Tallinn 1977 (chess tournament)

Tallinn 1977 is the fifth of a series of international tournaments held in Soviet times in the capital of the Estonian SSR . This is the first Tallinn tournament to bear the status of the P. P. Keres Memorial .

The tournament was held in February - March 1977.

As in most previous tournaments, 16 chess players participated in this competition (9 Soviet and 7 foreigners). 9 participants had the title of grandmaster .

The third victory in the Tallinn tournament was won by ex-world champion M.N. Tal.

The main arbitrator is Lembit Vahesaar (USSR).

Content

Scoreboard


	Participant	A country	one	2	3	four	five	6	7	eight	9	ten	eleven	12	13	14	15	sixteen	Glasses	A place
one	Tal, Michael	the USSR		0	½	½	one	one	0	one	one	one	0	one	one	one	one	one	eleven	one
2	Romanishin, Oleg	the USSR	one		½	½	½	one	one	one	0	0	one	½	0	one	one	one	ten	2
3	Gipslis Aivar	the USSR	½	½		½	one	½	½	½	one	½	one	0	½	one	one	½	9½	3
four	Bronstein, David	the USSR	½	½	½		½	0	one	½	½	½	one	½	one	½	one	½	9	4-6
five	Gulko, Boris	the USSR	0	½	0	½		½	½	½	one	one	0	one	one	one	one	½	9	4-6
6	Ullman, Wolfgang	GDR	0	0	½	one	½		0	one	one	½	½	one	½	½	one	one	9	4-6
7	Vadas, Laszlo	Vnr	one	0	½	0	½	one		0	0	½	one	½	½	½	one	one	eight	7-10
eight	Velimirovich, Dragolyub	Yugoslavia	0	0	½	½	½	0	one		0	½	one	one	0	one	one	one	eight	7-10
9	Kärner, Hillar	the USSR	0	one	0	½	0	0	one	one		½	0	½	one	one	½	one	eight	7-10
ten	Unziker, Wolfgang	Germany	0	one	½	½	0	½	½	½	½		one	½	½	½	½	one	eight	7-10
eleven	Ney, Ivo	the USSR	one	0	0	0	one	½	0	0	one	0		½	one	one	½	0	6½	eleven
12	Przybyl, Josef	Czechoslovakia	0	½	one	½	0	0	½	0	½	½	½		½	½	0	one	6	12
13	Poutiainen, Pertti	Finland	0	one	½	0	0	½	½	one	0	½	0	½		0	0	one	5½	13
14	Ornstein, Axel	Sweden	0	0	0	½	0	½	½	0	0	½	0	½	one		one	½	five	14
15	Fuck harry	the USSR	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	½	½	½	one	one	0		½	four	15
sixteen	Heuer, Walter	the USSR	0	0	½	½	½	0	0	0	0	0	one	0	0	½	½		3½	sixteen

Tournament Collection

Rahvusvaheline Paul Kerese mälestusturniir Tallinn 1977 / [Koost. J. Randviir]. - Tallinn: Eesti raamat, 1978. - 121, [2] p., [4] l. silt

Notes

Links

Tournament games on the 365Chess website