| Rovinj / Zagreb (1970) |
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
1 Fischer * = 1 = = = 1 = 1 0 1 = 1 1 1 1 1 1 13.0
2 Hort = * = = = = = 1 = 1 = 1 = = = = 1 1 11.0
3 Gligoric 0 = * 1 = 1 = = = = = = 1 = = 1 1 1 11.0
4 Smyslov = = 0 * = = = 1 = = 1 1 = 1 = 1 = 1 11.0
5 Korchnoi = = = = * = 0 1 0 1 = 1 = 1 1 = 1 1 11.0
6 Petrosian = = 0 = = * = = = 1 = 1 = = 1 = 1 1 10.5
7 Minic 0 = = = 1 = * = = = 1 = = = = 0 = 1 9.0
8 Ivkov = 0 = 0 0 = = * = = = 1 = = 1 = 1 1 9.0
9 Bertok 0 = = = 1 = = = * 0 = = = = = = = 1 8.5
10 Kovacevic 1 0 = = 0 0 = = 1 * 1 0 = = = = 1 = 8.5
11 Uhlmann 0 = = 0 = = 0 = = 0 * 1 1 1 = 1 1 0 8.5
12 Browne = 0 = 0 0 0 = 0 = 1 0 * = = = 1 1 1 7.5
13 Ghitescu 0 = 0 = = = = = = = 0 = * = = = 0 = 6.5
14 Kurajica 0 = = 0 0 = = = = = 0 = = * = = = = 6.5
15 Parma 0 = = = 0 0 = 0 = = = = = = * = = = 6.5
16 Marovic 0 = 0 0 = = 1 = = = 0 0 = = = * 0 = 6.0
17 Udovcic 0 0 0 = 0 0 = 0 = 0 0 0 1 = = 1 * 1 5.5
18 Nicevski 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 = 1 0 = = = = 0 * 3.5
Bobby Fischer won the "Tournament of Peace" by a full two points over his nearest competitors, which included 10 other Grandmasters in a field of 18 players. The tournament was held in two different cities in Yugoslavia; Rovinj from April 12th to April 26th, and Zagreb from April 27th to May 8th.
Fischer jumped quickly into the lead, winning 6.5/7 points to claim first place. In the eighth round, Fischer was defeated in 30 moves by a little known Yugoslav by the name of Vlado Kovacevic (Fischer vs V Kovacevic, 1970). This was Fischer's first loss in classical games since losing to Dragoljub Janosevic in the Solidarity Tournament (1967). He defeated Gligoric in the next round and had a point and a half lead over the field through nine rounds. His final three rounds were tough draws against Browne (who should have won), Korchnoi and Petrosian. The tournament followed the USSR vs. Rest of the World (1970) match in Belgrade and the Unofficial Speed Chess Championship in Herceg Novi (which was also won by Fischer). Several players that played in both of these tournaments made the trip to play in Rovinj/Zagreb: Fischer, Hort, Ivkov, Korchnoi, Petrosian, Smyslov and Uhlmann. Svetozar Gligoric also made the trip from Belgrade to Rovinj/Zagreb, but did not enter the blitz tournament. Compiled by User: TheFocus.
