| Palma de Mallorca Interzonal (1970) |
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The 1970 Interzonal was held in Palma de Mallorca from November 9-December 12, and was the last Interzonal held as a one-section round robin. With the tournament swelling to 24 players and further expansion on the way, future changes were inevitable. The following players vied for six slots in the candidates matches to be held in 1971: William Addison,
Miroslav Filip,
Robert James Fischer,
Efim Geller,
Svetozar Gligoric,
Vlastimil Hort,
Robert Huebner,
Borislav Ivkov,
Eleazar Jimenez Zerquera,
Bent Larsen,
Milan Matulovic,
Henrique Mecking,
Dragoljub Minic,
Renato Naranja,
Oscar Panno,
Lev Polugaevsky,
Lajos Portisch,
Samuel Reshevsky,
Jorge Rubinetti,
Vasily Smyslov,
Duncan Suttles,
Mark Taimanov,
Wolfgang Uhlmann,
Tudev Ujtumen. Ujtumen from Mongolia, about as outside as an outsider could get, actually held the lead by himself after Round 3. However, reality and Robert J. Fischer set in, as the American quickly soared to a dominating position. The other contenders didn't worry about it too much; after all, you only had to finish in the top six to qualify for the Candidates, and there was even a seventh spot open for a reserve. So they played it safe, while Fischer kept working hard. At the quarter pole following Round 6, Fischer had 5.5 points and a 1.5 point lead on Geller, Gligoric, Larsen, Panno and Ujtumen. But then came a bad stretch: he managed to draw lost positions in round 7 and 8, but Larsen didn't let him off the hook in Round 9. By now the lead had vanished, as Geller joined Fischer at the top with 6.5. That led to the critical Round 12 encounter between the leaders, Geller holding a half-point lead and playing with the White pieces. Any normal grandmaster, when Geller offered an early draw, would have accepted to get an easy half-point closer to qualification. But Fischer, hungry for a win after five rounds without one, refused. Geller played inaccurately and lost a pawn, reaching a difficult rook ending. Eventually, a hallucination and a final mistake sealed his fate, and Fischer took the lead. The rest was a matter of technique: Fischer won two more in a row, took a couple of draws for a breather, then started his famous streak with full points in his last seven games. There was plenty of action for the other qualifying spots, though. When Fischer began his streak in Round 17, he had 11.5 points to Geller's 11.0 while Uhlmann had 10.5, and Taimanov 10.0. Trailing were Gligoric, Hübner, Larsen and Polugaevsky with 9.5, and Mecking and Panno with 9.0. Geller played solidly the rest of the way, making sure of qualifying without trouble. Uhlmann and Taimanov both faded a bit (and played Fischer along the way), while Larsen and Hübner went on winning streaks and Smyslov came out of nowhere back into contention. Going into what became a controversial last round, these were the standings: 17.5: Fischer
15.0: Hübner
14.5: Geller
14.0: Larsen
13.0: Taimanov, Uhlmann
12.5: Gligoric, Panno, Polugaevsky, Portisch, Smyslov
12.0: Mecking
Remember, the top six qualified for the Candidates, with a seventh spot available for a reserve (and with the unpredictable Fischer in the mix, that could become valuable). Fischer, Hübner, Geller and Larsen were sure qualifiers. Taimanov and Uhlmann could be sure of qualifying with a win, but should either fail any of the 12.5s could find leap ahead and even Mecking had a theoretical chance. Uhlmann had White against an outsider in Naranja, and got his point without too much trouble. Taimanov had a theoretically tougher game, but won relatively easily; the kibitzing for Taimanov vs Matulovic, 1970 discusses the rumors that Matulovic's pocketbook was on steroids. That still left the reserve spot, with Portisch and Smyslov winning their games while Gligoric and Polugaevsky drew and Panno was scheduled to play Black against