Zurich 1953 was a chess tournament won by Vasily Smyslov. It was a Candidates Tournament for the 1954 World Chess Championship match between Smyslov and Mikhail Botvinnik.
# | Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | Total |
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1 | Vasily Smyslov (USSR) | xx | ½½ | 11 | ½1 | ½½ | 11 | ½½ | ½0 | ½½ | ½½ | ½½ | ½½ | 1½ | 11 | 1½ | 18 |
2 | David Bronstein (USSR) | ½½ | xx | 1½ | 11 | ½½ | ½0 | ½½ | ½½ | 1½ | ½½ | ½½ | 01 | 1½ | ½½ | ½½ | 16 |
3 | Paul Keres (USSR) | 00 | 0½ | xx | ½½ | ½1 | ½1 | ½½ | ½½ | ½½ | 0½ | 11 | 1½ | ½1 | ½½ | 11 | 16 |
4 | Samuel Reshevsky (USA) | ½0 | 00 | ½½ | xx | ½½ | ½½ | ½½ | 10 | ½½ | ½1 | ½1 | 1½ | ½1 | 11 | 1½ | 16 |
5 | Tigran Petrosian (USSR) | ½½ | ½½ | ½0 | ½½ | xx | ½½ | 0½ | ½½ | 00 | ½½ | ½½ | 11 | ½1 | 1½ | 11 | 15 |
6 | Efim Geller (USSR) | 00 | ½1 | ½0 | ½½ | ½½ | xx | 11 | ½0 | 01 | ½½ | 01 | 1½ | ½1 | 01 | ½½ | 14½ |
7 | Miguel Najdorf (Argentina) | ½½ | ½½ | ½½ | ½½ | 1½ | 00 | xx | 1½ | 1½ | ½0 | ½½ | ½½ | ½½ | 0½ | 11 | 14½ |
8 | Alexander Kotov (USSR) | ½1 | ½½ | ½½ | 01 | ½½ | ½1 | 0½ | xx | 10 | 1½ | 00 | 10 | 1½ | 0½ | 01 | 14 |
9 | Mark Taimanov (USSR) | ½½ | 0½ | ½½ | ½½ | 11 | 10 | 0½ | 01 | xx | 10 | ½½ | ½½ | ½0 | 0½ | 11 | 14 |
10 | Yuri Averbakh (USSR) | ½½ | ½½ | 1½ | 0½ | ½½ | ½½ | 1½ | 0½ | 01 | xx | ½½ | ½½ | 0½ | 11 | 00 | 13½ |
11 | Isaac Boleslavsky (USSR) | ½½ | ½½ | 00 | ½0 | ½½ | 10 | ½½ | 11 | ½½ | ½½ | xx | ½0 | ½½ | ½1 | ½½ | 13½ |
12 | Laszlo Szabo (Hungary) | ½½ | 10 | 0½ | 0½ | 00 | 0½ | ½½ | 01 | ½½ | ½½ | ½1 | xx | 1½ | ½½ | 1½ | 13 |
13 | Svetozar Gligorić (Yugoslavia) | 0½ | 0½ | ½0 | ½0 | ½0 | ½0 | ½½ | 0½ | ½1 | 1½ | ½½ | 0½ | xx | ½1 | 11 | 12½ |
14 | Max Euwe (Netherlands) | 00 | ½½ | ½½ | 00 | 0½ | 10 | 1½ | 1½ | 1½ | 00 | ½0 | ½½ | ½0 | xx | 1½ | 11½ |
15 | Gideon Ståhlberg (Sweden) | 0½ | ½½ | 00 | 0½ | 00 | ½½ | 00 | 10 | 00 | 11 | ½½ | 0½ | 00 | 0½ | xx | 8 |