12th Chess Olympiad
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The 12th Chess Olympiad, organized by the FIDE and comprising a team tournament, took place between August 31 and September 25, 1956, in Moscow, Soviet Union.
The official logo of the Olympiad
Aleksandar Matanović
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Aleksandar Matanović was a Serbian chess grandmaster, one of the leading Yugoslav players in the 1950s to 1970s. In 1966 he founded the company Chess Informant, which publishes regular game collection
12th Chess Olympiad
…1 - 1 7 0 8½ Final Final A # Country Players Points MP 1 Soviet Union Botvinnik, Smyslov, Keres, Bronstein, Taimanov, Geller 31 2 Yugoslavia Gligorić, Matanović, Ivkov, Karaklajić, Milić, Đurašević 26½ 17 3 Hungary Szabó, Barcza, Benkő, Szilágyi, Bély, Portisch 26½ 16 4 Argentina Najdorf, Bolbochán, Panno…
Matanović competing in 1961