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9th Louis D. Statham Tournament :: Lone Pine, CA 1979

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Final standings


pos.	name	Elo	flag	pts	games			1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
pos.	name	Elo	flag	pts	+	=	-	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
=1.	GM Gheorghiu, Florin	2540		6½	4	5	0	47 1	32 1	11 ½	2 ½	7 1	13 ½	9 ½	5 ½	18 1
=1.	GM Liberzon, Vladimir	2515		6½	4	5	0	62 1	27 ½	46 1	1 ½	12 1	6 ½	11 ½	9 1	4 ½
=1.	GM Gligorić, Svetozar	2565		6½	4	5	0	55 1	45 ½	14 ½	27 1	11 ½	20 1	5 ½	13 1	8 ½
=1.	GM Hort, Vlastimil	2600		6½	4	5	0	43 ½	38 1	45 ½	14 1	5 ½	24 ½	23 1	11 1	2 ½
=5.	GM Lombardy, William James	2520		6	3	6	0	34 1	48 ½	30 ½	40 1	4 ½	12 1	3 ½	1 ½	6 ½
=5.	GM Sosonko, Gennadi	2535		6	3	6	0	40 1	37 1	29 ½	11 ½	35 1	2 ½	13 ½	8 ½	5 ½
=5.	IM Ree, Hans	2480		6	4	4	1	57 1	25 ½	28 1	15 ½	1 0	36 1	18 ½	24 1	9 ½
=5.	GM Larsen, Bent	2620		6	4	4	1	49 1	11 0	59 1	35 ½	26 ½	30 1	16 1	6 ½	3 ½
=5.	GM Sahović, Dragutin	2520		6	5	2	2	66 1	35 0	38 1	45 1	52 1	16 1	1 ½	2 0	7 ½
=5.	GM Gruenfeld, Yehuda			6	4	4	1	31 ½	16 ½	18 ½	28 ½	39 0	58 1	36 1	37 1	26 1
=11.	IM Seirawan, Yasser	2485		5½	3	5	1	64 1	8 1	1 ½	6 ½	3 ½	25 1	2 ½	4 0	14 ½
=11.	GM Korchnoi, Viktor	2670		5½	4	3	2	17 1	14 ½	21 1	29 1	2 0	5 0	45 1	20 ½	13 ½
=11.	IM Kaplan, Julio	2435		5½	3	5	1	28 ½	70 1	25 ½	31 1	15 1	1 ½	6 ½	3 0	12 ½
=11.	GM Reshevsky, Samuel Herman			5½	3	5	1	58 1	12 ½	3 ½	4 0	38 1	39 ½	25 1	26 ½	11 ½
=11.	GM Shamkovich, Leonid			5½	3	5	1	42 1	63 1	35 ½	7 ½	13 0	17 ½	27 1	19 ½	20 ½
=11.	GM Lein, Anatoly	2535		5½	4	3	2	50 ½	10 ½	53 1	48 1	23 1	9 0	8 0	46 1	21 ½
=11.	IM Peters, Jack	2465		5½	3	5	1	12 0	42 1	58 1	24 ½	18 ½	15 ½	21 ½	29 ½	39 1
=11.	GM Tarjan, James Edward			5½	4	3	2	48 0	34 1	10 ½	69 1	17 ½	47 1	7 ½	33 1	1 0
=11.	Morris, Walter D			5½	3	5	1	37 0	47 1	63 1	26 ½	29 ½	31 1	24 ½	15 ½	22 ½
=11.	IM Diesen, Mark			5½	3	5	1	61 ½	23 ½	71 1	36 1	25 ½	3 0	52 1	12 ½	15 ½
=11.	GM Bisguier, Arthur Bernard			5½	3	5	1	59 ½	56 1	12 0	61 ½	46 1	52 ½	17 ½	49 1	16 ½
=11.	GM Pachman, Ludek	2520		5½	4	3	2	54 1	46 ½	27 ½	23 0	47 0	66 1	48 1	38 1	19 ½
=23.	GM De Firmian, Nick	2537		5	3	4	2	26 ½	20 ½	41 1	22 1	16 0	29 1	4 0	30 ½	33 ½
=23.	GM Biyiasas, Peter	2485		5	3	4	2	38 0	54 1	66 1	17 ½	37 1	4 ½	19 ½	7 0	27 ½
=23.	GM Miles, Anthony John	2560		5	3	4	2	69 1	7 ½	13 ½	30 1	20 ½	11 0	14 0	34 ½	47 1
=23.	GM Sigurjónsson, Guðmundur	2475		5	2	6	1	23 ½	61 1	48 ½	19 ½	8 ½	35 ½	34 1	14 ½	10 0
=23.	GM Ólafsson, Helgi	2473		5	3	4	2	52 1	2 ½	22 ½	3 0	72 1	33 ½	15 0	45 1	24 ½
=23.	Odendahl, Steven M			5	3	4	2	13 ½	44 1	7 0	10 ½	41 ½	32 ½	46 0	48 1	49 1
=23.	IM Zaltsman, Vitaly			5	3	4	2	53 1	72 1	6 ½	12 0	19 ½	23 0	47 1	17 ½	30 ½
=23.	IM Ligterink, Gert	2440		5	3	4	2	51 ½	67 1	5 ½	25 0	58 1	8 0	50 1	23 ½	29 ½
=23.	GM Browne, Walter Shawn	2540		5	3	4	2	10 ½	50 ½	43 1	13 0	49 ½	19 0	51 ½	52 1	46 1
32.	GM Rajković, Dušan			4½	3	3	3	65 ½	1 0	36 0	53 1	34 ½	28 ½	38 0	62 1	51 1
33.	GM Benko, Pal			5	3	4	2	71 ½	36 ½	50 1	52 0	48 1	27 ½	35 1	18 0	23 ½
=34.	Bradford, Joseph			4½	3	3	3	5 0	18 0	55 1	44 1	32 ½	60 1	26 0	25 ½	43 ½
