This comprehensive chronological reference work lists the results of men’s chess competitions all over the world—individual and team matches, 1956 through 1960. Entries record location and, when available, the group that sponsored the event. First and last names of players are included whenever possible and are standardized for easy reference. Compiled from contemporary sources such as newspapers, periodicals, tournament records and match books, this work contains 1,390 tournament crosstables and 142 match scores. It is indexed by events and by players.

Gino Di Felice is the author of numerous reference books on chess. He works in the food industry and lives in Mosciano Sant’Angelo, Teramo, Italy.

Gino Di Felice
Format: softcover (7 x 10)
Pages: 582
Bibliographic Info: tables, bibliography, indexes
Copyright Date: 2010
pISBN: 978-0-7864-4803-6
eISBN: 978-0-7864-5557-7
Imprint: McFarland

Preface      ix

Symbols and Abbreviations      x

Chess Results, 1956–1960      1

Bibliography      503

Index of Sections      505

Index of Events      506

Index of Players      522

“commendable comprehensive chronological reference work…these books are of major importance for chess history”—Quarterly for Chess History.