Fischer. Panno, however, refused to play. The games of the last round were scheduled for 4:00 PM Saturday, but Fischer and Reshevsky were allowed to start at 7:00 PM for religious reasons. Panno felt this was particularly unfair in the last round, since some players might have an advantage from knowing the results of earlier games. This was a particularly selfless protest, since Panno himself was the only player who could have benefitted from that information. However, he stuck to his guns, even after Fischer urged him to play, and did no more than come to the board and resign in person rather than forfeit. For more discussion, see the kibitzing to Fischer vs Panno, 1970. The only unfinished business was a playoff match betweeen Portisch and Smyslov for the reserve spot, played in Portoroz in 1971. This was drawn, and Portisch was awarded the consolation prize due to better tiebreaks from the tournament. Auditorium de Palma de Mallorca, Spain, 9 November - 12 December 1970 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4
1 Fischer * 0 1 ½ 1 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 ½ 1 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 18.5
2 Larsen 1 * ½ ½ 0 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 ½ 1 ½ 15.0
3 Geller 0 ½ * 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ ½ 15.0
4 Hübner ½ ½ 0 * ½ 1 ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 15.0
5 Taimanov 0 1 ½ ½ * ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 1 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 14.0
6 Uhlmann 0 0 0 0 ½ * 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 0 1 ½ 1 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 14.0
7 Portisch ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 * ½ 0 1 ½ 1 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 0 13.5
8 Smyslov 0 ½ 0 1 ½ ½ ½ * 1 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 1 1 1 13.5
9 Polugaevsky ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 0 * ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 0 ½ 1 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 13.0
10 Gligoric 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 0 ½ ½ * 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 0 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 13.0
11 Panno 0 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 0 * ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 1 12.5
12 Mecking 0 0 0 ½ 1 ½ 0 1 ½ ½ ½ * 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 12.5
13 Hort 0 1 ½ ½ ½ 0 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 * 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 11.5
14 Ivkov 0 ½ ½ 0 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 * ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 10.5
15 Suttles 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 1 ½ ½ ½ 0 0 ½ ½ ½ * 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ 0 1 ½ 1 10.0
16 Minic 0 0 ½ 0 0 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ 1 * 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 10.0
17 Reshevsky 0 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 0 * ½ ½ ½ 0 0 ½ 1 9.5
18 Matulovic ½ 0 ½ 0 0 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ * ½ ½ 0 0 ½ 1 9.0
19 Addison 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 0 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ * ½ 0 0 1 1 9.0
20 Filip 0 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ * ½ 1 ½ 0 8.5
21 Naranja ½ 0 0 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 0 0 0 ½ 1 0 1 1 1 ½ * 0 0 1 8.5
22 Ujtumen ½ ½ 0 0 0 0 0 0 ½ ½ 0 0 ½ 0 0 ½ 1 1 1 0 1 * 1 ½ 8.5
23 Rubinetti 0 0 ½ 0 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 0 * 1 6.0
24 Jimenez ½ ½ ½ 0 0 0 1 0 ½ 0 0 0 ½ ½ 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 ½ 0 * 5.5
