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Manila (1973) The event was organized by Florencio Campomanes, and sponsored by Ferdinand Marcos, the President of the Philippines (1965-1986). It became known as the 1st Philippines International Chess Tournament, and was the first of its kind in Asia. The opening was performed by Marcos and World Champion Robert James Fischer, who made the ceremonial moves directly on television and before a crowd of 10,000 in the Araneta Coliseum*, Quezon City, Metro Manila. Larsen won 9 games in a row (rounds 6-14) and took 1st prize (4000 USD). The 1st brilliancy prize (1000 USD, handed over by Marcos) went to Lombardy for Lombardy vs Quinteros, 1973. After the tournament, nine of the players plus the TV commentator Samuel Estimo went to La Union (260 km N of Manila) to play in Bauang (1973). The two events marked the beginning of an era in Philippine chess with GM tournaments that would culminate in Baguio City with the Karpov - Korchnoi World Championship Match (1978). Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines, 16 October - 6 November 1973 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 Pts Prizes 1 Larsen * ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 12½ 4000 2 Ljubojevic ½ * 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 11½ 2000 3 Kavalek ½ 1 * ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 1 1 11 1000 4 Gligoric 1 ½ ½ * ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 ½ 0 1 ½ 9½ ? =5 Gheorghiu ½ 0 ½ ½ * ½ 1 0 ½ 0 ½ 1 1 1 1 1 9 =5 Lombardy 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ * ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 0 ½ 1 1 1 9 =7 Ivkov 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ * ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 8½ =7 Tatai 0 0 1 ½ 1 0 ½ * 1 0 0 1 ½ 1 1 1 8½ =9 Najdorf 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 * ½ 1 1 ½ ½ 1 1 8 =9 Quinteros 0 0 ½ 0 1 0 ½ 1 ½ * ½ 0 1 1 1 1 8 =11 Torre 0 0 0 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 0 ½ * 0 1 ½ 1 1 6½ =11 Cardoso 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 * 1 ½ 1 1 6½ 13 Naranja 0 0 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 0 0 * ½ ½ 1 4½ 14 Castro 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ * ½ ½ 4 =15 Ardiansyah 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ½ ½ * ½ 1½ =15 Wotulo 0 0 0 ½ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ½ ½ * 1½ Tournament director: Manuel Lara. Tournament book: Otte om kongen, by Bent Larsen. Ruder 7, Copenhagen 1974. 134 pp. (in Danish). Larsen also wrote a piece in Skakbladet, Vol. 70, pp. 4-6, 19-20 & 33-34. A crosstable can be found at https://web.archive.org/web/2016042.... Original collection: Game Collection: Manila 1973 by User: Tabanus. *Wikipedia article: Smart Araneta Coliseum. Rounds 5-11 were played in other nearby arenas because of an interfering opera concert. Pairings and round dates are from Larsens tournament book. Five games in round 1 were played on 20 October.  page 1 of 5; games 1-25 of 120  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. H Ardiansyah vs S Tatai   0-1 50 1973 Manila C96 Ruy Lopez, Closed 2. E Torre vs Lombardy   ½-½ 56 1973 Manila B06 Robatsch 3. E De Castro vs R Naranja   ½-½ 20 1973 Manila E95 King's Indian, Orthodox, 7...Nbd7, 8.Re1 4. R Naranja vs Ivkov   ½-½ 36 1973 Manila A37 English, Symmetrical 5. Ljubojevic vs Quinteros 1-0 41 1973 Manila B41 Sicilian, Kan 6. Lombardy vs Gligoric   ½-½ 19 1973 Manila D78 Neo-Grunfeld, 6.O-O c6 7. S Tatai vs E De Castro   1-0 37 1973 Manila A70 Benoni, Classical with 7.Nf3 8. Larsen vs Gheorghiu   ½-½ 46 1973 Manila A40 Queen's Pawn Game 9. R Cardoso vs H Ardiansyah   1-0 41 1973 Manila B91 Sicilian, Najdorf, Zagreb (Fianchetto) Variation 10. M Wotulo vs Kavalek   0-1 39 1973 Manila E97 King's Indian 11. Najdorf vs E Torre   1-0 40 1973 Manila A75 Benoni, Classical with ...a6 and 10...Bg4 12. Ivkov vs Quinteros   ½-½ 23 1973 Manila B92 Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation 13. Gheorghiu vs Ljubojevic 0-1 25 1973 Manila B03 Alekhine's Defense 14. E De Castro vs R Cardoso   ½-½ 17 1973 Manila A04 Reti Opening 15. H Ardiansyah vs Lombardy   0-1 57 1973 Manila C84 Ruy Lopez, Closed 16. Kavalek vs Larsen   ½-½ 31 1973 Manila B04 Alekhine's Defense, Modern 17. R Naranja vs S Tatai   ½-½ 47 1973 Manila E92 King's Indian 18. E Torre vs M Wotulo 1-0 42 1973 Manila B06 Robatsch 19. Gligoric vs Najdorf   ½-½ 40 1973 Manila A75 Benoni, Classical with ...a6 and 10...Bg4 20. Ljubojevic vs Ivkov ½-½ 35 1973 Manila C97 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin 21. Kavalek vs Najdorf 1-0 37 1973 Manila C41 Philidor Defense 22. Quinteros vs Larsen 0-1 37 1973 Manila C75 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense 23. Gligoric vs R Cardoso 1-0 67 1973 Manila B06 Robatsch 24. Gheorghiu vs M Wotulo 1-0 29 1973 Manila D37 Queen's Gambit Declined 25. Larsen vs E Torre 1-0 38 1973 Manila E90 King's Indian  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-20-19    ZonszeinP: Bent Larsen! 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