3½ | 4 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 14½ |
  | «C» | Italy | 0 | ½ | 0 | 1 | 2½ | 2 | - | 3½ | 1½ | 2 | 5 | 1 | 11 |
  | «C» | Puerto Rico | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1½ | ½ | ½ | - | 3 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 8 |
  | «C» | Ireland | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2½ | 1 | - | 1 | 7 | 0 | 4 |
  
  * Group 2:
  
  | Final | Country | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | + | − | = | Points |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | «A» | Spain | - | 2 | 2½ | 3 | 2½ | 3 | 3½ | 3½ | 3½ | 7 | 0 | 1 | 23½ |
  | «A» | United States | 2 | - | 1½ | 3½ | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3½ | 3½ | 6 | 1 | 1 | 23 |
  | «A» | West Germany | 1½ | 2½ | - | 2 | 3 | 1½ | 4 | 4 | 3½ | 5 | 2 | 1 | 22 |
  | «B» | Finland | 1 | ½ | 2 | - | 2 | 3 | 2½ | 1½ | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 15½ |
  | «B» | Iceland | 1½ | 1 | 1 | 2 | - | 2½ | 2 | 2 | 3½ | 2 | 3 | 3 | 15½ |
  | «B» | Israel | 1 | 1 | 2½ | 1 | 1½ | - | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 15 |
  | «C» | Norway | ½ | 1 | 0 | 1½ | 2 | 2 | - | 2½ | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 11½ |
  | «C» | South Africa | ½ | ½ | 0 | 2½ | 2 | 1 | 1½ | - | 2½ | 5 | 2 | 1 | 10½ |
  | «C» | Iran | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | 2 | 1½ | - | 0 | 7 | 1 | 7½ |
  
  * Group 3:
  
  | Final | Country | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | + | − | = | Points |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | «A» | Argentina | - | 2½ | 1½ | 2½ | 2 | 3 | 3½ | 4 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 23 |
  | «A» | East Germany | 1½ | - | 3 | 2 | 2½ | 3 | 2½ | 2½ | 4 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 21 |
  | «A» | England | 2½ | 1 | - | 1½ | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 20 |
  | «B» | Hungary | 1½ | 2 | 2½ | - | 2½ | 1 | 3½ | 3½ | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 19½ |
  | «B» | Poland | 2 | 1½ | 1 | 1½ | - | 2 | 3½ | 3½ | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 19 |
  | «B» | Colombia | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | - | 1½ | 2½ | 3½ | 3 | 3 | 2 | 16½ |
  | «C» | Philippines | ½ | 1½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | 2½ | - | 2 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 12½ |
  | «C» | Scotland | 0 | 1½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1½ | 2 | - | 3 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 10 |
  | «C» | Lebanon | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 1 | - | 0 | 8 | 0 | 2½ |
  
  * Group 4:
  
  | Final | Country | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | + | − | = | Points |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | «A» | Czechoslovakia | - | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2½ | 4 | 3½ | 4 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 25 |
  | «A» | Yugoslavia | 2 | - | 2 | 4 | 2½ | 2½ | 3½ | 4 | 3½ | 6 | 0 | 2 | 24 |
  | «A» | Switzerland | 1 | 2 | - | 1½ | 2½ | 4 | 3½ | 4 | 1½ | 4 | 3 | 1 | 20 |
  | «B» | Canada | 2 | 0 | 2½ | - | 2½ | 3 | 2 | 3½ | 3½ | 5 | 1 | 2 | 19 |
  | «B» | Sweden | 1½ | 1½ | 1½ | 1½ | - | 3½ | 4 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 18½ |
  | «B» | Belgium | 0 | 1½ | 0 | 1 | ½ | - | 2½ | 2½ | 2½ | 3 | 5 | 0 | 10½ |
  | «C» | Portugal | ½ | ½ | ½ | 2 | 0 | 1½ | - | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 10 |
  | «C» | Tunisia | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 2 | 1½ | 2 | - | 3½ | 1 | 5 | 2 | 9½ |
  | «C» | Greece | 0 | ½ | 2½ | ½ | 1 | 1½ | 1 | ½ | - | 1 | 7 | 0 | 7½ |
  