=34.	IM Fedorowicz, John			4½	3	3	3	73 1	9 1	15 ½	8 ½	6 0	26 ½	33 0	39 0	59 1
=34.	IM Chandler, Murray Graham	2450		4½	3	3	3	41 ½	33 ½	32 1	20 0	63 1	7 0	10 0	55 ½	60 1
=34.	IM Soltis, Andrew E			4½	3	3	3	19 1	6 0	51 ½	59 1	24 0	61 ½	39 1	10 0	40 ½
=34.	Sterren, Paul van der			4½	4	1	4	24 1	4 0	9 0	73 1	14 0	63 1	32 1	22 0	44 ½
=34.	GM Quinteros, Miguel Ángel	2545		4½	4	1	4	46 0	62 1	40 0	51 1	10 1	14 ½	37 0	35 1	17 0
=34.	GM Ostojić, Predrag			4½	2	5	2	6 0	68 1	39 1	5 0	60 ½	49 ½	41 ½	44 ½	37 ½
=34.	GM Christiansen, Larry	2475		4½	1	7	1	36 ½	71 ½	23 0	50 ½	28 ½	62 1	40 ½	51 ½	42 ½
=34.	GM Janošević, Dragoljub			4½	3	3	3	15 0	17 0	64 0	54 ½	70 1	53 1	60 ½	57 1	41 ½
=34.	Riemsdijk, Herman Claudius van			4½	3	3	3	4 ½	51 ½	31 0	58 0	64 1	50 0	71 1	61 1	34 ½
=34.	IM Weinstein, Norman			4½	2	5	2	70 ½	28 0	56 ½	34 0	51 ½	65 1	59 1	40 ½	38 ½
=45.	IM Grefe, John			4	2	4	3	68 1	3 ½	4 ½	9 0	61 ½	59 1	12 0	27 0	50 ½
=45.	Barle, Janez	2330		4	3	2	4	39 1	22 ½	2 0	60 ½	21 0	71 1	28 1	16 0	31 0
=45.	Pétursson, Margeir	2350		4	4	0	5	1 0	19 0	54 1	67 1	22 1	18 0	29 0	65 1	25 0
=45.	IM Böhm, Hans	2430		4	3	2	4	18 1	5 ½	26 ½	16 0	33 0	72 1	22 0	28 0	64 1
=45.	Strauss, David J			4	3	2	4	8 0	64 1	52 0	56 1	31 ½	40 ½	61 1	21 0	28 0
=45.	Wiel, John van der			4	1	6	2	16 ½	31 ½	33 0	41 ½	65 ½	43 1	30 0	60 ½	45 ½
=45.	Root, Douglas			4	1	6	2	30 ½	43 ½	37 ½	39 0	44 ½	69 1	31 ½	41 ½	32 0
=45.	Paolozzi, Marcos			4	3	2	4	27 0	BYE 1	49 1	33 1	9 0	21 ½	20 0	31 0	55 ½
=45.	McCambridge, Vincent			4	3	2	4	29 0	55 1	16 0	32 0	67 ½	42 0	68 1	56 ½	63 1
=45.	Rind, Bruce			4	3	2	4	22 0	24 0	47 0	42 ½	73 1	57 ½	55 0	58 1	65 1
=45.	IM Formanek, Edward W	2370		4	3	2	4	3 0	53 0	34 0	62 0	BYE 1	67 1	54 1	36 ½	52 ½
=45.	IM Day, Lawrence	2319		4	2	4	3	60 ½	21 0	44 ½	49 0	66 0	70 1	69 ½	53 ½	62 1
=45.	IM Watson, John	2345		4	3	2	4	7 0	58 0	68 1	71 ½	59 0	54 ½	72 1	42 0	61 1
=58.	Benjamin, Joel	2350		3½	3	1	5	14 0	57 1	17 0	43 1	30 0	10 0	64 ½	54 0	69 1
=58.	IM Shirazi, Kamran	2403		3½	3	1	5	21 ½	60 1	8 0	37 0	57 1	45 0	44 0	69 1	35 0
=58.	IM Matera, Salvatore Joseph			3½	1	5	3	56 ½	59 0	72 1	46 ½	40 ½	34 0	42 ½	50 ½	36 0
=61.	FM Rigó, János	2330		3	1	4	4	20 ½	26 0	65 1	21 ½	45 ½	37 ½	49 0	43 0	57 0
=61.	IM Zlotnikov, Mikhail	2417		3	3	0	6	2 0	39 0	67 0	55 1	68 1	41 0	63 1	32 0	56 0
=61.	GM Nikolić, Stanimir	2350		3	3	0	6	67 1	15 0	19 0	64 1	36 0	38 0	62 0	71 1	53 0
=61.	Whitehead, Paul			3	2	2	5	11 0	49 0	42 1	63 0	43 0	68 ½	58 ½	66 1	48 0
65.	IM Wilder, Michael			3½	2	3	4	32 ½	69 ½	61 0	70 1	50 ½	44 0	66 1	47 0	54 0
=66.	Blocker, Calvin			3	3	0	6	9 0	73 1	24 0	72 0	56 1	22 0	65 0	64 0	70 1
=66.	Youngworth, Perry			3	2	2	5	63 0	30 0	62 1	47 0	53 ½	55 0	70 0	68 ½	71 1
=66.	IM Denker, Arnold			3	2	2	5	45 0	40 0	57 0	BYE 1	62 0	64 ½	53 0	67 ½	72 1
=69.	Silman, Jeremy			2½	1	3	5	25 0	65 ½	70 1	18 0	71 ½	51 0	56 ½	59 0	58 0
=69.	Rosendo Carreon Balinas, Jr.			2½	2	1	6	44 ½	13 0	69 0	65 0	42 0	56 0	67 1	72 1	66 0
=71.	Whitehead, Jay	2300		2	0	4	5	33 ½	41 ½	20 0	57 ½	69 ½	46 0	43 0	63 0	67 0
=71.	Thibault, James E			2	2	0	7	BYE 1	29 0	60 0	66 1	27 0	48 0	57 0	70 0	68 0
73.	Ayyar, Rajan			1	1	0	4	35 0	66 0	BYE 1	38 0	54 0

