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🏆 Milan (1975)

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Since the introduction of the Elo rating system earlier in the decade, the 1970s saw a resurgence of the so-called "super" tournament where the best in the world gathered to compete. 1975 was one of the biggest years of the decade in that regard as a number of international "super tournaments" were held in which top rated masters participated. Milan, Italy in late summer saw the attendance of twelve such top rated grandmasters, including the newly designated world champion Anatoly Karpov (2705). He was join ... [more]

Player: Ljubomir Ljubojevic

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Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. Ljubojevic vs Petrosian  ½-½191975MilanA07 King's Indian Attack
2. Ljubojevic vs Andersson 1-0401975MilanB44 Sicilian
3. Larsen vs Ljubojevic 0-1271975MilanA77 Benoni, Classical, 9...Re8, 10.Nd2
4. Ljubojevic vs Karpov 0-1571975MilanC84 Ruy Lopez, Closed
5. S Mariotti vs Ljubojevic  0-1411975MilanA05 Reti Opening
6. Ljubojevic vs Petrosian  ½-½281975MilanC97 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin
7. Smejkal vs Ljubojevic ½-½811975MilanD34 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch
8. Ljubojevic vs Portisch  ½-½241975MilanC44 King's Pawn Game
9. Ljubojevic vs Unzicker 0-11271975MilanA01 Nimzovich-Larsen Attack
10. Browne vs Ljubojevic  ½-½571975MilanA33 English, Symmetrical
11. Ljubojevic vs Gligoric  ½-½461975MilanC95 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Breyer
12. Tal vs Ljubojevic 0-1761975MilanD47 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav
13. Portisch vs Ljubojevic  ½-½471975MilanD67 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense, Bd3 line
14. Ljubojevic vs Portisch  ½-½311975MilanC95 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Breyer
15. Portisch vs Ljubojevic 1-0661975MilanA04 Reti Opening
16. Ljubojevic vs Portisch  ½-½471975MilanC85 Ruy Lopez, Exchange Variation Doubly Deferred (DERLD)
17. Petrosian vs Ljubojevic 1-0301975MilanA73 Benoni, Classical, 9.O-O
18. Ljubojevic vs Petrosian  ½-½161975MilanE36 Nimzo-Indian, Classical
19. Petrosian vs Ljubojevic  ½-½271975MilanC09 French, Tarrasch, Open Variation, Main line
20. Ljubojevic vs Petrosian 1-0471975MilanA07 King's Indian Attack
21. Petrosian vs Ljubojevic  ½-½161975MilanD35 Queen's Gambit Declined
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Kibitzer's Corner
Apr-03-13  suenteus po 147: Okay, so this is something I've been meaning to ask for a while: Were the semi-final and final matches an original part of this event, or were the Soviet grandmasters so irked by Portisch's win that they lobbied for more games? I'm guessing it was part of the program from the beginning (but then, hey, it was the seventies, they might have decided to rob a bank and pay them to play more games! ciao!), but then how much must it have irked Portisch that he fought so hard only to succumb to one crummy loss to Karpov in the final match and be dispatched in the ultimate standings?
Apr-04-13
Premium Chessgames Member		  Phony Benoni: No proof at hand, but I'm pretty sure that was the original program. It wouldn't surprise me if some of the Soviet players coasted in the preliminaries, looking merely to qualify.
Apr-04-13  suenteus po 147: <Phony Benoni> Coasting, sure: Karpov only has three wins. But how to tell if Petrosian was or not? He always had few wins and no losses :)
Sep-07-13  Everett: Isnt this format one of the ideas for deciding the world championship, or at least the candidates? Candidate tournament, then a series of matches until one is left standing. This person would either be the new WC, or be the challenger to the incumbent. Not so bad, in my eyes.
Sep-19-13
Premium Chessgames Member		  GrahamClayton: Have any other international tournaments used this format of a round-robin followed by knock-out matches?
Aug-05-15
Premium Chessgames Member		  offramp: This tournament, as the intro says, began on August 20th 1975, exactly 75 years ago in a fortnight's time.

