- Monte Carlo 1967
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After more than sixty years, the city of Monte Carlo in the principality of Monaco hosted a new annual series of international chess tournaments beginning in 1967. Eleven grandmasters and masters were invited to participate in the round robin event, though one player had to withdraw at the last minute. The final list of participants included former world champion Vasily Smyslov and Efim Geller from the Soviet Union; Bobby Fischer and William Lombardy from the United States; Bent Larsen from Denmark; Svetozar Gligoric and Aleksander Matanovic from Yugoslavia; Gyozo Forintos from Hungary; and Volf Bergraser and Guy Mazzoni from France. This was another important triumph for Fischer as he placed clear first ahead of both Smyslov and Geller, despite dropping a point and a half to both players. Although Smyslov finished undefeated with +4, it was only good enough for clear second behind Fischer. The final standings and crosstable:
1st Fischer 7/9 * ½ 0 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 1
2nd Smyslov 6½/9 ½ * ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 1 1
=3rd Geller 6/9 1 ½ * 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1
=3rd Larsen 6/9 0 ½ 1 * 0 1 1 ½ 1 1
5th Matanovic 5/9 ½ 0 ½ 1 * ½ ½ ½ ½ 1
=6th Gligoric 4½/9 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ * ½ ½ 1 1
=6th Lombardy 4½/9 0 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ * 1 1 1
8th Forintos 4/9 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 * 1 1
9th Mazzoni 1/9 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 0 0 * ½
10th Bergraser ½/9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ½ *
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41 games, 1967 - Montecatini Terme 2000
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The international chess festival held at Montecatini Terme, Italy from July 28th to August 6th, 2000 was divided among several events, including a main GM tournament and an open tournament. Eight grandmasters participated in the round robin main event, including (in order of ELO): Alexey Shirov (2746), Vassily Ivanchuk (2719), Evgeny Bareev (2702), Zurab Azmaiparashvili (2673), Sergei Rublevsky (2670), Jeroen Piket (2649), Smbat Lputian (2598), and Artashes Minasian (2595). The average of the combined ratings of all the players qualified the main tournament as a category XVII event. Another superlative performance by Ivanchuk, he finished with +3 at the final and was the only player to go undefeated. The final standings and crosstable are as follows: 1 Ivanchuk 5/7 * = = = = 1 1 1
2 Bareev 4.5/7 = * = 0 = 1 1 1
3 Azmaiparashvili 4/7 = = * 1 = 0 = 1
4 Shirov 3.5/7 = 1 0 * 1 = 0 =
5 Rublevsky 3.5/7 = = = 0 * = 1 =
6 Piket 3.5/7 0 0 1 = = * 1 =
7 Minasian 2/7 0 0 = 1 0 0 * =
8 Lputian 2/7 0 0 0 = = = = *
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28 games, 2000 - Montreal 1979
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In the spring of 1979, Lubomir Kavalek, along with Czech filmmakers Milos Forman and Ivan Passer, organized a double round robin tournament to be held in Montreal, Quebec from April 10th to May 7th. Dubbed "The Tournament of Stars," the event was attended by ten of the very strongest grandmasters at the time, including the world champion. The complete list of players was (in order of ELO): Anatoli Karpov (2705), Lajos Portisch (2640), Boris Spassky (2640), Bent Larsen (2625), Jan Timman (2625), Mikhail Tal (2615), Vlastimil Hort (2600), Robert Hübner (2595), Lubomir Kavalek (2590), and Ljubomir Ljubojevic (2590). As a result, the average ELO rating for the tournament was 2622, making "The Tournament of Stars" a category XV event. It was also one of the strongest tournaments ever organized at that time. The only two top-ten rated players missing were Bobby Fischer (who was reclusive at the time) and Viktor Korchnoi (who was being boycotted to secure Soviet participation). The players stayed at the Meridian Hotel overlooking downtown Montreal, and they played at the Quebec Pavilion. The prize fund for the event was $110,000 and the chief arbiter was Svetozar Gligoric. Portisch and Ljubojevic started out strong, but were eventually overtaken after the halfway point by the world champion Karpov and the then-current Soviet champion Tal. In the sixteenth round, Karpov fought hard to defeat Tal and gain the lead, but the former world champion held him to a draw. It was only by a brilliant win against Ljubojevic with the black pieces in the penultimate round that Karpov was able to tie Tal in the final round and share first place with him. The final standings and crosstable are as follows: 01 Karpov 12/18 ** ½½ ½½ 11 11 11 1½ ½½ ½½ ½0 02 Tal 12/18 ½½ ** ½1 ½½ ½½ 11 1½ ½1 ½½ 1½ 03 Portisch 10½/18 ½½ ½0 ** ½½ ½½ ½½ ½½ 1½ 1½ 11 04 Ljubojevic 9/18 00 ½½ ½½ ** ½½ ½0 10 ½½ 11 1½ 05 Timman 8½/18 00 ½½ ½½ ½½ ** ½½ ½0 ½½ ½1 1½ 06 Spassky 8½/18 00 00 ½½ ½1 ½½ ** 1½ ½1 ½½ 01 07 Kavalek 8/18 0½ 0½ ½½ 01 ½1 0½ ** 01 ½½ 01 08 Hübner 8/18 ½½ ½0 0½ ½½ ½½ ½0 10 ** ½½ 1½ 09 Hort 8/18 ½½ ½½ 0½ 00 ½0 ½½ ½½ ½½ ** 11 10 Larsen 5½/18 ½1 0½ 00 0½ 0½ 10 10 0½ 00 **
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90 games, 1979 - Moscow 1925
