Sochi 1966 (chess tournament)

Sochi 1966 - a chess tournament dedicated to the memory of M. I. Chigorin .

The competition was organized by the Chess Federation of the RSFSR. 16 chess players were allowed to participate. The tournament brought together a very representative squad. Nine Soviet chess players (5 grandmasters, 2 international and 2 national masters), as well as 7 foreigners (3 grandmasters, 2 international and 2 national masters) participated.

The main judge of the tournament was I.Z. Bondarevsky .

The victory in the tournament was won by V. L. Korchnoi, who managed to get ahead of L. A. Polugaevsky in a bitter struggle, despite losing in a personal meeting.

BV Spassky spoke below his capabilities. He had just completed a tough world championship match against T.V. Petrosyan and was originally supposed to attend the tournament as a guest of honor. On the opening day of the tournament, R. D. Kholmov refused to participate. To maintain the grandmaster norm, a grandmaster was needed, and Spassky, at the personal request of V.N. Tikhomirova (chairman of the Chess Federation of the RSFSR), agreed to play in the tournament. ^[one]

Four participants could not win a single victory.

The rules of the international grandmaster and international master were set at the tournament. Only V.D. Sergievsky, who had fulfilled the norm of an international master, could achieve a promotion.

Content

Standings


	Participant	A country	one	2	3	four	five	6	7	eight	9	ten	eleven	12	13	14	15	sixteen	Glasses	A place
one	Korchnoi, Victor	the USSR		0	½	½	½	one	one	one	one	one	0	one	one	one	one	one	11½	one
2	Polugaevsky, Leo	the USSR	one		½	one	0	½	½	½	one	½	one	one	one	½	one	one	eleven	2
3	Krogius, Nikolai	the USSR	½	½		½	½	½	½	one	one	½	½	½	one	one	one	½	ten	3-4
four	Matulovic, Milan	Yugoslavia	½	0	½		½	½	one	½	½	one	½	½	one	one	one	one	ten	3-4
five	Lane, Anatoly	the USSR	½	one	½	½		0	one	½	½	0	one	½	one	one	½	one	9½	5-6
6	Spassky, Boris	the USSR	0	½	½	½	one		½	½	0	½	one	one	one	one	½	one	9½	5-6
7	Antoshin, Vladimir	the USSR	0	½	½	0	0	½		one	one	one	½	½	one	½	one	one	9	7
eight	Vladimirov, Boris	the USSR	0	½	0	½	½	½	0		one	one	½	one	0	one	one	one	8½	eight
9	Sergievsky, Vladimir	the USSR	0	0	0	½	½	one	0	0		one	½	½	one	one	one	one	eight	9
ten	Bobotsov, Milko	NRB	0	½	½	0	one	½	0	0	0		one	½	one	½	one	one	7½	ten
eleven	Zakharov, Alexander	the USSR	one	0	½	½	0	0	½	½	½	0		½	0	½	one	one	6½	eleven
12	Fuchs, Reinhart	GDR	0	0	½	½	½	0	½	0	½	½	½		½	½	½	½	5½	12
13	Bartsa, Gideon	VNR	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	one	0	0	one	½		½	one	one	five	13
14	Berthock, Mario	Yugoslavia	0	½	0	0	0	0	½	0	0	½	½	½	½		½	½	four	14
15	Bradvarevich, Aleksandar	Yugoslavia	0	0	0	0	½	½	0	0	0	0	0	½	0	½		½	2½	15
sixteen	Ortega, Rogelio	Cuba	0	0	½	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	½	0	½	½		2	sixteen

Literature

Chess Russia (Collection of games) / Auth. A.Z. Magergut . - Tula: Prioksky Prince. Publishing House, 1968. - S. 43, 45–46.

Notes

↑ Ladies' Y.V. King Boris the Tenth. - M .: RIPOL classic, 2004 .-- S. 194—195. - ISBN 5-7905-3106-7 .

Links

Tournament games on 365Chess

[1] Ladies' Y.V. King Boris the Tenth. - M .: RIPOL classic, 2004 .-- S. 194—195. - ISBN 5-7905-3106-7 .