The Will To Win | Geller 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.

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.

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

Efim Geller vs Robert James Fischer
Palma de Mallorca Interzonal (1970), Palma de Mallorca ESP, rd 12, Nov-24
Neo-Grünfeld Defense: Ultra-delayed Exchange Variation (D79)

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O c6 6. d4 d5 7. cd5 cd5 8. Ne5 Bf5 9. Nc3 Ne4 10. Be3 Nc3 11. bc3 Nc6 12. Nc6 bc6 13. Qa4 Qb6 14. Rac1 Rab8 15. c4 Bd4 16. Bd4 Qd4 17. e3 Qe5 18. cd5 cd5 19. Rfd1 e6 20. Qa7 Ra8 21. Qd4 Qd4 22. Rd4 Ra2 23. e4 de4 24. Be4 Be4 25. Re4 Rb8 26. Re3 g5 27. h3 Kg7 28. Rc7 Kg6 29. Rf3 f6 30. Re7 Re2 31. g4 Rb1 32. Kg2 Ree1 33. Ra3 h5 34. Raa7 Rg1 35. Kf3 hg4 36. hg4 Rb3 37. Ke2 Rg4 38. Re6 Rb1 39. Raa6 Rf4 40. Ra2 Rh1 41. Rea6 Rb4 42. R6a4 Rbb1 43. Ra8 Rhg1 44. Kf3 Rb5 45. R8a5 Rb3 46. Ke2 Rbb1 47. Ra8 Kf5 48. R2a5 Kg4 49. Ra4 Kh5 50. Rh8 Kg6 51. Rg8 Kf7 52. Rd8 Rbe1 53. Kf3 Re5 54. Rd2 Rf5 55. Ke2 Re5 56. Kf3 Kg6 57. Re4 Rf5 58. Ke2 Ra5 59. Re3 Kh5 60. Red3 Raa1 61. Rd8 f5 62. Kf3 Ra3 63. R2d3 g4 64. Kf4 Rd3 65. Rd3 Rf1 66. Rd2 Kh4 67. Kf5 g3 68. f4 Kh3 69. Rd3 Kh4 70. Rd2 Ra1 71. Ke5 Kg4 72. f5 Ra5
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