Author: The Fédération Internationale des Échecs
Year: 1955
Publisher: Claes Forsberg photo studio
Place: Gothenburg
Description:
One sheet black and white press photo. Oblong small octavo (7 1/4" x 9 1/2") With a photo of the 21 participants in the tournament under the flag of FIDE. Back row Unzicker, Keres, Pachman. Front row Szabo,, Panno, Bronxtein, Geller, Spassky, Plinik Petrosian. Original from the photo studio Claes Forsberg.
The Gothenburg interzonal tournament was played between 15th August and 21st September 1955. It was a 21-player round robin, with the top nine players qualifying for the Amsterdam Candidates (1956) tournament. The winner was Bronstein with 15/20 (+10 =10 -0), Keres was second with 13.5, Panno had 13, Petrosian 12.5, Geller and Szabo each had 12 and the other qualifiers were Filip, Pilnik and Spassky with 11. Just missing out with 10.5 were Ilivitsky and Pachman).
Condition: T
he photo is a little faded, has slight signs of wear and below with signs of mounting. Forsberg, Gothenburg on the back. A very good copy of a nice collector's item.