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At the end of the Fourth Soviet Championship in 1925, Efim Bogoljubov emerged as the champion. He had participated as a Russian native even though he was currently living in Triberg, Germany at the time. Nikolai Krylenko, head of the Soviet Chess Association, in an effort to better popularize chess in the Soviet Union organized an international tournament of the scope seen in New York a year earlier. The event was held in the Metropol Hotel in Moscow from November 7th to December 10th. In addition to the Soviet Champion, ten foreign masters, including Emanuel Lasker and Jose Raul Capablanca, the former and current World Champions respectively, and ten Soviet players were invited to compete in the round robin format. Before the start of the tournament everyone expected a repeat of New York, with Capablanca and Lasker racing each other to the finish, but once it was under way Bogoljubov was the one who performed supremely, ultimately winning the tournament ahead of the two favorites. His victory was hailed as a Soviet triumph, and in truth the tournament was an unprecedented success for the Revolution. Hundreds of Soviet citizens gathered at the hotel to follow the games, and tens of thousands across the country awaited news from Moscow each day. The celebration would be a bitter-sweet one for Soviet Russia, however, as Bogoljubov would never participate in another Soviet event again. He defected a year later and eventually sought German citizenship, earning him the moniker "renegade" (just as Alekhine had as well). It was also a tournament that would be of enormous historical importance afterwards. Pictures of the tournament appeared in the silent film "Chess Fever," and footage of Capablanca was shot in Moscow for the film as well. The final standings and crosstable:
1st Bogoljubov 15½/20 * ½ 0 ½ 1 1 0 ½ 1 1 ½ 1 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2nd Lasker 14/20 ½ * ½ 1 ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 1 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 1 3rd Capablanca 13½/20 1 ½ * 1 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 1 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 1 4th Marshall 12½/20 ½ 0 0 * ½ 0 1 1 ½ 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 ½ 0 ½ 1 1 =5th Tartakower 12/20 0 ½ 0 ½ * ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 ½ 1 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ =5th Torre 12/20 0 1 ½ 1 ½ * ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 0 1 1 1 1 =7th Reti 11½/20 1 ½ ½ 0 0 ½ * 1 0 1 1 ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ =7th Romanovsky 11½/20 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ 1 0 * 1 0 ½ 1 0 0 1 1 1 ½ 1 1 1 =9th Grünfeld 10½/20 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 0 * 1 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ =9th Ilyn-Zhenevsky 10½/20 0 0 1 1 ½ ½ 0 1 0 * ½ 0 1 ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 1 11th Bohatirchuk 10/20 ½ 0 0 0 ½ 1 0 ½ ½ ½ * ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 =12th Verlinsky 9½/20 0 0 1 0 0 0 ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ * 1 1 1 ½ 0 1 ½ 1 0 =12th Spielmann 9½/20 0 0 ½ 0 0 ½ 1 1 ½ 0 ½ 0 * 1 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 0 1 =12th Rubinstein 9½/20 ½ 0 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 0 0 0 * 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 15th Levenfish 9/20 0 1 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ 0 0 0 * 1 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 16th Rabinovich 8½/20 0 ½ ½ 0 0 ½ 0 0 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 0 * 1 ½ 1 1 1 17th Yates 7/20 0 0 0 ½ 0 1 0 0 0 0 ½ 1 ½ 1 0 0 * 1 ½ 0 1 =18th Sämisch 6½/20 0 ½ 0 1 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 0 0 ½ ½ 0 * 0 1 0 =18th Gotthilf 6½/20 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ 1 * 0 ½ 20th Dus Chotimirsky 6/20 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 * 1 21st Zubarev 4½/20 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 0 1 0 0 ½ 0 0 1 ½ 0 *
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210 games, 1925 - Moscow 1936
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Following the enormous successes, and Soviet victories, of international tournaments in Moscow in 1925 and 1935, Nikolai Krylenko again sought to stun the chess world and The Soviet Union with a third international event between Soviet masters and their foreign counterparts. This time, however, he conceived of a more rigorous format, with the ten players (five Soviets and five foreigners) in a double round robin competition. The line up was impressive, with Capablanca and Lasker being asked back a third time to compete in Moscow, in addition to last year's winners Botvinnik and Flohr. The tournament was held in Moscow's famous Hall of Columns from May 14th to June 8th. Capablanca's near flawless accuracy and superiority in the endgame proved to be instrumental in winning the grand prize a full point over the future world champion Botvinnik. Lasker, who normally kept pace and often beat his successor to the crown at such events, started out strong, but at 68 years of age he became fatigued more easily and his performance suffered during the second cycle of games. The tournament brought immense excitement and interest, both to the citizens of the Soviet Union and to the greater world at large. Capablanca's first place was to be one of the last successes against the Soviet Chess School before Fischer's triumph 36 years later. It was also the last hurrah of Krylenko, the founder and organizer of the Moscow tournament. He was arrested in 1937 and died (some say "purged") the following year. The final standings and crosstable:
1st Capablanca 13/18 ** 1½ ½½ 1½ 1½ ½1 ½½ ½1 ½1 11 2nd Botvinnik 12/18 0½ ** ½1 1½ ½1 ½1 ½½ ½½ 11 ½1 3rd Flohr 9½/18 ½½ ½0 ** ½1 0½ ½1 ½0 11 0½ ½1 4th Lilienthal 9/18 0½ 0½ ½0 ** ½½ ½1 ½1 ½½ ½1 ½½ 5th Ragozin 8½/18 0½ ½0 1½ ½½ ** 1½ 1½ ½0 0½ ½½ 6th Lasker 8/18 ½0 ½0 ½0 ½0 0½ ** ½1 1½ ½½ 1½ =7th Levenfish 7½/18 ½½ ½½ ½1 ½0 0½ ½0 ** 10 ½½ ½0 =7th Eliskases 7½/18 ½0 ½½ 00 ½½ ½1 0½ 01 ** ½½ ½½ =7th Kan 7½/18 ½0 00 1½ ½0 1½ ½½ ½½ ½½ ** 0½ =7th Riumin 7½/18 00 ½0 ½0 ½½ ½½ 0½ ½1 ½½ 1½ **
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90 games, 1936 - Moscow 1947
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The second Mikhail Chigorin Memorial Chess Tournament was held in the winter of 1947 in the Soviet capital of Moscow. Ten of the USSR's best chess masters were pitted against six strong masters from Eastern Europe in what would be one of the strongest post-war tournaments leading up to the 1948 World Championship. Mikhail Botvinnik finished clear first with an impressive 11/15. The final standings and crosstable:
1st Botvinnik 11/15 * 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 1 2nd Ragozin 10½/15 0 * 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 ½ 1 1 1 =3rd Boleslavsky 10/15 ½ 1 * ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 ½ ½ 1 1 =3rd Smyslov 10/15 ½ ½ ½ * 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 5th Kotov 9½/15 ½ ½ ½ 1 * 0 1 ½ ½ 1 0 ½ ½ 1 1 1 =6th Keres 9/15 0 0 1 ½ 1 * 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 1 1 =6th Novotelnov 9/15 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 1 * ½ 0 1 ½ 1 1 1 ½ 1 8th Pachman 8½/15 1 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ * 0 1 ½ 1 0 ½ 1 1 9th Trifunovic 8/15 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 * ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 10th Gligoric 7½/15 ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 0 ½ * ½ 1 1 1 ½ 1 11th Bondarevsky 6½/15 ½ 0 0 0 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ * 0 ½ 1 0 1 12th Kholmov 5½/15 0 0 0 ½ ½ 0 0 0 ½ 0 1 * ½ 1 ½ 1 13th Kottnauer 5/15 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 0 1 ½ 0 ½ ½ * 0 ½ ½ =14th Plater 4/15 0 0 ½ 0 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 0 0 1 * ½ ½ =14th Sokolsky 4/15 0 0 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ * ½ 16th Tsvetkov 2/15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 0 0 ½ ½ ½ *
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120 games, 1947 - Moscow 1959
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The Moscow Central Chess Club organized their first international chess tournament, as an Alekhine Memorial, in 1959. Twelve grandmasters were invited to the Soviet capital to compete in the all-play-all round robin tournament. Seven of the grandmasters were members of the Moscow Central Chess Club representing the Soviet Union, including Lev Aronin, David Bronstein, Anatoly Lutikov, Vladimir Simagin, Vasily Smyslov, Boris Spassky, and Evgeni Vasiukov. The remaining five seats went to Miroslav Filip from Czechoslovakia, Bent Larsen from Denmark, Zdravko Milev from Bulgaria, Fridrik Olafsson from Iceland, and Lajos Portisch from Hungary. Soviet superiority was very much on display here as former world champion Smyslov, former vice champion Bronstein, and future world champion Spassky finished equal first, each with +3 at the final. The final standings and crosstable:
=1st Bronstein 7/11 * ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ ½ =1st Smyslov 7/11 ½ * 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 =1st Spassky 7/11 ½ 0 * ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 =4th Filip 6/11 0 ½ ½ * 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ =4th Portisch 6/11 ½ ½ ½ 0 * ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 =4th Vasiukov 6/11 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ * ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ =7th Aronin 5/11 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ * 1 ½ ½ ½ 0 =7th Milev 5/11 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 * ½ ½ 1 ½ =9th Larsen 4½/11 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 0 ½ ½ * ½ ½ 1 =9th Olafsson 4½/11 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ * 0 1 =9th Simagin 4½/11 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ 1 * ½ 12th Lutikov 3½/11 ½ 0 0 ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ 0 0 ½ *
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66 games, 1959 - Moscow 1966