Round by round results

1st round — 25th March 1979
1	IM Peters, Jack	2465	0 - 1	2670	GM Korchnoi, Viktor
2	GM Sigurjónsson, Guðmundur	2475	½ - ½	2537	GM De Firmian, Nick
3	IM Formanek, Edward W	2370	0 - 1	2565	GM Gligorić, Svetozar
4	IM Zlotnikov, Mikhail	2417	0 - 1	2515	GM Liberzon, Vladimir
5	IM Chandler, Murray Graham	2450	½ - ½	2475	GM Christiansen, Larry
6	GM Gheorghiu, Florin	2540	1 - 0	2350	Pétursson, Margeir
7	Barle, Janez	2330	1 - 0	2545	GM Quinteros, Miguel Ángel
8	IM Watson, John	2345	0 - 1	2480	IM Ree, Hans
9	GM Larsen, Bent	2620	1 - 0		Strauss, David J
10	Riemsdijk, Herman Claudius van		½ - ½	2600	GM Hort, Vlastimil
11	GM Miles, Anthony John	2560	1 - 0		Silman, Jeremy
12	GM Browne, Walter Shawn	2540	½ - ½		GM Gruenfeld, Yehuda
13	GM Ostojić, Predrag		0 - 1	2535	GM Sosonko, Gennadi
14	GM Lein, Anatoly	2535	½ - ½		Wiel, John van der
15	GM Lombardy, William James	2520	1 - 0		Bradford, Joseph
16	Blocker, Calvin		0 - 1	2520	GM Sahović, Dragutin
17	Rind, Bruce		0 - 1	2520	GM Pachman, Ludek
18	Whitehead, Paul		0 - 1	2485	IM Seirawan, Yasser
19	Sterren, Paul van der		1 - 0	2485	GM Biyiasas, Peter
20	GM Ólafsson, Helgi	2473	1 - 0		Paolozzi, Marcos
21	Root, Douglas		½ - ½	2440	IM Ligterink, Gert
22	Odendahl, Steven M		½ - ½	2435	IM Kaplan, Julio
23	GM Tarjan, James Edward		0 - 1	2430	IM Böhm, Hans
24	GM Bisguier, Arthur Bernard		½ - ½	2403	IM Shirazi, Kamran
25	GM Reshevsky, Samuel Herman		1 - 0	2350	Benjamin, Joel
26	Youngworth, Perry		0 - 1	2350	GM Nikolić, Stanimir
27	IM Diesen, Mark		½ - ½	2330	FM Rigó, János
28	IM Matera, Salvatore Joseph		½ - ½	2319	IM Day, Lawrence
29	Whitehead, Jay	2300	½ - ½		GM Benko, Pal
30	GM Shamkovich, Leonid		1 - 0		GM Janošević, Dragoljub
31	IM Soltis, Andrew E		1 - 0		Morris, Walter D
32	IM Zaltsman, Vitaly		1 - 0		McCambridge, Vincent
33	IM Wilder, Michael		½ - ½		GM Rajković, Dušan
34	IM Fedorowicz, John		1 - 0		Ayyar, Rajan
35	Rosendo Carreon Balinas, Jr.		½ - ½		IM Weinstein, Norman
36	IM Grefe, John		1 - 0		IM Denker, Arnold
	Thibault, James E		1 BYE
1.-24. Gheorghiu, Liberzon, Gligorić, Lombardy, Sosonko, Ree, Larsen, Sahović, Seirawan, Korchnoi, Reshevsky, Shamkovich, Pachman, Miles, Ólafsson, Zaltsman, Fedorowicz, Soltis, Sterren, Grefe, Barle, Böhm, Nikolić, Thibault — 1; 25.-50. Hort, Gruenfeld, Kaplan, Lein, Diesen, Bisguier, De Firmian, Sigurjónsson, Odendahl, Ligterink, Browne, Rajković, Benko, Chandler, Christiansen, Riemsdijk, Weinstein, Wiel, Root, Day, Shirazi, Matera, Rigó, Wilder, Rosendo Carreon Balinas, J.Whitehead — ½; 51.-73. Peters, Tarjan, Morris, Biyiasas, Bradford, Quinteros, Ostojić, Janošević, Pétursson, Strauss, Paolozzi, McCambridge, Rind, Formanek, Watson, Benjamin, Zlotnikov, P.Whitehead, Blocker, Youngworth, Denker, Silman, Ayyar — 0;

2nd round — 26th March 1979
1	IM Seirawan, Yasser	2485	1 - 0	2620	GM Larsen, Bent
2	IM Ree, Hans	2480	½ - ½	2560	GM Miles, Anthony John
3	GM Liberzon, Vladimir	2515	½ - ½	2473	GM Ólafsson, Helgi
4	IM Böhm, Hans	2430	½ - ½	2520	GM Lombardy, William James
5	GM Pachman, Ludek	2520	½ - ½	2330	Barle, Janez
6	GM Korchnoi, Viktor	2670	½ - ½		GM Reshevsky, Samuel Herman
7	GM Gligorić, Svetozar	2565	½ - ½		IM Grefe, John
8	GM Sosonko, Gennadi	2535	1 - 0		IM Soltis, Andrew E
9	GM Sahović, Dragutin	2520	0 - 1		IM Fedorowicz, John
10	GM Nikolić, Stanimir	2350	0 - 1		GM Shamkovich, Leonid
11	Thibault, James E		0 - 1		IM Zaltsman, Vitaly
12	GM Hort, Vlastimil	2600	1 - 0		Sterren, Paul van der
13	GM Rajković, Dušan		0 - 1	2540	GM Gheorghiu, Florin
14	FM Rigó, János	2330	0 - 1	2475	GM Sigurjónsson, Guðmundur
15	GM Christiansen, Larry	2475	½ - ½	2300	Whitehead, Jay
16	Wiel, John van der		½ - ½	2540	GM Browne, Walter Shawn
17	GM De Firmian, Nick	2537	½ - ½		IM Diesen, Mark
18	GM Gruenfeld, Yehuda		½ - ½	2535	GM Lein, Anatoly
19	GM Benko, Pal		½ - ½	2450	IM Chandler, Murray Graham
20	IM Kaplan, Julio	2435	1 - 0		Rosendo Carreon Balinas, Jr.
21	IM Shirazi, Kamran	2403	1 - 0		IM Matera, Salvatore Joseph
22	IM Day, Lawrence	2319	0 - 1		GM Bisguier, Arthur Bernard
23	IM Weinstein, Norman		0 - 1		Odendahl, Steven M
24	Root, Douglas		½ - ½		Riemsdijk, Herman Claudius van
25	IM Ligterink, Gert	2440	1 - 0		Youngworth, Perry
26	GM Quinteros, Miguel Ángel	2545	1 - 0	2417	IM Zlotnikov, Mikhail
27	Benjamin, Joel	2350	1 - 0	2345	IM Watson, John
28	GM Biyiasas, Peter	2485	1 - 0		Rind, Bruce
29	GM Janošević, Dragoljub		0 - 1	2465	IM Peters, Jack
30	McCambridge, Vincent		1 - 0	2370	IM Formanek, Edward W
31	Pétursson, Margeir	2350	0 - 1		Morris, Walter D
32	Bradford, Joseph		0 - 1		GM Tarjan, James Edward
33	IM Denker, Arnold		0 - 1		GM Ostojić, Predrag
34	Strauss, David J		1 - 0		Whitehead, Paul
35	Silman, Jeremy		½ - ½		IM Wilder, Michael
36	Ayyar, Rajan		0 - 1		Blocker, Calvin
	Paolozzi, Marcos		1 BYE
1.-6. Gheorghiu, Sosonko, Seirawan, Shamkovich, Zaltsman, Fedorowicz — 2; 7.-25. Liberzon, Gligorić, Hort, Lombardy, Ree, Korchnoi, Kaplan, Reshevsky, Bisguier, Pachman, Miles, Sigurjónsson, Ólafsson, Odendahl, Ligterink, Grefe, Barle, Böhm, Shirazi — 1½; 26.-55. Larsen, Sahović, Gruenfeld, Lein, Peters, Tarjan, Morris, Diesen, De Firmian, Biyiasas, Browne, Benko, Chandler, Soltis, Sterren, Quinteros, Ostojić, Christiansen, Riemsdijk, Strauss, Wiel, Root, Paolozzi, McCambridge, Benjamin, Nikolić, Wilder, Blocker, J.Whitehead, Thibault — 1; 56.-62. Rajković, Weinstein, Day, Matera, Rigó, Silman, Rosendo Carreon Balinas — ½; 63.-73. Bradford, Janošević, Pétursson, Rind, Formanek, Watson, Zlotnikov, P.Whitehead, Youngworth, Denker, Ayyar — 0;

