2nd Tournament of Peace :: Rovinj/Zagreb 1970

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pos. name flag 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 pts + = -
1. GM Fischer, Robert James USA 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 0 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 1 1 13 10 6 1
2.-5. GM Gligorić, Svetozar YUG 0 ½ ½ 1 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 1 1 11 6 10 1
2.-5. GM Hort, Vlastimil CSR ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 11 5 12 0
2.-5. GM Korchnoi, Viktor URS ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 1 0 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 ½ 1 1 11 7 8 2
2.-5. GM Smyslov, Vassily URS ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 11 6 10 1
6. GM Petrosian, Tigran URS ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 10½ 5 11 1
7.-8. IM Minić, Dragoljub YUG 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 9 3 12 2
7.-8. GM Ivkov, Borislav YUG ½ ½ 0 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 9 4 10 3
9.-11. IM Bertok, Mario YUG 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 2 13 2
9.-11. Kovačević, Vlatko YUG 1 ½ 0 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 1 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 4 9 4
9.-11. GM Uhlmann, Wolfgang GDR 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 1 1 1 ½ 1 1 0 5 7 5
12. GM Browne, Walter Shawn USA ½ ½ 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 ½ 1 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 4 7 6
13.-15. IM Ghițescu, Theodor ROM 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 13 4
13.-15. IM Kurajica, Bojan YUG 0 ½ ½ 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 13 4
13.-15. GM Parma, Bruno YUG 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 13 4
16. IM Marović, Dražen YUG 0 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 0 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 6 1 10 6
17. GM Udovčić, Mijo YUG 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 0 0 1 ½ ½ 1 1 3 5 9
18. Ničevski, Risto YUG 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ½ 1 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 1 5 11





Round by round results

1st round — 12th April 1970
GM Browne, Walter Shawn USA 1 - 0 YUG IM Marović, Dražen
IM Ghițescu, Theodor ROM 0 - 1 YUG GM Udovčić, Mijo
GM Hort, Vlastimil CSR ½ - ½ GDR GM Uhlmann, Wolfgang
GM Ivkov, Borislav YUG ½ - ½ YUG IM Bertok, Mario
IM Kurajica, Bojan YUG ½ - ½ YUG Kovačević, Vlatko
IM Minić, Dragoljub YUG 1 - 0 URS GM Korchnoi, Viktor
GM Parma, Bruno YUG 0 - 1 USA GM Fischer, Robert James
GM Petrosian, Tigran URS 1 - 0 YUG Ničevski, Risto
GM Smyslov, Vassily URS 0 - 1 YUG GM Gligorić, Svetozar
1.-6. Fischer, Gligorić, Petrosian, Minić, Browne, Udovčić — 1; 7.-12. Hort, Ivkov, Bertok, Kovačević, Uhlmann, Kurajica — ½; 13.-18. Korchnoi, Smyslov, Ghițescu, Parma, Marović, Ničevski — 0;



2nd round — 13th April 1970
IM Bertok, Mario YUG ½ - ½ ROM IM Ghițescu, Theodor
GM Fischer, Robert James USA 1 - 0 YUG Ničevski, Risto
GM Gligorić, Svetozar YUG ½ - ½ YUG IM Kurajica, Bojan
GM Korchnoi, Viktor URS 1 - 0 YUG GM Ivkov, Borislav
Kovačević, Vlatko YUG 0 - 1 CSR GM Hort, Vlastimil
IM Marović, Dražen YUG ½ - ½ URS GM Petrosian, Tigran
GM Parma, Bruno YUG ½ - ½ YUG IM Minić, Dragoljub
GM Udovčić, Mijo YUG ½ - ½ URS GM Smyslov, Vassily
GM Uhlmann, Wolfgang GDR 1 - 0 USA GM Browne, Walter Shawn
1. Fischer — 2; 2.-7. Gligorić, Hort, Petrosian, Minić, Uhlmann, Udovčić — 1½; 8.-11. Korchnoi, Bertok, Browne, Kurajica — 1; 12.-17. Smyslov, Ivkov, Kovačević, Ghițescu, Parma, Marović — ½; 18. Ničevski — 0;



