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Las Palmas (1974) The 3rd Gran Torneo Internacional de Ajedrez «Ciudad Las Palmas de Gran Canaria» was played in the saloons of Hotel Santa Catalina in Las Palmas, Gran Canaria, Spain, from 15 April to 4 May 1974. Rest days: 18, 22, 26 and 30 April, and 3 May. Round 1 started at 4 pm, after a one minute silence in memory of last year's winner Leonid Stein. Tournament director: Pierre Joly Dumesnil. Chief arbiter: Harry Golombek. Ljubojevic won with 11/15. Beliavsky and Garcia took GM norms. The "best game" award and also Isador Samuel Turover 's beauty prize went to Ljubojevic for Browne vs Ljubojevic, 1974. Age 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 Pts ———————————————————————————————————————————————————————— 1 Ljubojevic 23 • ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 0 ½ 1 1 ½ 1 1 1 11 2 Beliavsky 20 ½ • 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 10 3 Olafsson 39 0 0 • ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 1 1 ½ 1 ½ 10 4 Polugaevsky 39 ½ ½ ½ • ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ ½ 1 9½ 5 Garcia 20 ½ 0 ½ ½ • ½ 1 1 ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 9½ 6 Andersson 22 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ • 1 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 9½ 7 Larsen 39 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 0 • 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 9½ 8 Quinteros 26 ½ 0 0 0 0 1 0 • 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 7½ 9 Pomar 42 1 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 0 • 0 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 7 10 Ribli 22 ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ 0 0 1 • ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ 7 11 Kavalek 30 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 0 0 0 ½ • ½ 1 1 1 1 6½ 12 Browne 25 0 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 0 ½ 1 ½ • 1 1 1 1 6½ 13 Hartston 26 ½ ½ 0 0 ½ 0 1 1 ½ ½ 0 0 • ½ 0 0 5 14 Bellon 24 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 0 0 1 ½ ½ 0 0 ½ • 0 1 5 15 Menvielle 35 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 • 1 4 16 Medina 54 0 0 ½ 0 0 0 0 0 ½ ½ 0 0 1 0 0 • 2½ ———————————————————————————————————————————————————————— The game Hartston vs G Garcia Gonzalez, 1974 can be found in Revista Ajedrez Canario no. 35 p. 279. Sources Jaque 30 (June 1974), pp. 24-31: http://www.bartelski.pl/olimpbase/l... Bent Larsen in Skakbladet 1974/7, p. 195: http://danbase.skak.dk/skakbladet/1.... Bent Larsen in Skakbladet 1974/8, pp. 215-217: http://danbase.skak.dk/skakbladet/1... Revista Ajedrez Canario no. 35 (June 1974): https://www.olimpbase.org/leagueES/... Previous: Las Palmas (1973). Next: Las Palmas (1975)  page 1 of 5; games 1-25 of 120  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Polugaevsky vs Andersson   ½-½ 38 1974 Las Palmas A15 English 2. Ljubojevic vs J Bellon Lopez   1-0 60 1974 Las Palmas B32 Sicilian 3. Larsen vs Kavalek 1-0 46 1974 Las Palmas B21 Sicilian, 2.f4 and 2.d4 4. Beliavsky vs G Garcia Gonzalez   1-0 40 1974 Las Palmas B07 Pirc 5. Browne vs Ribli   1-0 40 1974 Las Palmas B54 Sicilian 6. A Pomar Salamanca vs Quinteros   0-1 49 1974 Las Palmas A42 Modern Defense, Averbakh System 7. A Medina Garcia vs Hartston   1-0 66 1974 Las Palmas B46 Sicilian, Taimanov Variation 8. F Olafsson vs A Menvielle Laccourreye   1-0 27 1974 Las Palmas A88 Dutch, Leningrad, Main Variation with c6 9. Andersson vs A Menvielle Laccourreye 1-0 28 1974 Las Palmas A04 Reti Opening 10. Quinteros vs Ljubojevic   ½-½ 37 1974 Las Palmas A46 Queen's Pawn Game 11. Hartston vs Larsen 1-0 67 1974 Las Palmas B84 Sicilian, Scheveningen 12. J Bellon Lopez vs Beliavsky   ½-½ 50 1974 Las Palmas B23 Sicilian, Closed 13. Kavalek vs Browne   ½-½ 20 1974 Las Palmas A04 Reti Opening 14. Polugaevsky vs A Pomar Salamanca   ½-½ 40 1974 Las Palmas A04 Reti Opening 15. Ribli vs F Olafsson   0-1 42 1974 Las Palmas A15 English 16. G Garcia Gonzalez vs A Medina Garcia   1-0 64 1974 Las Palmas E52 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Main line with ...b6 17. A Pomar Salamanca vs Andersson   ½-½ 25 1974 Las Palmas B22 Sicilian, Alapin 18. Browne vs Hartston   1-0 59 1974 Las Palmas B45 Sicilian, Taimanov 19. Ljubojevic vs Polugaevsky   ½-½ 38 1974 Las Palmas B44 Sicilian 20. Beliavsky vs Quinteros   1-0 28 1974 Las Palmas A32 English, Symmetrical Variation 21. Larsen vs G Garcia Gonzalez   0-1 35 1974 Las Palmas A28 English 22. F Olafsson vs Kavalek   1-0 41 1974 Las Palmas B92 Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation 23. A Menvielle Laccourreye vs Ribli   0-1 57 1974 Las Palmas B51 Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack 24. A Medina Garcia vs J Bellon Lopez   0-1 35 1974 Las Palmas A07 King's Indian Attack 25. Andersson vs Ribli   ½-½ 22 1974 Las Palmas A06 Reti Opening  page 1 of 5; games 1-25 of 120    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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