Chief arbiter: Alberic O'Kelly de Galway. William G. Addison authored a note to FIDE about the way O'Kelly had managed the tournament, asking why he was always selected as the arbiter of main FIDE events. More than half the players signed the note. (1) At the banquet, Fischer was awarded the Chess Oscar, and the draw was held for the quarterfinal pairings:Larsen - Uhlmann Candidates Quarterfinal (1971)
Petrosian - Huebner Candidates Quarterfinal (1971)
Korchnoi - Geller Candidates Quarterfinal (1971)
Fischer - Taimanov Candidates Quarterfinal (1971) In case of withdrawals (which did not happen), the seventh place (and first reserve spot) between Portisch and Smyslov was decided at the Portoroz Candidates Reserve Playoff (1971). 1) Tidskrift för Schack, January 1971, p. 13. Original collection: Game Collection: Interzonal 1970 (Palma de Mallorca), by
User: Phony Benoni. Previous: Sousse Interzonal (1967). Next: Leningrad Interzonal (1973) and Petropolis Interzonal (1973)
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Year | Event/Locale | Opening |
| 1. Fischer vs Huebner |
  | ½-½ | 44 | 1970 | Palma de Mallorca Interzonal | A07 King's Indian Attack |
| 2. Geller vs Portisch |
| ½-½ | 21 | 1970 | Palma de Mallorca Interzonal | C95 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Breyer |
| 3. Filip vs Hort |
| ½-½ | 18 | 1970 | Palma de Mallorca Interzonal | E60 King's Indian Defense |
| 4. Ivkov vs B Larsen |
| ½-½ | 12 | 1970 | Palma de Mallorca Interzonal | E16 Queen's Indian |
| 5. Polugaevsky vs Mecking |
| ½-½ | 52 | 1970 | Palma de Mallorca Interzonal | A17 English |
| 6. Suttles vs Smyslov |
| ½-½ | 41 | 1970 | Palma de Mallorca Interzonal | C26 Vienna |
| 7. Taimanov vs W Addison |
| ½-½ | 29 | 1970 | Palma de Mallorca Interzonal | D16 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav |
| 8. Uhlmann vs Gligoric |
| 1-0 | 67 | 1970 | Palma de Mallorca Interzonal | E75 King's Indian, Averbakh, Main line |
| 9. Ujtumen vs Reshevsky |
| 1-0 | 43 | 1970 | Palma de Mallorca Interzonal | B48 Sicilian, Taimanov Variation |
| 10. E Jimenez Zerquera vs Matulovic |
| 0-1 | 63 | 1970 | Palma de Mallorca Interzonal | B08 Pirc, Classical |
| 11. D Minic vs R Naranja |
| 1-0 | 34 | 1970 | Palma de Mallorca Interzonal | C07 French, Tarrasch |
| 12. J Rubinetti vs Panno |
| ½-½ | 66 | 1970 | Palma de Mallorca Interzonal | E92 King's Indian |
| 13. Smyslov vs Fischer |
| 0-1 | 44 | 1970 | Palma de Mallorca Interzonal | A36 English |
| 14. Polugaevsky vs Geller |
| ½-½ | 12 | 1970 | Palma de Mallorca Interzonal | D92 Grunfeld, 5.Bf4 |
| 15. Mecking vs Hort |
| 1-0 | 39 | 1970 | Palma de Mallorca Interzonal | D83 Grunfeld, Grunfeld Gambit |
| 16. Portisch vs Ivkov |
| ½-½ | 18 | 1970 | Palma de Mallorca Interzonal | A21 English |
| 17. W Addison vs Suttles |
| 0-1 | 41 | 1970 | Palma de Mallorca Interzonal | B06 Robatsch |
| 18. Panno vs Uhlmann |
| ½-½ | 41 | 1970 | Palma de Mallorca Interzonal | E80 King's Indian, Samisch Variation |
| 19. Matulovic vs Ujtumen |
| 0-1 | 77 | 1970 | Palma de Mallorca Interzonal | C81 Ruy Lopez, Open, Howell Attack |
| 20. Gligoric vs Taimanov |
| ½-½ | 16 | 1970 | Palma de Mallorca Interzonal | D16 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav |
| 21. Huebner vs Filip |
| ½-½ | 14 | 1970 | Palma de Mallorca Interzonal | A07 King's Indian Attack |
| 22. B Larsen vs D Minic |
| 1-0 | 39 | 1970 | Palma de Mallorca Interzonal | A01 Nimzovich-Larsen Attack |
| 23. R Naranja vs E Jimenez Zerquera |
| 1-0 | 37 | 1970 | Palma de Mallorca Interzonal | E91 King's Indian |
| 24. Reshevsky vs J Rubinetti |
| ½-½ | 41 | 1970 | Palma de Mallorca Interzonal | E46 Nimzo-Indian |
| 25. Fischer vs W Addison |
| 1-0 | 24 | 1970 | Palma de Mallorca Interzonal | B01 Scandinavian |
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| Jan-03-17 | | todicav23: Botvinnik was also a successful engineer/scientist at the same time. He was not fully dedicated to chess, like Fischer and many other great players.
