The event was organized by the Spanish Chess Federation and sponsored by the City of Palma. (1) After a series of tournaments including Palma de Mallorca (1969) and Palma de Mallorca Interzonal (1970), it appeared that the organization this time suffered economic problems. (2) FIDE had apparently reduced its support, and was looking elsewhere after the Interzonal. The Soviets chose to play instead in the 2nd Alekhine Memorial in Moscow (1971). According to Chessmetrics, (3) the highest ranked of the 16 players were Larsen (#4), Portisch (#8), Panno (#27) and Reshevsky (#34). Larsen tried to win again, but he pressed too hard and also turned down draw offers from Panno and Reshevsky. (4) Jorge Puig Laborda was the tournament director. (5) This and Palma de Mallorca (1972) would be the last of the Palma super-GM events.
Hotel Jaime I, Palma, Spain, 29 November - 18 December 1971
Elo 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 Pts (2)
1 GM Ljubojevic 2510 * ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 11
2 GM Panno 2570 ½ * ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 ½ 1 1 1 11
3 GM Portisch 2630 ½ ½ * ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 1 1 ½ 10
4 GM Reshevsky 2550 ½ ½ ½ * ½ 0 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 10
5 IM Andersson 2510 ½ ½ ½ ½ * ½ 1 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 1 9½
6 IM Csom 2480 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ * 0 0 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 9
7 GM Larsen 2660 0 0 0 0 0 1 * ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 9
8 GM Benkö 2520 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 1 ½ * ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 8½
9 GM Donner 2500 0 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ * ½ 0 ½ 1 1 ½ 1 7
10 IM Tatai 2440 0 ½ 0 0 0 ½ 0 0 ½ * 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 7
11 Keene 2465 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 0 * 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 6
12 GM Pomar 2510 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 * ½ 0 ½ ½ 6
13 GM Bisguier 2440 0 ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ 0 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ * ½ ½ ½ 5½
14 IM Garcia 2340 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 0 ½ 0 0 ½ 1 ½ * ½ 1 4½
15 Bellon 2325 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ * ½ 3
16 IM Medina 2420 0 0 ½ 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ * 3
Csom and Andersson made GM-norms (9 points required). (4)Tournament book: VI Gran Torneo de Ajedrez Palma de Mallorca. Federacion Española de Ajedrez. 82 p. There is a report by Keene in the January 1972 issue of British Chess Magazine. Round dates are mainly from reports in the newspaper La Vanguardia.
1) ABC (Sevilla), 28 November 1971, p. 66.
2) El Mundo Deportivo, 27 December 1971, p. 26. The final ranking was decided by Sonneborn-Berger score (http://hemeroteca.mundodeportivo.co...).
3) Chessmetrics, October 1971 (http://www.chessmetrics.com/cm/CM2/...).
4) Tidskrift för Schack, vol. 78 (1972) p. 18.
5) La Vanguardia, 28 November 1971, p. 41.
Original collection: Game Collection: Palma de Mallorca 1971 by User: Tabanus.
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