FIDE World Chess Championship cycle 1972-1975

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Interzonal play-off :: Portorož 1973

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Crosstable

pos. name Elo flag 1 2 3 pts + = -
1. GM Portisch, Lajos 2645 HUN 1 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 3 5 0
2. GM Polugaevsky, Lev 2640 URS 0 0 ½ ½ 1 1 0 ½ 2 3 3
3. GM Geller, Efim 2585 URS ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 0 1 ½ 3 1 4 3

Three players shared 3rd place in Petrópolis interzonal. Portisch and Polugaevsky qualified to candidates' matches.






Round by round results


1st round — 5th September 1973
GM Geller, Efim URS 2605 0 - 1 2625 URS GM Polugaevsky, Lev
GM Portisch, Lajos HUN 2645 BYE  
1. Polugaevsky — 1; 2.-3. Portisch, Geller — 0;




2nd round — 6th September 1973
GM Portisch, Lajos HUN 2650 ½ - ½ 2605 URS GM Geller, Efim
GM Polugaevsky, Lev URS 2640 BYE  
1. Polugaevsky — 1; 2.-3. Portisch, Geller — ½;




3rd round — 7th September 1973
GM Polugaevsky, Lev URS 2625 0 - 1 2650 HUN GM Portisch, Lajos
GM Geller, Efim URS 2585 BYE  
1. Portisch — 1½; 2. Polugaevsky — 1; 3. Geller — ½;




4th round — 9th September 1973
GM Polugaevsky, Lev URS 2625 1 - 0 2605 URS GM Geller, Efim
GM Portisch, Lajos HUN 2645 BYE  
1. Polugaevsky — 2; 2. Portisch — 1½; 3. Geller — ½;




5th round — 10th September 1973
GM Geller, Efim URS 2605 0 - 1 2650 HUN GM Portisch, Lajos
GM Polugaevsky, Lev URS 2640 BYE  
1. Portisch — 2½; 2. Polugaevsky — 2; 3. Geller — ½;




6th round — 11th September 1973
GM Portisch, Lajos HUN 2650 1 - 0 2625 URS GM Polugaevsky, Lev
GM Geller, Efim URS 2585 BYE  
1. Portisch — 3½; 2. Polugaevsky — 2; 3. Geller — ½;




7th round — 13th September 1973
GM Geller, Efim URS 2605 1 - 0 2625 URS GM Polugaevsky, Lev
GM Portisch, Lajos HUN 2645 BYE  
1. Portisch — 3½; 2. Polugaevsky — 2; 3. Geller — 1½;




8th round — 14th September 1973
GM Portisch, Lajos HUN 2650 ½ - ½ 2605 URS GM Geller, Efim
GM Polugaevsky, Lev URS 2640 BYE  
1. Portisch — 4; 2.-3. Polugaevsky, Geller — 2;




9th round — 15th September 1973
GM Polugaevsky, Lev URS 2625 ½ - ½ 2650 HUN GM Portisch, Lajos
GM Geller, Efim URS 2585 BYE  
1. Portisch — 4½; 2. Polugaevsky — 2½; 3. Geller — 2;




10th round — 17th September 1973
GM Polugaevsky, Lev URS 2625 ½ - ½ 2605 URS GM Geller, Efim
GM Portisch, Lajos HUN 2645 BYE  
1. Portisch — 4½; 2. Polugaevsky — 3; 3. Geller — 2½;




11th round — 19th September 1973
GM Geller, Efim URS 2605 ½ - ½ 2650 HUN GM Portisch, Lajos
GM Polugaevsky, Lev URS 2640 BYE  
1. Portisch — 5; 2.-3. Polugaevsky, Geller — 3;




12th round — 21st September 1973
GM Portisch, Lajos HUN 2650 ½ - ½ 2625 URS GM Polugaevsky, Lev
GM Geller, Efim URS 2585 BYE  
1. Portisch — 5½; 2. Polugaevsky — 3½; 3. Geller — 3;








Information

Interzonal play-off
Dates: 5th - 21st September 1973
City: Portorož (Yugoslavia)
Venue:
Organizers:
Chief Arbiter:
Players participating: 3 (incl. 3 GMs)
Games played: 12
Competition format: Quadruple Round Robin
Tie-breaks: none
Time control:
Website: http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chess.pl?tid=84553
PGN game file: wc1975-izpplayoff.pgn