3rd round — 14th April 1970
GM Browne, Walter Shawn USA 1 - 0 YUG Kovačević, Vlatko
IM Ghițescu, Theodor ROM ½ - ½ URS GM Korchnoi, Viktor
GM Hort, Vlastimil CSR ½ - ½ YUG GM Gligorić, Svetozar
GM Ivkov, Borislav YUG 1 - 0 YUG GM Parma, Bruno
IM Kurajica, Bojan YUG ½ - ½ YUG GM Udovčić, Mijo
IM Minić, Dragoljub YUG 0 - 1 USA GM Fischer, Robert James
Ničevski, Risto YUG ½ - ½ YUG IM Marović, Dražen
GM Petrosian, Tigran URS ½ - ½ GDR GM Uhlmann, Wolfgang
GM Smyslov, Vassily URS ½ - ½ YUG IM Bertok, Mario
1. Fischer — 3; 2.-7. Gligorić, Hort, Petrosian, Uhlmann, Browne, Udovčić — 2; 8.-12. Korchnoi, Minić, Ivkov, Bertok, Kurajica — 1½; 13.-15. Smyslov, Ghițescu, Marović — 1; 16.-18. Kovačević, Parma, Ničevski — ½;



4th round — 15th April 1970
IM Bertok, Mario YUG ½ - ½ YUG IM Kurajica, Bojan
GM Fischer, Robert James USA 1 - 0 YUG IM Marović, Dražen
GM Gligorić, Svetozar YUG ½ - ½ USA GM Browne, Walter Shawn
GM Korchnoi, Viktor URS ½ - ½ URS GM Smyslov, Vassily
Kovačević, Vlatko YUG 0 - 1 URS GM Petrosian, Tigran
IM Minić, Dragoljub YUG ½ - ½ YUG GM Ivkov, Borislav
GM Parma, Bruno YUG ½ - ½ ROM IM Ghițescu, Theodor
GM Udovčić, Mijo YUG 0 - 1 CSR GM Hort, Vlastimil
GM Uhlmann, Wolfgang GDR 0 - 1 YUG Ničevski, Risto
1. Fischer — 4; 2.-3. Hort, Petrosian — 3; 4.-5. Gligorić, Browne — 2½; 6.-12. Korchnoi, Minić, Ivkov, Bertok, Uhlmann, Kurajica, Udovčić — 2; 13.-15. Smyslov, Ghițescu, Ničevski — 1½; 16.-17. Parma, Marović — 1; 18. Kovačević — ½;



5th round — 16th April 1970
GM Browne, Walter Shawn USA 1 - 0 YUG GM Udovčić, Mijo
IM Ghițescu, Theodor ROM ½ - ½ YUG IM Minić, Dragoljub
GM Hort, Vlastimil CSR ½ - ½ YUG IM Bertok, Mario
GM Ivkov, Borislav YUG ½ - ½ USA GM Fischer, Robert James
IM Kurajica, Bojan YUG 0 - 1 URS GM Korchnoi, Viktor
IM Marović, Dražen YUG 0 - 1 GDR GM Uhlmann, Wolfgang
Ničevski, Risto YUG ½ - ½ YUG Kovačević, Vlatko
GM Petrosian, Tigran URS 0 - 1 YUG GM Gligorić, Svetozar
GM Smyslov, Vassily URS ½ - ½ YUG GM Parma, Bruno
1. Fischer — 4½; 2.-4. Gligorić, Hort, Browne — 3½; 5.-7. Korchnoi, Petrosian, Uhlmann — 3; 8.-10. Minić, Ivkov, Bertok — 2½; 11.-15. Smyslov, Ghițescu, Kurajica, Udovčić, Ničevski — 2; 16. Parma — 1½; 17.-18. Kovačević, Marović — 1;



