Madrid (1973) Madrid, Spain was the host to a category XII international tournament from November 26th to December 15th, 1973. 12 grandmasters and 4 masters were invited to participate in the round robin event, including (in order of ELO): Anatoli Karpov (2660), Lajos Portisch (2650), Vlastimil Hort (2590), Oscar Panno (2585), Ljubomir Ljubojevic (2565), Wolfgang Uhlmann (2560), Ulf Andersson (2555), Vladimir Tukmakov (2545), Semyon Furman (2540), Walter Shawn Browne (2535), Albin Planinc (2525), Ricardo Calvo-Minguez (2470), Julio Kaplan (2455), Silvino Garcia-Martinez (2450), Arturo Pomar-Salamanca (2430), and Juan Manuel Bellon-Lopez (2400). 1973 was a significant year for young Karpov. After placing second in Budapest and tying for first with Viktor Korchnoi at the Leningrad Interzonal he added this tournament win, and the Chess Oscar at year's end. The final standings follow: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 1 Karpov * ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 ½ 11.0 2 Tukmakov ½ * ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 0 1 1 1 ½ 1 1 ½ 1 10.5 3 Furman ½ ½ * ½ 1 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 0 1 ½ 1 1 10.0 4 Hort ½ ½ ½ * ½ ½ 1 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 9.5 5 Uhlmann 0 ½ 0 ½ * ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 9.5 6 Andersson 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ * ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 1 1 ½ 1 9.0 7 Portisch ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ * ½ ½ 1 1 1 ½ ½ 1 1 9.0 8 Browne ½ 1 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ * ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 1 0 8.5 9 Ljubojevic ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 0 ½ ½ * ½ 1 1 ½ 1 1 1 8.5 10 Planinc 0 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ * 1 0 1 0 1 1 6.5 11 Panno ½ 0 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 0 * ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 6.0 12 Calvo 0 ½ 1 ½ 0 0 0 0 0 1 ½ * ½ ½ 0 ½ 5.0 13 Kaplan 0 0 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 0 ½ * 1 ½ 1 5.0 14 Pomar-Salamanca 0 0 ½ 0 0 0 ½ ½ 0 1 ½ ½ 0 * ½ 1 5.0 15 Garcia-Martinez 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 0 0 0 0 1 ½ ½ * ½ 4.0 16 Bellon-Lopez ½ 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 ½ ½ 0 0 ½ * 3.0 Original collection: Game Collection: Madrid 1973, by User: suenteus po 147  page 1 of 5; games 1-25 of 120  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Karpov vs A Pomar-Salamanca 1-0 57 1973 Madrid B11 Caro-Kann, Two Knights, 3...Bg4 2. Kaplan vs Portisch   ½-½ 23 1973 Madrid B47 Sicilian, Taimanov (Bastrikov) Variation 3. S Garcia Martinez vs Panno   0-1 39 1973 Madrid B83 Sicilian 4. Furman vs A Planinc   ½-½ 38 1973 Madrid E97 King's Indian 5. Ljubojevic vs V Tukmakov   0-1 50 1973 Madrid B95 Sicilian, Najdorf, 6...e6 6. Browne vs Ulf Andersson   ½-½ 15 1973 Madrid B07 Pirc 7. Uhlmann vs R Calvo   1-0 29 1973 Madrid A54 Old Indian, Ukrainian Variation, 4.Nf3 8. J M Bellon Lopez vs Hort   0-1 32 1973 Madrid B20 Sicilian 9. Panno vs Karpov   ½-½ 23 1973 Madrid A12 English with b3 10. Hort vs R Calvo   ½-½ 21 1973 Madrid D32 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch 11. Portisch vs Uhlmann   ½-½ 42 1973 Madrid A22 English 12. A Pomar-Salamanca vs Furman   ½-½ 47 1973 Madrid A31 English, Symmetrical, Benoni Formation 13. V Tukmakov vs Browne 0-1 40 1973 Madrid B96 Sicilian, Najdorf 14. A Planinc vs Kaplan   1-0 35 1973 Madrid A07 King's Indian Attack 15. J M Bellon Lopez vs Ljubojevic   0-1 79 1973 Madrid B24 Sicilian, Closed 16. Ulf Andersson vs S Garcia Martinez   ½-½ 57 1973 Madrid A07 King's Indian Attack 17. R Calvo vs Portisch 0-1 44 1973 Madrid E10 Queen's Pawn Game 18. Furman vs Panno 1-0 30 1973 Madrid E12 Queen's Indian 19. Kaplan vs A Pomar-Salamanca 1-0 29 1973 Madrid A07 King's Indian Attack 20. S Garcia Martinez vs V Tukmakov   ½-½ 42 1973 Madrid E62 King's Indian, Fianchetto 21. Uhlmann vs A Planinc   1-0 39 1973 Madrid E73 King's Indian 22. Browne vs J M Bellon Lopez 0-1 38 1973 Madrid B27 Sicilian 23. Ljubojevic vs Hort   ½-½ 22 1973 Madrid B10 Caro-Kann 24. Karpov vs Ulf Andersson 1-0 38 1973 Madrid E15 Queen's Indian 25. J M Bellon Lopez vs S Garcia Martinez   ½-½ 51 1973 Madrid A06 Reti Opening  page 1 of 5; games 1-25 of 120    REFINE SEARCH:   White wins (1-0) | Black wins (0-1) | Draws (1/2-1/2)       There is no kibitzing for this page, yet.   NOTE: You need to pick a username and password to post a reply. 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