  ### Final
  
      Final A #CountryPlayersPointsMPHTH 1 Soviet UnionBotvinnik, Smyslov, Keres, Bronstein, Tal, Petrosian34½ 2 YugoslaviaGligorić, Matanović, Ivkov, Trifunović, Đurašević, Fuderer29 3 ArgentinaPilnik, Panno, Eliskases, Redolfi, Sanguineti, Emma25½ 4 United StatesReshevsky, Lombardy, Bisguier, Evans, Rossolimo24 5 CzechoslovakiaPachman, Filip, Fichtl, Kozma, Rejfíř, Šefc2212 6 East GermanyUhlmann, Malich, Dittmann, Bertholdt, Fuchs, Pietzsch22113½ 7 West GermanyUnzicker, Tröger, Schmid, Darga, Pfeiffer, Lehmann2211½ 8 SwitzerlandKupper, Blau, Keller, Walther, Nievergelt, Bhend19 9 SpainPomar, Pérez, Torán Albero, Farre, Albareda, Lladó Lumbera17½ 10 BulgariaNeikirch, Bobotsov, Minev, Milev, Tringov, Padevsky17 11 EnglandAlexander, Penrose, Golombek, Clarke, Wade16 12 AustriaDückstein, Prameshuber, Stöckl, Beni, Lokvenc15½
      Final B #CountryPlayersPointsMP 13 HungarySzabó, Barcza, Portisch, Bilek, Honfi, Forintos31 14 NetherlandsEuwe, Donner, Prins, van den Berg, Kramer, Roessel28 15 CanadaYanofsky, Anderson, Vaitonis, Füster, Joyner, Siemms24½17 16 ColombiaCuéllar, Sánchez, de Greiff, Martín24½13 17 IsraelPorat, Czerniak, Aloni, Smiltiner, Pilshchik, Kraidman23½ 18 DenmarkLarsen, Andersen, Enevoldsen J., Pedersen, Ravn, Enevoldsen H.23 19 PolandŚliwa, Tarnowski, Szukszta, Witkowski, Kostro, Brzózka22½ 20 SwedenStåhlberg, Johansson, Sterner, Nilsson, Arnlind, Hörberg21 21 FinlandOjanen, Böök, Rantanen, Fred, Koskinen, Hällström19 22 IcelandJóhannsson, Pálmason, Thorbergsson, Jónsson, Guðmundsson, Kristjánsson18 23 FranceRaizman, Boutteville, Bergraser, Lemoine, Catozzi, Noradounguian15 24 BelgiumDunkelblum, Franck, Van Schoor, Van den Broeck, Beyen, Weltjens13½
      Final C #CountryPlayersPointsMPHTH 25 NorwayRojahn, Vestøl, Ofstad, Bøckman, Lindblom, Halvorsen30 26 PhilippinesCardoso, Campomanes, Borja, Aldecoa29½ 27 South AfricaHeidenfeld, Dreyer, Kirby, Grivainis, Isaacson, Stern28 28 ItalyPrimavera, Romani, Norcia, Palmiotto, Laco, Contedini26½ 29 ScotlandFairhurst, Aitken, Macleod, Perkins, Beckingham E., Thomson25½ 30 GreeceSyngellakis, Angos, Panagopoulos, Sakellaropoulos, Anastasopoulos, Zografakis25 31 PortugalDurão, Oliveira, Ribeiro, Gonçalves, Pereira, Cardoso23 32 IranSafvat, Mashian, Pakdaman, Lotfy, Navabi, Assar20 33 Puerto RicoCintrón, Benítez, Reissmann, Llavandero, Azúar, Vissepó14½42½ 34 IrelandWalsh, Reilly, Canton B., Loughrey, Russell A., Reid14½41½ 35 TunisiaLagha, Harrouchi, Kchouk, Ennigrou, Mohsen14 36 LebanonChalabi, Gabriel, Tarazi, Allam, Succar13½
  
  Final A
  
  | No. | Country | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | + | − | = | Points |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Soviet Union | - | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3½ | 4 | 2½ | 3½ | 3½ | 3½ | 4 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 34½ |
  | 2 | Yugoslavia | 2 | - | 2½ | 2½ | 3 | 3½ | 2½ | 3½ | 2½ | 2½ | 2½ | 2 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 29 |
  | 3 | Argentina | 2 | 1½ | - | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2½ | 3 | 2 | 2½ | 2 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 25½ |
  | 4 | United States | 2 | 1½ | 2 | - | 2 | 2 | 2½ | 2½ | 2½ | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 24 |
  | 5 | Czechoslovakia | ½ | 1 | 2 | 2 | - | 2½ | 1½ | 3 | 2 | 2½ | 3 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 22 |
  | 6 | East Germany | 0 | ½ | 1 | 2 | 1½ | - | 3½ | 2½ | 1½ | 3 | 2½ | 4 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 22 |
  | 7 | West Germany | 1½ | 1½ | 1 | 1½ | 2½ | ½ | - | 3 | 3½ | 2 | 2½ | 2½ | 5 | 5 | 1 | 22 |
  | 8 | Switzerland | ½ | ½ | 1½ | 1½ | 1 | 1½ | 1 | - | 3 | 2½ | 2½ | 3½ | 4 | 7 | 0 | 19 |
  | 9 | Spain | ½ | 1½ | 1 | 1½ | 2 | 2½ | ½ | 1 | - | 2 | 2½ | 2½ | 3 | 6 | 2 | 17½ |
  | 10 | Bulgaria | ½ | 1½ | 2 | 2 | 1½ | 1 | 2 | 1½ | 2 | - | 1½ | 1½ | 0 | 7 | 4 | 17 |
  | 11 | England | 0 | 1½ | 1½ | 1 | 1 | 1½ | 1½ | 1½ | 1½ | 2½ | - | 2½ | 2 | 9 | 0 | 16 |
  | 12 | Austria | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1½ | ½ | 1½ | 2½ | 1½ | - | 1 | 6 | 4 | 15½ |
  
