Klaus Viktor Darga, 1953

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1953 World Junior Championship. (Left to right) Klaus Darga, Oscar Panno, and Fridrik Olafsson.

Original b/w via skaksogufelagid, Iceland. For fair use, all credits must be kept intact. Color photo version created by the developer (me, yours truly) of https://best-in-chess.blogspot.com/p/klaus-viktor-darga.html

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July 30 1953

Deseret News, Salt Lake City, Utah, Thursday, July 30, 1953

Junior World Title
Oscar Panno, 18-year-old student from Buenos Aires, officially was declared the world junior chess champion after a first-place tie at 5½ points with Klaus Darga of West Germany in the biennial tournament at Copenhagen last week.
The two leaders kept pace with each other throughout the seven rounds of the finals without losing a game and thereby forced Borislav Ivkov of Yugoslavia, the defender, into third place.
James T. Sherwin of New York defeated Ivkov in the seventh and final round and thus finished in a four way tie for fifth place, Sherwin, the only one of 10 in Group A of the preliminaries to avoid defeat, with three victories and six draws, was far below form in the finals.
THE FINAL STANDINGS

1. Oscar Panno, Argentina     5½-1½
2. Klaus Darga, W. Germany    5½-1½
3. Borislav Ivkov, Yugoslavia 3½-3½
4. Fridrik Olafsson, Iceland  3½-3½
5. Dieter Keller, Switzerland 2½-4½
6. Bent Larsen, Denmark       2½-4½
7. Jonathan Penrose, England  2½-4½
8. James T. Sherwin, U S A    2½-4½

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