According to Wikipedia he learned how to play chess late, when he was 12 years old. By comparison, Karjakin became grandmaster at the age of 12 years and 7 months. Despite starting late and pursuing other activities Botvinnik is one of the greatest players ever. |
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Jan-04-17
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But this isn't fair to Botvinnik, since he played until he was 59, and Fischer retired at the age of 29> It's probably also not fair for Fischer.
We miss all the games he would have had in his prime.> Of course it is not fair. Botvinnik was 37 in 1948. Fischer retired at 29, probably before he reached his peak. Fischer also played very strong players when he was very young. He was a WC candidate at 16. According to this database, the overall record is: Fischer: +420 -86 =246 (72.2%)
Botvinnik: +568 -138 =463 (68.4%) >
There are things that cut both ways. Not only did Fischer play many games as a teenager, it's my sense he played more often up to 1962 than after (at least until 1970), so a very high percentage of his games are from age 19 or less. Of course Botvinnik was nowhere near Fischer as a teenager. On the other hand, Fischer did play a lot of games against relatively weaker opponents in the USA, while Botvinnik played very strong opponents almost his entire career (or at least until he lost the title for the last time). You (and diceman) are right that Fischer might well have gotten stronger after 1972 if he'd kept playing. On the other hand, as with Morphy, what can you do? You have to consider the Fischer you have, not the Fischer you'd like to have. <Fischer at his best (1968-1972) scored ~80% in world class tournaments and matches over more than 100 games.> I'd like to compare this with Lasker, Capa, Botvinnik etc. but I haven't gotten around to it. |
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| Jan-04-17 | | Marmot PFL: <23 rounds! That's when people had time for chess. I guess these days it would be an 11 round tournament> A 12-player event makes sense as many in this field were not legit contenders and had no realistic chance to go through to the candidates. |
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| Jan-04-17 | | diceman: <keypusher:
On the other hand, as with Morphy, what can you do?> I think the only fair way with World Champions is look at the games at the time of their first championship. I did it once. (dont remember where)
It was something like,
Fischer 70% win rates.
Kasparov 35% win rates.
Karpov 25% win rates.
Of course, even that's changing.
I consider "todays" candidates tournament somewhat silly. Magnus only tie-breaked a 14 round tournament to sit across from Anand. Fischer and the Ks are probably the last guys we can compare because of
Interzonal/Candidate match formats/adjournment formats/and being pre-computer. |
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Jan-06-17
 | | maxi: <keypusher: I think there are a lot of similarities between Fischer and Botvinnik in temperament and approach...>
Fischer went over Botvinnik games with zeal. That explains in part the similarities in the approach. |
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| Jan-07-17 | | savagerules: There's a short video out there at the end of the Botvinnik-Fischer game where a visibly relieved and smiling Botvinnik shakes hands of his fellow players for making a draw while Fischer looks pale and shocked for what he thought was a certain win. Botvinnik wore a casual short sleeve golf shirt while Fischer was dressed in a suit which kind of seemed disrespectful on the part of Botvinnik but then maybe he always wore golf shirts in tournaments but I doubt it. |
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| Feb-16-17 | | diagonal: Interzonal with 24 players, 15 Grandmasters, and 9 International Masters. And one of the IM underdogs managed to qualify for the Candidate's: Robert Hübner, born in 1948 from Germany (his second / assistant at Palma was Hajo Hecht) finished equal 2nd with Efim Geller and Bent Larsen, behind Bobby Fischer. Subsequently, Hübner earned the Grandmaster title by FIDE. |
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Feb-22-17
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<Does anyone have a list of Fischer's wins in strong, non-FIDÉ-qualifiers; international tournaments where he won undivided first prize. Just the strong ones.> This was the eventual list (W-D-L):
Reykjavik 1960, 3-1-0
Monaco, 1967; 6-2-1
Skopje, 1967, 12-3-2
Netanya, 1968, 10-3-0
Vinkovci, 1968, 9-4-0
Zagreb, 1970, 10-6-1
Buenos Aires, 1970 13-4-0.
