Fortune Favors the Strong | Gligorić vs Fischer | Palma de Mallorca Interzonal (1970)

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The 1970 Interzonal was held in Palma de Mallorca from November 9-December 12, and was the last Interzonal held as a one-section round robin. With the tournament swelling to 24 players and further expansion on the way, future changes were inevitable. The following players vied for six slots in the candidates matches to be held in 1971: William G Addison, Miroslav Filip, Robert James Fischer, Efim Geller, Svetozar Gligoric, Vlastimil Hort, Robert Huebner, Borislav Ivkov, Eleazar Jimenez Zerquera, Bent Larsen, Milan Matulovic, Henrique Mecking, Dragoljub Minic, Renato Naranja, Oscar Panno, Lev Polugaevsky, Lajos Portisch, Samuel Reshevsky, Jorge Alberto Rubinetti, Vasily Smyslov, Duncan Suttles, Mark Taimanov, Wolfgang Uhlmann, Tudev Ujtumen..

Ujtumen from Mongolia, about as outside as an outsider could get, actually held the lead by himself after round 3. However, reality and Robert J. Fischer set in, as the American quickly soared to a dominating position. The other contenders didn't worry about it too much; after all, you only had to finish in the top six to qualify for the Candidates, and there was even a seventh spot open for a reserve. So they played it safe, while Fischer kept working hard.

At the quarter pole following round 6, Fischer had 5.5 points and a 1.5 point lead on Geller, Gligoric, Larson, Panno, and Ujtumen. But then came a bad stretch: he managed to draw lost positions in round 7 and 8, but Larsen didn't let him off the hook in round 9. By now the lead had vanished, as Geller joined Fischer at the top with 6.5.

That led to the critical round 12 encounter between the leaders, Geller holding a half-point lead and playing the White pieces. Any normal grandmaster, when Geller offered an early draw, would have accepted to get an easy half-point closer to qualification. Fischer, hungry for a win after five rounds without one, refused.

Geller played inaccurately and lost a pawn, reaching a difficult rook ending. Eventually, a hallucination and a final mistake sealed his fate, and Fischer took the lead. The rest was a matter of technique: Fischer won two more in a row, took a couple of draws for a breather, then started his famous streak with full points in his last seven games.

Read more here http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chess.pl?tid=79415

Read more about events before 1970 Instrzonal tournament http://graeme.50webs.com/chesschamps/us/1969.htm

Svetozar Gligoric vs Robert James Fischer
Palma de Mallorca Interzonal (1970), Palma de Mallorca ESP, rd 22, Dec-10
Benoni Defense: Classical Variation. Czerniak Defense Tal Line (A77)

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. d5 ed5 5. cd5 d6 6. Nf3 g6 7. e4 Bg7 8. Be2 O-O 9. O-O Re8 10. Nd2 Nbd7 11. a4 Ne5 12. Qc2 g5 13. Nf3 Nf3 14. Bf3 h6 15. Bd2 a6 16. Be2 Qe7 17. Rae1 Qe5 18. Kh1 Qd4 19. f3 Nh5 20. Nb5 ab5 21. Bb5 Qe5 22. Bc3 Qe7 23. Be8 Qe8 24. Bg7 Kg7 25. b4 cb4 26. Qb2 Qe5 27. Qb4 Nf4 28. Rd1 b6 29. Rf2 Nd3 30. Qb6 Nf2 31. Qf2 Ra4 32. Kg1 Ra1 33. Qe1 Ra2 34. Qg3 Qb2 35. h4 Ra1
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