[Event "candidates sf"]
[Site "Evian FRA"]
[Date "1977.07.02"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Black "Polugaevsky, Lev"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[ECO "A17"]
[EventDate "1977.07.02"]
[PlyCount "119"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.e4 Bb7 5.Bd3 c5 6.e5 Ng4 7.h3 Bxf3 8.Qxf3 
Nxe5 9.Qxa8 Nxd3+ 10.Ke2 Nf4+ 11.Kf1 Nc6 12.Qxd8+ Kxd8 13.b3 Nd3 14.h4 Be7
15.Rh3 Nxc1 16.Rxc1 h5 17.Rd1 a6 18.a3 Kc7 19.Ne2 Bf6 20.Rb1 b5 21.Nc3 Rb8
22.cxb5 axb5 23.Ne4 Bd4 24.Rc1 Ra8 25.Nxc5 Rxa3 26.Rd3 e5 27.f4 d6 28.Ne4 
Kd7 29.fxe5 Bxe5 30.Ng5 Nb4 31.Rf3 f6 32.Nf7 Bd4 33.Rg3 f5 34.Ke2 Bf6 35.
Ng5 Nc6 36.Kd1 Nd4 37.Rgc3 Ra7 38.Nf3 Ne6 39.Rc8 Ra3 40.Rb8 Rxb3 41.Rb7+ 
Kd8 42.Ng5 Bxg5 43.hxg5 Rb4 44.g6 Rg4 45.Ra1 Nc7 46.Raa7 Rc4 47.d3 Rc3 48.
Kd2 Rc5 49.Rb8+ Ke7 50.Rc8 Kd7 51.Rg8 Ke6 52.Rxg7 Nd5 53.Rgf7 Rc8 54.g7 
Rg8 55.g3 b4 56.Rf8 Nf6 57.Kc2 h4 58.gxh4 f4 59.h5 f3 60.h6 1-0

[Event "candidates sf"]
[Site "Evian FRA"]
[Date "1977.07.04"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Polugaevsky, Lev"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[ECO "E19"]
[EventDate "1977.07.02"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Bb7 5.Bg2 Be7 6.O-O O-O 7.Nc3 Ne4 8.Qc2 
Nxc3 9.Qxc3 f5 10.b3 Bf6 11.Bb2 Nc6 12.Rad1 Ne7 13.Ne1 Bxg2 14.Nxg2 g5 15.
Qc2 Ng6 16.e4 f4 17.e5 Bg7 18.Qe4 Qe7 19.Rd3 Rad8 20.Re1 d5 21.exd6 Qxd6 
22.Red1 Qe7 23.Ne1 Qf6 24.R1d2 Qf5 25.Qxf5 exf5 26.Ng2 g4 27.Nxf4 Nxf4 28.
gxf4 Bh6 29.Re2 Bxf4 30.Re6 Rfe8 31.Rf6 Re1+ 32.Kg2 Rf8 33.Rxf8+ Kxf8 34.
d5 Bd6 35.Bc3 Rc1 36.Bd2 Rc2 37.a4 f4 38.h3 f3+ 39.Kf1 h5 40.hxg4 hxg4 41.
Ke1 0-1

[Event "candidates sf"]
[Site "Evian FRA"]
[Date "1977.07.06"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Black "Polugaevsky, Lev"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[ECO "D47"]
[EventDate "1977.07.02"]
[PlyCount "125"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.d4 c6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 b5 8.Bd3 
Bb7 9.O-O b4 10.Ne4 Be7 11.Nxf6+ Nxf6 12.e4 O-O 13.e5 Nd7 14.Qc2 h6 15.
Bh7+ Kh8 16.Be4 Qb6 17.Be3 c5 18.dxc5 Bxc5 19.Rad1 Bxe3 20.Rxd7 Rac8 21.
Rxb7 Rxc2 22.Rxb6 Rxf2 23.Rxf2 Bxb6 24.Kf1 Bxf2 25.Kxf2 Rc8 26.Nd4 Rc1 27.
Nb3 Rh1 28.h3 Kg8 29.a3 bxa3 30.bxa3 Kf8 31.a4 Ke8 32.a5 Kd7 33.Ke2 Kc7 
34.Kd2 Rf1 35.Ke2 Rh1 36.Kd2 Rf1 37.Kc3 Re1 38.Nc5 Ra1 39.Kb4 Re1 40.Kb5 
Kb8 41.Ka6 h5 42.Bf3 h4 43.Ne4 Re3 44.Nd6 f6 45.exf6 gxf6 46.Nb5 e5 47.
Nxa7 e4 48.Bg4 Kc7 49.Nb5+ Kc6 50.Nd4+ Kc5 51.Nf5 Ra3 52.Nxh4 Kb4 53.Kb6 
Rxa5 54.Nf5 Re5 55.Kc6 Kc3 56.Ng3 Kd2 57.Kd6 Ke1 58.Nh5 e3 59.Nxf6 Ra5 60.
Ne4 e2 61.Bf3 Ra6+ 62.Kc5 Ra5+ 63.Kb4 1-0

