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Palma de Mallorca (1968) This was the strongest tournament in 1968, featuring the World Champion Petrosian, his challenger Spassky, Korchnoi, who had just lost the Spassky - Korchnoi Candidates Final (1968), Larsen, who had lost the Spassky - Larsen Candidates Semifinal (1968), and Gligoric, who lost the Tal - Gligoric Candidates Quarterfinal (1968). The tournament continued the tradition of Palma de Mallorca (1965), Palma de Mallorca (1966) and Palma de Mallorca (1967), and went on with Palma de Mallorca (1969). It was sponsored by the Council of Palma, Palma tourist office, and the Spanish Chess Federation. Most of the participants came from the olympiad in Lugano (Switzerland), which had ended in the beginning of November. Korchnoi made one of his best tournaments, as he drew the world champion Petrosian and defeated Spassky, Larsen and Gligoric. In the last round he could grant half a point to Calvo. The five players from the Candidates matches 1968 took the first five places. Hotel Jaime I, Palma, Spain, 24 November - 14 December 1968 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Pts 1 GM Korchnoi * 1 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 1 ½ 14 =2 GM Larsen 0 * ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 13 =2 GM Spassky 0 ½ * ½ ½ 1 1 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 13 4 GM Petrosian ½ 1 ½ * 1 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 ½ 11½ 5 GM Gligoric 0 ½ ½ 0 * ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 ½ 1 1 0 1 10½ 6 GM Ivkov ½ ½ 0 1 ½ * ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 10 7 GM Benkö ½ 0 0 ½ 0 ½ * 1 ½ 1 0 1 ½ 1 1 1 0 1 9½ 8 GM Pomar ½ 0 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 * 1 ½ 1 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 9 9 GM Gheorghiu 0 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 * ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 8½ 10 GM Matanovic 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ * ½ 0 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 8 11 IM Lehmann 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 0 ½ ½ * ½ ½ ½ 0 0 1 ½ 7 12 IM Medina ½ 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 0 0 1 ½ * ½ 0 1 ½ 1 1 6½ =13 IM Torán 0 0 0 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ * 0 ½ ½ 1 1 6 =13 IM Byrne 0 0 0 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 * ½ ½ 0 0 6 =15 IM Corral 0 0 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 0 1 0 ½ ½ * 1 ½ ½ 5½ =15 Visier 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 0 * 1 ½ 5½ 17 IM Westerinen 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 ½ 0 0 0 0 0 1 ½ 0 * 1 5 18 Calvo ½ 0 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 0 0 ½ ½ 0 0 1 ½ ½ 0 * 4½ Tournament director: Jorge Puig Laborda. Principal arbiter: Harry de Graaf. After the tournament, Chess Oscar for 1968 was awarded to Spassky. Tournament book: IV Gran Torneo Internacional de Ajedrez, Palma de Mallorca, 1968 by Robert Wade, Leslie Stephen Fraser Blackstock and Maxwell Leonard Fuller (Chess Player, Nottingham 1969. 88 pp.). Original collection: Game Collection: Palma de Mallorca 1968 by User: Tabanus. This page (incl. round numbers, dates, and pairings, but not game scores) is almost entirely based on Román Torán's reports in La Vanguardia, which are available online at http://www.lavanguardia.com/hemerot..., and the report in La Vanguardia 16 November 1968 p. 41 (http://hemeroteca.lavanguardia.com/...).  page 1 of 3; games 1-25 of 55  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Larsen vs J Diez del Corral   1-0 48 1968 Palma de Mallorca A01 Nimzovich-Larsen Attack 2. R Calvo Minguez vs D Byrne 1-0 70 1968 Palma de Mallorca A07 King's Indian Attack 3. Westerinen vs R Calvo Minguez   1-0 52 1968 Palma de Mallorca C89 Ruy Lopez, Marshall 4. Korchnoi vs H Lehmann 1-0 42 1968 Palma de Mallorca A28 English 5. Gligoric vs Benko   1-0 65 1968 Palma de Mallorca D31 Queen's Gambit Declined 6. Petrosian vs Westerinen 1-0 41 1968 Palma de Mallorca E81 King's Indian, Samisch 7. Benko vs F Visier Segovia   1-0 26 1968 Palma de Mallorca B25 Sicilian, Closed 8. Spassky vs Ivkov 1-0 32 1968 Palma de Mallorca B14 Caro-Kann, Panov-Botvinnik Attack 9. Gheorghiu vs A Medina Garcia   1-0 43 1968 Palma de Mallorca E54 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Gligoric System 10. D Byrne vs R Toran   1-0 44 1968 Palma de Mallorca A16 English 11. Spassky vs F Visier Segovia 1-0 45 1968 Palma de Mallorca E88 King's Indian, Samisch, Orthodox, 7.d5 c6 12. Korchnoi vs D Byrne 1-0 31 1968 Palma de Mallorca A16 English 13. Larsen vs Gheorghiu 1-0 37 1968 Palma de Mallorca D32 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch 14. Benko vs A Medina Garcia   1-0 40 1968 Palma de Mallorca D37 Queen's Gambit Declined 15. R Toran vs Westerinen   1-0 43 1968 Palma de Mallorca E75 King's Indian, Averbakh, Main line 16. J Diez del Corral vs H Lehmann   1-0 48 1968 Palma de Mallorca C62 Ruy Lopez, Old Steinitz Defense 17. Gligoric vs R Calvo Minguez   1-0 30 1968 Palma de Mallorca A43 Old Benoni 18. A Matanovic vs R Toran   1-0 48 1968 Palma de Mallorca B45 Sicilian, Taimanov 19. Ivkov vs Petrosian 1-0 33 1968 Palma de Mallorca B44 Sicilian 20. Spassky vs Benko 1-0 57 1968 Palma de Mallorca B25 Sicilian, Closed 21. Larsen vs A Medina Garcia 1-0 41 1968 Palma de Mallorca A01 Nimzovich-Larsen Attack 22. Petrosian vs Gligoric 1-0 51 1968 Palma de Mallorca E81 King's Indian, Samisch 23. Korchnoi vs A Matanovic 1-0 55 1968 Palma de Mallorca E54 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Gligoric System 24. A Pomar vs Gheorghiu   1-0 42 1968 Palma de Mallorca D82 Grunfeld, 4.Bf4 25. A Medina Garcia vs Westerinen   1-0 41 1968 Palma de Mallorca C72 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense, 5.O-O  page 1 of 3; games 1-25 of 55    REFINE SEARCH:   White wins (1-0) | Black wins (0-1) | Draws (1/2-1/2)   Mar-10-15    zydeco: Good games in this tournament: Larsen vs Korchnoi, 1968 Korchnoi vs Spassky, 1968 Gligoric vs Korchnoi, 1968 Korchnoi vs H Lehmann, 1968 Ivkov vs Petrosian, 1968 A Medina Garcia vs R Toran Albero, 1968 The brilliancy prize was shared between A Medina Garcia vs R Toran Albero, 1968 and Larsen vs Korchnoi, 1968 NOTE: Create an account today to post replies and access other powerful features which are available only to registered users. 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