3rd round — 27th March 1979
1	GM Gheorghiu, Florin	2540	½ - ½	2485	IM Seirawan, Yasser
2	IM Zaltsman, Vitaly		½ - ½	2535	GM Sosonko, Gennadi
3	GM Shamkovich, Leonid		½ - ½		IM Fedorowicz, John
4	GM Miles, Anthony John	2560	½ - ½	2435	IM Kaplan, Julio
5	GM Ólafsson, Helgi	2473	½ - ½	2520	GM Pachman, Ludek
6	GM Lombardy, William James	2520	½ - ½	2440	IM Ligterink, Gert
7	GM Sigurjónsson, Guðmundur	2475	½ - ½	2430	IM Böhm, Hans
8	Barle, Janez	2330	0 - 1	2515	GM Liberzon, Vladimir
9	GM Bisguier, Arthur Bernard		0 - 1	2670	GM Korchnoi, Viktor
10	IM Grefe, John		½ - ½	2600	GM Hort, Vlastimil
11	GM Reshevsky, Samuel Herman		½ - ½	2565	GM Gligorić, Svetozar
12	Odendahl, Steven M		0 - 1	2480	IM Ree, Hans
13	GM Larsen, Bent	2620	1 - 0	2403	IM Shirazi, Kamran
14	GM De Firmian, Nick	2537	1 - 0	2475	GM Christiansen, Larry
15	IM Peters, Jack	2465	1 - 0	2350	Benjamin, Joel
16	GM Ostojić, Predrag		1 - 0	2545	GM Quinteros, Miguel Ángel
17	GM Browne, Walter Shawn	2540	1 - 0		Riemsdijk, Herman Claudius van
18	GM Lein, Anatoly	2535	1 - 0		McCambridge, Vincent
19	Sterren, Paul van der		0 - 1	2520	GM Sahović, Dragutin
20	Blocker, Calvin		0 - 1	2485	GM Biyiasas, Peter
21	Morris, Walter D		1 - 0	2350	GM Nikolić, Stanimir
22	IM Diesen, Mark		1 - 0	2300	Whitehead, Jay
23	GM Tarjan, James Edward		½ - ½		GM Gruenfeld, Yehuda
24	Wiel, John van der		0 - 1		GM Benko, Pal
25	IM Soltis, Andrew E		½ - ½		Root, Douglas
26	Paolozzi, Marcos		1 - 0		Strauss, David J
27	IM Chandler, Murray Graham	2450	1 - 0		GM Rajković, Dušan
28	IM Matera, Salvatore Joseph		1 - 0		Thibault, James E
29	IM Wilder, Michael		0 - 1	2330	FM Rigó, János
30	IM Day, Lawrence	2319	½ - ½		IM Weinstein, Norman
31	Rosendo Carreon Balinas, Jr.		0 - 1		Silman, Jeremy
32	IM Zlotnikov, Mikhail	2417	0 - 1		Youngworth, Perry
33	IM Formanek, Edward W	2370	0 - 1		Bradford, Joseph
34	Rind, Bruce		0 - 1	2350	Pétursson, Margeir
35	IM Watson, John	2345	1 - 0		IM Denker, Arnold
36	Whitehead, Paul		1 - 0		GM Janošević, Dragoljub
	Ayyar, Rajan		1 BYE
1.-9. Gheorghiu, Liberzon, Sosonko, Ree, Seirawan, Korchnoi, Shamkovich, Zaltsman, Fedorowicz — 2½; 10.-34. Gligorić, Hort, Lombardy, Larsen, Sahović, Kaplan, Reshevsky, Lein, Peters, Morris, Diesen, Pachman, De Firmian, Biyiasas, Miles, Sigurjónsson, Ólafsson, Ligterink, Browne, Benko, Chandler, Ostojić, Grefe, Böhm, Paolozzi — 2; 35.-45. Gruenfeld, Tarjan, Bisguier, Odendahl, Soltis, Barle, Root, Shirazi, Matera, Rigó, Silman — 1½; 46.-66. Bradford, Sterren, Quinteros, Christiansen, Riemsdijk, Weinstein, Pétursson, Strauss, Wiel, McCambridge, Day, Watson, Benjamin, Nikolić, P.Whitehead, Wilder, Blocker, Youngworth, J.Whitehead, Thibault, Ayyar — 1; 67.-68. Rajković, Rosendo Carreon Balinas — ½; 69.-73. Janošević, Rind, Formanek, Zlotnikov, Denker — 0;

