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Forssa / Helsinki Zonal (1972) Forssa (1-11) and Helsinki (12-15), Finland, 25 July - 13 August 1972 Age Elo* 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 Pts ————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— 1 IM Radulov 33 2490 ● ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 0 1 ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 1 11 2 GM Gheorghiu 28 2520 ½ ● ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 0 ½ 1 1 1 1 1 1 ½ 10½ 3 IM Hecht 33 2485 ½ ½ ● ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 10 =4 GM Matanovic 42 2515 0 ½ ½ ● ½ 1 ½ 1 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 9 =4 IM Ribli 20 2505 ½ ½ ½ ½ ● 0 ½ 1 ½ 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 9 6 IM Schmidt 29 2450 0 0 0 0 1 ● ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 ½ 1 1 8½ 7 Øgaard 20 2340 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ● 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 0 0 ½ 1 8 8 IM Timman 20 2480 1 1 0 0 0 ½ 0 ● 1 0 ½ ½ 1 1 ½ ½ 7½ =9 GM Andersson 21 2535 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 ● 1 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 7 =9 GM Matulovic 37 2525 ½ 0 0 ½ 0 0 ½ 1 0 ● ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 7 =9 Sarén 32 ½ 0 0 0 1 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ ● ½ ½ 1 1 1 7 =12 IM Hennings 32 2475 0 0 ½ ½ 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ● 1 ½ ½ 1 6½ =12 Jakobsen 29 2440 0 0 ½ ½ 1 0 1 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 ● 1 ½ 1 6½ 14 IM Westerinen 28 2450 0 0 ½ 1 0 ½ 1 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 ● 0 1 5½ 15 GM Robatsch 43 2460 0 0 0 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 0 ½ ½ 1 ● ½ 4½ 16 Thorvaldsson 30 2390 0 ½ ½ 0 0 0 0 ½ ½ 0 0 0 0 0 ½ ● 2½ ————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— The tournament was held during the Spassky - Fischer World Championship Match (1972) in Reykjavík, Iceland (11 July - 31 August). Fifteen rounds in 20 days, starting on Tuesday 25 July (120 games). The first 11 rounds were played in Forssa (about 118 km NW of Helsinki). Rest days 29 July, 3, 6, 8 and 12 August. Chief arbiter: Lembit Vahesaar. Radulov won with 11/15 and took his 2nd GM norm. He and Gheorghiu qualified for the Leningrad Interzonal (1973) and Petropolis Interzonal (1973), respectively. Øgaard beat Timman in the last round and took his first IM norm. Tournament book: https://web.archive.org/web/2025072... Sources Wikipedia article: Forssa Olimpbase (https://www.olimpbase.org/ind-wcc/w...) Mark Weeks (https://mark-weeks.com/chess/zonals...) Szachy w Polsce website (http://www.szachypolskie.pl/turniej...) *FIDE rating list July 1972 (https://olimpbase.org/Elo/Elo197207...) Jaque 13, January 1973, p. 33 (https://www.olimpbase.org/leagueES/...) Skakbladet, 10/1972, pp. 244-247 (https://danbase.skak.dk/skakbladet/...) Magyar Sakkélet, 10/1972, p. 189 (https://adt.arcanum.com/en/view/Sak...) Tidskrift för Schack, 7/1972, pp. 210-211, 224-225 (https://tfsarkiv.schack.se/pdf/1972...) Daily (almost) reports in Serbian newspaper Борба (Borba), and Dutch newspapers  page 3 of 3; games 51-55 of 55  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 51. A Hennings vs Matulovic   ½-½ 68 1972 Forssa / Helsinki Zonal B47 Sicilian, Taimanov (Bastrikov) Variation 52. I Radulov vs H Hecht   ½-½ 44 1972 Forssa / Helsinki Zonal C11 French 53. Robatsch vs A Matanovic   ½-½ 22 1972 Forssa / Helsinki Zonal C49 Four Knights 54. W Schmidt vs I Saren   ½-½ 40 1972 Forssa / Helsinki Zonal A14 English 55. J Thorvaldsson vs Gheorghiu ½-½ 31 1972 Forssa / Helsinki Zonal A04 Reti Opening  page 3 of 3; games 51-55 of 55    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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