Interzonal tournament in Riga 1979
The interzonal Riga in 1979 was in September and October 1979 as a round robin tournament with 18 participants in Riga held. It was organized by the World Chess Federation FIDE and was intended to identify three other participants in the candidate competitions for the 1981 World Chess Championship .
Closing table
Attendees | 01 | 02 | 03 | 04 | 05 | 06 | 07 | 08 | 09 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14th | 15th | 16 | 17th | 18th | Points | |
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01 | Mikhail Tal | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 14th | |
02 | Lev Polugayevsky | 0 | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 11½ | |
03 | András Adorján | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | 0 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | 11 | |
04 | Zoltan Ribli | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | 1 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 11 | |
05 | Oleh Romanyschyn | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 10½ | |
06 | Florin Gheorghiu | 0 | ½ | 1 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 10½ | |
07 | Bent Larsen | ½ | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 10 | |
08 | Hennadij Kuzmin | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 0 | 1 | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 0 | 1 | 9 | |
09 | Vitaly Zeschkowski | 0 | 1 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 9 | |
10 | Anthony Miles | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 0 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 | |
11 | James Tarjan | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 8th | |
12 | Yehuda Grünfeld | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 7½ | |
13 | Ljubomir Ljubojević | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 0 | 6½ | |
14th | Herman van Riemsdijk | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | 5½ | |
15th | Slim Bouaziz | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5½ | |
16 | Edmar Mednis | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | 5½ | |
17th | Francisco Trois | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | 5 | |
18th | Ruben Rodriguez | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 4th |
Playoff for 3rd place
The play-off between the two Hungarian grandmasters took place in Budapest in October and November 1979 . He went over six games and ended in a 3-3 draw. With wins in the first and third game, Ribli initially took the lead with 2½: ½. After that Adorján won games 4 and 5 and reached a draw in the last game. This 3: 3 was enough for Adorján to qualify for the candidate matches because of the better Sonneborn-Berger rating in the interzonal tournament.