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Palma de Mallorca Tournament

Viktor Korchnoi14/17(+11 -0 =6)[games]
Bent Larsen13/17(+11 -2 =4)[games]
Boris Spassky13/17(+10 -1 =6)[games]
Tigran Petrosian11.5/17(+7 -1 =9)[games]
Svetozar Gligoric10.5/17(+7 -3 =7)[games]
Borislav Ivkov10/17(+4 -1 =12)[games]
Pal Benko9.5/17(+7 -5 =5)[games]
Arturo Pomar9/17(+4 -3 =10)[games]
Florin Gheorghiu8.5/17(+4 -4 =9)[games]
Aleksandar Matanovic8/17(+3 -4 =10)[games]
Heinz Lehmann7/17(+2 -5 =10)[games]
Antonio Medina Garcia6.5/17(+4 -8 =5)[games]
Roman Toran6/17(+2 -7 =8)[games]
Donald Byrne6/17(+2 -7 =8)[games]
Jesus Diez del Corral5.5/17(+2 -8 =7)[games]
Fernando Visier Segovia5.5/17(+2 -8 =7)[games]
Heikki Westerinen5/17(+4 -11 =2)[games]
Ricardo Calvo Minguez4.5/17(+1 -9 =7)[games]
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Chessgames.com Chess Event Description
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 2 of 7; games 26-50 of 153  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
26. R Calvo Minguez vs A Matanovic  ½-½481968Palma de MallorcaC68 Ruy Lopez, Exchange
27. A Pomar vs J Diez del Corral  ½-½311968Palma de MallorcaA31 English, Symmetrical, Benoni Formation
28. Ivkov vs A Pomar  ½-½261968Palma de MallorcaB14 Caro-Kann, Panov-Botvinnik Attack
29. A Medina Garcia vs Korchnoi  ½-½301968Palma de MallorcaB25 Sicilian, Closed
30. Gligoric vs Spassky  ½-½201968Palma de MallorcaD37 Queen's Gambit Declined
31. F Visier Segovia vs Larsen 0-1371968Palma de MallorcaA44 Old Benoni Defense
32. Westerinen vs H Lehmann  0-1371968Palma de MallorcaB90 Sicilian, Najdorf
33. D Byrne vs R Toran  1-0441968Palma de MallorcaA16 English
34. A Matanovic vs Petrosian  ½-½161968Palma de MallorcaC07 French, Tarrasch
35. Gheorghiu vs Benko  ½-½501968Palma de MallorcaB18 Caro-Kann, Classical
36. J Diez del Corral vs R Calvo Minguez  ½-½371968Palma de MallorcaA56 Benoni Defense
37. R Calvo Minguez vs Ivkov  ½-½451968Palma de MallorcaA07 King's Indian Attack
38. Korchnoi vs D Byrne 1-0311968Palma de MallorcaA16 English
39. Larsen vs Gheorghiu 1-0371968Palma de MallorcaD32 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch
40. A Pomar vs Gligoric  ½-½171968Palma de MallorcaE97 King's Indian
41. H Lehmann vs A Matanovic  ½-½161968Palma de MallorcaC45 Scotch Game
42. R Toran vs Westerinen  1-0431968Palma de MallorcaE75 King's Indian, Averbakh, Main line
43. Petrosian vs J Diez del Corral  ½-½781968Palma de MallorcaE80 King's Indian, Samisch Variation
44. Benko vs A Medina Garcia  1-0401968Palma de MallorcaD37 Queen's Gambit Declined
45. Spassky vs F Visier Segovia 1-0451968Palma de MallorcaE88 King's Indian, Samisch, Orthodox, 7.d5 c6
46. Ivkov vs Petrosian 1-0331968Palma de MallorcaB44 Sicilian
47. Westerinen vs Korchnoi 0-1281968Palma de MallorcaC16 French, Winawer
48. Benko vs Larsen 0-1361968Palma de MallorcaA10 English
49. Gligoric vs R Calvo Minguez  1-0301968Palma de MallorcaA43 Old Benoni
50. J Diez del Corral vs H Lehmann  1-0481968Palma de MallorcaC62 Ruy Lopez, Old Steinitz Defense
 page 2 of 7; games 26-50 of 153  PGN Download
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Kibitzer's Corner
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

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