Yerevan (1965) |
The USSR organized an international chess tournament in the city of Yerevan in 1965. Fourteen grandmasters and masters, including the world champion, were invited to compete in the round robin event. Eight participants represented the Soviet Union, including Tigran Petrosian, Yuri Averbakh, Viktor Korchnoi, Vladimir Liberzon, Eduard Mnatsakanian, Iivo Nei, Boris Shashin, and Leonid Stein. The remaining six seats went to non-Soviet players including Miroslav Filip from Czechoslovakia, Reinhart Fuchs from East Germany, Aleksander Matanovic from Yugoslavia, Lajos Portisch from Hungary, Lothar Schmid from West Germany, and Gideon Stahlberg from Sweden. Despite finishing undefeated with +4, Petrosian only managed shared second with Stein, while Korchnoi took clear first, a full point ahead, with +6 at the finish. Yerevan, Soviet Union (Armenia), 17 September - 6 October 1965 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4
1 Korchnoi * ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 1 1 9½
=2 Petrosian ½ * ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 ½ 8½
=2 Stein ½ ½ * 1 0 ½ 1 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 8½
4 Liberzon ½ ½ 0 * 1 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 8
5 Portisch ½ ½ 1 0 * ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 1 0 1 7
6 Nei ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ * ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 6½
=7 Stahlberg ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ * ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 0 6
=7 Matanovic ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ * 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 6
=7 Averbakh 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 * ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 6
=7 Filip 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ * ½ ½ ½ 1 6
=7 Fuchs 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ * ½ 1 1 6
12 Schmid 0 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ * 1 ½ 5½
13 Mnatsakanian 0 0 ½ 0 1 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 0 * 1 4½
14 Shashin 0 ½ 0 0 0 0 1 ½ ½ 0 0 ½ 0 * 3 Original collection: Game Collection: Yerevan 1965, by User: suenteus po 147.
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| Result | Moves |
Year | Event/Locale | Opening |
1. Stahlberg vs A Matanovic |
| ½-½ | 49 | 1965 | Yerevan | E17 Queen's Indian |
2. V Liberzon vs Portisch |
 | 1-0 | 28 | 1965 | Yerevan | B89 Sicilian |
3. I Nei vs Stein |
| ½-½ | 21 | 1965 | Yerevan | D40 Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch |
4. R Fuchs vs Korchnoi |
  | 0-1 | 27 | 1965 | Yerevan | B83 Sicilian |
5. E Mnatsakanian vs Averbakh |
| ½-½ | 32 | 1965 | Yerevan | C47 Four Knights |
6. Filip vs L Schmid |
| ½-½ | 23 | 1965 | Yerevan | A16 English |
7. B Shashin vs Petrosian |
| ½-½ | 49 | 1965 | Yerevan | E95 King's Indian, Orthodox, 7...Nbd7, 8.Re1 |
8. Averbakh vs Korchnoi |
  | 0-1 | 39 | 1965 | Yerevan | A49 King's Indian, Fianchetto without c4 |
9. A Matanovic vs V Liberzon |
| ½-½ | 40 | 1965 | Yerevan | C93 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Smyslov Defense |
10. E Mnatsakanian vs B Shashin |
 | 1-0 | 37 | 1965 | Yerevan | C16 French, Winawer |
11. L Schmid vs Stahlberg |
| ½-½ | 35 | 1965 | Yerevan | B45 Sicilian, Taimanov |
12. Petrosian vs I Nei |
 | 1-0 | 59 | 1965 | Yerevan | D45 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav |
13. Portisch vs R Fuchs |
| 1-0 | 37 | 1965 | Yerevan | E54 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Gligoric System |
14. Stein vs Filip |
| ½-½ | 36 | 1965 | Yerevan | B17 Caro-Kann, Steinitz Variation |
15. I Nei vs E Mnatsakanian |
| ½-½ | 50 | 1965 | Yerevan | D10 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav |
16. B Shashin vs Averbakh |
| ½-½ | 31 | 1965 | Yerevan | D32 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch |
17. Filip vs Petrosian |
  | 0-1 | 40 | 1965 | Yerevan | A40 Queen's Pawn Game |
18. Stahlberg vs Stein |
  | 0-1 | 36 | 1965 | Yerevan | E78 King's Indian, Four Pawns Attack, with Be2 and Nf3 |
19. V Liberzon vs L Schmid |
| ½-½ | 43 | 1965 | Yerevan | C18 French, Winawer |
20. R Fuchs vs A Matanovic |
| ½-½ | 29 | 1965 | Yerevan | C93 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Smyslov Defense |
21. Korchnoi vs Portisch |
 | ½-½ | 41 | 1965 | Yerevan | A14 English |
22. Averbakh vs Portisch |
| ½-½ | 20 | 1965 | Yerevan | A47 Queen's Indian |
23. Stein vs V Liberzon |
 | 1-0 | 25 | 1965 | Yerevan | B09 Pirc, Austrian Attack |
24. Petrosian vs Stahlberg |
 | ½-½ | 64 | 1965 | Yerevan | C02 French, Advance |
25. E Mnatsakanian vs Filip |
| ½-½ | 21 | 1965 | Yerevan | B17 Caro-Kann, Steinitz Variation |
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