Some of those tournaments are pretty weak. I think he had one or two equal firsts as well. |
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| Feb-22-17 | | Petrosianic: <Some of those tournaments are pretty weak. I think he had one or two equal firsts as well.> His only equal first was Mar del Plata 1960. |
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| Feb-27-17 | | diagonal: *Tournament* results of Bobby Fischer in closed (invitation AND official) classical chess: <1958 Interzonal Portoroz, 5th - 6th> (together with Olafsson, qualifying for the Candidate’s, thus both players awarded automatically the Grandmaster title by FIDE; Tal was winner ahead of Gligoric); <1959 Mar del Plata, 3rd - 4th> (behind the winners Najdorf and Pachman, third alongside with Ivkov), Pachman and Fischer took a travel tour to Santiago held soon afterwards in neighboring Chile; <1959 Santiago de Chile, 4th - 6th> (winners Ivkov and Pachman, 3. Pilnik, 4.-6. Sanchez, Sanguinetti, Fischer); <1959 Zurich, 3rd - 4th> (behind winner Tal and runner-up Gligoric, third with Keres); <1959 Candiate’s Bled- Zagreb- Belgrade, 5th- 6th> (Tal won ahead of Keres); <1960 Mar del Plata, 1st - 2nd> (shared with Spassky, both at 13.5/15, four top players, many local players); <1960 Buenos Aires (150 Anniv of May Revolution), 13th - 16th> (winners Korchnoi and Reshevsky, Fischer below 50%, joint with Pachman, Wexler, Ivkov; 20 players); <1960 Reykjavik (Mini tournament), 1st>; <1961 Bled, 2nd> (behind Tal, ahead of 3.-5. Petrosian, Keres, Gligoric); <1962 Interzonal Stockholm, 1st>; <1962 Candidate’s Curacao 4th> (Petrosian won that notorious event); <1965 Havana (Capablanca Memorial, then a world elite series), 2nd - 4th> (behind Smyslov, shared with Ivkov, Geller, ahead of Kholmov); <1966 Santa Monica (Piatigorsky Cup), 2nd> (behind Spassky); <1967 Monte Carlo (Monaco), 1st>; <1967 Skopje (Turnir solidarnost), 1st>; <1967 Interzonal Sousse withdrew in leading position> (Larsen emerged as winner); <1968 Netanya, Israel, 1st>; <1968 Vinkovci, 1st>; <1970 Rovinj-Zagreb, 1st>; <1970 Buenos Aires, 1st> (3.5 points ahead of 2. Tukmakov); <1970 Interzonal Palma de Mallorca, 1st> Overall, Fischer played in 20 (excluding IZT Sousse) international closed (round robin all-play-all) tournaments in classical chess, winning ten of them. |
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| Feb-27-17 | | diagonal: (continuation)
Fischer never participated in some of the prime series of his time: Hastings, Hoogovens Beverwijk / Wijk aan Zee, IBM-Amsterdam, Bosna Sarajevo, Chigorin Memorial Sochi, etc. 1966 Santa Monica (Piatigorsky Cup), was the only individual international tournament in which Fischer faced the then reigning World Champion (drawing twice Tigran Petrosian). From 1967 to 1970, Bobby Fischer was unbeaten in 53 consecutive classical games. He was undefeated in the last 5 games at Skopje 1967. He was undefeated in 10 games at Sousse IZT 1967, undefeated in 13 games at Netanya 1968, undefeated in 13 games at Vinkovci 1968, 1 win at the New York Metropolitan League, undefeated in 4 games at the 1970 USSR vs Rest of the World match, and won the first 7 rounds at Rovinj/Zagreb 1970 before losing to V. Kovacevic in round 8. The streak from 1967 to 1970 mainly consisted in events of mixed-strength fields with comparatively a few top players (except at Palma de Mallorca IZT 1970 (Fischer's last closed classical tournament, but there Petrosian, Spassky and Korchnoi were all prequalified and thus absent). Between 1970 and 1972 then, the precision and energy that Fischer played with is just unmatched in the history of chess: Fischer won 20 straight games from 1970 to 1971 against the strongest players in the world, among them Taimanov (beaten 6-0), Larsen (beaten 6-0), and Petrosian). Later, as reigning World Champion (1972-1975), Fischer played no tournament or public games. Footnotes:
i) Non-closed tournaments, International Open (selection): 1957 Winner of the U.S. Open (in Cleveland), joint with Bisguier. Worth mentioning: 1956 participant in the Canadian Open (in Montreal): The first Canadian Open tournament in Montreal 1956 was noteworthy for the presence of 13-year-old Bobby Fischer, future World Chess Champion, who tied for 8-12th places. ii) Non-classical chess tournaments (rare at that time): 1970 Herceg Novi (blitz), 1st; 17 wins, 4 draws, and one loss (to Korchnoi) in a top field, double round robin, in total 6-0 versus the former World Champions Smyslov, Tal, and Petrosian. iii) Non-international tournaments:
