1974 Candidates Matches
CYCLE 9: 8-Man Knockout
Six qualifiers from two Interzonal tournaments, plus two seeds play
knockout matches, with the winner playing a World Championship match
against Fischer in 1975.
(Black background indicates black in the first game)
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Karpov ½½½1½1½1 3
Polugaevsky ½½½0½0½0 0
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Spassky ½½11½1 3
Byrne ½½00½0 0
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Korchnoi ½½½½1½1½½½½01 3
Mecking ½½½½0½0½½½½1½ 1
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Petrosian ½½½½1½½½10½01 3
Portisch ½½½½0½½½01½10 2
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Karpov 0½1½½1½½1½1 4
Spassky 1½0½½0½½0½0 1
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Korchnoi 1½101 3
Petrosian 0½010 1
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Karpov ½1½½½1½½½½½½½½½½1½0½0½½½ 12½
Korchnoi ½0½½½0½½½½½½½½½½0½1½1½½½ 11½
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THE PLAYERS
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Player
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Country
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Status
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| 1
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Anatoly Karpov
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USSR
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Qualified from Interzonal
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| 2
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Viktor Lvovich Korchnoi
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USSR
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Qualified from Interzonal
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| 3
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Tigran Vartanovich Petrosian
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USSR
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Seeded; lost last Candidates Final
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| 4
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Boris Spassky
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USSR
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Seeded; Lost last Championship Match
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| 5
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Lajos Portisch
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Hungary
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Qualified from Interzonal
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| 6
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Henrique Mecking
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Brazil
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Qualified from Interzonal
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| 7
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Lev Polugaevsky
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USSR
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Qualified from Interzonal
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| 8
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Robert Byrne
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USA
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Qualified from Interzonal
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THE QUARTERFINALS (3 Wins or Best of 16)
| Moscow, Jan 16 - Feb 4 '74
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1
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2
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3
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4
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5
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6
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7
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8
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| Karpov
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½
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½
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½
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1
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½
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1
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½
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1
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3 (w/5 draws)
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| Polugaevsky
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½
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½
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½
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0
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½
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0
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½
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0
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0 (w/5 draws)
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| San Juan, Jan 14-29 '74
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1
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2
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3
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4
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5
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6
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| Spassky
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½
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½
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1
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1
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½
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1
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3 (w/3 draws)
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| Byrne
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½
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½
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0
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0
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½
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0
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0 (w/3 draws)
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| Augusta, Jan 16 - Feb 13 '74
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1
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2
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3
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4
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5
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6
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7
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8
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9
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10
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11
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12
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13
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| Korchnoi
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½
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½
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½
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½
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1
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½
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1
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½
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½
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½
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½
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0
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1
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3 (w/9 draws)
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| Mecking
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½
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½
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½
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½
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0
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½
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0
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½
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½
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½
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½
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1
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0
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1 (w/9 draws)
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| Palma, Jan 18 - Feb 17 '74
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1
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2
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3
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4
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5
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6
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7
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8
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9
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10
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11
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12
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13
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| Petrosian
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½
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½
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½
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½
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1
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½
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½
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½
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1
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0
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½
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0
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1
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3 (w/8 draws)
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| Portisch
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½
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½
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½
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½
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0