4th round — 28th March 1979
1	GM Liberzon, Vladimir	2515	½ - ½	2540	GM Gheorghiu, Florin
2	GM Sosonko, Gennadi	2535	½ - ½	2485	IM Seirawan, Yasser
3	GM Korchnoi, Viktor	2670	1 - 0		IM Zaltsman, Vitaly
4	IM Ree, Hans	2480	½ - ½		GM Shamkovich, Leonid
5	IM Fedorowicz, John		½ - ½	2620	GM Larsen, Bent
6	GM Pachman, Ludek	2520	0 - 1	2537	GM De Firmian, Nick
7	GM Gligorić, Svetozar	2565	1 - 0	2473	GM Ólafsson, Helgi
8	IM Ligterink, Gert	2440	0 - 1	2560	GM Miles, Anthony John
9	IM Kaplan, Julio	2435	1 - 0	2540	GM Browne, Walter Shawn
10	IM Böhm, Hans	2430	0 - 1	2535	GM Lein, Anatoly
11	GM Biyiasas, Peter	2485	½ - ½	2465	IM Peters, Jack
12	GM Hort, Vlastimil	2600	1 - 0		GM Reshevsky, Samuel Herman
13	GM Ostojić, Predrag		0 - 1	2520	GM Lombardy, William James
14	GM Sahović, Dragutin	2520	1 - 0		IM Grefe, John
15	Morris, Walter D		½ - ½	2475	GM Sigurjónsson, Guðmundur
16	IM Chandler, Murray Graham	2450	0 - 1		IM Diesen, Mark
17	GM Benko, Pal		0 - 1		Paolozzi, Marcos
18	IM Shirazi, Kamran	2403	0 - 1		IM Soltis, Andrew E
19	FM Rigó, János	2330	½ - ½		GM Bisguier, Arthur Bernard
20	Barle, Janez	2330	½ - ½		IM Matera, Salvatore Joseph
21	GM Gruenfeld, Yehuda		½ - ½		Odendahl, Steven M
22	Silman, Jeremy		0 - 1		GM Tarjan, James Edward
23	GM Quinteros, Miguel Ángel	2545	1 - 0		Root, Douglas
24	Whitehead, Jay	2300	½ - ½	2345	IM Watson, John
25	GM Christiansen, Larry	2475	½ - ½		Wiel, John van der
26	Riemsdijk, Herman Claudius van		0 - 1	2350	Benjamin, Joel
27	Youngworth, Perry		0 - 1	2350	Pétursson, Margeir
28	GM Nikolić, Stanimir	2350	1 - 0		Whitehead, Paul
29	Strauss, David J		1 - 0	2319	IM Day, Lawrence
30	IM Weinstein, Norman		0 - 1		Bradford, Joseph
31	Ayyar, Rajan		0 - 1		Sterren, Paul van der
32	Thibault, James E		1 - 0		Blocker, Calvin
33	GM Rajković, Dušan		1 - 0		McCambridge, Vincent
34	IM Wilder, Michael		1 - 0		Rosendo Carreon Balinas, Jr.
35	IM Zlotnikov, Mikhail	2417	1 - 0	2370	IM Formanek, Edward W
36	GM Janošević, Dragoljub		½ - ½		Rind, Bruce
	IM Denker, Arnold		1 BYE
1. Korchnoi — 3½; 2.-18. Gheorghiu, Liberzon, Gligorić, Hort, Lombardy, Sosonko, Ree, Sahović, Seirawan, Kaplan, Shamkovich, Lein, Diesen, De Firmian, Miles, Fedorowicz, Paolozzi — 3; 19.-26. Larsen, Peters, Tarjan, Morris, Biyiasas, Sigurjónsson, Zaltsman, Soltis — 2½; 27.-51. Gruenfeld, Reshevsky, Bisguier, Pachman, Ólafsson, Odendahl, Ligterink, Browne, Benko, Bradford, Chandler, Sterren, Quinteros, Ostojić, Grefe, Barle, Pétursson, Böhm, Strauss, Benjamin, Matera, Rigó, Nikolić, Wilder, Thibault — 2; 52.-59. Rajković, Christiansen, Wiel, Root, Watson, Shirazi, Silman, J.Whitehead — 1½; 60.-69. Riemsdijk, Weinstein, McCambridge, Day, Zlotnikov, P.Whitehead, Blocker, Youngworth, Denker, Ayyar — 1; 70.-72. Janošević, Rind, Rosendo Carreon Balinas — ½; 73. Formanek — 0;

5th round — 29th March 1979
1	GM Liberzon, Vladimir	2515	1 - 0	2670	GM Korchnoi, Viktor
2	GM Lombardy, William James	2520	½ - ½	2600	GM Hort, Vlastimil
3	GM Lein, Anatoly	2535	1 - 0	2537	GM De Firmian, Nick
4	IM Seirawan, Yasser	2485	½ - ½	2565	GM Gligorić, Svetozar
5	GM Gheorghiu, Florin	2540	1 - 0	2480	IM Ree, Hans
6	GM Miles, Anthony John	2560	½ - ½		IM Diesen, Mark
7	IM Fedorowicz, John		0 - 1	2535	GM Sosonko, Gennadi
8	Paolozzi, Marcos		0 - 1	2520	GM Sahović, Dragutin
9	GM Shamkovich, Leonid		0 - 1	2435	IM Kaplan, Julio
10	GM Larsen, Bent	2620	½ - ½	2475	GM Sigurjónsson, Guðmundur
11	IM Soltis, Andrew E		0 - 1	2485	GM Biyiasas, Peter
12	GM Tarjan, James Edward		½ - ½	2465	IM Peters, Jack
13	IM Zaltsman, Vitaly		½ - ½		Morris, Walter D
14	Pétursson, Margeir	2350	1 - 0	2520	GM Pachman, Ludek
15	GM Nikolić, Stanimir	2350	0 - 1	2450	IM Chandler, Murray Graham
16	Benjamin, Joel	2350	0 - 1	2440	IM Ligterink, Gert
17	GM Gruenfeld, Yehuda		0 - 1	2545	GM Quinteros, Miguel Ángel
18	GM Browne, Walter Shawn	2540	½ - ½		Strauss, David J
19	GM Ólafsson, Helgi	2473	1 - 0		Thibault, James E
20	IM Böhm, Hans	2430	0 - 1		GM Benko, Pal
21	GM Bisguier, Arthur Bernard		1 - 0	2330	Barle, Janez
22	IM Grefe, John		½ - ½	2330	FM Rigó, János
23	GM Reshevsky, Samuel Herman		1 - 0		Sterren, Paul van der
24	IM Matera, Salvatore Joseph		½ - ½		GM Ostojić, Predrag
25	Odendahl, Steven M		½ - ½	2475	GM Christiansen, Larry
26	Bradford, Joseph		½ - ½		GM Rajković, Dušan
27	IM Watson, John	2345	0 - 1	2403	IM Shirazi, Kamran
28	Whitehead, Jay	2300	½ - ½		Silman, Jeremy
29	Wiel, John van der		½ - ½		IM Wilder, Michael
30	Root, Douglas		½ - ½		IM Weinstein, Norman
31	IM Denker, Arnold		0 - 1	2417	IM Zlotnikov, Mikhail
32	Blocker, Calvin		1 - 0	2319	IM Day, Lawrence
33	Whitehead, Paul		0 - 1		Riemsdijk, Herman Claudius van
34	McCambridge, Vincent		½ - ½		Youngworth, Perry
35	Rind, Bruce		1 - 0		Ayyar, Rajan
36	Rosendo Carreon Balinas, Jr.		0 - 1		GM Janošević, Dragoljub
	IM Formanek, Edward W	2370	1 BYE
1.-6. Gheorghiu, Liberzon, Sosonko, Sahović, Kaplan, Lein — 4; 7.-14. Gligorić, Hort, Lombardy, Seirawan, Korchnoi, Diesen, Biyiasas, Miles — 3½; 15.-33. Ree, Larsen, Reshevsky, Shamkovich, Peters, Tarjan, Morris, Bisguier, De Firmian, Sigurjónsson, Ólafsson, Zaltsman, Ligterink, Benko, Fedorowicz, Chandler, Quinteros, Pétursson, Paolozzi — 3; 34.-44. Odendahl, Browne, Bradford, Soltis, Ostojić, Grefe, Strauss, Shirazi, Matera, Rigó, Wilder — 2½; 45.-61. Gruenfeld, Pachman, Rajković, Sterren, Christiansen, Riemsdijk, Barle, Böhm, Wiel, Root, Benjamin, Zlotnikov, Nikolić, Blocker, Silman, J.Whitehead, Thibault — 2; 62.-67. Janošević, Weinstein, McCambridge, Rind, Watson, Youngworth — 1½; 68.-72. Formanek, Day, P.Whitehead, Denker, Ayyar — 1; 73. Rosendo Carreon Balinas — ½;

