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TOURNAMENT STANDINGS
Vidmar Memorial Tournament

Lajos Portisch12.5/17(+8 -0 =9)[games]
Jan Smejkal11/17(+7 -2 =8)[games]
Svetozar Gligoric11/17(+6 -1 =10)[games]
Miguel Quinteros11/17(+6 -1 =10)[games]
Istvan Csom10.5/17(+6 -2 =9)[games]
Alexey Suetin9.5/17(+5 -3 =9)[games]
Bruno Parma9.5/17(+3 -1 =13)[games]
Aleksandar Matanovic9/17(+3 -2 =12)[games]
Albin Planinc9/17(+4 -3 =10)[games]
Yuri Razuvaev9/17(+2 -1 =14)[games]
Borislav Ivkov9/17(+3 -2 =12)[games]
Ivan Radulov8/17(+1 -2 =14)[games]
Dragoljub Minic7.5/17(+1 -3 =13)[games]
Janez Barle7/17(+4 -7 =6)[games]
Stefano Tatai6/17(+1 -6 =10)[games]
Victor Ciocaltea5.5/17(+0 -6 =11)[games]
Rudolf Osterman4/17(+2 -11 =4)[games]
Stojan Puc4/17(+1 -10 =6)[games]
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Chessgames.com Chess Event Description
Vidmar Memorial (1973)

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 1 Portisch, Lajos HUN GM * = = = 1 1 = = = = = = 1 1 1 1 1 1 12.5 2 Smejkal, Jan CSR GM = * = = 0 1 1 = 0 = = = = 1 1 1 1 1 11.0 3 Gligoric, Svetozar YUG GM = = * = = 0 = = = = 1 = = 1 1 1 1 1 11.0 4 Quinteros, Miguel A ARG IM = = = * = = = = 0 = = = 1 1 1 1 1 1 11.0 5 Csom, Istvan HUN IM 0 1 = = * = = 0 = = 1 = = = 1 1 1 1 10.5 6 Suetin, Alexey S URS GM 0 0 1 = = * = = 1 = 0 1 1 = = = = 1 9.5 7 Parma, Bruno YUG GM = 0 = = = = * = = 1 = = = = = = 1 1 9.5 8 Matanovic, Aleksandar YUG GM = = = = 1 = = * = 0 = = = 1 = = 0 1 9.0 9 Planinc, Albin YUG GM = 1 = 1 = 0 = = * = = = 0 0 = = 1 1 9.0 10 Razuvaev, Yuri S URS -- = = = = = = 0 1 = * = = = = = = 1 = 9.0 11 Ivkov, Borislav YUG GM = = 0 = 0 1 = = = = * = = = = = 1 1 9.0 12 Radulov, Ivan BUL GM = = = = = 0 = = = = = * = 0 = = 1 = 8.0 13 Minic, Dragoljub YUG IM 0 = = 0 = 0 = = 1 = = = * = = = = = 7.5 14 Barle, Janez YUG -- 0 0 0 0 = = = 0 1 = = 1 = * 0 1 1 0 7.0 15 Tatai, Stefano ITA IM 0 0 0 0 0 = = = = = = = = 1 * = 0 = 6.0 16 Ciocaltea, Victor ROU IM 0 0 0 0 0 = = = = = = = = 0 = * = = 5.5 17 Osterman, Rudolf YUG -- 0 0 0 0 0 = 0 1 0 0 0 0 = 0 1 = * = 4.0 18 Puc, Stojan YUG IM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 = 0 = = 1 = = = * 4.0

Tournament:
The second Vidmar Memorial was played in the Festival Hall in Ljubljana (first 8 rounds), Auditorium Hall (regular games) and Riviera Hotel (continuations) in Portorož (second part of the tournament).

Errors in literature:
The round dates in the Mega database are wrong.

Source: http://www.perpetualcheck.com/show/...

 page 1 of 2; games 1-25 of 33  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. R Osterman vs Quinteros  0-1441973Vidmar MemorialB93 Sicilian, Najdorf, 6.f4
2. Csom vs A Matanovic  0-1571973Vidmar MemorialA14 English
3. J Barle vs S Tatai  0-1401973Vidmar MemorialB93 Sicilian, Najdorf, 6.f4
4. S Puc vs A Planinc  0-1201973Vidmar MemorialC45 Scotch Game
5. S Tatai vs Csom  0-1291973Vidmar MemorialE63 King's Indian, Fianchetto, Panno Variation
6. S Puc vs Quinteros  0-1451973Vidmar MemorialB27 Sicilian
7. A Planinc vs D Minic 0-1541973Vidmar MemorialB96 Sicilian, Najdorf
8. J Barle vs Portisch 0-1241973Vidmar MemorialC05 French, Tarrasch
9. V Ciocaltea vs Gligoric 0-1601973Vidmar MemorialC95 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Breyer
10. Quinteros vs A Planinc  0-1361973Vidmar MemorialA10 English
11. Suetin vs Ivkov 0-1421973Vidmar MemorialC72 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense, 5.O-O
12. R Osterman vs Parma  0-1461973Vidmar MemorialA14 English
13. V Ciocaltea vs Quinteros  0-1411973Vidmar MemorialB53 Sicilian
14. D Minic vs Suetin  0-1431973Vidmar MemorialB47 Sicilian, Taimanov (Bastrikov) Variation
15. Smejkal vs A Planinc 0-1381973Vidmar MemorialE68 King's Indian, Fianchetto, Classical Variation, 8.e4
16. S Puc vs Parma  0-1331973Vidmar MemorialE17 Queen's Indian
17. R Osterman vs Csom  0-1301973Vidmar MemorialB61 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer, Larsen Variation, 7.Qd2
18. J Barle vs S Puc  0-1331973Vidmar MemorialB83 Sicilian
19. A Planinc vs Suetin  0-1331973Vidmar MemorialB46 Sicilian, Taimanov Variation
20. S Puc vs Csom  0-1461973Vidmar MemorialE10 Queen's Pawn Game
21. J Barle vs Smejkal  0-1501973Vidmar MemorialA36 English
22. A Matanovic vs R Osterman  0-1571973Vidmar MemorialB05 Alekhine's Defense, Modern
23. Suetin vs Portisch  0-1701973Vidmar MemorialC05 French, Tarrasch
24. Smejkal vs Csom  0-1391973Vidmar MemorialE69 King's Indian, Fianchetto, Classical Main line
25. V Ciocaltea vs J Barle  0-1601973Vidmar MemorialB51 Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack
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Kibitzer's Corner
Jan-27-24
Premium Chessgames Member
  GrahamClayton: According to a 1973 New York Times article "Chess: Portisch Changing His Spots (Or at Least His Emphasis)", Portisch had a reputation as a logical strategist who preferred to eliminate tactics from his games. This tournament victory showed that Portisch had added a tactical element to his play.

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