20th Biel Chess Festival :: Biel 1987

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Crosstable

pos. name Elo flag 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 pts Berger + = -
1. GM Gulko, Boris 2565 USA ● ½ ½ 0 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 ½ ½ 1 9 57.50 5 8 1
2. GM Romanishin, Oleg 2555 URS ½ ½ ● ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 8½ 56.50 3 11 0
3. GM Cámpora, Daniel Hugo 2545 ARG 1 0 ½ 0 ● 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 1 1 1 8 52.50 5 6 3
4. GM Chandler, Murray Graham 2575 ENG ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ● ½ 1 ½ 1 1 ½ ½ 0 7½ 51.00 3 9 2
5. GM Hort, Vlastimil 2570 GER ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ● 1 ½ 1 0 ½ 1 7½ 50.00 3 9 2
6. GM Hübner, Robert 2610 GER 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 0 ½ ● ½ ½ ½ 1 5½ 36.50 1 9 4
7. GM Lobron, Eric 2530 GER 0 ½ ½ 0 1 0 0 ½ 0 1 ½ ½ ● 0 ½ 5 36.00 2 6 6
8. IM Polgár, Zsuzsa 2485 HUN ½ 0 0 ½ 0 0 ½ 1 ½ 0 ½ 0 1 ½ ● 5 34.00 2 6 6




Round by round results

1st round — 15th July 1987
IM Polgár, Zsuzsa HUN 2485 ½ - ½ 2565 USA GM Gulko, Boris
GM Hübner, Robert GER 2610 0 - 1 2570 GER GM Hort, Vlastimil
GM Chandler, Murray Graham ENG 2575 ½ - ½ 2555 URS GM Romanishin, Oleg
GM Lobron, Eric GER 2530 1 - 0 2545 ARG GM Cámpora, Daniel Hugo
1.-2. Hort, Lobron — 1; 3.-6. Gulko, Romanishin, Chandler, Polgár — ½; 7.-8. Cámpora, Hübner — 0;



2nd round — 16th July 1987
GM Cámpora, Daniel Hugo ARG 2545 1 - 0 2565 USA GM Gulko, Boris
GM Hort, Vlastimil GER 2570 ½ - ½ 2575 ENG GM Chandler, Murray Graham
GM Romanishin, Oleg URS 2555 1 - 0 2485 HUN IM Polgár, Zsuzsa
GM Lobron, Eric GER 2530 ½ - ½ 2610 GER GM Hübner, Robert
1.-3. Romanishin, Hort, Lobron — 1½; 4.-5. Cámpora, Chandler — 1; 6.-8. Gulko, Hübner, Polgár — ½;



3rd round — 17th July 1987
GM Gulko, Boris USA 2565 ½ - ½ 2555 URS GM Romanishin, Oleg
IM Polgár, Zsuzsa HUN 2485 ½ - ½ 2570 GER GM Hort, Vlastimil
GM Chandler, Murray Graham ENG 2575 1 - 0 2530 GER GM Lobron, Eric
GM Hübner, Robert GER 2610 ½ - ½ 2545 ARG GM Cámpora, Daniel Hugo
1.-3. Romanishin, Chandler, Hort — 2; 4.-5. Cámpora, Lobron — 1½; 6.-8. Gulko, Hübner, Polgár — 1;



4th round — 18th July 1987
GM Hort, Vlastimil GER 2570 ½ - ½ 2565 USA GM Gulko, Boris
GM Hübner, Robert GER 2610 ½ - ½ 2575 ENG GM Chandler, Murray Graham
GM Lobron, Eric GER 2530 0 - 1 2485 HUN IM Polgár, Zsuzsa
GM Cámpora, Daniel Hugo ARG 2545 ½ - ½ 2555 URS GM Romanishin, Oleg
1.-3. Romanishin, Chandler, Hort — 2½; 4.-5. Cámpora, Polgár — 2; 6.-8. Gulko, Hübner, Lobron — 1½;



5th round — 19th July 1987
GM Gulko, Boris USA 2565 1 - 0 2530 GER GM Lobron, Eric
GM Romanishin, Oleg URS 2555 ½ - ½ 2570 GER GM Hort, Vlastimil
GM Chandler, Murray Graham ENG 2575 0 - 1 2545 ARG GM Cámpora, Daniel Hugo
IM Polgár, Zsuzsa HUN 2485 ½ - ½ 2610 GER GM Hübner, Robert
1.-3. Romanishin, Cámpora, Hort — 3; 4.-6. Gulko, Chandler, Polgár — 2½; 7. Hübner — 2; 8. Lobron — 1½;



