Mirotvor Schwartz

CHESS HISTORY ON STAMPS (1950-1959)

This is a part of my “ HISTORY ON STAMPS” thematic exhibit. It covers events that took place during the 1950s (from 1950 to 1959).

Hungarian Championship 1950 (postponed from 1949) (Budapest)

1.Gedeon Barcza

(2.Ferenc Koberl, 3-4.Jozsef Pogats, Gyorgy Szilagyi)

Women's Hungarian Championship 1950 (Tatabanya)

1.Jozsa Langos

(2.Marta Vanyi, 3.Erzebet Finta)

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Candidates Tournament 1950 (Budapest)

1. (USSR)

2.Isaac Boleslavsky (USSR)

8-10.Andor Lilienthal (USSR)

8-10.Laszlo Szabo (Hungary)

(3. (USSR))

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Olympiad 1950 ()

1. (Svetozar Gligoric, , Petar Trifunovic, , Jr, Stojan Puc)

(2.Argentina, 3.West Germany)

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Hungarian Championship 1950 (Budapest)

1.Laszlo Szabo

(2.Gedeon Barcza, 3.Pal Benko)

Lucerne International Tournament 1950/51

1-2. (Netherlands)

(NOTE: This pertains to the image on the left only).

(1-2.Hermann Pilnik (Argentina), 3-4.Alberto Mario Giustolisi (Italy), Martin Christoffel (Switzerland))

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Women's Hungarian Championship 1951 (Budapest)

1.Jozsa Langos

(2.Belane Kertesz, 3-4.Klara Dancs, Erzebet Finta)

World Championship 1951 ()

Game 23: Mikhail Botvinnik (USSR) - David Bronstein (USSR) 1:0

Botvinnik - Bronstein 12:12

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Women’s Soviet Championship 1951 (Kyiv)

1.Kira Zvorykina

(2.Olga Ignatieva, 3-4.Valentina Borisenko, Larisa Volpert)

Hungarian Championship 1951 (Budapest)

1.Gedeon Barcza

(2.Laszlo Szabo, 3.Elek Bakonyi)

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Geza Maroczy Memorial 1952 (Budapest)

1. (USSR)

6.Laszlo Szabo (Hungary)

(2.Efim Geller (USSR), 3-5.Gideon Stahlberg (Sweden), Mikhail Botvinnik (USSR), Vasily Smyslov (USSR))

Olympiad 1952 ()

6.Hungary (Laszlo Szabo, Gedeon Barcza, Jozsef Szily, Tibor Florian, Jozsef Pogats, Istvan Molnar)

(1.USSR, 2.Argentina, 3.Yugoslavia)

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Interzonal Tournament 1952 (Saltsjobaden)

15.Gedeon Barcza (Hungary)

(Qualified for 1953: 1.Alexander Kotov (USSR), 2-3.Mark Taimanov (USSR), Tigran Petrosian (USSR), 4.Efim Geller (USSR), 5.Yuri Averbakh (USSR), 6.Gideon Stahlberg (Sweden), 7.Laszlo Szabo (Hungary), 8.Svetozar Gligoric (Yugoslavia))

Women’s Candidates Tournament 1952 (Moscow)

8-10.Jozsa Langos (Hungary)

(1. (USSR), 2-3.Fenny Heemskerk (Netherlands), Olga Ignatieva (USSR))

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Hungarian Championship 1952 (Budapest)

1.Laszlo Szabo

(2.Gedeon Barcza, 3.Lajos Tipary)

Women's Hungarian Championship 1952 (Budapest)

1.Jozsa Langos

(2.Belane Kertesz, 3-4.Lujza Gurszky, Iren Honsch)

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Bucharest International Tournament 1953

Boris Spassky (USSR) - Vasily Smyslov (USSR) 1:0

(don’t mind Wilhelm Steinitz’s pic, it was supposed to be Spassky’s)

3.Vasily Smyslov (USSR)

4-6.Boris Spassky (USSR)

(1.Alexander Tolush (USSR), 2.Tigran Petrosian (USSR))

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Women’s World Championship 1953 (Moscow)

Lyudmila Rudenko (USSR) - Elisaveta Bykova (USSR) 6:8

Elisaveta Bykova became the third women’s world champion.