[Event "candidates sf"]
[Site "Evian FRA"]
[Date "1977.07.11"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Polugaevsky, Lev"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[ECO "D02"]
[EventDate "1977.07.02"]
[PlyCount "66"]

1.d4 e6 2.g3 c5 3.Nf3 cxd4 4.Nxd4 d5 5.Bg2 Nf6 6.O-O e5 7.Nb3 Be6 8.c4 Nc6
9.cxd5 Nxd5 10.N1d2 Be7 11.Ne4 b6 12.Nc3 Ncb4 13.Bd2 Rc8 14.Qb1 O-O 15.Rd1
Qc7 16.Nxd5 Nxd5 17.Rc1 Qd7 18.Qe4 f5 19.Qb1 e4 20.Nd4 Bf6 21.Nxe6 Qxe6 
22.Be1 Kh8 23.a4 Qe5 24.Ra2 Bg5 25.Rd1 Rc6 26.Ra3 Rfc8 27.e3 Bf6 28.Rb3 
Qe6 29.Bf1 h5 30.a5 Nc7 31.Rb4 bxa5 32.Ra4 Rb8 33.Qa2 Qxa2 1/2-1/2

[Event "candidates sf"]
[Site "Evian FRA"]
[Date "1977.07.13"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Black "Polugaevsky, Lev"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[ECO "D47"]
[EventDate "1977.07.02"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.d4 c6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 b5 8.Bd3 
Bb7 9.O-O b4 10.Ne4 Be7 11.Nxf6+ Nxf6 12.e4 Rc8 13.Qa4 a5 14.Rd1 O-O 15.e5
Nd7 16.Be3 Qc7 17.Bg5 Nb6 18.Qc2 h6 19.Bxe7 Qxe7 20.Bh7+ Kh8 21.Be4 Ba6 
22.Rac1 Bc4 23.Nd2 Bd5 24.Nb3 a4 25.Nc5 Bxa2 26.Nxa4 Nxa4 27.Qxa4 Bd5 28.
Bxd5 cxd5 29.Qb5 f6 30.Qe2 b3 31.g3 fxe5 32.Rxc8 Rxc8 33.Qxe5 Qf7 34.Rd3 
Rc2 35.Qe3 Rxb2 36.Rxb3 Rxb3 37.Qxb3 Qf5 38.Qe3 Kg8 39.Kg2 Kf7 40.h3 
1/2-1/2

[Event "candidates sf"]
[Site "Evian FRA"]
[Date "1977.07.16"]
[Round "1.6"]
[White "Polugaevsky, Lev"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[ECO "A40"]
[EventDate "1977.07.02"]
[PlyCount "130"]

1.d4 e6 2.c4 b6 3.e4 Bb7 4.Qc2 Qh4 5.Nd2 Bb4 6.Bd3 f5 7.Nf3 Bxd2+ 8.Kf1 
Qh5 9.Bxd2 Nf6 10.exf5 Bxf3 11.gxf3 Nc6 12.Bc3 O-O 13.Re1 Qh3+ 14.Ke2 Rae8
15.Kd1 e5 16.dxe5 Nxe5 17.Be2 Nxf3 18.Qd3 Rxe2 19.Rxe2 Qg2 20.Rhe1 Nxe1 
21.Kxe1 Qxh2 22.Re7 Qg1+ 23.Ke2 Qg4+ 24.Ke1 h5 25.Qg3 Qxg3 26.fxg3 Rf7 27.
Bxf6 gxf6 28.Re8+ Kh7 29.Kf2 Kh6 30.b4 Kg5 31.Ra8 Kxf5 32.Rxa7 d6 33.a4 
Ke6 34.a5 bxa5 35.Rxa5 f5 36.c5 Rh7 37.cxd6 cxd6 38.b5 h4 39.gxh4 Rxh4 40.
Ra8 Rb4 41.Rb8 Kd5 42.Kf3 Rb3+ 43.Kf4 Kc5 44.Rc8+ Kxb5 45.Kxf5 Re3 46.Kf4 
Re1 47.Rd8 Kc5 48.Rc8+ Kd4 49.Kf3 d5 50.Kf2 Re5 51.Ra8 Kc3 52.Ra3+ Kb4 53.
Ra1 d4 54.Rc1 d3 55.Rc8 d2 56.Rb8+ Kc3 57.Rc8+ Kd3 58.Rd8+ Kc2 59.Rc8+ Kd1
60.Rc7 Rf5+ 61.Kg2 Ke2 62.Re7+ Kd3 63.Rd7+ Ke3 64.Re7+ Kd4 65.Rd7+ Rd5 0-1

