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Palma de Mallorca (1971) The event was organized by the Spanish Chess Federation and sponsored by the City of Palma. (1) After a series of tournaments including Palma de Mallorca (1969) and Palma de Mallorca Interzonal (1970), it appeared that the organization this time suffered economic problems. (2) FIDE had apparently reduced its support, and was looking elsewhere after the Interzonal. The Soviets chose to play instead in the 2nd Alekhine Memorial in Moscow (1971). According to Chessmetrics, (3) the highest ranked of the 16 players were Larsen (#4), Portisch (#8), Panno (#27) and Reshevsky (#34). Larsen tried to win again, but he pressed too hard and also turned down draw offers from Panno and Reshevsky. (4) Jorge Puig Laborda was the tournament director. (5) This and Palma de Mallorca (1972) would be the last of the Palma super-GM events. Hotel Jaime I, Palma, Spain, 29 November - 18 December 1971 Elo 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 Pts (2) 1 GM Ljubojevic 2510 * ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 11 2 GM Panno 2570 ½ * ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 ½ 1 1 1 11 3 GM Portisch 2630 ½ ½ * ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 1 1 ½ 10 4 GM Reshevsky 2550 ½ ½ ½ * ½ 0 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 10 5 IM Andersson 2510 ½ ½ ½ ½ * ½ 1 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 1 9½ 6 IM Csom 2480 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ * 0 0 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 9 7 GM Larsen 2660 0 0 0 0 0 1 * ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 9 8 GM Benkö 2520 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 1 ½ * ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 8½ 9 GM Donner 2500 0 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ * ½ 0 ½ 1 1 ½ 1 7 10 IM Tatai 2440 0 ½ 0 0 0 ½ 0 0 ½ * 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 7 11 Keene 2465 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 0 * 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 6 12 GM Pomar 2510 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 * ½ 0 ½ ½ 6 13 GM Bisguier 2440 0 ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ 0 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ * ½ ½ ½ 5½ 14 IM Garcia 2340 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 0 ½ 0 0 ½ 1 ½ * ½ 1 4½ 15 Bellon 2325 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ * ½ 3 16 IM Medina 2420 0 0 ½ 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ * 3 Csom and Andersson made GM-norms (9 points required). (4) Tournament book: VI Gran Torneo de Ajedrez Palma de Mallorca. Federacion Española de Ajedrez. 82 p. There is a report by Keene in the January 1972 issue of British Chess Magazine. Round dates are mainly from reports in the newspaper La Vanguardia. 1) ABC (Sevilla), 28 November 1971, p. 66. 2) El Mundo Deportivo, 27 December 1971, p. 26. The final ranking was decided by Sonneborn-Berger score (http://hemeroteca.mundodeportivo.co...). 3) Chessmetrics, October 1971 (http://www.chessmetrics.com/cm/CM2/...). 4) Tidskrift för Schack, vol. 78 (1972) p. 18. 5) La Vanguardia, 28 November 1971, p. 41. Original collection: Game Collection: Palma de Mallorca 1971 by User: Tabanus.  page 1 of 3; games 1-25 of 61  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. A Bisguier vs A Medina Garcia   ½-½ 29 1971 Palma de Mallorca C72 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense, 5.O-O 2. Portisch vs Panno   ½-½ 35 1971 Palma de Mallorca E41 Nimzo-Indian 3. J H Donner vs A Pomar   ½-½ 18 1971 Palma de Mallorca B14 Caro-Kann, Panov-Botvinnik Attack 4. J Bellon Lopez vs Keene   ½-½ 42 1971 Palma de Mallorca A01 Nimzovich-Larsen Attack 5. Andersson vs Reshevsky   ½-½ 41 1971 Palma de Mallorca A15 English 6. A Pomar vs A Bisguier   ½-½ 26 1971 Palma de Mallorca D12 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 7. S Tatai vs J H Donner   ½-½ 93 1971 Palma de Mallorca E73 King's Indian 8. Keene vs Andersson   ½-½ 31 1971 Palma de Mallorca A07 King's Indian Attack 9. Ljubojevic vs A Pomar   ½-½ 24 1971 Palma de Mallorca B11 Caro-Kann, Two Knights, 3...Bg4 10. J H Donner vs Benko   ½-½ 20 1971 Palma de Mallorca A59 Benko Gambit 11. J Bellon Lopez vs S Garcia Martinez   ½-½ 44 1971 Palma de Mallorca A01 Nimzovich-Larsen Attack 12. Portisch vs A Medina Garcia   ½-½ 49 1971 Palma de Mallorca E52 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Main line with ...b6 13. Andersson vs Panno   ½-½ 17 1971 Palma de Mallorca B81 Sicilian, Scheveningen, Keres Attack 14. S Garcia Martinez vs Andersson   ½-½ 47 1971 Palma de Mallorca B06 Robatsch 15. A Medina Garcia vs J Bellon Lopez   ½-½ 32 1971 Palma de Mallorca B32 Sicilian 16. Keene vs Csom   ½-½ 17 1971 Palma de Mallorca D37 Queen's Gambit Declined 17. Benko vs Reshevsky   ½-½ 16 1971 Palma de Mallorca A15 English 18. A Pomar vs Portisch   ½-½ 13 1971 Palma de Mallorca E10 Queen's Pawn Game 19. J Bellon Lopez vs A Pomar   ½-½ 51 1971 Palma de Mallorca B11 Caro-Kann, Two Knights, 3...Bg4 20. Csom vs Panno   ½-½ 15 1971 Palma de Mallorca A15 English 21. A Bisguier vs Benko   ½-½ 14 1971 Palma de Mallorca B40 Sicilian 22. Reshevsky vs Keene ½-½ 28 1971 Palma de Mallorca A07 King's Indian Attack 23. J H Donner vs Portisch   ½-½ 19 1971 Palma de Mallorca A77 Benoni, Classical, 9...Re8, 10.Nd2 24. Panno vs Reshevsky   ½-½ 24 1971 Palma de Mallorca A35 English, Symmetrical 25. Benko vs Keene   ½-½ 23 1971 Palma de Mallorca B06 Robatsch  page 1 of 3; games 1-25 of 61    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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