6th round — 19th April 1970
IM Bertok, Mario YUG ½ - ½ USA GM Browne, Walter Shawn
GM Fischer, Robert James USA 1 - 0 GDR GM Uhlmann, Wolfgang
GM Gligorić, Svetozar YUG 1 - 0 YUG Ničevski, Risto
GM Ivkov, Borislav YUG ½ - ½ ROM IM Ghițescu, Theodor
GM Korchnoi, Viktor URS ½ - ½ CSR GM Hort, Vlastimil
Kovačević, Vlatko YUG ½ - ½ YUG IM Marović, Dražen
IM Minić, Dragoljub YUG ½ - ½ URS GM Smyslov, Vassily
GM Parma, Bruno YUG ½ - ½ YUG IM Kurajica, Bojan
GM Udovčić, Mijo YUG 0 - 1 URS GM Petrosian, Tigran
1. Fischer — 5½; 2. Gligorić — 4½; 3.-5. Hort, Petrosian, Browne — 4; 6. Korchnoi — 3½; 7.-10. Minić, Ivkov, Bertok, Uhlmann — 3; 11.-13. Smyslov, Ghițescu, Kurajica — 2½; 14.-16. Parma, Udovčić, Ničevski — 2; 17.-18. Kovačević, Marović — 1½;



7th round — 20th April 1970
GM Browne, Walter Shawn USA 0 - 1 URS GM Korchnoi, Viktor
IM Ghițescu, Theodor ROM 0 - 1 USA GM Fischer, Robert James
GM Hort, Vlastimil CSR ½ - ½ YUG GM Parma, Bruno
IM Kurajica, Bojan YUG ½ - ½ YUG IM Minić, Dragoljub
IM Marović, Dražen YUG 0 - 1 YUG GM Gligorić, Svetozar
Ničevski, Risto YUG 0 - 1 YUG GM Udovčić, Mijo
GM Petrosian, Tigran URS ½ - ½ YUG IM Bertok, Mario
GM Smyslov, Vassily URS 1 - 0 YUG GM Ivkov, Borislav
GM Uhlmann, Wolfgang GDR 0 - 1 YUG Kovačević, Vlatko
1. Fischer — 6½; 2. Gligorić — 5½; 3.-5. Hort, Korchnoi, Petrosian — 4½; 6. Browne — 4; 7.-9. Smyslov, Minić, Bertok — 3½; 10.-13. Ivkov, Uhlmann, Kurajica, Udovčić — 3; 14.-16. Kovačević, Ghițescu, Parma — 2½; 17. Ničevski — 2; 18. Marović — 1½;



8th round — 21st April 1970
IM Bertok, Mario YUG 1 - 0 YUG Ničevski, Risto
GM Fischer, Robert James USA 0 - 1 YUG Kovačević, Vlatko
IM Ghițescu, Theodor ROM ½ - ½ URS GM Smyslov, Vassily
GM Gligorić, Svetozar YUG ½ - ½ GDR GM Uhlmann, Wolfgang
GM Ivkov, Borislav YUG ½ - ½ YUG IM Kurajica, Bojan
GM Korchnoi, Viktor URS ½ - ½ URS GM Petrosian, Tigran
IM Minić, Dragoljub YUG ½ - ½ CSR GM Hort, Vlastimil
GM Parma, Bruno YUG ½ - ½ USA GM Browne, Walter Shawn
GM Udovčić, Mijo YUG 1 - 0 YUG IM Marović, Dražen
1. Fischer — 6½; 2. Gligorić — 6; 3.-5. Hort, Korchnoi, Petrosian — 5; 6.-7. Bertok, Browne — 4½; 8.-10. Smyslov, Minić, Udovčić — 4; 11.-14. Ivkov, Kovačević, Uhlmann, Kurajica — 3½; 15.-16. Ghițescu, Parma — 3; 17. Ničevski — 2; 18. Marović — 1½;



9th round — 22nd April 1970
GM Browne, Walter Shawn USA ½ - ½ YUG IM Minić, Dragoljub
GM Hort, Vlastimil CSR 1 - 0 YUG GM Ivkov, Borislav
Kovačević, Vlatko YUG ½ - ½ YUG GM Gligorić, Svetozar
IM Kurajica, Bojan YUG ½ - ½ ROM IM Ghițescu, Theodor
IM Marović, Dražen YUG ½ - ½ YUG IM Bertok, Mario
Ničevski, Risto YUG 0 - 1 URS GM Korchnoi, Viktor
GM Petrosian, Tigran URS 1 - 0 YUG GM Parma, Bruno
GM Smyslov, Vassily URS ½ - ½ USA GM Fischer, Robert James
GM Uhlmann, Wolfgang GDR 1 - 0 YUG GM Udovčić, Mijo
1. Fischer — 7; 2. Gligorić — 6½; 3.-5. Hort, Korchnoi, Petrosian — 6; 6.-7. Bertok, Browne — 5; 8.-10. Smyslov, Minić, Uhlmann — 4½; 11.-13. Kovačević, Kurajica, Udovčić — 4; 14.-15. Ivkov, Ghițescu — 3½; 16. Parma — 3; 17.-18. Marović, Ničevski — 2;



