ZURICH 1959

TOURNAMENT · ROUND ORDER

Replay all 15 chess games from Zurich 1959. This collection follows the event's recorded round order; search by player, opening, or date and download any game as PGN. Read about Zurich 1959 →

ROUND ORDER PLAYERS RESULT MOVES OPENINGS ROUND
1959.05.19
Walther, Edgar vs Fischer, Robert James
1/2-1/2 67 Sicilian Defense: Najdorf Variation, Main Line ROUND 1
1959.05.20
Fischer, Robert James vs Bhend, Edwin
1-0 40 Sicilian Defense: Hyperaccelerated Dragon ROUND 2
1959.05.21
Olafsson, Fridrik vs Fischer, Robert James
0-1 40 King's Indian Defense: Petrosian Variation, Normal Defense ROUND 3
1959.05.23
Fischer, Robert James vs Kupper, Josef
1-0 25 Sicilian Defense: Sozin Attack, Leonhardt Variation ROUND 4
1959.05.24
Blau, Max vs Fischer, Robert James
1/2-1/2 23 Sicilian Defense: Moscow Variation, Main Line ROUND 5
1959.05.26
Fischer, Robert James vs Larsen, Bent
1/2-1/2 92 Caro-Kann Defense: Two Knights Attack, Mindeno Variation ROUND 6
1959.05.27
Dueckstein, Andreas vs Fischer, Robert James
0-1 22 Sicilian Defense: Chekhover Variation ROUND 7
1959.05.28
Fischer, Robert James vs Unzicker, Wolfgang
1-0 65 Ruy Lopez: Closed, Chigorin, Yugoslav System ROUND 8
1959.05.30
Barcza, Gedeon vs Fischer, Robert James
1/2-1/2 95 Zukertort Opening ROUND 9
1959.05.31
Fischer, Robert James vs Nievergelt, Erwin
1-0 42 Sicilian Defense: Sozin Attack, Leonhardt Variation ROUND 10
1959.06.02
Gligoric, Svetozar vs Fischer, Robert James
1-0 39 Sicilian Defense: Najdorf Variation, Main Line ROUND 11
1959.06.03
Fischer, Robert James vs Keres, Paul
1-0 81 Ruy Lopez: Closed, Chigorin Defense, Panov System ROUND 12
1959.06.04
Donner, Jan Hein vs Fischer, Robert James
0-1 44 King's Indian Defense: Fianchetto Variation, Uhlmann-Szabo System ROUND 13
1959.06.06
Fischer, Robert James vs Keller, Dieter
0-1 57 Ruy Lopez: Closed ROUND 14
1959.06.07
Tal, Mihail vs Fischer, Robert James
1/2-1/2 35 Sicilian Defense: Najdorf Variation, Main Line ROUND 15