[Event "candidates sf"]
[Site "Evian FRA"]
[Date "1977.07.20"]
[Round "1.7"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Black "Polugaevsky, Lev"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[ECO "D47"]
[EventDate "1977.07.02"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.d4 c6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 b5 8.Bd3 
Bb7 9.O-O b4 10.Ne4 Be7 11.Nxf6+ Nxf6 12.e4 O-O 13.Qc2 h6 14.Be3 Rc8 15.
Rfd1 c5 16.dxc5 Ng4 17.Bd4 e5 18.h3 exd4 19.hxg4 Rxc5 20.Qd2 a5 21.Rac1 
Qd7 22.Rxc5 Bxc5 23.g5 hxg5 24.Qxg5 Qe7 25.Qh5 g6 26.Qh6 Qf6 27.Bc4 d3 28.
e5 Qf5 29.Rxd3 Be4 30.Rd6 Qg4 31.Rf6 Bf5 32.b3 Bd4 33.Nxd4 Qxd4 34.Rxg6+ 
Bxg6 35.Qxg6+ Kh8 36.Qh6+ Kg8 37.e6 Qe4 38.exf7+ Rxf7 39.Qf6 Qb1+ 40.Kh2 
Qh7+ 41.Kg3 Qd3+ 42.f3 Qxc4 43.Qd8+ 1-0

[Event "candidates sf"]
[Site "Evian FRA"]
[Date "1977.07.23"]
[Round "1.8"]
[White "Polugaevsky, Lev"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[ECO "E15"]
[EventDate "1977.07.02"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1.d4 e6 2.c4 Nf6 3.g3 Bb4+ 4.Bd2 Be7 5.Bg2 d5 6.Nf3 O-O 7.O-O c6 8.Qc2 
Nbd7 9.b3 b6 10.Rd1 Ba6 11.a4 Ne4 12.Bf4 Rc8 13.Nbd2 Nxd2 14.Rxd2 g5 15.
Be3 f5 16.Rdd1 Bf6 17.Rac1 h6 18.Qd2 Bg7 19.h4 f4 20.gxf4 g4 21.Ne5 Nxe5 
22.dxe5 Qxh4 23.cxd5 cxd5 24.Rxc8 Bxc8 25.Rc1 g3 26.Rc7 Ba6 27.fxg3 Qxg3 
28.Rxa7 Bc8 29.b4 Kh8 30.Bf2 Qg4 31.Rc7 h5 32.Qe3 Rg8 33.Qf3 Qf5 34.Bh4 d4
35.Bg5 Qg6 36.Qd3 1-0

[Event "candidates sf"]
[Site "Evian FRA"]
[Date "1977.07.27"]
[Round "1.9"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Black "Polugaevsky, Lev"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[ECO "A17"]
[EventDate "1977.07.02"]
[PlyCount "38"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.e4 Bb7 5.Bd3 c5 6.O-O Nc6 7.e5 Ng4 8.Be4 f5 
9.exf6 Nxf6 10.Bxc6 Bxc6 11.d4 cxd4 12.Nxd4 Bb7 13.Bf4 Be7 14.Ncb5 O-O 15.
Bc7 Qc8 16.Bd6 Qd8 17.Bc7 Qc8 18.Bd6 Qd8 19.Bc7 Qc8 1/2-1/2