6th round — 21st July 1987
GM Hübner, Robert GER 2610 0 - 1 2565 USA GM Gulko, Boris
GM Cámpora, Daniel Hugo ARG 2545 ½ - ½ 2570 GER GM Hort, Vlastimil
GM Chandler, Murray Graham ENG 2575 ½ - ½ 2485 HUN IM Polgár, Zsuzsa
GM Lobron, Eric GER 2530 ½ - ½ 2555 URS GM Romanishin, Oleg
1.-4. Gulko, Romanishin, Cámpora, Hort — 3½; 5.-6. Chandler, Polgár — 3; 7.-8. Hübner, Lobron — 2;



7th round — 22nd July 1987
GM Gulko, Boris USA 2565 ½ - ½ 2575 ENG GM Chandler, Murray Graham
GM Hort, Vlastimil GER 2570 1 - 0 2530 GER GM Lobron, Eric
IM Polgár, Zsuzsa HUN 2485 0 - 1 2545 ARG GM Cámpora, Daniel Hugo
GM Romanishin, Oleg URS 2555 ½ - ½ 2610 GER GM Hübner, Robert
1.-2. Cámpora, Hort — 4½; 3.-4. Gulko, Romanishin — 4; 5. Chandler — 3½; 6. Polgár — 3; 7. Hübner — 2½; 8. Lobron — 2;



8th round — 23rd July 1987
GM Gulko, Boris USA 2565 1 - 0 2485 HUN IM Polgár, Zsuzsa
GM Hort, Vlastimil GER 2570 ½ - ½ 2610 GER GM Hübner, Robert
GM Romanishin, Oleg URS 2555 ½ - ½ 2575 ENG GM Chandler, Murray Graham
GM Cámpora, Daniel Hugo ARG 2545 1 - 0 2530 GER GM Lobron, Eric
1. Cámpora — 5½; 2.-3. Gulko, Hort — 5; 4. Romanishin — 4½; 5. Chandler — 4; 6.-7. Hübner, Polgár — 3; 8. Lobron — 2;



9th round — 24th July 1987
GM Gulko, Boris USA 2565 1 - 0 2545 ARG GM Cámpora, Daniel Hugo
GM Chandler, Murray Graham ENG 2575 1 - 0 2570 GER GM Hort, Vlastimil
IM Polgár, Zsuzsa HUN 2485 ½ - ½ 2555 URS GM Romanishin, Oleg
GM Hübner, Robert GER 2610 ½ - ½ 2530 GER GM Lobron, Eric
1. Gulko — 6; 2. Cámpora — 5½; 3.-5. Romanishin, Chandler, Hort — 5; 6.-7. Hübner, Polgár — 3½; 8. Lobron — 2½;



10th round — 25th July 1987
GM Romanishin, Oleg URS 2555 ½ - ½ 2565 USA GM Gulko, Boris
GM Hort, Vlastimil GER 2570 1 - 0 2485 HUN IM Polgár, Zsuzsa
GM Lobron, Eric GER 2530 ½ - ½ 2575 ENG GM Chandler, Murray Graham
GM Cámpora, Daniel Hugo ARG 2545 ½ - ½ 2610 GER GM Hübner, Robert
1. Gulko — 6½; 2.-3. Cámpora, Hort — 6; 4.-5. Romanishin, Chandler — 5½; 6. Hübner — 4; 7. Polgár — 3½; 8. Lobron — 3;



11th round — 26th July 1987
GM Gulko, Boris USA 2565 ½ - ½ 2570 GER GM Hort, Vlastimil
GM Chandler, Murray Graham ENG 2575 1 - 0 2610 GER GM Hübner, Robert
IM Polgár, Zsuzsa HUN 2485 ½ - ½ 2530 GER GM Lobron, Eric
GM Romanishin, Oleg URS 2555 1 - 0 2545 ARG GM Cámpora, Daniel Hugo
1. Gulko — 7; 2.-4. Romanishin, Chandler, Hort — 6½; 5. Cámpora — 6; 6.-7. Hübner, Polgár — 4; 8. Lobron — 3½;



