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Hastings 1971/72 The 47th Hastings Christmas Chess Festival (1) was held at the end of the year 1971. In expansion over the previous year, sixteen grandmasters and masters were invited to compete in a round robin format at the premier event. The complete list of participants included (in order of ELO): Viktor Korchnoi (2670), Svetozar Gligoric (2600), Wolfgang Unzicker (2545), Anatoli Karpov (2540), Henrique Mecking (2540), Miguel Najdorf (2530), Helmut Pfleger (2515), Ulf Andersson (2510), Robert Byrne (2510), Peter Markland (2510), Bojan Kurajica (2490), Raymond Keene (2465), Victor Ciocaltea (2460), George Botterill (2410), William Hartston (2390) and Michael Franklin (2345). The average of the combined ratings of all the players qualified the tournament as a Category XI event. Karpov and Korchnoi tied for first place, each with +7 at the final. In less than three years they would be facing each other for the right to challenge for the world championship. This would eventually be awarded to Karpov, whose win here put him alongside Alexander Alekhine and Max Euwe as players who won Hastings on the way to become world champion. The final standings and crosstable: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 1 Korchnoi * 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 1 1 1 ½ 1 1 ½ 1 1 11.0 2 Karpov 0 * 1 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 1 11.0 3 Mecking ½ 0 * ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 ½ 9.5 4 Byrne ½ 0 ½ * ½ 1 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 0 ½ 1 1 1 9.5 5 Gligoric ½ ½ ½ ½ * ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 8.5 6 Najdorf ½ ½ 0 0 ½ * 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 8.5 7 Andersson 1 ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 * ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 8.0 8 Unzicker 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ * ½ ½ 1 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 8.0 9 Pfleger 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ * ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 7.5 10 Kurajica 0 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 0 ½ ½ * ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 7.0 11 Ciocaltea ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ * ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 6.5 12 Botterill 0 0 0 1 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ * ½ ½ 0 1 6.0 13 Hartston 0 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ * ½ 1 ½ 6.0 14 Keene ½ 0 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ * ½ 0 5.5 15 Markland 0 0 0 0 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 0 ½ 1 0 ½ * 1 4.5 16 Franklin 0 0 ½ 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 0 ½ 0 ½ 1 0 * 3.0 (1) http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hast... Original collection: Game Collection: Hastings 1971/72, by User: suenteus po 147. Previous: Hastings (1970/71). Next: Hastings (1972/73)  page 1 of 5; games 1-25 of 120  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Korchnoi vs Andersson 0-1 50 1971 Hastings 1971/72 E11 Bogo-Indian Defense 2. H Pfleger vs Karpov   ½-½ 37 1971 Hastings 1971/72 E19 Queen's Indian, Old Main line, 9.Qxc3 3. Mecking vs Keene 1-0 43 1971 Hastings 1971/72 B09 Pirc, Austrian Attack 4. P Markland vs Najdorf   ½-½ 41 1971 Hastings 1971/72 A15 English 5. W Hartston vs Gligoric   ½-½ 27 1971 Hastings 1971/72 C69 Ruy Lopez, Exchange, Gligoric Variation 6. G Botterill vs B Kurajica   ½-½ 26 1971 Hastings 1971/72 B48 Sicilian, Taimanov Variation 7. R Byrne vs Unzicker   ½-½ 24 1971 Hastings 1971/72 C83 Ruy Lopez, Open 8. V Ciocaltea vs M J Franklin   ½-½ 42 1971 Hastings 1971/72 B30 Sicilian 9. Andersson vs Keene   ½-½ 24 1971 Hastings 1971/72 B08 Pirc, Classical 10. Karpov vs R Byrne 1-0 40 1971 Hastings 1971/72 B61 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer, Larsen Variation, 7.Qd2 11. Korchnoi vs P Markland   1-0 41 1971 Hastings 1971/72 E44 Nimzo-Indian, Fischer Variation, 5.Ne2 12. Najdorf vs H Pfleger   ½-½ 32 1971 Hastings 1971/72 D50 Queen's Gambit Declined 13. Gligoric vs V Ciocaltea ½-½ 20 1971 Hastings 1971/72 E97 King's Indian 14. M J Franklin vs Mecking   ½-½ 21 1971 Hastings 1971/72 A46 Queen's Pawn Game 15. B Kurajica vs W Hartston   1-0 36 1971 Hastings 1971/72 B47 Sicilian, Taimanov (Bastrikov) Variation 16. Unzicker vs G Botterill   1-0 58 1971 Hastings 1971/72 B09 Pirc, Austrian Attack 17. G Botterill vs Karpov 0-1 49 1971 Hastings 1971/72 D58 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tartakower (Makagonov-Bondarevsky) Syst 18. H Pfleger vs Korchnoi   0-1 37 1971 Hastings 1971/72 A22 English 19. Mecking vs Gligoric   ½-½ 42 1971 Hastings 1971/72 C69 Ruy Lopez, Exchange, Gligoric Variation 20. R Byrne vs Najdorf 1-0 41 1971 Hastings 1971/72 B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 21. V Ciocaltea vs B Kurajica   ½-½ 17 1971 Hastings 1971/72 B48 Sicilian, Taimanov Variation 22. W Hartston vs Unzicker   ½-½ 25 1971 Hastings 1971/72 C69 Ruy Lopez, Exchange, Gligoric Variation 23. Keene vs M J Franklin   0-1 64 1971 Hastings 1971/72 A07 King's Indian Attack 24. P Markland vs Andersson   ½-½ 16 1971 Hastings 1971/72 A12 English with b3 25. Andersson vs M J Franklin   1-0 48 1972 Hastings 1971/72 B48 Sicilian, Taimanov Variation  page 1 of 5; games 1-25 of 120    REFINE SEARCH:   White wins (1-0) | Black wins (0-1) | Draws (1/2-1/2)   May-24-20    cameosis: svetozar the only one to remain undefeated. 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