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Lugano (1970) Eight of the world's top non-Soviet players assembled in Lugano, Switzerland, for a peaceful double-round tournament from March 1-20, 1970. Using the estimated ratings from Chessmetrics, it was a Category XVI event with an average rating of 2632. Enjoying the scenery were: Robert Eugene Byrne, Jan Hein Donner, Svetozar Gligoric, Lubomir Kavalek, Bent Larsen, Fridrik Olafsson, Laszlo Szabo, Wolfgang Unzicker. Larsen may have been concentrating more on the board than the scenery, as he won his first five games to take a two-point lead. This looked to be insurmountable, as this was one of those events when having no weak players leads to conservative play. 67% of the games were drawn, and three players were unable to win a single game. Of the 19 decisive games, nearly half involved Larsen. He was able to make it interesting with a couple of losses in the second half, which allowed Olafsson to get within a half-point with three rounds to go. However, Olafsson took a quick draw with White in their twelfth round game, which essentially decided matters. In the last three rounds the only decisive game was Larsen's win over Byrne, consigning the American to fifth place. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 1 Larsen *** 1 ½ 1 0 1 0 ½ 1 1 ½ 1 1 ½ ½ 9½ 2 Olafsson 0 ½ *** 1 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 1 ½ ½ 1 8½ 3 Unzicker 0 1 0 1 *** ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 7½ 4 Gligoric 0 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ *** ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 7½ 5 Byrne ½ 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ *** ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 7 6 Szabo 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ *** ½ ½ ½ ½ 6 7 Kavalek 0 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ *** ½ ½ 5½ 8 Donner ½ ½ ½ 0 0 ½ ½ 0 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ *** 4½ For Larsen, another in his great run of tournament wins around this time. Olafsson held onto an easy second, followed by Gligoric and Unzicker. The German deserves a special mention; after losing his first two games, his ascent to =3rd included wins over Larsen and Olafsson. Original collection: Game Collection: Lugano 1970, by User: Phony Benoni.  page 1 of 3; games 1-25 of 56  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Larsen vs Kavalek 1-0 33 1970 Lugano A01 Nimzovich-Larsen Attack 2. R Byrne vs Larsen   ½-½ 78 1970 Lugano C41 Philidor Defense 3. J H Donner vs Kavalek   ½-½ 41 1970 Lugano E67 King's Indian, Fianchetto 4. F Olafsson vs R Byrne   1-0 42 1970 Lugano E64 King's Indian, Fianchetto, Yugoslav System 5. Kavalek vs Unzicker   ½-½ 51 1970 Lugano C81 Ruy Lopez, Open, Howell Attack 6. Larsen vs J H Donner   ½-½ 54 1970 Lugano B31 Sicilian, Rossolimo Variation 7. F Olafsson vs J H Donner   1-0 31 1970 Lugano A09 Reti Opening 8. Gligoric vs R Byrne   ½-½ 39 1970 Lugano E97 King's Indian 9. Larsen vs Unzicker 0-1 45 1970 Lugano C28 Vienna Game 10. J H Donner vs R Byrne   0-1 40 1970 Lugano A10 English 11. Unzicker vs F Olafsson   1-0 36 1970 Lugano E56 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Main line with 7...Nc6 12. Kavalek vs Gligoric   ½-½ 39 1970 Lugano D86 Grunfeld, Exchange 13. R Byrne vs Unzicker   ½-½ 17 1970 Lugano C11 French 14. Gligoric vs J H Donner   1-0 46 1970 Lugano E92 King's Indian 15. Gligoric vs F Olafsson   ½-½ 19 1970 Lugano E54 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Gligoric System 16. Unzicker vs J H Donner   ½-½ 21 1970 Lugano D79 Neo-Grunfeld, 6.O-O, Main line 17. Kavalek vs F Olafsson   ½-½ 25 1970 Lugano B44 Sicilian 18. Larsen vs Gligoric 0-1 45 1970 Lugano E97 King's Indian 19. Szabo vs R Byrne   ½-½ 65 1970 Lugano E70 King's Indian 20. Gligoric vs Unzicker   ½-½ 20 1970 Lugano E55 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Gligoric System, Bronstein Variation 21. F Olafsson vs Larsen   ½-½ 18 1970 Lugano E16 Queen's Indian 22. R Byrne vs Kavalek   ½-½ 16 1970 Lugano D90 Grunfeld 23. Kavalek vs J H Donner   ½-½ 35 1970 Lugano C14 French, Classical 24. Larsen vs R Byrne 1-0 24 1970 Lugano B80 Sicilian, Scheveningen 25. F Olafsson vs Gligoric   ½-½ 13 1970 Lugano E66 King's Indian, Fianchetto, Yugoslav Panno  page 1 of 3; games 1-25 of 56    REFINE SEARCH:   White wins (1-0) | Black wins (0-1) | Draws (1/2-1/2)     There is no kibitzing for this page, yet.   NOTE: Create an account today to post replies and access other powerful features which are available only to registered users. 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