1977 Candidates Matches

CYCLE 10: 8-Man Knockout

Six qualifiers from two Interzonal tournaments, plus two seeds play knockout matches, with the winner playing a World Championship match against Karpov in 1978.

(Black background indicates black in the first game) 

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Korchnoi     ˝˝˝˝10˝1˝˝˝˝  6˝
Petrosian    ˝˝˝˝01˝0˝˝˝˝  5˝
    
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Polugaevsky  ˝1˝˝˝˝˝˝˝˝˝˝  6˝
Mecking      ˝0˝˝˝˝˝˝˝˝˝˝  5˝
    
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Spassky      ˝˝1˝˝˝˝˝˝0˝˝ ˝˝ 1˝  8˝
Hort         ˝˝0˝˝˝˝˝˝1˝˝ ˝˝ 0˝  7˝
    
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Portisch     1˝01˝101˝1  6˝
Larsen       0˝10˝010˝0  3˝
    
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Korchnoi     111˝˝110˝˝˝˝˝  8˝
Polugaevsky  000˝˝001˝˝˝˝˝  4˝
    
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Spassky      ˝˝0˝1˝˝01˝˝˝11˝  8˝
Portisch     ˝˝1˝0˝˝10˝˝˝00˝  6˝
    
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Korchnoi  ˝11˝˝˝11˝10000˝˝11  10˝
Spassky   ˝00˝˝˝00˝01111˝˝00   7˝

THE PLAYERS

# Player Country Status
1 Viktor Lvovich Korchnoi Stateless Seeded, lost previous Candidates Final
2 Boris Spassky USSR Seeded, replaced Bobby Fischer
3 Lajos Portisch Hungary Qualified from Interzonal
4 Lev Polugaevsky USSR Qualified from Interzonal
5 Vlastimil Hort Czechoslovakia Qualified from Interzonal
6 Tigran Vartanovich Petrosian USSR Qualified from Interzonal
7 Henrique Mecking Brazil Qualified from Interzonal
8 Bent Larsen Denmark Qualified from Interzonal

  • At this time, the seeded players consisted of the loser of the previous World Championship, and the loser of the previous Candidates Final. Korchnoi, as loser of the 1974 Candidates Final, was therefore seeded. As "loser" of the 1975 World Championship non-match, Bobby Fischer should have been the other seed, but declined to play. In his absence, the last seed fell to the losers of the previous Semi-Final matches, Petrosian and Spassky. As Petrosian had already qualified for the Candidates independently, though the 1976 Biel Interzonal, it went to Spassky by default. Had Spassky declined also, the next ones in line would have been the losers of the 1974 Quarterfinals. Since three of these (Polugaevsky, Mecking, and Portisch) had already qualified from the Interzonal, Fischer's spot would have gone to Robert Byrne, if Spassky had declined.

    THE QUARTERFINALS (Best of 12)

    Il Ciocco, Feb-Mar '77 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
    Korchnoi ˝ ˝ ˝ ˝ 1 0 ˝ 1 ˝ ˝ ˝ ˝ 6˝
    Petrosian ˝ ˝ ˝ ˝ 0 1 ˝ 0 ˝ ˝ ˝ ˝ 5˝

    Lucerne, Feb-Mar '77 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
    Polugaevsky ˝ 1 ˝ ˝ ˝ ˝ ˝ ˝ ˝ ˝ ˝ ˝ 6˝
    Mecking ˝ 0 ˝ ˝ ˝ ˝ ˝ ˝ ˝ ˝ ˝ ˝ 5˝

    Reykjavik, Feb-Mar '77 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16
    Spassky ˝ ˝ 1 ˝ ˝ ˝ ˝ ˝ ˝ 0 ˝ ˝ ˝ ˝ 1 ˝ 8˝
    Hort ˝ ˝ 0 ˝ ˝ ˝ ˝ ˝ ˝ 1 ˝ ˝ ˝ ˝ 0 ˝ 7˝
    When the match was tied at 6-6, 2-game mini-matches were played until someone won. There was a new draw for colour at the beginning of each of these mini-matches, which is why both players have two Whites in a row near the end.

    Rotterdam, Feb-Mar '77 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
    Portisch 1 ˝ 0 1 ˝ 1 0 1 ˝ 1 6˝
    Larsen 0 ˝ 1 0 ˝ 0 1 0 ˝ 0 3˝

    THE SEMI-FINALS (Best of 16)

    Evian, Jul '77 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
    Korchnoi 1 1 1 ˝ ˝ 1 1 0 ˝ ˝ ˝ ˝ ˝ 8˝
    Polugaevsky 0 0 0 ˝ ˝ 0 0 1 ˝ ˝ ˝ ˝ ˝ 4˝

    Geneva, Jul-Aug'77 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
    Spassky ˝ ˝ 0 ˝ 1 ˝ ˝ 0 1 ˝ ˝ ˝ 1 1 ˝ 8˝
    Portisch ˝ ˝ 1 ˝ 0 ˝ ˝ 1 0 ˝ ˝ ˝ 0 0 ˝ 6˝

    THE FINALS (Best of 20)

    Belgrade, Nov-Dec '77 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18
    Korchnoi ˝ 1 1 ˝ ˝ ˝ 1 1 ˝ 1 0 0 0 0 ˝ ˝ 1 1 10˝
    Spassky ˝ 0 0 ˝ ˝ ˝ 0 0 ˝ 0 1 1 1 1 ˝ ˝ 0 0 7˝

    This match featured one of the more bizarre disputes in Candidates history. At the beginning of Game 10, Spassky, losing badly, and trying to calm his nerves, began spending all his time in the relaxation box set up for him at the side of the stage, analyzing from the demonstration board, and only coming out to make his moves. Korchnoi, insulted tried to stop this behavior, and Spassky actually forfeited Game 12 when the arbitration committee initially ruled against him. Korchnoi game the forfeit back and continued the fight, but went to pieces in the dispute, losing 4 straight games, one by hanging Bishop and Queen in succession. Eventually the dispute was solved by moving the demonstration board. and Korchnoi pulled himself back together to win, but his tendency to come unglued over small disputes did not go unnoticed in the 1978 Championship Match.