[Event "candidates sf"]
[Site "Evian FRA"]
[Date "1977.07.30"]
[Round "1.10"]
[White "Polugaevsky, Lev"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[ECO "D87"]
[EventDate "1977.07.02"]
[PlyCount "124"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 c5 7.Bc4 Bg7 8.Ne2 
O-O 9.O-O Nc6 10.Be3 Na5 11.Bd3 b6 12.Rc1 e6 13.dxc5 Qc7 14.cxb6 axb6 15.
c4 Ba6 16.Nd4 Nxc4 17.Qe2 Rfc8 18.a4 Bxd4 19.Bxd4 e5 20.Ba1 b5 21.axb5 
Bxb5 22.h4 Ra6 23.Rb1 Be8 24.Bxe5 Qxe5 25.Bxc4 Rac6 26.Bd5 R6c7 27.Qe3 Bc6
28.Rbd1 Bxd5 29.Rxd5 Qf6 30.Qg3 Rc4 31.f3 Rc1 32.Rdd1 R1c2 33.Kh2 Qa6 34.
Rf2 Rxf2 35.Qxf2 Qf6 36.Qg3 Rc5 37.Rd6 Qe5 38.Qxe5 Rxe5 39.Rd5 Re6 40.h5 
Kg7 41.Kg3 Ra6 42.f4 Ra4 43.Kf3 Rb4 44.Re5 Ra4 45.Rd5 Ra3+ 46.Kg4 Ra2 47.
g3 Rh2 48.hxg6 hxg6 49.Rd7 Re2 50.e5 Re3 51.Kh4 Kf8 52.Rd8+ Kg7 53.Re8 Ra3
54.g4 Ra4 55.Kg5 Ra5 56.Re7 Rb5 57.Rd7 Ra5 58.Kh4 Kf8 59.Rd4 Rb5 60.Re4 
Ra5 61.Kg3 Ke7 62.Kh4 Kf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "candidates sf"]
[Site "Evian FRA"]
[Date "1977.08.01"]
[Round "1.11"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Black "Polugaevsky, Lev"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[ECO "A21"]
[EventDate "1977.07.02"]
[PlyCount "66"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 d6 3.d4 exd4 4.Qxd4 Nc6 5.Qd2 Nf6 6.b3 a5 7.e4 a4 8.Rb1 axb3
9.axb3 g6 10.g3 Bg7 11.Bg2 O-O 12.Nge2 Ne5 13.f4 Ned7 14.O-O Re8 15.b4 Qe7
16.Qd3 Nb6 17.Be3 Ra3 18.Bxb6 cxb6 19.Ra1 Rxa1 20.Rxa1 Be6 21.Rc1 Ra8 22.
Nd4 Ne8 23.Ndb5 Qf6 24.Rf1 Qd8 25.Rd1 Qf6 26.Bf1 h5 27.Qe3 Ra6 28.Be2 Qe7 
29.Kf2 Bd7 30.Nd5 Qd8 31.Bf1 Bg4 32.Re1 Be6 33.Rd1 Bg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "candidates sf"]
[Site "Evian FRA"]
[Date "1977.08.03"]
[Round "1.12"]
[White "Polugaevsky, Lev"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[ECO "E11"]
[EventDate "1977.07.02"]
[PlyCount "100"]

1.d4 e6 2.c4 Bb4+ 3.Bd2 Qe7 4.g3 Nc6 5.Nf3 Nf6 6.Nc3 Bxc3 7.Bxc3 Ne4 8.Rc1
d6 9.d5 Nxc3 10.Rxc3 Nd8 11.Bg2 O-O 12.dxe6 Nxe6 13.O-O Bd7 14.Nh4 Bc6 15.
Nf5 Qf6 16.Ne3 Bxg2 17.Kxg2 Rfe8 18.Nd5 Qg6 19.Qb1 c6 20.Qxg6 hxg6 21.Ne3 
Nc5 22.Rd1 a5 23.Ra3 Red8 24.Nc2 Kf8 25.h4 Ra6 26.Ne1 Re8 27.Kf3 Ke7 28.
Re3+ Ne6 29.b3 Raa8 30.Nd3 Rad8 31.Nb2 Kd7 32.Na4 Kc7 33.Nc3 g5 34.h5 f5 
35.g4 f4 36.Red3 Nc5 37.Rd4 Nd7 38.Ne4 Ne5+ 39.Kg2 Nf7 40.f3 Re5 41.Kf2 b5
42.Rc1 b4 43.a4 Rde8 44.Rcd1 R8e6 45.R1d2 Re7 46.Nxd6 Nxd6 47.Rxd6 Rxe2+ 
48.Rxe2 Rxe2+ 49.Kxe2 Kxd6 50.Kd2 c5 1/2-1/2

[Event "candidates sf"]
[Site "Evian FRA"]
[Date "1977.08.06"]
[Round "1.13"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Black "Polugaevsky, Lev"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[ECO "A17"]
[EventDate "1977.07.02"]
[PlyCount "41"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 c5 5.g3 O-O 6.Bg2 Nc6 7.O-O Qe7 8.e3 d5 
9.Na4 dxc4 10.Qxc4 Rb8 11.Qc2 b5 12.Nc3 Bd7 13.b3 Rfc8 14.Bb2 Ba5 15.d3 
Be8 16.Rfd1 a6 17.Qe2 Bc7 18.Rac1 Ne5 19.Nxe5 Bxe5 20.d4 Bd6 21.dxc5 
1/2-1/2

