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Niksic 1978
Compiled by suenteus po 147
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In June of 1978, the city of Niksic, Yugoslavia hosted an international grandmaster tournament. Twelve participants competed in the category XIII round robin tournament, including (in order of ELO): Lajos Portisch (2630), Vlastimil Hort (2620), Ljubomir Ljubojevic (2605), Zoltan Ribli (2585), Jan Timman (2585), Wolfgang Uhlmann (2575), Svetozar Gligoric (2565), Boris Gulko (2565), Rafael Vaganian (2555), Ulf Andersson (2545), Dragoljub Velimirovic (2520), and Bozidar Ivanovic (2460). The score of one game, a draw between Gligoric and Ribli in the final round, has not survived and cannot be included here in this collection. Gulko and Timman tied for first place, each with five wins a piece. The final standings and crosstable are as follows:

1 Gulko 8/11 * ½ ½ 1 1 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ ½

2 Timman 8/11 ½ * 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 1

3 Vaganian 6.5/11 ½ 0 * ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 1

4 Hort 6/11 0 ½ ½ * 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 1

5 Portisch 6/11 0 0 ½ 1 * ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1

6 Uhlmann 5.5/11 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ * 1 ½ 0 1 0 1

7 Ribli 5.5/11 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 * ½ ½ 1 1 ½

8 Gligoric 5.5/11 0 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ ½ * 1 1 ½ 1

9 Andersson 5/11 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 0 * ½ ½ 0

10 Ljubojevic 4.5/11 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 0 0 ½ * 1 1

11 Velimirovic 3.5/11 ½ 0 0 0 0 1 0 ½ ½ 0 * 1

12 Ivanovic 2/11 ½ 0 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 1 0 0 *

Round One, Game #1
Gulko vs Vaganian, 1978
(D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 19 moves, 1/2-1/2

Round One, Game #2
Hort vs Gligoric, 1978 
(E87) King's Indian, Samisch, Orthodox, 33 moves, 1-0

Round One, Game #3
Portisch vs Ljubojevic, 1978
(D51) Queen's Gambit Declined, 42 moves, 1/2-1/2

Round One, Game #4
Ribli vs Andersson, 1978 
(E15) Queen's Indian, 49 moves, 1/2-1/2

Round One, Game #5
Uhlmann vs Timman, 1978 
(A26) English, 33 moves, 1/2-1/2

Round One, Game #6
Velimirovic vs B Ivanovic, 1978
(B89) Sicilian, 39 moves, 1-0

Round Two, Game #7
Andersson vs Hort, 1978 
(A15) English, 53 moves, 1/2-1/2

Round Two, Game #8
Gligoric vs Gulko, 1978 
(D86) Grunfeld, Exchange, 61 moves, 0-1

Round Two, Game #9
Ljubojevic vs B Ivanovic, 1978
(B83) Sicilian, 35 moves, 1-0

Round Two, Game #10
Portisch vs Uhlmann, 1978
(D97) Grunfeld, Russian, 25 moves, 1/2-1/2

Round Two, Game #11
Timman vs Ribli, 1978
(B97) Sicilian, Najdorf, 39 moves, 1-0

Round Two, Game #12
Vaganian vs Velimirovic, 1978
(A43) Old Benoni, 56 moves, 1-0

Round Three, Game #13
Gulko vs Andersson, 1978
(E19) Queen's Indian, Old Main line, 9.Qxc3, 14 moves, 1/2-1/2

Round Three, Game #14
Hort vs Timman, 1978
(D87) Grunfeld, Exchange, 27 moves, 1/2-1/2

Round Three, Game #15
B Ivanovic vs Vaganian, 1978
(C19) French, Winawer, Advance, 51 moves, 0-1

Round Three, Game #16
Ribli vs Portisch, 1978
(A28) English, 11 moves, 1/2-1/2

Round Three, Game #17
Uhlmann vs Ljubojevic, 1978 
(A30) English, Symmetrical, 17 moves, 1-0

Round Three, Game #18
Velimirovic vs Gligoric, 1978
(C93) Ruy Lopez, Closed, Smyslov Defense, 17 moves, 1/2-1/2

Round Four, Game #19
Andersson vs Velimirovic, 1978 
(A30) English, Symmetrical, 96 moves, 1/2-1/2

Round Four, Game #20
Gligoric vs B Ivanovic, 1978 
(E54) Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Gligoric System, 72 moves, 1-0

Round Four, Game #21
Ljubojevic vs Vaganian, 1978
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 28 moves, 1/2-1/2

Round Four, Game #22
Portisch vs Hort, 1978 
(E58) Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Main line with 8...Bxc3, 26 moves, 1-0

Round Four, Game #23
Timman vs Gulko, 1978
(E15) Queen's Indian, 17 moves, 1/2-1/2

Round Four, Game #24
Uhlmann vs Ribli, 1978 
(D42) Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch, 7.Bd3, 30 moves, 1-0

Round Five, Game #25
Gulko vs Portisch, 1978
(C91) Ruy Lopez, Closed, 36 moves, 1-0

Round Five, Game #26
Hort vs Uhlmann, 1978 
(A30) English, Symmetrical, 12 moves, 1/2-1/2

Round Five, Game #27
B Ivanovic vs Andersson, 1978 
(C05) French, Tarrasch, 40 moves, 1-0