    [Event "Korchnoi - Petrosian Candidates Quarterfinal"] [Site "Il Ciocco ITA"] [Date "1977.02.28"] [EventDate "1977.02.28"] [Round "1"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Viktor Korchnoi"] [Black "Tigran Vartanovich Petrosian"] [ECO "A14"] [WhiteElo "2645"] [BlackElo "2645"] [PlyCount "43"] 1. c4 e6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. d4 dxc4 7. Ne5 Nc6 8. Bxc6 bxc6 9. Nc3 c5 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. Qa4 Nd5 12. Ne4 Nb6 13. Qc2 Be7 14. Nxc4 Nxc4 15. Qxc4 Qd5 16. Qc2 Bb7 17. f3 Qd4+ 18. Kg2 Bxe4 19. Qxe4 Qxe4 20. fxe4 Rfb8 21. b3 Bd6 22. Bf4 1/2-1/2 [Event "Korchnoi - Petrosian Candidates Quarterfinal"] [Site "Il Ciocco ITA"] [Date "1977.03.02"] [EventDate "1977.02.28"] [Round "2"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Tigran Vartanovich Petrosian"] [Black "Viktor Korchnoi"] [ECO "D41"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "33"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 cxd4 8. cxd4 Nc6 9. Bc4 b5 10. Be2 Bb4+ 11. Bd2 Qa5 12. Rb1 Bxd2+ 13. Qxd2 a6 14. Qxa5 Nxa5 15. Bd3 Ke7 16. Rc1 Bd7 17. Kd2 1/2-1/2 [Event "Korchnoi - Petrosian Candidates Quarterfinal"] [Site "Il Ciocco ITA"] [Date "1977.03.05"] [EventDate "1977.02.28"] [Round "3"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Viktor Korchnoi"] [Black "Tigran Vartanovich Petrosian"] [ECO "E05"] [WhiteElo "2645"] [BlackElo "2645"] [PlyCount "77"] 1. c4 e6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. d4 dxc4 6. Nc3 O-O 7. Ne5 c5 8. dxc5 Qxd1+ 9. Nxd1 Nbd7 10. Nxc4 Nxc5 11. Nc3 Bd7 12. Na5 Nd5 13. Nxd5 exd5 14. Bxd5 Rac8 15. O-O b6 16. Nc4 Be6 17. Ne3 Rfd8 18. Rd1 h5 19. b3 Bg5 20. f4 Bf6 21. Rb1 Bh3 22. Bb2 Re8 23. Kf2 Bxb2 24. Rxb2 g6 25. Rbd2 Rc7 26. Nc4 Ne4+ 27. Bxe4 Rxe4 28. Rd8+ Kh7 29. Rb8 Ree7 30. Ne3 Kg7 31. Rdd8 Be6 32. Rg8+ Kf6 33. h3 Rc3 34. Rbe8 Rxe8 35. Rxe8 Rc5 36. g4 Ra5 37. f5 gxf5 38. gxf5 Bxf5 39. Nxf5 1/2-1/2 [Event "Korchnoi - Petrosian Candidates Quarterfinal"] [Site "Il Ciocco ITA"] [Date "1977.03.09"] [EventDate "1977.02.28"] [Round "4"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Tigran Vartanovich Petrosian"] [Black "Viktor Korchnoi"] [ECO "D41"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "43"] 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 cxd4 8. cxd4 Bb4+ 9. Bd2 Bxd2+ 10. Qxd2 O-O 11. Bc4 Nc6 12. O-O Qd6 13. Rfd1 Rd8 14. Rac1 Bd7 15. e5 Qe7 16. Qf4 Be8 17. h4 Rac8 18. d5 exd5 19. Rxd5 h6 20. Rcd1 Rxd5 21. Rxd5 Rd8 22. Qe4 1/2-1/2 [Event "Korchnoi - Petrosian Candidates Quarterfinal"] [Site "Il Ciocco ITA"] [Date "1977.03.14"] [EventDate "1977.02.28"] [Round "5"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Viktor Korchnoi"] [Black "Tigran Vartanovich Petrosian"] [ECO "A29"] [WhiteElo "2645"] [BlackElo "2645"] [PlyCount "141"] 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bb4 5. Nd5 Bc5 6. d3 h6 7. Bg2 d6 8. O-O O-O 9. e3 a5 10. Nc3 Ba7 11. a3 Nh7 12. Kh1 Bg4 13. Qc2 f5 14. Nb5 Qd7 15. Nxa7 Rxa7 16. b3 Raa8 17. Ng1 Rae8 18. Bd2 Nf6 19. f3 Bh5 20. b4 b6 21. Bh3 Bf7 22. Ne2 axb4 23. axb4 Ne7 24. b5 Rd8 25. d4 c6 26. bxc6 Qxc6 27. Rac1 Rc8 28. dxe5 dxe5 29. Bb4 Ned5 30. Bxf8 Nxe3 31. Qc3 Nxf1 32. Bb4 Bh5 33. Rxf1 e4 34. Bg2 Qxc4 35. Qxc4+ Rxc4 36. Be7 Nd5 37. Nf4 Nxf4 38. gxf4 e3 39. Re1 e2 40. Kg1 Rxf4 41. Kf2 g5 42. Bd6 Rd4 43. Bc7 b5 44. Rxe2 Bf7 45. Rb2 Bc4 46. Be5 Rd1 47. f4 Kf7 48. Bf3 Rd8 49. h4 g4 50. Bc6 Kg6 51. Bxb5 Bxb5 52. Rxb5 Rd2+ 53. Ke3 Rh2 54. Rb6+ Kh5 55. Rf6 Rh3+ 56. Kf2 Rh2+ 57. Ke3 Rh3+ 58. Kd4 Rh1 59. Rxf5+ Kxh4 60. Rf6 h5 61. Rg6 Rf1 62. Ke4 Re1+ 63. Kd5 Kh3 64. f5 h4 65. f6 Rf1 66. Ke6 g3 67. f7 g2 68. Bf6 Re1+ 69. Kd5 Rd1+ 70. Ke4 Re1+ 71. Kd3 1-0 [Event "Korchnoi - Petrosian Candidates Quarterfinal"] [Site "Il Ciocco ITA"] [Date "1977.03.16"] [EventDate "1977.02.28"] [Round "6"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Tigran Vartanovich Petrosian"] [Black "Viktor Korchnoi"] [ECO "D41"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "73"] 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 cxd4 8. cxd4 Bb4+ 9. Bd2 Bxd2+ 10. Qxd2 O-O 11. Bc4 Nc6 12. O-O b6 13. Rfe1 Bb7 14. Rad1 Ne7 15. d5 exd5 16. exd5 Nf5 17. Ne5 Nd6 18. Nc6 Bxc6 19. dxc6 Nxc4 20. Qf4 Nd6 21. Rxd6 Qc7 22. g3 h6 23. Qe5 Rac8 24. Qd5 Kh7 25. Re4 Kg8 26. Kg2 a6 27. h4 b5 28. g4 Kh7 29. Re2 Kh8 30. g5 h5 31. Rd2 Rfe8 32. Qf3 g6 33. R2d5 Rf8 34. Rf6 Qe7 35. Rd7 Qe8 36. Rxg6 Qe5 37. Qxh5# 1-0 [Event "Korchnoi - Petrosian Candidates Quarterfinal"] [Site "Il Ciocco ITA"] [Date "1977.03.19"] [EventDate "1977.02.28"] [Round "7"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Viktor Korchnoi"] [Black "Tigran Vartanovich Petrosian"] [ECO "D61"] [WhiteElo "2645"] [BlackElo "2645"] [PlyCount "49"] 1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Be7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bg5 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Qc2 h6 8. Bh4 c5 9. Rd1 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Nb6 11. Be2 Bd7 12. cxd5 Nfxd5 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. Nxd5 Nxd5 15. O-O Rac8 16. Qb3 Rc7 17. Bf3 Nf6 18. Nb5 Bxb5 19. Qxb5 b6 20. Rd2 Rfc8 21. Rfd1 g6 22. g3 Kg7 23. a3 Rc5 24. Qd3 Rc1 25. Bg2 1/2-1/2 [Event "Korchnoi - Petrosian Candidates Quarterfinal"] [Site "Il Ciocco ITA"] [Date "1977.03.21"] [EventDate "1977.02.28"] [Round "8"] [Result "0-1"] [White "Tigran Vartanovich Petrosian"] [Black "Viktor Korchnoi"] [ECO "E15"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "114"] 1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Nc3 d5 8. cxd5 exd5 9. Bg2 O-O 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Ne5 Bb7 12. Bf4 Re8 13. Rc1 Nf8 14. Bg5 Ne6 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. e3 c6 17. Nd3 Qd6 18. Re1 Rad8 19. b4 Re7 20. a4 Rde8 21. Qb3 Rd8 22. Red1 Red7 23. Ne2 g6 24. Nef4 Rc7 25. Rd2 Bg5 26. Nxe6 fxe6 27. Rdc2 Rdc8 28. Bh3 Kg7 29. Nf4 Re8 30. Rc3 Bc8 31. Nd3 Bd7 32. Ne5 Rec8 33. e4 Bxc1 34. Rxc1 dxe4 35. Nxd7 Qxd7 36. Bxe6 Qxd4 37. Rc4 Qa1+ 38. Kg2 Rf8 39. Rxe4 Re7 40. Bd5 Rxe4 41. Bxe4 Qf6 42. Qc2 Rc8 43. a5 bxa5 44. bxa5 c5 45. Qc4 Re8 46. Bd5 Qd4 47. Qb3 Re2 48. Qb7+ Kh6 49. Qf7 Rxf2+ 50. Qxf2 Qxd5+ 51. Qf3 Qxf3+ 52. Kxf3 Kg5 53. Ke4 Kg4 54. Kd5 Kh3 55. g4 Kxh2 56. Kxc5 Kg3 57. g5 Kg4 0-1 [Event "Korchnoi - Petrosian Candidates Quarterfinal"] [Site "Il Ciocco ITA"] [Date "1977.03.23"] [EventDate "1977.02.28"] [Round "9"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Viktor Korchnoi"] [Black "Tigran Vartanovich Petrosian"] [ECO "E06"] [WhiteElo "2645"] [BlackElo "2645"] [PlyCount "85"] 1. c4 e6 2. g3 d5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Be7 5. d4 O-O 6. Nc3 dxc4 7. Ne5 c5 8. dxc5 Qxd1+ 9. Nxd1 Bxc5 10. Nxc4 Nc6 11. Be3 Bb4+ 12. Bd2 Bxd2+ 13. Nxd2 Bd7 14. Nc4 Rfd8 15. Nc3 Kf8 16. Nd6 Rab8 17. O-O-O Ne8 18. Nde4 Ke7 19. Nc5 Nf6 20. Nxd7 Rxd7 21. Rxd7+ Nxd7 22. Rd1 Rc8 23. b3 Ndb8 24. Kb2 Rd8 25. Rxd8 Kxd8 26. Nb5 Kd7 27. Kc3 a6 28. Nd4 b6 29. Nf3 h6 30. Nd2 Kc7 31. f4 Nd7 32. Bf3 b5 33. b4 Nb6 34. a3 Na4+ 35. Kd3 Ne7 36. Bh5 f6 37. Bg4 Kd7 38. Bh3 Nc8 39. e4 Ne7 40. Nf3 Nc6 41. e5 Nb2+ 42. Kc3 Na4+ 43. Kd3 1/2-1/2 [Event "Korchnoi - Petrosian Candidates Quarterfinal"] [Site "Il Ciocco ITA"] [Date "1977.03.26"] [EventDate "1977.02.28"] [Round "10"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Tigran Vartanovich Petrosian"] [Black "Viktor Korchnoi"] [ECO "E19"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "29"] 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. g3 Bb7 4. Bg2 e6 5. O-O Be7 6. d4 O-O 7. Nc3 Ne4 8. Qc2 Nxc3 9. Qxc3 Be4 10. Bf4 Nc6 11. Rfd1 d5 12. Ne5 Nxe5 13. Bxe5 Bxg2 14. Kxg2 c6 15. Rac1 1/2-1/2 [Event "Korchnoi - Petrosian Candidates Quarterfinal"] [Site "Il Ciocco ITA"] [Date "1977.03.30"] [EventDate "1977.02.28"] [Round "11"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Viktor Korchnoi"] [Black "Tigran Vartanovich Petrosian"] [ECO "E06"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "53"] 1. c4 e6 2. g3 d5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Be7 5. d4 O-O 6. Nbd2 b6 7. O-O Bb7 8. b3 Nbd7 9. Bb2 c5 10. Rc1 Rc8 11. e3 dxc4 12. Nxc4 Rc7 13. Qe2 cxd4 14. Nxd4 Bxg2 15. Kxg2 a6 16. e4 Qb8 17. Nd2 Rxc1 18. Rxc1 Qb7 19. f3 Nc5 20. Nc4 Rc8 21. Ne5 Bf8 22. Qd2 a5 23. a3 Ra8 24. Nec6 Nfd7 25. e5 Nb8 26. Nxb8 Rxb8 27. b4 1/2-1/2 [Event "Korchnoi - Petrosian Candidates Quarterfinal"] [Site "Il Ciocco ITA"] [Date "1977.04.02"] [EventDate "1977.02.28"] [Round "12"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Tigran Vartanovich Petrosian"] [Black "Viktor Korchnoi"] [ECO "E14"] [WhiteElo "2645"] [BlackElo "2645"] [PlyCount "80"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. e3 Bb7 5. Bd3 Bb4+ 6. Nbd2 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. O-O Nc6 9. a3 Qc7 10. b3 Ne5 11. Nxe5 Qxe5 12. Ra2 Bd6 13. g3 Qc5 14. e4 h5 15. b4 Qc7 16. Re1 h4 17. Nf1 hxg3 18. hxg3 a5 19. Rb2 axb4 20. axb4 Be5 21. Rc2 Ra1 22. Qe2 Qb8 23. Kg2 Qa8 24. Nd2 Ra4 25. b5 Kf8 26. Nf3 Bd6 27. Ng5 Bc5 28. Bb2 Ke7 29. Rcc1 Ba3 30. Ra1 Bxb2 31. Qxb2 Rxa1 32. Rxa1 Qb8 33. Qd4 e5 34. Qc3 Rh5 35. Qb4+ d6 36. Qd2 g6 37. Be2 Nxe4 38. Nxe4 Bxe4+ 39. f3 Bb7 40. g4 Rh7 1/2-1/2 [Event "Polugaevsky - Mecking Candidates Quarterfinal"] [Site "Lucerne SUI"] [Date "1977.02.26"] [EventDate "1977.02.26"] [Round "1"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Lev Polugaevsky"] [Black "Henrique Mecking"] [ECO "D43"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "96"] 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bxf6 Qxf6 7.e3 Bd6 8.Bd3 Qe7 9.O-O Nd7 10.c5 Bc7 11.b4 O-O 12.e4 dxe4 13.Bxe4 Rd8 14.Re1 Nf6 15.Bc2 b6 16.Ba4 Bb7 17.Qe2 a5 18.a3 axb4 19.axb4 bxc5 20.bxc5 Ra7 21.Bc2 Ra5 22.Qe3 Qd7 23.Rxa5 Bxa5 24.Rb1 Qc7 25.Ne5 Nd7 26.Nc4 Ba6 27.Nd6 Rb8 28.Rxb8+ Nxb8 29.Nce4 Qe7 30.f4 Bc7 31.Bb3 Kf8 32.f5 exf5 33.Nxf5 Qe8 34.Nxh6 gxh6 35.Qxh6+ Ke7 36.Nd6 Qf8 37.Qe3+ Kd8 38.Nxf7+ Kc8 39.h4 Kb7 40.h5 Nd7 41.h6 Nf6 42.Qe6 Nh7 43.Ba4 Kb8 44.Bxc6 Ng5 45.Qe8+ Qxe8 46.Bxe8 Nxf7 47.Bxf7 Bf4 48.Kf2 Bxh6 1/2-1/2 [Event "Polugaevsky - Mecking Candidates Quarterfinal"] [Site "Lucerne SUI"] [Date "1977.03.02"] [EventDate "1977.02.26"] [Round "2"] [Result "0-1"] [White "Henrique Mecking"] [Black "Lev Polugaevsky"] [ECO "E52"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "126"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 d5 6.Nf3 b6 7.O-O Bb7 8.a3 Bd6 9.Qe2 c5 10.dxc5 bxc5 11.Rd1 Nbd7 12.b3 Qb6 13.Rb1 Rac8 14.Bb2 Rfe8 15.cxd5 exd5 16.b4 Bc6 17.Ba1 Ne5 18.bxc5 Qxc5 19.Nb5 Bxb5 20.Bxb5 Re7 21.Nd4 Bb8 22.Rb3 Ne4 23.Ba6 Rd8 24.g3 g6 25.f3 Nf6 26.Rdb1 Bc7 27.Rc3 Qd6 28.f4 Neg4 29.Nc6 Rxe3 30.Rxe3 Qxc6 31.Bxf6 Nxf6 32.Bb7 Qd6 33.Kg2 Bb6 34.Rc3 d4 35.Rd3 Nd7 36.Rbd1 Qf6 37.Ba6 Nc5 38.Rf3 Qc6 39.Bb5 Qb7 40.Bd3 Qc6 41.Re1 Ba5 42.Rf1 Re8 43.Qd1 Re3 44.Bc4 d3 45.Kh3 Re4 46.Bxd3 Qd7+ 47.f5 Rd4 48.Bb5 Rxd1 49.Bxd7 Rxd7 50.Re3 Kf8 51.fxg6 hxg6 52.Kg2 Bb6 53.Re2 Kg7 54.h4 Ne6 55.Rf3 Rd1 56.Rc3 Nd4 57.Rb2 Nf5 58.Re2 Rg1+ 59.Kh3 Ba5 60.Rd3 Bc7 61.Rg2 Rh1+ 62.Rh2 Rxh2+ 63.Kxh2 Bxg3+ 0-1 [Event "Polugaevsky - Mecking Candidates Quarterfinal"] [Site "Lucerne SUI"] [Date "1977.03.07"] [EventDate "1977.02.26"] [Round "3"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Lev Polugaevsky"] [Black "Henrique Mecking"] [ECO "A77"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "84"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c5 4.d5 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.Nc3 g6 7.e4 Bg7 8.Be2 O-O 9.O-O Re8 10.Nd2 Nbd7 11.Qc2 Nb6 12.Bb5 Bd7 13.a4 Bxb5 14.Nxb5 a6 15.Nc3 Nfd7 16.a5 Nc8 17.b3 Na7 18.Bb2 Nb5 19.Nxb5 Bxb2 20.Qxb2 axb5 21.Qc3 b4 22.Qg3 Nf6 23.Rfe1 Nh5 24.Qf3 Rxa5 25.Rxa5 Qxa5 26.g4 Qd8 27.Re3 Nf6 28.Qf4 Qe7 29.Nc4 Rd8 30.Qg5 Kg7 31.e5 dxe5 32.Rxe5 Rxd5 33.Rxe7 Rxg5 34.h3 h5 35.Nd6 Kg8 36.Nxf7 Rd5 37.Nh6+ Kh8 38.Nf7+ Kg7 39.Ne5+ Kg8 40.g5 Nh7 41.f4 b5 42.Re8+ Kg7 1/2-1/2 [Event "Polugaevsky - Mecking Candidates Quarterfinal"] [Site "Lucerne SUI"] [Date "1977.03.09"] [EventDate "1977.02.26"] [Round "4"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Henrique Mecking"] [Black "Lev Polugaevsky"] [ECO "E53"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "42"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 d5 6.Nf3 c5 7.O-O cxd4 8.exd4 dxc4 9.Bxc4 b6 10.Re1 Bb7 11.Bd3 Nc6 12.a3 Be7 13.Bc2 Re8 14.Qd3 g6 15.Bf4 Rc8 16.Rad1 Na5 17.Ne5 Nd5 18.Bd2 Nxc3 19.Bxc3 Bd5 20.Ba4 Rf8 21.Nd7 Re8 1/2-1/2 [Event "Polugaevsky - Mecking Candidates Quarterfinal"] [Site "Lucerne SUI"] [Date "1977.03.12"] [EventDate "1977.02.26"] [Round "5"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Lev Polugaevsky"] [Black "Henrique Mecking"] [ECO "D87"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "59"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Bc4 O-O 8.Ne2 c5 9.O-O Nc6 10.Be3 cxd4 11.cxd4 Bg4 12.f3 Na5 13.Bd5 Bd7 14.Rb1 a6 15.Bxb7 Ra7 16.Bd5 Bb5 17.a4 Bxe2 18.Qxe2 e6 19.Bc4 Bxd4 20.Rfd1 Bxe3+ 21.Qxe3 Rd7 22.Be2 Rxd1+ 23.Rxd1 Qc8 24.Rc1 Qb7 25.Kf2 Qb4 26.Qc3 Rb8 27.Qxb4 Rxb4 28.Rc8+ Kg7 29.Ra8 Nb3 30.Rxa6 1/2-1/2 [Event "Polugaevsky - Mecking Candidates Quarterfinal"] [Site "Lucerne SUI"] [Date "1977.03.14"] [EventDate "1977.02.26"] [Round "6"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Henrique Mecking"] [Black "Lev Polugaevsky"] [ECO "B67"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "108"] 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2 a6 8.O-O-O Bd7 9.f4 b5 10.Nxc6 Bxc6 11.Qe1 Be7 12.Bd3 Nd7 13.Bxe7 Qxe7 14.Qg3 O-O 15.f5 b4 16.Ne2 Nc5 17.fxe6 fxe6 18.Qe3 Qa7 19.Kb1 Nxd3 20.Qxa7 Rxa7 21.cxd3 Rf2 22.Nd4 Bd7 23.Rc1 Rxg2 24.Rc2 Rxc2 25.Nxc2 a5 26.Kc1 Ba4 27.b3 Bb5 28.Kd2 Rf7 29.Nd4 Bd7 30.Ke3 e5 31.Nf3 Kf8 32.Ng5 Rf4 33.Nxh7+ Ke7 34.Ng5 Bg4 35.h3 Bh5 36.Rg1 g6 37.d4 Kf6 38.Nh7+ Kg7 39.Ng5 Kh6 40.d5 Rf8 41.Rg2 Rf1 42.Kd3 Rc1 43.Nf7+ Kg7 44.Nxd6 Rc3+ 45.Kd2 Rxh3 46.Nc4 Bf3 47.Rg5 Bxe4 48.Rxe5 Bf5 49.d6 a4 50.Rb5 Rh2+ 51.Ke3 Rh3+ 52.Kd2 Rh2+ 53.Ke3 Rh3+ 54.Kd2 Rh2+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "Polugaevsky - Mecking Candidates Quarterfinal"] [Site "Lucerne SUI"] [Date "1977.03.16"] [EventDate "1977.02.26"] [Round "7"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Lev Polugaevsky"] [Black "Henrique Mecking"] [ECO "A15"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "80"] 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.Qa4+ Bd7 6.Qh4 Bc6 7.Qd4 f6 8.e3 Bg7 9.Be2 e5 10.Qc4 Nxc3 11.Qe6+ Qe7 12.Qxe7+ Kxe7 13.bxc3 Rd8 14.d4 Nd7 15.O-O b6 16.a4 Bb7 17.a5 c5 18.Ba3 Rac8 19.Nd2 Kd6 20.Nc4+ Kc7 21.Rfb1 Be4 22.Rd1 Bc2 23.Rd2 Bb3 24.Rb1 Bxc4 25.Bxc4 Bf8 26.Be6 Rb8 27.axb6+ Rxb6 28.Rxb6 Nxb6 29.Bc1 cxd4 30.exd4 exd4 31.cxd4 Bh6 32.Rc2+ Kd6 33.d5 Bxc1 34.Rxc1 Ke5 35.Re1+ Kd4 36.Ra1 Nxd5 37.Bxd5 Rxd5 38.Rxa7 Ke5 39.h4 h5 40.g3 Kf5 1/2-1/2 [Event "Polugaevsky - Mecking Candidates Quarterfinal"] [Site "Lucerne SUI"] [Date "1977.03.19"] [EventDate "1977.02.26"] [Round "8"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Henrique Mecking"] [Black "Lev Polugaevsky"] [ECO "B67"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "128"] 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2 a6 8.O-O-O Bd7 9.f4 b5 10.Nxc6 Bxc6 11.Bd3 Be7 12.e5 dxe5 13.fxe5 Nd7 14.Bxe7 Qxe7 15.Qf4 Nc5 16.Ne4 Bxe4 17.Bxe4 Rc8 18.Rd6 O-O 19.Kb1 Nxe4 20.Qxe4 Rc4 21.Qe2 a5 22.Rhd1 Rc5 23.Qe3 Qc7 24.R1d2 b4 25.Qf4 h6 26.b3 Rb5 27.Qe4 Qc5 28.Rd8 Rb8 29.Rxf8+ Kxf8 30.Qf4 Rc8 31.g3 Qc3 32.Qd4 Qxd4 33.Rxd4 Rc5 34.Re4 Ke7 35.a3 bxa3 36.c4 f5 37.exf6+ Kxf6 38.Ka2 e5 39.Kxa3 Kf5 40.Re2 e4 41.Kb2 a4 42.Kc3 axb3 43.Kd4 Re5 44.Rf2+ Ke6 45.Ke3 Rf5 46.Rd2 Rf3+ 47.Kxe4 Rc3 48.Kd4 Rc2 49.Kd3 Rc1 50.Rb2 Rh1 51.Kc3 Kd6 52.Kb4 Kc6 53.Kxb3 Kc5 54.Re2 Rb1+ 55.Kc2 Rb4 56.Kd3 Rxc4 57.Re4 Rc1 58.Rg4 g5 59.Ra4 Kd5 60.Ra6 Ke5 61.Rxh6 Kf5 62.Kd4 Rc2 63.Rh8 Rd2+ 64.Ke3 Ra2 1/2-1/2 [Event "Polugaevsky - Mecking Candidates Quarterfinal"] [Site "Lucerne SUI"] [Date "1977.03.21"] [EventDate "1977.02.26"] [Round "9"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Lev Polugaevsky"] [Black "Henrique Mecking"] [ECO "E19"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "101"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Bb7 5.Bg2 Be7 6.O-O O-O 7.Nc3 Ne4 8.Qc2 Nxc3 9.Qxc3 c5 10.Rd1 d6 11.b3 Bf6 12.Bb2 Qe7 13.Qc2 Nc6 14.e4 g6 15.d5 Nb4 16.Bxf6 Qxf6 17.Qd2 exd5 18.exd5 Bc8 19.a3 Na6 20.Re1 Nc7 21.Qh6 Bf5 22.Ng5 Qg7 23.Qxg7+ Kxg7 24.Re7 h6 25.Ne6+ Nxe6 26.dxe6 Kf6 27.Rc7 Rac8 28.Rxa7 fxe6 29.Rd1 Bc2 30.Rxd6 Rfd8 31.Rdd7 Rxd7 32.Rxd7 Bxb3 33.Bf1 Ra8 34.Rd3 Bc2 35.Rf3+ Ke7 36.Rc3 Ba4 37.f4 Rd8 38.Bd3 g5 39.Kf2 Rf8 40.Ke3 gxf4+ 41.gxf4 Rg8 42.Rc1 Kd6 43.Rb1 Kc7 44.Rf1 Ra8 45.f5 exf5 46.Rxf5 Bd7 47.Rh5 Rxa3 48.Kd2 Ra2+ 49.Ke3 Ra3 50.Kd2 Ra2+ 51.Ke3 1/2-1/2 [Event "Polugaevsky - Mecking Candidates Quarterfinal"] [Site "Lucerne SUI"] [Date "1977.03.26"] [EventDate "1977.02.26"] [Round "10"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Henrique Mecking"] [Black "Lev Polugaevsky"] [ECO "E17"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "98"] 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 b6 3.g3 Bb7 4.Bg2 e6 5.O-O Be7 6.Nc3 O-O 7.d4 Ne4 8.Bd2 Bf6 9.Qc2 Nxd2 10.Qxd2 d6 11.e4 Nd7 12.d5 Ne5 13.b3 Nxf3+ 14.Bxf3 g6 15.Bg2 Bg7 16.Rac1 Qe7 17.f4 c6 18.Rfe1 Rad8 19.Rcd1 Rfe8 20.Kh1 Qc7 21.Re3 exd5 22.cxd5 c5 23.a4 a6 24.h3 Qd7 25.Ne2 f5 26.Nc3 Bd4 27.Re2 Qg7 28.Nb1 fxe4 29.Rxe4 Rxe4 30.Bxe4 Re8 31.Qg2 Qe7 32.Nd2 Be3 33.Bf3 Bxd2 34.Rxd2 Qe1+ 35.Kh2 Re3 36.Re2 Qc3 37.Bg4 Qxb3 38.Be6+ Kg7 39.Rxe3 Qxe3 40.Qb2+ Qd4 41.Qxb6 Qd2+ 42.Kg1 Qe1+ 43.Kh2 Qf2+ 44.Kh1 Qe1+ 45.Kh2 Qd2+ 46.Kg1 Bxd5 47.Qc7+ Kh6 48.Bxd5 Qxd5 49.Qe7 Qd1+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "Polugaevsky - Mecking Candidates Quarterfinal"] [Site "Lucerne SUI"] [Date "1977.03.30"] [EventDate "1977.02.26"] [Round "11"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Lev Polugaevsky"] [Black "Henrique Mecking"] [ECO "E17"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "108"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Bb7 5.Bg2 Be7 6.O-O O-O 7.Nc3 Ne4 8.Nxe4 Bxe4 9.Ne1 Bxg2 10.Nxg2 d5 11.Qa4 Qd7 12.Qxd7 Nxd7 13.cxd5 exd5 14.Bf4 Bf6 15.Rfd1 c5 16.Be3 Rfd8 17.Nf4 Nf8 18.dxc5 d4 19.Bd2 bxc5 20.Rac1 Be7 21.Nd3 Nd7 22.e3 Rac8 23.exd4 cxd4 24.Rxc8 Rxc8 25.Kf1 f6 26.Rc1 Rxc1+ 27.Bxc1 Kf7 28.b3 Ke6 29.Ke2 g5 30.Bd2 Kd5 31.Bb4 Bxb4 32.Nxb4+ Kc5 33.Nd3+ Kd5 34.g4 Ne5 35.f3 Nc6 36.Nf2 Nb4 37.a3 Nc2 38.Ne4 Ke5 39.a4 Nb4 40.Nc5 Kd6 41.Nd3 Nxd3 42.Kxd3 Kc5 43.a5 Kb4 44.Kxd4 Kxb3 45.Kd5 Kb4 46.a6 Kb5 47.Ke6 Kxa6 48.Kxf6 h6 49.Ke5 Kb5 50.f4 gxf4 51.Kxf4 a5 52.Ke3 Kc5 53.h4 Kd5 54.Kd3 Ke5 1/2-1/2 [Event "Polugaevsky - Mecking Candidates Quarterfinal"] [Site "Lucerne SUI"] [Date "1977.04.02"] [EventDate "1977.02.26"] [Round "12"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Henrique Mecking"] [Black "Lev Polugaevsky"] [ECO "A17"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "86"] 1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.e4 Bb7 5.Bd3 d6 6.Bc2 c5 7.d4 cxd4 8.Nxd4 a6 9.b3 Be7 10.O-O O-O 11.Bb2 Nc6 12.Kh1 Qd7 13.Nxc6 Bxc6 14.Qd3 b5 15.cxb5 Bxb5 16.Nxb5 Qxb5 17.Rac1 Rfd8 18.f3 Nd7 19.Bb1 Bf6 20.Bxf6 Nxf6 21.Rfd1 Kf8 22.Rc7 Ne8 23.Rc3 Rac8 24.Rdc1 Rxc3 25.Qxc3 a5 26.Bd3 Qb6 27.Bf1 Ke7 28.g3 Rd7 29.Kg2 Rc7 30.Qd2 Rxc1 31.Qxc1 Nf6 32.Bc4 h6 33.Qd2 Nd7 34.Qc3 Nf6 35.e5 dxe5 36.Qxe5 g5 37.Qe1 Qc5 38.Qd2 Nd5 39.Bxd5 exd5 40.Kf1 d4 41.Ke2 f5 42.Qd3 Kf6 43.Kd2 f4 1/2-1/2 [Event "Spassky - Hort Candidates Quarterfinal"] [Site "Reykjavik ISL"] [Date "1977.02.27"] [EventDate "1977.02.27"] [Round "1"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Boris Spassky"] [Black "Vlastimil Hort"] [ECO "C50"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "41"] 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Be7 4.d4 d6 5.Nc3 Nf6 6.h3 O-O 7.O-O Nxd4 8.Nxd4 exd4 9.Qxd4 c6 10.a4 Nd7 11.Be3 b6 12.Rad1 Qc7 13.f4 a6 14.Rf3 b5 15.Bb3 Kh8 16.Rg3 f6 17.Be6 Nc5 18.Bxc8 Rfxc8 19.Bf2 Rab8 20.b3 Bf8 21.Rf3 1/2-1/2 [Event "Spassky - Hort Candidates Quarterfinal"] [Site "Reykjavik ISL"] [Date "1977.03.01"] [EventDate "1977.02.27"] [Round "2"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Vlastimil Hort"] [Black "Boris Spassky"] [ECO "E59"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "83"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 c5 5.Bd3 Nc6 6.Nf3 d5 7.O-O O-O 8.a3 Bxc3 9.bxc3 dxc4 10.Bxc4 Qc7 11.Bd3 e5 12.Qc2 Re8 13.dxe5 Nxe5 14.Nxe5 Qxe5 15.f3 Be6 16.Re1 Rad8 17.Rb1 c4 18.Bf1 b6 19.e4 Nd7 20.Be3 Nc5 21.Rbd1 f6 22.Rd4 b5 23.Rxd8 Rxd8 24.Rd1 Rc8 25.Bd4 Qc7 26.Qf2 Rd8 27.Be2 Nb3 28.Bxa7 Rxd1+ 29.Bxd1 Qd6 30.Be2 Qxa3 31.Qb6 Kf7 32.Qc7+ Qe7 33.Qxe7+ Kxe7 34.Kf2 Kd6 35.Ke3 Na5 36.f4 Nc6 37.Bd4 b4 38.cxb4 Nxb4 39.Kd2 Nd3 40.g3 Kc6 41.Kc3 Nc5 42.Bxc5 1/2-1/2 [Event "Spassky - Hort Candidates Quarterfinal"] [Site "Reykjavik ISL"] [Date "1977.03.03"] [EventDate "1977.02.27"] [Round "3"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Boris Spassky"] [Black "Vlastimil Hort"] [ECO "A25"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "79"] 1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.e3 d6 6.Nge2 f5 7.d4 e4 8.b4 Nf6 9.Rb1 Ne7 10.f3 exf3 11.Bxf3 O-O 12.O-O Kh8 13.b5 Neg8 14.Nf4 Re8 15.Rb2 Nh6 16.Bg2 Nf7 17.Nfd5 Nxd5 18.Bxd5 Qd7 19.Bg2 Ng5 20.h4 Ne6 21.g4 fxg4 22.Qxg4 Nxd4 23.Qxd7 Bxd7 24.exd4 Bxd4+ 25.Rbf2 Bxc3 26.Bxb7 Rab8 27.Rf7 Bd4+ 28.Kh2 Bf5 29.Rxc7 Re2+ 30.Kg3 Rxa2 31.Bf4 Rd8 32.Bd5 h5 33.Re7 a5 34.bxa6 Rxa6 35.Bg5 Rb8 36.Rxf5 gxf5 37.Kf4 Rf8 38.Bh6 Rg8 39.Kxf5 Rg1 40.Bg5 1-0 [Event "Spassky - Hort Candidates Quarterfinal"] [Site "Reykjavik ISL"] [Date "1977.03.06"] [EventDate "1977.02.27"] [Round "4"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Vlastimil Hort"] [Black "Boris Spassky"] [ECO "A25"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "52"] 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. e4 d6 6. Nge2 Nge7 7. d3 O-O 8. O-O Be6 9. h3 Qd7 10. Kh2 f5 11. Nd5 Rf7 12. Be3 Raf8 13. f4 Nd4 14. Nxd4 exd4 15. Bd2 Nc8 16. Qf3 c6 17. b3 g5 18. Qh5 fxe4 19. dxe4 gxf4 20. gxf4 cxd5 21. cxd5 Qb5 22. a4 Qxb3 23. Rfb1 Qc4 24. Rc1 Qb3 25. Rcb1 Qc4 26. Rc1 Qb3 1/2-1/2 [Event "Spassky - Hort Candidates Quarterfinal"] [Site "Reykjavik ISL"] [Date "1977.03.08"] [EventDate "1977.02.27"] [Round "5"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Boris Spassky"] [Black "Vlastimil Hort"] [ECO "C42"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "48"] 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.Qe2 Qe7 6.d3 Nf6 7.Bg5 Qxe2+ 8.Bxe2 Be7 9.Nc3 c6 10.O-O-O Na6 11.Rhe1 Nc7 12.Ne4 Nxe4 13.dxe4 Bxg5+ 14.Nxg5 Ke7 15.f4 Ne6 16.Nh3 Nc5 17.Nf2 Rd8 18.Bf3 f6 19.h4 Be6 20.g4 a5 21.a3 