Interzonal tournament Sousse 1967

The Sousse 1967 interzonal tournament was held from October 15 to November 16, 1967 as a round-robin tournament in the Tunisian city of Sousse . It was organized by the World Chess Federation FIDE and was intended to identify six participants in the candidate competitions for the 1969 World Chess Championship .

Resignation of Fischer

The American grandmaster Bobby Fischer resigned prematurely from the tournament after falling out with the organizers over the playing conditions. At this point he was in the lead by a large margin. Fischer had won his games against Reshevsky, stone, Barczay Byrne, Cuellar, Myagmarsuren and Sarapu and against Korchnoi, Portisch and Kavalek remisiert . All results with Fischer's participation were canceled and are not included in the table below.

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	total
1.	Bent Larsen		0	½	½	0	1	1	1	1	½	1	1	1	½	0	1	½	1	1	1	1	1	15½
2.	Viktor Korchnoi	1		½	½	1	½	½	½	0	½	0	0	½	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	½	1	14th
3.	Efim Geller	½	½		½	½	0	1	½	1	½	½	1	½	½	1	½	½	1	½	1	1	1	14th
4th	Svetozar Gligorić	½	½	½		½	½	½	1	½	½	½	½	½	1	1	½	½	½	1	1	1	1	14th
5.	Lajos Portisch	1	0	½	½		½	½	1	0	½	½	½	½	1	1	½	1	½	½	1	1	1	13½
6th	Samuel Reshevsky	0	½	1	½	½		½	½	1	½	½	1	½	½	½	½	1	1	0	1	1	½	13
7th	Vlastimil hoard	0	½	0	½	½	½		1	½	½	1	½	½	½	½	½	½	1	1	1	1	1	13
8th.	Leonid Stein	0	½	½	0	0	½	0		½	½	½	1	1	½	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	½	13
9.	Milan Matulović	0	1	0	½	1	0	½	½		0	1	1	½	1	0	½	½	1	1	½	1	1	12½
10.	Aleksandar Matanović	½	½	½	½	½	½	½	½	1		½	1	½	½	½	½	1	½	0	1	½	½	12
11.	Borislav Ivkov	0	1	½	½	½	½	0	½	0	½		0	½	½	1	½	1	½	1	0	1	1	11
12.	Henrique da Costa Mecking	0	1	0	½	½	0	½	0	0	0	1		1	1	1	½	½	½	1	½	1	½	11
13.	Aivars Gipslis	0	½	½	½	½	½	½	0	½	½	½	0		½	0	1	½	0	1	½	1	1	10
14th	Lubomir Kavalek	½	0	½	0	0	½	½	½	0	½	½	0	½		½	1	½	1	0	1	1	1	10
15th	Duncan Suttles	1	0	0	0	0	½	½	0	1	½	0	0	1	½		½	1	0	½	1	½	1	9½
16.	István Bilek	0	0	½	½	½	½	½	0	½	½	½	½	0	0	½		½	½	1	0	1	1	9
17th	László Bárczay	½	0	½	½	0	0	½	0	½	0	0	½	½	½	0	½		½	1	½	½	1	8th
18th	Robert Byrne	0	0	0	½	½	0	0	0	0	½	½	½	1	0	1	½	½		1	½	½	0	7½
19th	Miguel Cuéllar	0	0	½	0	½	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	½	0	0	0		0	1	1	6½
20th	Lamsurs Myagmarsuren	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	½	0	1	½	½	0	0	1	½	½	1		0	1	6½
21st	Ortvin Sarapu	0	½	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	½	0	0	0	0	½	0	½	½	0	1		½	4th
22nd	Slim Bouaziz	0	0	0	0	0	½	0	½	0	½	0	½	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	½		3½

Tournament for 6th place

Between the three equal points players Reshevsky, Hort and Stein, a playoff was set to determine the sixth qualifier, which took place in February and March 1968 in Los Angeles . Each player met each of the other two four times. After this playoff all three players were again tied. Ten of the twelve games ended in a draw. There were only decisive games between Hort and Stein: Stein won in the second, Hort in the fourth. Stein had rejected a draw bid in his losing game. At this point the last game between Hort and Reshevsky was still pending, so Stein couldn't be sure of reaching first place with a draw. After the undecided outcome of the play-off match, the Sonneborn-Berger rating of the main tournament decided on the ranking, whereby Reshevsky got the last qualification place without winning a game in the play-off.

Web links

• Table on mark-weeks.com

Individual evidence

1. ^ André Schulz : Fischer checkmates himself: Sousse 1967. In: de.chessbase.com. October 25, 2017, accessed June 14, 2020.