[Event "candidates sf"]
[Site "Geneve SUI"]
[Date "1977.07.03"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Spassky, Boris"]
[Black "Portisch, Lajos"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[ECO "E12"]
[EventDate "1977.07.03"]
[PlyCount "42"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 b6 4.Nc3 Bb7 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 Be7 7.e3 O-O 8.Bd3 c5 
9.O-O cxd4 10.exd4 Bxf3 11.Qxf3 Nc6 12.Ne2 Nb4 13.Bb1 d5 14.a3 Nc6 15.Bxf6
Bxf6 16.cxd5 exd5 17.Ba2 Nxd4 18.Nxd4 Bxd4 19.Bxd5 Rc8 20.Rad1 Qf6 21.Qxf6
Bxf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "candidates sf"]
[Site "Geneve SUI"]
[Date "1977.07.05"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Portisch, Lajos"]
[Black "Spassky, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[ECO "D34"]
[EventDate "1977.07.03"]
[PlyCount "39"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c5 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.g3 Nf6 7.Bg2 Be7 8.O-O 
O-O 9.Bg5 c4 10.Ne5 Be6 11.Nxc6 bxc6 12.b3 Qa5 13.Na4 Rfd8 14.Qc2 Rac8 15.
Bxf6 Bxf6 16.Nc5 Bxd4 17.Nb7 Qb6 18.Nxd8 Rxd8 19.bxc4 Bxa1 20.cxd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "candidates sf"]
[Site "Geneve SUI"]
[Date "1977.07.08"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Spassky, Boris"]
[Black "Portisch, Lajos"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[ECO "C95"]
[EventDate "1977.07.03"]
[PlyCount "134"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 O-O 
9.h3 Nb8 10.d4 Nbd7 11.Nbd2 Bb7 12.Bc2 Re8 13.Nf1 Bf8 14.Ng3 g6 15.a4 c5 
16.d5 c4 17.Bg5 h6 18.Be3 Nc5 19.Qd2 Kh7 20.Ra3 Rb8 21.Rea1 Re7 22.R1a2 
Rc7 23.axb5 axb5 24.Qd1 Nfd7 25.h4 Bc8 26.h5 Nf6 27.Nh2 Rcb7 28.Bd2 Bg7 
29.Qe2 Ng8 30.Ra8 Bd7 31.R8a3 Bf6 32.Be3 Bg5 33.Nf3 Bxe3 34.Qxe3 Qb6 35.
Nd2 Nf6 36.Bd1 Kg7 37.Be2 Rc8 38.Ra1 Na4 39.Qxb6 Rxb6 40.R1a2 Nxh5 41.
Nxh5+ gxh5 42.Bxh5 f5 43.b4 f4 44.Bd1 Kf6 45.g3 Rbb8 46.Kh2 Rc7 47.gxf4 
exf4 48.Bxa4 bxa4 49.Ra1 Rg8 50.Nf3 Bg4 51.Rg1 Rcg7 52.Nh4 Rg5 53.f3 Bd7 
54.Rxg5 hxg5 55.Nf5 Bxf5 56.exf5 Ra8 57.b5 Kxf5 58.b6 g4 59.fxg4+ Kxg4 60.
Kg2 Rb8 61.Rxa4 Rxb6 62.Kf2 Rb2+ 63.Ke1 f3 64.Ra8 Re2+ 65.Kf1 Rd2 66.Rg8+ 
Kf4 67.Rf8+ Ke4 0-1

[Event "candidates sf"]
[Site "Geneve SUI"]
[Date "1977.07.10"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Portisch, Lajos"]
[Black "Spassky, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[ECO "E59"]
[EventDate "1977.07.03"]
[PlyCount "72"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 c5 5.Bd3 Nc6 6.Nf3 d5 7.O-O O-O 8.a3 Bxc3 
9.bxc3 dxc4 10.Bxc4 Qc7 11.Bd3 e5 12.Qc2 Re8 13.dxe5 Nxe5 14.Nxe5 Qxe5 15.
f3 Be6 16.e4 c4 17.Be2 Qc5+ 18.Kh1 Nd7 19.Bf4 b5 20.Rfd1 f6 21.a4 a6 22.
Qd2 Qc6 23.Qe3 bxa4 24.Bd6 Bf7 25.Qd2 Ne5 26.Bxe5 Rxe5 27.Qa2 Ra5 28.Qa3 
Qc7 29.Rd4 h6 30.Rb1 Rb8 31.Rxb8+ Qxb8 32.h3 Qg3 33.Bxc4 Bxc4 34.Rxc4 Rg5 
35.Qa2 Qe1+ 36.Kh2 Qg3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "candidates sf"]
[Site "Geneve SUI"]
[Date "1977.07.15"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Spassky, Boris"]
[Black "Portisch, Lajos"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[ECO "E12"]
[EventDate "1977.07.03"]
[PlyCount "121"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 b6 4.Nc3 Bb7 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 Be7 7.e3 O-O 8.Bd3 c5 
9.O-O cxd4 10.exd4 d5 11.Bxf6 Bxf6 12.cxd5 exd5 13.Re1 Nc6 14.Bb5 Ne7 15.
Ne5 Bxe5 16.Rxe5 Ng6 17.Re3 Qg5 18.Rg3 Qf6 19.Qd2 Rad8 20.Re1 Bc8 21.Qd1 
Qf4 22.Rge3 Be6 23.g3 Qd6 24.Bd3 Ne7 25.Bb1 Rfe8 26.Qc2 Ng6 27.Nb5 Qb4 28.
Nc7 Nf8 29.Nxe8 Rxe8 30.Qc3 Qb5 31.f4 Rc8 32.Qd2 Qd7 33.f5 Bxf5 34.Re7 
Qxe7 35.Rxe7 Bxb1 36.Rxa7 Ne6 37.h4 Be4 38.Qb4 Rc2 39.Qe7 Bg6 40.Ra4 Rd2 
41.Qe8+ Kh7 42.Ra8 Bh5 43.Qg8+ Kg6 44.Ra7 Kf6 45.g4 Nxd4 46.Qd8+ Ke5 47.
Qb8+ Ke4 48.gxh5 Rd1+ 49.Kf2 Rd2+ 50.Ke1 Nf3+ 51.Kf1 Nh2+ 52.Kg1 Nf3+ 53.
Kh1 Ke3 54.Rxf7 Rd1+ 55.Kg2 Rg1+ 56.Kh3 Rh1+ 57.Kg4 Rg1+ 58.Qg3 Rxg3+ 59.
Kxg3 Nd2 60.Re7+ Ne4+ 61.Kg4 1-0