h6 22.h5 Rd7 23.Nh1 Re8 24.Ng3 Kd8 1/2-1/2 [Event "Spassky - Hort Candidates Quarterfinal"] [Site "Reykjavik ISL"] [Date "1977.03.10"] [EventDate "1977.02.27"] [Round "6"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Vlastimil Hort"] [Black "Boris Spassky"] [ECO "D55"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "88"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bg5 O-O 6.e3 h6 7.Bxf6 Bxf6 8.cxd5 exd5 9.Qd2 Be6 10.g3 c5 11.dxc5 Qa5 12.Rc1 Nd7 13.Bg2 Nxc5 14.O-O Na4 15.Nxa4 Qxa4 16.b3 Qa3 17.Rc7 Rfc8 18.Rfc1 Qb2 19.h4 Qxd2 20.Nxd2 Rxc7 21.Rxc7 Rb8 22.Nf3 Bd8 23.Rc1 Rc8 24.Rxc8 Bxc8 25.Nd4 Be6 26.e4 dxe4 27.Bxe4 Bf6 28.Nxe6 fxe6 29.Bxb7 Kf7 30.b4 Ke7 31.Kg2 Kd6 32.Kh3 Bc3 33.a3 Be1 34.f3 Kc7 35.Ba6 Kd6 36.Bc4 Ke5 37.Kg4 Kd6 38.b5 e5 39.a4 Kc5 40.Bd3 Kb4 41.Bc2 Kc5 42.Be4 Kb6 43.Kh3 Kc5 44.g4 g5 1/2-1/2 [Event "Spassky - Hort Candidates Quarterfinal"] [Site "Reykjavik ISL"] [Date "1977.03.13"] [EventDate "1977.02.27"] [Round "7"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Boris Spassky"] [Black "Vlastimil Hort"] [ECO "B08"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "55"] 1.e4 d6 2.d4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.Be2 O-O 6.O-O c6 7.a4 a5 8.h3 Na6 9.Be3 Nb4 10.Qd2 Qc7 11.Rad1 Re8 12.Rfe1 Bd7 13.e5 Nfd5 14.Nxd5 cxd5 15.c3 Nc6 16.exd6 exd6 17.Bh6 Nd8 18.Bxg7 Kxg7 19.Ra1 Ne6 20.Nh2 Qd8 21.Bf3 Nc7 22.Ng4 Rxe1+ 23.Qxe1 h5 24.Ne3 Qg5 25.Qc1 Bxh3 26.Nxd5 Qxc1+ 27.Rxc1 Nxd5 28.Bxd5 1/2-1/2 [Event "Spassky - Hort Candidates Quarterfinal"] [Site "Reykjavik ISL"] [Date "1977.03.15"] [EventDate "1977.02.27"] [Round "8"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Vlastimil Hort"] [Black "Boris Spassky"] [ECO "C64"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "50"] 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Bc5 4.O-O Nd4 5.Nxd4 Bxd4 6.c3 Bb6 7.d4 c6 8.Bc4 d6 9.Qb3 Qc7 10.dxe5 dxe5 11.a4 Nf6 12.a5 Bc5 13.Qc2 O-O 14.b4 Be7 15.Nd2 Bd7 16.Nb3 c5 17.b5 h6 18.Be3 Rad8 19.Rfd1 Bc8 20.f3 b6 21.Qa2 Rxd1+ 22.Rxd1 Ne8 23.Bd5 Nf6 24.Bc4 Ne8 25.Bd5 Nf6 1/2-1/2 [Event "Spassky - Hort Candidates Quarterfinal"] [Site "Reykjavik ISL"] [Date "1977.03.17"] [EventDate "1977.02.27"] [Round "9"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Boris Spassky"] [Black "Vlastimil Hort"] [ECO "B08"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "71"] 1.e4 d6 2.d4 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.Be2 O-O 6.O-O c6 7.a4 a5 8.h3 Na6 9.Bf4 Nc7 10.Re1 Ne6 11.Be3 Qc7 12.Bf1 Rd8 13.Qd2 Bd7 14.Bh6 Be8 15.Bxg7 Kxg7 16.Bc4 d5 17.Bb3 dxe4 18.Nxe4 Nd5 19.Rad1 Qf4 20.Qe2 b6 21.g3 Qh6 22.Qf1 Rab8 23.Nc3 Nxc3 24.bxc3 Ng5 25.Nxg5 Qxg5 26.Re5 Qf6 27.Qe2 e6 28.Rd3 Rd6 29.Rf3 Qe7 30.Rf4 Rbd8 31.Qe3 Kg8 32.Kh2 Bd7 33.c4 c5 34.dxc5 bxc5 35.Qxc5 Bc6 36.c3 1/2-1/2 [Event "Spassky - Hort Candidates Quarterfinal"] [Site "Reykjavik ISL"] [Date "1977.03.20"] [EventDate "1977.02.27"] [Round "10"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Vlastimil Hort"] [Black "Boris Spassky"] [ECO "C69"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "67"] 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Bxc6 dxc6 5.O-O Qd6 6.Na3 b5 7.c4 Nf6 8.Qe2 Bg4 9.Rd1 Be7 10.d3 Qe6 11.b3 Nh5 12.Nc2 Qf6 13.h3 Bxf3 14.Qxf3 Qxf3 15.gxf3 O-O-O 16.Be3 f5 17.cxb5 cxb5 18.a4 b4 19.d4 exd4 20.Nxd4 Bf6 21.exf5 Rd5 22.Nc6 Rxf5 23.Rac1 Nf4 24.Rc4 Nd5 25.Bd4 Re8 26.Bxf6 gxf6 27.Kf1 a5 28.Re4 Kd7 29.Nxa5 Rg8 30.Rxb4 h5 31.h4 c6 32.Rc4 Rc8 33.b4 Ra8 34.Rc5 1-0 [Event "Spassky - Hort Candidates Quarterfinal"] [Site "Reykjavik ISL"] [Date "1977.03.22"] [EventDate "1977.02.27"] [Round "11"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Boris Spassky"] [Black "Vlastimil Hort"] [ECO "A19"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "28"] 1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e6 3.e4 c5 4.e5 Ng8 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.d4 cxd4 7.Nxd4 Nxe5 8.Ndb5 a6 9.Nd6+ Bxd6 10.Qxd6 f6 11.b3 Ne7 12.Bb2 O-O 13.O-O-O Nf7 14.Qg3 Nf5 1/2-1/2 [Event "Spassky - Hort Candidates Quarterfinal"] [Site "Reykjavik ISL"] [Date "1977.03.27"] [EventDate "1977.02.27"] [Round "12"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Vlastimil Hort"] [Black "Boris Spassky"] [ECO "C85"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "79"] 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Bxc6 dxc6 7.d3 Nd7 8.Nbd2 O-O 9.Nc4 f6 10.Nh4 Nc5 11.Qf3 Ne6 12.Nf5 Nd4 13.Nxd4 Qxd4 14.Be3 Qd8 15.Na5 Bb4 16.Nb3 Bd6 17.Qe2 Qe7 18.f3 a5 19.a4 Be6 20.Nd2 Bc5 21.Qf2 Bxe3 22.Qxe3 Qb4 23.b3 Rfd8 24.Rfc1 Rd7 25.Nf1 b6 26.Ng3 Qd4 27.Qxd4 Rxd4 28.Ne2 Rd7 29.Kf2 c5 30.Nc3 Rf8 31.Re1 g5 32.g3 Rg7 33.Re3 Kf7 34.Rh1 Rfg8 35.Ree1 h5 36.Nd1 h4 37.Ne3 Rh7 38.Ng2 Bh3 39.Ne3 Be6 40.Ng2 1/2-1/2 [Event "Spassky - Hort Candidates Quarterfinal"] [Site "Reykjavik ISL"] [Date "1977.04.09"] [EventDate "1977.02.27"] [Round "13"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Vlastimil Hort"] [Black "Boris Spassky"] [ECO "A37"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "80"] 1.c4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.Nc3 d6 6.O-O Nh6 7.a3 O-O 8.Rb1 Rb8 9.b4 Nf5 10.e3 Bd7 11.Qe2 e6 12.Rd1 b6 13.b5 Na5 14.Bb2 Bc8 15.d3 Bb7 16.Qc2 Qe7 17.Ne2 Bxb2 18.Qxb2 Rbd8 19.Nf4 Rfe8 20.h4 d5 21.cxd5 exd5 22.Re1 Ng7 23.Qc3 h6 24.d4 c4 25.Qb4 Qf6 26.Ne5 Ne6 27.Ne2 h5 28.Rbd1 Kg7 29.Qc3 Qe7 30.Qb4 f6 31.Nf3 Nb3 32.Nc3 Nc7 33.Nd2 Na5 34.Qxe7+ Rxe7 35.Bh3 Bc8 36.Bxc8 Rxc8 37.f3 Rd7 38.Kf2 Kf7 39.a4 Ne6 40.Rb1 Rcd8 1/2-1/2 [Event "Spassky - Hort Candidates Quarterfinal"] [Site "Reykjavik ISL"] [Date "1977.04.11"] [EventDate "1977.02.27"] [Round "14"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Boris Spassky"] [Black "Vlastimil Hort"] [ECO "C43"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "113"] 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.d4 Nxe4 4.Bd3 d5 5.Nxe5 Be7 6.Nd2 Nxd2 7.Bxd2 Nc6 8.Nxc6 bxc6 9.O-O O-O 10.Qh5 g6 11.Qh6 Rb8 12.b3 Bf6 13.c3 Re8 14.Rfe1 Rxe1+ 15.Rxe1 Be6 16.Qf4 Be7 17.Qg3 Bd6 18.Bf4 Bxf4 19.Qxf4 Qd6 20.Qf6 Bd7 21.Qxd6 cxd6 22.Re7 Rd8 23.Kf1 Kg7 24.Ke2 Kf6 25.Re3 Re8 26.Rxe8 Bxe8 27.b4 Bd7 28.Ba6 Ke7 29.h4 h6 30.Ke3 g5 31.hxg5 hxg5 32.a4 f6 33.f3 Kd8 34.Bd3 Ke7 35.Ba6 Kd8 36.a5 Bf5 37.Bd3 Be6 38.f4 Bg4 39.Bc2 Kd7 40.Bd3 Kc7 41.Kf2 Kb7 42.fxg5 fxg5 43.Kg3 Be6 44.Be2 Bf5 45.Bg4 Bg6 46.Bd7 Bh5 47.Bf5 Kc7 48.Kf2 Bf7 49.Kf3 Bh5+ 50.Ke3 Bf7 51.Kf3 Bh5+ 52.Bg4 Bf7 53.Kg3 Kb7 54.Bd7 Bh5 55.b5 cxb5 56.Bxb5 Kc7 57.Kf2 1/2-1/2 [Event "Spassky - Hort Candidates Quarterfinal"] [Site "Reykjavik ISL"] [Date "1977.04.17"] [EventDate "1977.02.27"] [Round "15"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Boris Spassky"] [Black "Vlastimil Hort"] [ECO "E14"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "69"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.e3 Bb7 5.Bd3 d5 6.O-O Nbd7 7.b3 Be7 8.Bb2 O-O 9.Nc3 c5 10.Qe2 Rc8 11.Rfd1 Qc7 12.Rac1 Rfe8 13.cxd5 exd5 14.Bf5 g6 15.Bh3 Rcd8 16.Na4 Ne4 17.dxc5 bxc5 18.Bxd7 Qxd7 19.Ne5 Qc7 20.f3 Nf6 21.Nd3 c4 22.Ndc5 Bc6 23.Bd4 Bb5 24.Qf2 Nd7 25.Nxd7 Bxd7 26.Nc3 Bf5 27.e4 dxe4 28.Nxe4 Bxe4 29.fxe4 c3 30.Rf1 Bb4 31.Bxa7 Rd2 32.Qe3 Ra8 33.Bb6 Qd7 34.a4 c2 35.Bc5 1-0 [Event "Spassky - Hort Candidates Quarterfinal"] [Site "Reykjavik ISL"] [Date "1977.04.19"] [EventDate "1977.02.27"] [Round "16"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Vlastimil Hort"] [Black "Boris Spassky"] [ECO "C69"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "124"] 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Bxc6 dxc6 5.O-O Bg4 6.h3 h5 7.d3 Qf6 8.Nbd2 Ne7 9.Nc4 Bxf3 10.Qxf3 Qxf3 11.gxf3 Ng6 12.Be3 Be7 13.Kh1 Bf6 14.a4 O-O-O 15.a5 Nh4 16.Nd2 Ng6 17.Rad1 Nf4 18.Bxf4 exf4 19.Nc4 g5 20.Kg2 Rh6 21.Rfe1 c5 22.c3 Bg7 23.Rg1 Rg6 24.Kf1 b5 25.axb6 cxb6 26.Ke2 b5 27.Na5 Kc7 28.Nb3 Kb6 29.Ra1 Bf8 30.Ra2 Be7 31.Rga1 Ra8 32.Ra5 Rc6 33.Kd2 Bf6 34.Kc2 c4 35.Nc1 cxd3 36.Nxd3 Be7 37.e5 h4 38.b4 Kb7 39.R5a3 Rd8 40.Rd1 Rdc8 41.Kb2 Re6 42.Raa1 Kb6 43.Rac1 Rc7 44.Kb3 Rec6 45.Nb2 a5 46.bxa5 Kxa5 47.Rd5 Kb6 48.c4 Rc5 49.Rxc5 Rxc5 50.Nd3 bxc4 51.Rxc4 Rd5 52.Kc3 Bc5 53.Ra4 Kb5 54.Re4 Rd7 55.e6 fxe6 56.Re5 Rd5 57.Rxe6 Bd4+ 58.Kc2 Rd8 59.Ne5 Bxe5 60.Rxe5+ Kc4 61.Rxg5 Rd3 62.Rc5+ Kxc5 1/2-1/2 [Event "Portisch - Larsen Candidates Quarterfinal"] [Site "Rotterdam NED"] [Date "1977.02.26"] [EventDate "1977.02.26"] [Round "1"] [Result "0-1"] [White "Bent Larsen"] [Black "Lajos Portisch"] [ECO "B25"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "132"] 1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.d3 d6 6.f4 e5 7.Nf3 Nge7 8.O-O O-O 9.Be3 Nd4 10.Qd2 exf4 11.Bxf4 Nxf3+ 12.Rxf3 Qb6 13.Rb1 Be6 14.Bg5 Nc6 15.Be3 Ne5 16.Rff1 Ng4 17.Bf4 c4 18.Kh1 cxd3 19.cxd3 Bd4 20.h3 Ne3 21.Rfe1 Nxg2 22.Kxg2 Qc6 23.Be3 Bh8 24.Rbc1 Qd7 25.Kh2 a6 26.Qg2 Rac8 27.d4 Qd8 28.d5 Bd7 29.Bf4 Qe7 30.Qd2 Be5 31.Rf1 Rce8 32.Rce1 f6 33.a3 h5 34.Ne2 g5 35.Bxe5 Qxe5 36.Nd4 h4 37.Rg1 Kf7 38.Nf3 hxg3 39.Rxg3 Qf4 40.Rf1 Qxd2+ 41.Nxd2 Rc8 42.Rxg5 Rh8 43.e5 dxe5 44.Ne4 Rc2+ 45.Kg1 Rh6 46.Rg3 f5 47.b4 b6 48.Ng5+ Ke7 49.Nf3 Kf6 50.Rg8 Rxh3 51.Rb8 f4 52.Rxb6+ Kf5 53.Rf2 Rg3+ 54.Kf1 Bb5+ 55.Ke1 Rxf2 56.Kxf2 Ke4 57.Nd2+ Kxd5 58.a4 Bd3 59.Rf6 Re3 60.Nb3 Re2+ 61.Kg1 Rb2 62.Nc5 Be2 63.Rb6 Kd4 64.Nd7 Bf3 65.Re6 Ke3 66.Rxe5+ Be4 0-1 [Event "Portisch - Larsen Candidates Quarterfinal"] [Site "Rotterdam NED"] [Date "1977.02.28"] [EventDate "1977.02.26"] [Round "2"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Lajos Portisch"] [Black "Bent Larsen"] [ECO "D37"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "39"] 1.c4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.d4 Nbd7 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Bg5 Be7 7.e3 O-O 8.Bd3 c6 9.Qc2 Re8 10.O-O Nf8 11.Rae1 Be6 12.Ne5 N6d7 13.Bxe7 Rxe7 14.Nxd7 Qxd7 15.b4 Rc8 16.Rc1 Qd6 17.Qb1 Rec7 18.Ne2 g6 19.Rc3 Nd7 20.Nf4 1/2-1/2 [Event "Portisch - Larsen Candidates Quarterfinal"] [Site "Rotterdam NED"] [Date "1977.03.02"] [EventDate "1977.02.26"] [Round "3"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Bent Larsen"] [Black "Lajos Portisch"] [ECO "B47"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "171"] 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.Be2 b6 7.Be3 Bb7 8.Qd2 Nxd4 9.Bxd4 a6 10.Rd1 Nf6 11.Qe3 Bc5 12.O-O O-O 13.e5 Nd5 14.Nxd5 Bxd5 15.c4 Bxd4 16.Rxd4 Bc6 17.Qg3 f6 18.exf6 Qxg3 19.hxg3 Rxf6 20.Bf3 Bxf3 21.gxf3 Rxf3 22.Rxd7 Rc8 23.Rc1 Rc6 24.Ra7 a5 25.Rd1 Rxc4 26.Kg2 Rf6 27.Rd8+ Rf8 28.Rdd7 Rg4 29.Rdb7 h5 30.Rxb6 Rg5 31.Rxe6 h4 32.Re2 hxg3 33.fxg3 Rd8 34.Rae7 Rd3 35.R7e3 Rdd5 36.b3 Rc5 37.Re8+ Kh7 38.R8e4 Rc3 39.R4e3 Rcc5 40.Kf2 Kg8 41.Rd2 Rg4 42.Rd8+ Kh7 43.a3 Rgg5 44.Rd4 Rgf5+ 45.Ke2 Rg5 46.Rh4+ Kg8 47.Rc4 Rcd5 48.Rf4 Rd6 49.Rfe4 Rdg6 50.Kf2 Rf6+ 51.Rf3 Rb6 52.Ke2 Rgb5 53.Ree3 Rd5 54.Rd3 Rh5 55.Ke3 Re6+ 56.Kd2 Rc6 57.Rc3 Rd6+ 58.Rfd3 Rb6 59.Rc8+ Kh7 60.Rc4 Rg5 61.Rh4+ Kg8 62.Rd8+ Kf7 63.Rf4+ Kg6 64.Rd3 Kh7 65.g4 Rgb5 66.Kc2 Kg6 67.Rfd4 Kg5 68.a4 Rc5+ 69.Kb2 Rbc6 70.Rh3 g6 71.Rh8 Rc2+ 72.Ka3 R6c5 73.Rb8 Kh4 74.Rb5 g5 75.Rd5 Rxd5 76.Rxd5 Kxg4 77.Rxa5 Rc8 78.Rd5 Kf4 79.a5 g4 80.Rd1 g3 81.b4 g2 82.b5 Ke5 83.b6 Rd8 84.b7 Rxd1 85.b8=Q+ Ke4 86.Qe8+ 1-0 [Event "Portisch - Larsen Candidates Quarterfinal"] [Site "Rotterdam NED"] [Date "1977.03.04"] [EventDate "1977.02.26"] [Round "4"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Lajos Portisch"] [Black "Bent Larsen"] [ECO "D37"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "159"] 1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.d4 Nbd7 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Bg5 Be7 7.e3 O-O 8.Bd3 c6 9.Qc2 Re8 10.h3 Nf8 11.Bf4 Ng6 12.Bh2 Bd6 13.Bxd6 Qxd6 14.O-O-O Qe7 15.g4 Be6 16.g5 Ne4 17.Bxe4 dxe4 18.Qxe4 b5 19.h4 b4 20.Na4 Qd6 21.h5 Bd5 22.Qg4 Nf8 23.b3 Qe6 24.Qf4 Nd7 25.Rhe1 Bxb3 26.axb3 Qxb3 27.Nb2 Qa2 28.Qf5 c5 29.Qxd7 cxd4 30.Rxd4 Rac8+ 31.Rc4 Rxc4+ 32.Nxc4 Qxc4+ 33.Kd2 Qa2+ 34.Kd1 Rf8 35.Qd2 Qa5 36.Ke2 Rd8 37.Nd4 Qxg5 38.Qxb4 Qxh5+ 39.Nf3 h6 40.Ra1 Rc8 41.Qb1 a5 42.Ra4 Qc5 43.Nd4 Qh5+ 44.Kd2 Qh4 45.Qf5 Rb8 46.Ra2 h5 47.Qf4 Qd8 48.Ke2 Qb6 49.Qf5 Qa6+ 50.Qd3 Qa8 51.Qc4 Qe4 52.Qc6 Qb1 53.Qc2 Qb6 54.Nf3 Rd8 55.Nd4 Rb8 56.Qd3 g6 57.Rc2 Qb1 58.Nf3 Qb7 59.Ne5 Rc8 60.Rd2 h4 61.Qd5 Qa6+ 62.Kf3 Qf6+ 63.Kg2 Qf5 64.Nf3 Qf6 65.Qxa5 h3 66.Kg3 Qc6 67.Rd8+ Rxd8 68.Qxd8+ Kg7 69.Qh4 f6 70.Qxh3 Qd6+ 71.Kg2 Qd5 72.Qg4 Qc6 73.Kg3 Qc1 74.Qd7+ Kh6 75.Kg2 Qa1 76.Qe8 g5 77.Nd4 Qb1 78.e4 g4 79.Nf5+ Kg5 80.Ne3 1-0 [Event "Portisch - Larsen Candidates Quarterfinal"] [Site "Rotterdam NED"] [Date "1977.03.08"] [EventDate "1977.02.26"] [Round "5"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Bent Larsen"] [Black "Lajos Portisch"] [ECO "C50"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "153"] 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.d3 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Bg5 h6 7.Bxf6 Qxf6 8.Nd5 Qd8 9.c3 Ne7 10.Ne3 O-O 11.O-O Ng6 12.d4 Bb6 13.dxe5 dxe5 14.Qxd8 Rxd8 15.Rad1 Re8 16.Rfe1 Nf8 17.Nd5 c6 18.Nxb6 axb6 19.Re3 Ng6 20.a3 Kf8 21.h3 f6 22.Kh2 Ke7 23.Bb3 Be6 24.Bxe6 Kxe6 25.Red3 Ra4 26.Rd7 Re7 27.R7d6+ Kf7 28.Nd2 Re6 29.Rxe6 Kxe6 30.f3 Ke7 31.Nf1 Nf4 32.Ne3 g6 33.g3 Ne6 34.Ng2 Ra8 35.Nh4 Nf8 36.Kg2 Rd8 37.Rxd8 Kxd8 38.Kf2 Ke7 39.Ke3 Kf7 40.Ng2 Nd7 41.Ne1 Ke6 42.Nd3 b5 43.h4 Kd6 44.g4 Nc5 45.Nf2 Ne6 46.h5 gxh5 47.gxh5 Nf4 48.Ng4 Nxh5 49.Nxh6 Nf4 50.Nf5+ Kd7 51.Kd2 Ng2 52.Ng3 Nf4 53.Nh1 Nh3 54.Ke3 Nf4 55.Nf2 Kd6 56.Kd2 Ne6 57.Nd3 c5 58.b4 b6 59.Ke3 Ng7 60.Nf2 f5 61.Kd2 fxe4 62.fxe4 Ne6 63.Ng4 Nf4 64.Kc2 Ne6 65.Nh6 Ng5 66.Kd3 c4 67.Ke3 Ke7 68.Ng4 Ke6 69.Nf2 Kd6 70.Nd1 Kd7 71.Nf2 Kd6 72.Nh1 Ke7 73.Ng3 Kf7 74.Nf1 Ke6 75.Nd2 Nf7 76.Kf3 Ng5+ 77.Ke3 1/2-1/2 [Event "Portisch - Larsen Candidates Quarterfinal"] [Site "Rotterdam NED"] [Date "1977.03.11"] [EventDate "1977.02.26"] [Round "6"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Lajos Portisch"] [Black "Bent Larsen"] [ECO "D37"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "101"] 1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.d4 Nbd7 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Bg5 Be7 7.e3 O-O 8.Bd3 c6 9.Qc2 Re8 10.O-O Nf8 11.Rae1 Be6 12.Qb1 a5 13.a3 N6d7 14.Bxe7 Rxe7 15.b4 axb4 16.Qxb4 Nb6 17.a4 Nc8 18.Ra1 Nd6 19.a5 Bf5 20.Bxf5 Nxf5 21.Rfb1 Nd6 22.Nd2 Ne6 23.Qb6 Qc8 24.Nxd5 Rd7 25.Nc3 Nf5 26.Nf3 Ra6 27.Qb2 Nd6 28.Na4 Qe8 29.Nb6 Rd8 30.Qc2 h6 31.Nc4 Nb5 32.Rd1 Qe7 33.h3 Nec7 34.Rab1 Nd5 35.Rb3 Qe6 36.Nfe5 Raa8 37.Nd3 Qg6 38.Rc1 Qg5 39.Kh2 Re8 40.Nc5 Ra7 41.Rd1 h5 42.e4 Nxd4 43.Rxd4 Nf4 44.Ne3 Nxg2 45.Nxg2 Qe5+ 46.f4 Qxd4 47.Rg3 Qb4 48.e5 Qxa5 49.Nd7 h4 50.Nf6+ Kf8 51.Rxg7 1-0 [Event "Portisch - Larsen Candidates Quarterfinal"] [Site "Rotterdam NED"] [Date "1977.03.16"] [EventDate "1977.02.26"] [Round "7"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Bent Larsen"] [Black "Lajos Portisch"] [ECO "C69"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "127"] 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Bxc6 dxc6 5.O-O Qd6 6.d4 exd4 7.Nxd4 Bd7 8.Be3 O-O-O 9.Nd2 Nh6 10.h3 Qg6 11.Qf3 f5 12.Rad1 fxe4 13.Qxe4 Qxe4 14.Nxe4 Nf7 15.Rfe1 Re8 16.Bd2 c5 17.Nf3 Be7 18.Nfg5 Bxg5 19.Nxg5 Nxg5 20.Bxg5 Rxe1+ 21.Rxe1 Re8 22.Be3 Bf5 23.c4 b5 24.Rc1 bxc4 25.Rxc4 Re5 26.Bxc5 Be6 27.Rc1 Bxa2 28.Bd6 Re6 29.Rxc7+ Kd8 30.Bg3 Re7 31.Rc6 Re6 32.Rc1 Ke8 33.f3 Bd5 34.Rc5 Bc6 35.Be5 g6 36.Kf2 h5 37.g4 hxg4 38.hxg4 Bb7 39.Bc3 Rc6 40.Ra5 Rd6 41.Ke3 Rd7 42.Bb4 Kf7 43.Rc5 Kf6 44.Bc3+ Kf7 45.Rc4 Bd5 46.Ra4 Bb7 47.Rb4 Bd5 48.Kf2 Re7 49.Rd4 Ke6 50.Ra4 Ra7 51.Kg3 Bc6 52.Ra1 Rf7 53.f4 Bb5 54.Re1+ Kd6 55.Kh4 Kd5 56.Kg5 Bd3 57.Re5+ Kc4 58.Re3 Rb7 59.Rxd3 Kxd3 60.Kxg6 Rb6+ 61.Kf5 Rh6 62.g5 Rh5 63.Kg6 Rh2 64.f5 1-0 [Event "Portisch - Larsen Candidates Quarterfinal"] [Site "Rotterdam NED"] [Date "1977.03.21"] [EventDate "1977.02.26"] [Round "8"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Lajos Portisch"] [Black "Bent Larsen"] [ECO "A21"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "107"] 1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 d6 3.Nf3 f5 4.d4 e4 5.Ng5 Be7 6.Nh3 c5 7.dxc5 dxc5 8.Qxd8+ Bxd8 9.Nb5 Ba5+ 10.Bd2 Bxd2+ 11.Kxd2 Na6 12.e3 Nf6 13.Be2 Ke7 14.a3 Bd7 15.Rhc1 Rhg8 16.f4 b6 17.Nc3 Nc7 18.b4 Rgb8 19.Nf2 Nce8 20.g4 Nd6 21.gxf5 Bxf5 22.bxc5 bxc5 23.Nb5 Nf7 24.Rab1 Rb6 25.Rg1 g6 26.Kc2 Bd7 27.Ng4 Nxg4 28.Bxg4 Bc6 29.h4 Nh6 30.Bh3 Rd8 31.Rgd1 Rdb8 32.a4 a6 33.a5 R6b7 34.Nc3 Rxb1 35.Rxb1 Rxb1 36.Nxb1 Kf6 37.Bc8 Nf5 38.Kd2 Nxh4 39.Bxa6 Nf5 40.Nc3 Ke7 41.Bb5 Ba8 42.a6 Kd8 43.Na4 Kc7 44.Nxc5 h5 45.Ne6+ Kb6 46.Nd4 Nh4 47.Ke2 Nf3 48.Kf2 Nd2 49.Ne6 h4 50.Ng5 Bc6 51.Bxc6 Kxc6 52.c5 Kc7 53.Nf7 Nb3 54.Nd6 1-0 [Event "Portisch - Larsen Candidates Quarterfinal"] [Site "Rotterdam NED"] [Date "1977.03.23"] [EventDate "1977.02.26"] [Round "9"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Bent Larsen"] [Black "Lajos Portisch"] [ECO "C69"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "125"] 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Bxc6 dxc6 5.O-O f6 6.d4 Bg4 7.c3 Bd6 8.dxe5 fxe5 9.Qb3 Bxf3 10.gxf3 b6 11.Qc4 Ne7 12.Be3 b5 13.Qe6 Qd7 14.Qg4 Ng6 15.Nd2 Qe7 16.Kh1 O-O 17.Rg1 Nf4 18.a4 Rf6 19.Qh4 Raf8 20.axb5 axb5 21.Bxf4 Rxf4 22.Qxe7 Bxe7 23.Ra7 Rd8 24.Nb3 Rxf3 25.Rxc7 Bf8 26.Kg2 Rf6 27.Rf1 Rd3 28.Na5 Rdd6 29.b3 h6 30.c4 bxc4 31.Nxc4 Rde6 32.Ne3 Rf4 33.f3 Rg6+ 34.Kf2 Bc5 35.Ke2 Rh4 36.Ng4 Bd4 37.Rc8+ Kh7 38.Rh1 h5 39.Ne3 c5 40.Rf8 Rh3 41.Rf7 Kg8 42.Rc7 Rf6 43.Nf5 g6 44.Rc6 Rxc6 45.Ne7+ Kf7 46.Nxc6 g5 47.b4 cxb4 48.Nxb4 Kf6 49.Nd5+ Ke6 50.Nc7+ Kf7 51.Nb5 Bc5 52.Nc7 Kf6 53.Nd5+ Kg6 54.Rc1 Rxh2+ 55.Kd3 Bd4 56.Rc6+ Kf7 57.Rf6+ Ke8 58.Rf5 g4 59.fxg4 h4 60.Rh5 Kf7 61.Rf5+ Ke8 62.Rh5 Kf7 63.Rf5+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "Portisch - Larsen Candidates Quarterfinal"] [Site "Rotterdam NED"] [Date "1977.03.26"] [EventDate "1977.02.26"] [Round "10"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Lajos Portisch"] [Black "Bent Larsen"] [ECO "E62"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "59"] 1.Nf3 g6 2.c4 Bg7 3.d4 Nf6 4.g3 O-O 5.Bg2 d6 6.Nc3 c6 7.O-O Bf5 8.Nh4 Bd7 9.e4 e5 10.Nf3 Re8 11.h3 Na6 12.Re1 exd4 13.Nxd4 Qb6 14.Nb3 Rad8 15.Be3 c5 16.Bg5 Be6 17.Qf3 Nd7 18.Bxd8 Rxd8 19.Nd5 Bxd5 20.exd5 Bxb2 21.Rab1 Bg7 22.Nd2 Qa5 23.Rxb7 Qxd2 24.Re7 f5 25.Rbxd7 Rxd7 26.Rxd7 Qxa2 27.Qe3 Qa1+ 28.Kh2 Qe5 29.Qxe5 Bxe5 30.f4 1-0 [Event "Korchnoi - Polugaevsky Candidates Semifinal"] [Site "Évian-les-Bains FRA"] [Date "1977.07.02"] [EventDate "1977.07.02"] [Round "1"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Viktor Korchnoi"] [Black "Lev Polugaevsky"] [ECO "A17"] [WhiteElo "2645"] [BlackElo "2620"] [PlyCount "119"] 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. e4 Bb7 5. Bd3 c5 6. e5 Ng4 7. h3 Bxf3 8. Qxf3 Nxe5 9. Qxa8 Nxd3+ 10. Ke2 Nf4+ 11. Kf1 Nc6 12. Qxd8+ Kxd8 13. b3 Nd3 14. h4 Be7 15. Rh3 Nxc1 16. Rxc1 h5 17. Rd1 a6 18. a3 Kc7 19. Ne2 Bf6 20. Rb1 b5 21. Nc3 Rb8 22. cxb5 axb5 23. Ne4 Bd4 24. Rc1 Ra8 25. Nxc5 Rxa3 26. Rd3 e5 27. f4 d6 28. Ne4 Kd7 29. fxe5 Bxe5 30. Ng5 Nb4 31. Rf3 f6 32. Nf7 Bd4 33. Rg3 f5 34. Ke2 Bf6 35. Ng5 Nc6 36. Kd1 Nd4 37. Rgc3 Ra7 38. Nf3 Ne6 39. Rc8 Ra3 40. Rb8 Rxb3 41. Rb7+ Kd8 42. Ng5 Bxg5 43. hxg5 Rb4 44. g6 Rg4 45. Ra1 Nc7 46. Raa7 Rc4 47. d3 Rc3 48. Kd2 Rc5 49. Rb8+ Ke7 50. Rc8 Kd7 51. Rg8 Ke6 52. Rxg7 Nd5 53. Rgf7 Rc8 54. g7 Rg8 55. g3 b4 56. Rf8 Nf6 57. Kc2 h4 58. gxh4 f4 59. h5 f3 60. h6 1-0 [Event "Korchnoi - Polugaevsky Candidates Semifinal"] [Site "Évian-les-Bains FRA"] [Date "1977.07.04"] [EventDate "1977.07.02"] [Round "2"] [Result "0-1"] [White "Lev Polugaevsky"] [Black "Viktor Korchnoi"] [ECO "E19"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "80"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Nc3 Ne4 8. Qc2 Nxc3 9. Qxc3 f5 10. b3 Bf6 11. Bb2 Nc6 12. Rad1 Ne7 13. Ne1 Bxg2 14. Nxg2 g5 15. Qc2 Ng6 16. e4 f4 17. e5 Bg7 18. Qe4 Qe7 19. Rd3 Rad8 20. Re1 d5 21. exd6 Qxd6 22. Red1 Qe7 23. Ne1 Qf6 24. R1d2 Qf5 25. Qxf5 exf5 26. Ng2 g4 27. Nxf4 Nxf4 28. gxf4 Bh6 29. Re2 Bxf4 30. Re6 Rfe8 31. Rf6 Re1+ 32. Kg2 Rf8 33. Rxf8+ Kxf8 34. d5 Bd6 35. Bc3 Rc1 36. Bd2 Rc2 37. a4 f4 38. h3 f3+ 39. Kf1 h5 40. hxg4 hxg4 0-1 [Event "Korchnoi - Polugaevsky Candidates Semifinal"] [Site "Évian-les-Bains FRA"] [Date "1977.07.06"] [EventDate "1977.07.02"] [Round "3"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Viktor Korchnoi"] [Black "Lev Polugaevsky"] [ECO "D47"] [WhiteElo "2645"] [BlackElo "2620"] [PlyCount "125"] 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. d4 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3 Bb7 9. O-O b4 10. Ne4 Be7 11. Nxf6+ Nxf6 12. e4 O-O 13. e5 Nd7 14. Qc2 h6 15. Bh7+ Kh8 16. Be4 Qb6 17. Be3 c5 18. dxc5 Bxc5 19. Rad1 Bxe3 20. Rxd7 Rac8 21. Rxb7 Rxc2 22. Rxb6 Rxf2 23. Rxf2 Bxb6 24. Kf1 Bxf2 25. Kxf2 Rc8 26. Nd4 Rc1 27. Nb3 Rh1 28. h3 Kg8 29. a3 bxa3 30. bxa3 Kf8 31. a4 Ke8 32. a5 Kd7 33. Ke2 Kc7 34. Kd2 Rf1 35. Ke2 Rh1 36. Kd2 Rf1 37. Kc3 Re1 38. Nc5 Ra1 39. Kb4 Re1 40. Kb5 Kb8 41. Ka6 h5 42. Bf3 h4 43. Ne4 Re3 44. Nd6 f6 45. exf6 gxf6 46. Nb5 e5 47. Nxa7 e4 48. Bg4 Kc7 49. Nb5+ Kc6 50. Nd4+ Kc5 51. Nf5 Ra3 52. Nxh4 Kb4 53. Kb6 Rxa5 54. Nf5 Re5 55. Kc6 Kc3 56. Ng3 Kd2 57. Kd6 Ke1 58. Nh5 e3 59. Nxf6 Ra5 60. Ne4 e2 61. Bf3 Ra6+ 62. Kc5 Ra5+ 63. Kb4 1-0 [Event "Korchnoi - Polugaevsky Candidates Semifinal"] [Site "Évian-les-Bains FRA"] [Date "1977.07.11"] [EventDate "1977.07.02"] [Round "4"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Lev Polugaevsky"] [Black "Viktor Korchnoi"] [ECO "A40"] [WhiteElo "2620"] [BlackElo "2645"] [PlyCount "66"] 1. d4 e6 2. g3 c5 3. Nf3 cxd4 4. Nxd4 d5 5. Bg2 Nf6 6. O-O e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. c4 Nc6 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. N1d2 Be7 11. Ne4 b6 12. Nc3 Ncb4 13. Bd2 Rc8 14. Qb1 O-O 15. Rd1 Qc7 16. Nxd5 Nxd5 17. Rc1 Qd7 18. Qe4 f5 19. Qb1 e4 20. Nd4 Bf6 21. Nxe6 Qxe6 22. Be1 Kh8 23. a4 Qe5 24. Ra2 Bg5 25. Rd1 Rc6 26. Ra3 Rfc8 27. e3 Bf6 28. Rb3 Qe6 29. Bf1 h5 30. a5 Nc7 31. Rb4 bxa5 32. Ra4 Rb8 33. Qa2 Qxa2 1/2-1/2 [Event "Korchnoi - Polugaevsky Candidates Semifinal"] [Site "Évian-les-Bains FRA"] [Date "1977.07.13"] [EventDate "1977.07.02"] [Round "5"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Viktor Korchnoi"] [Black "Lev Polugaevsky"] [ECO "D47"] [WhiteElo "2645"] [BlackElo "2620"] [PlyCount "79"] 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. d4 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3 Bb7 9. O-O b4 10. Ne4 Be7 11. Nxf6+ Nxf6 12. e4 Rc8 13. Qa4 a5 14. Rd1 O-O 15. e5 Nd7 16. Be3 Qc7 17. Bg5 Nb6 18. Qc2 h6 19. Bxe7 Qxe7 20. Bh7+ Kh8 21. Be4 Ba6 22. Rac1 Bc4 23. Nd2 Bd5 24. Nb3 a4 25. Nc5 Bxa2 26. Nxa4 Nxa4 27. Qxa4 Bd5 28. Bxd5 cxd5 29. Qb5 f6 30. Qe2 b3 31. g3 fxe5 32. Rxc8 Rxc8 33. Qxe5 Qf7 34. Rd3 Rc2 35. Qe3 Rxb2 36. Rxb3 Rxb3 37. Qxb3 Qf5 38. Qe3 Kg8 39. Kg2 Kf7 40. h3 