FIDE World Chess Championship cycle 1975-1978

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European zonal B2 :: Aranđelovac 1976

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Crosstable

pos. name Elo flag 1 2 3 4 pts + = -
1.-3. GM Smejkal, Jan 2615 CSR ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 5 0
1.-3. GM Uhlmann, Wolfgang 2555 GDR ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 1 2 3 1
1.-3. GM Adorján, András 2510 HUN ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 5 0
4. GM Velimirović, Dragoljub 2525 YUG ½ ½ 0 0 0 ½ 0 3 3

An extra mini-tournament was organized following Eastern European boycott of Barcelona 1975 zonal B1. Six players were eligible, of which four participated.
There was no play-off, Adorján was just unlucky in drawing of lots.






Round by round results

1st round — 16th April 1976
GM Uhlmann, Wolfgang GDR 2555 ½ - ½ 2615 CSR GM Smejkal, Jan
GM Adorján, András HUN 2510 1 - 0 2525 YUG GM Velimirović, Dragoljub
1. Adorján — 1; 2.-3. Smejkal, Uhlmann — ½; 4. Velimirović — 0;



2nd round — 17th April 1976
GM Smejkal, Jan CSR 2615 ½ - ½ 2525 YUG GM Velimirović, Dragoljub
GM Uhlmann, Wolfgang GDR 2555 ½ - ½ 2510 HUN GM Adorján, András
1. Adorján — 1½; 2.-3. Smejkal, Uhlmann — 1; 4. Velimirović — ½;



3rd round — 19th April 1976
GM Velimirović, Dragoljub YUG 2525 0 - 1 2555 GDR GM Uhlmann, Wolfgang
GM Adorján, András HUN 2510 ½ - ½ 2615 CSR GM Smejkal, Jan
1.-2. Uhlmann, Adorján — 2; 3. Smejkal — 1½; 4. Velimirović — ½;



4th round — 20th April 1976
GM Velimirović, Dragoljub YUG 2525 ½ - ½ 2510 HUN GM Adorján, András
GM Smejkal, Jan CSR 2615 1 - 0 2555 GDR GM Uhlmann, Wolfgang
1.-2. Smejkal, Adorján — 2½; 3. Uhlmann — 2; 4. Velimirović — 1;



5th round — 22nd April 1976
GM Adorján, András HUN 2510 ½ - ½ 2555 GDR GM Uhlmann, Wolfgang
GM Velimirović, Dragoljub YUG 2525 ½ - ½ 2615 CSR GM Smejkal, Jan
1.-2. Smejkal, Adorján — 3; 3. Uhlmann — 2½; 4. Velimirović — 1½;



6th round — 24th April 1976
GM Smejkal, Jan CSR 2615 ½ - ½ 2510 HUN GM Adorján, András
GM Uhlmann, Wolfgang GDR 2555 1 - 0 2525 YUG GM Velimirović, Dragoljub
1.-3. Smejkal, Uhlmann, Adorján — 3½; 4. Velimirović — 1½;








Information

European zonal B2
Dates: 16th - 24th April 1976
City: Aranđelovac (Yugoslavia)
Venue:
Organizers:
Chief Arbiter:
Players participating: 4 (incl. 4 GMs)
Games played: 12
Competition format: Double Round Robin
Tie-breaks: none
Time control:
Website: https://www.chessgames.com/perl/chess.pl?tid=41314
PGN game file: wc1978-zonaleuropeb2.pgn