| FIDE World Chess Championship cycle 1969-1972 |
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| European zonal 2 play-off :: Prague 1970 |
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Crosstable
Four players shared 2nd place in Raach 1969 zonal. Portisch and Ivkov qualified for the interzonal.
Round by round results
| 1st round — 16th March 1970 |
| GM Portisch, Lajos |
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½ - ½ |
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GM Ivkov, Borislav |
| Smejkal, Jan |
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0 - 1 |
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Andersson, Ulf |
| 1. Andersson 1; 2.-3. Portisch, Ivkov ½; 4. Smejkal 0; |
| 2nd round — 17th March 1970 |
| Andersson, Ulf |
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½ - ½ |
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GM Ivkov, Borislav |
| Smejkal, Jan |
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0 - 1 |
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GM Portisch, Lajos |
| 1.-2. Portisch, Andersson 1½; 3. Ivkov 1; 4. Smejkal 0; |
| 3rd round — 18th March 1970 |
| GM Ivkov, Borislav |
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0 - 1 |
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Smejkal, Jan |
| GM Portisch, Lajos |
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1 - 0 |
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Andersson, Ulf |
| 1. Portisch 2½; 2. Andersson 1½; 3.-4. Ivkov, Smejkal 1; |
| 4th round — 20th March 1970 |
| Andersson, Ulf |
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0 - 1 |
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Smejkal, Jan |
| GM Ivkov, Borislav |
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½ - ½ |
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GM Portisch, Lajos |
| 1. Portisch 3; 2. Smejkal 2; 3.-4. Ivkov, Andersson 1½; |
| 5th round — 21st March 1970 |
| GM Ivkov, Borislav |
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1 - 0 |
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Andersson, Ulf |
| GM Portisch, Lajos |
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½ - ½ |
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Smejkal, Jan |
| 1. Portisch 3½; 2.-3. Ivkov, Smejkal 2½; 4. Andersson 1½; |
| 6th round — 23rd March 1970 |
| Andersson, Ulf |
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½ - ½ |
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GM Portisch, Lajos |
| Smejkal, Jan |
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0 - 1 |
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GM Ivkov, Borislav |
| 1. Portisch 4; 2. Ivkov 3½; 3. Smejkal 2½; 4. Andersson 2; |
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