Amsterdam Interzonal (1964) This qualification tournament for the 1965 candidates matches was held in May and June in the building of the GAK (Social Security Organization) in Amsterdam. The first six finishers would qualify, with the restriction that from this tournament only three players from one country could reach the Candidates. Since all five participants from the Soviet Union ended in the top six, numbers 5 and 6 (Stein and Bronstein) were unlucky. Instead Ivkov qualified and, after a play-off with Reshevsky, Portisch. The American champion Fischer chose not to play for reasons of his own. The top four finishers are listed here in Neustadtl order. 1= Smyslov 17 * ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 1 1= Larsen 17 ½ * 1 ½ 0 1 0 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1= Spassky 17 ½ 0 * ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 0 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 1 1= Tal 17 ½ ½ ½ * ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 1 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 1 5 Stein 16½ ½ 1 ½ ½ * 0 1 ½ 0 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 6 Bronstein 16 ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 * ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 1 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 7 Ivkov 15 ½ 1 ½ ½ 0 ½ * ½ ½ ½ 0 1 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 8= Reshevsky 14½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ * ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 1 1 8= Portisch 14½ 0 0 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ * ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 1 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 1 10 Gligoric 14 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ * ½ 1 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 0 1 1 1 11 Darga 13½ 0 0 1 ½ ½ 0 1 ½ 1 ½ * 0 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 12 Lengyel 13 0 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 1 * ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 1 1 13 Pachman 12½ ½ 0 0 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ * ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 1 1 ½ ½ 14 Evans 10 0 ½ ½ 0 0 0 ½ 0 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ * 1 ½ 1 1 0 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 15 Tringov 9½ ½ ½ 0 0 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 0 ½ 0 0 0 * ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ ½ 1 1 16 Benko 9 ½ ½ 0 0 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ * 1 0 ½ 0 1 ½ ½ ½ 17= Bilek 8 0 ½ 0 0 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ 0 0 ½ 0 0 ½ 0 * 1 ½ ½ 1 1 ½ ½ 17= Foguelman 8 ½ 0 0 0 ½ 0 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 0 ½ 1 0 * ½ 0 1 1 0 1 17 Rosetto 8 ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 0 1 0 ½ ½ ½ * ½ 0 1 0 1 20 Quinones 7 0 0 0 0 ½ ½ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 ½ 1 ½ * ½ 1 ½ 1 21 Porath 5½ 0 0 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 0 1 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ 0 0 0 1 ½ * 0 ½ ½ 22 Perez 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 0 0 0 1 * 1 1 23 Berger 4½ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ 1 1 ½ ½ 0 * 0 24 Vranesic 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 0 0 ½ 0 1 * The Stockholm Interzonal (1962) and Sousse Interzonal (1967) were the previous and next Interzonals in the FIDE cycle. Geller-Smyslov Candidates Quarterfinal Match (1965) , Spassky-Keres Candidates Quarterfinal Match (1965) , Larsen-Ivkov Candidates Quarterfinal Match (1965) and Tal-Portisch Candidates Quarterfinal Match (1965) were selected as the Candidates quarter-finals stages next year. Note: The K Darga vs Pachman, 1964 3rd round game and the round 23 game Berger vs Bilek (standard GM draws) were not available when the collection was compiled. The other game may