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Palma de Mallorca (1971) The event was organized by the Spanish Chess Federation and sponsored by the City of Palma. (1) After a series of tournaments including Palma de Mallorca (1969) and Palma de Mallorca Interzonal (1970), it appeared that the organization this time suffered economic problems. (2) FIDE had apparently reduced its support, and was looking elsewhere after the Interzonal. The Soviets chose to play instead in the 2nd Alekhine Memorial in Moscow (1971). According to Chessmetrics, (3) the highest ranked of the 16 players were Larsen (#4), Portisch (#8), Panno (#27) and Reshevsky (#34). Larsen tried to win again, but he pressed too hard and also turned down draw offers from Panno and Reshevsky. (4) Jorge Puig Laborda was the tournament director. (5) This and Palma de Mallorca (1972) would be the last of the Palma super-GM events. Hotel Jaime I, Palma, Spain, 29 November - 18 December 1971 Elo 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 Pts (2) 1 GM Ljubojevic 2510 * ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 11 2 GM Panno 2570 ½ * ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 ½ 1 1 1 11 3 GM Portisch 2630 ½ ½ * ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 1 1 ½ 10 4 GM Reshevsky 2550 ½ ½ ½ * ½ 0 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 10 5 IM Andersson 2510 ½ ½ ½ ½ * ½ 1 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 1 9½ 6 IM Csom 2480 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ * 0 0 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 9 7 GM Larsen 2660 0 0 0 0 0 1 * ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 9 8 GM Benkö 2520 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 1 ½ * ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 8½ 9 GM Donner 2500 0 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ * ½ 0 ½ 1 1 ½ 1 7 10 IM Tatai 2440 0 ½ 0 0 0 ½ 0 0 ½ * 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 7 11 Keene 2465 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 0 * 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 6 12 GM Pomar 2510 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 * ½ 0 ½ ½ 6 13 GM Bisguier 2440 0 ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ 0 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ * ½ ½ ½ 5½ 14 IM Garcia 2340 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 0 ½ 0 0 ½ 1 ½ * ½ 1 4½ 15 Bellon 2325 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ * ½ 3 16 IM Medina 2420 0 0 ½ 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ * 3 Csom and Andersson made GM-norms (9 points required). (4) Tournament book: VI Gran Torneo de Ajedrez Palma de Mallorca. Federacion Española de Ajedrez. 82 p. There is a report by Keene in the January 1972 issue of British Chess Magazine. Round dates are mainly from reports in the newspaper La Vanguardia. 1) ABC (Sevilla), 28 November 1971, p. 66. 2) El Mundo Deportivo, 27 December 1971, p. 26. The final ranking was decided by Sonneborn-Berger score (http://hemeroteca.mundodeportivo.co...). 3) Chessmetrics, October 1971 (http://www.chessmetrics.com/cm/CM2/...). 4) Tidskrift för Schack, vol. 78 (1972) p. 18. 5) La Vanguardia, 28 November 1971, p. 41. Original collection: Game Collection: Palma de Mallorca 1971 by User: Tabanus.  page 2 of 3; games 26-50 of 61  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 26. A Pomar vs Andersson   ½-½ 19 1971 Palma de Mallorca A49 King's Indian, Fianchetto without c4 27. Ljubojevic vs Benko   ½-½ 14 1971 Palma de Mallorca B14 Caro-Kann, Panov-Botvinnik Attack 28. J Bellon Lopez vs J H Donner   ½-½ 65 1971 Palma de Mallorca A01 Nimzovich-Larsen Attack 29. Benko vs Panno   ½-½ 24 1971 Palma de Mallorca A04 Reti Opening 30. A Pomar vs Csom   ½-½ 43 1971 Palma de Mallorca E19 Queen's Indian, Old Main line, 9.Qxc3 31. Ljubojevic vs Portisch   ½-½ 50 1971 Palma de Mallorca B87 Sicilian, Fischer-Sozin with ...a6 and ...b5 32. S Garcia Martinez vs Keene   ½-½ 60 1971 Palma de Mallorca B08 Pirc, Classical 33. A Bisguier vs J Bellon Lopez   ½-½ 58 1971 Palma de Mallorca B21 Sicilian, 2.f4 and 2.d4 34. J H Donner vs Andersson   ½-½ 53 1971 Palma de Mallorca E41 Nimzo-Indian 35. Csom vs S Tatai   ½-½ 70 1971 Palma de Mallorca A04 Reti Opening 36. Portisch vs Benko   ½-½ 15 1971 Palma de Mallorca A57 Benko Gambit 37. Larsen vs J H Donner ½-½ 56 1971 Palma de Mallorca A01 Nimzovich-Larsen Attack 38. Keene vs A Medina Garcia   ½-½ 38 1971 Palma de Mallorca A07 King's Indian Attack 39. Benko vs S Garcia Martinez   ½-½ 25 1971 Palma de Mallorca A12 English with b3 40. Ljubojevic vs Andersson   ½-½ 28 1971 Palma de Mallorca C15 French, Winawer 41. Reshevsky vs J H Donner   ½-½ 14 1971 Palma de Mallorca E41 Nimzo-Indian 42. Csom vs A Bisguier   ½-½ 32 1971 Palma de Mallorca A06 Reti Opening 43. Andersson vs Portisch   ½-½ 81 1971 Palma de Mallorca A15 English 44. A Bisguier vs Reshevsky   ½-½ 21 1971 Palma de Mallorca B51 Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack 45. S Tatai vs Panno   ½-½ 16 1971 Palma de Mallorca A43 Old Benoni 46. Benko vs A Medina Garcia   ½-½ 19 1971 Palma de Mallorca A49 King's Indian, Fianchetto without c4 47. Ljubojevic vs Csom   ½-½ 34 1971 Palma de Mallorca B51 Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack 48. Csom vs Portisch   ½-½ 14 1971 Palma de Mallorca D27 Queen's Gambit Accepted, Classical 49. Reshevsky vs Ljubojevic   ½-½ 26 1971 Palma de Mallorca A41 Queen's Pawn Game (with ...d6) 50. A Medina Garcia vs A Pomar   ½-½ 14 1971 Palma de Mallorca B18 Caro-Kann, Classical  page 2 of 3; games 26-50 of 61    REFINE SEARCH:   White wins (1-0) | Black wins (0-1) | Draws (1/2-1/2)     There is no kibitzing for this page, yet.   NOTE: Create an account today to post replies and access other powerful features which are available only to registered users. 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