National U.S. Champion eight times in eight attempts! 1957/8, 1958/9, 1959/0, 1960/1, 1962/3, 1963/4, 1965 (december), 1966 (december) Matches and Team Events are by definition not part of this specific international *tournament* survey. Bobby Fischer lived 64 years: the number of squares on the chessboard which gave him life. R.I.P. |
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| Feb-27-17 | | ughaibu: Fischer wasn't undefeated at Sousse 1967, he lost at least one by default. |
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| Feb-28-17 | | diagonal: Technically yes, I should have add 'undefeated otb'. Chessgames (Fischer ist marked at +7-0=3) provides a precise survey of the forfeits: Sousse Interzonal (1967). |
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| Feb-28-17 | | ughaibu: Okay, but you included at least one win by default in your statistics. So it's difficult to see how excluding his losses could be justified. However, as I recall it, his Sousse games were all removed from the tournament record, so they're now informal games. |
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Feb-28-17
 | | perfidious: <keypusher....Even for the 1960s Fischer was unusual in his degree of devotion to the suit.> This in distinct contrast to his ways as late as 1959--photos of the candidates featuring Fischer do not display sartorial splendour by any stretch of one's imagination. |
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| Feb-28-17 | | TheFocus: Because of Fischer, I always wore suits. In some tournaments, I was the only player in a suit. But, then again, some players showed up in their pajamas. And some had teddy bears sitting by the boards (Thanks, Judit!). I hate those players. |
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| Feb-28-17 | | Howard: A suit may be going a bit overboard, OMO. But a nice dress shirt and tie? Nothing wrong with that! As for showing up in pajamas...well, didn't the late Igor Iganov once show up for a U.S. championship game dressed in nothing but a swim suit ? |
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| Feb-28-17 | | john barleycorn: < TheFocus> you must have been terrorized by those 4 years old opponents playing you blindold holding a yellow dinosaur a la <Goldsby I> |
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| Feb-28-17 | | TheFocus: I was more terrified of the four year olds who were holding bobble-head dolls of <AJGoldsby>. In the other hand, they clutched... "The List." |
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| Jan-21-20 | | Petrosianic: Anybody know the Category of this tournament? The ratings aren't listed here to be able to work it out easily. |
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Jan-21-20
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http://www.chessmetrics.com/cm/cm2/... |
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| Jan-21-20 | | Petrosianic: Thanks, I'm trying to work out the Categories of the international tournaments Fischer won, but still have a few blanks: 1960 - Mar del Plata - ?
1960 - Reykjavik - ?
1962 - Stockholm - Category 11
1967 - Monte Carlo - Category 7
1967 - Skopje - ?
1968 - Vinkovki -
1968 - Netanya - Category 4
1970 - Rovinj/Zagreg - Category 13
1970 - Buenos Aires - Category 7
1970 - Palma - Category 13 |
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Feb-24-25
 | | An Englishman: Good Evening: Never noticed this until today. Fischer drew with 3 of the 4 tail enders in the middle of the tournament, yet ended the tournament with a string of wins vs. GMs, including players who advanced to the quarterfinals! Not exactly how it usually happens, is it? In those days, didn't Super-GMs pile up the wins in the middle and then cruise to 1st place with a series of draws? |
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Feb-24-25
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