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½
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½
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½
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0
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1
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½
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1
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0
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2 (w/8 draws)
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THE SEMI-FINALS (4 Wins or Best of 20)
| Leningrad, Apr 9 - May 20 '74
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1
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2
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3
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4
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5
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6
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7
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8
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9
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10
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11
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| Karpov
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0
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½
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1
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½
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½
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1
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½
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½
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1
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½
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1
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4 (w/6 draws)
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| Spassky
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1
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½
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0
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½
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½
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0
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½
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½
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0
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½
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0
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1 (w/6 draws)
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| Odessa, Apr 12-30 '74
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1
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2
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3
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4
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5
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| Korchnoi
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1
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½
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1
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0
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1
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3 (w/1 draw)
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| Petrosian
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0
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½
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0
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1
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0
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1 (w/1 draw)
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Petrosian resigned the match prematurely
THE FINALS (5 Wins or Best of 24)
| Moscow, Sept 16 - Nov 23 '74
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1
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2
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3
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4
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5
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6
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7
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8
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9
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10
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11
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12
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13
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14
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15
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16
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17
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18
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19
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20
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21
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22
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23
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24
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| Karpov
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½
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1
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½
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½
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½
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1
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½
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½
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½
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½
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½
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½
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½
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½
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½
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½
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1
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½
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0
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½
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0
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½
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½
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½
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12½
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| Korchnoi
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½
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0
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½
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½
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½
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0
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½
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½
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½
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½
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½
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½
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½
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½
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½
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½
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0
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½
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1
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½
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1
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½
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½
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½
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11½
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[Event "Karpov - Polugaevsky Candidates Quarterfinal"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1974.01.17"]
[EventDate "1974.01.17"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Lev Polugaevsky"]
[Black "Anatoly Karpov"]
[ECO "E54"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "64"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 c5 6. Nf3 d5
7. O-O dxc4 8. Bxc4 Nc6 9. a3 Ba5 10. Bd3 cxd4 11. exd4 Bb6
12. Be3 Nd5 13. Bg5 f6 14. Be3 Nce7 15. Qc2 Nxe3 16. fxe3 g6
17. Bc4 Nf5 18. Rfe1 Kg7 19. Rad1 Bd7 20. Kh1 Rc8 21. Ba2 Nd6
22. Qd3 Qe7 23. e4 Nf7 24. e5 fxe5 25. Nxe5 Nxe5 26. Rxe5 Rf5
27. Nd5 Qd6 28. Nxb6 Qxb6 29. Qe2 Qd6 30. h3 Rcf8 31. Kg1 Ba4
32. Rd2 Bd7 1/2-1/2
[Event "Karpov - Polugaevsky Candidates Quarterfinal"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1974.01.19"]
[EventDate "1974.01.17"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Anatoly Karpov"]
[Black "Lev Polugaevsky"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "80"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5
7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O Be6 9. f4 Qc7 10. a4 Nbd7 11. Kh1 O-O
12. Be3 exf4 13. Rxf4 Rfe8 14. Nd4 Ne5 15. Nf5 Ng6 16. Rf1 Bf8
17. Qd4 Ne5 18. Bg5 Nfd7 19. Rad1 Nc5 20. Nxd6 Bxd6 21. Qxd6
Qxd6 22. Rxd6 Bd7 23. b3 Bc6 24. Bf3 f5 25. Be3 Nxe4 26. Bxe4
fxe4 27. h3 Rad8 28. Rxd8 Rxd8 29. Kg1 Ng6 30. Ne2 Rf8 31. Rd1
Nh4 32. Bc5 Rc8 33. Be7 Nf5 34. Rd8+ Rxd8 35. Bxd8 h5 36. c4
e3 37. Bg5 Be4 38. a5 Kf7 39. Nc3 Bc2 40. b4 Nd6 1/2-1/2
[Event "Karpov - Polugaevsky Candidates Quarterfinal"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1974.01.21"]
[EventDate "1974.01.17"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Lev Polugaevsky"]
[Black "Anatoly Karpov"]
[ECO "E54"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "42"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 c5 6. Nf3 d5
7. O-O dxc4 8. Bxc4 Nc6 9. a3 Ba5 10. Ba2 a6 11. Na4 cxd4
12. exd4 h6 13. Bf4 Bc7 14. Bxc7 Qxc7 15. Qe2 Rd8 16. Rfd1 Bd7
17. Rac1 Be8 18. Nc3 Rd6 19. d5 exd5 20. Nxd5 Nxd5 21. Rxd5
Rad8 1/2-1/2
[Event "Karpov - Polugaevsky Candidates Quarterfinal"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1974.01.23"]
[EventDate "1974.01.17"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Anatoly Karpov"]
[Black "Lev Polugaevsky"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "97"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5
7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O Be6 9. f4 Qc7 10. a4 Nbd7 11. Kh1 O-O
