1st Costa Brava chess tournament :: Sant Feliu de Guíxols 1973

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Crosstable

pos. name Elo flag 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 pts Berger + = -
1. IM Westerinen, Heikki 2435 FIN ● 0 1 ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 1 7 26.75 6 2 1
2. IM Tatai, Stefano 2430 ITA 1 ● ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 6½ 27.25 4 5 0
3. GM Pomar Salamanca, Arturo 2435 ESP 0 ½ ● 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 5 21.00 2 6 1
4. GM Robatsch, Karl 2430 AUT ½ ½ 0 ● ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 5 20.00 2 6 1
5. IM Hartoch, Robert 2480 NED ½ 0 ½ ½ ● ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 4½ 19.00 1 7 1
6. GM Pachman, Luděk 2515 CSR 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ● ½ ½ ½ 1 4½ 17.25 1 7 1
7. GM Lengyel, Levente 2450 HUN 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ● ½ ½ 1 4 15.00 1 6 2
8. IM Medina García, Antonio Ángel 2395 ESP 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ ● 1 1 4 14.50 2 4 3
9. Pijuán Herranz, Manuel   ESP 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ● 1 3½ 12.50 1 5 3
10. Ibars Pons, Julián   ESP 0 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 0 0 0 ● 1 4.75 0 2 7

Heikki Westerinen achieved a grandmaster norm.





Round by round results

1st round — 20th September 1973
IM Tatai, Stefano ITA 2430 ½ - ½ 2450 HUN GM Lengyel, Levente
IM Westerinen, Heikki FIN 2435 ½ - ½ 2430 AUT GM Robatsch, Karl
GM Pachman, Luděk CSR 2515 ½ - ½ 2435 ESP GM Pomar Salamanca, Arturo
IM Hartoch, Robert NED 2480 1 - 0 2395 ESP IM Medina García, Antonio Ángel
Ibars Pons, Julián ESP 0 - 1 ESP Pijuán Herranz, Manuel
1.-2. Hartoch, Pijuán Herranz — 1; 3.-8. Westerinen, Tatai, Pomar Salamanca, Robatsch, Pachman, Lengyel — ½; 9.-10. Medina García, Ibars Pons — 0;



2nd round — 21st September 1973
IM Tatai, Stefano ITA 2430 1 - 0 2435 FIN IM Westerinen, Heikki
IM Medina García, Antonio Ángel ESP 2395 1 - 0 ESP Ibars Pons, Julián
GM Pomar Salamanca, Arturo ESP 2435 ½ - ½ 2480 NED IM Hartoch, Robert
GM Robatsch, Karl AUT 2430 ½ - ½ 2515 CSR GM Pachman, Luděk
GM Lengyel, Levente HUN 2450 ½ - ½ ESP Pijuán Herranz, Manuel
1.-3. Tatai, Hartoch, Pijuán Herranz — 1½; 4.-8. Pomar Salamanca, Robatsch, Pachman, Lengyel, Medina García — 1; 9. Westerinen — ½; 10. Ibars Pons — 0;



3rd round — 22nd September 1973
IM Westerinen, Heikki FIN 2435 1 - 0 2450 HUN GM Lengyel, Levente
GM Pachman, Luděk CSR 2515 ½ - ½ 2430 ITA IM Tatai, Stefano
IM Hartoch, Robert NED 2480 ½ - ½ 2430 AUT GM Robatsch, Karl
Ibars Pons, Julián ESP ½ - ½ 2435 ESP GM Pomar Salamanca, Arturo
Pijuán Herranz, Manuel ESP 0 - 1 2395 ESP IM Medina García, Antonio Ángel
1.-3. Tatai, Hartoch, Medina García — 2; 4.-8. Westerinen, Pomar Salamanca, Robatsch, Pachman, Pijuán Herranz — 1½; 9. Lengyel — 1; 10. Ibars Pons — ½;