10th round — 23rd April 1970
IM Bertok, Mario YUG ½ - ½ GDR GM Uhlmann, Wolfgang
GM Fischer, Robert James USA 1 - 0 YUG GM Gligorić, Svetozar
IM Ghițescu, Theodor ROM ½ - ½ CSR GM Hort, Vlastimil
GM Ivkov, Borislav YUG 1 - 0 USA GM Browne, Walter Shawn
GM Korchnoi, Viktor URS ½ - ½ YUG IM Marović, Dražen
IM Minić, Dragoljub YUG ½ - ½ URS GM Petrosian, Tigran
GM Parma, Bruno YUG ½ - ½ YUG Ničevski, Risto
GM Smyslov, Vassily URS 1 - 0 YUG IM Kurajica, Bojan
GM Udovčić, Mijo YUG 0 - 1 YUG Kovačević, Vlatko
1. Fischer — 8; 2.-5. Gligorić, Hort, Korchnoi, Petrosian — 6½; 6.-7. Smyslov, Bertok — 5½; 8.-11. Minić, Kovačević, Uhlmann, Browne — 5; 12. Ivkov — 4½; 13.-15. Ghițescu, Kurajica, Udovčić — 4; 16. Parma — 3½; 17.-18. Marović, Ničevski — 2½;



11th round — 24th April 1970
GM Browne, Walter Shawn USA ½ - ½ ROM IM Ghițescu, Theodor
GM Gligorić, Svetozar YUG 1 - 0 YUG GM Udovčić, Mijo
GM Hort, Vlastimil CSR ½ - ½ URS GM Smyslov, Vassily
Kovačević, Vlatko YUG 1 - 0 YUG IM Bertok, Mario
IM Kurajica, Bojan YUG 0 - 1 USA GM Fischer, Robert James
IM Marović, Dražen YUG ½ - ½ YUG GM Parma, Bruno
Ničevski, Risto YUG 0 - 1 YUG IM Minić, Dragoljub
GM Petrosian, Tigran URS ½ - ½ YUG GM Ivkov, Borislav
GM Uhlmann, Wolfgang GDR ½ - ½ URS GM Korchnoi, Viktor
1. Fischer — 9; 2. Gligorić — 7½; 3.-5. Hort, Korchnoi, Petrosian — 7; 6.-8. Smyslov, Minić, Kovačević — 6; 9.-11. Bertok, Uhlmann, Browne — 5½; 12. Ivkov — 5; 13. Ghițescu — 4½; 14.-16. Kurajica, Parma, Udovčić — 4; 17. Marović — 3; 18. Ničevski — 2½;



12th round — 28th April 1970
IM Bertok, Mario YUG ½ - ½ YUG GM Gligorić, Svetozar
GM Fischer, Robert James USA 1 - 0 YUG GM Udovčić, Mijo
IM Ghițescu, Theodor ROM ½ - ½ URS GM Petrosian, Tigran
GM Ivkov, Borislav YUG 1 - 0 YUG Ničevski, Risto
GM Korchnoi, Viktor URS 1 - 0 YUG Kovačević, Vlatko
IM Kurajica, Bojan YUG ½ - ½ CSR GM Hort, Vlastimil
IM Minić, Dragoljub YUG 0 - 1 YUG IM Marović, Dražen
GM Parma, Bruno YUG ½ - ½ GDR GM Uhlmann, Wolfgang
GM Smyslov, Vassily URS 1 - 0 USA GM Browne, Walter Shawn
1. Fischer — 10; 2.-3. Gligorić, Korchnoi — 8; 4.-5. Hort, Petrosian — 7½; 6. Smyslov — 7; 7.-11. Minić, Ivkov, Bertok, Kovačević, Uhlmann — 6; 12. Browne — 5½; 13. Ghițescu — 5; 14.-15. Kurajica, Parma — 4½; 16.-17. Marović, Udovčić — 4; 18. Ničevski — 2½;