12. Be3 exf4 13. Rxf4 Ne5 14. Nd4 Rad8 15. Qg1 Rd7 16. Rd1 Re8
17. Nf5 Bd8 18. Nd4 Ng6 19. Rff1 Ne5 20. Bf4 Qc5 21. Nxe6
Qxg1+ 22. Rxg1 Rxe6 23. Bf3 Neg4 24. Rgf1 Bb6 25. Rd2 Be3
26. Bxe3 Nxe3 27. Rb1 Kf8 28. Kg1 Rc7 29. Kf2 Nc4 30. Rd3 g5
31. h3 h5 32. Nd5 Nxd5 33. Rxd5 Ne5 34. c3 h4 35. Rbd1 Ke7
36. R1d4 f6 37. a5 Rc6 38. Be2 Kd8 39. c4 Kc7 40. b4 Ng6
41. b5 axb5 42. cxb5 Rc2 43. b6+ Kd7 44. Rd2 Rxd2 45. Rxd2 Re5
46. a6 Kc6 47. Rb2 Nf4 48. a7 Ra5 49. Bc4 1-0
[Event "Karpov - Polugaevsky Candidates Quarterfinal"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1974.01.25"]
[EventDate "1974.01.17"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Lev Polugaevsky"]
[Black "Anatoly Karpov"]
[ECO "E54"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "87"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 c5 6. Nf3 d5
7. O-O dxc4 8. Bxc4 Nc6 9. a3 Ba5 10. Ba2 a6 11. Bb1 Bb6
12. Qc2 g6 13. dxc5 Bxc5 14. b4 Be7 15. Bb2 e5 16. Rd1 Qe8
17. b5 axb5 18. Nxb5 Bf5 19. Qe2 Bxb1 20. Nc7 Qb8 21. Nxa8 Bf5
22. Nb6 e4 23. Nd4 Nxd4 24. Bxd4 Bg4 25. f3 exf3 26. gxf3 Be6
27. Rac1 Rd8 28. Qb2 Ne8 29. Be5 Bd6 30. Bxd6 Rxd6 31. Qb4 Qd8
32. Rxd6 Nxd6 33. Rd1 Qg5+ 34. Kf2 Nf5 35. Qf4 Qf6 36. Na4 Bb3
37. Rd2 g5 38. Qb8+ Kg7 39. Nb2 Bd5 40. Nd3 Nd6 41. Nf4 gxf4
42. Rxd5 Qb2+ 43. Kf1 fxe3 44. Rg5+ 1/2-1/2
[Event "Karpov - Polugaevsky Candidates Quarterfinal"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1974.01.30"]
[EventDate "1974.01.17"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Anatoly Karpov"]
[Black "Lev Polugaevsky"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "79"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5
7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O Be6 9. f4 Qc7 10. a4 Nbd7 11. Kh1 O-O
12. Be3 exf4 13. Rxf4 Ne5 14. a5 Nfd7 15. Rf1 Bf6 16. Nd5 Bxd5
17. Qxd5 Qxc2 18. Nd4 Qxb2 19. Rab1 Qc3 20. Nf5 Qc2 21. Rbe1
Nc5 22. Nxd6 Ncd3 23. Bxd3 Nxd3 24. Rd1 Nb4 25. Qxb7 Rab8
26. Qa7 Qc6 27. Bf4 Ra8 28. Qf2 Rad8 29. Qg3 Qc3 30. Rf3 Qc2
31. Rdf1 Bd4 32. Bh6 Nc6 33. Nf5 Qb2 34. Bc1 Qb5 35. Nh6+ Kh8
36. Nxf7+ Rxf7 37. Rxf7 Bf6 38. Qf2 Kg8 39. Rxf6 gxf6 40. Qxf6
1-0
[Event "Karpov - Polugaevsky Candidates Quarterfinal"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1974.02.01"]
[EventDate "1974.01.17"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Lev Polugaevsky"]
[Black "Anatoly Karpov"]
[ECO "E54"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "81"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 c5 6. Nf3 d5
7. O-O dxc4 8. Bxc4 Nc6 9. a3 Ba5 10. Ba2 Bb6 11. dxc5 Bxc5
12. b4 Bd6 13. Bb2 Qe7 14. Qc2 Bd7 15. Rfd1 Ne5 16. Ng5 Rac8
17. f4 Ng6 18. Qe2 Bb8 19. Qf3 h6 20. Nh3 Bc6 21. Qg3 Ne4
22. Nxe4 Bxe4 23. Nf2 Bc2 24. Rd2 Rfd8 25. Bd4 b6 26. Rc1 Ba4
27. Rxc8 Rxc8 28. Nd3 Bc2 29. Qg4 Bxd3 30. Rxd3 Rc1+ 31. Rd1
Qh4 32. Qf3 Rxd1+ 33. Qxd1 e5 34. g3 Qd8 35. fxe5 Nxe5 36. Qh5
Qf6 37. Bxe5 Bxe5 38. Bxf7+ Qxf7 39. Qxe5 Qb3 40. b5 Qxa3
41. Kg2 1/2-1/2
[Event "Karpov - Polugaevsky Candidates Quarterfinal"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1974.02.03"]
[EventDate "1974.01.17"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Anatoly Karpov"]
[Black "Lev Polugaevsky"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "81"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5
7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O Be6 9. f4 Qc7 10. a4 Nbd7 11. Kh1 O-O
12. Be3 exf4 13. Rxf4 Ne5 14. a5 Rfe8 15. Bb6 Qd7 16. Ra4 Rac8
17. Rd4 Qc6 18. Rd2 Bxb3 19. cxb3 Nfd7 20. Bg1 Bg5 21. Rxd6
Bxf4 22. Rxc6 Rxc6 23. b4 Nf6 24. b5 Rce6 25. bxa6 bxa6 26. g3
Bg5 27. h4 Bh6 28. Bb6 Ned7 29. Bc4 Re5 30. Qb3 Rb8 31. Bxf7+
Kh8 32. Qc4 Bd2 33. Bc7 Rc5 34. Qxc5 Nxc5 35. Bxb8 Bxc3
36. bxc3 Nfxe4 37. c4 Nd7 38. Bc7 g6 39. Be6 Nec5 40. Bxd7
Nxd7 41. Bd6 1-0
[Event "Spassky - Byrne Candidates Quarterfinal"]
[Site "San Juan PUR"]
[Date "1974.01.14"]
[EventDate "1974.01.14"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Robert Eugene Byrne"]
[Black "Boris Spassky"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "87"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. g4 a6
7. g5 Nfd7 8. a4 Nc6 9. Be3 Nde5 10. Be2 Nxd4 11. Qxd4 Nc6
12. Qb6 Qxb6 13. Bxb6 h6 14. gxh6 Rxh6 15. O-O-O Bd7 16. Bc7
Rc8 17. Bxd6 Bxd6 18. Rxd6 Ke7 19. Rd3 Rch8 20. h3 g5 21. Rhd1
Ne5 22. Rg3 f6 23. Bf1 Rh4 24. Kd2 Rc8 25. Ke3 Rxc3+ 26. bxc3
Bxa4 27. Rb1 Bc6 28. f3 Rh8 29. Rg1 Kd6 30. Rb4 Ng6 31. Rg2 a5
32. Rd2+ Kc7 33. Rb1 a4 34. c4 Ne5 35. Rf2 Kd6 36. f4 gxf4+
37. Rxf4 Kc5 38. Rxf6 Nxc4+ 39. Bxc4 Rxh3+ 40. Kf4 Kxc4
41. Rxe6 Kc3 42. Rb6 Kxc2 43. Rexc6+ bxc6 44. Rxc6+ 1/2-1/2
[Event "Spassky - Byrne Candidates Quarterfinal"]
[Site "San Juan PUR"]
[Date "1974.01.16"]
[EventDate "1974.01.14"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Boris Spassky"]
[Black "Robert Eugene Byrne"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "144"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5
7. Nb3 Be6 8. O-O Nbd7 9. f4 Qc7 10. a4 Be7 11. a5 O-O 12. Kh1
Nc5 13. Nxc5 Qxc5 14. f5 Bc4 15. Bxc4 Qxc4 16. Bg5 Rfd8
17. Re1 Rac8 18. Re2 Qb4 19. Qc1 h6 20. Bxf6 Bxf6 21. Ra4 Qc5
22. Qd1 b5 23. axb6 Qxb6 24. Qa1 Rc6 25. Nd5 Qb5 26. Rf2 Rdc8
27. Ra5 Qc4 28. Qe1 Bh4 29. g3 Bd8 30. Ra1 a5 31. c3 Rb8
32. Qe2 Qxe2 33. Rxe2 Kf8 34. Kg2 Rb3 35. Kf3 Rc8 36. h4 Rcb8
37. Ra2 Bb6 38. g4 f6 39. Rg2 Bc5 40. g5 hxg5 41. hxg5 fxg5
42. Nc7 g6 43. fxg6 Kg7 44. Rxg5 Bb6 45. Nd5 Bc5 46. Rg2 R8b7
47. Ne3 Bxe3 48. Kxe3 R3b5 49. Kd3 Rb8 50. Kc2 R8b6 51. Kd3
Rb7 52. Ra4 Rxb2 53. Rxb2 Rxb2 54. Rxa5 Rb6 55. Kc4 Rc6+
56. Kd5 Rxc3 57. Kxd6 Kxg6 58. Rxe5 Kf7 59. Rf5+ Ke8 60. Ra5
Rb3 61. Ra6 Kf7 62. Ra7+ Ke8 63. Re7+ Kf8 64. Rc7 Rb6+ 65. Kd7
Kf7 66. e5 Re6 67. Rc5 Ra6 68. Rb5 Re6 69. Ra5 Rb6 70. Ra8
Rb7+ 71. Kd6 Rb6+ 72. Kc5 Rb7 1/2-1/2
[Event "Spassky - Byrne Candidates Quarterfinal"]
[Site "San Juan PUR"]
[Date "1974.01.18"]
[EventDate "1974.01.14"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Robert Eugene Byrne"]
[Black "Boris Spassky"]
[ECO "C95"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "112"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5
7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. Bc2
Re8 13. Nf1 Bf8 14. Ng3 g6 15. b3 Bg7 16. a4 d5 17. dxe5 Nxe4
18. Bxe4 dxe4 19. Bg5 exf3 20. Bxd8 Raxd8 21. axb5 Nxe5
22. bxa6 Rxd1 23. Rexd1 Ba8 24. gxf3 Nxf3+ 25. Kf1 Bxc3
26. Rac1 Nd2+ 27. Kg1 Ba5 28. b4 Nf3+ 29. Kf1 Nh2+ 30. Kg1
Nf3+ 31. Kf1 Bb6 32. Rc2 Nh2+ 33. Kg1 Nf3+ 34. Kf1 Kf8 35. Ne2
Nh2+ 36. Kg1 Nf3+ 37. Kf1 Be4 38. Ra2 Nh2+ 39. Kg1 Nf3+
40. Kf1 Nh4 41. Nf4 Bf3 42. Rd3 g5 43. Ne2 Bg2+ 44. Ke1 Nf3+
45. Kd1 Ne5 46. Rc3 Bd5 47. Rd2 Bc4 48. Ra3 Ra8 49. f4 gxf4
50. Nxf4 Rxa6 51. Rxa6 Bxa6 52. Nd5 Bc4 53. Nxb6 cxb6 54. Rd6
b5 55. Kd2 Ng6 56. Ke3 h5 0-1
[Event "Spassky - Byrne Candidates Quarterfinal"]
[Site "San Juan PUR"]
[Date "1974.01.21"]
[EventDate "1974.01.14"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Spassky"]
[Black "Robert Eugene Byrne"]
[ECO "B93"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "57"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f4 e5
7. Nf3 Nbd7 8. a4 Qc7 9. Bd3 g6 10. O-O b6 11. Qe2 Bb7 12. Bc4
Bg7 13. Ng5 O-O 14. f5 gxf5 15. Rxf5 h6 16. Nh3 b5 17. axb5
axb5 18. Rxa8 Rxa8 19. Bxb5 Nxe4 20. Nxe4 Bxe4 21. Qxe4 Ra1
22. Rf1 Rxc1 23. Rxc1 Qc5+ 24. Nf2 Qxb5 25. Rd1 Nf6 26. Qa8+
Bf8 27. Qf3 Be7 28. b3 Kf8 29. Ne4 1-0
[Event "Spassky - Byrne Candidates Quarterfinal"]
[Site "San Juan PUR"]
[Date "1974.01.25"]
[EventDate "1974.01.14"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Robert Eugene Byrne"]
[Black "Boris Spassky"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "70"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. g4 a6
7. Bg2 Nfd7 8. O-O Nc6 9. Kh1 Be7 10. f4 O-O 11. g5 Nxd4
12. Qxd4 b5 13. Be3 Bb7 14. a4 Bc6 15. h4 Re8 16. axb5 axb5
17. Rae1 Bf8 18. b3 Qb8 19. Bc1 b4 20. Ne2 Ra2 21. Qd1 e5
22. fxe5 dxe5 23. Ng3 Nc5 24. Qf3 Qb7 25. Rf2 Ne6 26. Be3 Rea8
27. Kh2 Ra1 28. Rxa1 Rxa1 29. Bf1 Ra8 30. Bc4 Re8 31. h5 g6
32. Qg4 Bb5 33. Bd5 Bc6 34. Bc4 Bb5 35. Bd5 Bc6 1/2-1/2
[Event "Spassky - Byrne Candidates Quarterfinal"]
[Site "San Juan PUR"]
[Date "1974.01.28"]
[EventDate "1974.01.14"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Boris Spassky"]
[Black "Robert Eugene Byrne"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "117"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. c4 e5 6. Nc3
Nc6 7. d3 g6 8. a3 Bg7 9. Rb1 Nge7 10. b4 b6 11. O-O O-O
12. Nd5 Nxd5 13. cxd5 Nd4 14. Nxd4 cxd4 15. Bd2 Rac8 16. Qb3
Rc7 17. Rbc1 Rfc8 18. b5 Rxc1 19. Rxc1 Rxc1+ 20. Bxc1 Qc7
21. Qc4 Qxc4 22. dxc4 f6 23. Kf1 Bf8 24. a4 Be7 25. Ke2 Kf7
26. Bd2 f5 27. exf5 gxf5 28. Kd3 Bf6 29. f3 h5 30. a5 Ke8
31. a6 Kd7 32. g3 Kc7 33. h3 Kd7 34. Ba5 Kc8 35. Be1 Kd7
36. Bf2 Ke8 37. Be1 Kf7 38. Bb4 Be7 39. f4 exf4 40. gxf4 Ke8
41. Kxd4 Kd7 42. Kd3 Kc7 43. Ke3 Bf6 44. Kf3 h4 45. Ke3 Bg7
46. Kd3 Bf6 47. Bd2 Kd7 48. Be3 Kc7 49. Bf2 Kc8 50. c5 dxc5
51. d6 Kd7 52. Bxc5 Bd8 53. Bb4 Ke6 54. Kc4 Bf6 55. Bc5 Bd8
56. Bd4 Kxd6 57. Be5+ Ke6 58. Bb8 Kd7 59. Kd5 1-0
[Event "Korchnoi - Mecking Candidates Quarterfinal"]
[Site "Augusta, GA USA"]
[Date "1974.01.16"]
[EventDate "1974.01.16"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Viktor Korchnoi"]
[Black "Henrique Mecking"]
[ECO "A22"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "160"]
1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 Bb4 4. Bg2 O-O 5. e4 Bxc3 6. dxc3 d6
7. Qe2 Nbd7 8. Nf3 Nc5 9. Nh4 a6 10. b3 b5 11. Ba3 Nfd7
12. O-O Bb7 13. f3 Bc6 14. Nf5 bxc4 15. bxc4 Na4 16. Qd2 Ndc5
17. Ne3 Re8 18. Rad1 Rb8 19. Nd5 Bd7 20. Bb4 Be6 21. Rfe1 c6
22. Ne3 Qb6 23. Qc2 Rbd8 24. Bf1 a5 25. Ba3 Qc7 26. Rd2 Rd7
27. h4 f6 28. Kh2 g6 29. Red1 Red8 30. Rf2 Re8 31. Qd2 Nb6
32. Kh1 Nb7 33. Qc2 Red8 34. h5 Rg7 35. Rh2 gxh5 36. Qf2 Na4
37. Rc1 Qf7 38. Be2 Nac5 39. Rh4 Kh8 40. Rg1 Rdg8 41. Bc1 f5
42. exf5 Bxf5 43. Nxf5 Qxf5 44. Qh2 Qc2 45. Rxh5 Qxc3 46. Bh6
Rf7 47. Rg5 Rxg5 48. Bxg5 Ne6 49. Bh6 Qc2 50. Bd1 Qxh2+
51. Kxh2 Nd4 52. Kg2 Nc5 53. Bd2 Nd3 54. Bc3 Rb7 55. f4 Nb2
56. fxe5 dxe5 57. Bb3 a4 58. Bxb2 axb3 59. Ra1 bxa2 60. Rxa2
Rb4 61. c5 Rc4 62. Bxd4 exd4 63. Ra8+ Kg7 64. Rd8 Rxc5
65. Rxd4 Rf5 66. g4 Rf6 67. Rd7+ Rf7 68. Rd6 Rf6 69. Rd7+ Kg6
70. Kg3 h6 71. Ra7 Kg5 72. Rg7+ Rg6 73. Rf7 Rd6 74. Rf5+ Kg6
75. Kh4 Rf6 76. Rc5 Re6 77. Rf5 Re8 78. Rc5 Rc8 79. Kg3 Kf6
80. Rh5 Rh8 1/2-1/2
[Event "Korchnoi - Mecking Candidates Quarterfinal"]
[Site "Augusta, GA USA"]
[Date "1974.01.17"]
[EventDate "1974.01.16"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Henrique Mecking"]
[Black "Viktor Korchnoi"]
[ECO "C83"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "70"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5
7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5 Be6 9. c3 Be7 10. Nbd2 O-O 11. Qe2 Nc5
12. Nd4 Nxb3 13. N2xb3 Qd7 14. Nxc6 Qxc6 15. Be3 Bf5 16. Rfd1
Qg6 17. Nd4 Bd7 18. b4 Qe4 19. Bd2 Qxe2 20. Nxe2 Rfe8 21. Bf4
c6 22. Nd4 a5 23. a3 axb4 24. axb4 Ra4 25. Nb3 Rea8 26. Be3 f6
