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Palma de Mallorca (1967) Also known as the III Torneo Internacional de Palma de Mallorca, the tournament was sponsored by the publishing corporation Asociación de la Prensa de Madrid. It followed up the successes of Palma de Mallorca (1965) and Palma de Mallorca (1966), and continued with Palma de Mallorca (1968) and Palma de Mallorca (1969). The events culminated with the organization of Palma de Mallorca Interzonal (1970) and ended with Palma de Mallorca (1971) and Palma de Mallorca (1972). The field in 1967 consisted of six IMs and 10 GMs, including Portisch (#12 in Chessmetrics* world ranking), Larsen (#11), and the ex-world champions Smyslov (#8) and Botvinnik (#7). In the end, the four highest-ranked took the first four places. Palma, Mallorca (1-10, 13-17) and Ciudadela, Menorca# (11-12), Spain, 27 November - 17 December 1967 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Pts 1 GM Larsen * 0 ½ 1 1 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 13 2 GM Botvinnik 1 * ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 ½ 1 1 ½ 1 0 ½ 1 ½ 1 12½ 3 GM Smyslov ½ ½ * ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 0 ½ 1 1 1 1 ½ 1 1 12½ 4 GM Portisch 0 ½ ½ * ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 ½ 1 1 1 11½ 5 GM Gligoric 0 0 ½ ½ * ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 ½ 1 1 10½ 6 GM Ivkov 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ * ½ 1 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ ½ ½ 10 7 GM Matulovic ½ 0 0 ½ 0 ½ * 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ 0 1 1 1 1 1 9 8 IM Torán ½ 0 0 0 ½ 0 1 * ½ 1 1 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 8½ 9 IM Lehmann 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ * ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 ½ ½ 8½ 10 GM Donner ½ 0 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ * ½ 1 1 ½ ½ 0 0 ½ 8 11 Corral 0 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 0 ½ ½ * 0 1 1 1 ½ 1 1 8 12 GM O'Kelly 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 1 * ½ ½ 1 ½ 0 0 6½ 13 IM Medina 1 0 0 0 0 ½ 1 ½ 0 0 0 ½ * ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 6½ 14 GM Damjanovic 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ * ½ 1 1 0 6 15 IM Tatai 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 0 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ * 1 1 1 6 16 IM Bednarski 0 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 1 ½ ½ ½ 0 0 * 0 1 5½ 17 Calvo 0 ½ 0 0 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 * ½ 5½ 18 IM Jiménez 0 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 1 ½ 1 0 0 ½ * 5 Diez del Corral achieved his third and final IM norm. His IM-norm is mentioned in Hartston's tournament book. Botvinnik, Smyslov and Jiménez arrived late for the tournament, and their Round 1 games were played between rounds 4 and 5, on 1 December. Photo of winners: http://en.chessbase.com/portals/4/f... Tournament books: III Gran Torneo Internacional de Ajedrez Palma de Mallorca by José Luis Barreras Merino (Federacion de Español Ajedrez, Palma. 146 pp. (bulletin collection, not seen)); Palma de Mallorca 1967 by William Hartston (The Chess Player, Nottingham 1968. 48 pp.). Román Torán played in the tournament but that did not stop him from making detailed daily reports for the newspaper La Vanguardia. The information on this page is almost exclusively based on these reports, which are online at http://www.lavanguardia.com/hemerot... * http://www.chessmetrics.com/cm/CM2/.... # Wikipedia article: Ciutadella de Menorca. The players went there by airplane. Original collection: Game Collection: Palma de Mallorca 1967 by User: Tabanus.  