1/2-1/2 [Event "Korchnoi - Polugaevsky Candidates Semifinal"] [Site "Évian-les-Bains FRA"] [Date "1977.07.16"] [EventDate "1977.07.02"] [Round "6"] [Result "0-1"] [White "Lev Polugaevsky"] [Black "Viktor Korchnoi"] [ECO "A10"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "118"] 1. d4 e6 2. c4 b6 3. e4 Bb7 4. Qc2 Qh4 5. Nd2 Bb4 6. Bd3 f5 7. Nf3 Bxd2+ 8. Kf1 Qh5 9. Bxd2 Nf6 10. exf5 Bxf3 11. gxf3 Nc6 12. Bc3 O-O 13. Re1 Qh3+ 14. Ke2 Rae8 15. Kd1 e5 16. dxe5 Nxe5 17. Be2 Nxf3 18. Qd3 Rxe2 19. Rxe2 Qg2 20. Rhe1 Nxe1 21. Kxe1 Qxh2 22. Re7 Qg1+ 23. Ke2 Qg4+ 24. Ke1 h5 25. Qg3 Qxg3 26. fxg3 Rf7 27. Bxf6 gxf6 28. Re8+ Kg7 29. Kf2 Kh6 30. b4 Kg5 31. Ra8 Kxf5 32. Rxa7 d6 33. a4 Ke6 34. a5 bxa5 35. Rxa5 f5 36. c5 Rh7 37. cxd6 cxd6 38. b5 h4 39. gxh4 Rxh4 40. Ra8 Rb4 41. Rb8 Kd5 42. Kf3 Rb3+ 43. Kf4 Kc5 44. Rc8+ Kxb5 45. Kxf5 Re3 46. Kf4 Re1 47. Rd8 Kc5 48. Rc8+ Kd4 49. Kf3 d5 50. Kf2 Re5 51. Ra8 Kc3 52. Ra3+ Kb4 53. Ra1 d4 54. Rc1 d3 55. Rc8 d2 56. Rb8+ Kc3 57. Rc8+ Kd3 58. Rd8+ Kc2 59. Rc8+ Kd1 0-1 [Event "Korchnoi - Polugaevsky Candidates Semifinal"] [Site "Évian-les-Bains FRA"] [Date "1977.07.20"] [EventDate "1977.07.02"] [Round "7"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Viktor Korchnoi"] [Black "Lev Polugaevsky"] [ECO "D47"] [WhiteElo "2645"] [BlackElo "2620"] [PlyCount "85"] 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. d4 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3 Bb7 9. O-O b4 10. Ne4 Be7 11. Nxf6+ Nxf6 12. e4 O-O 13. Qc2 h6 14. Be3 Rc8 15. Rfd1 c5 16. dxc5 Ng4 17. Bd4 e5 18. h3 exd4 19. hxg4 Rxc5 20. Qd2 a5 21. Rac1 Qd7 22. Rxc5 Bxc5 23. g5 hxg5 24. Qxg5 Qe7 25. Qh5 g6 26. Qh6 Qf6 27. Bc4 d3 28. e5 Qf5 29. Rxd3 Be4 30. Rd6 Qg4 31. Rf6 Bf5 32. b3 Bd4 33. Nxd4 Qxd4 34. Rxg6+ Bxg6 35. Qxg6+ Kh8 36. Qh6+ Kg8 37. e6 Qe4 38. exf7+ Rxf7 39. Qf6 Qb1+ 40. Kh2 Qh7+ 41. Kg3 Qd3+ 42. f3 Qxc4 43. Qd8+ 1-0 [Event "Korchnoi - Polugaevsky Candidates Semifinal"] [Site "Évian-les-Bains FRA"] [Date "1977.07.23"] [EventDate "1977.07.02"] [Round "8"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Lev Polugaevsky"] [Black "Viktor Korchnoi"] [ECO "E00"] [WhiteElo "2620"] [BlackElo "2645"] [PlyCount "71"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Be7 5. Bg2 d5 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. Qc2 Nbd7 9. b3 b6 10. Rd1 Ba6 11. a4 Ne4 12. Bf4 Rc8 13. Nbd2 Nxd2 14. Rxd2 g5 15. Be3 f5 16. Rdd1 Bf6 17. Rac1 h6 18. Qd2 Bg7 19. h4 f4 20. gxf4 g4 21. Ne5 Nxe5 22. dxe5 Qxh4 23. cxd5 cxd5 24. Rxc8 Bxc8 25. Rc1 g3 26. fxg3 Qxg3 27. Rc7 Ba6 28. Rxa7 Bc8 29. b4 Kh8 30. Bf2 Qg4 31. Rc7 h5 32. Qe3 Rg8 33. Qf3 Qf5 34. Bh4 d4 35. Bg5 Qg6 36. Qd3 1-0 [Event "Korchnoi - Polugaevsky Candidates Semifinal"] [Site "Évian-les-Bains FRA"] [Date "1977.07.27"] [EventDate "1977.07.02"] [Round "9"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Viktor Korchnoi"] [Black "Lev Polugaevsky"] [ECO "A17"] [WhiteElo "2645"] [BlackElo "2620"] [PlyCount "38"] 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. e4 Bb7 5. Bd3 c5 6. O-O Nc6 7. e5 Ng4 8. Be4 f5 9. exf6 Nxf6 10. Bxc6 Bxc6 11. d4 cxd4 12. Nxd4 Bb7 13. Bf4 Be7 14. Ncb5 O-O 15. Bc7 Qc8 16. Bd6 Qd8 17. Bc7 Qc8 18. Bd6 Qd8 19. Bc7 Qc8 1/2-1/2 [Event "Korchnoi - Polugaevsky Candidates Semifinal"] [Site "Évian-les-Bains FRA"] [Date "1977.07.30"] [EventDate "1977.07.02"] [Round "10"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Lev Polugaevsky"] [Black "Viktor Korchnoi"] [ECO "D87"] [WhiteElo "2620"] [BlackElo "2645"] [PlyCount "148"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 c5 7. Bc4 Bg7 8. Ne2 O-O 9. O-O Nc6 10. Be3 Na5 11. Bd3 b6 12. Rc1 e6 13. dxc5 Qc7 14. cxb6 axb6 15. c4 Ba6 16. Nd4 Nxc4 17. Qe2 Rfc8 18. a4 Bxd4 19. Bxd4 e5 20. Ba1 b5 21. axb5 Bxb5 22. h4 Ra6 23. Rb1 Be8 24. Bxe5 Qxe5 25. Bxc4 Rac6 26. Bd5 R6c7 27. Qe3 Bc6 28. Rbd1 Bxd5 29. Rxd5 Qf6 30. Qg3 Rc4 31. f3 Rc1 32. Rdd1 R1c2 33. Kh2 Qa6 34. Rf2 Rxf2 35. Qxf2 Qf6 36. Qg3 Rc5 37. Rd6 Qe5 38. Qxe5 Rxe5 39. Rd5 Re6 40. h5 Kg7 41. Kg3 Ra6 42. f4 Ra4 43. Kf3 Rb4 44. Re5 Ra4 45. Rd5 Ra3+ 46. Kg4 Ra2 47. g3 Rh2 48. hxg6 hxg6 49. Rd7 Re2 50. e5 Re3 51. Kh4 Kf8 52. Rd8+ Kg7 53. Re8 Ra3 54. g4 Ra4 55. Kg5 Ra5 56. Re7 Rb5 57. Rd7 Ra5 58. Kh4 Kf8 59. Rd4 Rb5 60. Re4 Ra5 61. Re3 Rb5 62. Kg3 Ke7 63. Kh4 Kf8 64. Rd3 Ra5 65. Rd7 Rb5 66. Ra7 Rc5 67. Ra6 Kg7 68. Ra8 Rb5 69. Re8 Rb4 70. Kg5 Rb5 71. f5 Rxe5 72. Rxe5 f6+ 73. Kf4 fxe5+ 74. Kxe5 gxf5 1/2-1/2 [Event "Korchnoi - Polugaevsky Candidates Semifinal"] [Site "Évian-les-Bains FRA"] [Date "1977.08.01"] [EventDate "1977.07.02"] [Round "11"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Viktor Korchnoi"] [Black "Lev Polugaevsky"] [ECO "A21"] [WhiteElo "2645"] [BlackElo "2620"] [PlyCount "67"] 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 d6 3. d4 exd4 4. Qxd4 Nc6 5. Qd2 Nf6 6. b3 a5 7. e4 a4 8. Rb1 axb3 9. axb3 g6 10. g3 Bg7 11. Bg2 O-O 12. Nge2 Ne5 13. f4 Ned7 14. O-O Re8 15. b4 Qe7 16. Qd3 Nb6 17. Be3 Ra3 18. Bxb6 cxb6 19. Ra1 Rxa1 20. Rxa1 Be6 21. Rc1 Ra8 22. Nd4 Ne8 23. Ndb5 Qf6 24. Rf1 Qd8 25. Rd1 Qf6 26. Bf1 h5 27. Qe3 Ra6 28. Be2 Qe7 29. Qf2 Bd7 30. Nd5 Qd8 31. Bf1 Bg4 32. Re1 Be6 33. Rd1 Bg4 34. Re1 1/2-1/2 [Event "Korchnoi - Polugaevsky Candidates Semifinal"] [Site "Évian-les-Bains FRA"] [Date "1977.08.03"] [EventDate "1977.07.02"] [Round "12"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Lev Polugaevsky"] [Black "Viktor Korchnoi"] [ECO "E00"] [WhiteElo "2620"] [BlackElo "2665"] [PlyCount "100"] 1. d4 e6 2. c4 Bb4+ 3. Bd2 Qe7 4. g3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. Nc3 Bxc3 7. Bxc3 Ne4 8. Rc1 d6 9. d5 Nxc3 10. Rxc3 Nd8 11. Bg2 O-O 12. dxe6 Nxe6 13. O-O Bd7 14. Nh4 Bc6 15. Nf5 Qf6 16. Ne3 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 Rfe8 18. Nd5 Qg6 19. Qb1 c6 20. Qxg6 hxg6 21. Ne3 Nc5 22. Rd1 a5 23. Ra3 Red8 24. Nc2 Kf8 25. h4 Ra6 26. Ne1 Re8 27. Kf3 Ke7 28. Re3+ Ne6 29. b3 Raa8 30. Nd3 Rad8 31. Nb2 Kd7 32. Na4 Kc7 33. Nc3 g5 34. h5 f5 35. g4 f4 36. Red3 Nc5 37. Rd4 Nd7 38. Ne4 Ne5+ 39. Kg2 Nf7 40. f3 Re5 41. Kf2 b5 42. Rc1 b4 43. a4 Rde8 44. Rcd1 R8e6 45. R1d2 Re7 46. Nxd6 Nxd6 47. Rxd6 Rxe2+ 48. Rxe2 Rxe2+ 49. Kxe2 Kxd6 50. Kd2 c5 1/2-1/2 [Event "Korchnoi - Polugaevsky Candidates Semifinal"] [Site "Évian-les-Bains FRA"] [Date "1977.08.06"] [EventDate "1977.07.02"] [Round "13"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Viktor Korchnoi"] [Black "Lev Polugaevsky"] [ECO "A17"] [WhiteElo "2645"] [BlackElo "2620"] [PlyCount "41"] 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. g3 O-O 6. Bg2 Nc6 7. O-O Qe7 8. e3 d5 9. Na4 dxc4 10. Qxc4 Rb8 11. Qc2 b5 12. Nc3 Bd7 13. b3 Rfc8 14. Bb2 Ba5 15. d3 Be8 16. Rfd1 a6 17. Qe2 Bc7 18. Rac1 Ne5 19. Nxe5 Bxe5 20. d4 Bd6 21. dxc5 1/2-1/2 [Event "Spassky - Portisch Candidates Semifinal"] [Site "Geneva SUI"] [Date "1977.07.03"] [EventDate "1977.07.03"] [Round "1"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Boris Spassky"] [Black "Lajos Portisch"] [ECO "E12"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "42"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 b6 4.Nc3 Bb7 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 Be7 7.e3 O-O 8.Bd3 c5 9.O-O cxd4 10.exd4 Bxf3 11.Qxf3 Nc6 12.Ne2 Nb4 13.Bb1 d5 14.a3 Nc6 15.Bxf6 Bxf6 16.cxd5 exd5 17.Ba2 Nxd4 18.Nxd4 Bxd4 19.Bxd5 Rc8 20.Rad1 Qf6 21.Qxf6 Bxf6 1/2-1/2 [Event "Spassky - Portisch Candidates Semifinal"] [Site "Geneva SUI"] [Date "1977.07.05"] [EventDate "1977.07.03"] [Round "2"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Lajos Portisch"] [Black "Boris Spassky"] [ECO "D34"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "39"] 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c5 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.g3 Nf6 7.Bg2 Be7 8.O-O O-O 9.Bg5 c4 10.Ne5 Be6 11.Nxc6 bxc6 12.b3 Qa5 13.Na4 Rfd8 14.Qc2 Rac8 15.Bxf6 Bxf6 16.Nc5 Bxd4 17.Nb7 Qb6 18.Nxd8 Rxd8 19.bxc4 Bxa1 20.cxd5 1/2-1/2 [Event "Spassky - Portisch Candidates Semifinal"] [Site "Geneva SUI"] [Date "1977.07.08"] [EventDate "1977.07.03"] [Round "3"] [Result "0-1"] [White "Boris Spassky"] [Black "Lajos Portisch"] [ECO "C95"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "134"] 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.a4 c5 16.d5 c4 17.Bg5 h6 18.Be3 Nc5 19.Qd2 Kh7 20.Ra3 Rb8 21.Rea1 Re7 22.R1a2 Rc7 23.axb5 axb5 24.Qd1 Nfd7 25.h4 Bc8 26.h5 Nf6 27.Nh2 Rcb7 28.Bd2 Bg7 29.Qe2 Ng8 30.Ra8 Bd7 31.R8a3 Bf6 32.Be3 Bg5 33.Nf3 Bxe3 34.Qxe3 Qb6 35.Nd2 Nf6 36.Bd1 Kg7 37.Be2 Rc8 38.Ra1 Na4 39.Qxb6 Rxb6 40.R1a2 Nxh5 41.Nxh5+ gxh5 42.Bxh5 f5 43.b4 f4 44.Bd1 Kf6 45.g3 Rbb8 46.Kh2 Rc7 47.gxf4 exf4 48.Bxa4 bxa4 49.Ra1 Rg8 50.Nf3 Bg4 51.Rg1 Rcg7 52.Nh4 Rg5 53.f3 Bd7 54.Rxg5 hxg5 55.Nf5 Bxf5 56.exf5 Ra8 57.b5 Kxf5 58.b6 g4 59.fxg4+ Kxg4 60.Kg2 Rb8 61.Rxa4 Rxb6 62.Kf2 Rb2+ 63.Ke1 f3 64.Ra8 Re2+ 65.Kf1 Rd2 66.Rg8+ Kf4 67.Rf8+ Ke4 0-1 [Event "Spassky - Portisch Candidates Semifinal"] [Site "Geneva SUI"] [Date "1977.07.10"] [EventDate "1977.07.03"] [Round "4"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Lajos Portisch"] [Black "Boris Spassky"] [ECO "E59"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "72"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 c5 5.Bd3 Nc6 6.Nf3 d5 7.O-O O-O 8.a3 Bxc3 9.bxc3 dxc4 10.Bxc4 Qc7 11.Bd3 e5 12.Qc2 Re8 13.dxe5 Nxe5 14.Nxe5 Qxe5 15.f3 Be6 16.e4 c4 17.Be2 Qc5+ 18.Kh1 Nd7 19.Bf4 b5 20.Rfd1 f6 21.a4 a6 22.Qd2 Qc6 23.Qe3 bxa4 24.Bd6 Bf7 25.Qd2 Ne5 26.Bxe5 Rxe5 27.Qa2 Ra5 28.Qa3 Qc7 29.Rd4 h6 30.Rb1 Rb8 31.Rxb8+ Qxb8 32.h3 Qg3 33.Bxc4 Bxc4 34.Rxc4 Rg5 35.Qa2 Qe1+ 36.Kh2 Qg3+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "Spassky - Portisch Candidates Semifinal"] [Site "Geneva SUI"] [Date "1977.07.15"] [EventDate "1977.07.03"] [Round "5"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Boris Spassky"] [Black "Lajos Portisch"] [ECO "E12"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "121"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 b6 4.Nc3 Bb7 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 Be7 7.e3 O-O 8.Bd3 c5 9.O-O cxd4 10.exd4 d5 11.Bxf6 Bxf6 12.cxd5 exd5 13.Re1 Nc6 14.Bb5 Ne7 15.Ne5 Bxe5 16.Rxe5 Ng6 17.Re3 Qg5 18.Rg3 Qf6 19.Qd2 Rad8 20.Re1 Bc8 21.Qd1 Qf4 22.Rge3 Be6 23.g3 Qd6 24.Bd3 Ne7 25.Bb1 Rfe8 26.Qc2 Ng6 27.Nb5 Qb4 28.Nc7 Nf8 29.Nxe8 Rxe8 30.Qc3 Qb5 31.f4 Rc8 32.Qd2 Qd7 33.f5 Bxf5 34.Re7 Qxe7 35.Rxe7 Bxb1 36.Rxa7 Ne6 37.h4 Be4 38.Qb4 Rc2 39.Qe7 Bg6 40.Ra4 Rd2 41.Qe8+ Kh7 42.Ra8 Bh5 43.Qg8+ Kg6 44.Ra7 Kf6 45.g4 Nxd4 46.Qd8+ Ke5 47.Qb8+ Ke4 48.gxh5 Rd1+ 49.Kf2 Rd2+ 50.Ke1 Nf3+ 51.Kf1 Nh2+ 52.Kg1 Nf3+ 53.Kh1 Ke3 54.Rxf7 Rd1+ 55.Kg2 Rg1+ 56.Kh3 Rh1+ 57.Kg4 Rg1+ 58.Qg3 Rxg3+ 59.Kxg3 Nd2 60.Re7+ Ne4+ 61.Kg4 1-0 [Event "Spassky - Portisch Candidates Semifinal"] [Site "Geneva SUI"] [Date "1977.07.17"] [EventDate "1977.07.03"] [Round "6"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Lajos Portisch"] [Black "Boris Spassky"] [ECO "A57"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "94"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 d6 4.Nc3 g6 5.Nf3 Bg7 6.e4 O-O 7.Bf4 a6 8.a4 Qa5 9.Bd2 e6 10.Be2 exd5 11.cxd5 Bg4 12.O-O Nbd7 13.h3 Bxf3 14.Bxf3 c4 15.Nb5 Qb6 16.Be3 Nc5 17.Na3 Qb4 18.Rc1 b5 19.axb5 axb5 20.Nc2 Qxb2 21.Rb1 Qe5 22.Bd4 Qe8 23.e5 Nfd7 24.exd6 Nb3 25.Bxg7 Kxg7 26.Re1 Qb8 27.Nd4 Ndc5 28.Ne6+ fxe6 29.dxe6 Ra6 30.e7 Re8 31.Rxb3 Qxd6 32.Qxd6 Rxd6 33.Rxb5 Nd3 34.Re2 