Wereldkampioenschap dammen 1956
Het toernooi om het wereldkampioenschap dammen 1956 vond plaats van maandag 5 november 1956 tot en met zaterdag 1 december 1956 in verschillende plaatsen in Nederland. Het kampioenschap, dat bestond uit 19 ronden, werd gewonnen door de Canadees Marcel Deslauriers, die met 27 punten één punt voorsprong had op de Nederlander Reinier Cornelis Keller.
Eindstand
| Rang | Land | Naam | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | AW | Wi | Re | Ve | Pnt | SB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | .svg.png){kind=small} CAN | Marcel Deslauriers | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 27 | 441 | |
| 2 |  NED | Reinier Cornelis Keller | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 26 | 428 | |
| 3 | NED | Jan Bom | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 24 | 395 | |
| NED | Piet Roozenburg | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 24 | 381 | ||
| 5 | NED | Geert van Dijk | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 23 | 386 | |
| 6 | NED | Wim de Jong | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 22 | 362 | |
| 7 |  FRA | Claude Gournier | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 21 | 316 | |
| FRA | Abel Verse | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 21 | 337 | ||
| 9 | NED | Wim Huisman | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 3 | 14 | 1 | 20 | 346 | |
| 10 | FRA | Michel Hisard | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 19 | 289 | |
| FRA | Li Tchoan King | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 19 | 321 | ||
| 12 | .svg.png){kind=small} BEL | Hugo Verpoest | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 2 | 13 | 3 | 17 | 282 | |
| 13 | FRA | Pierre Dionis | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 0 | 14 | 4 | 14 | 235 | |
| 14 |  MAR | Joseph Mérono | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 13 | 198 | |
| SUR | Jacques Amzand | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 13 | 191 | ||
| 16 |  ALG | Marcel Navarro | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 12 | 191 | |
.svg.png){kind=small} SUI | Roland Forclaz | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 12 | 188 | ||
| 18 | BEL | Maurice Verleene | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 9 | 137 | |
| 19 |  ITA | Edmondo Fanelli | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 0 | 6 | 12 | 6 | 86 |
Rondes
| ronde | dag | datum | plaats |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | maandag | 5 november 1956 | Amsterdam |
| 2 | woensdag | 7 november 1956 | Leeuwarden |
| 3 | donderdag | 8 november 1956 | Groningen |
| 4 | zaterdag | 10 november 1956 | Hengelo |
| 5 | maandag | 12 november 1956 | Zwolle |
| 6 | dinsdag | 13 november 1956 | Zutphen |
| 7 | woensdag | 14 november 1956 | Arnhem |
| 8 | vrijdag | 16 november 1956 | Tilburg |
| 9 | zaterdag | 17 november 1956 | Roosendaal |
| 10 | maandag | 19 november 1956 | Middelburg |
| 11 | dinsdag | 20 november 1956 | Goes |
| 12 | donderdag | 22 november 1956 | Dordrecht |
| 13 | vrijdag | 23 november 1956 | Rotterdam |
| 14 | zaterdag | 24 november 1956 | Den Haag |
| 15 | maandag | 26 november 1956 | Leiden |
| 16 | dinsdag | 27 november 1956 | Utrecht |
| 17 | donderdag | 29 november 1956 | Zaandam |
| 18 | vrijdag | 30 november 1956 | Santpoort |
| 19 | zaterdag | 1 december 1956 | Haarlem |
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