6th round — 1st April 1979
1	GM Sahović, Dragutin	2520	1 - 0	2535	GM Lein, Anatoly
2	GM Sosonko, Gennadi	2535	½ - ½	2515	GM Liberzon, Vladimir
3	IM Kaplan, Julio	2435	½ - ½	2540	GM Gheorghiu, Florin
4	GM Korchnoi, Viktor	2670	0 - 1	2520	GM Lombardy, William James
5	GM Hort, Vlastimil	2600	½ - ½	2485	GM Biyiasas, Peter
6	IM Seirawan, Yasser	2485	1 - 0	2560	GM Miles, Anthony John
7	IM Diesen, Mark		0 - 1	2565	GM Gligorić, Svetozar
8	IM Ligterink, Gert	2440	0 - 1	2620	GM Larsen, Bent
9	IM Ree, Hans	2480	1 - 0	2450	IM Chandler, Murray Graham
10	GM Quinteros, Miguel Ángel	2545	½ - ½		GM Reshevsky, Samuel Herman
11	GM De Firmian, Nick	2537	1 - 0		IM Zaltsman, Vitaly
12	GM Sigurjónsson, Guðmundur	2475	½ - ½		IM Fedorowicz, John
13	GM Benko, Pal		½ - ½	2473	GM Ólafsson, Helgi
14	IM Peters, Jack	2465	½ - ½		GM Shamkovich, Leonid
15	Pétursson, Margeir	2350	0 - 1		GM Tarjan, James Edward
16	Paolozzi, Marcos		½ - ½		GM Bisguier, Arthur Bernard
17	Morris, Walter D		1 - 0	2540	GM Browne, Walter Shawn
18	IM Shirazi, Kamran	2403	0 - 1		IM Grefe, John
19	FM Rigó, János	2330	½ - ½		IM Soltis, Andrew E
20	Bradford, Joseph		1 - 0		IM Matera, Salvatore Joseph
21	Strauss, David J		½ - ½		GM Ostojić, Predrag
22	GM Rajković, Dušan		½ - ½		Odendahl, Steven M
23	GM Christiansen, Larry	2475	1 - 0	2417	IM Zlotnikov, Mikhail
24	Barle, Janez	2330	1 - 0	2300	Whitehead, Jay
25	GM Pachman, Ludek	2520	1 - 0		Blocker, Calvin
26	Thibault, James E		0 - 1	2430	IM Böhm, Hans
27	Benjamin, Joel	2350	0 - 1		GM Gruenfeld, Yehuda
28	Sterren, Paul van der		1 - 0	2350	GM Nikolić, Stanimir
29	Riemsdijk, Herman Claudius van		0 - 1		Wiel, John van der
30	Silman, Jeremy		0 - 1		Root, Douglas
31	IM Weinstein, Norman		1 - 0		IM Wilder, Michael
32	Rind, Bruce		½ - ½	2345	IM Watson, John
33	GM Janošević, Dragoljub		1 - 0		McCambridge, Vincent
34	Youngworth, Perry		0 - 1	2370	IM Formanek, Edward W
35	IM Denker, Arnold		½ - ½		Whitehead, Paul
36	IM Day, Lawrence	2319	1 - 0		Rosendo Carreon Balinas, Jr.
	Ayyar, Rajan
1. Sahović — 5; 2.-8. Gheorghiu, Liberzon, Gligorić, Lombardy, Sosonko, Seirawan, Kaplan — 4½; 9.-16. Hort, Ree, Larsen, Lein, Tarjan, Morris, De Firmian, Biyiasas — 4; 17.-31. Korchnoi, Reshevsky, Shamkovich, Peters, Diesen, Bisguier, Miles, Sigurjónsson, Ólafsson, Benko, Bradford, Fedorowicz, Quinteros, Grefe, Paolozzi — 3½; 32.-48. Gruenfeld, Pachman, Odendahl, Zaltsman, Ligterink, Chandler, Soltis, Sterren, Ostojić, Christiansen, Barle, Pétursson, Böhm, Strauss, Wiel, Root, Rigó — 3; 49.-55. Browne, Rajković, Janošević, Weinstein, Shirazi, Matera, Wilder — 2½; 56.-67. Riemsdijk, Rind, Formanek, Day, Watson, Benjamin, Zlotnikov, Nikolić, Blocker, Silman, J.Whitehead, Thibault — 2; 68.-71. McCambridge, P.Whitehead, Youngworth, Denker — 1½; 72. Ayyar — 1; 73. Rosendo Carreon Balinas — ½;