later be inserted in its proper place, but the collection was limited to 101 games. Berger vs Bilek (from round 23) went 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Bf4 Bg7 5.e3 c5 6.dxc5 Qa5 7.cxd5 Nxd5 8.Qxd5 Bxc3+ 9.bxc3 Qxc3+ 10.Ke2 Qxa1 11.Be5 Qc1 12.Bxh8 Be6 13.Qxb7 Qc2+ 14.Ke1 Qc1+ 15.Ke2 Qc2+ ½-½. Game submitted as of 12/28/2012. Original collection: Game Collection: Amsterdam Interzonal 1964, by User: Sneaky Pete  page 1 of 12; games 1-25 of 279  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. L Lengyel vs B Berger   1-0 61 1964 Amsterdam Interzonal A06 Reti Opening 2. I Bilek vs Portisch   ½-½ 30 1964 Amsterdam Interzonal A07 King's Indian Attack 3. H Rossetto vs Foguelman   ½-½ 30 1964 Amsterdam Interzonal D91 Grunfeld, 5.Bg5 4. Z Vranesic vs Y Porat   ½-½ 56 1964 Amsterdam Interzonal E42 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 c5, 5.Ne2 (Rubinstein) 5. O Quinones vs Smyslov 0-1 25 1964 Amsterdam Interzonal B09 Pirc, Austrian Attack 6. Reshevsky vs Benko ½-½ 30 1964 Amsterdam Interzonal A32 English, Symmetrical Variation 7. Larry Evans vs F J Perez Perez   ½-½ 30 1964 Amsterdam Interzonal A40 Queen's Pawn Game 8. Tringov vs Stein   0-1 63 1964 Amsterdam Interzonal C84 Ruy Lopez, Closed 9. Larsen vs Pachman   1-0 60 1964 Amsterdam Interzonal B13 Caro-Kann, Exchange 10. K Darga vs Spassky 1-0 96 1964 Amsterdam Interzonal E17 Queen's Indian 11. Ivkov vs Gligoric   ½-½ 30 1964 Amsterdam Interzonal B45 Sicilian, Taimanov 12. Bronstein vs Tal   ½-½ 30 1964 Amsterdam Interzonal C28 Vienna Game 13. Gligoric vs H Rossetto   1-0 56 1964 Amsterdam Interzonal C42 Petrov Defense 14. Y Porat vs Ivkov   ½-½ 52 1964 Amsterdam Interzonal A04 Reti Opening 15. Stein vs Bronstein 0-1 71 1964 Amsterdam Interzonal B15 Caro-Kann 16. Smyslov vs K Darga 1-0 25 1964 Amsterdam Interzonal A04 Reti Opening 17. F J Perez Perez vs Z Vranesic   1-0 34 1964 Amsterdam Interzonal E12 Queen's Indian 18. B Berger vs Reshevsky 0-1 34 1964 Amsterdam Interzonal E99 King's Indian, Orthodox, Taimanov 19. Foguelman vs Larsen 0-1 40 1964 Amsterdam Interzonal D59 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tartakower 20. Pachman vs O Quinones 1-0 36 1964 Amsterdam Interzonal D10 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 21. Portisch vs Tal ½-½ 39 1964 Amsterdam Interzonal A04 Reti Opening 22. Spassky vs Tringov 1-0 46 1964 Amsterdam Interzonal C96 Ruy Lopez, Closed 23. Benko vs Larry Evans   ½-½ 26 1964 Amsterdam Interzonal A37 English, Symmetrical 24. I Bilek vs L Lengyel   ½-½ 31 1964 Amsterdam Interzonal E19 Queen's Indian, Old Main line, 9.Qxc3 25. Larry Evans vs B Berger 1-0 22 1964 Amsterdam Interzonal B19 Caro-Kann, Classical  page 1 of 12; games 1-25 of 279    REFINE SEARCH:   White wins (1-0) | Black wins (0-1) | Draws (1/2-1/2)     Mar-11-13    Everett: A request, if possible, to have two standings charts above, to separate the playoffs from the main tournament. Mar-11-13    Phony Benoni: <Everett> To do that, the games would have to be removed from the collection; otherwise, they will count in the standings. One way this could be done would be creating an entirely new tournament page for the playoff, and have links between the pages in the introductions. This may seem a lot of work for a three-game playoff (or shorter), but it would make the standings correct. Another possiblity worth considering would be to include links to the playoff games in the introduction, with an explanation of what they are. Might be less work. Mar-11-13    Everett: <PhonyBenoni> I really don't want to make more work for the staff. I thought it may be an easy fix, but I can figure it out. This tourney was Bronstein's last gasp, and he played some really interesting games. His loss vs Larsen and draws to Tringov and Benko, IMHO, are missed opportunities. I've kibitzed all three with my own analysis, and think the "storyline" of the Larsen game is especially wrong. 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