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| Result | Moves |
Year | Event/Locale | Opening |
| 1. Browne vs D Marovic |
| 1-0 | 38 | 1970 | Rovinj / Zagreb | B03 Alekhine's Defense |
| 2. Parma vs Fischer |
  | 0-1 | 57 | 1970 | Rovinj / Zagreb | B97 Sicilian, Najdorf |
| 3. Hort vs Uhlmann |
| ½-½ | 17 | 1970 | Rovinj / Zagreb | C15 French, Winawer |
| 4. Ivkov vs M Bertok |
| ½-½ | 34 | 1970 | Rovinj / Zagreb | D58 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tartakower (Makagonov-Bondarevsky) Syst |
| 5. D Minic vs Korchnoi |
| 1-0 | 56 | 1970 | Rovinj / Zagreb | C04 French, Tarrasch, Guimard Main line |
| 6. B Kurajica vs V Kovacevic |
| ½-½ | 41 | 1970 | Rovinj / Zagreb | B15 Caro-Kann |
| 7. Petrosian vs R Nicevski |
| 1-0 | 38 | 1970 | Rovinj / Zagreb | E91 King's Indian |
| 8. Smyslov vs Gligoric |
| 0-1 | 43 | 1970 | Rovinj / Zagreb | E61 King's Indian |
| 9. T Ghitescu vs M Udovcic |
| 0-1 | 41 | 1970 | Rovinj / Zagreb | A40 Queen's Pawn Game |
| 10. Uhlmann vs Browne |
| 1-0 | 48 | 1970 | Rovinj / Zagreb | A04 Reti Opening |
| 11. Fischer vs R Nicevski |
| 1-0 | 34 | 1970 | Rovinj / Zagreb | B43 Sicilian, Kan, 5.Nc3 |
| 12. V Kovacevic vs Hort |
| 0-1 | 44 | 1970 | Rovinj / Zagreb | E95 King's Indian, Orthodox, 7...Nbd7, 8.Re1 |
| 13. Korchnoi vs Ivkov |
| 1-0 | 48 | 1970 | Rovinj / Zagreb | D34 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch |
| 14. Parma vs D Minic |
| ½-½ | 17 | 1970 | Rovinj / Zagreb | C67 Ruy Lopez |
| 15. D Marovic vs Petrosian |
| ½-½ | 17 | 1970 | Rovinj / Zagreb | E32 Nimzo-Indian, Classical |
| 16. M Udovcic vs Smyslov |
| ½-½ | 25 | 1970 | Rovinj / Zagreb | D78 Neo-Grunfeld, 6.O-O c6 |
| 17. Gligoric vs B Kurajica |
| ½-½ | 58 | 1970 | Rovinj / Zagreb | D31 Queen's Gambit Declined |
| 18. M Bertok vs T Ghitescu |
| ½-½ | 16 | 1970 | Rovinj / Zagreb | C77 Ruy Lopez |
| 19. Browne vs V Kovacevic |
| 1-0 | 30 | 1970 | Rovinj / Zagreb | B15 Caro-Kann |
| 20. D Minic vs Fischer |
| 0-1 | 34 | 1970 | Rovinj / Zagreb | B99 Sicilian, Najdorf, 7...Be7 Main line |
| 21. Hort vs Gligoric |
| ½-½ | 49 | 1970 | Rovinj / Zagreb | C93 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Smyslov Defense |
| 22. Ivkov vs Parma |
| 1-0 | 58 | 1970 | Rovinj / Zagreb | A33 English, Symmetrical |
| 23. T Ghitescu vs Korchnoi |
| ½-½ | 32 | 1970 | Rovinj / Zagreb | D86 Grunfeld, Exchange |
| 24. Petrosian vs Uhlmann |
| ½-½ | 12 | 1970 | Rovinj / Zagreb | E81 King's Indian, Samisch |
| 25. Smyslov vs M Bertok |
| ½-½ | 53 | 1970 | Rovinj / Zagreb | A30 English, Symmetrical |
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| May-11-15 | | zanzibar: Is Smyslov's result correct in the xtab? Something seems off... |
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May-11-15
 | | Retireborn: His wins against Kurajica, Marovic, and Nicevski (correctly shown as 0 for those players) are = in his own row. No idea how that could happen! |
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| May-11-15 | | zanzibar: Well <RB>, one should keep in mind that the <CG> xtabs are put in by hand, and aren't necessarily directly output from SCID or CB (or even necessarily cut-and-pasted from same). I just happened to catch this one since Gligoric had the same score, and just one loss as well. So I knew Smyslov should have the same #wins, but didn't (yesterday, today it looks like somebody corrected it). Checking xtabs is difficult enough as it is, if the player order is the same. Given the arbitrary tie-break ordering cross-checking xtabs is next to impossible. There is virtually no chance of systematically checking <CG>'s published xtabs as it stands today. I've asked about having a standard, alphabetical ordering, for such a purpose before. It's unlikely to happen. First, <CG> doesn't use the <last, first> name convention like everybody else does. Second, it essentially requires publishing two versions of the xtab - one sorted by name, the other by standing. Of course, SCID (and maybe ChessBase(CB)) can easily do this dynamically - provided you use stub games to get the correct results into the xtab when the actual games are lacking. I mention all this, because I'm contractually obligated to argue for stub games, until the cows come home or the apocalypse, whichever comes first. |
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May-11-15
| | Retireborn: <z> Looking at the Chessbase 12 xtab for Rovinj/Zagreb, there is indeed a drop down menu enabling one to sort the table either by result or by (alphabetical) name order - never noticed that before. I see what you mean about the latter enhancing cross-checking. |
