1970 Palma de Mallorca Interzonal
November 9 - December 13, 1970
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4
1. Fischer USA x 0 1 ½ 1 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 ½ 1 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 18½- 4½
2. Larsen DEN 1 x ½ ½ 0 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 ½ 1 ½ 15 - 8
3. Geller USR 0 ½ x 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ ½ 15 - 8
4. Huebner BRD ½ ½ 0 x ½ 1 ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 15 - 8
5. Taimanov USR 0 1 ½ ½ x ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 1 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 14 - 9
6. Uhlmann DDR 0 0 0 0 ½ x 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 0 1 ½ 1 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 14 - 9
7. Portisch HUN ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 x ½ 0 1 ½ 1 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 0 13½- 9½
8. Smyslov USR 0 ½ 0 1 ½ ½ ½ x 1 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 1 1 1 13½- 9½
9. Polugaevsky USR ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 0 x ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 0 ½ 1 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 13 -10
10. Gligoric YUG 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 0 ½ ½ x 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 0 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 13 -10
11. Panno ARG 0 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 0 x ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 1 12½-10½
12. Mecking BRA 0 0 0 ½ 1 ½ 0 1 ½ ½ ½ x 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 12½-10½
13. Hort CZE 0 1 ½ ½ ½ 0 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 x 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 11½-11½
14. Ivkov YUG 0 ½ ½ 0 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 x ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 10½-12½
15. Suttles BRA 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 1 ½ ½ ½ 0 0 ½ ½ ½ x 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ 0 1 ½ 1 10 -13
16. Minic YUG 0 0 ½ 0 0 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ 1 x 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 10 -13
17. Reshevsky USA 0 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 0 x ½ ½ ½ 0 0 ½ 1 9½-13½
18. Matulovic YUG ½ 0 ½ 0 0 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ x ½ ½ 0 0 ½ 1 9 -14
19. Addison USA 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 0 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ x ½ 0 0 1 1 9 -14
20. Filip CZE 0 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ x ½ 1 ½ 0 8½-14½
21. Naranja PHI ½ 0 0 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 0 0 0 ½ 1 0 1 1 1 ½ x 0 0 1 8½-14½
22. Uitumen MON ½ ½ 0 0 0 0 0 0 ½ ½ 0 0 ½ 0 0 ½ 1 1 1 0 1 x 1 ½ 8½-14½
23. Rubinetti ARG 0 0 ½ 0 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 0 x 1 6 -17
24. Jiminez C ½ ½ ½ 0 0 0 1 0 ½ 0 0 0 ½ ½ 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 ½ 0 x 5½-17½
Players in Green advanced to the 1971 Candidates Matches.
Petrosian, as the loser of the last World Championship, and Korchnoi, as
the loser of the previous Candidates Final, were seeded directly into
the 1971 Candidates.
Pal Benko had originally earned the third qualifying spot for the USA.
He ceded this spot to Fischer, who had refused to participate in the 1969
US Championship and Zonal, in a dispute over the brevity of the event.
The biggest surprise of this tournament was not Fischer's victory,
but rather the second place finish of the unheralded Robert Huebner,
who had only become an International Master the year before.
The last-round Fischer-Panno was unplayed due to a scheduling dispute.
Panno had originally intended to forfeit the game, but eventually
showed up and resigned it without making a move. Fischer had opened
the game with 1. c4
Portisch and Smyslov played a match for the first reserve position in the
1971 Candidates.
1 2 3 4 5 6
w-Portisch ½ 1 0 ½ ½ ½ 3
Smyslov ½ 0 1 ½ ½ ½ 3
Had the spot become available, Portisch would have gotten it due to better tiebreak points.
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