Interzonal tournament Rio de Janeiro 1979

View from Corcovado to Rio (1979)

Hotel Copacabana Palace (1979)

Gisela Fischdick at the award ceremony

Nana Iosseliani at the award ceremony

Slobodan Martinović (right) analyzed

The women's interzonal tournament in Rio de Janeiro in 1979 and the men's were chess tournaments .

overview

From September 22 to October 21, 1979, two interzonal tournaments were held in Rio de Janeiro ( Brazil ) , parallel to the women's tournament that of the men's. The venue was the Hotel Copacabana Palace in Rio de Janeiro.

Robert Hübner was tied for first place with Lajos Portisch and Tigran Petrosjan in the men.

In the women's category , Gisela Fischdick took fourth place, which qualified her for participation in the candidates' tournament.

As another participant from Germany, Barbara Hund reached 14th place . Sergiu Samarian acted as trainer and second for the women .

Cross table of the women's interzonal tournament

	Participant	01	02	03	04	05	06	07	08	09	10	11	12	13	14th	15th	16	17th	Points	Rating
01	Nana Iosseliani		½	1	1	½	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	½	1	1	14½	108.25
02	Zsuzsa Verőci	½		1	½	½	½	½	½	1	½	1	1	1	1	1	½	1	12	87.50
03	Nana Alexandria	0	0		½	½	1	0	1	1	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	11	70.50
04	Gisela Fischdick	0	½	½		½	1	1	½	1	1	½	0	1	½	½	1	1	10½	74.50
05	Elisabeta Polihroniade	½	½	½	½		½	1	½	½	½	½	0	1	1	1	1	1	10½	73.50
06	Valentina Kozlovskaya	0	½	0	0	½		1	1	½	1	1	1	0	½	½	1	1	9½	63.25
07	Milunka Lazarevic	0	½	1	0	0	0		0	1	1	1	1	1	0	1	1	1	9½	60.50
08	Tatiana Satulovskaya	0	½	0	½	½	0	1		½	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	9	55.50
09	Květa Eretová	0	0	0	0	½	½	0	½		1	1	1	1	1	1	½	1	9	54.25
10	Borislava Borisova	0	½	1	0	½	0	0	1	0		1	½	0	½	1	1	1	8th	51.00
11	Jana Miles	0	0	0	½	½	0	0	1	0	0		1	½	1	1	1	1	7½	41.25
12	Rachel Crotto	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	½	0		1	½	½	1	1	6½	38.50
13	Jayshree Khadilkar	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	½	0		1	1	1	1	6½	33.25
14th	Barbara dog	0	0	0	½	0	½	1	0	0	½	0	½	0		1	1	1	6th	32.75
15th	Edith Soppe	½	0	0	½	0	½	0	0	0	0	0	½	0	0		1	1	4th	22.50
16	Ruth Volgl Cardoso	0	½	0	0	0	0	0	0	½	0	0	0	0	0	0		½	1	10.75
17th	Ana Luisa Carvajal Gamoneda	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	½		½	0.75

Cross table of the men's interzonal tournament

Robert Huebner, Rio 1979

Group picture of men

Seconds Miles and Chandler

	Attendees	01	02	03	04	05	06	07	08	09	10	11	12	13	14th	15th	16	17th	18th	Points
01	Robert Huebner		½	½	½	½	1	½	1	1	1	0	½	½	½	½	1	1	1	11½
02	Lajos Portisch	½		½	½	1	0	1	0	1	½	½	1	1	1	1	1	0	1	11½
03	Tigran Petrosian	½	½		½	1	½	1	½	½	½	½	½	1	½	1	1	1	½	11½
04	Jan Timman	½	½	½		½	½	1	1	0	½	1	1	½	1	½	½	1	½	11
05	Borislav Ivkov	½	0	0	½		1	½	1	½	1	½	½	½	½	½	½	1	½	9½
06	Jaime Sunye Neto	0	1	½	½	0		0	0	1	½	1	1	½	1	1	½	½	½	9½
07	Gyula Sax	½	0	0	0	½	1		1	0	½	½	1	0	1	0	1	1	1	9
08	Eugenio Torre	0	1	½	0	0	1	0		½	0	½	½	1	½	1	1	½	1	9
09	Yuri Balashov	0	0	½	1	½	0	1	½		½	½	½	½	½	1	½	1	½	9
10	Leonid Shamkowitsch	0	½	½	½	0	½	½	1	½		1	½	1	1	0	0	½	½	8½
11	Jan Smejkal	1	½	½	0	½	0	½	½	½	0		½	1	0	½	1	½	1	8½
12	Rafael Vaganian	½	0	½	0	½	0	0	½	½	½	½		0	1	1	1	1	½	8th
13	Guillermo García González	½	0	0	½	½	½	1	0	½	0	0	1		1	0	½	½	1	7½
14th	Dragoljub Velimirović	½	0	½	0	½	0	0	½	½	0	1	0	0		1	1	1	1	7½
15th	Khosro Harandi	½	0	0	½	½	0	1	0	0	1	½	0	1	0		0	1	½	6½
16	Luis Marcos Bronstein	0	0	0	½	½	½	0	0	½	1	0	0	½	0	1		1	½	6th
17th	Shimon Kagan	0	1	0	0	0	½	0	½	0	½	½	0	½	0	0	0		1	4½
18th	Jean Hébert	0	0	½	½	½	½	0	0	½	½	0	½	0	0	½	½	0		4½
	Henrique da Costa Mecking					½						H

Note : Henrique da Costa Mecking resigned from the tournament after the second round, his games were taken out of the rating. His game against Jan Smejkal from the second round was canceled and not ended.

literature

• World champion candidate Huebner: Now or never DER SPIEGEL 46/1979, November 12, 1979.
• The Rio 1979 interzonal tournaments (tables, report, pictures and games) . Chess magazine 64 , issue 3/79
• Robert Hübner: The Interzonal Rio de Janeiro in 1979 (I) - Memories and games , magazine Chess , 2019/11, pp 54-63.

Web links

Commons : Rio de Janeiro 1979 interzonal tournament  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• All 136 replayable women's games on 365chess.com

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Interzonal tournament 1979 in Rio on chessgames.com (table and games)
2. ↑ Henrique Mecking's games at the interzonal tournament Rio de Janeiro 1979 on 365chess.com (English)