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🏆 Palma de Mallorca (1968)

PARTICIPANTS (sorted by highest achieved rating; click on name to see player's games) Roman Toran, Donald Byrne, Viktor Korchnoi, Boris Spassky, Bent Larsen, Tigran Petrosian, Florin Gheorghiu, Svetozar Gligoric, Borislav Ivkov, Aleksandar Matanovic, Pal Benko, Jesus Diez del Corral, Heikki Westerinen, Arturo Pomar, Antonio Medina Garcia, Heinz Lehmann, Fernando Visier Segovia, Ricardo Calvo Minguez

Palma de Mallorca (1968) This was the strongest tournament in 1968, featuring the World Champion Petrosian, his challenger Spassky, Korchnoi, who had just lost the Spassky - Korchnoi Candidates Final (1968), Larsen, who had lost the Spassky - Larsen Candidates Semifinal (1968), and Gligoric, who lost the Tal - Gligoric Candidates Quarterfinal (1968). The tournament continued the tradition of Palma de Mallorca (1965), Palma de Mallorca (1966) and Palma de Mallorca (1967), and went on with Palma de Mallorca (1969). It was sponsored by the Council of Palma, Palma tourist office, and the Spanish Chess Federation. Most of the participants came from the olympiad in Lugano (Switzerland), which had ended in the beginning of November. Korchnoi made one of his best tournaments, as he drew the world champion Petrosian and defeated Spassky, Larsen and Gligoric. In the last round he could grant half a point to Calvo. The five players from the Candidates matches 1968 took the first five places. Hotel Jaime I, Palma, Spain, 24 November - 14 December 1968 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Pts 1 GM Korchnoi * 1 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 1 ½ 14 =2 GM Larsen 0 * ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 13 =2 GM Spassky 0 ½ * ½ ½ 1 1 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 13 4 GM Petrosian ½ 1 ½ * 1 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 ½ 11½ 5 GM Gligoric 0 ½ ½ 0 * ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 ½ 1 1 0 1 10½ 6 GM Ivkov ½ ½ 0 1 ½ * ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 10 7 GM Benkö ½ 0 0 ½ 0 ½ * 1 ½ 1 0 1 ½ 1 1 1 0 1 9½ 8 GM Pomar ½ 0 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 * 1 ½ 1 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 9 9 GM Gheorghiu 0 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 * ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 8½ 10 GM Matanovic 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ * ½ 0 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 8 11 IM Lehmann 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 0 ½ ½ * ½ ½ ½ 0 0 1 ½ 7 12 IM Medina ½ 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 0 0 1 ½ * ½ 0 1 ½ 1 1 6½ =13 IM Torán 0 0 0 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ * 0 ½ ½ 1 1 6 =13 IM Byrne 0 0 0 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 * ½ ½ 0 0 6 =15 IM Corral 0 0 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 0 1 0 ½ ½ * 1 ½ ½ 5½ =15 Visier 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 0 * 1 ½ 5½ 17 IM Westerinen 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 ½ 0 0 0 0 0 1 ½ 0 * 1 5 18 Calvo ½ 0 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 0 0 ½ ½ 0 0 1 ½ ½ 0 * 4½ Tournament director: Jorge Puig Laborda. Principal arbiter: Harry de Graaf. After the tournament, Chess Oscar for 1968 was awarded to Spassky. Tournament book: IV Gran Torneo Internacional de Ajedrez, Palma de Mallorca, 1968 by Robert Wade, Leslie Stephen Fraser Blackstock and Maxwell Leonard Fuller (Chess Player, Nottingham 1969. 