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Las Palmas Tournament

Gyula Sax10.5/15(+7 -1 =7)[games]
Vladimir Tukmakov10.5/15(+7 -1 =7)[games]
Fridrik Olafsson10/15(+7 -2 =6)[games]
Tony Miles9.5/15(+6 -2 =7)[games]
Michael Stean9.5/15(+7 -3 =5)[games]
Bent Larsen9/15(+6 -3 =6)[games]
Heikki Westerinen9/15(+5 -2 =8)[games]
Istvan Csom8.5/15(+6 -4 =5)[games]
Sergio Mariotti8.5/15(+6 -4 =5)[games]
Jesus Diez del Corral7/15(+2 -3 =10)[games]
Alexander Panchenko7/15(+5 -6 =4)[games]
Orestes Rodriguez Vargas7/15(+3 -4 =8)[games]
Francisco Sanz Alonso4.5/15(+2 -8 =5)[games]
Jose Garcia Padron4/15(+2 -9 =4)[games]
Antonio Medina Garcia3/15(+2 -11 =2)[games]
Juan Pedro Dominguez Sanz2.5/15(+1 -11 =3)[games]
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Chessgames.com Chess Event Description
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/.

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 page 3 of 5; games 51-75 of 120  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
51. J P Dominguez Sanz vs Sax  0-1321978Las PalmasB68 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack, 7...a6 Defense, 9...Be7
52. Csom vs S Mariotti  1-0681978Las PalmasA05 Reti Opening
53. J Diez del Corral vs Miles  ½-½231978Las PalmasB73 Sicilian, Dragon, Classical
54. A Medina Garcia vs A Panchenko  1-0651978Las PalmasB59 Sicilian, Boleslavsky Variation, 7.Nb3
55. F Olafsson vs M Stean  ½-½221978Las PalmasA34 English, Symmetrical
56. Westerinen vs O Rodriguez Vargas  ½-½281978Las PalmasC91 Ruy Lopez, Closed
57. Miles vs Westerinen  0-1721978Las PalmasA19 English, Mikenas-Carls, Sicilian Variation
58. M Stean vs Larsen 0-1481978Las PalmasB08 Pirc, Classical
59. Tukmakov vs A Medina Garcia  1-0181978Las PalmasD37 Queen's Gambit Declined
60. Sax vs F Sanz Alonso  1-0221978Las PalmasC60 Ruy Lopez
61. S Mariotti vs J Diez del Corral  1-0481978Las PalmasA45 Queen's Pawn Game
62. F Olafsson vs J Garcia Padron  1-0311978Las PalmasC75 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense
63. A Panchenko vs Csom  1-0481978Las PalmasB62 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer
64. O Rodriguez Vargas vs J P Dominguez Sanz  1-0351978Las PalmasA16 English
65. Larsen vs Sax  ½-½761978Las PalmasA48 King's Indian
66. Csom vs Tukmakov  ½-½201978Las PalmasB22 Sicilian, Alapin
67. J Diez del Corral vs A Panchenko  0-1511978Las PalmasD51 Queen's Gambit Declined
68. J P Dominguez Sanz vs Miles  ½-½211978Las PalmasB28 Sicilian, O'Kelly Variation
69. J Garcia Padron vs M Stean  0-1331978Las PalmasA21 English
70. A Medina Garcia vs F Olafsson  0-1811978Las PalmasB56 Sicilian
71. F Sanz Alonso vs O Rodriguez Vargas  ½-½191978Las PalmasD34 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch
72. Westerinen vs S Mariotti  ½-½511978Las PalmasA07 King's Indian Attack
73. O Rodriguez Vargas vs Larsen  ½-½491978Las PalmasB06 Robatsch
74. Tukmakov vs J Diez del Corral  ½-½321978Las PalmasA15 English
75. M Stean vs Sax 1-0281978Las PalmasB33 Sicilian
 page 3 of 5; games 51-75 of 120  PGN Download
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