4th round — 23rd September 1973
IM Tatai, Stefano ITA 2430 1 - 0 2480 NED IM Hartoch, Robert
IM Westerinen, Heikki FIN 2435 1 - 0 2515 CSR GM Pachman, Luděk
GM Pomar Salamanca, Arturo ESP 2435 ½ - ½ ESP Pijuán Herranz, Manuel
GM Robatsch, Karl AUT 2430 1 - 0 ESP Ibars Pons, Julián
GM Lengyel, Levente HUN 2450 ½ - ½ 2395 ESP IM Medina García, Antonio Ángel
1. Tatai — 3; 2.-4. Westerinen, Robatsch, Medina García — 2½; 5.-7. Pomar Salamanca, Hartoch, Pijuán Herranz — 2; 8.-9. Pachman, Lengyel — 1½; 10. Ibars Pons — ½;



5th round — 24th September 1973
GM Pachman, Luděk CSR 2515 ½ - ½ 2450 HUN GM Lengyel, Levente
IM Hartoch, Robert NED 2480 ½ - ½ 2435 FIN IM Westerinen, Heikki
Ibars Pons, Julián ESP 0 - 1 2430 ITA IM Tatai, Stefano
Pijuán Herranz, Manuel ESP ½ - ½ 2430 AUT GM Robatsch, Karl
IM Medina García, Antonio Ángel ESP 2395 0 - 1 2435 ESP GM Pomar Salamanca, Arturo
1. Tatai — 4; 2.-4. Westerinen, Pomar Salamanca, Robatsch — 3; 5.-7. Hartoch, Medina García, Pijuán Herranz — 2½; 8.-9. Pachman, Lengyel — 2; 10. Ibars Pons — ½;



6th round — 26th September 1973
IM Tatai, Stefano ITA 2430 1 - 0 ESP Pijuán Herranz, Manuel
IM Westerinen, Heikki FIN 2435 1 - 0 ESP Ibars Pons, Julián
GM Pachman, Luděk CSR 2515 ½ - ½ 2480 NED IM Hartoch, Robert
GM Robatsch, Karl AUT 2430 ½ - ½ 2395 ESP IM Medina García, Antonio Ángel
GM Lengyel, Levente HUN 2450 ½ - ½ 2435 ESP GM Pomar Salamanca, Arturo
1. Tatai — 5; 2. Westerinen — 4; 3.-4. Pomar Salamanca, Robatsch — 3½; 5.-6. Hartoch, Medina García — 3; 7.-9. Pachman, Lengyel, Pijuán Herranz — 2½; 10. Ibars Pons — ½;



7th round — 27th September 1973
IM Hartoch, Robert NED 2480 ½ - ½ 2450 HUN GM Lengyel, Levente
Ibars Pons, Julián ESP 0 - 1 2515 CSR GM Pachman, Luděk
Pijuán Herranz, Manuel ESP 0 - 1 2435 FIN IM Westerinen, Heikki
IM Medina García, Antonio Ángel ESP 2395 ½ - ½ 2430 ITA IM Tatai, Stefano
GM Pomar Salamanca, Arturo ESP 2435 1 - 0 2430 AUT GM Robatsch, Karl
1. Tatai — 5½; 2. Westerinen — 5; 3. Pomar Salamanca — 4½; 4.-7. Robatsch, Hartoch, Pachman, Medina García — 3½; 8. Lengyel — 3; 9. Pijuán Herranz — 2½; 10. Ibars Pons — ½;



8th round — 28th September 1973
IM Tatai, Stefano ITA 2430 ½ - ½ 2435 ESP GM Pomar Salamanca, Arturo
IM Westerinen, Heikki FIN 2435 1 - 0 2395 ESP IM Medina García, Antonio Ángel
GM Pachman, Luděk CSR 2515 ½ - ½ ESP Pijuán Herranz, Manuel
IM Hartoch, Robert NED 2480 ½ - ½ ESP Ibars Pons, Julián
GM Lengyel, Levente HUN 2450 0 - 1 2430 AUT GM Robatsch, Karl
1.-2. Westerinen, Tatai — 6; 3. Pomar Salamanca — 5; 4. Robatsch — 4½; 5.-6. Hartoch, Pachman — 4; 7. Medina García — 3½; 8.-9. Lengyel, Pijuán Herranz — 3; 10. Ibars Pons — 1;