27. Bd4 fxe5 28. Bxe5 Bf5 29. Rac1 Bg5 30. f4 Bd8 31. Rd2 Be4
32. Nc5 Bb6 33. Bd4 Bxc5 34. Bxc5 Ra2 35. Rcd1 h5 1/2-1/2
[Event "Korchnoi - Mecking Candidates Quarterfinal"]
[Site "Augusta, GA USA"]
[Date "1974.01.19"]
[EventDate "1974.01.16"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Viktor Korchnoi"]
[Black "Henrique Mecking"]
[ECO "A09"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "108"]
1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 d4 3. g3 c5 4. e3 Nc6 5. exd4 Nxd4 6. Nxd4
Qxd4 7. Nc3 Bg4 8. Be2 Bxe2 9. Qxe2 e6 10. d3 Qd7 11. Be3 Nf6
12. O-O-O Qc6 13. d4 cxd4 14. Bxd4 Be7 15. g4 O-O 16. g5 Ne8
17. Rhg1 Nd6 18. Bf6 Nf5 19. Bxe7 Nxe7 20. h4 Rac8 21. Rg4
Rfd8 22. h5 Nf5 23. g6 Rxd1+ 24. Qxd1 hxg6 25. hxg6 fxg6
26. b3 b5 27. Qe1 bxc4 28. Rxc4 Qa6 29. Rxc8+ Qxc8 30. Qe5 g5
31. Kb2 Kf7 32. Ne4 Qd8 33. Qc5 a6 34. Ka3 Kg6 35. Kb4 Kh5
36. Qe5 Qb6+ 37. Kc3 Qc6+ 38. Kd3 Qd7+ 39. Ke2 Qc6 40. Nc5
Qb5+ 41. Ke1 Qb4+ 42. Kf1 Qb5+ 43. Qe2+ Kg6 44. Qxb5 axb5
45. Nxe6 Kf6 46. Nc7 Nd4 47. a4 bxa4 48. bxa4 Ke5 49. Kg2 Kd6
50. Ne8+ Kc5 51. Nxg7 Kb4 52. Kg3 Kxa4 53. Kg4 Kb5 54. Kxg5
Kc6 1/2-1/2
[Event "Korchnoi - Mecking Candidates Quarterfinal"]
[Site "Augusta, GA USA"]
[Date "1974.01.20"]
[EventDate "1974.01.16"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Henrique Mecking"]
[Black "Viktor Korchnoi"]
[ECO "C81"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "80"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5
7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5 Be6 9. Qe2 Be7 10. Rd1 Nc5 11. c4 d4
12. cxb5 Nxb3 13. axb3 axb5 14. Rxa8 Qxa8 15. Bg5 Bxb3 16. Rc1
Bxg5 17. Nxg5 h6 18. Nf3 O-O 19. Qxb5 Ba4 20. Qc5 Rb8 21. Nxd4
Nxd4 22. Qxd4 Bc6 23. e6 fxe6 24. Qe5 Kh7 25. f3 Rb5 26. Qxe6
Rxb2 27. Qxc6 Qxc6 28. Rxc6 Rxb1+ 29. Kf2 Rb7 30. Kg3 Kg8
31. f4 Kf8 32. Kg4 Rb2 33. Kh3 Rb7 34. g4 Kf7 35. f5 Ra7
36. Kh4 Ra3 37. Rxc7+ Kf6 38. Rc6+ Kf7 39. h3 Rb3 40. Rc2 g5+
1/2-1/2
[Event "Korchnoi - Mecking Candidates Quarterfinal"]
[Site "Augusta, GA USA"]
[Date "1974.01.23"]
[EventDate "1974.01.16"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Viktor Korchnoi"]
[Black "Henrique Mecking"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "86"]
1. Nf3 d5 2. b3 Bg4 3. e3 Nf6 4. Bb2 e6 5. h3 Bh5 6. d3 c5
7. g4 Bg6 8. Ne5 Nbd7 9. Nxg6 hxg6 10. Bg2 Qb6 11. Qe2 Bd6
12. Nd2 Be5 13. c3 Qa5 14. d4 cxd4 15. cxd4 Bd6 16. a3 Rc8
17. b4 Qa4 18. O-O O-O 19. Rfc1 Nb6 20. Qd3 Qd7 21. Rab1 Rxc1+
22. Rxc1 Rc8 23. Rc2 Rxc2 24. Qxc2 Qa4 25. Qxa4 Nxa4 26. Bc1
Kf8 27. Kf1 Nc3 28. Nb3 b6 29. Ke1 Nfe4 30. Nd2 f5 31. Nf3 a5
32. bxa5 bxa5 33. Ne5 g5 34. f3 Nf6 35. gxf5 exf5 36. Bf1 Nb1
37. Bd3 Bxa3 38. Bxa3+ Nxa3 39. Bxf5 a4 40. Kd2 Nc4+ 41. Nxc4
dxc4 42. Be6 Ke7 43. Bxc4 Nh5 1-0
[Event "Korchnoi - Mecking Candidates Quarterfinal"]
[Site "Augusta, GA USA"]
[Date "1974.01.26"]
[EventDate "1974.01.16"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Henrique Mecking"]
[Black "Viktor Korchnoi"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[PlyCount "34"]
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Bb4+ 5.Bd2 Bxd2+ 6.Qxd2 Ba6
7.Na3 c5 8.Bg2 Nc6 9.O-O O-O 10.Rfd1 Rc8 11.Ne5 cxd4 12.Nxc6
dxc6 13.Qxd4 Qxd4 14.Rxd4 c5 15.Rd2 Rfd8 16.Rad1 Rxd2 17.Rxd2
Kf8 1/2-1/2
[Event "Korchnoi - Mecking Candidates Quarterfinal"]
[Site "Augusta, GA USA"]
[Date "1974.01.27"]
[EventDate "1974.01.16"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Viktor Korchnoi"]
[Black "Henrique Mecking"]
[ECO "A49"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "125"]
1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. d4 e6 5. O-O cxd4 6. Nxd4 Bc5
7. Nb3 Bb6 8. c4 Nf6 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Na3 O-O 11. Nc4 Bc7
12. Ne3 Qe7 13. Nxd5 exd5 14. Be3 Rd8 15. Qd2 Bg4 16. Rfe1 a5
17. Bg5 f6 18. Bf4 Bb6 19. Qd1 a4 20. Nc1 Kh8 21. Nd3 Ne5
22. a3 Nc6 23. Kf1 Qe6 24. Rc1 Qf5 25. f3 Bh3 26. b4 axb3
27. Qxb3 Ba5 28. Red1 Bxg2+ 29. Kxg2 Qe6 30. e4 Nd4 31. Qxb7
dxe4 32. Qxe4 Qxe4 33. fxe4 Ne2 34. Rc4 Nc3 35. Rd2 Nxe4
36. Rdc2 Nxg3 37. Nc5 Nh5 38. Be3 Re8 39. Kf3 Bb6 40. a4 g6
41. Bf2 Re7 42. Rb2 Bd8 43. Rb7 Kg8 44. Nd7 f5 45. Rb8 Rxb8
46. Nxb8 Bc7 47. Nc6 Re8 48. a5 Bxh2 49. a6 Kf7 50. a7 Ra8
51. Rd4 g5 52. Rd8 Rxa7 53. Bxa7 g4+ 54. Kg2 Bf4 55. Rd7+ Kg6
56. Bd4 h6 57. Rd5 Bg5 58. Ne5+ Kh7 59. Rd7+ Kg8 60. Nf7 Nf4+
61. Kh2 Ne2 62. Nxg5 hxg5 63. Be5 1-0
[Event "Korchnoi - Mecking Candidates Quarterfinal"]
[Site "Augusta, GA USA"]
[Date "1974.01.30"]
[EventDate "1974.01.16"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Henrique Mecking"]
[Black "Viktor Korchnoi"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "110"]
1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bb4 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O
Bxc3 7. bxc3 d6 8. d3 e4 9. Nd4 exd3 10. Nxc6 dxe2 11. Qxe2
bxc6 12. Bxc6 Rb8 13. Be3 Bb7 14. Bxb7 Rxb7 15. c5 dxc5
16. Bxc5 Re8 17. Rad1 Qa8 18. Qc4 Rb2 19. Rfe1 Rxe1+ 20. Rxe1
Qc6 21. Qd4 h6 22. a3 a5 23. Qd8+ Kh7 24. Bd4 Ne4 25. Be3 Rc2
26. Qd4 Nxc3 27. Bd2 Qf3 28. Bxc3 Rxc3 29. a4 Rc2 30. Rf1 c6
31. Qb6 Qd5 32. Qb1 Qa2 33. Qxa2 Rxa2 34. Rc1 Rxa4 35. Rxc6
Rb4 36. Ra6 a4 37. h4 g6 38. Kg2 Kg7 39. f3 h5 40. Kh3 Rc4
41. Ra5 Kf6 42. g4 hxg4+ 43. fxg4 Rc3+ 44. Kg2 a3 45. h5 Kg7
46. Ra6 Kh6 47. hxg6 fxg6 48. Ra5 Kg7 49. Ra6 Kf7 50. Kf2 g5
51. Ra5 Rc2+ 52. Kf3 a2 53. Ra6 Kg7 54. Ke4 Rf2 55. Ke3 Rb2
1/2-1/2
[Event "Korchnoi - Mecking Candidates Quarterfinal"]
[Site "Augusta, GA USA"]
[Date "1974.02.02"]
[EventDate "1974.01.16"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Viktor Korchnoi"]
[Black "Henrique Mecking"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "189"]
1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bb4 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O e4
7. Ne1 Bxc3 8. dxc3 d6 9. Nc2 Re8 10. Ne3 h6 11. Qc2 a5
12. Rd1 b6 13. b3 Rb8 14. a4 Ne5 15. Nd5 Nxd5 16. cxd5 f5
17. c4 Bd7 18. Bb2 Qg5 19. Qc3 Ng4 20. Re1 Re7 21. f4 Qg6
22. e3 h5 23. Qd2 Kf7 24. b4 axb4 25. Qxb4 h4 26. gxh4 Rh8
27. h3 Nf6 28. a5 bxa5 29. Qxa5 Be8 30. Rab1 Rxh4 31. Bxf6
Kxf6 32. Kh2 Qh7 33. Rb7 g5 34. fxg5+ Kxg5 35. c5 Qg7 36. Rg1
Kh6 37. Qa1 Bg6 38. cxd6 cxd6 39. Rxe7 Qxe7 40. Qh8+ Bh7
41. Bf1 f4 42. Rg8 Qe5 43. Qxe5 dxe5 44. d6 Bf5 45. Rd8 fxe3
46. d7 Bxd7 47. Rxd7 Rf4 48. Kg1 Rf3 49. Ra7 e2 50. Bxe2 Rxh3
51. Ra4 Kg5 52. Rxe4 Kf5 53. Ra4 e4 54. Bf1 Rb3 55. Bg2 Kf4
56. Bxe4 Kg3 57. Kf1 Rb2 58. Ke1 Rh2 59. Bd3 Kf3 60. Ra3 Kf4
61. Be2 Rh8 62. Kd2 Rd8+ 63. Bd3 Kf3 64. Ra5 Re8 65. Rf5+ Kg4
66. Rf1 Kg5 67. Kc3 Rd8 68. Be4 Rd7 69. Kc4 Rd6 70. Bd5 Rf6
71. Rg1+ Kf5 72. Kd4 Kf4 73. Ra1 Kf5 74. Be4+ Ke6 75. Ra5 Kd6
76. Bf5 Kc7 77. Ke5 Rd6 78. Be4 Kb6 79. Ra2 Rd1 80. Rc2 Re1
81. Rc3 Re2 82. Kd5 Rb2 83. Bd3 Kb7 84. Kc5 Kc7 85. Bc4 Kd7
86. Rf3 Rc2 87. Rf7+ Ke8 88. Rc7 Rd2 89. Kc6 Rd1 90. Ra7 Rc1
91. Kd5 Kf8 92. Rc7 Re1 93. Kd6 Re7 94. Rc5 Re4 95. Bd5
1/2-1/2
[Event "Korchnoi - Mecking Candidates Quarterfinal"]
[Site "Augusta, GA USA"]
[Date "1974.02.06"]
[EventDate "1974.01.16"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Henrique Mecking"]
[Black "Viktor Korchnoi"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "53"]
1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. g3 Bg7 6. Bg2 e5
7. Nxd5 Qxd5 8. d3 Nc6 9. O-O O-O 10. Be3 Qd6 11. Qa4 Nd4
12. Nxd4 exd4 13. Bf4 Qe7 14. Rfe1 c6 15. b4 a6 16. Qa5 Be6
17. Qc5 Qd7 18. a4 Rfc8 19. Be5 Bxe5 20. Qxe5 Re8 21. Qc5 Bg4
22. Bf3 h5 23. h4 Rad8 24. Kg2 Bh3+ 25. Kh2 Bg4 26. Kg2 Bh3+
27. Kh2 1/2-1/2
[Event "Korchnoi - Mecking Candidates Quarterfinal"]
[Site "Augusta, GA USA"]
[Date "1974.02.07"]
[EventDate "1974.01.16"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Viktor Korchnoi"]
[Black "Henrique Mecking"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "82"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. e3 Bb7 5. Bd3 Be7 6. Nc3 d5
7. O-O O-O 8. Qe2 c5 9. dxc5 bxc5 10. Rd1 Qb6 11. cxd5 exd5
12. b3 Nbd7 13. Bb2 Rfe8 14. Rac1 Bc6 15. Bb5 Rac8 16. Bxc6
Qxc6 17. Qd2 Nb6 18. Ne2 Ne4 19. Qa5 Qb7 20. Ba1 Bd6 21. Nc3
Nxc3 22. Qxc3 Bf8 23. Qc2 f6 24. Qf5 Red8 25. Bc3 Qd7 26. Qxd7
Rxd7 27. Kf1 Kf7 28. Ba5 Ke6 29. Rc2 Rb7 30. h4 h5 31. Ne1 c4
32. Rcd2 cxb3 33. axb3 Nd7 34. Nf3 Ne5 35. Nd4+ Kf7 36. Ra2
Rc5 37. Be1 g6 38. Rda1 Rcc7 39. Ra5 Bc5 40. Nb5 Rd7 41. Nc3
Nd3 1/2-1/2
[Event "Korchnoi - Mecking Candidates Quarterfinal"]
[Site "Augusta, GA USA"]
[Date "1974.02.09"]
[EventDate "1974.01.16"]
[Round "12"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Henrique Mecking"]
[Black "Viktor Korchnoi"]
[ECO "C69"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "82"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O Qd6 6. d3 f6
7. Be3 Bg4 8. Nbd2 O-O-O 9. Rb1 Ne7 10. b4 g5 11. a4 Ng6
12. b5 cxb5 13. axb5 axb5 14. Rxb5 Qc6 15. Rb2 Bc5 16. Nb3 Bb4
17. Nfd4 exd4 18. Qxg4+ Qd7 19. Qxd7+ Rxd7 20. Nxd4 Bc3
21. Ra2 Rxd4 22. Ra3 Rb4 23. Rxc3 Re8 24. f3 Kd7 25. Ra1 Rb5
26. Kf2 Kd6 27. Raa3 h5 28. Ra4 c6 29. Rca3 g4 30. Ra5 Ree5
31. Rxb5 Rxb5 32. fxg4 hxg4 33. Kg3 Rb1 34. Bd4 Rc1 35. Rc3 b5
36. Bxf6 b4 37. Rb3 Rf1 38. Bg5 c5 39. c3 bxc3 40. Rxc3 Rd1
41. Be3 c4 1-0
[Event "Korchnoi - Mecking Candidates Quarterfinal"]
[Site "Augusta, GA USA"]
[Date "1974.02.13"]
[EventDate "1974.01.16"]
[Round "13"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Viktor Korchnoi"]
[Black "Henrique Mecking"]
[ECO "A77"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "83"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. d5 e6 4. c4 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nc3 g6
7. e4 Bg7 8. Be2 O-O 9. O-O Re8 10. Nd2 Nbd7 11. Qc2 Ne5
12. b3 g5 13. Bb2 g4 14. Rfe1 Nh5 15. Nd1 Nf4 16. Bb5 Rf8
17. Ne3 Qg5 18. Nf5 Bxf5 19. exf5 Ned3 20. Bxd3 Bxb2 21. Rad1
Bd4 22. Ne4 Qxf5 23. Ng3 Qg5 24. Bxh7+ Kh8 25. Qf5 Qh6
26. Qxg4 Nxg2 27. Kxg2 Qxh7 28. Re7 Rg8 29. Qf4 Be5 30. Qf3
Rg7 31. Rxb7 Qc2 32. Re1 Kg8 33. Re4 Rf8 34. Rg4 Qxa2 35. Nf5
Rxg4+ 36. Qxg4+ Kh7 37. Qh5+ Kg8 38. Nh6+ Kg7 39. Nxf7 Rg8
40. Nxe5+ Kf6+ 41. Ng4+ Rxg4+ 42. Qxg4 1-0
[Event "Petrosian - Portisch Candidates Quarterfinal"]
[Site "Palma ESP"]
[Date "1974.01.18"]
[EventDate "1974.01.18"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Tigran Vartanovich Petrosian"]
[Black "Lajos Portisch"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "36"]
1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 b6 3. g3 Bb7 4. Bg2 e6 5. d4 Be7 6. Nc3 Ne4
7. Bd2 c5 8. O-O O-O 9. Rc1 Bf6 10. Nxe4 Bxe4 11. Bc3 Nc6
12. e3 cxd4 13. Nxd4 Bxg2 14. Kxg2 Bxd4 15. Bxd4 d5 16. b3 e5
17. Bb2 d4 18. Qf3 Qd6 1/2-1/2
[Event "Petrosian - Portisch Candidates Quarterfinal"]
[Site "Palma ESP"]
[Date "1974.01.20"]
[EventDate "1974.01.18"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Lajos Portisch"]
[Black "Tigran Vartanovich Petrosian"]
[ECO "B39"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "80"]
1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 c5 3. Nf3 g6 4. e4 Nc6 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Bg7
