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Las Palmas (1978) The 7th Gran Torneo Internacional de Ajedrez «Ciudad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria» was played in Hotel Santa Catalina in Las Palmas, Gran Canaria, Spain, from 30 April to 19 May 1978. Rest days: 3, 7, 10, 14 and 18 May. Chief arbiter: Jose Miguel Fraguela Gil. Gyula Sax and Vladimir Tukmakov shared the victory with 10.5/15. Age 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 Pts ———————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— 1 Sax 26 • 1 ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 ½ 1 10½ 2 Tukmakov 32 0 • ½ ½ 1 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 10½ 3 Olafsson 43 ½ ½ • 0 ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 1 1 10 4 Miles 23 ½ ½ 1 • ½ 1 0 ½ 1 ½ 1 0 1 1 ½ ½ 9½ 5 Stean 24 1 0 ½ ½ • 0 1 0 1 ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 ½ 9½ 6 Larsen 43 ½ 0 1 0 1 • ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 0 1 1 9 7 Westerinen 34 0 ½ ½ 1 0 ½ • ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 1 1 9 8 Csom 37 ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 0 ½ • 1 1 0 ½ 0 1 1 1 8½ 9 Mariotti 31 ½ 0 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ 0 • 1 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 8½ 10 Diez del Corral 45 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 0 • 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 7 11 Panchenko 24 0 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ 0 1 0 1 • ½ 1 1 0 1 7 12 Rodriguez 34 0 0 0 1 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ • ½ ½ 1 1 7 13 Sanz 25 0 ½ 0 0 0 0 ½ 1 0 ½ 0 ½ • ½ 1 0 4½ 14 Garcia 20 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ • 1 ½ 4 15 Medina 58 ½ 0 0 ½ 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 • 1 3 16 Dominguez 42 0 0 0 ½ ½ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 ½ 0 • 2½ ———————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— Best attack award: O Rodriguez Vargas vs F Olafsson, 1978. Sources Jaque 79 (July 1978), pp. 10-15: https://www.olimpbase.org/leagueES/... Bent Larsen in Skakbladet 1978/6, pp. 99-100: http://danbase.skak.dk/skakbladet/1... Jorge Puig Laborda in Butlletî d'Escacs vol. 3 no. 13 (August 1978), pp. 46-47: http://historiadelajedrezespanol.es... Round dates (30 April, 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 11, 12, 13, 15, 16, 17 and 19 May) from the Icelandic newspapers at https://timarit.is/. Previous: Las Palmas (1977). Next: Las Palmas (1979)  page 1 of 5; games 1-25 of 120  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. J Diez del Corral vs Westerinen   ½-½ 36 1978 Las Palmas E81 King's Indian, Samisch 2. A Panchenko vs Miles   0-1 33 1978 Las Palmas B43 Sicilian, Kan, 5.Nc3 3. Csom vs J P Dominguez Sanz   1-0 41 1978 Las Palmas B10 Caro-Kann 4. J Garcia Padron vs Larsen   1-0 27 1978 Las Palmas B28 Sicilian, O'Kelly Variation 5. Tukmakov vs O Rodriguez Vargas   1-0 48 1978 Las Palmas D37 Queen's Gambit Declined 6. F Olafsson vs Sax   ½-½ 21 1978 Las Palmas D86 Grunfeld, Exchange 7. S Mariotti vs M Stean   0-1 38 1978 Las Palmas D73 Neo-Grunfeld, 5.Nf3 8. A Medina Garcia vs F Sanz Alonso   0-1 26 1978 Las Palmas C60 Ruy Lopez 9. Miles vs Tukmakov   ½-½ 20 1978 Las Palmas A15 English 10. Larsen vs A Medina Garcia   1-0 42 1978 Las Palmas A15 English 11. O Rodriguez Vargas vs F Olafsson 0-1 26 1978 Las Palmas E59 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Main line 12. S Mariotti vs A Panchenko 1-0 48 1978 Las Palmas B53 Sicilian 13. Sax vs J Garcia Padron   1-0 42 1978 Las Palmas B82 Sicilian, Scheveningen 14. J P Dominguez Sanz vs J Diez del Corral   0-1 35 1978 Las Palmas C18 French, Winawer 15. F Sanz Alonso vs Csom 1-0 37 1978 Las Palmas B22 Sicilian, Alapin 16. M Stean vs Westerinen   1-0 58 1978 Las Palmas E98 King's Indian, Orthodox, Taimanov, 9.Ne1 17. F Olafsson vs Miles   0-1 51 1978 Las Palmas A10 English 18. Csom vs Larsen   0-1 38 1978 Las Palmas E06 Catalan, Closed, 5.Nf3 19. Tukmakov vs S Mariotti   1-0 41 1978 Las Palmas A15 English 20. A Medina Garcia vs Sax   ½-½ 49 1978 Las Palmas B33 Sicilian 21. J Diez del Corral vs F Sanz Alonso   ½-½ 41 1978 Las Palmas D34 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch 22. J Garcia Padron vs O Rodriguez Vargas   ½-½ 87 1978 Las Palmas B56 Sicilian 23. A Panchenko vs M Stean   ½-½ 23 1978 Las Palmas B93 Sicilian, Najdorf, 6.f4 24. Westerinen vs J P Dominguez Sanz   1-0 42 1978 Las Palmas B17 Caro-Kann, Steinitz Variation 25. Larsen vs J Diez del Corral   ½-½ 39 1978 Las Palmas C05 French, Tarrasch  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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