9th round — 29th September 1973
Ibars Pons, Julián ESP 0 - 1 2450 HUN GM Lengyel, Levente
Pijuán Herranz, Manuel ESP ½ - ½ 2480 NED IM Hartoch, Robert
IM Medina García, Antonio Ángel ESP 2395 ½ - ½ 2515 CSR GM Pachman, Luděk
GM Pomar Salamanca, Arturo ESP 2435 0 - 1 2435 FIN IM Westerinen, Heikki
GM Robatsch, Karl AUT 2430 ½ - ½ 2430 ITA IM Tatai, Stefano
1. Westerinen — 7; 2. Tatai — 6½; 3.-4. Pomar Salamanca, Robatsch — 5; 5.-6. Hartoch, Pachman — 4½; 7.-8. Lengyel, Medina García — 4; 9. Pijuán Herranz — 3½; 10. Ibars Pons — 1;







Information

1st Costa Brava chess tournament
Dates: 20th - 30th September 1973
City: Sant Feliu de Guíxols (Spain)
Venue: Hotel Piscina de Port-Salvi
Organizers: Club Guixolenc d'Escacs; Federació Catalana d'Escacs
Tournament Director: Jorge Puig Laborda (ESP)
Chief Arbiter:
Players participating: 10 (incl. 4 GMs, 4 IMs)
Games played: 45
Competition format: Round Robin
Tie-breaks: 1. Sonnerborn-Berger
Time control:
Website: http://www.ajedrecito3.galeon.com/ibero/ti_costabra1973.html (cached)
Other websites: https://clubescacssantandreu.blogspot.com/2025/01/i-torneo-internacional-costa-brava-de.html
PGN game file: costabrava-1973.pgn





Tournament Review

Costa Brava International Tournament

The Costa Brava now has its own International Tournament. The chess players of Sant Feliu de Guíxols have made this possible. Among the members of the local club, we must emphasise the extraordinary cooperation of every kind provided by the distinguished Mr Juan Roberto de Robert y Topete, Marquis of Serralavega, whom we saw on more than one occasion setting up pieces, fixing clocks, giving news to the press, and so on.

The companies that collaborated in the organisation also provided much help, among them in particular the management of the Hotel Piscina in Port Salvi, as well as the town’s Municipal Corporation.

The tournament was directed by Mr Jorge Puig Laborda, while the chief arbiter was National Chess Master Eduardo Pérez, assisted by International Arbiter Juan Torquet.

We could say many good things about this first Costa Brava International Chess Tournament, but the most important, in our opinion, was the magnificent organisation and the extraordinary assembly of the playing hall. The organisers truly distinguished themselves in all the innumerable details with which they adorned the event. If we add the perfect sportsmanship shown by the participants, we must conclude that the Sant Feliu de Guíxols Tournament was a genuine technical success.

The winner of the event was the Finnish player Westerinen, who in all his games showed the characteristic fighting spirit needed to achieve victory. At times his play even appeared very risky, although that did not prevent him from gaining another success in his important career and at the same time adding a new triumph that will be useful toward another Grandmaster norm.

His compatriot from Finland, Tatai, who may also have obtained a norm for the international promotion, finished second. Pomar took third place, tied on points with Austrian Grandmaster Robatsch. Hartoch of the Netherlands, and Pachman, especially the latter, seemed below form. Lengyel also did not produce a very brilliant performance despite his Grandmaster status.

Medina completed the group of players holding international titles, and it seemed to us that the Spanish master showed a justified fatigue as a result of his continuous appearances during the season. We saw considerable progress from the local player Pijuán, who managed to draw with four grandmasters; this is a very creditable achievement. As for the other local player, Ibars, it appeared to us that the young Gerona player is not yet ready for competitions of this kind.

Closing Ceremony

The prize-giving ceremony was also very lively and was attended by the mayor of the town and Mr José Vilaro, who represented the Catalan Chess Federation.