7. Be3 Ng4 8. Qxg4 Nxd4 9. Qd1 Ne6 10. Rc1 d6 11. Bd3 O-O
12. O-O Nc5 13. Bb1 a5 14. Qd2 Bd7 15. Bd4 Bxd4 16. Qxd4 Bc6
17. Qd2 f6 18. Rfd1 Rf7 19. Bc2 Qb6 20. Rb1 Rd8 21. Nd5 Qa7
22. b3 e5 23. Qe3 Qb8 24. Rd2 Bxd5 25. Rxd5 b6 26. Rbd1 Ne6
27. g3 Kg7 28. R1d2 Qc7 29. Bd1 Qc6 30. h4 Nc7 31. R5d3 Na6
32. Bg4 Nb4 33. Rc3 Qc5 34. Qe1 Re7 35. Qc1 Qc6 36. Bf3 Qc7
37. Bg2 Nc6 38. Rd5 Nb4 39. Rd2 Nc6 40. Rd5 Nb4 1/2-1/2
[Event "Petrosian - Portisch Candidates Quarterfinal"]
[Site "Palma ESP"]
[Date "1974.01.22"]
[EventDate "1974.01.18"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Tigran Vartanovich Petrosian"]
[Black "Lajos Portisch"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "43"]
1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. d4 Bb4 4. Bd2 O-O 5. Nf3 c5 6. dxc5
Bxc5 7. e3 d5 8. Rc1 Qe7 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Be2 Nc6 11. O-O Bg4
12. Na4 Bd6 13. Bc3 Rad8 14. Bd4 Ne4 15. a3 Bb8 16. g3 Rfe8
17. Re1 Qe6 18. Nc5 Qf5 19. Rf1 Nxc5 20. Bxc5 Qf6 21. Nd4 Bxe2
22. Nxe2 1/2-1/2
[Event "Petrosian - Portisch Candidates Quarterfinal"]
[Site "Palma ESP"]
[Date "1974.01.25"]
[EventDate "1974.01.18"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Lajos Portisch"]
[Black "Tigran Vartanovich Petrosian"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "64"]
1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Bf4 e6
7. e3 Be7 8. h3 Bd6 9. Bd3 Bxf4 10. exf4 O-O 11. O-O Bd7
12. Rc1 g6 13. Qd2 Rc8 14. Rfd1 Qe7 15. g3 Rfd8 16. a3 Be8
17. Re1 Qf8 18. Rc2 Qg7 19. Rec1 Rb8 20. Ne2 Ne4 21. Qe1 Nd6
22. Ne5 f6 23. Nf3 Rdc8 24. Nc3 Nd8 25. Qe2 Bd7 26. Nb5 Rxc2
27. Rxc2 Bxb5 28. Bxb5 Rc8 29. Rxc8 Nxc8 30. Qc2 Nd6 31. Ba4
b6 32. Qc3 Qb7 1/2-1/2
[Event "Petrosian - Portisch Candidates Quarterfinal"]
[Site "Palma ESP"]
[Date "1974.01.27"]
[EventDate "1974.01.18"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Tigran Vartanovich Petrosian"]
[Black "Lajos Portisch"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "69"]
1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 b6 3. g3 c5 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O e6 6. Nc3 Be7
7. d4 cxd4 8. Qxd4 O-O 9. Rd1 Nc6 10. Qf4 Qb8 11. e4 Qxf4
12. Bxf4 Rfd8 13. e5 Ne8 14. Nd4 Na5 15. b3 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 g5
17. Be3 Kg7 18. f4 gxf4 19. gxf4 Nc6 20. Nce2 Nxd4 21. Nxd4
Bc5 22. Kf3 d6 23. Rd2 dxe5 24. fxe5 Bxd4 25. Bxd4 f6
26. exf6+ Nxf6 27. Rf1 Kh6 28. Re1 Ng8 29. Rxe6+ Kh5 30. Re5+
Kg6 31. Rg2+ Kf7 32. Re4 Nf6 33. Rf4 Rd6 34. Rg5 Rad8 35. Rd5
1-0
[Event "Petrosian - Portisch Candidates Quarterfinal"]
[Site "Palma ESP"]
[Date "1974.01.29"]
[EventDate "1974.01.18"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Lajos Portisch"]
[Black "Tigran Vartanovich Petrosian"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "70"]
1. d4 e6 2. e4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+
Nxf6 7. Bg5 Be7 8. Bd3 c5 9. O-O cxd4 10. Nxd4 O-O 11. c3 Nd5
12. Qh5 g6 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. Qf3 Nf6 15. Rfe1 Rb8 16. Re5 Bd7
17. Rae1 b6 18. Qf4 Rbc8 19. Qg5 Kh8 20. h4 Ng8 21. Qg3 Nf6
22. Qf3 Rc5 23. Rxc5 bxc5 24. Nb3 Kg7 25. Bf1 Ba4 26. Na5 Qc7
27. Nc4 Rb8 28. g3 Bb5 29. b3 Bxc4 30. Bxc4 Rd8 31. Qe2 h5
32. Qe5 Qxe5 33. Rxe5 Rd1+ 34. Kg2 Nd7 35. Re2 Nb6 1/2-1/2
[Event "Petrosian - Portisch Candidates Quarterfinal"]
[Site "Palma ESP"]
[Date "1974.02.01"]
[EventDate "1974.01.18"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Tigran Vartanovich Petrosian"]
[Black "Lajos Portisch"]
[ECO "D59"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "26"]
1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 O-O 6. e3 h6
7. Bh4 b6 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. Nxd5 exd5 11. Qd2 Be6
12. b4 c6 13. Rb1 Nd7 1/2-1/2
[Event "Petrosian - Portisch Candidates Quarterfinal"]
[Site "Palma ESP"]
[Date "1974.02.03"]
[EventDate "1974.01.18"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Lajos Portisch"]
[Black "Tigran Vartanovich Petrosian"]
[ECO "B39"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "57"]
1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 c5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 g6 6. e4 Bg7
7. Be3 Ng4 8. Qxg4 Nxd4 9. Qd1 Ne6 10. Rc1 d6 11. Bd3 O-O
12. O-O a5 13. Bb1 Bd7 14. f4 Bc6 15. Qe2 b6 16. f5 Nc5
17. Qf2 Nd7 18. Qh4 Bf6 19. Qf2 Ne5 20. Qe2 Rb8 21. Nd5 Bxd5
22. cxd5 Qd7 23. b3 b5 24. Bd3 Nxd3 25. Qxd3 Rfc8 26. h3 Be5
27. Kh1 a4 28. Bh6 axb3 29. axb3 1/2-1/2
[Event "Petrosian - Portisch Candidates Quarterfinal"]
[Site "Palma ESP"]
[Date "1974.02.05"]
[EventDate "1974.01.18"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Tigran Vartanovich Petrosian"]
[Black "Lajos Portisch"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "53"]
1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. b3 Bg7 4. Bb2 c5 5. g3 d6 6. Bg2 e5
7. O-O Nc6 8. Nc3 O-O 9. d3 Nh5 10. Nd2 Bg4 11. a3 Bh6 12. b4
Nd4 13. h3 Be6 14. e3 cxb4 15. axb4 Nc6 16. b5 Ne7 17. Bxb7
Bxh3 18. Bxa8 Bxf1 19. Kxf1 Qxa8 20. Qf3 Qb8 21. g4 Ng7
22. Qf6 Ngf5 23. gxf5 Nxf5 24. e4 Ng7 25. Ke1 Nh5 26. Qh4 f5
27. Nd5 1-0
[Event "Petrosian - Portisch Candidates Quarterfinal"]
[Site "Palma ESP"]
[Date "1974.02.08"]
[EventDate "1974.01.18"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Lajos Portisch"]
[Black "Tigran Vartanovich Petrosian"]
[ECO "D63"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "65"]
1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bg5 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7
7. Rc1 a6 8. c5 c6 9. Bd3 b6 10. cxb6 c5 11. O-O c4 12. Bc2
Nxb6 13. Ne5 Bb7 14. f4 Rb8 15. f5 Nbd7 16. Bf4 Rc8 17. Qf3
exf5 18. Bxf5 Nxe5 19. dxe5 Ne4 20. Nxe4 dxe4 21. Qh3 g6
22. Rcd1 Qb6 23. Rd7 Rce8 24. e6 gxf5 25. Rxe7 Rxe7 26. Qg3+
Kh8 27. Bh6 fxe6 28. Bxf8 Rd7 29. Bh6 Qa5 30. Qb8+ Qd8
31. Qe5+ Kg8 32. Qxe6+ Rf7 33. Rxf5 1-0
[Event "Petrosian - Portisch Candidates Quarterfinal"]
[Site "Palma ESP"]
[Date "1974.02.12"]
[EventDate "1974.01.18"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Tigran Vartanovich Petrosian"]
[Black "Lajos Portisch"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "38"]
1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 b6 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. Nc3 Be7 6. O-O O-O
7. Re1 Ne4 8. Nxe4 Bxe4 9. d3 Bb7 10. d4 Be4 11. d5 exd5
12. cxd5 Bf6 13. Nd2 Bxg2 14. Kxg2 Re8 15. Rb1 Na6 16. f3 c6
17. dxc6 dxc6 18. Ne4 Be7 19. Qa4 Nb4 1/2-1/2
[Event "Petrosian - Portisch Candidates Quarterfinal"]
[Site "Palma ESP"]
[Date "1974.02.15"]
[EventDate "1974.01.18"]
[Round "12"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Lajos Portisch"]
[Black "Tigran Vartanovich Petrosian"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "131"]
1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. Bf4 e6 6. e3 Be7
7. Bd3 Nc6 8. h3 O-O 9. Nf3 Bd7 10. O-O Qb6 11. a3 Na5 12. b4
Nc4 13. Ne5 Rac8 14. Bxc4 dxc4 15. Bg5 Qd8 16. Qf3 Bc6
17. Nxc6 Rxc6 18. Rad1 Nd5 19. Bxe7 Nxe7 20. e4 a6 21. d5 exd5
22. exd5 Rd6 23. Rd2 Qc7 24. Qg3 Qd7 25. Kh1 Nc8 26. Ne4 Rg6
27. Qf4 Nd6 28. Nxd6 c3 29. Rd3 Rxd6 30. Rxc3 Rxd5 31. Rc7 Qb5
32. Re1 g6 33. Kg1 a5 34. Ree7 Rf5 35. Qd4 b6 36. Rb7 axb4
37. Rxb6 Qd5 38. Qxd5 Rxd5 39. axb4 h5 40. h4 Kg7 41. g3 Ra8
42. Rbb7 Rf5 43. Re2 Ra1+ 44. Kg2 Rb1 45. Re3 Rb2 46. Rf3 Rxf3
47. Kxf3 Kh6 48. Ke3 f6 49. Rb6 Kg7 50. Rb7+ Kh6 51. Rb8 g5
52. b5 gxh4 53. gxh4 Kg6 54. b6 Kf5 55. Kd4 Rxf2 56. Ra8 Rb2
57. Kc5 Rc2+ 58. Kd4 Rb2 59. Ra5+ Ke6 60. Kc5 Rc2+ 61. Kb5 Kd6
62. Ka6 Kc6 63. Ra1 Rc4 64. b7 Rb4 65. Rc1+ Kd7 66. Rc8 1-0
[Event "Petrosian - Portisch Candidates Quarterfinal"]
[Site "Palma ESP"]
[Date "1974.02.17"]
[EventDate "1974.01.18"]
[Round "13"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Tigran Vartanovich Petrosian"]
[Black "Lajos Portisch"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "79"]
1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 e6 3. c4 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. Nc3 O-O 6. Rc1 h6
7. Bh4 b6 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Nxd5 exd5 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. g3 Ba6
12. e3 c5 13. Bxa6 Nxa6 14. O-O Nc7 15. b3 Rac8 16. Re1 Rfd8
17. h4 Ne6 18. Qd3 Qf6 19. Kg2 cxd4 20. exd4 Rxc1 21. Rxc1 Qf4
22. gxf4 Nxf4+ 23. Kg3 Nxd3 24. Rc3 Nb4 25. a3 Na6 26. b4 Nb8
27. Rc7 a5 28. b5 Nd7 29. Kf4 h5 30. Ne5 Nf8 31. Rb7 f6
32. Nc6 Ng6+ 33. Kg3 Rd6 34. Rxb6 Re6 35. Rb8+ Nf8 36. Ra8 Re1
37. Nd8 Kh7 38. b6 Rb1 39. b7 Nd7 40. Rxa5 1-0
[Event "Karpov - Spassky Candidates Semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1974.04.12"]
[EventDate "1974.04.12"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Anatoly Karpov"]
[Black "Boris Spassky"]
[ECO "B83"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "126"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Be2 Be7
7. O-O O-O 8. f4 Nc6 9. Be3 e5 10. Nb3 a5 11. a4 Nb4 12. Bf3
Be6 13. Kh1 Qc7 14. Rf2 Rfd8 15. Rd2 Bc4 16. Nb5 Bxb5 17. axb5
a4 18. Nc1 d5 19. fxe5 Nxe4 20. c3 Nxd2 21. Bxd2 Qxe5 22. cxb4
Qxb2 23. Nd3 Qd4 24. Ra3 Qb6 25. Qe2 Re8 26. Bxd5 Bxb4
27. Bxf7+ Kxf7 28. Qf3+ Kg8 29. Bxb4 Qxb5 30. h3 Rad8 31. Bd2
Qd5 32. Qf2 b5 33. Ba5 Rd7 34. Nf4 Rf7 35. Rf3 Qc4 36. Bd2 b4
37. Qb6 b3 38. Kh2 Qc2 39. Bc3 Qe4 40. Qd6 h6 41. Bb2 Qc2
42. Qd5 Qf5 43. Qc6 Qd7 44. Qg6 Ree7 45. Qa6 Qb7 46. Qxa4 Re4
47. Qxb3 Rb4 48. Qe6 Rxb2 49. Rg3 Rb6 50. Qe8+ Kh7 51. Qe3 Rd6
52. Qc5 Qc7 53. Qb4 Qd7 54. Nh5 Rg6 55. Rxg6 Kxg6 56. Ng3 Qd3
57. h4 Kh7 58. h5 Rd7 59. Qc5 Rd4 60. Qe7 Rg4 61. Qe5 Rh4+
62. Kg1 Qd1+ 63. Kf2 Qd4+ 0-1
[Event "Karpov - Spassky Candidates Semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1974.04.15"]
[EventDate "1974.04.12"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Boris Spassky"]
[Black "Anatoly Karpov"]
[ECO "B18"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "33"]
1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. Nf3
Nd7 7. Bd3 e6 8. O-O Ngf6 9. c4 Bd6 10. b3 O-O 11. Bb2 c5
12. Bxg6 hxg6 13. Re1 Qc7 14. dxc5 Bxc5 15. Qc2 Rfd8 16. Ne4
Nxe4 17. Qxe4 1/2-1/2
[Event "Karpov - Spassky Candidates Semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1974.04.17"]
[EventDate "1974.04.12"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Anatoly Karpov"]
[Black "Boris Spassky"]
[ECO "E91"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "109"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 c5
7. O-O Bg4 8. d5 Nbd7 9. Bg5 a6 10. a4 Qc7 11. Qd2 Rae8 12. h3
Bxf3 13. Bxf3 e6 14. b3 Kh8 15. Be3 Ng8 16. Be2 e5 17. g4 Qd8
18. Kg2 Qh4 19. f3 Bh6 20. g5 Bg7 21. Bf2 Qf4 22. Be3 Qh4
23. Qe1 Qxe1 24. Rfxe1 h6 25. h4 hxg5 26. hxg5 Ne7 27. a5 f6
28. Reb1 fxg5 29. b4 Nf5 30. Bxg5 Nd4 31. bxc5 Nxc5 32. Rb6
Bf6 33. Rh1+ Kg7 34. Bh6+ Kg8 35. Bxf8 Rxf8 36. Rxd6 Kg7
37. Bd1 Be7 38. Rb6 Bd8 39. Rb1 Rf7 40. Na4 Nd3 41. Nb6 g5
42. Nc8 Nc5 43. Nd6 Rd7 44. Nf5+ Nxf5 45. exf5 e4 46. fxe4
Nxe4 47. Ba4 Re7 48. Rbe1 Nc5 49. Rxe7+ Bxe7 50. Bc2 Bd8