As a celebration of that anniversary, <and> as a memorial to the late and great master of chess Walter Shawn Browne, Europe Echecs has published a quite SOO-PERB article on this tournament.

It can be seen at http://www.europe-echecs.com/art/mi....

Some wonderful photos and reminiscences.

Aug-05-15
Premium Chessgames Member		  perfidious: Seventy-five years? Seems more like forty to me.
Aug-03-16  Mr. V: I like Mariotti's strategy, draw with black, lose with white. It reminds me of my own play.
Aug-03-16  Absentee: <perfidious: Seventy-five years? Seems more like forty to me.>

Time flies, doesn't it?

Mar-06-21  Z legend 000000001: Browne gives a brief intro to the tournament in <CL&R Jan 1975 p12>.

He mentions S-B being used to determine his winnings depending on placement at the end. (Even 12th place getting $1000).

The prize pot was generous for the time, $32,000 with the 1st place winner getting $12,000.

I guess Mr. Paladino ran the tournament, and some 400-600 people attended daily.

<Everyone would have preferred a double round robin since an 11-round event is too short. After Portisch had qualified in the round robin event, he said he would still rather play a double round robin than compete in the matches!

In the matches Karpov had four listless draws with Petrosian and qualified for the final match since he had better Sonneborn-Berger points. Portisch drew in a lost position against Ljubojevic and came back to draw the second and win the third game. He was thus assured of second place even if he lost the last game. Karpov won one and drew five against Portisch to become the champion.>

Mar-06-21  Z legend 000000001: I believe there was a later tournament book published in English - but the original was (I think) this one:

<Il torneo internazionale di Milano 1975
Sergio Luppi
Mursia, 1975
115pp>

https://books.google.com/books?id=L...

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Mar-06-21  areknames: <but the original was (I think) this one:>

<Il torneo internazionale di Milano 1975 Sergio Luppi
Mursia, 1975
115pp>

Correct, it was published shortly after the end of the tournament. I acquired my copy a few years later and it's still in my possession.

Mar-06-21  Z legend 000000001: Hi <areknames>, thanks for the confirmation.

Any chance you could give us the time controls and arbiters, for completeness?

Thanks again.

Mar-06-21  areknames: Hi <legend>, it's an excellent book with a long introduction and plenty of annotated games but there's no direct reference to either time controls or arbiters. As it was a major event I can only assume the time controls and adjournment rules would have reflected the standards of the time. Furthermore, the tourney was organized by the then vice president of the Italian Chess Federation (FSI), the indefatigable Nicola Palladino, who would most certainly have been the Chief Arbiter. I remember him with fondness.
Mar-07-21
Premium Chessgames Member		  plang: It was definitely a classical tournament if that is the question.

The standard at the time was 2 and a half hours for 40 moves - of course there was no time delay at that time and there were still adjournments.

The above is just a guess but at that time there was not the variety of formats used now and not the pressure for quicker play.

Mar-07-21  Z legend 000000001: Thanks <areknames> and <plang>.

Yes on the classical, and I do agree with the older 40 moves in 2 1/2 hours as being the standard at the time.

But I'm now a little curious, about when did the 40 move limit transition to 2 hours vs. 2 1/2 hours?

I guess I'll start by investigating the WCC's...

PS- The <legend> part is a bit tongue-in-cheek. I mostly just go by <Z>.

Mar-07-21
Premium Chessgames Member		  perfidious: <zed>, believe the genesis of 40/2.5 was in the 1920s, but only really took hold after WWII; for example, Nottingham 1936 was played at the rate of 36/2 and 18 moves per hour thereafter. The notorious game Flohr-Capablanca at Nottingham was decided by Capa's blunder at move 37, as was the Cuban's victory vs Winter towards the finish.

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