88 pp.). Original collection: Game Collection: Palma de Mallorca 1968 by User: Tabanus. This page (incl. round numbers, dates, and pairings, but not game scores) is almost entirely based on Román Torán's reports in La Vanguardia, which are available online at http://www.lavanguardia.com/hemerot..., and the report in La Vanguardia 16 November 1968 p. 41 (http://hemeroteca.lavanguardia.com/...).  page 1 of 7; games 1-25 of 153  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Benko vs Ivkov   ½-½ 41 1968 Palma de Mallorca A06 Reti Opening 2. Petrosian vs Korchnoi ½-½ 18 1968 Palma de Mallorca A30 English, Symmetrical 3. Spassky vs A Matanovic ½-½ 40 1968 Palma de Mallorca E21 Nimzo-Indian, Three Knights 4. Larsen vs J Diez del Corral   1-0 48 1968 Palma de Mallorca A01 Nimzovich-Larsen Attack 5. Gheorghiu vs Gligoric   ½-½ 30 1968 Palma de Mallorca E80 King's Indian, Samisch Variation 6. H Lehmann vs R Toran   ½-½ 24 1968 Palma de Mallorca A15 English 7. A Pomar vs Westerinen ½-½ 58 1968 Palma de Mallorca E78 King's Indian, Four Pawns Attack, with Be2 and Nf3 8. F Visier Segovia vs A Medina Garcia   ½-½ 33 1968 Palma de Mallorca E54 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Gligoric System 9. R Calvo Minguez vs D Byrne 1-0 70 1968 Palma de Mallorca A07 King's Indian Attack 10. Ivkov vs Larsen   ½-½ 21 1968 Palma de Mallorca A89 Dutch, Leningrad, Main Variation with Nc6 11. Korchnoi vs H Lehmann 1-0 42 1968 Palma de Mallorca A28 English 12. D Byrne vs Petrosian 0-1 40 1968 Palma de Mallorca A10 English 13. Gligoric vs Benko   1-0 65 1968 Palma de Mallorca D31 Queen's Gambit Declined 14. A Medina Garcia vs R Toran ½-½ 33 1968 Palma de Mallorca A07 King's Indian Attack 15. Westerinen vs R Calvo Minguez   1-0 52 1968 Palma de Mallorca C89 Ruy Lopez, Marshall 16. F Visier Segovia vs Gheorghiu   ½-½ 65 1968 Palma de Mallorca A25 English 17. A Matanovic vs A Pomar   ½-½ 48 1968 Palma de Mallorca B13 Caro-Kann, Exchange 18. J Diez del Corral vs Spassky 0-1 46 1968 Palma de Mallorca C78 Ruy Lopez 19. Spassky vs Ivkov 1-0 32 1968 Palma de Mallorca B14 Caro-Kann, Panov-Botvinnik Attack 20. R Toran vs Korchnoi 0-1 38 1968 Palma de Mallorca D92 Grunfeld, 5.Bf4 21. Petrosian vs Westerinen 1-0 41 1968 Palma de Mallorca E81 King's Indian, Samisch 22. Larsen vs Gligoric   ½-½ 19 1968 Palma de Mallorca D32 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch 23. H Lehmann vs D Byrne   ½-½ 20 1968 Palma de Mallorca B74 Sicilian, Dragon, Classical 24. Benko vs F Visier Segovia   1-0 26 1968 Palma de Mallorca B25 Sicilian, Closed 25. Gheorghiu vs A Medina Garcia   1-0 43 1968 Palma de Mallorca E54 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Gligoric System  page 1 of 7; games 1-25 of 153    REFINE SEARCH:   White wins (1-0) | Black wins (0-1) | Draws (1/2-1/2)   Mar-10-15    zydeco: Good games in this tournament: Larsen vs Korchnoi, 1968 Korchnoi vs Spassky, 1968 Gligoric vs Korchnoi, 1968 Korchnoi vs H Lehmann, 1968 Ivkov vs Petrosian, 1968 A Medina Garcia vs R Toran Albero, 1968 The brilliancy prize was shared between A Medina Garcia vs R Toran Albero, 1968 and Larsen vs Korchnoi, 1968 NOTE: Create an account today to post replies and access other powerful features which are available only to registered users. 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