13th round — 29th April 1970
GM Browne, Walter Shawn USA ½ - ½ YUG IM Kurajica, Bojan
GM Gligorić, Svetozar YUG ½ - ½ URS GM Korchnoi, Viktor
GM Hort, Vlastimil CSR ½ - ½ USA GM Fischer, Robert James
Kovačević, Vlatko YUG ½ - ½ YUG GM Parma, Bruno
IM Marović, Dražen YUG ½ - ½ YUG GM Ivkov, Borislav
Ničevski, Risto YUG ½ - ½ ROM IM Ghițescu, Theodor
GM Petrosian, Tigran URS ½ - ½ URS GM Smyslov, Vassily
GM Udovčić, Mijo YUG ½ - ½ YUG IM Bertok, Mario
GM Uhlmann, Wolfgang GDR 0 - 1 YUG IM Minić, Dragoljub
1. Fischer — 10½; 2.-3. Gligorić, Korchnoi — 8½; 4.-5. Hort, Petrosian — 8; 6. Smyslov — 7½; 7. Minić — 7; 8.-10. Ivkov, Bertok, Kovačević — 6½; 11.-12. Uhlmann, Browne — 6; 13. Ghițescu — 5½; 14.-15. Kurajica, Parma — 5; 16.-17. Marović, Udovčić — 4½; 18. Ničevski — 3;



14th round — 30th April 1970
GM Fischer, Robert James USA 1 - 0 YUG IM Bertok, Mario
IM Ghițescu, Theodor ROM ½ - ½ YUG IM Marović, Dražen
GM Hort, Vlastimil CSR 1 - 0 USA GM Browne, Walter Shawn
GM Ivkov, Borislav YUG ½ - ½ GDR GM Uhlmann, Wolfgang
GM Korchnoi, Viktor URS 1 - 0 YUG GM Udovčić, Mijo
IM Kurajica, Bojan YUG ½ - ½ URS GM Petrosian, Tigran
IM Minić, Dragoljub YUG ½ - ½ YUG Kovačević, Vlatko
GM Parma, Bruno YUG ½ - ½ YUG GM Gligorić, Svetozar
GM Smyslov, Vassily URS 1 - 0 YUG Ničevski, Risto
1. Fischer — 11½; 2. Korchnoi — 9½; 3.-4. Gligorić, Hort — 9; 5.-6. Smyslov, Petrosian — 8½; 7. Minić — 7½; 8.-9. Ivkov, Kovačević — 7; 10.-11. Bertok, Uhlmann — 6½; 12.-13. Browne, Ghițescu — 6; 14.-15. Kurajica, Parma — 5½; 16. Marović — 5; 17. Udovčić — 4½; 18. Ničevski — 3;



15th round — 3rd May 1970
IM Bertok, Mario YUG 1 - 0 URS GM Korchnoi, Viktor
GM Browne, Walter Shawn USA ½ - ½ USA GM Fischer, Robert James
GM Gligorić, Svetozar YUG ½ - ½ YUG IM Minić, Dragoljub
Kovačević, Vlatko YUG ½ - ½ YUG GM Ivkov, Borislav
IM Marović, Dražen YUG 0 - 1 URS GM Smyslov, Vassily
Ničevski, Risto YUG ½ - ½ YUG IM Kurajica, Bojan
GM Petrosian, Tigran URS ½ - ½ CSR GM Hort, Vlastimil
GM Udovčić, Mijo YUG ½ - ½ YUG GM Parma, Bruno
GM Uhlmann, Wolfgang GDR 1 - 0 ROM IM Ghițescu, Theodor
1. Fischer — 12; 2.-5. Gligorić, Hort, Korchnoi, Smyslov — 9½; 6. Petrosian — 9; 7. Minić — 8; 8.-11. Ivkov, Bertok, Kovačević, Uhlmann — 7½; 12. Browne — 6½; 13.-15. Ghițescu, Kurajica, Parma — 6; 16.-17. Marović, Udovčić — 5; 18. Ničevski — 3½;