51. Ra1 Kf6 52. d6 Nd7 53. Rb1 Ke5 54. Rd1 Kf4 55. Re1 1-0
[Event "Karpov - Spassky Candidates Semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1974.04.19"]
[EventDate "1974.04.12"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Boris Spassky"]
[Black "Anatoly Karpov"]
[ECO "B18"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "84"]
1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6
7. Nf3 Nd7 8. h5 Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 e6 11. b3 Ngf6
12. Bb2 Qa5+ 13. Bc3 Bb4 14. Bxb4 Qxb4+ 15. Qd2 Qxd2+ 16. Kxd2
c5 17. c4 cxd4 18. Nxd4 a6 19. Ke3 Rc8 20. Rac1 Ke7 21. f3 Rc5
22. Nde2 Rhc8 23. f4 b5 24. cxb5 axb5 25. Rxc5 Rxc5 26. Rc1
Nd5+ 27. Kf3 Rxc1 28. Nxc1 f5 29. Nd3 Kd6 30. a4 bxa4 31. bxa4
N7f6 32. Ne5 Kc5 33. Nf7 Kb4 34. Nd8 Nc3 35. Ne2 Nxh5 36. Nd4
Nd5 37. N8xe6 Ne7 38. Nxf5 Nxf5 39. g4 Nh4+ 40. Kf2 Nxf4
41. Nxf4 Kxa4 42. Ne6 Ng6 1/2-1/2
[Event "Karpov - Spassky Candidates Semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1974.04.22"]
[EventDate "1974.04.12"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Anatoly Karpov"]
[Black "Boris Spassky"]
[ECO "E59"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "82"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 c5 5. e3 d5 6. Bd3 O-O
7. O-O Nc6 8. a3 Bxc3 9. bxc3 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Qc7 11. Bd3 e5
12. Qc2 Re8 13. Nxe5 Nxe5 14. dxe5 Qxe5 15. f3 Be6 16. e4 Rad8
17. Be2 b6 18. a4 Bd7 19. Rd1 Bc6 20. Rxd8 Rxd8 21. Be3 h6
22. Bf2 Nh5 23. g3 g5 24. Bb5 Bb7 25. Rd1 Rxd1+ 26. Qxd1 Nf6
27. g4 Qxc3 28. Bg3 Kg7 29. Be2 Bc6 30. Qd6 Qd4+ 31. Qxd4 cxd4
32. a5 bxa5 33. Be5 Kg6 34. Bxd4 Ne8 35. Bxa7 h5 36. gxh5+
Kxh5 37. Kf2 Kg6 38. Bd3 Ng7 39. Bb6 a4 40. Bc5 Ne6 41. Bd6
Kh5 1/2-1/2
[Event "Karpov - Spassky Candidates Semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1974.04.24"]
[EventDate "1974.04.12"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Boris Spassky"]
[Black "Anatoly Karpov"]
[ECO "B18"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "112"]
1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. Nf3
Nd7 7. Bd3 e6 8. O-O Ngf6 9. c4 Bd6 10. b3 O-O 11. Bb2 Qc7
12. Bxg6 hxg6 13. Qe2 Rfe8 14. Ne4 Nxe4 15. Qxe4 Be7 16. Rad1
Rad8 17. Rfe1 Qa5 18. a3 Qf5 19. Qe2 g5 20. h3 g4 21. hxg4
Qxg4 22. d5 cxd5 23. cxd5 e5 24. d6 Bf6 25. Nd2 Qxe2 26. Rxe2
Rc8 27. Ne4 Bd8 28. g4 f6 29. Kg2 Kf7 30. Rc1 Bb6 31. Rec2
Rxc2 32. Rxc2 Ke6 33. a4 a5 34. Ba3 Rb8 35. Rc4 Bd4 36. f4 g6
37. Ng3 exf4 38. Rxd4 fxg3 39. Kxg3 Rc8 40. Rd3 g5 41. Bb2 b6
42. Bd4 Rc6 43. Bc3 Rc5 44. Kg2 Rc8 45. Kg3 Ne5 46. Bxe5 fxe5
47. b4 e4 48. Rd4 Ke5 49. Rd1 axb4 50. Rb1 Rc3+ 51. Kf2 Rd3
52. d7 Rxd7 53. Rxb4 Rd6 54. Ke3 Rd3+ 55.Ke2 Ra3 56.Rxb6 Rxa4
0-1
[Event "Karpov - Spassky Candidates Semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1974.04.26"]
[EventDate "1974.04.12"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Anatoly Karpov"]
[Black "Boris Spassky"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "81"]
1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. e3 f5 5. f4 Nf6 6. Nf3 Be7
7. Be2 O-O 8. O-O Ne4 9. Qc2 Nd7 10. b3 Nxc3 11. Qxc3 Nf6
12. Ne5 Bd7 13. a4 Ne4 14. Qd3 Bf6 15. Ba3 Re8 16. Bh5 g6
17. Bf3 Bxe5 18. dxe5 h5 19. Bxe4 fxe4 20. Qd2 Kf7 21. a5 Rh8
22. Bd6 Rh7 23. Qb4 Bc8 24. Ra2 Kg8 25. h3 a6 26. g3 Bd7
27. Qxb7 Be8 28. Qb4 Raa7 29. Rg2 Rab7 30. Qc3 Rbf7 31. Bc5 g5
32. Bb6 Qd7 33. cxd5 exd5 34. g4 hxg4 35. hxg4 gxf4 36. exf4
Rh4 37. f5 Rfh7 38. e6 Qd6 39. Qg3 Rh1+ 40. Kf2 Qb4 41. Qe3
1/2-1/2
[Event "Karpov - Spassky Candidates Semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1974.05.01"]
[EventDate "1974.04.12"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Boris Spassky"]
[Black "Anatoly Karpov"]
[ECO "B18"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "78"]
1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6
7. h5 Bh7 8. Nf3 Nd7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Ngf6 11. Bd2 Qc7
12. c4 e6 13. Qe2 Bd6 14. Nf5 Bf4 15. Bxf4 Qxf4 16. Ne3 Qc7
17. O-O-O b5 18. cxb5 cxb5+ 19. Kb1 O-O 20. g4 Ne4 21. Rhg1
Ng5 22. Nxg5 hxg5 23. d5 a6 24. h6 gxh6 25. Rh1 Nf6 26. Rxh6
Kg7 27. Rhh1 Rad8 28. dxe6 fxe6 29. Nc2 Qf4 30. f3 Kf7 31. a3
e5 32. Nb4 e4 33. fxe4 Rxd1+ 34. Rxd1 Re8 35. Nxa6 Qxe4+
36. Qxe4 Rxe4 37. Nc7 b4 38. axb4 Rxb4 39. Rf1 Rf4 1/2-1/2
[Event "Karpov - Spassky Candidates Semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1974.05.03"]
[EventDate "1974.04.12"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Anatoly Karpov"]
[Black "Boris Spassky"]
[ECO "B83"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "69"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be2 Be7
7. O-O O-O 8. f4 Nc6 9. Be3 Bd7 10. Nb3 a5 11. a4 Nb4 12. Bf3
Bc6 13. Nd4 g6 14. Rf2 e5 15. Nxc6 bxc6 16. fxe5 dxe5 17. Qf1
Qc8 18. h3 Nd7 19. Bg4 h5 20. Bxd7 Qxd7 21. Qc4 Bh4 22. Rd2
Qe7 23. Rf1 Rfd8 24. Nb1 Qb7 25. Kh2 Kg7 26. c3 Na6 27. Re2
Rf8 28. Nd2 Bd8 29. Nf3 f6 30. Rd2 Be7 31. Qe6 Rad8 32. Rxd8
Bxd8 33. Rd1 Nb8 34. Bc5 Rh8 35. Rxd8 1-0
[Event "Karpov - Spassky Candidates Semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1974.05.08"]
[EventDate "1974.04.12"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Boris Spassky"]
[Black "Anatoly Karpov"]
[ECO "C95"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "120"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5
7. Bb3 O-O 8. h3 d6 9. c3 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. Bc2
Re8 13. Nf1 Bf8 14. Ng3 g6 15. a4 c5 16. d5 c4 17. Bg5 Rb8
18. Qd2 Bc8 19. axb5 axb5 20. Ra2 Bg7 21. Rea1 Nc5 22. Qe3 Re7
23. Nd2 Rc7 24. b3 cxb3 25. Nxb3 Bd7 26. Nxc5 Rxc5 27. Qd2 Qc8
28. Ne2 Ne8 29. Bd3 f5 30. Be3 Rc7 31. f3 f4 32. Ba7 Rbb7
33. Qe1 Qd8 34. Qf2 Rc8 35. Ra6 Bf6 36. Bb6 Qe7 37. Ra7 Rcb8
38. Rxb7 Rxb7 39. Kf1 Bh4 40. Qg1 Kg7 41. Ra7 Rxa7 42. Bxa7
Qd8 43. Qb6 Qc7 44. Qxc7 Nxc7 45. Bb8 Ne8 46. Nc1 Bd8 47. Ba7
Ba5 48. c4 bxc4 49. Bxc4 Kf7 50. Nb3 Bc7 51. Bf2 g5 52. Be1 h5
53. Nc1 Nf6 54. Nd3 Kg6 55. Ba6 g4 56. hxg4 hxg4 57. Nb2 Nh7
58. Nc4 Ng5 59. Kf2 Kf6 60. Bb4 Nf7 1/2-1/2
[Event "Karpov - Spassky Candidates Semifinal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1974.05.10"]
[EventDate "1974.04.12"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Anatoly Karpov"]
[Black "Boris Spassky"]
[ECO "D58"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "69"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O
7. e3 b6 8. Be2 Bb7 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. cxd5 exd5 11. O-O Qd6
12. Rc1 a6 13. a3 Nd7 14. b4 b5 15. Ne1 c6 16. Nd3 Nb6 17. a4
Bd8 18. Nc5 Bc8 19. a5 Bc7 20. g3 Nc4 21. e4 Bh3 22. Re1 dxe4
23. N3xe4 Qg6 24. Bh5 Qh7 25. Qf3 f5 26. Nc3 g6 27. Qxc6 gxh5
28. Nd5 f4 29. Re7 Qf5 30. Rxc7 Rae8 31. Qxh6 Rf7 32. Rxf7
Kxf7 33. Qxf4 Re2 34. Qc7+ Kf8 35. Nf4 1-0
[Event "Korchnoi - Petrosian Candidates Semifinal"]
[Site "Odessa URS"]
[Date "1974.04.12"]
[EventDate "1974.04.12"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Viktor Korchnoi"]
[Black "Tigran Vartanovich Petrosian"]
[ECO "A17"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "71"]
1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. e4 Bb7 5. d3 d6 6. g3 Be7
7. Bg2 O-O 8. O-O c5 9. b3 Na6 10. Re1 e5 11. Bh3 Nc7 12. Nh4
g6 13. Ng2 Ne6 14. f4 exf4 15. gxf4 Nh5 16. Nd5 Bf6 17. Rb1
Bd4+ 18. Kh1 Nc7 19. Nde3 Ng7 20. f5 Nce8 21. Rf1 Nf6 22. Nc2
Be5 23. Bg5 Qe8 24. Nce3 Kh8 25. Qe1 Nfh5 26. Bg4 Rg8 27. f6
Ne6 28. Qh4 Nxg5 29. Qxg5 Bd4 30. Bxh5 gxh5 31. Qxh5 Rg6
32. Nf5 Qe5 33. Rf3 Rxf6 34. Rh3 h6 35. Qg5 Re8 36. Qg7# 1-0
[Event "Korchnoi - Petrosian Candidates Semifinal"]
[Site "Odessa URS"]
[Date "1974.04.14"]
[EventDate "1974.04.12"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Tigran Vartanovich Petrosian"]
[Black "Viktor Korchnoi"]
[ECO "D03"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "61"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. Nbd2 d5 5. e3 O-O 6. c3 Nbd7
7. Be2 Re8 8. b4 c6 9. O-O e5 10. Nb3 Qb6 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. a3
Qc7 13. Rc1 e4 14. Nfd2 b5 15. a4 a6 16. Ra1 Bb7 17. Bg4 Nb6
18. Nc5 Bg7 19. axb5 axb5 20. Qe2 f5 21. Bh3 Na4 22. Ndb3 Nxc3
23. Qc2 Na4 24. Nxa4 bxa4 25. Nc5 a3 26. Qb3 Ba6 27. Nxa6 Rxa6
28. Rxa3 Rxa3 29. Qxa3 Bf8 30. g3 Rb8 31. Rb1 1/2-1/2
[Event "Korchnoi - Petrosian Candidates Semifinal"]
[Site "Odessa URS"]
[Date "1974.04.16"]
[EventDate "1974.04.12"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Viktor Korchnoi"]
[Black "Tigran Vartanovich Petrosian"]
[ECO "A17"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "101"]
1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. e4 Bb7 5. Qe2 c5 6. e5 Ng8
7. d4 Bxf3 8. Qxf3 Nc6 9. d5 Nxe5 10. Qg3 d6 11. Bf4 Ng6
12. dxe6 fxe6 13. O-O-O Nxf4 14. Qxf4 g6 15. Qe4 Nf6 16. Qxe6+
Qe7 17. Rxd6 Qxe6 18. Rxe6+ Kf7 19. Rc6 Rc8 20. Rxc8 Bh6+
21. Kc2 Rxc8 22. Be2 Rd8 23. Kb3 Rd2 24. Rd1 Ne8 25. Rxd2 Bxd2
26. Nb5 a6 27. Nc3 Bxc3 28. Kxc3 a5 29. Bd3 Nf6 30. f4 Nh5
31. g3 Nf6 32. Kd2 Ne8 33. g4 Nd6 34. Ke3 Ke6 35. h4 Kf7
36. b3 Kg7 37. g5 Kf7 38. f5 gxf5 39. Kf4 Kg6 40. a4 Ne4
41. Bxe4 fxe4 42. Kxe4 Kh5 43. Kf5 Kxh4 44. g6 hxg6+ 45. Kxg6
Kg4 46. Kf6 Kf4 47. Ke6 Ke4 48. Kd6 Kd4 49. Kc6 Kc3 50. Kxb6
Kxb3 51. Kb5 1-0
[Event "Korchnoi - Petrosian Candidates Semifinal"]
[Site "Odessa URS"]
[Date "1974.04.22"]
[EventDate "1974.04.12"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Tigran Vartanovich Petrosian"]
[Black "Viktor Korchnoi"]
[ECO "D79"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "78"]
1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O O-O 5. c4 c6 6. d4 d5
7. cxd5 cxd5 8. Ne5 Bf5 9. Nc3 Ne4 10. Bf4 Nc6 11. Nxc6 bxc6
12. Na4 Qa5 13. Rc1 Qb4 14. e3 Rac8 15. f3 Nd6 16. a3 Qa5
17. Rc5 Qd8 18. Kh1 Re8 19. Re1 Bd7 20. Rc1 Nc4 21. e4 e6
22. b3 Nxa3 23. e5 Rb8 24. Ra1 Nb5 25. Qd2 Bf8 26. Nc5 Bc8
27. Ra4 Qb6 28. b4 Nc7 29. Rea1 a5 30. bxa5 Qb2 31. Qxb2 Rxb2
32. Bc1 Rc2 33. Ba3 Na6 34. Bf1 Bxc5 35. Bxc5 Kg7 36. Bd6 Rd8
37. R4a2 Rxa2 38. Rxa2 Rd7 39. Rb2 Ra7 1-0
[Event "Korchnoi - Petrosian Candidates Semifinal"]
[Site "Odessa URS"]
[Date "1974.04.24"]
[EventDate "1974.04.12"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Viktor Korchnoi"]
[Black "Tigran Vartanovich Petrosian"]
[ECO "B39"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "85"]
1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bg7 6. e4 Nc6
7. Be3 Ng4 8. Qxg4 Nxd4 9. Qd1 Ne6 10. Qd2 d6 11. Be2 Qa5
12. Rc1 Bd7 13. O-O Nc5 14. Bh6 O-O 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. b3 Bc6
17. Rfe1 Ne6 18. Bg4 Rad8 19. Re3 Nf4 20. g3 h5 21. Qb2 hxg4
22. Nd5+ e5 23. gxf4 Rde8 24. Rg3 Bd7 25. Rd1 f6 26. fxe5 Rxe5
27. Nc3 Qc5 28. Qd2 f5 29. Qxd6 Qxd6 30. Rxd6 Bc6 31. f3 Kh6
32. f4 Ree8 33. exf5 Bf3 34. Rxg6+ Kh7 35. Rg5 Re1+ 36. Kf2
Rh1 37. Rh5+ Kg7 38. Nd5 Ra1 39. f6+ Kg6 40. Rg5+ Kf7 41. Rg7+
Ke6 42. Re7+ Kf5 43. Re5+ 1-0
[Event "Karpov - Korchnoi Candidates Final"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1974.09.16"]
