| Banja Luka (1979) |
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The Banja Luka Chess Tournament, held in Yugoslavia in 1979, was a category IX event. The round robin featured 14 grandmasters: Tigran Petrosian (2610), Ulf Andersson (2560), Jan Smejkal (2550), Walter Browne (2540), Andras Adorjan (2525), Bojan Kurajica (2515), Slavoljub Marjanovic (2505), Roman Hernandez (2500), Milorad Knezevic (2500), Enver Bukic (2495), Aleksandar Matanovic (2495), Guillermo Garcia Gonzales (2490), Milan Vukic (2485), and Drazen Marovic (2470); International Master Milenko Sibarevic (2355); and the unrated chess talent Garry Kasparov. The little known Kasparov, who celebrated his sixteenth birthday during the event, stunned everyone by winning it decisively, without a single loss, with 11.5 points out of 15, a full two points clear of second place. His first international tournament, and a high level one at that, thus ended with a convincing victory. After this, Kasparov was immediately considered a likely future world champion. One game decided by forfeit (Andersson's win over Bukic in the thirteenth round) is omitted from this collection. Based on Game Collection: Banja Luka 1979 by User: suenteus po 147.
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| Result | Moves |
Year | Event/Locale | Opening |
| 1. Adorjan vs Kasparov |
 | ½-½ | 33 | 1979 | Banja Luka | B83 Sicilian |
| 2. Adorjan vs G Garcia Gonzalez |
| 1-0 | 32 | 1979 | Banja Luka | B46 Sicilian, Taimanov Variation |
| 3. M Sibarevic vs Adorjan |
| 0-1 | 38 | 1979 | Banja Luka | B33 Sicilian |
| 4. A Matanovic vs Adorjan |
| ½-½ | 21 | 1979 | Banja Luka | B33 Sicilian |
| 5. Adorjan vs Marjanovic |
| ½-½ | 23 | 1979 | Banja Luka | D34 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch |
| 6. Andersson vs Kasparov |
| ½-½ | 12 | 1979 | Banja Luka | A10 English |
| 7. Andersson vs B Kurajica |
| 1-0 | 33 | 1979 | Banja Luka | E11 Bogo-Indian Defense |
| 8. Andersson vs D Marovic |
| 1-0 | 43 | 1979 | Banja Luka | A88 Dutch, Leningrad, Main Variation with c6 |
| 9. Kasparov vs Browne |
 | 1-0 | 39 | 1979 | Banja Luka | E12 Queen's Indian |
| 10. Browne vs B Kurajica |
| 1-0 | 41 | 1979 | Banja Luka | E11 Bogo-Indian Defense |
| 11. Browne vs M Vukic |
| 1-0 | 43 | 1979 | Banja Luka | E62 King's Indian, Fianchetto |
| 12. M Sibarevic vs Browne |
| ½-½ | 35 | 1979 | Banja Luka | A25 English |
| 13. Kasparov vs Petrosian |
| ½-½ | 23 | 1979 | Banja Luka | C97 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin |
| 14. M Sibarevic vs Kasparov |
| 0-1 | 32 | 1979 | Banja Luka | B82 Sicilian, Scheveningen |
| 15. R Hernandez Onna vs Kasparov |
| 0-1 | 26 | 1979 | Banja Luka | A10 English |
| 16. Kasparov vs D Marovic |
| 1-0 | 35 | 1979 | Banja Luka | D61 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox, Rubinstein Attack |
| 17. Smejkal vs Kasparov |
| ½-½ | 27 | 1979 | Banja Luka | E62 King's Indian, Fianchetto |
| 18. Kasparov vs Marjanovic |
| 1-0 | 34 | 1979 | Banja Luka | E12 Queen's Indian |
| 19. Kasparov vs E Bukic |
| 1-0 | 67 | 1979 | Banja Luka | E12 Queen's Indian |
| 20. Kasparov vs M Vukic |
| 1-0 | 35 | 1979 | Banja Luka | E91 King's Indian |
| 21. Kasparov vs A Matanovic |
| ½-½ | 19 | 1979 | Banja Luka | C97 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin |
| 22. G Garcia Gonzalez vs Kasparov |
| ½-½ | 21 | 1979 | Banja Luka | E97 King's Indian |
| 23. Kasparov vs B Kurajica |
| ½-½ | 12 | 1979 | Banja Luka | E46 Nimzo-Indian |