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Candidates Tournament 1953 (Zurich)

13.Svetozar Gligoric (Yugoslavia)

(1.Vasily Smyslov (USSR), 2-4.David Bronstein (USSR), Paul Keres (USSR), Samuel Reshevsky (USA))

Hungarian Championship 1953 (Budapest)

1.Bela Sandor

(2.Gyula Kluger, 3-4.Gedeon Barcza, Lajos Tipary)

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Women's Hungarian Championship 1953 (Budapest)

1.Zoltanne Herendi

(2.Borbala Bradt, 3.Brigitta Sinka)

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Women’s Soviet Championship 1953 (Rostov-on-Don)

1.Kira Zvorykina

(2.Lyudmila Rudenko, 3-5.Valentina Borisenko, Larisa Volpert, Olga Semenova-Tyan-Shanskaya)

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Yugoslav Championship 1953 ()

1-3.Vasja Pirc

(1-3.Braslav Rabar, )

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World Championship 1954 (Moscow)

Game 12: Mikhail Botvinnik (USSR) - Vasily Smyslov (USSR) 1:0

Botvinnik - Smyslov 12:12

Hungarian Championship 1954 (Budapest)

1.Laszlo Szabo

(2.Pal Benko, 3-4.Gedeon Barcza, Miklos Bely)

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Olympiad 1954 ()

3.Yugoslavia (Vasja Pirc, Svetozar Gligoric, Petar Trifunovic, Braslav Rabar, Andrija Fuderer, Aleksandar Matanovic)

6.Hungary (Laszlo Szabo, Gyula Kluger, Gedeon Barcza, Bela Sandor, Erno Gereben)

(1.USSR, 2.Argentina)

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Women's Hungarian Championship 1954 (Budapest)

1.Belane Kertesz

2.Josza Langos

(3.Borbala Bradt)

Hungarian Championship 1955 (Budapest)

1.Gedeon Barcza

(2.Laszlo Szabo, 3-4.Gyorgy Szilagyi, Pal Benko)

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Women’s Championship 1955

1-2.Katarina Jovanovic

Women's Hungarian Championship 1955 (Budapest)

1.Erzebet Finta

(2.Brigitta Sinka, 3.Edit Lang)

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World Student Team Championship 1955 (Lyon)

3.Hungary

Gyozo Forintos (Hungary)

(1.USSR, 2.Yugoslavia)

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Team Match 1955 (Budapest)

Hungary - USSR 12:20

Pal Benko (Budapest), top performer on the Hungarian team

Team Match 1955 (Moscow)

Samuel Reshevsky (USA) - Mikhail Botvinnik (USSR) 1:0

Overall: Reshevsky - Botvinnik 2½ : 1½

USSR - USA 25:7

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Women’s Candidates Tournament 1955 (Moscow)

14.Eva Kertesz (Hungary)

(1. (USSR), 2.Larisa Volpert (USSR), 3.Edith Keller-Herrmann (East Germany))

Women’s Zagreb International Tournament 1955

1.Jozsa Langos (Hungary)

(2-3.Milunka Lazarevic (Yugoslavia))

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World Deaf and Mute Championship 1956 (Zakopane)

(1.Mojmir Svabensky (Czechoslovakia), 2.Atanas Nedev (Bulgaria), 3.Roland Walter (West Germany))

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World Student Team Championship 1956 (Uppsala, Sweden)

2.Hungary

Istvan Bilek (Hungary)

Gyozo Forintos (Hungary)

(1.USSR, 3.Yugoslavia)

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Candidates Tournament 1956 (Amsterdam)

3-7.Laszlo Szabo (Hungary)

(1.Vasily Smyslov (USSR), 2.Paul Keres (USSR))

U.S. Junior Chess Championship 1956 (Philadelphia)

1.Robert James Fischer (USA)

(2-3.Charles Henin, Arthur Feuerstein)

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Olympiad 1956 (Moscow)

2.Yugoslavia (Svetozar Gligoric, Aleksandar Matanovic, , Nikola Karaklajic, Borislav Milic, Bozidar Djurasevic)

3.Hungary (Pal Benko, )

(1.USSR)

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Women’s World Championship 1956 (Moscow)

1.Olga Rubtsova (USSR)

(2.Elisaveta Bykova (USSR), 3.Lyudmila Rudenko (USSR))

Olga Rubtsova became the fourth women’s world champion.

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Rosenwald Trophy 1956 (New York)

Donald Byrne (USA) - Robert James Fischer (USA) 0:1

5-7.Donald Byrne (USA)

8-10.Robert James Fischer (USA)

(1.Samuel Reshevsky (USA), 2.Arthur Bisguier (USA), 3-4.Edmar J. Mednis (USA), Arthur Feuerstein (USA))

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Women’s Soviet Championship 1956 (Dnepropetrovsk)

1.Kira Zvorykina

(2.Larisa Volpert, 3.Valentina Borisenko)

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Women's Hungarian Championship 1956 (Budapest)

1.Belane Kertesz

2.Iren Honsch

(3.Jozsa Langos)

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Hungarian Championship 1957 (postponed from 1956) (Budapest)

1.Gedeon Barcza

2-3.Istvan Bilek

(2-3.Pal Benko)

Soviet Championship 1957 (Moscow)

1.Mikhail Tal

(2-3.David Bronstein, Paul Keres)

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World Championship 1957 (Moscow)

Game 17: Mikhail Botvinnik (USSR) - Vasily Smyslov (USSR) 0:1

Botvinnik - Smyslov 9½ : 12½

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Vasily Smyslov became the seventh world champion.