12th round — 28th July 1987
GM Lobron, Eric GER 2530 ½ - ½ 2565 USA GM Gulko, Boris
GM Hort, Vlastimil GER 2570 ½ - ½ 2555 URS GM Romanishin, Oleg
GM Cámpora, Daniel Hugo ARG 2545 ½ - ½ 2575 ENG GM Chandler, Murray Graham
GM Hübner, Robert GER 2610 1 - 0 2485 HUN IM Polgár, Zsuzsa
1. Gulko — 7½; 2.-4. Romanishin, Chandler, Hort — 7; 5. Cámpora — 6½; 6. Hübner — 5; 7.-8. Lobron, Polgár — 4;



13th round — 29th July 1987
GM Gulko, Boris USA 2565 1 - 0 2610 GER GM Hübner, Robert
GM Hort, Vlastimil GER 2570 ½ - ½ 2545 ARG GM Cámpora, Daniel Hugo
IM Polgár, Zsuzsa HUN 2485 1 - 0 2575 ENG GM Chandler, Murray Graham
GM Romanishin, Oleg URS 2555 1 - 0 2530 GER GM Lobron, Eric
1. Gulko — 8½; 2. Romanishin — 8; 3. Hort — 7½; 4.-5. Cámpora, Chandler — 7; 6.-7. Hübner, Polgár — 5; 8. Lobron — 4;



14th round — 30th July 1987
GM Chandler, Murray Graham ENG 2575 ½ - ½ 2565 USA GM Gulko, Boris
GM Lobron, Eric GER 2530 1 - 0 2570 GER GM Hort, Vlastimil
GM Cámpora, Daniel Hugo ARG 2545 1 - 0 2485 HUN IM Polgár, Zsuzsa
GM Hübner, Robert GER 2610 ½ - ½ 2555 URS GM Romanishin, Oleg
1. Gulko — 9; 2. Romanishin — 8½; 3. Cámpora — 8; 4.-5. Chandler, Hort — 7½; 6. Hübner — 5½; 7.-8. Lobron, Polgár — 5;







Information

20th Biel Chess Festival
Dates: 15th - 30th July 1987
City: Biel (Switzerland)
Venue: Kongresshaus
Organizers: Biel International Chess Festival
Tournament Director: Mr. Hans Suri (SUI)
Chief Arbiter:
Players participating: 8 (incl. 7 GMs, 1 IM)
Games played: 56
Competition format: Double Round Robin
Tie-breaks: 1. Sonnerborn-Berger
Time control: 40/2h + 20/1h
Website: https://www.chessgames.com/perl/chess.pl?tid=58806
PGN game file: biel-1987.pgn





Tournament Review

1987: Gulko, the Emotional Winner

An imposing chess pyramid can be seen on the station square throughout the chess festival. In its own special way, it marks the festival’s entry into its third decade in Seeland. The grandmaster tournament reaches Category 13 for the first time. Among the eight invitees is also the best female player in the world, the Hungarian Zsuzsa Polgar.

The summer of 1987 is dominated by the Polgar chess family, as all the sisters play in one of the tournaments: Zsuzsa, as mentioned, in the grandmaster tournament; Judit, the youngest at 11, in the second invitational tournament, called “World Mixed”, where six foreign women play against six Swiss players; and Sofia, aged 12, in the Master Open.

Zsuzsa finishes the grandmaster tournament, which incidentally is played as a double round-robin for the first time, in last place, far behind the winner Boris Gulko, aged 40, the former Soviet Champion who first emigrated to Israel in 1986 and only a few months later settles in the United States in order, as he says, “to become a normal chess player and a free human being”. The chess world takes note of a victory full of emotion in Gulko’s struggle for his freedom, since for several years he had been unable to leave the country against his will. He celebrates his return to Biel with this remarkable triumph, after having made his first appearance in Seeland at the 1976 Interzonal tournament.

Final standings in the grandmaster tournament (Category 13): 1. Boris Gulko (USA) 9 points, 2. Oleg Romanishin (URS) 8.5, 3. Daniel Campora (ARG) 8, 4. Murray Chandler (ENG) 7.5, 5. Vlastimil Hort (FRG) 7.5, 6. Robert Hübner (FRG) 5.5 points, 7. Eric Lobron (FRG) 5 points, 8. Zsuzsa Polgar (HUN) 5 points.

Final standings in the “World Mixed”: “Men’s Team” Switzerland, with Claude Landenbergue, Jean-Luc Costa, Andreas Huss, Beat Züger, Ivan Nemet and Fernand Gobet, defeats “Women’s Team”, composed of Jana Miles (ENG), Pia Cramling (SWE), Margareta Muresan (ROM), Tatiana Lematschko (SUI), Barbara Hund (FRG) and Judit Polgar (HUN). Result: 44:28 for the men’s team.