page 1 of 7; games 1-25 of 153  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. J Diez del Corral vs S Tatai   1-0 33 1967 Palma de Mallorca B95 Sicilian, Najdorf, 6...e6 2. Gligoric vs Matulovic 1-0 42 1967 Palma de Mallorca A73 Benoni, Classical, 9.O-O 3. M Damjanovic vs Larsen 0-1 34 1967 Palma de Mallorca D86 Grunfeld, Exchange 4. R Toran Albero vs Ivkov 0-1 32 1967 Palma de Mallorca D58 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tartakower (Makagonov-Bondarevsky) Syst 5. A Medina Garcia vs R Calvo   1-0 27 1967 Palma de Mallorca C05 French, Tarrasch 6. O'Kelly vs Portisch   ½-½ 19 1967 Palma de Mallorca E41 Nimzo-Indian 7. J B Bednarski vs J H Donner   1-0 48 1967 Palma de Mallorca B06 Robatsch 8. Smyslov vs Matulovic   1-0 65 1967 Palma de Mallorca A33 English, Symmetrical 9. Portisch vs J B Bednarski   1-0 43 1967 Palma de Mallorca E80 King's Indian, Samisch Variation 10. E Jimenez Zerquera vs O'Kelly   1-0 70 1967 Palma de Mallorca B97 Sicilian, Najdorf 11. Larsen vs H Lehmann 1-0 34 1967 Palma de Mallorca A29 English, Four Knights, Kingside Fianchetto 12. Botvinnik vs R Toran Albero 1-0 37 1967 Palma de Mallorca B36 Sicilian, Accelerated Fianchetto 13. Ivkov vs A Medina Garcia   ½-½ 37 1967 Palma de Mallorca D54 Queen's Gambit Declined, Anti-Neo-Orthodox Variation 14. R Calvo vs J Diez del Corral   0-1 61 1967 Palma de Mallorca C19 French, Winawer, Advance 15. J H Donner vs Gligoric   ½-½ 17 1967 Palma de Mallorca E60 King's Indian Defense 16. S Tatai vs M Damjanovic   ½-½ 31 1967 Palma de Mallorca B77 Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack 17. A Medina Garcia vs Botvinnik 0-1 36 1967 Palma de Mallorca B08 Pirc, Classical 18. H Lehmann vs S Tatai   1-0 27 1967 Palma de Mallorca A07 King's Indian Attack 19. Gligoric vs Portisch   ½-½ 18 1967 Palma de Mallorca D31 Queen's Gambit Declined 20. J Diez del Corral vs Ivkov   ½-½ 62 1967 Palma de Mallorca E47 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 21. J B Bednarski vs E Jimenez Zerquera   1-0 39 1967 Palma de Mallorca B43 Sicilian, Kan, 5.Nc3 22. O'Kelly vs Larsen 0-1 49 1967 Palma de Mallorca A43 Old Benoni 23. Matulovic vs J H Donner   ½-½ 62 1967 Palma de Mallorca B17 Caro-Kann, Steinitz Variation 24. M Damjanovic vs R Calvo   1-0 40 1967 Palma de Mallorca E69 King's Indian, Fianchetto, Classical Main line 25. R Toran Albero vs Smyslov   0-1 54 1967 Palma de Mallorca A48 King's Indian  page 1 of 7; games 1-25 of 153    REFINE SEARCH:   White wins (1-0) | Black wins (0-1) | Draws (1/2-1/2)   Feb-03-15    zydeco: Larsen started the tournament with a Caruana-esque five straight wins, and won seven of his first nine games, playing wonderful, creative chess. Botvinnik and Smyslov managed to close the gap at the end of the tournament - largely thanks to Botvinnik winning his individual game with Larsen. And then for some reason both Botvinnik and Smyslov hit the brakes, drawing their three final games while Larsen managed to stay ahead. I feel like there's some story about why Botvinnik and Smyslov chose to do that. Maybe they were adopting 'Curacao-tactics' -- feeling that, at the end of a long tournament, more things would tend to go wrong than go right and they might as well sit back and let Larsen self-destruct. Or it might have been that Botvinnik was getting tired at the end of the tournament, and Smyslov was too peaceable to push for a win if there wasn't one in front of him. In any case, it was a strange decision. Botvinnik and Smyslov both agreed to grandmaster draws with Ivkov who wasn't in particularly good form and whom they both could have beaten. 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