bin . ▁K eres ▁finished ▁joint ▁third , ▁with ▁ 1 0 ½ ▁out ▁of ▁ 2 0 ▁points . ▁In ▁his ▁individual ▁match ▁with ▁the ▁winner , ▁Bot v inn ik , ▁he ▁lost ▁four ▁of ▁five ▁games , ▁winning ▁only ▁in ▁the ▁last ▁round ▁when ▁the ▁tournament ' s ▁result ▁was ▁already ▁determined . ▁ ▁Since ▁K eres ▁lost ▁his ▁first ▁four ▁games ▁against ▁Bot v inn ik ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 9 4 8 ▁tournament , ▁susp ic ions ▁have ▁sometimes ▁been ▁raised ▁that ▁K eres ▁was ▁forced ▁to ▁" throw " ▁games ▁to ▁allow ▁Bot v inn ik ▁to ▁win ▁the ▁championship . ▁Ch ess ▁historian ▁Taylor ▁King ston ▁investig ated ▁all ▁the ▁available ▁evidence ▁and ▁arguments , ▁and ▁concluded ▁that : ▁Soviet ▁ch ess ▁officials ▁gave ▁K eres ▁strong ▁hints ▁that ▁he ▁should ▁not ▁h inder ▁Bot v inn ik ' s ▁attempt ▁to ▁win ▁the ▁World ▁Championship ; ▁Bot v inn ik ▁only ▁discovered ▁this ▁about ▁half way ▁through ▁the ▁tournament ▁and ▁protest ed ▁so ▁strongly ▁that ▁he ▁anger ed ▁Soviet ▁officials ; ▁K eres ▁probably ▁did ▁not ▁deliber ately ▁lose ▁games ▁to ▁Bot v inn ik ▁or ▁anyone ▁else ▁in ▁the ▁tournament . ▁ ▁K eres ▁finished ▁second ▁or ▁equal ▁second ▁in ▁four ▁straight ▁C andid ates ' ▁tournament s ▁( 1 9 5 3 , ▁ 1 9 5 6 , ▁ 1 9 5 9 , ▁ 1 9 6 2 ), ▁making ▁him ▁the ▁player ▁with ▁the ▁most ▁runner - up ▁finish es