[EventDate "1974.09.16"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Viktor Korchnoi"]
[Black "Anatoly Karpov"]
[ECO "A17"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "74"]
1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. e4 Bb7 5. Qe2 Bb4 6. e5 Ng8
7. d4 d6 8. Bd2 dxe5 9. dxe5 Na6 10. O-O-O Qe7 11. g3 O-O-O
12. Bg2 Nc5 13. Bg5 f6 14. Rxd8+ Qxd8 15. Rd1 Qe8 16. exf6
gxf6 17. Bd2 Ne7 18. Ne4 Nxe4 19. Bxb4 Nc6 20. Ba3 f5 21. Ne1
Qg6 22. f3 Ng5 23. f4 Ne4 24. Nf3 Qf6 25. Qe3 Rd8 26. Rxd8+
Nxd8 27. Ng5 Qg6 28. Nf3 Qf6 29. Bb4 c5 30. Be1 Nf7 31. Bf1
Bc6 32. Bd3 Kb7 33. h3 Qh6 34. h4 Qg6 35. Ng5 Nfd6 36. Nf3 Nf7
37. Ng5 Nfd6 1/2-1/2
[Event "Karpov - Korchnoi Candidates Final"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1974.09.18"]
[EventDate "1974.09.16"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Anatoly Karpov"]
[Black "Viktor Korchnoi"]
[ECO "B77"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "53"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7
7. f3 Nc6 8. Qd2 O-O 9. Bc4 Bd7 10. h4 Rc8 11. Bb3 Ne5
12. O-O-O Nc4 13. Bxc4 Rxc4 14. h5 Nxh5 15. g4 Nf6 16. Nde2
Qa5 17. Bh6 Bxh6 18. Qxh6 Rfc8 19. Rd3 R4c5 20. g5 Rxg5
21. Rd5 Rxd5 22. Nxd5 Re8 23. Nef4 Bc6 24. e5 Bxd5 25. exf6
exf6 26. Qxh7+ Kf8 27. Qh8+ 1-0
[Event "Karpov - Korchnoi Candidates Final"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1974.09.20"]
[EventDate "1974.09.16"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Viktor Korchnoi"]
[Black "Anatoly Karpov"]
[ECO "A17"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "114"]
1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. e4 Bb7 5. Qe2 Bb4 6. e5 Ng8
7. d4 Ne7 8. Bd2 O-O 9. O-O-O d5 10. h4 Bxc3 11. Bxc3 dxc4
12. Qxc4 Ba6 13. Qa4 Bxf1 14. Rhxf1 Qd5 15. Kb1 a5 16. Qc2 h6
17. Rfe1 Na6 18. Qe4 Rfd8 19. Qxd5 Rxd5 20. Rd2 Rad8 21. Red1
h5 22. Kc2 Nf5 23. g3 f6 24. exf6 gxf6 25. Ng1 Ne7 26. Ne2 Ng6
27. Rd3 Nb4+ 28. Bxb4 axb4 29. a3 bxa3 30. Rxa3 R8d7 31. Re1
Kf7 32. Rd3 Rf5 33. f3 c5 34. f4 Ne7 35. dxc5 Rxc5+ 36. Nc3
Rdc7 37. Kd2 Nf5 38. Ra1 Rc4 39. Ra6 b5 40. b3 Rb4 41. Ne2 Ke7
42. Ra8 Rd7 43. Rxd7+ Kxd7 44. Rh8 Rxb3 45. Rxh5 Nxg3 46. Nxg3
Rxg3 47. Rxb5 f5 48. Ke2 Rg4 49. Kf3 Rxh4 50. Rb6 Rh1 51. Ra6
Rc1 52. Kg3 Rc4 53. Kf3 Rc3+ 54. Kf2 Rc6 55. Ra1 Rc4 56. Kf3
Kd6 57. Re1 Rc3+ 1/2-1/2
[Event "Karpov - Korchnoi Candidates Final"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1974.09.22"]
[EventDate "1974.09.16"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Anatoly Karpov"]
[Black "Viktor Korchnoi"]
[ECO "C09"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "90"]
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Ngf3 Nc6 6. Bb5
Bd6 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. O-O Nge7 9. Nb3 Bd6 10. c3 Bg4 11. Nbd4
O-O 12. Be2 Re8 13. Re1 a6 14. Bg5 h6 15. Bh4 Qb6 16. Qb3 Bc5
17. Qxb6 Bxb6 18. Bd3 Kf8 19. a3 Nxd4 20. Nxd4 Bxd4 21. cxd4
Nf5 22. f3 Nxh4 23. fxg4 Ng6 24. g3 Ne7 25. Bf1 Nc6 26. Bg2
Rxe1+ 27. Rxe1 Rd8 28. Kf2 Rd6 29. Rd1 Ke7 30. b4 Rd8 31. Ke3
Kd6 32. Rf1 f6 33. Rc1 Rc8 34. Rc5 Ne7 35. Bf3 Re8 36. Kd2 f5
37. Be2 fxg4 38. Bxg4 Rf8 39. Rc2 g6 40. Ke3 h5 41. Bh3 Nc6
42. Rd2 b5 43. Bg2 a5 44. h4 axb4 45. axb4 Re8+ 1/2-1/2
[Event "Karpov - Korchnoi Candidates Final"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1974.09.25"]
[EventDate "1974.09.16"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Viktor Korchnoi"]
[Black "Anatoly Karpov"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "134"]
1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. d4 O-O
7. Qc2 c5 8. d5 exd5 9. Ng5 g6 10. Qd1 d6 11. cxd5 Na6 12. O-O
Nd7 13. Nf3 Nc7 14. a3 Bf6 15. e4 b5 16. Bf4 Nb6 17. Re1 a5
18. Qc2 Bg7 19. Rad1 b4 20. Nb1 Ba6 21. h4 Re8 22. Bg5 Qd7
23. Kh2 bxa3 24. Nxa3 Qa4 25. e5 Bf8 26. Qxa4 Nxa4 27. exd6
Bxd6 28. Bc1 Rab8 29. Nd2 Be2 30. Ndc4 Bxd1 31. Rxd1 Red8
32. Nxd6 Rxd6 33. Nc4 Rf6 34. Bf4 Rxf4 35. gxf4 Nxb2 36. Rb1
a4 37. d6 Ne6 38. Bd5 a3 39. Nxa3 Nxf4 40. Bf3 Rb4 41. d7 Ne6
42. Nc2 Rb8 43. Ne3 Kf8 44. Nc4 Rb4 45. Bd5 Rxc4 46. Bxe6 Ke7
47. Bxc4 Nxc4 48. Rd1 Kd8 49. Kg3 Ne5 50. Kf4 Nxd7 51. Kg5 Ke7
52. Kh6 Ne5 53. Kxh7 Nf3 54. Rh1 Ke6 55. Kg7 c4 56. Rh3 Ne5
57. Ra3 Kf5 58. Rc3 Ke4 59. Rc1 Kd4 60. f4 Nd3 61. Rf1 Ke4
62. f5 Ne5 63. Kf6 Ng4+ 64. Kg5 Ne3 65. fxg6 fxg6 66. Rc1 Kd3
67. Kxg6 Ng2 1/2-1/2
[Event "Karpov - Korchnoi Candidates Final"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1974.09.27"]
[EventDate "1974.09.16"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Anatoly Karpov"]
[Black "Viktor Korchnoi"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "61"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Be7
7. O-O Nc6 8. Re1 Bg4 9. c3 f5 10. Qb3 O-O 11. Nbd2 Kh8 12. h3
Bh5 13. Qxb7 Rf6 14. Qb3 Rg6 15. Be2 Bh4 16. Rf1 Bxf3 17. Nxf3
Bxf2+ 18. Rxf2 Nxf2 19. Kxf2 Qd6 20. Ng5 Rf8 21. Qa3 Qd8
22. Bf4 h6 23. Nf3 Re8 24. Bd3 Re4 25. g3 Rf6 26. Qc5 g5
27. Nxg5 hxg5 28. Bxg5 Ree6 29. Re1 Qg8 30. h4 Rg6 31. Rxe6
1-0
[Event "Karpov - Korchnoi Candidates Final"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1974.09.30"]
[EventDate "1974.09.16"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Viktor Korchnoi"]
[Black "Anatoly Karpov"]
[ECO "A17"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "95"]
1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. e4 Bb7 5. Qe2 Bb4 6. e5 Ng8
7. d4 Ne7 8. Qd3 d5 9. exd6 cxd6 10. a3 Bxc3+ 11. Qxc3 O-O
12. b4 Nd7 13. Be2 Rc8 14. O-O Ba6 15. Qb3 d5 16. b5 Bb7
17. cxd5 Bxd5 18. Qb4 Ng6 19. Bg5 Qc7 20. Rfc1 Qb8 21. Nd2 Nf6
22. Bxf6 gxf6 23. g3 Rfd8 24. Nf1 f5 25. Nd2 Qb7 26. a4 Rd7
27. a5 Rdc7 28. Rxc7 Rxc7 29. axb6 axb6 30. Nc4 Bxc4 31. Bxc4
Qe4 32. Bf1 Rc2 33. Qb1 Ne7 34. Qd1 Rb2 35. Bg2 Qc2 36. Qxc2
Rxc2 37. h3 Rb2 38. Bc6 f4 39. gxf4 Nf5 40. Rd1 Ne7 41. Bd7
Kf8 42. Ra1 Rb4 43. Ra8+ Kg7 44. Ra7 Kf6 45. d5 Nxd5 46. Be8
Rxf4 47. Rxf7+ Ke5 48. Rxh7 1/2-1/2
[Event "Karpov - Korchnoi Candidates Final"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1974.10.02"]
[EventDate "1974.09.16"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Anatoly Karpov"]
[Black "Viktor Korchnoi"]
[ECO "C09"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "102"]
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Ngf3 Nc6 6. Bb5
Bd6 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. O-O Nge7 9. Nb3 Bd6 10. c3 Bg4 11. Nbd4
O-O 12. Qa4 Bh5 13. Re1 Qc7 14. h3 Bg6 15. Bg5 a6 16. Bf1 h6
17. Bxe7 Nxe7 18. Rad1 Nc6 19. Bd3 Bh5 20. g4 Bg6 21. Qc2 Bxd3
22. Qxd3 Rad8 23. Re2 Rfe8 24. Nf5 Rxe2 25. Qxe2 Bf4 26. Re1
g6 27. Ne7+ Nxe7 28. Qxe7 Qb6 29. Kg2 Kg7 30. Rd1 Bd6 31. Qe2
Bc7 32. Rd3 Qe6 33. Qd1 Bb6 34. Rd2 Qe4 35. b3 Rd6 36. c4 h5
37. Rxd5 Rxd5 38. Qxd5 Qxd5 39. cxd5 hxg4 40. hxg4 Kf6 41. Kf1
Ke7 42. Nd2 Bc7 43. Ne4 f5 44. gxf5 gxf5 45. Nc5 Kd6 46. Nxb7+
Kxd5 47. b4 Kc4 48. Nc5 Bb6 49. Nxa6 Kb5 50. Nc5 Kxb4 51. Nb3
Ka3 1/2-1/2
[Event "Karpov - Korchnoi Candidates Final"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1974.10.04"]
[EventDate "1974.09.16"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Viktor Korchnoi"]
[Black "Anatoly Karpov"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "81"]
1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bb4 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O e4
7. Ne1 Bxc3 8. dxc3 h6 9. Nc2 b6 10. Ne3 Bb7 11. Nd5 Ne5
12. b3 Re8 13. a4 d6 14. Ra2 Ned7 15. h3 a5 16. Be3 Nxd5
17. cxd5 Qf6 18. c4 Qg6 19. Qb1 Bc8 20. Bd4 Nc5 21. Kh2 Bd7
22. Rg1 h5 23. Rb2 Re7 24. Qc1 Qf5 25. Qe3 f6 26. Rc2 Kf7
27. Rc3 Rae8 28. Rf1 Kg8 29. Qc1 Qg5 30. Qxg5 fxg5 31. Re3 Kh7
32. Rh1 Kg6 33. Kg1 Na6 34. Kh2 Nb4 35. Rc1 g4 36. h4 Bf5
37. Kg1 Kh7 38. Kf1 Rf7 39. Bh1 Kg8 40. Bg2 Kh7 41. Bh1
1/2-1/2
[Event "Karpov - Korchnoi Candidates Final"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1974.10.09"]
[EventDate "1974.09.16"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Anatoly Karpov"]
[Black "Viktor Korchnoi"]
[ECO "C09"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "116"]
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Ngf3 Nc6 6. Bb5
Bd6 7. O-O Nge7 8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. Nb3 Bd6 10. Nbd4 O-O 11. c3
Bg4 12. Qa4 Bh5 13. Bd3 h6 14. Be3 a6 15. Rfe1 Qc7 16. h3 Na5
17. Nh4 Nc4 18. Qc2 Nxe3 19. Rxe3 Bh2+ 20. Kh1 Bf4 21. Ree1
Bg5 22. Nhf5 Nxf5 23. Nxf5 Bg6 24. Nd4 Bxd3 25. Qxd3 Rfe8
26. Qf3 Qb6 27. Re2 Bf6 28. Rd1 Re4 29. Nf5 Rae8 30. Ne3 Qe6
31. Rxd5 Bg5 32. Rd4 Rxd4 33. cxd4 Qxa2 34. Nc4 Rd8 35. Qd3 b5
36. Ne3 Qe6 37. d5 Qd7 38. b4 Qd6 39. Qd4 Kf8 40. Qe4 Bxe3
41. Rxe3 Qxd5 42. Qh7 f6 43. Kg1 Qa2 44. Kh2 Qxf2 45. Rg3 Qf4
46. Qxg7+ Ke8 47. Qb7 h5 48. Qc6+ Rd7 49. Qc8+ Ke7 50. Qc5+
Kd8 51. Qxh5 Rd3 52. Qh8+ Kc7 53. Qh7+ Rd7 54. Qc2+ Kb7
55. Qb3 Rd4 56. Qf7+ Kb6 57. Qe6+ Kb7 58. Qe7+ Kb6 1/2-1/2
[Event "Karpov - Korchnoi Candidates Final"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1974.10.11"]
[EventDate "1974.09.16"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Viktor Korchnoi"]
[Black "Anatoly Karpov"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "161"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 b6 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. c4 Be7 6. Nc3 O-O
7. Qd3 d5 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Nxd5 exd5 10. O-O Nd7 11. Bf4 c5
12. dxc5 bxc5 13. Rfd1 Nf6 14. Qc2 Qb6 15. Nd2 Rfe8 16. Qb3
Qa6 17. e3 Bc6 18. Qc2 Ba4 19. b3 Bc6 20. Rac1 Bf8 21. Nf3 Bb7
22. Be5 Ne4 23. Ba1 Rad8 24. Ne5 Qb6 25. Bxe4 dxe4 26. Qc4 Qc7
27. b4 Rxd1+ 28. Rxd1 Bc8 29. bxc5 Be6 30. Qa4 Rc8 31. Bd4 f6
32. Qa6 Bd5 33. Nc4 Qc6 34. Qxc6 Rxc6 35. Rc1 Kf7 36. a3 Ra6
37. Rc3 Ke6 38. Nd2 Kd7 39. f3 exf3 40. Kf2 Ra5 41. e4 Bc6
42. Kxf3 Ke6 43. Ke3 Ra4 44. Rb3 g6 45. Kd3 a6 46. Be3 Bb5+
47. Kc2 f5 48. exf5+ gxf5 49. Bf2 Bg7 50. Re3+ Kd7 51. Rf3 Ke6
52. Re3+ Kd7 53. Rf3 Ke6 54. Kb3 h5 55. Re3+ Kd7 56. Nf3 Bf6
57. Re1 f4 58. Ne5+ Kc8 59. Nf7 fxg3 60. Nd6+ Kd7 61. hxg3 Rg4
62. Nxb5 axb5 63. Rh1 Kc6 64. Rxh5 Bd4 65. Bxd4 Rxd4 66. Rg5
Re4 67. g4 Ra4 68. Kb2 Rf4 69. Kc2 Rf3 70. Kb2 Rf2+ 71. Kc3
Rf3+ 72. Kd4 Rf4+ 73. Ke5 Ra4 74. Rg8 Rxa3 75. g5 Kxc5 76. g6
Rg3 77. Rc8+ Kb4 78. Kf6 Rf3+ 79. Ke6 Rg3 80. Kf7 Ka3 81. g7
1/2-1/2
[Event "Karpov - Korchnoi Candidates Final"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1974.10.14"]
[EventDate "1974.09.16"]
[Round "12"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Anatoly Karpov"]
[Black "Viktor Korchnoi"]
[ECO "C09"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "46"]
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Ngf3 Nc6 6. Bb5
Bd6 7. O-O cxd4 8. Nb3 Nge7 9. Nbxd4 O-O 10. c3 Bg4 11. Qa4
Bh5 12. Be3 Qc7 13. h3 Na5 14. Bd3 Nc4 15. Nb5 Qd7 16. Bxc4
dxc4 17. Rfd1 Nf5 18. Qxc4 Bxf3 19. gxf3 Nxe3 20. fxe3 Qxh3
21. Nxd6 Qg3+ 22. Kf1 Qxf3+ 23. Ke1 Qg3+ 1/2-1/2
[Event "Karpov - Korchnoi Candidates Final"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1974.10.16"]
[EventDate "1974.09.16"]