| 24. M Knezevic vs Kasparov |
| 0-1 | 40 | 1979 | Banja Luka | A32 English, Symmetrical Variation |
| 25. Marjanovic vs Petrosian |
| ½-½ | 15 | 1979 | Banja Luka | C07 French, Tarrasch |
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| May-05-22 | | CarlosCleto: "Sixteen grandmasters competed in a round robin format": No. Only Fourteen grandmasters, Sibarevic was only a IM, and Kasparov then was a unrated and untitled player. "two unrated chess talents: Garry Kasparov and Guillermo Garcia Gonzales": Again, no... Kasparov, as said above, was a unrated and untitled player, but Garcia was a Grandmaster since 1976. |
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| May-05-22 | | diagonal: Thanks, <CarlosCleto>! Unrated, Untitled, Undefeated: 16 year young <Garry Kasparov> won at Banja Luka in 1979 with a full two points over second place. He had no loss, took seven draws and scored eight wins, already <the typical Kasparov rhythm>. At Banja Luka in 1985, reigning Female World Chess Champion <Maia Chiburdanidze>, wins as first woman ever a male elite international invitation chess tournament (an even bigger upset than the Lone Pine Open in 1977 with co-winner Nona Gaprindashvili). Chiburdanidze wins at Banja Luka in 1985 outright, is surpassing many grandmasters and reminds within 13 rounds unbeaten! She beats among others the two Brits Short and Plaskett. The pre-tournament favourites were Lev Psakhis, twice national champion of USSR in 1980 (together with Beliavsky) and 1981 (together with Kasparov), Bojan Kurajica and of course Nigel Short, already a strong and rising GM. Like Garry and Maia, <Viktor Korchnoi> took Banja Luka at his very first participation, aged 76 in 2007 (he already was invited for 1979 but could not particpate because of the soviet tournament boycott against him). In 2007, it was the first international tournament held at Banja Luka after a twenty years break, followed by one further edition in 2008. Albo d'Oro: Milan Vukić, winner of the inaugural edition (1974); Vlastimil Hort (1976); Garry Kasparov, with 16 years (1979); Vitaly Tseshkovsky (1981); Krunoslav Hulak, András Adorján, and Jonathan Speelman (1983); Maia Chiburdanidze (1985); Roland Ekström, and Krunoslav Hulak (1987); Viktor Korchnoi, with 76 years, and Zlatko Ilinčić (2007); Bartłomiej Heberla, winner of the latest and last edition (2008). If shared wins, first on tie-break is mentioned first. Most notable participants, < not winning > at the Banja Luka tournament: Petrosian, Timman, Short, Sax, Nikolic, Smejkal, Ftacnik, Kuzmin, Bagirov, Inkiov, Browne, Lombardy, Tarjan, Farago, Csom, Matanovic, Matulovic, Parma, Kurajica, Cebalo, Velimirovic, Sznapik, Ruck, Stojanovic, Volkov, Gopal, Solodovnichenko, and Ulf Andersson who played in 1976, 1979, and again in 2007. Famous games from Banja Luka:
Garry’s early years – Effective tactics combined with creative strategy: Kasparov vs Browne, 1979 Victor’s mature years – Legends never get too old for brilliance: Korchnoi vs M Stojanovic, 2007 Maia isn’t short minded – Nigel blunders: Short vs Chiburdanidze, 1985 Sudden blitz – Jan Timman mated by Milan Vukic on the spot: Timman vs M Vukic, 1974 Another world class blunder – Sergey Volkov got checkmated in two:
S Volkov vs B Heberla, 2008 Immortal game of Milenko Sibarevic – horses, credo, erat ad portas:
M Sibarevic vs Bukic, 1976 |
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