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Forssa / Helsinki Zonal Tournament

Ivan Radulov11/15(+8 -1 =6)[games]
Florin Gheorghiu10.5/15(+7 -1 =7)[games]
Hans-Joachim Hecht10/15(+5 -0 =10)[games]
Aleksandar Matanovic9/15(+5 -2 =8)[games]
Zoltan Ribli9/15(+6 -3 =6)[games]
Wlodzimierz Schmidt8.5/15(+6 -4 =5)[games]
Leif Ogaard8/15(+3 -2 =10)[games]
Jan Timman7.5/15(+5 -5 =5)[games]
Ulf Andersson7/15(+2 -3 =10)[games]
Milan Matulovic7/15(+4 -5 =6)[games]
Ilkka Saren7/15(+4 -5 =6)[games]
Artur Hennings6.5/15(+2 -4 =9)[games]
Ole Jakobsen6.5/15(+4 -6 =5)[games]
Heikki Westerinen5.5/15(+3 -7 =5)[games]
Karl Robatsch4.5/15(+1 -7 =7)[games]
Jonas Thorvaldsson2.5/15(+0 -10 =5)[games]
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Chessgames.com Chess Event Description
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 1 of 1; 23 games  PGN Download 
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. Matulovic vs Andersson 0-1401972Forssa / Helsinki ZonalB06 Robatsch
2. Andersson vs A Matanovic  0-1421972Forssa / Helsinki ZonalA04 Reti Opening
3. J Thorvaldsson vs Matulovic  0-1391972Forssa / Helsinki ZonalA04 Reti Opening
4. I Saren vs L Ogaard  0-1401972Forssa / Helsinki ZonalB44 Sicilian
5. A Hennings vs W Schmidt  0-1561972Forssa / Helsinki ZonalB46 Sicilian, Taimanov Variation
6. O Jakobsen vs A Hennings 0-1351972Forssa / Helsinki ZonalA06 Reti Opening
7. Ribli vs I Saren  0-1451972Forssa / Helsinki ZonalA14 English
8. Matulovic vs Gheorghiu 0-1501972Forssa / Helsinki ZonalB96 Sicilian, Najdorf
9. J Thorvaldsson vs W Schmidt  0-1351972Forssa / Helsinki ZonalA15 English
10. W Schmidt vs I Radulov  0-1381972Forssa / Helsinki ZonalA15 English
11. J Thorvaldsson vs L Ogaard  0-1401972Forssa / Helsinki ZonalA04 Reti Opening
12. Timman vs Matulovic  0-1571972Forssa / Helsinki ZonalB08 Pirc, Classical
13. W Schmidt vs Gheorghiu  0-1491972Forssa / Helsinki ZonalA27 English, Three Knights System
14. Westerinen vs Ribli  0-1591972Forssa / Helsinki ZonalB89 Sicilian
15. Ribli vs W Schmidt  0-1331972Forssa / Helsinki ZonalB46 Sicilian, Taimanov Variation
16. I Saren vs Andersson  0-1451972Forssa / Helsinki ZonalC03 French, Tarrasch
17. J Thorvaldsson vs A Hennings  0-1601972Forssa / Helsinki ZonalA12 English with b3
18. A Hennings vs I Radulov 0-1321972Forssa / Helsinki ZonalB57 Sicilian
19. Robatsch vs H Hecht 0-1421972Forssa / Helsinki ZonalB03 Alekhine's Defense
20. Robatsch vs Ribli  0-1281972Forssa / Helsinki ZonalB92 Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation
21. A Hennings vs Gheorghiu  0-1551972Forssa / Helsinki ZonalB57 Sicilian
22. J Thorvaldsson vs I Radulov 0-1321972Forssa / Helsinki ZonalA12 English with b3
23. Westerinen vs I Saren  0-1431972Forssa / Helsinki ZonalC77 Ruy Lopez
 page 1 of 1; 23 games  PGN Download 
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