Interzonal tournament Palma de Mallorca 1970

The interzonal tournament - a chess tournament - in Palma de Mallorca from November 9th, 1970 to December 12th, 1970 was used to determine the participants for the candidate competitions of 1971. In addition to ex-world champion Tigran Petrosyan, who was dethroned by Boris Spassky in 1969, and Viktor Korchnoi , who lost to Boris Spassky in the final of the 1968 candidate competitions , the six first-placed winners of the interzonal tournament should be eligible to participate in the candidate tournaments. The winner of these candidate competitions would then have the right to challenge the reigning world champion Boris Spassky in the 1972 World Chess Championship .

Bobby Fischer won the tournament confidently with a lead of 3.5 points over Bent Larsen , against whom he suffered the only defeat. With the tournament victory, he made an important step towards winning the world championship in 1972. His participation was only possible through the waiver of his compatriot Pál Benkő , who was actually entitled to start , who received 2000  US dollars as compensation from the US Chess Federation .

For Robert Huebner , who was 22 at the time, qualifying for the candidate tournaments was his international breakthrough. Wolfgang Uhlmann from the GDR managed to qualify for a candidates tournament for the first and last time.

Closing table

	Surname	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	11	12	13	14th	15th	16	17th	18th	19th	20th	21st	22nd	23	24	total
1.	Bobby Fischer		0	1	½	1	1	½	1	½	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	½	1	1	½	½	1	½	18½
2.	Bent Larsen	1		½	½	0	1	½	½	½	½	1	1	0	½	½	1	½	1	½	1	1	½	1	½	15th
3.	Efim Geller	0	½		1	½	1	½	1	½	½	½	1	½	½	1	½	1	½	½	½	1	1	½	½	15th
4th	Robert Huebner	½	½	0		½	1	½	0	½	½	0	½	½	1	½	1	1	1	1	½	1	1	1	1	15th
5.	Mark Taimanow	0	1	½	½		½	½	½	½	½	½	0	½	0	1	1	½	1	½	1	½	1	1	1	14th
6th	Wolfgang Uhlmann	0	0	0	0	½		1	½	½	1	½	½	1	½	0	1	½	1	1	½	1	1	1	1	14th
7th	Lajos Portisch	½	½	½	½	½	0		½	0	1	½	1	1	½	½	½	1	½	½	1	½	1	1	0	13½
8th.	Vasily Smyslow	0	½	0	1	½	½	½		1	½	½	0	½	½	½	½	½	½	1	1	½	1	1	1	13½
9.	Lev Polugayevsky	½	½	½	½	½	½	1	0		½	1	½	½	½	½	1	0	½	1	1	½	½	½	½	13
10.	Svetozar Gligorić	0	½	½	½	½	0	0	½	½		1	½	1	½	1	½	½	1	0	½	1	½	1	1	13
11.	Óscar Panno	0	0	½	1	½	½	½	½	0	0		½	½	½	1	1	½	½	½	½	1	1	½	1	12½
12.	Henrique Mecking	0	0	0	½	1	½	0	1	½	½	½		1	½	½	½	½	0	½	½	1	1	1	1	12½
13.	Vlastimil hoard	0	1	½	½	½	0	0	½	½	0	½	0		1	½	1	½	½	½	½	1	½	1	½	11½
14th	Borislav Ivkov	0	½	½	0	1	½	½	½	½	½	½	½	0		½	½	0	½	½	½	½	1	½	½	10½
15th	Duncan Suttles	0	½	0	½	0	1	½	½	½	0	0	½	½	½		0	½	½	1	½	0	1	½	1	10
16.	Dragoljub Minić	0	0	½	0	0	0	½	½	0	½	0	½	0	½	1		1	½	½	½	1	½	1	1	10
17th	Samuel Reshevsky	0	½	0	0	½	½	0	½	1	½	½	½	½	1	½	0		½	½	½	0	0	½	1	09½
18th	Milan Matulović	½	0	½	0	0	0	½	½	½	0	½	1	½	½	½	½	½		½	½	0	0	½	1	09
19th	William Addison	0	½	½	0	½	0	½	0	0	1	½	½	½	½	0	½	½	½		½	0	0	1	1	09
20th	Miroslav Filip	0	0	½	½	0	½	0	0	0	½	½	½	½	½	½	½	½	½	½		½	1	½	0	08½
21st	Renato Naranja	½	0	0	0	½	0	½	½	½	0	0	0	0	½	1	0	1	1	1	½		0	0	1	08½
22nd	Tüdewiin Üitümen	½	½	0	0	0	0	0	0	½	½	0	0	½	0	0	½	1	1	1	0	1		1	½	08½
23.	Jorge Rubinetti	0	0	½	0	0	0	0	0	½	0	½	0	0	½	½	0	½	½	0	½	1	0		1	06th
24.	Eleazar Jiménez Zerquera	½	½	½	0	0	0	1	0	½	0	0	0	½	½	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	½	0		05½

Web links

• Individual rounds and final table. ( Memento from June 1, 2012 in the Internet Archive ). On: schachchronik.de.
• Report and games. At: chessgames.com. (English).