7th round — 2nd April 1979
1	GM Gheorghiu, Florin	2540	½ - ½	2520	GM Sahović, Dragutin
2	GM Gligorić, Svetozar	2565	½ - ½	2520	GM Lombardy, William James
3	GM Liberzon, Vladimir	2515	½ - ½	2485	IM Seirawan, Yasser
4	IM Kaplan, Julio	2435	½ - ½	2535	GM Sosonko, Gennadi
5	GM Larsen, Bent	2620	1 - 0	2535	GM Lein, Anatoly
6	GM De Firmian, Nick	2537	0 - 1	2600	GM Hort, Vlastimil
7	GM Biyiasas, Peter	2485	½ - ½		Morris, Walter D
8	GM Tarjan, James Edward		½ - ½	2480	IM Ree, Hans
9	IM Grefe, John		0 - 1	2670	GM Korchnoi, Viktor
10	GM Miles, Anthony John	2560	0 - 1		GM Reshevsky, Samuel Herman
11	GM Sigurjónsson, Guðmundur	2475	1 - 0		Bradford, Joseph
12	GM Shamkovich, Leonid		1 - 0	2473	GM Ólafsson, Helgi
13	GM Bisguier, Arthur Bernard		½ - ½	2465	IM Peters, Jack
14	IM Diesen, Mark		1 - 0		Paolozzi, Marcos
15	IM Fedorowicz, John		0 - 1		GM Benko, Pal
16	IM Soltis, Andrew E		1 - 0	2545	GM Quinteros, Miguel Ángel
17	IM Böhm, Hans	2430	0 - 1	2520	GM Pachman, Ludek
18	GM Ostojić, Predrag		½ - ½	2475	GM Christiansen, Larry
19	IM Chandler, Murray Graham	2450	0 - 1		GM Gruenfeld, Yehuda
20	Wiel, John van der		0 - 1	2440	IM Ligterink, Gert
21	IM Zaltsman, Vitaly		1 - 0	2350	Pétursson, Margeir
22	Odendahl, Steven M		0 - 1	2330	Barle, Janez
23	FM Rigó, János	2330	0 - 1		Strauss, David J
24	Root, Douglas		½ - ½	2540	GM Browne, Walter Shawn
25	Sterren, Paul van der		1 - 0		GM Rajković, Dušan
26	IM Shirazi, Kamran	2403	0 - 1		IM Weinstein, Norman
27	IM Matera, Salvatore Joseph		½ - ½		GM Janošević, Dragoljub
28	IM Zlotnikov, Mikhail	2417	1 - 0	2350	GM Nikolić, Stanimir
29	IM Formanek, Edward W	2370	1 - 0		Rind, Bruce
30	IM Watson, John	2345	1 - 0		Thibault, James E
31	IM Day, Lawrence	2319	½ - ½		Silman, Jeremy
32	Whitehead, Jay	2300	0 - 1		Riemsdijk, Herman Claudius van
33	IM Wilder, Michael		1 - 0		Blocker, Calvin
34	Whitehead, Paul		½ - ½	2350	Benjamin, Joel
35	McCambridge, Vincent		1 - 0		IM Denker, Arnold
36	Rosendo Carreon Balinas, Jr.		1 - 0		Youngworth, Perry
	Ayyar, Rajan
1. Sahović — 5½; 2.-10. Gheorghiu, Liberzon, Gligorić, Hort, Lombardy, Sosonko, Larsen, Seirawan, Kaplan — 5; 11.-20. Ree, Korchnoi, Reshevsky, Shamkovich, Tarjan, Morris, Diesen, Biyiasas, Sigurjónsson, Benko — 4½; 21.-32. Gruenfeld, Lein, Peters, Bisguier, Pachman, De Firmian, Zaltsman, Ligterink, Soltis, Sterren, Barle, Strauss — 4; 33.-44. Miles, Ólafsson, Bradford, Fedorowicz, Quinteros, Ostojić, Christiansen, Weinstein, Grefe, Root, Paolozzi, Wilder — 3½; 45.-57. Odendahl, Browne, Chandler, Janošević, Riemsdijk, Pétursson, Böhm, Wiel, Formanek, Watson, Matera, Rigó, Zlotnikov — 3; 58.-63. Rajković, McCambridge, Day, Benjamin, Shirazi, Silman — 2½; 64.-69. Rind, Nikolić, P.Whitehead, Blocker, J.Whitehead, Thibault — 2; 70.-72. Youngworth, Denker, Rosendo Carreon Balinas — 1½; 73. Ayyar — 1;

8th round — 3rd April 1979
1	GM Sahović, Dragutin	2520	0 - 1	2515	GM Liberzon, Vladimir
2	GM Sosonko, Gennadi	2535	½ - ½	2620	GM Larsen, Bent
3	GM Hort, Vlastimil	2600	1 - 0	2485	IM Seirawan, Yasser
4	GM Lombardy, William James	2520	½ - ½	2540	GM Gheorghiu, Florin
5	GM Gligorić, Svetozar	2565	1 - 0	2435	IM Kaplan, Julio
6	GM Biyiasas, Peter	2485	0 - 1	2480	IM Ree, Hans
7	GM Korchnoi, Viktor	2670	½ - ½		IM Diesen, Mark
8	GM Reshevsky, Samuel Herman		½ - ½	2475	GM Sigurjónsson, Guðmundur
9	Morris, Walter D		½ - ½		GM Shamkovich, Leonid
10	GM Benko, Pal		0 - 1		GM Tarjan, James Edward
11	IM Ligterink, Gert	2440	½ - ½	2537	GM De Firmian, Nick
12	GM Lein, Anatoly	2535	1 - 0	2330	Barle, Janez
13	GM Pachman, Ludek	2520	1 - 0		Sterren, Paul van der
14	IM Peters, Jack	2465	½ - ½		IM Zaltsman, Vitaly
15	GM Gruenfeld, Yehuda		1 - 0		IM Soltis, Andrew E
16	Strauss, David J		0 - 1		GM Bisguier, Arthur Bernard
17	Bradford, Joseph		½ - ½	2560	GM Miles, Anthony John
18	GM Quinteros, Miguel Ángel	2545	1 - 0		IM Fedorowicz, John
19	GM Christiansen, Larry	2475	½ - ½		Root, Douglas
20	GM Ólafsson, Helgi	2473	1 - 0		IM Grefe, John
21	IM Weinstein, Norman		½ - ½		GM Ostojić, Predrag
22	GM Browne, Walter Shawn	2540	1 - 0		Paolozzi, Marcos
23	IM Formanek, Edward W	2370	½ - ½	2450	IM Chandler, Murray Graham
24	Odendahl, Steven M		1 - 0	2430	IM Böhm, Hans
25	Pétursson, Margeir	2350	1 - 0		IM Wilder, Michael
26	GM Janošević, Dragoljub		1 - 0	2345	IM Watson, John
27	Riemsdijk, Herman Claudius van		1 - 0	2330	FM Rigó, János
28	Wiel, John van der		½ - ½		IM Matera, Salvatore Joseph
29	GM Rajković, Dušan		1 - 0	2417	IM Zlotnikov, Mikhail
30	Silman, Jeremy		0 - 1	2403	IM Shirazi, Kamran
31	McCambridge, Vincent		½ - ½	2319	IM Day, Lawrence
32	Benjamin, Joel	2350	0 - 1		Rind, Bruce
33	GM Nikolić, Stanimir	2350	1 - 0	2300	Whitehead, Jay
34	Blocker, Calvin		0 - 1		Whitehead, Paul
35	Thibault, James E		0 - 1		Rosendo Carreon Balinas, Jr.
36	Youngworth, Perry		½ - ½		IM Denker, Arnold
	Ayyar, Rajan
1.-3. Liberzon, Gligorić, Hort — 6; 4.-10. Gheorghiu, Lombardy, Sosonko, Ree, Larsen, Sahović, Tarjan — 5½; 11.-22. Gruenfeld, Seirawan, Korchnoi, Kaplan, Reshevsky, Shamkovich, Lein, Morris, Diesen, Bisguier, Pachman, Sigurjónsson — 5; 23.-30. Peters, De Firmian, Biyiasas, Ólafsson, Zaltsman, Ligterink, Benko, Quinteros — 4½; 31.-45. Miles, Odendahl, Browne, Bradford, Soltis, Sterren, Ostojić, Christiansen, Janošević, Riemsdijk, Weinstein, Barle, Pétursson, Strauss, Root — 4; 46.-55. Rajković, Fedorowicz, Chandler, Grefe, Wiel, Paolozzi, Formanek, Shirazi, Matera, Wilder — 3½; 56.-64. Böhm, McCambridge, Rind, Day, Watson, Rigó, Zlotnikov, Nikolić, P.Whitehead — 3; 65.-67. Benjamin, Silman, Rosendo Carreon Balinas — 2½; 68.-72. Blocker, Youngworth, Denker, J.Whitehead, Thibault — 2; 73. Ayyar — 1;