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At the beginning of the year 1966, a training tournament was organized in the Soviet capital of Moscow in order to prepare then world champion Tigran Petrosian for his title match with Boris Spassky later in the year. Spassky had defeated the very best of Soviet chess mastery in his candidate matches to earn the right to face Petrosian, including Paul Keres, Efim Geller, and former world champion Mikhail Tal. As a result, Spassky was the heavy favorite going into the match. Five of the Soviet Union's best coaches, seconds, and trainers (as well as grandmasters all) were assembled to compete with Petrosian in the double round robin event. These participants included Yuri Averbakh, Isaac Boleslavsky, Viktor Korchnoi, Leonid Shamkovich, and Vladimir Simagin. Petrosian, who had never been considered a dominant or even successful tournament player as world champion completely annihilated the assembled field. He finished with +7 at the final, a full three points over clear second Boleslavsky. In addition to providing Petrosian with competitive preparation it also served to build up his perceived chances against the favorite of the upcoming match. One game, a one-move draw from the seventh round, is omitted from this collection due to its absence from this database. The final standings and crosstable:
1st Petrosian 8½/10 ** 10 11 1½ 11 11
2nd Boleslavsky 5½/10 01 ** 1½ ½½ 00 11
3rd Simagin 4½/10 00 0½ ** 1½ 01 1½
=4th Averbakh 4/10 0½ ½½ 0½ ** 11 00
=4th Shamkovich 4/10 00 11 10 00 ** ½½
6th Korchnoi 3½/10 00 00 0½ 11 ½½ **
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29 games, 1966 - Moscow 1967
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Three years after the zonal tournament won by Boris Spassky, another elite international tournament was organized to be held in the Soviet capital of Moscow in 1967. Dubbed the 50th Jubilee tournament, eighteen grandmasters were invited to participate in the round robin event. Many of the best grandmasters from the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe participated, including the world champion Tigran Petrosian, former world champions Vasily Smyslov and Mikhail Tal, and world vice-champions Boris Spassky, David Bronstein, and Paul Keres. This incredibly strong international gathering was won by three-time Soviet champion Leonid Stein with 11/17 at the final. The final standings and crosstable:
1st Stein 11/17 * ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 0 1 ½ 1 1 1 =2nd Smyslov 10/17 ½ * ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 0 ½ 1 1 =2nd Bobotsov 10/17 ½ ½ * ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 =2nd Gipslis 10/17 ½ ½ ½ * ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 =2nd Tal 10/17 ½ ½ ½ ½ * 0 1 ½ ½ ½ 0 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 =6th Portisch 9½/17 0 0 ½ ½ 1 * ½ 1 0 ½ 1 1 0 ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ =6th Bronstein 9½/17 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ * ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 ½ ½ =6th Spassky 9½/17 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ * 0 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 =9th Geller 8½/17 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 * 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ =9th Najdorf 8½/17 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 1 * ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ =9th Keres 8½/17 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ * ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ =9th Petrosian 8½/17 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ * 1 0 1 ½ ½ ½ 13th Gheorghiu 8/17 1 0 0 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 0 * ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 14th Gligoric 7½/17 0 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ * ½ 1 ½ ½ =15th Pachman 6/17 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 0 0 0 ½ 0 0 0 ½ ½ * ½ ½ ½ =15th Filip 6/17 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ * ½ 0 =15th Bilek 6/17 0 0 ½ ½ 0 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ * ½ =15th Uhlmann 6/17 0 0 0 0 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ *
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153 games, 1967 - Moscow 1971
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The 2nd International Alekhine Memorial Tournament was held in the Soviet capital of Moscow in 1971, on the fifteen year anniversary of the first Alekhine Memorial. 18 of the world's best grandmasters, including the world champion, were invited to participate in the elite, round robin event. The participants were (in order of ELO): Boris Spassky (2690), Viktor Korchnoi (2670), Tigran Petrosian (2640), Vasily Smyslov (2620), Mikhail Tal (2620), Vlastimil Hort (2605), Leonid Stein (2605), David Bronstein (2590), Yuri Balashov (2570), Fridrik Olafsson (2570), Vladimir Savon (2570), Wolfgang Uhlmann (2570), Vladimir Tukmakov (2565), Anatoli Karpov (2540), Florin Gheorghiu (2530), Bruno Parma (2530), Robert Byrne (2510), and Levente Lengyel (2485). 20 year old Anatoli Karpov and three time Soviet champion Leonid Stein tied for first place, each with 11/17. Both players overcame a field that included the current world champion as well as three previous world champions and various world challengers of the current and previous generations. The final standings and crosstable:
=1st Karpov 11/17 * ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 =1st Stein 11/17 ½ * ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 3rd Smyslov 10½/17 ½ ½ * ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ =4th Tukmakov 10/17 ½ ½ ½ * ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ =4th Petrosian 10/17 ½ ½ 0 ½ * ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ =6th Tal 9½/17 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ * ½ 1 ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 =6th Spassky 9½/17 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ * ½ ½ ½ 0 1 1 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 =8th Byrne 9/17 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ * 1 ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ =8th Hort 9/17 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 * ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 =8th Bronstein 9/17 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ * 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 11th Korchnoi 8½/17 0 ½ ½ 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 * 1 ½ 0 0 1 ½ ½ =12th Gheorghiu 7½/17 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 * 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ =12th Olafsson 7½/17 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 * 1 ½ 0 ½ 1 =12th Savon 7½/17 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ 0 * ½ ½ ½ 1 =15th Uhlmann 6½/17 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 1 ½ ½ ½ * 0 ½ ½ =15th Balashov 6½/17 ½ ½ ½ 0 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 0 ½ 1 ½ 1 * 0 ½ 17th Parma 6/17 ½ 0 0 0 0 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 * ½ 18th Lengyel 4½/17 0 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 0 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ 0 0 ½ ½ ½ *
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153 games, 1971 - Moscow 1975
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In October of 1975 another Alekhine Memorial International Chess Tournament was organized in the Soviet capital of Moscow. Eight grandmasters from the USSR were pitted against eight grandmasters from Europe and the Americas in an all-play-all round robin event. The participants were (in order of ELO): Viktor Korchnoi (2665), Tigran Petrosian (2645), Mikhail Tal (2645), Boris Spassky (2625), Robert Byrne (2600), Efim Geller (2600), Vlastimil Hort (2600), Ratmir Kholmov (2540), Albin Planinc (2535), Rafael Vaganian (2530), Alexander Beliavsky (2500), Gyozo Forintos (2490), Silvino Garcia Martinez (2445), Levente Lengyel (2410), Hans Bohm (2300), and Michael Stean (2300). The average of the combined ratings of all the players qualified the memorial as a category XII event. It was another stellar event for Geller who edged out former world champion Spassky for clear first by half a point in the final. The final standings and crosstable:
1st Geller 10½/15 * 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 2nd Spassky 10/15 0 * ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 1 1 =3rd Kholmov 9½/15 ½ ½ * 1 0 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 =3rd Vaganian 9½/15 ½ 0 0 * 1 0 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 =3rd Korchnoi 9½/15 0 ½ 1 0 * ½ 1 0 ½ 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 =6th Hort 9/15 ½ ½ 0 1 ½ * ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 ½ 1 =6th Petrosian 9/15 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ * ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ =8th Beliavsky 8½/15 0 0 0 0 1 1 ½ * ½ 1 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ =8th Tal 8½/15 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ * 0 ½ 1 1 ½ 1 1 10th Forintos 7/15 ½ ½ ½ 0 0 ½ ½ 0 1 * ½ ½ ½ 0 1 1 11th Byrne 6/15 ½ 0 ½ 0 1 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ * ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 =12th Lengyel 5½/15 ½ ½ ½ 0 0 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ * ½ 1 ½ 0 =12th Garcia-Martinez 5½/15 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 0 0 0 0 ½ ½ ½ * 1 ½ ½ 14th Planinc 5/15 0 0 ½ 0 0 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 0 0 * 0 1 15th Stean 4/15 ½ 0 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 0 0 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 * 0 16th Bohm 3/15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 0 0 1 ½ 0 1 *
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120 games, 1975 - Moscow 1981
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In the tradition of previous international tournaments held in the Soviet capitol of Moscow in 1925, 1935, and 1936, the powers that be in Soviet Chess in 1981 felt it was time once again to show the might of its players and its school by holding an international super tournament between Soviet and European grandmasters. Seven of the best Soviet players, including the promising Garry Kasparov and the old guard of Vasily Smyslov and Tigran Petrosian, were joined by Anatoli Karpov who, as the most active of all world champions, agreed to participate even though he had an upcoming world championship match with Korchnoi in October of that same year. Six European grandmasters joined the ranks to make the tournament, a round robin format, a category XV event, which was held during April. The complete list of participants includes (in order of ELO): Anatoli Karpov (2690), Lajos Portisch (2650), Garry Kasparov (2625), Alexander Beliavsky (2620), Lev Polugaevsky (2620), Jan Timman (2620), Efim Geller (2615), Ulf Andersson (2610), Florin Gheorghiu (2605), Yuri Balashov (2600), Tigran Petrosian (2585), Eugenio Torre (2550), Vasily Smyslov (2545), and Jan Smejkal (2535). Though Karpov would go on to win another world championship match later that year and future tournaments afterwards, his win here was seen as a capstone on an incredible career for a player who had originally had the world crown "handed" to him. The final standings and crosstable are as follows: 01 Karpov 9/13 * ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 02 Polugaevsky 7.5/13 ½ * ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 03 Kasparov 7.5/13 ½ ½ * ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 04 Smyslov 7.5/13 0 ½ ½ * ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 05 Gheorghiu 7/13 ½ ½ ½ ½ * ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 06 Portisch 7/13 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ * ½ 0 ½ 1 1 0 1 ½ 07 Balashov 6.5/13 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ * ½ ½ ½ 1 0 ½ 1 08 Beliavsky 6.5/13 0 ½ 0 0 ½ 1 ½ * 1 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 09 Petrosian 6/13 ½ 0 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 * ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 10 Andersson 6/13 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ * ½ ½ ½ 1 11 Smejkal 5.5/13 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 0 ½ ½ ½ * 1 0 ½ 12 Timman 5.5/13 0 ½ ½ 0 0 1 1 ½ ½ ½ 0 * 0 1 13 Torre 5.5/13 ½ 0 0 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 * ½ 14 Geller 4/13 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ *
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91 games, 1981 - Moscow 1992
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The Russian capital city of Moscow was host to another Alekhine Memorial in November of 1992. This edition of the international chess tournament was a category XVIII event. Eight of the world's best grandmasters participated in the round robin event, including (in order of ELO): Anatoli Karpov (2715), Alexey Shirov (2710), Vishwanathan Anand (2690), Boris Gelfand (2685), Jan Timman (2665), Gata Kamsky (2655), Valery Salov (2655), and Artur Yusupov (2640). The tournament was a jewel of fighting display, with half the overall games being decisive and many of the draws were hard fought. Though former world champion and world number two Karpov was in attendance, it was the newer generation who dominated this event, with Gelfand and Anand sharing first place just ahead of young Kamsky in clear third. The final standings and crosstable are as follows: 1 Gelfand 4.5/7 * 1 = = 1 1 0 =
2 Anand 4.5/7 0 * 1 = = 1 = 1
3 Kamsky 4/7 = 0 * 1 = 0 1 1
4 Yusupov 3.5/7 = = 0 * = = 1 =
5 Salov 3.5/7 0 = = = * = = 1
6 Karpov 3.5/7 0 0 1 = = * = 1
7 Shirov 3/7 1 = 0 0 = = * =
8 Timman 1.5/7 = 0 0 = 0 0 = *
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28 games, 1992 - Moscow Interzonal 1982
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In September of 1982, the third of three interzonal tournaments was held in the Soviet capital of Moscow to determine the final two qualifiers for the FIDE world championship candidates matches to be held the following year. Fourteen grandmasters had qualified for the interzonal through various zonal tournaments held previously in 1982-1984 world championship cycle. The participants of the Moscow interzonal included (in order of ELO): Garry Kasparov (2675), Alexander Beliavsky (2620), Ulf Andersson (2610), Mikhail Tal (2610), Efim Geller (2565), Gyula Sax (2560), Florin Gheorghiu (2535), Miguel Quinteros (2520), John Van der Wiel (2520), Larry Christiansen (2505), Yacov Murey (2500), Guillermo Garcia Gonzales (2500), Dragoljub Velimirovic (2495), and Ruben Rodriguez (2415). The average of the combined ratings of players qualified the interzonal as a category XII event. Kasparov, who was on fire at this point in his career, finished clear first, undefeated. He blazed a trail across the field, scoring wins against half the participants, and finishing one and half points against second place and fellow candidates qualifier Beliavsky. For this edition of the cycle, third place was kept as a reserve candidate in case one of the top qualifiers dropped out, so Tal and Andersson had to play a match in Malmo the following year to break the tie. That match would end up being tied 3 to 3. Of course now looking back Kasparov's destiny was clear, but at the time it must have been amazing to watch this young man stop the show with each phase of the world championship cycle that he participated in. The final standings and crosstable are as follows: table[
01 Kasparov * = = = = = 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 = 10/13
02 Beliavsky = * 1 = 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 = 1 8.5/13
03 Tal = 0 * = = = 1 = = 1 1 = 1 = 8/13
04 Andersson = = = * 0 = 1 = = = 1 1 = 1 8/13
05 Geller = 0 = 1 * = = 0 1 1 = = 1 = 7.5/13
06 Garcia Gonzales = 0 = = = * 1 1 0 1 1 = 0 1 7.5/13
07 Murey 0 1 0 0 = 0 * 1 = = = = 1 1 6.5/13
08 Sax 0 1 = = 1 0 0 * = = 0 = = 1 6/13
09 Christiansen 0 0 = = 0 1 = = * 0 = = 1 1 6/13
10 Velimirovic 0 0 0 = 0 0 = = 1 * = 1 1 = 5.5/13
11 Van der Wiel 0 1 0 0 = 0 = 1 = = * = 0 = 5/13
12 Gheorghiu 0 0 = 0 = = = = = 0 = * 1 = 5/13
13 Rodriguez 0 = 0 = 0 1 0 = 0 0 1 0 * 1 4.5/13
14 Quinteros = 0 = 0 = 0 0 0 0 = = = 0 * 3/13
]table
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91 games, 1982 - Munich 1991
[Under Construction; needs intro/dates.]