16th round — 4th May 1970
GM Browne, Walter Shawn USA 0 - 1 URS GM Petrosian, Tigran
GM Fischer, Robert James USA ½ - ½ URS GM Korchnoi, Viktor
IM Ghițescu, Theodor ROM ½ - ½ YUG Kovačević, Vlatko
GM Hort, Vlastimil CSR 1 - 0 YUG Ničevski, Risto
GM Ivkov, Borislav YUG ½ - ½ YUG GM Gligorić, Svetozar
IM Kurajica, Bojan YUG ½ - ½ YUG IM Marović, Dražen
IM Minić, Dragoljub YUG ½ - ½ YUG GM Udovčić, Mijo
GM Parma, Bruno YUG ½ - ½ YUG IM Bertok, Mario
GM Smyslov, Vassily URS 1 - 0 GDR GM Uhlmann, Wolfgang
1. Fischer — 12½; 2.-3. Hort, Smyslov — 10½; 4.-6. Gligorić, Korchnoi, Petrosian — 10; 7. Minić — 8½; 8.-10. Ivkov, Bertok, Kovačević — 8; 11. Uhlmann — 7½; 12.-15. Browne, Ghițescu, Kurajica, Parma — 6½; 16.-17. Marović, Udovčić — 5½; 18. Ničevski — 3½;



17th round — 6th May 1970
IM Bertok, Mario YUG ½ - ½ YUG IM Minić, Dragoljub
GM Gligorić, Svetozar YUG 1 - 0 ROM IM Ghițescu, Theodor
GM Korchnoi, Viktor URS 1 - 0 YUG GM Parma, Bruno
Kovačević, Vlatko YUG ½ - ½ URS GM Smyslov, Vassily
IM Marović, Dražen YUG ½ - ½ CSR GM Hort, Vlastimil
Ničevski, Risto YUG 0 - 1 USA GM Browne, Walter Shawn
GM Petrosian, Tigran URS ½ - ½ USA GM Fischer, Robert James
GM Udovčić, Mijo YUG 0 - 1 YUG GM Ivkov, Borislav
GM Uhlmann, Wolfgang GDR 1 - 0 YUG IM Kurajica, Bojan
1. Fischer — 13; 2.-5. Gligorić, Hort, Korchnoi, Smyslov — 11; 6. Petrosian — 10½; 7.-8. Minić, Ivkov — 9; 9.-11. Bertok, Kovačević, Uhlmann — 8½; 12. Browne — 7½; 13.-15. Ghițescu, Kurajica, Parma — 6½; 16. Marović — 6; 17. Udovčić — 5½; 18. Ničevski — 3½;








Information

2nd Tournament of Peace
Dates: 12th April - 6th May 1970
City: Rovinj/Zagreb (Yugoslavia)
Venue: Rovinj (1-11), Zagreb (12-17)
Organizers:
Chief Arbiter:
Players participating: 18 (incl. 11 GMs, 5 IMs)
Games played: 153
Competition format: Round Robin
Tie-breaks: none
Time control:
Other websites: ChessBase report round by round
PGN game file: peace-1970.pgn






Tournament Review

The most important event of that year was the arrival of the legendary Fischer in Croatia. Thanks to the connections of Mr. Andelko Bilušić with Bobby, he came to Vinkovci and Zagreb, and later participated in the meeting between the USSR and the rest of the world. Also there, the two places Rovinj and Zagreb shared the organization of the tournament as well as the costs. Today it is the standard in football, and we chess players were ahead of our time then!
We had as many as 3 world champions at the tournament! Smislov, Petrosjan and the future Fischer. Fischer was superior to everyone, scoring as many as 76.5% points! Hort, Gligorić, Smislov and Korčna were ahead of Petrosjan, and among the winners were also Minić and Ivkov. Bertok, Kovačević, Kurajica, Marović and Udovčić also played from Zagreb. Kovačević’s victory with black pieces over Fischer still has a legendary status in the chess world.