Subotica 1987 interzonal tournament

The interzonal Subotica in 1987 was in July and August 1987 as a round robin tournament with 17 participants in Subotica discharged. It was organized by the World Chess Federation FIDE and was intended to identify three participants in the candidate matches for the 1990 World Chess Championship .

Tournament course

Originally 18 participants were planned. The German grandmaster Robert Huebner canceled his participation at short notice. The US-American Lubomir Kavalek retired after six laps. Its results have been canceled. He had won against Ernst, lost to Popović and drew against Short, Marjanović, Tschernin and Prasad. From this point on, two players were free of play in each round. The Hungarian Ribli renounced a playoff for the replacement place against Michail Tal. However, this would have remained meaningless anyway, as no successor was needed in the candidate competition.

Closing table

	Attendees	01	02	03	04	05	06	07	08	09	10	11	12	13	14th	15th	16	Points
01	Gyula Sax		1	½	½	½	1	1	½	½	0	1	½	1	½	1	1	10½
02	Nigel Short	0		½	½	1	1	½	1	½	1	½	1	½	1	½	1	10½
03	Jonathan Speelman	½	½		0	1	½	½	½	1	½	1	1	½	1	1	1	10½
04	Mikhail Tal	½	½	1		½	½	1	½	½	½	1	1	½	1	0	1	10
05	Zoltan Ribli	½	0	0	½		½	½	½	1	½	1	1	1	1	1	1	10
06	Amador Rodríguez	0	0	½	½	½		½	½	½	1	0	1	½	1	1	1	8½
07	Slavoljub Marjanović	0	½	½	0	½	½		½	0	½	1	1	½	½	1	1	8th
08	Vasily Smyslow	½	0	½	½	½	½	½		½	0	0	1	1	½	1	½	7½
09	Alexander Chernin	½	½	0	½	0	½	1	½		1	0	0	1	0	1	1	7½
10	Petar Popović	1	0	½	½	½	0	½	1	0		1	0	0	½	½	1	7th
11	Alonso Zapata	0	½	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0		½	0	1	½	1	6½
12	Thomas Ernst	½	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	½		1	1	1	0	6th
13	Lev Alburt	0	½	½	½	0	½	½	0	0	1	1	0		½	0	½	5½
14th	Xu Jun	½	0	0	0	0	0	½	½	1	½	0	0	½		1	½	5
15th	Devaki Prasad	0	½	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	½	½	0	1	0		½	4th
16	Ahmed Hamed	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	½	0	0	0	1	½	½	½		3

Web links

• Table on mark-weeks.com