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| Sep-30-16 | | ewan14: Bobby may not have beaten any of the Soviets but they were hard fought draws |
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| Feb-26-18 | | Granny O Doul: Well, "How to Beat the Russians in Chess" had not yet been published. |
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| Sep-24-24 | | cameosis: most of the »russians« weren't even russians, but mexicans like fischer never cared about details. |
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| Sep-24-24 | | ewan14: Fischer only beat one of the very top players
Hardly GOAT ! |
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Sep-24-24
 | | perfidious: <ewan14: Fischer only beat one of the very top players Hardly GOAT !>
This is bollocks; if you actually look at the crosstable instead of rushing to slag Fischer, there were three decisive games amongst the top six players, with Petrosian losing both of the others. |
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| Sep-25-24 | | ewan14: So
Fischer was supposed to be the GOAT |
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Sep-25-24
 | | keypusher: < ewan14: Fischer only beat one of the very top players
Hardly GOAT !>
This whole discussion is beyond stupid.
You can't prove or disprove whether someone is the GOAT by looking at one tournament. That said, Fischer won the tournament by two points. He won ten games; no one else won more than seven; most of the other leaders won five or six. He had just beaten Petrosian 3:1 in a mini-match and stomped everyone in a blitz tournament. Later in the year he had dominating victories at Buenos Aires and the Interzonal. What he did in 1971 is known to you, I assume. Make less stupid arguments going forward, please. |
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| Sep-25-24 | | ewan14: You could get one small fact right
He did not stomp everyone in the blitz tournament. In addition Buenos Aires and the interzonal were not supertournaments |
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| Sep-25-24 | | Twilight of the Idol: <ewan14>
What, in your estimation, qualifies something as a supertournament? I can't imagine there were any tournaments stronger than the Interzonals at the time, given that the candidates' was still a series of matches. And what, in your estimation, qualifies as stomping everyone? Fischer went 19/22, or +17/-1/=4, in Herceg Novi (https://en.chessbase.com/post/the-b...), which is a rather big score. Of course, it's probably not really necessary to re-hash all the "who is the greatest of all time" arguments here. And you might just be trolling... |
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Sep-25-24
 | | Williebob: There is no irrefutable method for singling out "The GOAT", but from about 1962 to winning the WCC in 1972 he was recognized worldwide as the most serious threat to Soviet hegemony.
Plus, he was very much respected by top players.
And, he was the first and only player at 2700 ELO in FIDE's first official rankings.
One could go on... |
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| Sep-25-24 | | ewan14: I believe Korchnoi ( again) would classify a USSR championship , especially doubling as a zonal tournament , as a supertournaments Easily stronger than an interzonal
Fischer did not stomp on Korchnoi who , in addition , he had played twice in classical games since 1962 and only drawn both games |
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| Sep-25-24 | | ewan14: Curacao 1962 was nearly a supertournament but that did not go very well
despite the previous interzonal victory
It was Keres and Korchnoi who suffered from the drawing pact |
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Sep-25-24
| | perfidious: If Curacao was not a super tournament, hard to imagine what ever was. Korchnoi led with 5/7 after the first cycle, but came unstuck during the second and third. How would Keres have possibly 'suffered' as a result of the agreement? He was in on the scheme; moreover, given his age and the tropical climate, anything to reduce the energy he had to expend could only have been welcome. |
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| Jul-06-25 | | ewan14: The 1964 USSR " zonal " tournament of seven was a real super tournament ! |
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