[Event "candidates sf"]
[Site "Geneve SUI"]
[Date "1977.07.17"]
[Round "1.6"]
[White "Portisch, Lajos"]
[Black "Spassky, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[ECO "E74"]
[EventDate "1977.07.03"]
[PlyCount "94"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 d6 4.Nc3 g6 5.Nf3 Bg7 6.e4 O-O 7.Bf4 a6 8.a4 Qa5 9.
Bd2 e6 10.Be2 exd5 11.cxd5 Bg4 12.O-O Nbd7 13.h3 Bxf3 14.Bxf3 c4 15.Nb5 
Qb6 16.Be3 Nc5 17.Na3 Qb4 18.Rc1 b5 19.axb5 axb5 20.Nc2 Qxb2 21.Rb1 Qe5 
22.Bd4 Qe8 23.e5 Nfd7 24.exd6 Nb3 25.Bxg7 Kxg7 26.Re1 Qb8 27.Nd4 Ndc5 28.
Ne6+ fxe6 29.dxe6 Ra6 30.e7 Re8 31.Rxb3 Qxd6 32.Qxd6 Rxd6 33.Rxb5 Nd3 34.
Re2 Kf6 35.Rb7 Re6 36.Rc2 R8xe7 37.Rxe7 Rxe7 38.Rxc4 Re1+ 39.Kh2 Nxf2 40.
Rd4 Ke5 41.Rd7 Rh1+ 42.Kg3 Ne4+ 43.Bxe4 Kxe4 44.Kg4 Rg1 45.Re7+ Kd5 46.Re2
h6 47.h4 Ra1 1/2-1/2

[Event "candidates sf"]
[Site "Geneve SUI"]
[Date "1977.07.19"]
[Round "1.7"]
[White "Spassky, Boris"]
[Black "Portisch, Lajos"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[ECO "A47"]
[EventDate "1977.07.03"]
[PlyCount "35"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.Bg5 c5 4.e3 Be7 5.Nbd2 cxd4 6.exd4 b6 7.c3 Bb7 8.Bd3 
d6 9.O-O Nbd7 10.Re1 O-O 11.a4 a6 12.h3 Re8 13.Bf4 Qc7 14.Bh2 Bf8 15.Nc4 
Bd5 16.Ne3 Bc6 17.Nd2 g6 18.Qe2 1/2-1/2

[Event "candidates sf"]
[Site "Geneve SUI"]
[Date "1977.07.22"]
[Round "1.8"]
[White "Portisch, Lajos"]
[Black "Spassky, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[ECO "D25"]
[EventDate "1977.07.03"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 Bg4 5.Bxc4 e6 6.Nc3 Nbd7 7.O-O Bd6 8.h3 
Bh5 9.e4 e5 10.Be2 O-O 11.dxe5 Nxe5 12.Nd4 Bg6 13.Bg5 Re8 14.Ndb5 Nc6 15.
Nxd6 cxd6 16.f3 h6 17.Bh4 Bh7 18.Rf2 g5 19.Bg3 Qb6 20.Bc4 Ne5 21.Bb3 Rac8 
22.Qf1 Kg7 23.Qb5 Qc7 24.Rd1 Nh5 25.Bh2 b6 26.Rfd2 Qc5+ 27.Kh1 Nf4 28.Rxd6
Qxb5 29.Nxb5 Re7 30.Nc3 Nfg6 31.Nd5 Ree8 32.Ne3 Nh4 33.Bxe5+ Rxe5 34.Rd7 
Bg6 35.Nc4 Rec5 36.Nd6 Rf8 37.Rxa7 h5 38.Kg1 g4 39.f4 Rd8 40.Nf5+ 1-0