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91 games, 1991 - Munich 1993
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The 6th SKA-Mephisto international chess tournament was held in Munich, Germany in May of 1993. Twelve grandmasters competed in the round robin format, including (in order of ELO): Boris Gelfand (2690), Evgeny Bareev (2670), Alexey Shirov (2670), Joel Lautier (2645), Artur Yusupov (2645), Michael Adams (2630), Johann Hjartarson (2625), Robert Huebner (2620), Eric Lobron (2620), Mikhail Gurevich (2610), Gerald Hertneck (2575), and Christopher Lutz (2550). The average of the combined participants' ratings qualified the tournament as a category XVI event. Young Shirov made his mark by winning clear first with an impressive +5 score. The final standings and crosstable are as follows: 01 Shirov 8/11 * = 1 = = 1 1 1 0 1 1 =
02 Gelfand 7.5/11 = * = = 1 = 1 = 1 = 1 =
03 Gurevich 7/11 0 = * 1 = 0 0 1 1 1 1 1
04 Adams 6.5/11 = = 0 * 1 = 1 = 1 = = =
05 Bareev 6.5/11 = 0 = 0 * 1 1 0 = 1 1 1
06 Lutz 6/11 0 = 1 = 0 * = 1 = = = 1
07 Yusupov 5/11 0 0 1 0 0 = * = 1 = = 1
08 Huebner 4.5/11 0 = 0 = 1 0 = * = 0 = 1
09 Hertneck 4.5/11 1 0 0 0 = = 0 = * = = 1
10 Lobron 4/11 0 = 0 = 0 = = 1 = * = 0
11 Lautier 3.5/11 0 0 0 = 0 = = = = = * =
12 Hjartarson 3/11 = = 0 = 0 0 0 0 0 1 = *
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66 games, 1993 - Munich 1994
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The 7th SKA-Mephisto international chess tournament was held in Munich, Germany in May of 1994. Twelve grandmasters competed in the round robin format, including (in order of ELO): Vassily Ivanchuk (2710), Evgeny Bareev (2685), Boris Gelfand (2685), Artur Yusupov (2655), Alexander Beliavsky (2650), Predrag Nikolic (2625), Joel Benjamin (2620), Gerald Hertneck (2615), Robert Huebner (2610), Paul Van der Sterren (2605), Christopher Lutz (2595), and Eric Lobron (2570). The average of the combined participants' ratings qualified the tournament as a category XVI event. Ivanchuk finished undefeated with +4, though Beliavsky and Huebner made it a close race, both nipping at his heels just half a point behind as shared second. The final standings and crosstable are as follows: 01 Ivanchuk 7.5/11 * = 1 = = = = = 1 1 1 =
02 Beliavsky 7/11 = * 0 1 1 1 = 1 = 0 1 =
03 Huebner 7/11 0 1 * = = 0 = = 1 1 1 1
04 Bareev 6/11 = 0 = * = = 1 1 = 0 = 1
05 Gelfand 5.5/11 = 0 = = * 1 0 = = = 1 =
06 Nikolic 5.5/11 = 0 1 = 0 * 0 0 1 = 1 1
07 Lobron 5.5/11 = = = 0 1 1 * 0 = 1 = 0
08 Yusupov 5/11 = 0 = 0 = 1 1 * 0 = = =
09 Hertneck 5/11 0 = 0 = = 0 = 1 * = = 1
10 Lutz 5/11 0 1 0 1 = = 0 = = * = =
11 Benjamin 3.5/11 0 0 0 = 0 0 = = = = * 1
12 Van der Sterren 3.5/11 = = 0 0 = 0 1 = 0 = 0 *
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66 games, 1994 - My Best Games of Chess, 1905-1954 by Tartakower
216 games, 1905-1953 - Mährisch-Ostrau 1923
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In the summer of 1923, the Witkowitzer Eisenwerke organized a round robin chess event to take place in Czechoslovakia. In addition to thirteen other European masters, a contract was secured for former world champion Emanuel Lasker to participate. The players were put up at the Hotel Royal and games were played from July 1st to the 18th in Witkowitz, a suburb of Ostrava. It was another successful tournament victory for Lasker, who won undefeated a full point ahead of second place Réti. The final standings and crosstable:
1st Lasker 10½/13 * 1 ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 2nd Réti 9½/13 0 * ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 3rd Grünfeld 8½/13 ½ ½ * 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 1 4th Selezniev 7½/13 ½ ½ 0 * ½ 1 1 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ =5th Tartakower 7/13 0 0 ½ ½ * ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ =5th Euwe 7/13 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ * ½ ½ 0 1 ½ 1 1 1 =7th Tarrasch 6½/13 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ * 1 1 0 1 0 ½ 1 =7th Bogoljubov 6½/13 0 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ 0 * 1 1 0 0 1 1 9th Spielmann 6/13 ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 1 0 0 * 1 1 ½ 0 1 10th Rubinstein 5½/13 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 0 1 0 0 * ½ 1 ½ ½ 11th Pokorny 5/13 0 0 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 1 0 ½ * 1 ½ ½ =12th Hromadka 4½/13 ½ 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 ½ 0 0 * 1 ½ =12th Wolf 4½/13 0 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 1 ½ ½ 0 * 1 14th Walter 2½/13 0 0 0 ½ ½ 0 0 0 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 *
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91 games, 1923 - Netanya-A 1968
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The fourth international chess tournament organized by the Netanya chess club in the capital city of the Sharon Plain, Israel (a popular seaside resort twenty miles north of Tel Aviv) was held from June 16th to July 1st, 1968. The tournament commemorated the 20th anniversary of the founding of the state of Israel. Five grandmasters, five international masters, and four chess masters were invited to compete in the round robin event. Among the notable foreign participants were Bobby Fischer from the United States, Daniel Yanofsky from Canada, Hans Ree from the Netherlands, and Victor Ciocaltea from Romania. Two of Israel's strongest players, Yair Kraidman and Moshe Czerniak, also participated along the with best and most promising of Israel's chess talent. Fischer's presence was especially notable because he had turned down participating in the 1968 US Championship (running concurrently with this event) because the organizers had failed to meet his conditions for attendance such as the issues of prize money and playing conditions in the venue. Fischer found better welcome in Israel where, among other things, the tradition of observing the Sabbath from Friday sundown to Saturday sundown was shared by Fischer's faith in the Church of God. Some have speculated that his attendance at this event over the US Championship was intended to show that he was not unreasonable and more than willing to play, so long as his conditions were met beforehand. Whatever his reasons, Fischer blew away the competition in what would become typical fashion for him: he finished undefeated with ten wins and three draws, three and a half points ahead of the shared seconds. The final standings and crosstable:
1st Fischer 11.5/13 * = 1 1 1 1 = = 1 1 1 1 1 1 =2nd Yanofsky 8/13 = * = 0 1 = 1 1 = = 1 = = =
=2nd Czerniak 8/13 0 = * 1 1 = = = 1 = = 0 1 1
=4th Hamann 7/13 0 1 0 * 0 1 0 1 0 1 = = 1 1
=4th Kagan 7/13 0 0 0 1 * = = 1 1 = 1 = 0 1
6th Ciocaltea 6.5/13 0 = = 0 = * 1 = 0 = = = 1 1 =7th Kraidman 6/13 = 0 = 1 = 0 * = 0 1 0 = = 1
=7th Porath 6/13 = 0 = 0 0 = = * 1 = = = 1 =
=7th Geller 6/13 0 = 0 1 0 1 1 0 * 0 1 1 = 0
=7th Domnitz 6/13 0 = = 0 = = 0 = 1 * = 1 0 1
11th Troianescu 5.5/13 0 0 = = 0 = 1 = 0 = * 1 0 1 =12th Aloni 5/13 0 = 1 = = = = = 0 0 0 * 1 0
=12th Ree 5/13 0 = 0 0 1 0 = 0 = 1 1 0 * =
14th Bernstein 3.5/13 0 = 0 0 0 0 0 = 1 0 0 1 = * *special thanks to <jessicafischerqueen> for the finishing touches on the historical content of this collection.
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91 games, 1968
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Kibitzing