9th round — 4th April 1979
1	GM Liberzon, Vladimir	2515	½ - ½	2600	GM Hort, Vlastimil
2	GM Larsen, Bent	2620	½ - ½	2565	GM Gligorić, Svetozar
3	GM Lombardy, William James	2520	½ - ½	2535	GM Sosonko, Gennadi
4	IM Ree, Hans	2480	½ - ½	2520	GM Sahović, Dragutin
5	GM Gheorghiu, Florin	2540	1 - 0		GM Tarjan, James Edward
6	IM Kaplan, Julio	2435	½ - ½	2670	GM Korchnoi, Viktor
7	GM Bisguier, Arthur Bernard		½ - ½	2535	GM Lein, Anatoly
8	Morris, Walter D		½ - ½	2520	GM Pachman, Ludek
9	IM Seirawan, Yasser	2485	½ - ½		GM Reshevsky, Samuel Herman
10	GM Sigurjónsson, Guðmundur	2475	0 - 1		GM Gruenfeld, Yehuda
11	GM Shamkovich, Leonid		½ - ½		IM Diesen, Mark
12	IM Peters, Jack	2465	1 - 0	2545	GM Quinteros, Miguel Ángel
13	GM Ólafsson, Helgi	2473	½ - ½	2485	GM Biyiasas, Peter
14	GM De Firmian, Nick	2537	½ - ½		GM Benko, Pal
15	IM Zaltsman, Vitaly		½ - ½	2440	IM Ligterink, Gert
16	GM Miles, Anthony John	2560	1 - 0	2350	Pétursson, Margeir
17	Barle, Janez	2330	0 - 1	2540	GM Browne, Walter Shawn
18	GM Janošević, Dragoljub		½ - ½	2475	GM Christiansen, Larry
19	Strauss, David J		0 - 1		Odendahl, Steven M
20	Riemsdijk, Herman Claudius van		½ - ½		Bradford, Joseph
21	GM Ostojić, Predrag		½ - ½		IM Soltis, Andrew E
22	Sterren, Paul van der		½ - ½		IM Weinstein, Norman
23	Root, Douglas		0 - 1		GM Rajković, Dušan
24	IM Chandler, Murray Graham	2450	1 - 0		IM Matera, Salvatore Joseph
25	IM Fedorowicz, John		1 - 0	2403	IM Shirazi, Kamran
26	Paolozzi, Marcos		½ - ½	2370	IM Formanek, Edward W
27	IM Grefe, John		½ - ½		Wiel, John van der
28	IM Zlotnikov, Mikhail	2417	0 - 1	2319	IM Day, Lawrence
29	IM Watson, John	2345	1 - 0	2330	FM Rigó, János
30	IM Böhm, Hans	2430	1 - 0		Whitehead, Paul
31	GM Nikolić, Stanimir	2350	0 - 1		McCambridge, Vincent
32	Rind, Bruce		1 - 0		IM Wilder, Michael
33	Benjamin, Joel	2350	1 - 0		Silman, Jeremy
34	Rosendo Carreon Balinas, Jr.		0 - 1		Blocker, Calvin
35	Whitehead, Jay	2300	0 - 1		Youngworth, Perry
36	IM Denker, Arnold		1 - 0		Thibault, James E
	Ayyar, Rajan
1.-4. Gheorghiu, Liberzon, Gligorić, Hort — 6½; 5.-10. Lombardy, Sosonko, Ree, Larsen, Sahović, Gruenfeld — 6; 11.-22. Seirawan, Korchnoi, Kaplan, Reshevsky, Shamkovich, Lein, Peters, Tarjan, Morris, Diesen, Bisguier, Pachman — 5½; 23.-32. De Firmian, Biyiasas, Miles, Sigurjónsson, Ólafsson, Odendahl, Zaltsman, Ligterink, Browne, Benko — 5; 33.-44. Rajković, Bradford, Fedorowicz, Chandler, Soltis, Sterren, Quinteros, Ostojić, Christiansen, Janošević, Riemsdijk, Weinstein — 4½; 45.-57. Grefe, Barle, Pétursson, Böhm, Strauss, Wiel, Root, Paolozzi, McCambridge, Rind, Formanek, Day, Watson — 4; 58.-61. Benjamin, Shirazi, Matera, Wilder — 3½; 62.-68. Rigó, Zlotnikov, Nikolić, P.Whitehead, Blocker, Youngworth, Denker — 3; 69.-70. Silman, Rosendo Carreon Balinas — 2½; 71.-72. J.Whitehead, Thibault — 2; 73. Ayyar — 1;

Information

9th Louis D. Statham Tournament
Dates:	25th March - 4th April 1979
City:	Lone Pine, CA (United States)
Venue:
Organizers:	Louis D. Statham
Tournament Director:	Kashdan, Isaac
Chief Arbiter:
Players participating:	73 (incl. 29 GMs, 21 IMs, 1 FM)
Games played:	324
Competition format:	Swiss system.
Tie-breaks:	none
Time control:
Website:	https://www.chessgames.com/perl/chess.pl?tid=80680
Other websites:	Wikipedia
PGN game file:	lonepine-1979.pgn

Tournament Review

Rajan Ayyar withdrew after five rounds; Romanishin and Tseshkovsky were entered but cancelled by the Soviet authorities.