Kf6 35.Rb7 Re6 36.Rc2 R8xe7 37.Rxe7 Rxe7 38.Rxc4 Re1+ 39.Kh2 Nxf2 40.Rd4 Ke5 41.Rd7 Rh1+ 42.Kg3 Ne4+ 43.Bxe4 Kxe4 44.Kg4 Rg1 45.Re7+ Kd5 46.Re2 h6 47.h4 Ra1 1/2-1/2 [Event "Spassky - Portisch Candidates Semifinal"] [Site "Geneva SUI"] [Date "1977.07.19"] [EventDate "?"] [Round "7"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Boris Spassky"] [Black "Lajos Portisch"] [ECO "A46"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "35"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.Bg5 c5 4.e3 Be7 5.Nbd2 cxd4 6.exd4 b6 7.c3 Bb7 8.Bd3 d6 9.O-O Nbd7 10.Re1 O-O 11.a4 a6 12.h3 Re8 13.Bf4 Qc7 14.Bh2 Bf8 15.Nc4 Bd5 16.Ne3 Bc6 17.Nd2 g6 18.Qe2 1/2-1/2 [Event "Spassky - Portisch Candidates Semifinal"] [Site "Geneva SUI"] [Date "1977.07.22"] [EventDate "1977.07.03"] [Round "8"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Lajos Portisch"] [Black "Boris Spassky"] [ECO "D25"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "78"] 1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 Bg4 5.Bxc4 e6 6.Nc3 Nbd7 7.O-O Bd6 8.h3 Bh5 9.e4 e5 10.Be2 O-O 11.dxe5 Nxe5 12.Nd4 Bg6 13.Bg5 Re8 14.Ndb5 Nc6 15.Nxd6 cxd6 16.f3 h6 17.Bh4 Bh7 18.Rf2 g5 19.Bg3 Qb6 20.Bc4 Ne5 21.Bb3 Rac8 22.Qf1 Kg7 23.Qb5 Qc7 24.Rd1 Nh5 25.Bh2 b6 26.Rfd2 Qc5+ 27.Kh1 Nf4 28.Rxd6 Qxb5 29.Nxb5 Re7 30.Nc3 Nfg6 31.Nd5 Ree8 32.Ne3 Nh4 33.Bxe5+ Rxe5 34.Rd7 Bg6 35.Nc4 Rec5 36.Nd6 Rf8 37.Rxa7 h5 38.Kg1 g4 39.f4 Rd8 1-0 [Event "Spassky - Portisch Candidates Semifinal"] [Site "Geneva SUI"] [Date "1977.07.26"] [EventDate "1977.07.03"] [Round "9"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Boris Spassky"] [Black "Lajos Portisch"] [ECO "C95"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "79"] 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.a4 c5 16.d5 c4 17.Bg5 h6 18.Be3 Nc5 19.Qd2 Kh7 20.Nh2 Bg7 21.Rf1 h5 22.f3 Qe7 23.Bg5 Qf8 24.f4 exf4 25.Rxf4 Nfd7 26.Raf1 Ne5 27.Nxh5 gxh5 28.Qe2 Qh8 29.Rh4 Kg6 30.Bd1 f5 31.Rxf5 Rf8 32.Qxh5+ Qxh5 33.Bxh5+ Kh7 34.Bf7 Bh6 35.Rxh6+ Kg7 36.Bf6+ Kxf7 37.Bxe5 Ke8 38.Rxf8+ Kxf8 39.Bxd6+ Kg7 40.Ng4 1-0 [Event "Spassky - Portisch Candidates Semifinal"] [Site "Geneva SUI"] [Date "1977.07.29"] [EventDate "1977.07.03"] [Round "10"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Lajos Portisch"] [Black "Boris Spassky"] [ECO "E59"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "52"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 c5 5.Bd3 Nc6 6.Nf3 d5 7.O-O O-O 8.a3 Bxc3 9.bxc3 dxc4 10.Bxc4 Qc7 11.Bd3 e5 12.Qc2 Re8 13.Nxe5 Nxe5 14.dxe5 Qxe5 15.f3 Bd7 16.a4 Rad8 17.e4 Bc6 18.Bc4 Rd7 19.Qb3 Red8 20.Ra2 Nh5 21.g3 Nxg3 22.hxg3 Rd2 23.Rxd2 Rxd2 24.Bxd2 Qxg3+ 25.Kh1 Qh3+ 26.Kg1 Qg3+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "Spassky - Portisch Candidates Semifinal"] [Site "Geneva SUI"] [Date "1977.08.05"] [EventDate "1977.07.03"] [Round "11"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Boris Spassky"] [Black "Lajos Portisch"] [ECO "A46"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "34"] 1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bg5 c5 4. e3 Be7 5. Bd3 b6 6. c3 Bb7 7. Nbd2 cxd4 8. cxd4 Nd5 9. Nc4 O-O 10. h4 f5 11. a3 Nf6 12. Qe2 Bd5 13. Rc1 Ne4 14. Bxe7 Qxe7 15. g3 Nc6 16. O-O Rf6 17. Ncd2 Nxd2 1/2-1/2 [Event "Spassky - Portisch Candidates Semifinal"] [Site "Geneva SUI"] [Date "1977.08.12"] [EventDate "1977.07.03"] [Round "12"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Lajos Portisch"] [Black "Boris Spassky"] [ECO "A17"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "150"] 1.c4 e6 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nc3 b6 4.e4 Bb7 5.d3 d6 6.g3 g6 7.Bg2 Bg7 8.O-O O-O 9.Ne1 Ne8 10.d4 c5 11.d5 exd5 12.Nxd5 Nc6 13.Nc2 Ba6 14.Nce3 b5 15.cxb5 Bxb5 16.Re1 Rb8 17.Nc3 Nc7 18.Nxb5 Nxb5 19.Nd5 Re8 20.h4 Nbd4 21.Bg5 f6 22.Bc1 Qd7 23.Rb1 f5 24.Bg5 fxe4 25.Bxe4 Rf8 26.Bg2 Kh8 27.Bf4 Ne5 28.Bxe5 dxe5 29.Nc3 Qf7 30.Rf1 Rbd8 31.Qg4 Nf5 32.Qe2 c4 33.Ne4 Rd3 34.Ng5 Qd7 35.Qc2 h6 36.Ne4 Qd4 37.Kh1 h5 38.b3 cxb3 39.Rxb3 Rxb3 40.Qxb3 Qd7 41.Rb1 Bh6 42.Qa3 Rf7 43.Qa6 Kg7 44.Rb8 Qe7 45.Qc6 Nd4 46.Qd5 Nf5 47.Qa8 Rf8 48.Rxf8 Qxf8 49.Qxa7+ Qe7 50.Qa5 Bc1 51.Qb6 Ba3 52.Ng5 Qd6 53.Qb3 Qe7 54.Bd5 Qa7 55.Kg2 Be7 56.Be4 Bxg5 57.hxg5 Nd6 58.Bb1 Nf7 59.Qd3 Qb6 60.f4 Qe6 61.Qe4 h4 62.Qxg6+ Qxg6 63.Bxg6 Kxg6 64.gxh4 exf4 65.a4 Ne5 66.a5 Kf5 67.a6 Nc6 68.Kf2 Na7 69.Kf3 Nb5 70.g6+ Kxg6 71.Kxf4 Kh5 72.Ke4 Kxh4 73.Kd3 Kg5 74.Kc4 Nc7 75.a7 Kf6 1/2-1/2 [Event "Spassky - Portisch Candidates Semifinal"] [Site "Geneva SUI"] [Date "1977.08.14"] [EventDate "1977.07.03"] [Round "13"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Boris Spassky"] [Black "Lajos Portisch"] [ECO "B25"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "79"] 1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.d3 d6 6.f4 e5 7.Nh3 exf4 8.Bxf4 Nge7 9.O-O h6 10.Rb1 O-O 11.a3 Be6 12.Be3 Ne5 13.Nf4 Bd7 14.Kh1 Rc8 15.Qd2 Kh7 16.h3 Bc6 17.g4 Qd7 18.Rf2 b6 19.Rbf1 Bb7 20.Qe2 Rce8 21.Bc1 Kg8 22.Qe3 b5 23.Qg3 b4 24.axb4 cxb4 25.Nd1 d5 26.d4 N5c6 27.exd5 Nxd4 28.c4 bxc3 29.bxc3 Nb3 30.Ba3 Rc8 31.c4 Na5 32.Re2 Rfe8 33.Rfe1 Bf8 34.Nh5 Nxd5 35.cxd5 gxh5 36.gxh5 Bg7 37.Bb2 f6 38.Bxf6 Rxe2 39.Rxe2 Qf7 40.Re6 1-0 [Event "Spassky - Portisch Candidates Semifinal"] [Site "Geneva SUI"] [Date "1977.08.16"] [EventDate "1977.07.03"] [Round "14"] [Result "0-1"] [White "Lajos Portisch"] [Black "Boris Spassky"] [ECO "E53"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "106"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 c5 5.Bd3 d5 6.Nf3 O-O 7.O-O b6 8.cxd5 exd5 9.Ne5 Re8 10.Bd2 Ba6 11.Bxa6 Nxa6 12.Qa4 Qc8 13.Rfc1 Qb7 14.Qc6 Rab8 15.Rc2 Bxc3 16.Bxc3 Ne4 17.Be1 f6 18.Qxb7 Rxb7 19.Nd3 cxd4 20.exd4 Nc7 21.f3 Nd6 22.Bf2 Ne6 23.Nb4 Rd7 24.Rd1 Kf7 25.Kf1 Rc8 26.Rxc8 Nxc8 27.Bg3 Ne7 28.a3 Nf5 29.Bf2 a5 30.Na2 Nd6 31.b3 Rc7 32.Rd2 Nb5 33.a4 Na3 34.Bg3 Rc6 35.Rd3 Nb1 36.Rd1 Rc2 37.Rxb1 Rxa2 38.Bf2 h5 39.Be3 g5 40.h4 gxh4 41.b4 Ng7 42.Bf4 Nf5 43.Kg1 Nxd4 44.Bc7 h3 45.gxh3 Nxf3+ 46.Kh1 Rxa4 47.bxa5 bxa5 48.Rb5 Rc4 49.Bg3 Ke6 50.Rxa5 Ng5 51.Ra6+ Kf5 52.Rd6 h4 53.Bh2 Rc1+ 0-1 [Event "Spassky - Portisch Candidates Semifinal"] [Site "Geneva SUI"] [Date "1977.08.19"] [EventDate "1977.07.03"] [Round "15"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Boris Spassky"] [Black "Lajos Portisch"] [ECO "C92"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "60"] 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 Nd7 10.d4 Bf6 11.a4 Na5 12.Bc2 Bb7 13.Na3 exd4 14.Nxd4 Nc6 15.axb5 Nxd4 16.cxd4 axb5 17.Qd3 g6 18.Qxb5 Ba6 19.Qb4 c5 20.dxc5 dxc5 21.Qb3 Bd4 22.Be3 Qf6 23.Bxd4 cxd4 24.Qg3 Nc5 25.b4 Ne6 26.b5 Bb7 27.e5 Qe7 28.Nc4 Rxa1 29.Rxa1 Qc5 30.Bd3 Bd5 1/2-1/2 [Event "Korchnoi - Spassky Candidates Final 1977/78"] [Site "Belgrade YUG"] [Date "1977.11.21"] [EventDate "1977.11.21"] [Round "1"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Viktor Korchnoi"] [Black "Boris Spassky"] [ECO "A33"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "105"] 1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e6 6. g3 Bc5 7. Nb3 Bb4 8. Bg2 d5 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. a3 Bxc3+ 11. bxc3 O-O 12. Qc2 Qc7 13. c4 Ne5 14. Nd2 b5 15. c5 Bb7 16. O-O Rac8 17. Nb3 a5 18. Bd2 Nc4 19. e4 Ne7 20. a4 Ba6 21. axb5 Bxb5 22. Rfc1 Nc6 23. Bc3 Rfd8 24. Bf1 a4 25. Bxc4 Bxc4 26. Rxa4 Bb5 27. Ra3 Rd3 28. Raa1 h5 29. Nd2 Nd4 30. Bxd4 Rxd4 31. Qc3 Rcd8 32. Nb3 Rxe4 33. Qa5 Qxa5 34. Nxa5 Ra4 35. Rxa4 Bxa4 36. c6 Kf8 37. c7 Rc8 38. Rc5 Ke7 39. Nc4 Bd7 40. Kg2 Rh8 41. Nb6 Kd6 42. c8=Q Bxc8 43. Rxc8 Rxc8 44. Nxc8+ Kc7 45. Ne7 Kd7 46. Ng8 h4 47. g4 Ke8 48. Kh3 Kf8 49. Nh6 gxh6 50. Kxh4 Kg7 51. Kg3 Kg6 52. Kf4 f6 53. h3 1/2-1/2 [Event "Korchnoi - Spassky Candidates Final 1977/78"] [Site "Belgrade YUG"] [Date "1977.11.23"] [EventDate "1977.11.21"] [Round "2"] [Result "0-1"] [White "Boris Spassky"] [Black "Viktor Korchnoi"] [ECO "C18"] [WhiteElo "2610"] [BlackElo "2645"] [PlyCount "80"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Qg4 cxd4 8. Qxg7 Rg8 9. Qxh7 Qc7 10. Ne2 Nbc6 11. f4 Bd7 12. Qd3 dxc3 13. Be3 d4 14. Bf2 O-O-O 15. Nxd4 Nxd4 16. Qxd4 b6 17. Bh4 Bb5 18. Qe4 Bxf1 19. Rxf1 Rd5 20. Bxe7 Qxe7 21. Rf3 Kb8 22. Kf1 Rd2 23. Rf2 Rgd8 24. Qf3 Rxf2+ 25. Kxf2 Rd2+ 26. Kg3 Qd8 27. Qe4 Qg8+ 28. Kh3 Qh8+ 29. Kg3 Qg7+ 30. Kh3 Rd8 31. g4 Rh8+ 32. Kg3 Qh6 33. Qg2 Qh4+ 34. Kf3 Rd8 35. Qg3 Qe7 36. g5 Rd2 37. Kg4 Qb7 38. Qxc3 Rg2+ 39. Kh3 Rf2 40. Kg4 Qe4 0-1 [Event "Korchnoi - Spassky Candidates Final 1977/78"] [Site "Belgrade YUG"] [Date "1977.11.25"] [EventDate "1977.11.21"] [Round "3"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Viktor Korchnoi"] [Black "Boris Spassky"] [ECO "A33"] [WhiteElo "2645"] [BlackElo "2610"] [PlyCount "69"] 1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e6 6. g3 Qb6 7. Nb3 Ne5 8. e4 Bb4 9. Qe2 O-O 10. f4 Nc6 11. Be3 Qc7 12. Bg2 d5 13. e5 Ne4 14. O-O Bxc3 15. cxd5 exd5 16. bxc3 b6 17. Rac1 f5 18. exf6 Nxf6 19. Nd4 Re8 20. Qd3 Na5 21. Nb5 Qc6 22. Bd4 Ne4 23. Be5 Ba6 24. a4 Nc4 25. Qd4 Nxe5 26. fxe5 Bxb5 27. axb5 Qxb5 28. c4 Qc5 29. Qxc5 Nxc5 30. Bxd5+ Ne6 31. Ra1 a5 32. Bxa8 Rxa8 33. Rab1 a4 34. Rxb6 Nd4 35. Rd6 1-0 [Event "Korchnoi - Spassky Candidates Final 1977/78"] [Site "Belgrade YUG"] [Date "1977.11.28"] [EventDate "1977.11.21"] [Round "4"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Boris Spassky"] [Black "Viktor Korchnoi"] [ECO "C19"] [WhiteElo "2610"] [BlackElo "2645"] [PlyCount "68"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. a4 Bd7 8. Nf3 Qa5 9. Bd2 Nbc6 10. Be2 f6 11. c4 Qc7 12. exf6 gxf6 13. cxd5 Nxd5 14. c3 O-O-O 15. O-O Rhg8 16. Re1 e5 17. c4 Bh3 18. Bf1 Nb6 19. d5 Nxc4 20. dxc6 Qxc6 21. g3 Bxf1 22. Rxf1 e4 23. Qb3 Qd5 24. Rac1 Nxd2 25. Nxd2 Qxd2 26. Rxc5+ Kb8 27. Rb5 Rg7 28. Rb1 Rdd7 29. Qe6 e3 30. fxe3 Rge7 31. Qg8+ Rd8 32. Qb3 Rdd7 33. Qg8+ Rd8 34. Qb3 Rdd7 1/2-1/2 [Event "Korchnoi - Spassky Candidates Final 1977/78"] [Site "Belgrade YUG"] [Date "1977.11.30"] [EventDate "1977.11.21"] [Round "5"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Viktor Korchnoi"] [Black "Boris Spassky"] [ECO "A33"] [WhiteElo "2645"] [BlackElo "2610"] [PlyCount "87"] 1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e6 6. g3 Qb6 7. Nb3 Bb4 8. Bg2 Qa6 9. Nd2 Bxc3 10. bxc3 O-O 11. O-O d5 12. Qb3 Bd7 13. Qa3 Na5 14. cxd5 exd5 15. c4 Bg4 16. Bb2 Ne4 17. Nxe4 dxe4 18. Bc3 Nxc4 19. Qxa6 bxa6 20. Bxe4 Rab8 21. f3 Be6 22. Rfb1 a5 23. Bd3 a4 24. Kf2 a3 25. Rb3 Nb2 26. Rxa3 Nxd3+ 27. exd3 Rfd8 28. Rd1 Rd7 29. g4 f6 30. Rd2 Kf7 31. Ra4 Rb5 32. Bd4 a5 33. Bc3 Rc7 34. Ra3 a4 35. Bd4 Rb4 36. Rc3 Rxc3 37. Bxc3 Rb5 38. a3 h5 39. h3 hxg4 40. hxg4 f5 41. g5 Rb3 42. Bb4 f4 43. Re2 Bd5 44. Re5 1/2-1/2 [Event "Korchnoi - Spassky Candidates Final 1977/78"] [Site "Belgrade YUG"] [Date "1977.12.05"] [EventDate "1977.11.21"] [Round "6"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Boris Spassky"] [Black "Viktor Korchnoi"] [ECO "C19"] [WhiteElo "2610"] [BlackElo "2645"] [PlyCount "88"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Nf3 Bd7 8. dxc5 Qc7 9. Bd3 Ba4 10. Be3 Nd7 11. Qb1 Nc6 12. Nd4 Ndxe5 13. Bb5 Qa5 14. Bxa4 Qxa4 15. O-O O-O 16. Qb3 Qxb3 17. cxb3 Rfc8 18. Nb5 Ng4 19. Nd6 Nxe3 20. fxe3 Rc7 21. a4 Ne5 22. b4 b6 23. e4 bxc5 24. exd5 exd5 25. Rfd1 cxb4 26. cxb4 Nc4 27. Rxd5 Rd7 28. Nf5 Rxd5 29. Ne7+ Kf8 30. Nxd5 Rd8 31. Nc3 Rd2 32. a5 Rc2 33. Nb5 a6 34. Nd4 Rd2 35. Nc6 