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Women’s Olympiad 1957 (Emmen, Netherlands)

1.USSR (Kira Zvorykina)

4.Hungary (Iren Honsch, Eva Kertesz)

(2.Romania, 3.East Germany)

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Women's Hungarian Championship 1957 (Budapest)

1.Iren Honsch

(2.Brigitta Sinka, 3.Belane Kertesz)

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U.S. Championship 1957/58 (New York)

1.Bobby Fischer (qualified for Interzonal Tournament 1958)

(2.Samuel Reshevsky, 3.James Sherwin)

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Hungarian Championship 1958 (postponed from 1957) (Budapest)

1.Lajos Portisch

(2.Karoly Honfi, 3-4.Gedeon Barcza, Gyozo Forintos)

Soviet Championship 1958 (Riga)

1.Mikhail Tal

(2.Tigran Petrosian, 3.David Bronstein)

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Women’s World Championship 1958 (Moscow)

Olga Rubtsova (USSR) - Elisaveta Bykova (USSR) 5½ : 8½

Elisaveta Bykova regained her women’s world champion title.

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World Championship 1958 (Moscow)

Vasily Smyslov (USSR) - Mikhail Botvinnik (USSR) 10½ : 12½

Mikhail Botvinnik regained his world champion title.

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Women's Hungarian Championship 1958 (Budapest)

1.Istvanne Bilek

(2.Gyulane Karakas, 3-4.Erzebet Finta, Jozsa Langos)

World Student Team Championship 1958 (Varna)

(1.USSR, 2.Bulgaria, 3.Czechoslovakia)

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Interzonal Tournament 1958 (Portoroz, Yugoslavia)

Fridrik Olafsson (Iceland) - Bobby Fischer (USA) 1:0

Svetozar Gligoric (Yugoslavia) - Bobby Fischer (USA) ½ : ½

1.Mikhail Tal (USSR) (qualified for Candidates Tournament 1959)

2.Svetozar Gligoric (Yugoslavia) (qualified for Candidates Tournament 1959)

5-6.Fridrik Olafsson (Iceland), Bobby Fischer (USA) (both qualified for Candidates Tournament 1959)

(Also qualified for Candidates Tournament 1959: 3-4.Tigran Petrosian, Pal Benko)

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Olympiad 1958 ()

Svetozar Gligoric (Yugoslavia), Best Performance on Board One

2.Yugoslavia

13.Hungary (Laszlo Szabo, Gedeon Barcza, Lajos Portisch, Istvan Bilek, Karoly Honfi, Gyozo Forintos)

(1.USSR, 3.Argentina)

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Hungarian Championship 1958 (Budapest)

1.Lajos Portisch

(2.Laszlo Szabo, 3.Gedeon Barcza)

Correspondence Olympiad 1958-61

2.Hungary (Janos Balogh, Jozsef Szily, Karoly Honfi, Ervin Haag, Nandor Dalko, Sandor Brilla-Banfalvi)

(1.USSR, 3.Yugoslavia)

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Women’s Candidates Tournament 1959 (Plovdiv)

7.Eva Ladanyike-Karakas (Hungary)

(1.Kira Zvorykina (USSR), 2.Verica Nedeljkovic (Yugoslavia), 3.Larisa Volpert (USSR))

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World Student Team Championship 1959 (Budapest)

3.Hungary

Istvan Bilek (Hungary)

Gyozo Forintos (Hungary)

(1.Bulgaria, 2.USSR)

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Candidates Tournament 1959 (Bled – Zagreb – Belgrade)

Mikhail Tal (USSR) - Vasily Smyslov (USSR) 1:0

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1.Mikhail Tal (USSR)

4.Vasily Smyslov (USSR)

8.Pal Benko

(2.Paul Keres (USSR), 3.Tigran Petrosian (USSR))

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Women's Hungarian Championship 1959 (Budapest)

1.Jenone Sillye

(2.Karolyne Honfi, 3.Istvanne Bilek)

Hungarian Championship 1959 (Budapest)

1.Laszlo Szabo

(2.Gedeon Barcza, 3.Lajos Portisch)

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Women’s World Championship 1959/60 (Moscow)

Elisaveta Bykova (USSR) - Kira Zvorykina (USSR) 8½ : 4½

1940-1949 1960-1969

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