[Event "candidates sf"]
[Site "Geneve SUI"]
[Date "1977.07.26"]
[Round "1.9"]
[White "Spassky, Boris"]
[Black "Portisch, Lajos"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[ECO "C95"]
[EventDate "1977.07.03"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 O-O 
9.h3 Nb8 10.d4 Nbd7 11.Nbd2 Bb7 12.Bc2 Re8 13.Nf1 Bf8 14.Ng3 g6 15.a4 c5 
16.d5 c4 17.Bg5 h6 18.Be3 Nc5 19.Qd2 Kh7 20.Nh2 Bg7 21.Rf1 h5 22.f3 Qe7 
23.Bg5 Qf8 24.f4 exf4 25.Rxf4 Nfd7 26.Raf1 Ne5 27.Nxh5 gxh5 28.Qe2 Qh8 29.
Rh4 Kg6 30.Bd1 f5 31.Rxf5 Rf8 32.Qxh5+ Qxh5 33.Bxh5+ Kh7 34.Bf7+ Bh6 35.
Rxh6+ Kg7 36.Bf6+ Kxf7 37.Bxe5+ Ke8 38.Rxf8+ Kxf8 39.Bxd6+ Kg7 40.Ng4 1-0

[Event "candidates sf"]
[Site "Geneve SUI"]
[Date "1977.07.29"]
[Round "1.10"]
[White "Portisch, Lajos"]
[Black "Spassky, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[ECO "E59"]
[EventDate "1977.07.03"]
[PlyCount "52"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 c5 5.Bd3 d5 6.Nf3 O-O 7.O-O Nc6 8.a3 Bxc3 
9.bxc3 dxc4 10.Bxc4 Qc7 11.Bd3 e5 12.Qc2 Re8 13.Nxe5 Nxe5 14.dxe5 Qxe5 15.
f3 Bd7 16.a4 Rad8 17.e4 Bc6 18.Bc4 Rd7 19.Qb3 Red8 20.Ra2 Nh5 21.g3 Nxg3 
22.hxg3 Rd2 23.Rxd2 Rxd2 24.Bxd2 Qxg3+ 25.Kh1 Qh3+ 26.Kg1 Qg3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "candidates sf"]
[Site "Geneve SUI"]
[Date "1977.08.05"]
[Round "1.11"]
[White "Spassky, Boris"]
[Black "Portisch, Lajos"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[ECO "A47"]
[EventDate "1977.07.03"]
[PlyCount "34"]

1.d4 e6 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Bg5 c5 4.e3 Be7 5.Bd3 b6 6.c3 Bb7 7.Nbd2 cxd4 8.cxd4 
Nd5 9.Nc4 O-O 10.h4 f5 11.a3 Nf6 12.Qe2 Bd5 13.Rc1 Ne4 14.Bxe7 Qxe7 15.g3 
Nc6 16.O-O Rf6 17.Ncd2 Nxd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "candidates sf"]
[Site "Geneve SUI"]
[Date "1977.08.12"]
[Round "1.12"]
[White "Portisch, Lajos"]
[Black "Spassky, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[ECO "A15"]
[EventDate "1977.07.03"]
[PlyCount "150"]