  Final B
  
  | No. | Country | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | + | − | = | Points |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 13 | Hungary | - | 3½ | 1½ | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3½ | 2½ | 2½ | 2½ | 4 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 31 |
  | 14 | Netherlands | ½ | - | 3½ | 2½ | 2½ | 2½ | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2½ | 3½ | 9 | 1 | 1 | 28½ |
  | 15 | Canada | 2½ | ½ | - | 1 | 2 | 2½ | 2½ | 2½ | 2½ | 2½ | 3½ | 2½ | 8 | 2 | 1 | 24½ |
  | 16 | Colombia | 2 | 1½ | 3 | - | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1½ | 2 | 3½ | 2½ | 2½ | 5 | 3 | 3 | 24½ |
  | 17 | Israel | 2 | 1½ | 2 | 1 | - | 3½ | 1½ | 1½ | 2½ | 2½ | 2½ | 3 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 23½ |
  | 18 | Denmark | 1 | 1½ | 1½ | 3 | ½ | - | 1½ | 2 | 4 | 2½ | 2 | 3½ | 4 | 5 | 2 | 23 |
  | 19 | Poland | ½ | 1 | 1½ | 2 | 2½ | 2½ | - | 3 | 1½ | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 22½ |
  | 20 | Sweden | 1½ | 2 | 1½ | 2½ | 2½ | 2 | 1 | - | 2½ | 2 | 1½ | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 21 |
  | 21 | Finland | 1½ | 1 | 1½ | 2 | 1½ | 0 | 2½ | 1½ | - | 3 | 2 | 2½ | 3 | 6 | 2 | 19 |
  | 22 | Iceland | 1½ | 1 | 1½ | ½ | 1½ | 1½ | 2 | 2 | 1 | - | 3 | 2½ | 2 | 7 | 2 | 18 |
  | 23 | France | 0 | 1½ | ½ | 1½ | 1½ | 2 | 1 | 2½ | 2 | 1 | - | 1½ | 1 | 8 | 2 | 15 |
  | 24 | Belgium | 0 | ½ | 1½ | 1½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | 2 | 1½ | 1½ | 2½ | - | 1 | 9 | 1 | 13½ |
  
  Final C
  
  | No. | Country | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | + | − | = | Points |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 25 | Norway | - | 1½ | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2½ | 2 | 3 | 2½ | 4 | 3½ | 8 | 1 | 2 | 30 |
  | 26 | Philippines | 2½ | - | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 3½ | 3 | 2½ | 7 | 0 | 4 | 29½ |
  | 27 | South Africa | 2 | 2 | - | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2½ | 2½ | 4 | 3½ | 2½ | 6 | 0 | 5 | 28 |
  | 28 | Italy | 1 | 2 | 2 | - | 2½ | 1½ | 1½ | 3 | 3 | 2½ | 4 | 3½ | 6 | 3 | 2 | 26½ |
  | 29 | Scotland | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1½ | - | 2 | 2½ | 2½ | 3½ | 4 | 2 | 3½ | 5 | 3 | 3 | 25½ |
  | 30 | Greece | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2½ | 2 | - | 2½ | 2½ | 2½ | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 25 |
  | 31 | Portugal | 1½ | 1 | 1 | 2½ | 1½ | 1½ | - | 2½ | 2 | 2½ | 3½ | 3½ | 5 | 5 | 1 | 23 |
  | 32 | Iran | 2 | 2 | 1½ | 1 | 1½ | 1½ | 1½ | - | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 20 |
  | 33 | Puerto Rico | 1 | 0 | 1½ | 1 | ½ | 1½ | 2 | 1 | - | 2½ | 1½ | 2 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 14½ |
  | 34 | Ireland | 1½ | ½ | 0 | 1½ | 0 | 2 | 1½ | 3 | 1½ | - | 1 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 14½ |
  | 35 | Tunisia | 0 | 1 | ½ | 0 | 2 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 2½ | 3 | - | 2½ | 3 | 7 | 1 | 14 |
  | 36 | Lebanon | ½ | 1½ | 1½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1½ | - | 0 | 8 | 3 | 13½ |
  
  ### Individual medals
  
  * Board 1: Svetozar Gligorić 12 / 15 = 80.0%
  * Board 2: Frank Anderson 10½ / 13 = 80.8%
  * Board 3: Paul Keres 9½ / 12 = 79.2%
  * Board 4: David Bronstein 9½ / 12 = 79.2%
  * 1st reserve: Mikhail Tal 13½ / 15 = 90.0%
  * 2nd reserve: Tigran Petrosian and Győző Forintos 10½ / 13 = 80.8%
  