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Las Palmas (1978) The 7th Gran Torneo Internacional de Ajedrez «Ciudad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria» was played in Hotel Santa Catalina in Las Palmas, Gran Canaria, Spain, from 30 April to 19 May 1978. Rest days: 3, 7, 10, 14 and 18 May. Chief arbiter: Jose Miguel Fraguela Gil. Gyula Sax and Vladimir Tukmakov shared the victory with 10.5/15. Age 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 Pts ———————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— 1 Sax 26 • 1 ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 ½ 1 10½ 2 Tukmakov 32 0 • ½ ½ 1 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 10½ 3 Olafsson 43 ½ ½ • 0 ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 1 1 10 4 Miles 23 ½ ½ 1 • ½ 1 0 ½ 1 ½ 1 0 1 1 ½ ½ 9½ 5 Stean 24 1 0 ½ ½ • 0 1 0 1 ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 ½ 9½ 6 Larsen 43 ½ 0 1 0 1 • ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 0 1 1 9 7 Westerinen 34 0 ½ ½ 1 0 ½ • ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 1 1 9 8 Csom 37 ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 0 ½ • 1 1 0 ½ 0 1 1 1 8½ 9 Mariotti 31 ½ 0 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ 0 • 1 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 8½ 10 Diez del Corral 45 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 0 • 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 7 11 Panchenko 24 0 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ 0 1 0 1 • ½ 1 1 0 1 7 12 Rodriguez 34 0 0 0 1 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ • ½ ½ 1 1 7 13 Sanz 25 0 ½ 0 0 0 0 ½ 1 0 ½ 0 ½ • ½ 1 0 4½ 14 Garcia 20 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ • 1 ½ 4 15 Medina 58 ½ 0 0 ½ 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 • 1 3 16 Dominguez 42 0 0 0 ½ ½ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 ½ 0 • 2½ ———————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— Best attack award: O Rodriguez Vargas vs F Olafsson, 1978. Sources Jaque 79 (July 1978), pp. 10-15: https://www.olimpbase.org/leagueES/... Bent Larsen in Skakbladet 1978/6, pp. 99-100: http://danbase.skak.dk/skakbladet/1... Jorge Puig Laborda in Butlletî d'Escacs vol. 3 no. 13 (August 1978), pp. 46-47: http://historiadelajedrezespanol.es... Round dates (30 April, 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 11, 12, 13, 15, 16, 17 and 19 May) from the Icelandic newspapers at https://timarit.is/. Previous: Las Palmas (1977). Next: Las Palmas (1979)  page 2 of 5; games 26-50 of 120  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 26. A Panchenko vs Tukmakov   ½-½ 17 1978 Las Palmas D59 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tartakower 27. Sax vs Csom   ½-½ 21 1978 Las Palmas B22 Sicilian, Alapin 28. S Mariotti vs F Olafsson   ½-½ 18 1978 Las Palmas C44 King's Pawn Game 29. Miles vs J Garcia Padron   1-0 43 1978 Las Palmas D32 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch 30. O Rodriguez Vargas vs A Medina Garcia   1-0 44 1978 Las Palmas E62 King's Indian, Fianchetto 31. F Sanz Alonso vs Westerinen   ½-½ 39 1978 Las Palmas C26 Vienna 32. M Stean vs J P Dominguez Sanz   ½-½ 27 1978 Las Palmas B14 Caro-Kann, Panov-Botvinnik Attack 33. Westerinen vs Larsen   ½-½ 52 1978 Las Palmas B43 Sicilian, Kan, 5.Nc3 34. Tukmakov vs M Stean   1-0 49 1978 Las Palmas E19 Queen's Indian, Old Main line, 9.Qxc3 35. J Diez del Corral vs Sax   ½-½ 29 1978 Las Palmas B91 Sicilian, Najdorf, Zagreb (Fianchetto) Variation 36. Csom vs O Rodriguez Vargas   ½-½ 73 1978 Las Palmas A13 English 37. J P Dominguez Sanz vs F Sanz Alonso   1-0 29 1978 Las Palmas C45 Scotch Game 38. J Garcia Padron vs S Mariotti   0-1 38 1978 Las Palmas B06 Robatsch 39. A Medina Garcia vs Miles   ½-½ 59 1978 Las Palmas A07 King's Indian Attack 40. F Olafsson vs A Panchenko   1-0 56 1978 Las Palmas B56 Sicilian 41. Sax vs Westerinen 1-0 40 1978 Las Palmas C74 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense 42. Larsen vs J P Dominguez Sanz   1-0 32 1978 Las Palmas B16 Caro-Kann, Bronstein-Larsen Variation 43. Tukmakov vs F Olafsson   ½-½ 28 1978 Las Palmas D71 Neo-Grunfeld 44. S Mariotti vs A Medina Garcia   1-0 41 1978 Las Palmas E08 Catalan, Closed 45. Miles vs Csom   ½-½ 11 1978 Las Palmas E62 King's Indian, Fianchetto 46. A Panchenko vs J Garcia Padron   1-0 28 1978 Las Palmas E18 Queen's Indian, Old Main line, 7.Nc3 47. O Rodriguez Vargas vs J Diez del Corral   ½-½ 37 1978 Las Palmas A30 English, Symmetrical 48. M Stean vs F Sanz Alonso   1-0 29 1978 Las Palmas A32 English, Symmetrical Variation 49. F Sanz Alonso vs Larsen   0-1 40 1978 Las Palmas B08 Pirc, Classical 50. J Garcia Padron vs Tukmakov   0-1 19 1978 Las Palmas A34 English, Symmetrical  page 2 of 5; games 26-50 of 120    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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