1.c4 e6 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nc3 b6 4.e4 Bb7 5.d3 d6 6.g3 g6 7.Bg2 Bg7 8.O-O O-O 9.
Ne1 Ne8 10.d4 c5 11.d5 exd5 12.Nxd5 Nc6 13.Nc2 Ba6 14.Nce3 b5 15.cxb5 Bxb5
16.Re1 Rb8 17.Nc3 Nc7 18.Nxb5 Nxb5 19.Nd5 Re8 20.h4 Nbd4 21.Bg5 f6 22.Bc1 
Qd7 23.Rb1 f5 24.Bg5 fxe4 25.Bxe4 Rf8 26.Bg2 Kh8 27.Bf4 Ne5 28.Bxe5 dxe5 
29.Nc3 Qf7 30.Rf1 Rbd8 31.Qg4 Nf5 32.Qe2 c4 33.Ne4 Rd3 34.Ng5 Qd7 35.Qc2 
h6 36.Ne4 Qd4 37.Kh1 h5 38.b3 cxb3 39.Rxb3 Rxb3 40.Qxb3 Qd7 41.Rb1 Bh6 42.
Qa3 Rf7 43.Qa6 Kg7 44.Rb8 Qe7 45.Qc6 Nd4 46.Qd5 Nf5 47.Qa8 Rf8 48.Rxf8 
Qxf8 49.Qxa7+ Qe7 50.Qa5 Bc1 51.Qb6 Ba3 52.Ng5 Qd6 53.Qb3 Qe7 54.Bd5 Qa7 
55.Kg2 Be7 56.Be4 Bxg5 57.hxg5 Nd6 58.Bb1 Nf7 59.Qd3 Qb6 60.f4 Qe6 61.Qe4 
h4 62.Qxg6+ Qxg6 63.Bxg6 Kxg6 64.gxh4 exf4 65.a4 Ne5 66.a5 Kf5 67.a6 Nc6 
68.Kf2 Na7 69.Kf3 Nb5 70.g6 Kxg6 71.Kxf4 Kh5 72.Ke4 Kxh4 73.Kd3 Kg5 74.Kc4
Nc7 75.a7 Kf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "candidates sf"]
[Site "Geneve SUI"]
[Date "1977.08.14"]
[Round "1.13"]
[White "Spassky, Boris"]
[Black "Portisch, Lajos"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[ECO "B25"]
[EventDate "1977.07.03"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.d3 d6 6.f4 e5 7.Nh3 exf4 8.Bxf4 Nge7
9.O-O h6 10.Rb1 O-O 11.a3 Be6 12.Be3 Ne5 13.Nf4 Bd7 14.Kh1 Rc8 15.Qd2 Kh7 
16.h3 Bc6 17.g4 Qd7 18.Rf2 b6 19.Rbf1 Bb7 20.Qe2 Rce8 21.Bc1 Kg8 22.Qe3 b5
23.Qg3 b4 24.axb4 cxb4 25.Nd1 d5 26.d4 N5c6 27.exd5 Nxd4 28.c4 bxc3 29.
bxc3 Nb3 30.Ba3 Rc8 31.c4 Na5 32.Re2 Rfe8 33.Rfe1 Bf8 34.Nh5 Nxd5 35.cxd5 
gxh5 36.gxh5+ Bg7 37.Bb2 f6 38.Bxf6 Rxe2 39.Rxe2 Qf7 40.Re6 1-0

[Event "candidates sf"]
[Site "Geneve SUI"]
[Date "1977.08.16"]
[Round "1.14"]
[White "Portisch, Lajos"]
[Black "Spassky, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[ECO "E53"]
[EventDate "1977.07.03"]
[PlyCount "106"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 c5 5.Bd3 d5 6.Nf3 O-O 7.O-O b6 8.cxd5 exd5
9.Ne5 Re8 10.Bd2 Ba6 11.Bxa6 Nxa6 12.Qa4 Qc8 13.Rfc1 Qb7 14.Qc6 Rab8 15.
Rc2 Bxc3 16.Bxc3 Ne4 17.Be1 f6 18.Qxb7 Rxb7 19.Nd3 cxd4 20.exd4 Nc7 21.f3 
Nd6 22.Bf2 Ne6 23.Nb4 Rd7 24.Rd1 Kf7 25.Kf1 Rc8 26.Rxc8 Nxc8 27.Bg3 Ne7 
28.a3 Nf5 29.Bf2 a5 30.Na2 Nd6 31.b3 Rc7 32.Rd2 Nb5 33.a4 Na3 34.Bg3 Rc6 
35.Rd3 Nb1 36.Rd1 Rc2 37.Rxb1 Rxa2 38.Bf2 h5 39.Be3 g5 40.h4 gxh4 41.b4 
Ng7 42.Bf4 Nf5 43.Kg1 Nxd4 44.Bc7 h3 45.gxh3 Nxf3+ 46.Kh1 Rxa4 47.bxa5 
bxa5 48.Rb5 Rc4 49.Bg3 Ke6 50.Rxa5 Ng5 51.Ra6+ Kf5 52.Rd6 h4 53.Bh2 Rc1+ 
0-1

[Event "candidates sf"]
[Site "Geneve SUI"]
[Date "1977.08.19"]
[Round "1.15"]
[White "Spassky, Boris"]
[Black "Portisch, Lajos"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[ECO "C92"]
[EventDate "1977.07.03"]
[PlyCount "60"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 O-O 
9.h3 Nd7 10.d4 Bf6 11.a4 Na5 12.Bc2 Bb7 13.Na3 exd4 14.Nxd4 Nc6 15.axb5 
Nxd4 16.cxd4 axb5 17.Qd3 g6 18.Qxb5 Ba6 19.Qb4 c5 20.dxc5 dxc5 21.Qb3 Bd4 
22.Be3 Qf6 23.Bxd4 cxd4 24.Qg3 Nc5 25.b4 Ne6 26.b5 Bb7 27.e5 Qe7 28.Nc4 
Rxa1 29.Rxa1 Qc5 30.Bd3 Bd5 1/2-1/2