Round Five, Game #28
Ribli vs Ljubojevic, 1978
(A49) King's Indian, Fianchetto without c4, 23 moves, 1-0

Round Five, Game #29
Vaganian vs Gligoric, 1978 
(D10) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 68 moves, 1-0

Round Five, Game #30
Velimirovic vs Timman, 1978 
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 30 moves, 0-1

Round Six, Game #31
Andersson vs Vaganian, 1978
(A13) English, 28 moves, 1/2-1/2

Round Six, Game #32
Ljubojevic vs Gligoric, 1978
(C45) Scotch Game, 60 moves, 0-1

Round Six, Game #33
Portisch vs Velimirovic, 1978
(A04) Reti Opening, 72 moves, 1-0

Round Six, Game #34
Ribli vs Hort, 1978 
(A26) English, 17 moves, 1/2-1/2

Round Six, Game #35
Timman vs B Ivanovic, 1978
(B18) Caro-Kann, Classical, 80 moves, 1-0

Round Six, Game #36
Uhlmann vs Gulko, 1978 
(A17) English, 63 moves, 0-1

Round Seven, Game #37
Gligoric vs Andersson, 1978 
(E41) Nimzo-Indian, 48 moves, 1-0

Round Seven, Game #38
Gulko vs Ribli, 1978
(D20) Queen's Gambit Accepted, 17 moves, 1/2-1/2

Round Seven, Game #39
Hort vs Ljubojevic, 1978
(A31) English, Symmetrical, Benoni Formation, 14 moves, 1/2-1/2

Round Seven, Game #40
B Ivanovic vs Portisch, 1978
(C09) French, Tarrasch, Open Variation, Main line, 51 moves, 0-1

Round Seven, Game #41
Vaganian vs Timman, 1978
(A04) Reti Opening, 43 moves, 0-1

Round Seven, Game #42
Velimirovic vs Uhlmann, 1978
(C09) French, Tarrasch, Open Variation, Main line, 67 moves, 1-0

Round Eight, Game #43
Hort vs Gulko, 1978
(A36) English, 42 moves, 0-1

Round Eight, Game #44
Ljubojevic vs Andersson, 1978
(D32) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch, 12 moves, 1/2-1/2

Round Eight, Game #45
Portisch vs Vaganian, 1978 
(D58) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tartakower (Makagonov-Bondarevsky) Syst, 41 moves, 1/2-1/2

Round Eight, Game #46
Ribli vs Velimirovic, 1978
(A04) Reti Opening, 42 moves, 1-0

Round Eight, Game #47
Timman vs Gligoric, 1978 
(D34) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch, 37 moves, 1/2-1/2

Round Eight, Game #48
Uhlmann vs B Ivanovic, 1978
(D35) Queen's Gambit Declined, 48 moves, 1-0

Round Nine, Game #49
Andersson vs Timman, 1978
(A32) English, Symmetrical Variation, 14 moves, 1/2-1/2

Round Nine, Game #50
Gligoric vs Portisch, 1978
(E43) Nimzo-Indian, Fischer Variation, 19 moves, 1/2-1/2

Round Nine, Game #51
Gulko vs Ljubojevic, 1978
(B51) Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack, 71 moves, 1-0

Round Nine, Game #52
B Ivanovic vs Ribli, 1978
(B57) Sicilian, 47 moves, 1/2-1/2

Round Nine, Game #53
Vaganian vs Uhlmann, 1978
(E99) King's Indian, Orthodox, Taimanov, 60 moves, 1/2-1/2

Round Nine, Game #54
Velimirovic vs Hort, 1978 
(B14) Caro-Kann, Panov-Botvinnik Attack, 40 moves, 0-1

Round Ten, Game #55
Gulko vs Velimirovic, 1978
(A10) English, 57 moves, 1/2-1/2

Round Ten, Game #56
Hort vs B Ivanovic, 1978
(E70) King's Indian, 53 moves, 1-0

Round Ten, Game #57
Ljubojevic vs Timman, 1978
(B09) Pirc, Austrian Attack, 29 moves, 1/2-1/2

Round Ten, Game #58
Portisch vs Andersson, 1978
(A17) English, 19 moves, 1/2-1/2

Round Ten, Game #59
Ribli vs Vaganian, 1978
(D58) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tartakower (Makagonov-Bondarevsky) Syst, 36 moves, 1/2-1/2

Round Ten, Game #60
Uhlmann vs Gligoric, 1978
(D34) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch, 22 moves, 1/2-1/2

Round Eleven, Game #61
Andersson vs Uhlmann, 1978 
(B08) Pirc, Classical, 40 moves, 1-0

Round Eleven, Game #63
B Ivanovic vs Gulko, 1978
(C07) French, Tarrasch, 39 moves, 1/2-1/2

Round Eleven, Game #64
Timman vs Portisch, 1978 
(A30) English, Symmetrical, 69 moves, 1-0

Round Eleven, Game #65
Vaganian vs Hort, 1978
(A71) Benoni, Classical, 8.Bg5, 41 moves, 1/2-1/2

Round Eleven, Game #66
Velimirovic vs Ljubojevic, 1978 
(B30) Sicilian, 28 moves, 0-1

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