[Round "13"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Viktor Korchnoi"]
[Black "Anatoly Karpov"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "191"]
1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 e6 3. g3 b6 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. c4 Be7 6. Nc3 O-O
7. Qd3 d5 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Nxd5 exd5 10. O-O Nd7 11. Rd1 Re8
12. Be3 Bd6 13. Rac1 a5 14. Qc2 c6 15. Ne1 Nf6 16. Bf3 Rc8
17. Ng2 h6 18. Bf4 c5 19. Bxd6 Qxd6 20. dxc5 Rxc5 21. Qd2 Ne4
22. Qf4 Qc6 23. Rxc5 bxc5 24. Ne3 d4 25. Nc4 Qa4 26. Rc1 Ng5
27. Qf5 Nxf3+ 28. exf3 Ba6 29. Nd6 Re7 30. Qxc5 d3 31. Qd5 Qb4
32. Kg2 Qxb2 33. Rc6 Qe5 34. Qxe5 Rxe5 35. Ne4 Bb5 36. Rd6 f5
37. Nc3 Bc4 38. f4 Rc5 39. Kf3 Kf7 40. Ke3 Ke7 41. Rb6 Rc8
42. Rb7+ Kf8 43. Ra7 Rc5 44. h4 h5 45. a3 Ba6 46. Kd2 Rc6
47. Rd7 Bc4 48. Nd1 Bb5 49. Ne3 g6 50. Rd5 Rb6 51. Nd1 Kf7
52. Nb2 Ba6 53. Na4 Rc6 54. Rc5 Re6 55. Re5 Rc6 56. Nc5 Bc4
57. Na4 Ba6 58. Rc5 Re6 59. Rc7+ Ke8 60. Nc3 Rb6 61. Nd1 Re6
62. Ne3 Rb6 63. Rc5 Rb2+ 64. Kc3 Rxf2 65. Rxa5 Bb7 66. Kxd3
Rf3 67. Kd4 Kd7 68. Nc4 Rxg3 69. a4 Kc7 70. Rc5+ Kb8 71. Ne5
Be4 72. Rc3 Rg1 73. Kc5 Kc7 74. a5 Ra1 75. Kb5+ Kd6 76. a6
Rb1+ 77. Ka5 Ra1+ 78. Kb6 Rb1+ 79. Ka7 Kd5 80. Rc6 Rf1 81. Kb6
Kd4 82. Rc4+ Ke3 83. Ra4 Ba8 84. Nxg6 Kf3 85. Kc7 Rd1 86. a7
Kg4 87. Ra6 Kg3 88. Ra3+ Kg4 89. Ra5 Rb1 90. Ra6 Rd1 91. Rd6
Ra1 92. Kb8 Be4 93. Rd7 Kf3 94. Rg7 Ra6 95. Kc8 Kg3 96. Kd8
1/2-1/2
[Event "Karpov - Korchnoi Candidates Final"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1974.10.18"]
[EventDate "1974.09.16"]
[Round "14"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Anatoly Karpov"]
[Black "Viktor Korchnoi"]
[ECO "C09"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "60"]
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Ngf3 Nc6 6. Bb5
Bd6 7. O-O cxd4 8. Nb3 Nge7 9. Nbxd4 O-O 10. c3 Bg4 11. Qa4
Bh5 12. Bd3 Bc5 13. Re1 h6 14. Be3 Bb6 15. h3 Qd6 16. Be2 Rfe8
17. Rad1 Qf6 18. Nh2 Bxe2 19. Rxe2 Nxd4 20. Bxd4 Qc6 21. Qxc6
bxc6 22. Rde1 Bxd4 23. cxd4 Kf8 24. Nf3 Ng6 25. g3 Rxe2
26. Rxe2 f6 27. Kf1 Rb8 28. Rc2 Rb6 29. Ke2 Ra6 30. b3 Ke7
1/2-1/2
[Event "Karpov - Korchnoi Candidates Final"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1974.10.23"]
[EventDate "1974.09.16"]
[Round "15"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Viktor Korchnoi"]
[Black "Anatoly Karpov"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "93"]
1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 Bf5 4. c4 c6 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. Qb3
Qc8 7. Nc3 e6 8. d3 Nc6 9. Bf4 Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. Rac1 Bg6
12. Ne5 Nd7 13. Nxg6 hxg6 14. h4 Nc5 15. Qd1 Qd8 16. d4 Nd7
17. e4 Nb6 18. e5 Rc8 19. Bh3 a6 20. Kg2 Nc4 21. b3 Na3
22. Na4 Nb4 23. Qd2 b5 24. Nc5 Bxc5 25. dxc5 Nc6 26. Rfe1 d4
27. Bg4 Qa5 28. Qxa5 Nxa5 29. Bd2 Nc6 30. Bf3 d3 31. Re3 Nc2
32. Rxd3 Nxe5 33. Rd6 Rxc5 34. Be4 Rfc8 35. Rd1 Nc6 36. Bg5 a5
37. Rd7 N6b4 38. Rb7 Nd5 39. Bxd5 exd5 40. Be7 R5c7 41. Rxc7
Rxc7 42. Bd8 Rd7 43. Bxa5 d4 44. a4 bxa4 45. bxa4 Ra7 46. Bb6
Rxa4 47. Kf1 1/2-1/2
[Event "Karpov - Korchnoi Candidates Final"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1974.10.25"]
[EventDate "1974.09.16"]
[Round "16"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Anatoly Karpov"]
[Black "Viktor Korchnoi"]
[ECO "C09"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "134"]
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Ngf3 Nc6 6. Bb5
Bd6 7. O-O cxd4 8. Nb3 Nge7 9. Nbxd4 O-O 10. c3 Bg4 11. Qa4
Qd7 12. Be3 a6 13. Be2 Nxd4 14. Qxd4 Nc6 15. Qd2 Rfe8 16. Rad1
Rad8 17. Bb6 Bc7 18. Bxc7 Qxc7 19. Rfe1 h6 20. h3 Bf5 21. Bf1
Rxe1 22. Qxe1 Qb6 23. Rd2 Be4 24. Qe2 Na5 25. Qd1 Qf6 26. Nh2
Qb6 27. Nf3 Nc6 28. Nd4 Ne5 29. f3 Bg6 30. Qe1 Nd7 31. Qf2 Qa5
32. a3 Qc7 33. Nb3 Bf5 34. Nd4 Bg6 35. Nc2 Nf6 36. Ne3 Qe5
37. c4 b5 38. cxd5 h5 39. a4 Re8 40. axb5 axb5 41. Bxb5 Qxe3
42. Bxe8 Qxe8 43. d6 Bf5 44. Rd1 Qb5 45. Qd4 Nd7 46. Re1 Be6
47. Kh2 Qg5 48. h4 Qd8 49. b4 Nf6 50. Qe5 Ne8 51. Re4 Qxd6
52. Qxd6 Nxd6 53. Rd4 Nb7 54. g4 Kh7 55. Kg3 Kg6 56. Kf4 hxg4
57. fxg4 f6 58. Rd1 Kh6 59. Rd4 Kg6 60. h5+ Kh6 61. b5 g6
62. hxg6 Kxg6 63. b6 Kf7 64. Rd2 Ke7 65. Rc2 Bd5 66. Rc7+ Ke6
67. Rh7 Nd6 1/2-1/2
[Event "Karpov - Korchnoi Candidates Final"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1974.10.30"]
[EventDate "1974.09.16"]
[Round "17"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Viktor Korchnoi"]
[Black "Anatoly Karpov"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "84"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 dxc4 5. Nf3 c5 6. O-O Nc6
7. Qa4 Bd7 8. Qxc4 cxd4 9. Nxd4 Rc8 10. Nc3 Qa5 11. Rd1 Be7
12. Nb3 Qc7 13. Nb5 Qb8 14. Nc5 a6 15. Nxd7 Nxd7 16. Nc3 Nde5
17. Qa4 O-O 18. Bf4 Qa7 19. Bxe5 Nxe5 20. Qe4 Nc6 21. Rd7 Bf6
22. Rad1 Qb6 23. Qc2 Na5 24. R1d3 h6 25. a3 Rc7 26. b4 Rxd7
27. Rxd7 Rc8 28. Rd3 Nc4 29. Ne4 Qc7 30. Nc5 Ne5 31. Rd2 b6
32. f4 bxc5 33. fxe5 Qxe5 34. Bb7 Rc7 35. Qe4 Qa1+ 36. Kg2
Qxa3 37. bxc5 Rxc5 38. Rd3 Qa5 39. Qf3 Qb6 40. Rd7 Rf5 41. Qg4
Qf2+ 42. Kh3 g6 0-1
[Event "Karpov - Korchnoi Candidates Final"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1974.11.01"]
[EventDate "1974.09.16"]
[Round "18"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Anatoly Karpov"]
[Black "Viktor Korchnoi"]
[ECO "C09"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "84"]
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Ngf3 Nc6 6. Bb5
Bd6 7. O-O Nge7 8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. Nb3 Bd6 10. Bg5 O-O 11. Re1
Qc7 12. c3 Bg4 13. h3 Bh5 14. Be2 h6 15. Bxe7 Nxe7 16. Nfd4
Bxe2 17. Qxe2 a6 18. Qf3 Rad8 19. Rad1 Rd7 20. Nf5 Nxf5
21. Qxf5 Rfd8 22. Re3 g6 23. Qf3 Bf8 24. Red3 Qc6 25. Nd4 Qa4
26. a3 h5 27. R1d2 Bh6 28. Qd1 Qc4 29. Re2 Qc7 30. Nc2 b5
31. Ne3 Qc5 32. Red2 Bxe3 33. Rxe3 Re7 34. Rxe7 Qxe7 35. g3
Qe6 36. h4 Kg7 37. Kg2 Qe4+ 38. Kh2 Qf5 39. Kg2 Qe4+ 40. Qf3
Qxf3+ 41. Kxf3 Kf6 42. Kf4 Re8 1/2-1/2
[Event "Karpov - Korchnoi Candidates Final"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1974.11.04"]
[EventDate "1974.09.16"]
[Round "19"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Viktor Korchnoi"]
[Black "Anatoly Karpov"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "157"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 e6 3. e4 h6 4. Bxf6 Qxf6 5. Nf3 d6 6. Nc3 g6
7. Qd2 Qe7 8. O-O-O a6 9. h4 Bg7 10. g3 b5 11. Bh3 b4 12. Nd5
exd5 13. Bxc8 O-O 14. Bb7 Ra7 15. Bxd5 c6 16. Bb3 Qxe4 17. Qd3
Qxd3 18. Rxd3 Nd7 19. Re1 Nb6 20. a4 bxa3 21. bxa3 a5 22. Rde3
Bf6 23. a4 c5 24. dxc5 dxc5 25. Nd2 Kg7 26. Rf3 Rc7 27. Nc4
Nxc4 28. Bxc4 Rd8 29. c3 Rcd7 30. Kc2 Rd2+ 31. Kb3 Rd1
32. Rxd1 Rxd1 33. Bb5 Rd5 34. Re3 Re5 35. Rd3 Re2 36. Rf3 Re5
37. Kc4 Rf5 38. Rd3 Rxf2 39. Kxc5 Be5 40. Kb6 Rg2 41. c4 Rxg3
42. Rd7 g5 43. hxg5 hxg5 44. c5 Rc3 45. c6 g4 46. c7 g3
47. Bc6 Bxc7+ 48. Rxc7 Kh6 49. Rc8 f5 50. Rf8 Rxc6+ 51. Kxc6
Kg5 52. Rg8+ Kf4 53. Kb5 Kf3 54. Kxa5 f4 55. Kb4 Kg2 56. a5 f3
57. a6 f2 58. a7 f1=Q 59. a8=Q+ Qf3 60. Qa2+ Qf2 61. Qd5+ Qf3
62. Qd2+ Qf2 63. Kc3 Kg1 64. Qd1+ Kg2 65. Qd3 Qc5+ 66. Kb3
Qb6+ 67. Kc2 Qc6+ 68. Kd2 Qh6+ 69. Qe3 Qh4 70. Rb8 Qf6 71. Rb6
Qf5 72. Rb2 Kh2 73. Qh6+ Kg1 74. Qb6+ Kh2 75. Qb8 Kh3 76. Qh8+
Kg4 77. Rb4+ Kf3 78. Qh1+ Kf2 79. Rb2 1-0
[Event "Karpov - Korchnoi Candidates Final"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1974.11.08"]
[EventDate "1974.09.16"]
[Round "20"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Anatoly Karpov"]
[Black "Viktor Korchnoi"]
[ECO "C70"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "102"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 f5 5. d4 exd4 6. e5 Bc5
7. O-O Nge7 8. Bb3 d5 9. exd6 Qxd6 10. Re1 h6 11. Nbd2 b5
12. a4 Bb7 13. axb5 axb5 14. Rxa8+ Bxa8 15. Re6 Qd7 16. Qe2 d3
17. cxd3 Kd8 18. Nf1 Re8 19. Ng3 Nd4 20. Nxd4 Bxd4 21. Be3
Bxe3 22. Qxe3 Bd5 23. Bxd5 Nxd5 24. Rxe8+ Qxe8 25. Qd4 Qd7
26. h4 Kc8 27. Kh2 f4 28. Ne2 Qf7 29. Qe4 c6 30. Nd4 Qf6
31. Nxb5 Qxh4+ 32. Kg1 Qe7 33. Nd4 Qf6 34. Qf5+ Qxf5 35. Nxf5
Nb4 36. d4 Nd3 37. Nxg7 Nxb2 38. Nf5 Kd7 39. Nxh6 Ke6 40. Kf1
Kd5 41. Nf5 Ke4 42. Ne7 Kxd4 43. Nxc6+ Ke4 44. Ke2 Nc4 45. f3+
Kd5 46. Nb4+ Ke5 47. Nc2 Kf5 48. Kd3 Ne5+ 49. Kd4 Ng6 50. Kd5
Nh4 51. Ne1 Ng6 1/2-1/2
[Event "Karpov - Korchnoi Candidates Final"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1974.11.11"]
[EventDate "1974.09.16"]
[Round "21"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Viktor Korchnoi"]
[Black "Anatoly Karpov"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "37"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 b6 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. c4 Be7 6. Nc3 O-O
7. Qc2 c5 8. d5 exd5 9. Ng5 Nc6 10. Nxd5 g6 11. Qd2 Nxd5
12. Bxd5 Rb8 13. Nxh7 Re8 14. Qh6 Ne5 15. Ng5 Bxg5 16. Bxg5
Qxg5 17. Qxg5 Bxd5 18. O-O Bxc4 19. f4 1-0
[Event "Karpov - Korchnoi Candidates Final"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1974.11.15"]
[EventDate "1974.09.16"]
[Round "22"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Anatoly Karpov"]
[Black "Viktor Korchnoi"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "59"]
1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. d4 dxc4 5. Qa4+ Nbd7 6. Qxc4
b6 7. Bg2 Bb7 8. O-O c5 9. Rd1 a6 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. b4 Be7
12. Bb2 b5 13. Qd4 Rc8 14. Nbd2 O-O 15. a3 Rc2 16. Ne1 Rc7
17. Bxb7 Rxb7 18. Nb3 Qa8 19. Rac1 Rc8 20. e4 Rbc7 21. Rxc7
Rxc7 22. f3 Qc8 23. Rc1 Rxc1 24. Nxc1 Bd8 25. Qc3 Qa8 26. Qd3
Nb6 27. Nc2 Nc4 28. Bd4 Qc8 29. Qc3 Qd7 30. Ne3 1/2-1/2
[Event "Karpov - Korchnoi Candidates Final"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1974.11.18"]
[EventDate "1974.09.16"]
[Round "23"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Viktor Korchnoi"]
[Black "Anatoly Karpov"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "58"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. Nc3 Ne4
7. Bd2 Bf6 8. O-O O-O 9. Qc2 Nxd2 10. Qxd2 d6 11. Rad1 Nd7
12. Ne1 Bxg2 13. Nxg2 Qe7 14. Ne1 c5 15. Nc2 Rac8 16. b3 Rfd8
17. e4 Nb8 18. Rfe1 cxd4 19. Nxd4 Qb7 20. Re3 a6 21. Qe2 Nc6
22. Nxc6 Qxc6 23. Red3 h6 24. a4 Qc5 25. Qd2 b5 26. axb5 Bxc3
27. Qxc3 axb5 28. Rd4 Qc7 29. Qb4 e5 1/2-1/2
[Event "Karpov - Korchnoi Candidates Final"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1974.11.22"]
[EventDate "1974.09.16"]
[Round "24"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Anatoly Karpov"]
[Black "Viktor Korchnoi"]
[ECO "D25"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "61"]
1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 dxc4 4. e3 g6 5. Bxc4 Bg7 6. O-O O-O
7. b3 c6 8. Bb2 Bg4 9. Nbd2 Nbd7 10. h3 Bf5 11. Re1 Nb6
12. Bf1 Ne4 13. Nxe4 Bxe4 14. Nd2 Bf5 15. Rc1 Rc8 16. Qe2 Rc7
17. a4 Bc8 18. Ba3 Be6 19. Qd1 Re8 20. Ne4 f5 21. Nc5 Bf7
22. Bb2 Nd7 23. Nd3 Rc8 24. b4 a5 25. bxa5 Qxa5 26. Bc3 Qa7
27. a5 c5 28. Qa4 Nb6 29. Qa1 Nd5 30. Nxc5 Nxc3 31. Qxc3
1/2-1/2
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