Rb2 36. Rd1 g5 37. Rd3 h5 38. h3 h4 39. g3 hxg3 40. Rxg3 f6 41. Rc3 Ne5 42. Nxe5 fxe5 43. Rc5 Rxb4 44. Rxe5 Rh4 1/2-1/2 [Event "Korchnoi - Spassky Candidates Final 1977/78"] [Site "Belgrade YUG"] [Date "1977.12.09"] [EventDate "1977.11.21"] [Round "7"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Viktor Korchnoi"] [Black "Boris Spassky"] [ECO "D58"] [WhiteElo "2645"] [BlackElo "2610"] [PlyCount "95"] 1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Be7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bg5 O-O 6. e3 h6 7. Bh4 b6 8. Rc1 Bb7 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. cxd5 exd5 11. b4 c6 12. Be2 Nd7 13. O-O a5 14. b5 c5 15. dxc5 Nxc5 16. Nd4 Qd6 17. Bg4 Rfd8 18. Re1 Ne6 19. Bxe6 fxe6 20. Nc6 Bxc6 21. bxc6 Bxc3 22. Rxc3 Rac8 23. Qc2 e5 24. c7 Rd7 25. Rc1 d4 26. Rc6 Qd5 27. Qb1 d3 28. Qxb6 d2 29. Rd1 Qxa2 30. h3 Qa4 31. Rxd2 Rxd2 32. Qb7 Rdd8 33. cxd8=Q+ Rxd8 34. Rc7 Qa1+ 35. Kh2 e4 36. Qxe4 Qf6 37. f4 Qf8 38. Ra7 Qc5 39. Qb7 Qc3 40. Qe7 Rf8 41. e4 Qd4 42. f5 h5 43. Rxa5 Qd2 44. Qe5 Qg5 45. Ra6 Rf7 46. Rg6 Qd8 47. f6 h4 48. fxg7 1-0 [Event "Korchnoi - Spassky Candidates Final 1977/78"] [Site "Belgrade YUG"] [Date "1977.12.12"] [EventDate "1977.11.21"] [Round "8"] [Result "0-1"] [White "Boris Spassky"] [Black "Viktor Korchnoi"] [ECO "C19"] [WhiteElo "2610"] [BlackElo "2645"] [PlyCount "132"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Nf3 Bd7 8. dxc5 Qc7 9. Bd3 Ba4 10. O-O Nd7 11. Nd4 Nxc5 12. Bb5+ Bxb5 13. Nxb5 Qxe5 14. Re1 Ne4 15. f3 a6 16. Nd4 Nxc3 17. Qd2 Qc7 18. a4 Rc8 19. Bb2 b5 20. Bxc3 Qxc3 21. Qxc3 Rxc3 22. axb5 axb5 23. Nxb5 Rxc2 24. Nd6+ Kd7 25. Nxf7 Rb8 26. Ra7+ Ke8 27. Ne5 Rbb2 28. Ra8+ Nc8 29. Nd3 Rb6 30. h4 Kd7 31. Ra4 Kd6 32. Rg4 Rd2 33. Nf4 e5 34. Nh5 g6 35. Nf6 Rb7 36. Ne8+ Kd7 37. Rxe5 Rb1+ 38. Kh2 Ne7 39. Ra4 Nc6 40. Nf6+ Kd6 41. Rg5 Rb7 42. Ra6 Rf7 43. Nxh7 Kc5 44. Rxg6 Ne5 45. Ng5 Nxg6 46. Rxg6 Ra7 47. h5 Rda2 48. f4 d4 49. h6 d3 50. Rg8 R2a6 51. h7 Rxh7+ 52. Kg3 Rd7 53. Rc8+ Kb4 54. Rb8+ Ka3 55. Ne4 d2 56. Nxd2 Rxd2 57. Rg8 Kb4 58. Kf3 Kc5 59. g3 Ra3+ 60. Ke4 Re2+ 61. Kf5 Kd6 62. g4 Ra5+ 63. Kg6 Re6+ 64. Kh7 Ra7+ 65. Rg7 Rxg7+ 66. Kxg7 Re4 0-1 [Event "Korchnoi - Spassky Candidates Final 1977/78"] [Site "Belgrade YUG"] [Date "1977.12.14"] [EventDate "1977.11.21"] [Round "9"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Viktor Korchnoi"] [Black "Boris Spassky"] [ECO "A13"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "139"] 1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 f5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. b3 b6 5. g3 Bb7 6. Bg2 Bb4 7. Bb2 O-O 8. O-O Bxc3 9. Bxc3 d6 10. d3 Qe8 11. e3 Nbd7 12. b4 Qe7 13. a4 Rac8 14. a5 Ba8 15. axb6 axb6 16. Ra7 e5 17. Qa4 Bxf3 18. Bxf3 e4 19. dxe4 fxe4 20. Bg2 Qe6 21. Qc6 Nb8 22. Qb5 Nbd7 23. Rfa1 h6 24. Bxf6 Nxf6 25. Qc6 Rf7 26. c5 bxc5 27. bxc5 Qf5 28. cxd6 cxd6 29. Qxc8+ Qxc8 30. Ra8 Rf8 31. Rxc8 Rxc8 32. Bh3 Re8 33. Ra6 d5 34. Be6+ Kf8 35. g4 g5 36. h3 Ke7 37. Kf1 Rb8 38. Bf5 Rb1+ 39. Kg2 Rb7 40. Kg3 Rc7 41. h4 d4 42. hxg5 hxg5 43. exd4 Rc3+ 44. Kg2 Rc4 45. Ra7+ Kd6 46. Rf7 Nd5 47. Rd7+ Kc6 48. Rg7 Rxd4 49. Rg6+ Kc7 50. Rxg5 e3 51. fxe3 Nxe3+ 52. Kf3 Nd5 53. Rg7 Kd6 54. Rg6+ Kc7 55. Be4 Ne7 56. Ra6 Kd7 57. g5 Rd6 58. Ra8 Ke6 59. Kf4 Rd1 60. Ra6+ Kf7 61. Ra7 Ke6 62. Bc2 Rf1+ 63. Ke4 Re1+ 64. Kf3 Rf1+ 65. Ke2 Rg1 66. Bb3+ Kd6 67. Ra6+ Kc7 68. Ra5 Kb6 69. Re5 Nc6 70. Rd5 1/2-1/2 [Event "Korchnoi - Spassky Candidates Final 1977/78"] [Site "Belgrade YUG"] [Date "1977.12.16"] [EventDate "1977.11.21"] [Round "10"] [Result "0-1"] [White "Boris Spassky"] [Black "Viktor Korchnoi"] [ECO "C19"] [WhiteElo "2610"] [BlackElo "2645"] [PlyCount "130"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Nf3 Bd7 8. dxc5 Qc7 9. Bd3 Ba4 10. Rb1 Nd7 11. Rb4 Bc6 12. O-O Nxc5 13. Rg4 Ng6 14. Nd4 O-O-O 15. f4 Bd7 16. Rg3 Kb8 17. Qe1 Ka8 18. h4 Nxd3 19. cxd3 h5 20. Be3 Rde8 21. a4 Rh7 22. Rg5 Ne7 23. Bf2 g6 24. Qa1 Rc8 25. Rc1 Rhh8 26. a5 Nf5 27. c4 Ne7 28. Rg3 Rhd8 29. Rf3 Qb8 30. Qa3 Nf5 31. Nxf5 gxf5 32. Bc5 Rc6 33. cxd5 exd5 34. d4 Rg8 35. Rb1 Ra6 36. Qb4 Bc6 37. Rc3 Qd8 38. g3 Qxa5 39. Qb2 Qa2 40. Qc1 Qe2 41. Re3 Qg4 42. Kh2 Ra2+ 43. Rb2 Ra4 44. Rg2 Bb5 45. Ra3 Ra6 46. Rxa6 Bxa6 47. Qa3 Rc8 48. Ra2 Qd1 49. Qb2 Qf1 50. Qb3 Qc4 51. Qa3 b6 52. Qxa6 Qxa6 53. Rxa6 Kb7 54. Ra1 bxc5 55. Rb1+ Kc6 56. dxc5 Ra8 57. g4 fxg4 58. Kg3 a5 59. f5 a4 60. Kf4 a3 61. Kg5 a2 62. Ra1 Kxc5 63. Kf6 Kd4 64. Kxf7 Kxe5 65. f6 Kd4 0-1 [Event "Korchnoi - Spassky Candidates Final 1977/78"] [Site "Belgrade YUG"] [Date "1977.12.19"] [EventDate "1977.11.21"] [Round "11"] [Result "0-1"] [White "Viktor Korchnoi"] [Black "Boris Spassky"] [ECO "D58"] [WhiteElo "2645"] [BlackElo "2610"] [PlyCount "72"] 1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Be7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. e3 b6 8. Rc1 Bb7 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. cxd5 exd5 11. b4 c6 12. Bd3 Re8 13. O-O Nd7 14. Qb3 Nf8 15. Rfd1 Rc8 16. Bb1 Ne6 17. a4 Ba8 18. Ba2 Rc7 19. Qb1 a5 20. bxa5 bxa5 21. Qb6 Rb7 22. Qxd8 Rxd8 23. Ne1 Rb6 24. Nd3 Rdb8 25. h3 Bb7 26. Ne5 Bxe5 27. dxe5 Rb4 28. f3 Ba6 29. Rd2 Bc4 30. f4 Nc5 31. Rd4 Nd3 32. Rd1 Nb2 33. Rc1 c5 34. Rxd5 Bxd5 35. Bxd5 c4 36. Ne4 Nxa4 0-1 [Event "Korchnoi - Spassky Candidates Final 1977/78"] [Site "Belgrade YUG"] [Date "1977.12.26"] [EventDate "1977.11.21"] [Round "12"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Boris Spassky"] [Black "Viktor Korchnoi"] [ECO "C18"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "75"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Qg4 cxd4 8. cxd4 Qc7 9. Kd1 O-O 10. Nf3 f6 11. Bd3 Nf5 12. Qh3 Nc6 13. g4 fxe5 14. dxe5 Nxe5 15. Nxe5 Qxe5 16. Rb1 Nh6 17. Re1 Qc7 18. Bxh6 gxh6 19. g5 e5 20. Qg3 h5 21. Rxe5 Bg4+ 22. Kc1 Qg7 23. Qe3 Rf3 24. Qd4 Rd8 25. Rb4 b6 26. Be4 Rxf2 27. h3 Rf1+ 28. Kb2 Bxh3 29. Bxd5+ Kh8 30. Qc3 Rff8 31. Bb3 Bf5 32. Rf4 Rc8 33. Bc4 Bg6 34. Rf6 Rfe8 35. Rd5 Rc7 36. Qd4 h4 37. Bb3 h3 38. Qh4 {time} 1-0 [Event "Korchnoi - Spassky Candidates Final 1977/78"] [Site "Belgrade YUG"] [Date "1977.12.28"] [EventDate "1977.11.21"] [Round "13"] [Result "0-1"] [White "Viktor Korchnoi"] [Black "Boris Spassky"] [ECO "A13"] [WhiteElo "2645"] [BlackElo "2610"] [PlyCount "66"] 1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 f5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Be7 5. e3 O-O 6. Nge2 c6 7. d4 d5 8. b3 Bd7 9. Bb2 Be8 10. Nf4 Bf7 11. Nd3 Nbd7 12. Qc2 Rc8 13. c5 b6 14. b4 g5 15. Ne2 Bg6 16. h4 h6 17. hxg5 hxg5 18. Ne5 Bh7 19. f3 bxc5 20. dxc5 Nxe5 21. Bxe5 Nd7 22. Bb2 Bf6 23. Nd4 Qe7 24. f4 Rf7 25. O-O-O a5 26. a3 axb4 27. axb4 g4 28. Bf1 Bxd4 29. Bxd4 e5 30. fxe5 Nxe5 31. Bd3 Nf3 32. Bxf5 Rxf5 33. Qxf5 Bxf5 0-1 [Event "Korchnoi - Spassky Candidates Final 1977/78"] [Site "Belgrade YUG"] [Date "1978.01.02"] [EventDate "1977.11.21"] [Round "14"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Boris Spassky"] [Black "Viktor Korchnoi"] [ECO "C26"] [WhiteElo "2610"] [BlackElo "2645"] [PlyCount "117"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 d5 4. exd5 Nxd5 5. Bg2 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bd6 7. Nf3 O-O 8. O-O c5 9. d3 Nc6 10. Nd2 Qd7 11. Qf3 Qc7 12. Ne4 Be7 13. Be3 c4 14. d4 Be6 15. Rfd1 Rad8 16. Qe2 Bd5 17. Rab1 exd4 18. cxd4 Rfe8 19. Nc3 Bxg2 20. Kxg2 Na5 21. Qf3 Nc6 22. Qe2 Na5 23. a4 b6 24. Qf3 Qd7 25. Rb5 Nb7 26. Bf4 Nd6 27. Bxd6 Bxd6 28. Ne4 Be7 29. c3 g6 30. g4 Rf8 31. Rdb1 a6 32. Rxb6 f5 33. gxf5 Rxf5 34. Qe2 Qxa4 35. Rb7 Re8 36. Rc7 Bd6 37. Rxc4 Rxe4 38. Rc8+ Kg7 39. Qxe4 Qa2 40. Rf1 Qf7 41. f4 Rh5 42. Re8 Qb3 43. Re6 Qb2+ 44. Qe2 Qb8 45. Qe4 Qb2+ 46. Qe2 Qb8 47. Re4 Rb5 48. Rf2 Qb7 49. Qf3 Qc8 50. h3 a5 51. Re5 Bxe5 52. fxe5 Qf5 53. c4 Rb4 54. Qe3 Qc8 55. e6 Rxc4 56. Qe5+ Kh6 57. Qf4+ Kg7 58. Qf6+ Kh6 59. Qh4+ 1-0 [Event "Korchnoi - Spassky Candidates Final 1977/78"] [Site "Belgrade YUG"] [Date "1978.01.04"] [EventDate "1977.11.21"] [Round "15"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Viktor Korchnoi"] [Black "Boris Spassky"] [ECO "D34"] [WhiteElo "2645"] [BlackElo "2610"] [PlyCount "67"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. g3 Nf6 7. Bg2 Be7 8. O-O Be6 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. Bg5 d4 11. Ne4 Be7 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. Ne1 Be7 14. Nd3 Rb8 15. Nf4 Bf5 16. Rc1 O-O 17. Nc5 Bg5 18. Qd2 Qe7 19. Rfd1 Rfd8 20. h4 Bh6 21. Nxb7 Qxb7 22. Rxc6 Qxb2 23. Qxb2 Rxb2 24. Nd5 Kf8 25. Rxd4 Be6 26. e3 Rxa2 27. Nc3 Ra1+ 28. Kh2 Rxd4 29. exd4 Bd2 30. d5 Bxc3 31. Rxc3 Bd7 32. Rc7 Ke8 33. Rb7 f5 34. d6 1/2-1/2 [Event "Korchnoi - Spassky Candidates Final 1977/78"] [Site "Belgrade YUG"] [Date "1978.01.06"] [EventDate "1977.11.21"] [Round "16"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [White "Boris Spassky"] [Black "Viktor Korchnoi"] [ECO "A45"] [WhiteElo "2610"] [BlackElo "2645"] [PlyCount "94"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Bg5 h6 4. Bxf6 exf6 5. e4 Bb4 6. exd5 Qxd5 7. Nf3 O-O 8. Be2 Qa5 9. Qd2 Nd7 10. a3 Nb6 11. Rb1 Bxc3 12. Qxc3 Qxc3+ 13. bxc3 Nd5 14. Kd2 Nf4 15. Bf1 b6 16. g3 Nh3 17. Bxh3 Bxh3 18. Ne1 Rfd8 19. Nd3 Rac8 20. Rhe1 Kf8 21. Rb5 c6 22. Rb4 c5 23. Ra4 cxd4 24. Rxd4 Rd7 25. Rxd7 Bxd7 26. Re4 g5 27. c4 Be6 28. Kc3 Ke7 29. Rd4 b5 30. Nb2 bxc4 31. Nxc4 Rc5 32. Kb4 Rf5 33. f4 gxf4 34. Rxf4 Rh5 35. Rf2 Rd5 36. Na5 Rd6 37. a4 Rb6+ 38. Kc5 Bd7 39. Rf4 Re6 40. c3 f5 41. Nb3 Re5+ 42. Kb4 Re2 43. Nc5 Be6 44. Rh4 Rb2+ 45. Ka5 Rc2 46. Kb4 Rb2+ 47. Ka5 Rc2 1/2-1/2 [Event "Korchnoi - Spassky Candidates Final 1977/78"] [Site "Belgrade YUG"] [Date "1978.01.09"] [EventDate "1977.11.21"] [Round "17"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Viktor Korchnoi"] [Black "Boris Spassky"] [ECO "E15"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "113"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Qa4 Be7 6. Nc3 O-O 7. Bg2 Bb7 8. Qc2 d5 9. cxd5 exd5 10. O-O Na6 11. Rd1 Re8 12. Ne5 c5 13. dxc5 Bxc5 14. Nd3 Qc8 15. Bg5 Ne4 16. Nxc5 Naxc5 17. Be3 Nxc3 18. Qxc3 Ne4 19. Qa3 Qe6 20. Rac1 Qe7 21. Qxe7 Rxe7 22. Rc2 f6 23. Bh3 Kf7 24. Bd2 a5 25. Be3 b5 26. Rdc1 Rae8 27. Bf1 b4 28. Bc5 Re6 29. Bd4 Ba6 30. Rc7+ Kg6 31. Ra7 R8e7 32. Rxe7 Rxe7 33. Rc2 a4 34. e3 b3 35. axb3 axb3 36. Rc6 Bxf1 37. Kxf1 Rb7 38. Ke2 h5 39. f3 Ng5 40. Rc5 Rd7 41. Rb5 Ne6 42. Rxb3 Nxd4+ 43. exd4 Rc7 44. Kd3 Rc1 45. Rb5 Rd1+ 46. Ke3 Re1+ 47. Kf4 Re2 48. h4 Kh6 49. b4 Rb2 50. Kf5 Rb3 51. f4 Kh7 52. Ke6 Kg6 53. Kxd5 Rxg3 54. Kc6 Kf7 55. Rxh5 Rg4 56. b5 Rxf4 57. b6 1-0 [Event "Korchnoi - Spassky Candidates Final 1977/78"] [Site "Belgrade YUG"] [Date "1978.01.11"] [EventDate "1977.11.21"] [Round "18"] [Result "0-1"] [White "Boris Spassky"] [Black "Viktor Korchnoi"] [ECO "C02"] [WhiteElo "2610"] [BlackElo "2645"] [PlyCount "81"] 1. d4 e6 2. e4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. Be2 Nge7 7. Na3 cxd4 8. cxd4 Nf5 9. Nc2 Nb4 10. Ne3 Nxe3 11. fxe3 Be7 12. a3 Nc6 13. b4 a6 14. Rb1 Na7 15. a4 Nc6 16. Bd2 a5 17. b5 Nb4 18. O-O O-O 19. Qe1 Kh8 20. Qg3 f6 21. Rbc1 f5 22. h4 Rc8 23. h5 Rxc1 24. Rxc1 Na2 25. Ra1 Nb4 26. Qh3 Be8 27. Kf2 Qb6 28. g4 g5 29. hxg6 Bxg6 30. g5 f4 31. exf4 Nc2 32. Rd1 Be4 33. Be3 Nxe3 34. Kxe3 Qc7 35. g6 Bxg6 36. Qxe6 Ba3 37. Qxd5 Bc1+ 38. Kf2 Bxf4 39. Qc4 Qg7 40. Rg1 Qh6 41. Qc3 0-1

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